Girly Podcast

Why am I so afraid of being lonely? Why do I wake up in a spiral of anxious thoughts about my school day? Why am I scared he won’t like me back? Why am I afraid of what other people think?
Fear can feel OVERWHELMING. Join Jalen and Jena in a conversation about three steps we can take to right size our fears. 

“Sure he walks me to all my classes, but we’re seriously just friends!”
“We’re going to the dance together, as friends of course.”
“He’s like a brother to me! I would never like him.”
Part two of answering the question we’ve all wondered. Can boys and girls really just be friends?
Jalen and Jena discuss more of your opinions in today’s small talk, and share tools to keep in mind when navigating friendship with the boys in your life.

Can guys and girls really just be friends?
We’re kicking off a new series we’re calling Bro’s, Bud’s, and Boyfriends where we dive into all things—you guessed it—boys!
We asked some of you what you think, and were excited to answer this question and more together over the next couple of weeks.

Let’s get girly!

Welcome back girlies! In this episode Jalen and Jena chat about how to take off our filters and allow people to truly know you. They also jump into a conversation on how to hear from God, and why the Bible isn’t just a dusty old book written by people thousands of years ago! (Or a book written by dusty old people, as Jalen likes to say).

Let’s get girly!

Why do I care so much about what other people think? Should I care what some people think? How do I live to please God and not my Instagram followers? 
Jena and Jalen answer these questions in a conversation about caring less and people pleasing. They talk about the importance of knowing how much care to give different people’s opinions, and how to make decisions based on what God has to say and what you know to be true about yourself.

Why am I comparing myself to that girl on TikTok again? Why am I jealous of my bestfriend? Is comparison always a bad thing?
Jena and Jalen talk about comparison—why we do it, how to recognize it, and how to overcome it and show up places as your full self. 
God has a plan for how He will use your YOUness in your relationships. 

What’s the secret to contentment?
Paul knows it, and he tells us in the book of Philippians. Wanna be in on the secret? Join Jena and Jalen as they unpack how to find contentment, how to navigate discontentment, and why discontentment isn’t always a bad thing? Hot take!

Let’s get girly!

Very mindful, very demure.
We're not sure who pulled these words out of the woodwork, but they might be onto something!
What does it mean to be mindful?
To take time to stop and think about what's literally filling your mind?
In this episode, Jalen and Jena talk about how to find freedom from the thoughts that fill your mind with fear, anxiety, and insecurity, and instead fill your mind with things that will bring you peace, confidence, and joy.
Let's get girly!

Do you recharge by spending time with others? Do you recharge by spending time alone?
Maybe a bit of both?
We all tend to fall one direction on the introvert and extrovert scale. How do we love our friends well when they have a different social battery than us? How do we communicate our own needs when our social battery needs to recharge?
Jalen and Jena talk about introverts and extroverts, and how knowing about our social battery needs can help us love each other well in friendship.

Wait, friendship isn’t always easy?
What do you do when a friend hurts you?
What do you do when you’ve hurt a friend?
Jalen and Jena talk about three friendship hurt categories: disrespect, reject, and neglect, so that we can use these categories to put words to our feelings and mend brokenness in our friendships.
The bridge between hurt and healing is a conversation—with that friend, and with God.