The Steady Podcast

Some nights go sideways in ways you couldn't script if you tried. In this throwback episode, Melody recounts a Friday that started with a home-cooked dinner and spiraled into full-blown chaos... and a lesson she's still learning to live out: the art of the pivot. Underneath the laughs, there's a story she doesn't tell often. One that reshaped how she thinks about pressure, people-p...

Hey Everybody! In this episode of The Jesus Series, we look at Mark 3:17, where Jesus gives James and John a nickname: Boanerges , or Sons of Thunder. It's loud. It's intense. And He calls them that anyway. We talk about what it means to be accepted before you're "fixed," why community and not isolation, is where real transformation happens, and I share two personal stories: gr...

What does a first-century Pharisee have to do with your blind spots? More than you'd think. In this episode, Melody kicks off The Jesus Series, unpacking the parables of Jesus through a psychological lens. We're in Luke 18:9-14, unpacking the ways we see, and don't see ourselves. And one invitation to let God hold the mirror. Take the Johari Window test: https://kevan.org/johari https:...

Have you ever said something off, snapped at someone you cared about, or spiraled into self-criticism and couldn't figure out why? In this first episode of The Steady, Melody unpacks what's really happening when our emotions get the best of us: it usually starts with an unmet need. Drawing from Maslow's hierarchy and real moments from her own life, Melody walks through what emotional r...