The Inspired Podcast

We are in week 2 of a mini-series titled “My Current ________ and What I’m Doing About It.” In this episode, we fill in the blank and talk about what this sentence looks like in each of our lives. We have two special guests this week: Sarah McCoy and Rebecca Brown! Together, we pick a word to fill in this blank. We have a lot of fun and talk seriously about how one word can look so different in ea...

Catch us in a mini-series of “My Current ________ and What I’m Doing About It.” In this episode, we fill in the blank and talk about what this sentence looks like in each of our lives. We have two special guests this week: Maria McCarthy and Hope Mitchell! Together, we pick a word to fill in this blank. We have a lot of fun and talk seriously about how one word can look so different in each of our...

There’s nothing like summertime that brings up thoughts of insecurity about our bodies! We’re faced with negative thoughts about our appearance and sometimes we don’t know quite how to combat them. What does it look like to grow in freedom of our body image? Jess, Megan and Janice dive into this discussion with lots thoughts common to all of us paired with practical advice to move forward in freed...

We hear the word boundaries pretty often, but what do boundaries really look like? How can we implement them kindly or know when to set them? What we don’t always realize is that establishing healthy boundaries is inextricably linked to our expectations. We may want to “set a boundary” but it might help to look inward at our expectations! Listen to The Inspired Podcast on the platform of your choi...

Have you ever noticed that sometimes we hear what we want to hear? We get caught up in thinking we're always right, when really, we could be cutting out and ignoring some pretty good information. Listen in as we talk about echo chambers and the dangers they bring. Listen to The Inspired Podcast on the platform of your choice: Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-inspired-podca...

Hello Inspired Girls. I’m Jessica on the Inspired team at X Church and sadly, today we end this season of our Inspired Podcast. We’re so glad that you joined us in these conversations and are thrilled to see what comes next. Today, we reminisce and personally pick out our favorite episodes of the season. We talk about the behind the scenes prep that went into every discussion and even tell you whi...

God is the creator and designer of friendship. We see plenty of examples of good (and bad) friendships in the Bible. Friendship is a gift, but so many times we can mistakenly make friendship a goal in our life. When we begin to view our friendships as goals instead of gifts, we lean on our friends to fill us in ways they were not designed to. But what about the absence of friendship? Inevitably, t...

As a checkpoint of sorts, we asked the question that we talked about way back in episode one, how are you doing on your New Years goals? Sometimes we’re great at sticking to them, and sometimes we fail miserably. There are a variety of inner and outer pressures that push us toward perfectionism. Friends, family, social media, comparison…and when we buy into the idea of looking perfect on the outsi...

In the spirit of spring on the way, we thought it might be a good idea to go ahead and clean out those toxic friendships. Too blunt? The truth is, we can all be some level of toxic. In this episode, we talk about what it looks like to have toxic friendships. We identify what those relationships look like and have a conversation around what to do about them. Listen to The Inspired Podcast on the pl...

If you listened in last week on self-care, we stumbled across the topic of forgiveness at the end of the episode…and it opened a can of worms. On this week’s episode, we dive into the topic of forgiveness! Should we forgive? Why should we forgive? And How do we forgive? This conversation is practical and thought-provoking so take a listen. Listen to The Inspired Podcast on the platform of your cho...

We hear all the time about “self-care”, but what does that really mean? Is the way we talk about taking care of ourselves really sustainable? As we un-pack the idea of self-care, we stumble across a difference between self-care that truly improves our lives and self-care that is surface level and weak. In this episode, we offer helpful tools and rhythms that can help you navigate lasting, sustaina...

It’s that time of year - love is in the air! We are approaching Valentine’s Day. Wherever you land on this holiday spectrum, whether it be a lover of it or you hate it, don’t miss what we are talking about today…singleness and dating! Between the three of us, we have lots of experience in this realm! Here’s a truth we all landed on….to some degree or another, we all have a level of singleness. Fin...

It’s so easy to get confused. What is truth? Relative truth. Absolute truth. Subjective truth. We live in a world inundating us with whole-truths, half-truths and everything in between. So what do we do when we think our truth is the right truth? How does accepting different truths affect the way we see ourselves? Accepting truth has a lot to do with our identity. Listen to this episode for tips a...

In today’s episode, we talk about a topic that all of us can relate to: being a woman! We reach far back into history and talk about the stereotypical roles that women have played and then we dive into what the role of the woman looks like now. We live in a pretty exciting time in history, as we’ve seen females serve in political capacities, hold top positions in large companies and lead thousands...

In this continued discussion on parenting, we talk a lot about the practical and the overarching goals and views of parenting. There’s tons of wisdom shared in this very episode. And hey, if you’re not a parent at the moment, don’t turn this off. We’ve all been parented so we all have a lot to learn from our experience in carrying that with us into the next season of life. And also, Megan shares a...

It's no secret that parenting is hard. It doesn't matter what age your kids are, each stage has its own hurdles. Not to mention, all the parenting philosophies floating around: bottle-fed/breast-fed, screens/no screens, curfew/no curfews...the list goes on and on. So how do we not get lost in all the info? On this episode we talk about how we can keep our eyes on Jesus no matter what phase of pare...

Today we are sharing a brand new, straight out of the oven episode about New Years Goals. Now, I get it, New Years Goals can be cringy, but listen on - because we kind of throw out the norms of goals and approach a new way of thinking through what you want your year to look like.    Listen to The Inspired Podcast on the platform of your choice:    Apple Podcasts: https://podcas...

On today's episode we have brought on several people from the Inspired team for you to get to know them! We talk about anything from our favorite amazon purchases, to what you can expect at our first ever Inspired Conference! REGISTER FOR THE INSPIRED CONFERENCE:  https://thexchurch.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/934137  Listen to The Inspired Podcast on the platform of your choice:  Apple...

Today's episode of The Inspired Podcast we have Pastor Tim's wife, Lorelei, on to share what dwelling with God looks like in every season of life. She's been a newlywed, she's had young kids, she's been a part of starting a church with her husband and all the things in between and she talks about how it looks to spend time in His presence through it all.  REGISTER FOR THE INSPIRED CONFERENCE: http...

On this episode, we have Rebecca Brown on the podcast to share how discovering God has helped her discover who she is. She’s a pastors wife, Servant Leader, a teacher and a mom to 3 girls, but she says it’s not about what she does, but who is becoming. So listen in! REGISTER FOR THE INSPIRED CONFERENCE: https://thexchurch.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/934137  Listen to The Inspired Podcast...

Today's episode of Inspired, we invite Morgan Claprood to share about how her story and God's design in her life made all the difference. You're also not going to miss the part where Janice talks about shoving things in her oven before guest arrive.   If you enjoyed this podcast share it with your girlfriends! And always, rate and review on wherever you listen to podcasts. If you have questions or...

Welcome to the very first episode of our INSPIRED podcast. Meet our hosts Jessica and Janice and tune in weekly to hear who will appear on the podcast next! Today, we dive into the origin of the name, Inspired, and how it is a launching point into three important words: Design, Discover and Dwell. If you enjoyed this podcast share it with your girlfriends! And always, rate and review on wherever y...