The Jackie and Stacey Show

Monthly Topic: FEAR. New month, New topic! Here we go, facing our FEARS head on. What is FEAR? Is it the same as anxiety? How is it different from phobia? Jackie and Stacey discuss their deepest personal fears, some of the top 10 fears, and some ways to celebrate and appreciate the natural response that is FEAR. There are always two sides to a coin, and two ways (or a million) to look at each of o...

Monthly Topic: UNITY. We are so, so excited to share this interview with you all! We could not be more proud of the woman of integrity, hilarity, and drive who is our newly elected Mayor of Salinas. She is a two-term past councilwoman, business owner, CEO, and former Roller Derby gal (which we actually didn’t get to in the interview)! Join us as we discuss the topic of UNITY through our four lense...

Monthly Topic: UNITY. We are waltzing through our episodes on this topic - weaving an extended definition of what UNITY means in all of our different contexts. In this episode, we seek to to reframe our UNITY focused thinking in our communities and truly getting curious about our fears/triggers/anger about what ‘they’ are doing? #teamStacey is on the triggering side, but thank God for #teamJackie...

Monthly Topic: UNITY. Jackie leads us through a different way to build unity in relationships in today’s episode. Can we draw others in to UNITY with us by communicating well? Further, Jackie helps Stacey continue to shift from a focus on control & rules to a mindset of connecting in relationship. Which things do we hold tightly and which can be held loosely?

Monthly Topic: UNITY If UNITY is togetherness, a shared bond, shared experiences ... do we all have to be the same? ... have the same faith? ... worship God in the same manner? What does it look like to be in UNITY with God? Soooo many questions today, and we even come up with some answers direct from Jesus’ lips!

NEW monthly topic: UNITY. How are you feeling, sis? Are you feeling like you belong; some togetherness and UNITY with your people or your community? Or do you feel this growing sense that we are more disconnected from each other than ever before? Join us as we begin to just scratch the surface of what UNITY is, and how we can find points of connection within the ever-expanding world around us.

Monthly Topic: GRIEF. Please welcome to the podcast the beautifully articulate and whole-hearted Tina Giuliani. In our interview, Tina helps us understand the many forms grief takes: anticipatory grief, current grief, and grief for the person you were before the grief began. Rather than be overwhelmed, we hope you find Tina to be a soul sister, as we do. In her openness, may you find connection; I...

Monthly Topic: GRIEF First, a heartfelt Thank You to each of our listeners who hav estates their personal stories of loss and grief with us. We cherish your trust in us, and we sit alongside you. In today’s episode, we continue the conversation of how we support one another in our grief, and sometimes how we collectively grieve as a community. We especially hope you join us in contemplating our Va...

Monthly topic: GRIEF. Have you ever been at a loss for words to support those closest to you when they are experiencing GRIEF? Do you feel like you are getting it all wrong and clumsy? Join the club, sister. In this episode, Jackie and Stacey discuss what are some of the best ways to support those you love who are going through the deep valleys of GRIEF. It may be excruciating to sit by while a de...

Monthly Topic: GRIEF We experience GRIEF when we experience any loss of a hope or a dream unfulfilled. In today’s episode, Jackie and Stacey share more about their personal GRIEF stories. Relationships are forged in love, and therefore bring the deepest feelings of expressed GRIEF. How and when does a relationship with God fit in to all of this? Find out what the girls think and feel....

Monthly Topic: GRIEF. Welcome back to the Jackie and Stacey show! Today we reintroduce ourselves, our mission and how our podcast flows. Jackie and Stacey have been on a 4 month hiatus dealing with - you guessed it - GRIEF. We thank you for your grace, understanding and encouragement through this fall. Lord knows we all need it! Today we touch on the topic of grief, and how it is so personal to ea...

Monthly Topic: PEACEMAKING. Meet Jon Huckins. He is a beloved and brilliant friend who also happens to be a leader in encouraging and teaching on Peacemaking. From his website, JonHuckins.net: “Jon is a pastor and Co-Founding Director of The Global Immersion Project, a peacemaking training organization helping individuals and communities move toward conflict equip to heal rather than to win. He is...

