The Identity Midwife Podcast

 "When God calls you to show up, he does not expect you to come with everything intact. He's not waiting for you to be perfect. If you were perfect, you wouldn't need him. You grow while you go, and eventually the reward outweighs the fear." —Kishea Boyd   Some clarity cannot be unseen. When God reveals direction, returning to comfort starts to feel heavier than the risk of moving forward. Staying...

"The old version of you simply doesn't fit anymore, like shoes that are too small. You can keep wearing them and walking around uncomfortable if you want to, or you can size up and learn how to walk again." —Kishea Boyd   We reach a point where success looks fine on the outside but feels heavy on the inside. Old labels, safe environments, and expectations start to clash with what God is stirring b...

"If obedience feels uncomfortable, that does not mean you hear God wrong. biblical peace is not comfort. Biblical peace is alignment, and sometimes alignment stretches you before it settles you. " —Kishea Boyd   Life with God does not always feel calm or safe. Many of us stay stuck because we believe peace should feel easy, and when it does not, we assume something is wrong. This conversation refr...

 "You are never going to feel ready in the flesh. Never. There will always be one more class, one more video, one more training, one more certification. Just one more thing you think you may need. That's not wisdom, that's fear dressed up as responsibility. God confirms before you feel ready." —Kishea Boyd   Growth rarely feels clean when purpose starts knocking. Staying in the same place can feel...

"Your story does not end where the pain began. Your identity is not determined by who showed up or who didn't. Your identity is determined by the God who has been present in every chapter." —Kishea Boyd   There are moments when the people meant to guide us fall short, and the questions about identity grow louder. The search for where we belong does not disappear with age or faith. It simply waits...

"Healing was very messy but beautiful at the same time, because God healed my heart in the process of it." —Jennifer Jeannette   Some wounds sit quietly in the heart until life makes them impossible to ignore. Many women carry old patterns from childhood without realizing how deeply those stories shaped their identity. This episode opens space for honest conversations about healing, worth, and the...

"Everybody loves to talk about the butterfly, but they skip the part that actually matters. The metamorphosis process is not cute. It's not quick, and is definitely not comfortable." —Kishea Boyd   Some seasons feel quiet on the outside while everything inside us shakes loose. We carry questions about identity, purpose, and why transformation can feel so heavy. These moments ask us to pause long e...

"Your waiting room was not punishment; it was preparation." —Kishea Boyd   Some seasons stretch you so deeply that you start to wonder if the silence means you're stuck. But sometimes the quiet space is where God builds the kind of strength you can't see yet. There's a shift waiting for you on the other side of obedience, and it's closer than you think. In this episode, Kishea shares how God inter...

 "Everyone has an assignment. There's a group of people that you are assigned to, and they will not move until they hear your voice." —Kishea Boyd   There comes a moment when the noise fades, and what's left staring back at you isn't the woman you've been, but the one you were meant to become. It's not dramatic or picture-perfect. It's the quiet kind of change that happens when you finally see you...

"He's curating something personal between you and Him, so nobody else can take the credit." —Kishea Boyd   There's a difference between just getting through the day and waking up certain we're living for something that matters. All of us, at certain point in our lives, have reached a point where we wonder if there's more we're meant to do, a purpose only we can fulfill.  After retiring from the mi...

"Protect your value. Cover yourselves. Be modest. You don't have to show everything to be seen. You're already seen by the One who matters. When it's God, you won't have to beg anybody to choose you. You will already know that you've been chosen." —Kishea Boyd   They say, 'the brightest smile hides the deepest pain'. And that is true for most of us. But if left unchecked, wounds that don't heal li...

"People assess, but God anoints. People label, but God names." —Kishea Boyd   Sometimes silence doesn't come from lack of words—it comes from the weight of being overlooked, mislabeled, or quietly disqualified. The moment you start believing those lies, they don't just quiet your voice; they rewrite how you see your worth. Welcome to the very first episode of The Identity Midwife Podcast!  Hosted...