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Jess sits down with behavior analyst and entrepreneur Charity Floyd to discuss how choosing peace instead of bitterness transformed her life and career. Charity shares her journey into autism advocacy, business ownership, leadership, and trusting purpose over profit. This episode is a powerful reminder that sometimes one mindset decision can change everything. 🎙️ Connect With Our Guest: Charity Fl...

She went from sexual trauma and confusion to helping believers build healthy intimacy in marriage. Coach Tammy opens up about healing, celibacy, sexuality, and God’s design for intimacy. In this powerful episode of Jess Ask The Podcast, intimacy and relationship coach Coach Tammy joins host Jessica S. Smith for an honest, faith-centered conversation about sexuality, healing, celibacy, and navigati...

She grew up on Section 8, dropped out of college at 19, and almost lost her life. Today she makes the laws. Commissioner LaShunda Scales' story has never been told like this.   EPISODE DESCRIPTION  Jefferson County Commissioner LaShunda Scales — known in her district as 'Mama Scales' — sits down with host Jessica S. Smith for the most personal conversation of her career. She opens up about growing...

Description: Jessica and Desiree get honest about boundaries—why they’re necessary, why they can feel like bondage, and how pain can push us into building walls instead of healthy guardrails. Jessica opens up about repeated relationship patterns, what therapy has revealed, and the struggle of protecting your heart without shutting people out. Together, they break down what boundaries actually are,...

Jess sits down with Joy Pittman to unpack Joseph in a way that shifts everything. What if the destination was never the palace… but the famine? What if elevation wasn’t about validation, but positioning? This episode challenges labels, reframes calling, and reminds you to occupy your seat wherever you’re placed. If you’ve been shrinking or questioning your assignment, this conversation will give y...

Description: Jess and Desiree Danielle have an honest conversation about what it means to be “created to create” — and why your obedience still counts even when the response is quiet. Desiree shares how her new book was birthed through prayer, the fear of opinions, and the vulnerable shift from producing others to releasing her own voice. Together, they talk excellence vs. perfection, using what’s...

Description: This episode is about intimacy — the real kind. Jessica and Desiree discuss abstinence, shame, dating God, and learning self-intimacy in singleness. If you’ve struggled silently in this area, this conversation is for you. 🎙️ Need a place to be reminded you're not alone? The Safe Space is for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Inside this Patreon-only communi...

Description: Warning: this episode might get slippery—because the oil showed up. Jess and Desiree sit down with  Janice Coleman for a wisdom-packed conversation on seasons (dispensations), purpose-driven obedience, leadership transitions, and building structure without burning out. If you’ve been trying to figure out what God is doing in your life—or you’ve been frustrated while building—this epis...

Description: Jess and Desiree break down 5 mistakes builders make starting out—from treating your assignment like a “sneaky link” to waiting on the “right time” and dishonoring what’s already in your hand. This episode is a push from idea mode to execution, with real examples of partnership, stewardship, and what it looks like to be fully persuaded about what God told you to build. 🎙️ Need a place...

Description: Building with a partner is beautiful… and frustrating. Jessica and Desiree talk about real partnership: different personalities, different communication styles, and how offense can derail the assignment if you don’t know the heart of who you’re building with. They break down “iron sharpens iron,” healing through the process, and how to stay focused on the purpose instead of the irrita...

Dr. Dee Fomby joins Jess Ask the Podcast for an impromptu conversation, interviewing Jessica S. Smith and Desiree Danielle about identity, pressure, and what it really looks like when the mic is off. They discuss being “the strong friend,” learning to receive, singleness, finances, and the way God proves Himself as Jehovah Jireh in real time. 🎙️ Need a place to be reminded you're not alone? The Sa...

Description: Jessica S. Smith and Desiree welcome LaDarrius Hutcherson to the Safe Space for a thoughtful conversation on therapy, identity, and purpose. LaDarrius shares how Birmingham helped shape who he is today, how therapy challenged old patterns, and what it’s like balancing personal growth while building a public platform. He also introduces his book, Bloom Where You’re Planted, unpacking t...

