Episode 13 gets a bad rap.

Hotels skip it. Airplanes tiptoe past it. Elevators pretend it never existed.

And yet here we are… pressing the glowing button anyway.

Lucky 13. 🍀

This episode flips the script on the number everyone side-eyes. Because what if “unlucky” is just a plot twist in disguise? What if the very thing that feels like a detour is actually the doorway?

We’re talking about the flat tires, the closed doors, the “not this again” days. The moments that look like smudges on the canvas but end up shaping the whole masterpiece.

Because sometimes life whispers,

“Trust me… this is setting you up, not setting you back.”

We explore how confidence changes the chemistry of our story. When you start believing you’re blessed instead of doomed, you walk differently. You notice opportunities. You pray bigger prayers. You expect good things. And somehow, like clockwork gears turning behind the curtain, things begin to align.

Not because everything is easy.

But because you decided it’s working for you, not against you.

It’s faith with muddy shoes.

Hope with a scraped knee.

Joy that says, “Even this will turn into something beautiful.”

If all things really can work together for good, then maybe the hard chapter isn’t a curse. Maybe it’s chapter thirteen. The one where everything starts to change.

So today we’re reclaiming the number.

Calling it blessed.

Calling it lucky.

Calling it proof that the story isn’t over yet.

Because sometimes the “worst” thing that happens to you becomes the very thing that saves you.

Welcome to Lucky 13. ✨

What if everything could change with just one thing?

One person who texts at the right moment.

One meal that tastes like home.

One hard conversation.

One brave decision.

One tiny yes.

One quiet no.

It’s funny how life tips on such small hinges.

In this episode, we explore the power of “one.” The single habit, relationship, food, or experience that can brighten a whole day… or unravel it. If there were one thing that could make your life better, what would it be? And what’s the one thing that quietly pulls you away from your joy?

The world keeps selling us soft couches and quick dopamine, whispering, “Chase comfort. Chase pleasure.” But comfort fades fast. Faith tells a different story. Growth comes from climbing, not coasting. From overcoming, not avoiding.

Because real happiness isn’t built in the easy moments. It’s forged in the stretch, the stumble, the prayer you whisper when the road gets steep.

And when I look back at my own overcoming, there’s always one constant: people. The friends, the family, the strangers turned angels who show up with casseroles, coffee, or courage. No one overcomes alone.

In this episode, we wander down the candy colored sidewalks of Galveston, where nobody checks your résumé before handing you a slice of king cake. The kale smoothie crowd and the powdered sugar crowd all catch the same beads. Feathers, flaws, halos slightly crooked. Everyone belongs.

And it got me thinking.

Why is it easier to celebrate strangers in a Mardi Gras parade than extend that same grace to someone taking a GLP-1 for their weight and health?

Somehow, medicine becomes morality. Support turns into side eye. Help becomes “cheating.”

It echoes an older story we’ve heard before.

Not long ago, people whispered about therapy the way they used to whisper about ghosts. Mental health lived in the attic, hidden and dusty. Now we talk about it in daylight. We schedule it. We honor it. We’ve learned that caring for your brain isn’t weakness. It’s wisdom.

So maybe caring for your metabolism deserves the same parade route.

This episode is a gentle, bead tossing reminder that health journeys aren’t competitions or confessionals. They’re just… human. Messy. Brave. Personal.

Like Mardi Gras, life works best when we trade judgment for joy, labels for laughter, and let the saints and sinners ride the same float.

Because healing, in any form, deserves a little music and a lot less shame.

Grab your beads. Let’s talk.

Love is not a museum piece.

It breathes. It shifts. It changes outfits when we are not looking.

In this episode, we explore three tender, surprising ways love evolves in real life.

First, the love that quietly fades.

The hobby, the role, the dream you once held like a favorite song on repeat… but now it feels like static. What if outgrowing something is not failure, but wisdom? What if releasing it is an act of self trust, not loss?

Then, the flip side.

The things you swore you would never like. The foods, the workouts, the ideas, the identities you built your personality around rejecting. What happens when curiosity cracks the door open? Could growth mean letting yourself change your mind without guilt?

And finally, the complicated truth.

