In this honest and personal episode, Justin and Trish talk about life transitions, burnout, and the rhythms they wish they had established much earlier in their marriage, faith, and family life.

From becoming grandparents to navigating grad school, empty nesting, work demands, and emotional exhaustion, they talk candidly about how unrealistic expectations, people-pleasing, and one-size-fits-all solutions can quietly erode our peace. Rather than focusing on goals, this conversation centers on healthy rhythms, understanding your season of life, and making small but meaningful changes that protect your emotional, spiritual, and relational health.

If you feel tired, stretched thin, or unsure how to create sustainable rhythms in this season, this episode will help you pause, reflect, and take a healthier next step.

What does it take to break cycles of poverty, trauma, and limitation—and replace them with purpose, healing, and hope?

In this deeply moving episode of the Let’s Get Real Podcast, Justin Davis sits down with Dr. Terence Lester, author of From Dropout to Doctorate, nonprofit leader, and founder of Love Beyond Walls. Dr. Lester shares his remarkable journey from growing up in poverty, experiencing homelessness, dropping out of high school, and joining a gang—to earning multiple graduate degrees and dedicating his life to serving the most overlooked in our communities.

This conversation goes far beyond personal success. Dr. Lester unpacks how poverty is trauma, how limited exposure can erode imagination, and how one encouraging voice—a teacher, mentor, or advocate—can change the trajectory of a life. He reflects on reconciliation with his father later in life, the healing power of forgiveness, and why community—not individual effort alone—is central to transformation.

Justin and Terence also have an honest, thoughtful dialogue about race, awareness, proximity, and what it truly means for the Church to love its neighbor—not just in theory, but in practice.

This episode is a must-listen for anyone passionate about faith, justice, education, reconciliation, and becoming the kind of person who helps others feel seen, known, and valued.

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What does it look like when ordinary obedience turns into extraordinary impact?

In this powerful and deeply moving conversation, Justin and Trisha sit down with Brittany and Sammy Higgs, founders of The HER Campaign, to talk about faith, family, and the courageous work of walking with survivors of sex trafficking from rescue to true freedom.

What began as a quiet conviction, and a willingness to open their own home, has grown into a multi-location ministry providing holistic, trauma-informed care for women exiting trafficking. Along the way, Brittany and Sammy share the messy, faith-stretching realities of saying “yes” to God, including selling their business, opening a safe house with young children at home, and even walking 580 miles from Montana to Denver with a baby goat named Freedom to raise awareness.

This episode doesn’t just inform, it confronts hopelessness and helplessness and replaces them with action, faith, and tangible next steps. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by the darkness in the world or unsure how your “small yes” could make a difference, this conversation is for you.

Links in this episode: 

The HER Campaign Website: https://hercampaign.org

Follow The HER Campaign: @hercampaign (Instagram & social platforms)

Education & Awareness Resource: https://iamonwatch.org

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In the final episode of Season 7, Justin and Trish close out 2025 with one of their favorite annual conversations: reflecting on the year that’s ending and preparing intentionally for the year ahead.

This episode is equal parts honest, hilarious, and deeply vulnerable as they unpack the real stories, real struggles, and real growth that shaped their year—personally, spiritually, and relationally.

Justin shares why fulfilled is the word that best captures his 2025, the surprising journey back to seminary, running a half marathon, and rediscovering purpose after seasons of disorientation and loss. Trish opens up about her word for the year—roller coaster—and what it was like to experience grief, joy, transition, and pressure all in rapid succession.

Together they dive into:

If you’re entering the new year feeling hopeful, hesitant, exhausted, overwhelmed, or ready for change—this episode will help you breathe, reflect, and take your next step with intention.

In this tender and hope-filled episode, Justin and Trish sit down with Kara Stout—writer, wife, and new adoptive mom living in Los Angeles—to talk about what it looks like to pursue an untroubled heart in a world that feels anything but calm.

Kara shares honestly about walking through an artery dissection, financial struggle, infertility, the loss of both parents (including her mom’s cancer journey), and an adoption that fell through—before God brought their daughter Nora into their family. Out of that deep well of suffering and God’s faithfulness came her new devotional, The Untroubled Heart: Calming Anxiety and Finding God’s Purpose.

If you’re overwhelmed by the news cycle, carrying quiet grief, or waiting on God to move in a situation that feels stuck, this conversation will remind you that you can bring all of it to Him—and that waiting on God is not passive.

In this heart-to-heart conversation, Justin and Trish sit down with author and podcaster Rachael Adams (The Love Offering Podcast) to talk about what it really means to live loved by God in the middle of real life—busy schedules, insecurity, comparison, and all.

Rachael shares the simple but profound church-pew moment that changed everything for her, how God used loneliness and small acts of obedience to shape her calling, and why it’s so hard for us to love ourselves even when we know all the “right answers.” If you’ve ever felt too insignificant, too broken, or too behind for God to use you, this episode will breathe hope into your soul.

In today’s episode of Let’s Get Real, Justin and Trish dive into the truth behind “stuckness” — why we find ourselves in the same patterns again and again, and what God invites us to do when we feel trapped.

Justin shares from his own story about the slow drift into feeling stuck, the emotional and spiritual lies that keep us from moving forward, and how small steps of honesty can open the door to big transformation. Trish brings wisdom and compassion as she unpacks why we avoid change and how vulnerability can be the key that unlocks healing.

If you’ve ever felt hopeless about a relationship, discouraged by repeated cycles, or afraid to take the next step… this episode will breathe life and courage into your journey. You’re not as stuck as you think you are — and we’ll help you see where God is already inviting you to move.

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What do you do when the child you raised no longer wants a relationship with you? In this deeply moving episode of the Let’s Get Real Podcast, we sit down with Sally Harris, a coach and mentor to moms navigating the pain of estrangement from their adult children.

Sally shares her powerful story of losing connection with her daughter for nearly a decade, hitting her own rock bottom through alcohol dependence, and finding freedom the moment she surrendered fully to God. She opens up about the shame, guilt, and isolation many moms feel, and how healing begins with one courageous choice to focus on personal health, community, and faith.

This conversation is raw and real. Whether you’re a parent experiencing estrangement, an adult child navigating brokenness with a parent, or a friend walking alongside someone in pain, Sally’s wisdom will give you hope and practical steps forward.

If you’ve ever felt stuck in relational pain, this episode will remind you: change doesn’t start with fixing someone else; it starts with one choice to surrender your own heart to God’s healing.

What does it really mean to wait on God? To open our hands, release control, and trust His timing? In this conversation, Vivian Mabuni invites us into her story of returning to seminary later in life, writing her book Open Hands, Willing Heart, and learning to surrender with both courage and clarity.

Vivian shares how waiting isn’t passive—it’s a steady, patient readiness that allows God to settle our hearts and bring clarity. She talks about what it means to live with a posture of surrender, not as resignation but as faithful obedience. We also explore the role of proximity and presence and why being with people who are different from us shapes our compassion, changes our language, and deepens our leadership.

If you’ve ever wrestled with timing, struggled to let go of control, or wondered how to walk more faithfully in your calling, Vivian’s wisdom will encourage and challenge you in all the right ways.

In this powerful conversation, Trisha sits down with Cristina Baker to talk about her incredible journey from brokenness and addiction to freedom and faith in Christ. Cristina vulnerably shares her past struggles, including her arrest, suicidal thoughts, and feelings of hopelessness, and how God radically transformed her life.

Together, they discuss:

Cristina’s story is a beautiful reminder that no one is too far gone, and that God’s love meets us in our darkest moments.

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