Description: Are you a builder, a dreamer, or a visionary—and do you know what season you’re in? In this episode, Desiree and I sit down with Coach JD Fomby for a real conversation about what it means to build on purpose in 2026. We talk delegation, emotional bandwidth, protecting your circle, and why “doing the work” matters more than chasing a moment. If you’re navigating growth, leadership, ent...

Description: Are you ready for a thought-provoking, honest conversation about building in uncomfortable places? What about trusting God’s timing and releasing shame before stepping into a new season? Using Jeremiah 29 as our foundation, Desiree and I unpack what it really means to build, plant, and multiply—even when you’re not where you thought you’d be. This episode speaks directly to leaders, b...

Description: Jessica and her sister Kendal (Kendal Tried It) open up about divorce, co-parenting, and what it means to choose yourself without abandoning the people you love. They talk about growing up with divorced parents, breaking generational patterns, single motherhood, and how Kendal went from loctician to content creator while raising three kids. This one is for the woman who feels unseen,...

Description: In this powerful and deeply transparent episode, Jess sits with Tiffany N. White for one of the most honest and transformative conversations yet. Tiffany opens up about everything: her journey to earning her GED in five days, navigating motherhood as a young single mom, attending an HBCU as a white woman, dealing with online assumptions, rebuilding self-worth, and learning how to flou...

Description: In this honest and healing conversation, Jess sits down with Britta Tabor for a transparent look at confidence, calling, femininity, divorce, and the fear of stepping into what God is asking you to do. Britta opens up about rebuilding life after 30+ years of marriage, navigating loneliness, finding herself again, and learning how to show up authentically — online and in real life. The...

Description: In this deeply transparent episode, Jess sits down with Ricka Riley — worship leader, psalmist, intercessor, and survivor — for one of the most powerful conversations of the season. Ricka opens up about worship beyond the microphone: sacrifice, surrender, dying to self, and learning that real worship begins where comfort ends. She shares her story of living homeless for three years, s...

Description: Jess is joined by her best friend and prophetic voice Brianca E. Hardy to discuss the supernatural, the prophetic, the 5 (and 6) spiritual senses, and how believers can learn to hear God clearly. This episode breaks down warfare, discernment, spiritual language, angel numbers, Hebrew years, generational gifts, and how to avoid counterfeits while following the Holy Spirit. If you’ve ev...

Description: Jess sits down with Funnel Queen Alyssa “Curlyssa” Pitts to talk funnels, offers, and the real-life story behind the systems. They unpack what a funnel actually is, why every creator already has one, and how to turn your podcast and content into simple, profitable offers—especially going into the holiday season. Alyssa also shares her powerful testimony of surviving domestic violence...

Description: In this episode, Jess and Desiree remind you: you are not behind. They open up about burnout, rest, and learning to slow down enough to hear God clearly. From Genesis and Habakkuk 2:2–3, they break down how to write the vision, make it legible, and recognize the season you’re in. This is your reminder to stop rushing the process and stop calling yourself behind — you’re right on time....

Description: What does safe love feel like when you’re healing in public? Educator & creator Brittani Monique shares how prayer with her partner became the most intimate step of her healing, why boundaries saved her peace, and how she uses influence to serve students—poppy machines, clothes, books, all of it. We dive into church that still feels like church, online safety, content batching, an...

Description: Transitions aren’t easy—but they’re necessary. In this episode, Jess and Desiree get real about moving seasons, why rest is Biblical, and how to steward both partnership and podcasting. From recording in borrowed spaces to learning batch recording and celebrating milestones, they share how God’s grace makes room for growth. If you’ve ever delayed starting because you thought you didn’...

Description : What does real community building look like beyond likes and monthly dues? Entrepreneur and coach Nella Coleman shares how to price with integrity, lead with value, and serve without burning out—while navigating motherhood, faith, and being truly multifaceted. We talk confidence before followers, seasons and pivots, guilt around church/work balance, and why builders need community to...

Description : What does it really mean to build a healthy Christian friendship—one that uplifts without falling into codependency? In this episode, Pastor Andrea Gates and Dr. Pauletta Brown share how godly friends cover you, not coddle you, and why boundaries, grace, and honesty are essential for lasting relationships. We get real about grief, healing abandonment and rejection, and navigating fri...