Monthly Topic: PEACEMAKING. How do we actively make peace in our communities? Stacey is learning (maybe) to calm down her passion a bit in order to be respectful and LISTEN. We continue to talk and learn and evolve into women of integrity in our communities - both in person and online. Consider taking some of Jackie’s action steps this week: 1. Curate your social media; 2. Be sure to add people wh...

Monthly Topic: PEACEMAKING. Today’s episode will take us through the hard work of choosing peacemaking in our close relationships. For an example, Stacey shares what she learned from her counselor about apologizing. Hint: a true apology is to peacemaking what “sorry” is to peacekeeping. *gulp*

Monthly Topic: PEACEMAKING. Jackie and Stacey share a faith of Christianity. In this episode, we discuss how the American view of Christianity is warped by religion. Jesus was NOT a peacekeeper. He showed up and called everyone out on their hypocrisy. He was far from chill about it, and we are challenged to go through conflict for the purpose of understanding others, too. Truly, we have got to go...

Monthly topic: PEACEMAKING. Happy August, dear listeners! This month, we are kind of continuing the much needed discussion resounding in our hearts: how can we love better? Find out some really interesting distinctions between being a peacekeeper- (women tend to practice this a LOT) - and being a peacemaker or peacebuilder. Which comes more naturally to you? Which have you been trained to practice...

Monthly Topic: JUSTICE. Stacey is so excited to introduce you to her lifelong dearest friend, Marisol Mendez. She’s always been brilliant, loyal, witty, and basically the best kind of human. AND she just happens to work as a Supervising District Attorney for our County. Listen as we learn a little about the criminal justice system and how Marisol became a prosecutor. We are so proud to know a woma...

Monthly Topic: JUSTICE Expanding on Jackie’s fantastic focus on social justice in last week’s episode, Stacey leads us through a bit of a summary of our last couple of months’ discussions. Today we remember to See, Listen, Ask, and Do. Above all else, we encourage you to join us in our Vaya Con Dios: replacing our language/speech of “they or them” to “we or us”. We are in this together, friends!

Monthly Topic: JUSTICE Is it all about fairness? Is it all about charity? Perhaps, as Jackie proposes, the real work in our close relationships is open dialogue and growth regarding social justice. What kind of work can we do to help our kids, besties, and parents serve one another with dignity and respect? Also, Stacey (again) talks about her best friend Harrison Ford, and what he has to say abou...

Monthly Topic: JUSTICE Micah 6:8 says “And what does the Lord require of you? To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.” Listen to Jackie and Stacey discuss how this verse about justice informs their faith life. As usual, there are some rabbit trails and some funny stories, but the truths of this verse and the ways God has used it to shape us is something we are grateful fo...

Monthly topic: JUSTICE Move over Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, and Augustine, Jackie and Stacey apparently have something to say about the topic of justice. Seriously, though...With philosophers and thought leaders, authors and theologians adding to this conversation for not just centuries, but for all of time, what could we possibly contribute to the mix? Listen to find out! We talk about justice a...

Monthly Topic: PRIVILEGE. “Our learning with never be finished” - Robin DeAngelo. Avril and Carmel are brilliant women who share their unique experiences as immigrants, as well as privilege and racism with us. We know you will love their gentle, yet steadfast, spirits of desire for loving one another. Hear how Carmel’s life in South Africa under apartheid, her self-proclaimed bubble in Boston, and...

Monthly topic: PRIVILEGE Help us define what privilege is, and how we show up (or have the privilege to choose not to) in our communities. Stacey shares a quote from Trevor Noah’s book, “Born a Crime”. Ultimately, let’s begin with looking at people - with the intent of seeing each other’s humanity. Will you join us?

Monthly Topic: PRIVILEGE. Join us (two totally non-experts) as we grow, learn and lament alongside you. In today’s episode, Jackie encourages us all to sit in our collective feelings of deep sadness for the state of the world. Stacey points us to Keedron Bryant for the most beautiful singing lament she has heard (@keedronbryant). Secondly, join us to continue educating ourselves by listening to vo...

Monthly Topic: PRIVILEGE Reminder right off the bat: Jackie and Stacey are learning in each and every episode - about the topic, about the world, and about themselves. Their purpose will always be to shine light and to learn. We are NOT experts at pretty much anything. Please use this podcast as a spark to interest you, challenge you, and/or to start you off on a path of discovery. Especially now...