Some people or things may never be your “favorite.” Not everything is meant to be adored. But can you choose respect over resistance? Can you find value without forcing affection?

This conversation is about loosening your grip, softening your stance, and letting love mature into something deeper than simple like or dislike.

Because sometimes love looks like holding on.

Sometimes it looks like walking away.

And sometimes it simply looks like understanding.

This episode explores the everyday power of love. We dive into love languages, learning to love yourself first, and why real love gives freedom instead of control. Plus, how praising your partner publicly strengthens connection and why, at the end of it all, love is still the greatest thing we can choose.

Simple. Intentional. Love, lived out loud. LOVE is Living Your Joy Life

The number 8 is a symbol of God’s love for me in good times, hard times and the most ordinary, mundane moments. He wants to connect with us and sometimes a symbol can be a reminder that He is with us. In this episode, I share about my daughter Shae, born with Trisomy 18. She was born on July 8, died on December 8. She was 8 years old. For many years, the number 8 represented only sadness & grief but now it’s a symbol of God’s presence in my life. It is a God wink. I’m grateful to have this sign as it causes me to pause & give thanks for all that He has done and all the He will do.

Laughing is my favorite. I love to laugh so hard I cry. Have you ever just cracked up so hard that anything & everything became funny? Even just the act of laughing brought on more laughter until you practically peed your pants? (Yeah that’s happened). I just love LOVE to laugh. Did you know that laughing is actually making you younger? It has a longevity effect as well as so many other physiological & psychological boosts. It’s so good for you that there is something called Laugh Yoga. I’m not kidding. There are videos on YouTube if you want to give it a try. It has something to do with the contagious effect of laughter. Have you ever just started laughing because you see someone else cracking up?? That’s the idea.

In this episode I share a hilarious & embarrassing story involving a winter storm & a lost bet, I also give you some funny movie recommendations to help you on this - the worst winter storm weekend of 2026. Winter-pocalypse.

So Besties, if you are feeling the doldrums of the longest January ever, I hope this episode will lift your spirits & spark some Joy. The sun will shine again & soon we will be complaining about the heat & mosquitos.

Do you feel lost? Are you having an identity crisis? Are you unsure of who YOU are beyond the titles of wife, mom, sister, daughter? This episode is for you. You can become any version of you that you want. Like trying on shoes- you may not know what you want but you know what you don’t want (No thank you stilettos).

Part of living your joy life is knowing who you are in a way that helps you to curate meaningful identity.

It’s ok to fake it till you make it just don’t give up on you. It’s ok to be a different you. It’s ok to be louder you. It’s ok to be a healthier you. It’s ok to be whatever the heck you want to be in whatever way you can make it happen.

Being lost in your identity is better than being dragged along in a bunch of different ways that are robbing you of JOY. Being lost means you can be found. Let’s find the “Now You” besties.

Xoxo,

Kimmi

In the 80’s there were a lot of commercials about the starving children in Africa. I grew up hearing that I shouldn’t waste my food because of the starving children. Now I have to decide how to reconcile food waste with the potential adverse impact of eating too much. In this episode I talk about Sunk Cost Fallacy and the Endowment Effect. Basically not “waisting” versus not “wasting”. Blowing gift cards is a form of waste. But not spending gift cards is a form of waste - financially and as a matter of the heart. Someone cared enough to spend their money on YOU so that you can buy something to think of that person when you use whatever you bought. Which then brings us to a spiritual faith connection- the fact that Jesus basically gave each of us a gift card through his death & resurrection. If we know this (own the gift card) but don’t receive it (spend the gift card) we basically are wasting our eternal gift. Deep message that I am not very equipped to fully explain, it makes sense in my head. I hope you get what you need from today’s podcast to spark some JOY.

Ps spend your gift cards,

PSs don’t waste your life

Love you mean it,

Kimmi

It’s hard to make changes. It’s also hard to stay stuck in the cycle of where you are. In this episode I encourage you to figure out what you value most in order to help you take a step forward toward the real treasure - JOY. Nothing feels as good as living your joy life, you can’t do that without having some goals you are chasing (and crushing). Let’s work through what holds us back so that we can move forward in 2026 together. I’m already so proud of you.