The Jackie and Stacey Show

Monthly Topic: LOYALTY There are many benefits a community experiences because of the loyalty of its members: longevity, support, camaraderie, and more. We discuss some great communities we are in that we get these benefits from. And also, we discuss the challenges experienced in communities when there is blind loyalty, or challenges to loyalty. This continues to be a super engaging topic!

Monthly Topic: LOYALTY This topic continues to fascinate us! In this episode, we wonder especially if you can be loyal to a person, but not loyal to that person’s opinions/ideas/values? It so interesting *especially* in this political climate, but really any time we disagree with someone we love.

Monthly Topic: LOYALTY In today’s episode we struggle with the concept of blind loyalty in faith, compared to the benefits of faith practices. We work through which aspects of faith and values to hold on to tightly, and which we can hold loosely. In zero instances must we live in fear that our faith is a house of cards, and cannot survive healthy questioning and critical thinking.

Monthly Topic: LOYALTY Loyalty is such and interesting concept: sticking by someone/something no matter what. We discuss in today’s episode: is that healthy? Is it controlling to demand or expect loyalty? When do you give loyalty freely? A fascinating topic, and we hope this episode sparks reflection of your own brand of loyalty.

Monthly Topic: Failure Eddie is a long time friend of Stacey’s, a local real estate estate agent, and life long leaner. In this interview, Eddie shares why he wasn’t offended in the slightest when we asked to interview him on the topic of failure. His perspective, deep thoughtfulness, and genuine desire to maintain a growth mindset will inspire you as it did us.

How many times have we failed at bringing community together? Oh, let us count the ways… However, as we have continued to ask throughout this month: is it really a failure to not succeed at something? Instead, we choose to frame the stories we tell about things that doesn’t work out: we choose to build resilience, to make sure we are congruent with our values, and we choose who we surround ourselv...

You could say that Stacey “failed” to follow the plan for today’s episode! Instead, you are be invited to a real life, real time, resolution of Stacey’s failure to show up for Jackie at an important time. Learn along with us as we literally practice openness and forgiveness after failure in THIS close relationship.

Monthly Topic: FAILURE. Jackie leads today’s episode by walking us through 5 scriptures (read: Bible verses) that are often repeated - and perhaps even often misconstrued. Hear from the mouth of God what He thinks about failure - and what that means for us.

Monthly Topic: FAILURE You lost the game, you didn’t get the job, someone else got the girl. You failed. How do you respond? What now? In today’s episode we unpack the negative emotions that may come from failure. Then we come up with a plan to reframe failure into an opportunity to get smarter, to learn.

Monthly Topic: UNCERTAINTY. You guys are going to LOVE this interview. Salinas public servant for over 25 years, Steve McShane joins us this week for a candid, sweet, and very deep and connecting conversation about uncertainty. Steve speaks with us about his long service to the Salinas community, his beautiful family, his big changes of recent months, and he inspires us the entire discussion. Than...

Monthly Topic: UNCERTAINTY. We start today’s episode discussing the adage, “life is 10% what happens to you and 90% of how you react to it.” It cannot be more evident than with the level of uncertainty we experience in the great big world of our communities - a place where anything can (and does happen!)

Monthly Topic: UNCERTAINTY What is your personal tolerance level for uncertainty? Can you guess Jackie’s or Stacey’s - like on a scale from 1-10? What are some of the influences on your level? No matter your level, Jackie will teach us 5 ways to practice accepting uncertainty in close relationships.

Monthly Topic: UNCERTAINTY. The Message translation of the Bible states, “The fundamental fact of existence is this trust in God, this faith, is the firm foundation under everything that makes life worth living. It’s our handle on what we can’t see.” Listen in to today’s episode to consider our hypothesis that faith establishes a solid foundation that can withstand uncertainty. We would love to he...

Monthly Topic: UNCERTAINTY. Do we ever really know if something will or won’t happen? Join us as we identify strategies for embracing uncertainty as an opportunity. When we manage expectations, access our growth mindset, and practice resilience, we build self-trust. Then we can reframe fear of uncertainty into embracing opportunity.

Monthly Topic: RESPONSIBILITY We are filled with hope and joy to witness the Gen Z party unfold. These gals are funny, witty, brilliant, and … you guessed it … RESPONSIBLE! Join us as we hear from Kim & Valerie on this topic that inspires and motivates them!

Monthly Topic: RESPONSIBILITY

Monthly Topic: RESPONSIBILITY

Monthly Topic: RESPONSIBILITY Jackie poses an interesting stance about responsibility in faith: we don’t have any. The Bible does go on and on about how we need God, and we can’t ever earn forgiveness or entrance into heaven, or anything really - it’s all about Jesus. So, is Jackie’s statement true? Listen in for the discussion!

Monthly Topic: RESPONSIBILITY This new month/new topic stems from last month’s discussion on Agency. One thing we have control of is taking responsibility for our words and actions. In this first look at responsibility (the stuff we have to do) through the lens of ourselves, we find four ways to practice taking responsibility AND not taking responsibility for others’ stuff!

Monthly Topic: AGENCY Welcome to our last episode on the topic of agency - our interview! Join us in welcoming our enigmatic friend Mike Lipe. We appreciate his boisterous attitude, zest for this community, and absolute adoration of his wife and family. You will be highly entertained and energized by listening! Enjoy!

Monthly Topic: AGENCY. Movement > motivation. Done is better than perfect. Today we encourage you to take action in an area or on an idea that may be a baby step - the first bite of the elephant. Because nobody ever accomplished much by just complaining about it!

Monthly Topic: AGENCY Today we zone in and discuss agency through the specific relationship of parenting. Allll day every day we are modeling agency to our children. Jackie and Stacey are firm believers in parenting with the end in mind. If we step in and solve all our kids problems for them, will they ever learn agency? Practice asking these questions with your kids: what do you have agency over?...

Monthly Topic: AGENCY. Do you consider it pure joy when you face trials of any kind? Nope? Neither does Stacey. BUT, we do know that our response, our AGENCY, that we exercise in all the situations and trials of life is what builds resilience, and ultimately, that pure joy. Join us as we decide to not hunt down the snake (you’ll have to listen to find out what the heck that means!)

Monthly Topic: AGENCY. Agency is your sense of what you can or cannot do; the power you believe you have to affect your future. In today’s episode, we discuss how, especially in our youth, it seemed like things happened TO us. Yet, as we age and mature, we become more aware that we are not just products of our circumstances. We have far more power than we realize. Learn with us the cycle of taking...

Monthly Topic: WHOLENESS. Get excited for this episode! We host our first ever roundtable. This means we hold an awesome conversation about WHOLENESS with Letty, Kristy, Alanna and Ginger. We know WHOLENESS looks different for each of us. You will love to listen in to hear from 4 different perspectives and 4 awesome women.