Simple Yes

Jesus tells us to love God with all our heart, mind, and strength, and to love our neighbors as ourselves.

Easy, right?! ... We wish!

Why do we like to overcomplicate things? Why do we fall into the trap that for an idea to be important it must be complex? How do we get back to basics?

Join Jess and Mel as they discuss the pendulum swing they often find themselves in from overcomplicating the gospel that causes burnout to finding comfort in complacency– and how implementing the "Simple Yes Method" has helped them find freedom. Today’s episode is a reminder to go back to basics. That often it’s the simplest actions that have the biggest impact. So, love God, love others, and find peace & freedom in the simplicity of being present.

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Books Mentioned:

+ Sincerely, Stoneheart by Emily Willson

+ He Leadeth Me by Walter J Ciszek, S.J. with Daniel L. Flaherty, S.J.

+ The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence

What if we stopped thinking of our limitations as something to hide, and viewed them as an invitation to experience God’s love more deeply?

Jess and Mel share some reflections on the example of Saint Thérèse’s “little way” and the beauty of embracing our littleness. How humility and dependence on God can bring unexpected freedom, and how it's through our limits that He draws us closer to Him.

We don’t have to be more, do more, or have it all figured out to be loved by Him.

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Books mentioned:

+ The Imitation of Christ, Thomas à Kempis

+ He Leadeth Me, Father Walter J. Ciszek with Father Daniel L. Flaherty

What are we missing when we’re always focused on "what else" or "what’s next"?

In this episode, Jess and Mel talk about slowing down enough to notice and be grateful for the little ways God is already working in and through our lives.

From unexpected moments of grace to the ways He uses our ordinary conversations, choices, sacrifices, and yeses, God may be doing more than we realize. We may just need to slow down and give Him our attention to really see it.

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What does it look like to have Christ's peace, especially when life around us doesn’t feel peaceful? In this episode, Jess and Mel explore the kind of peace that comes not from having everything figured out, but from staying connected to Jesus through every season.

They talk about recognizing God’s presence in ordinary moments, trusting His timing when we’re waiting, and leaning on the community He gives us along the way. They also reflect on how as we grow in holiness and virtue, we can become a witness to others by allowing Christ’s peace to take root in us and overflow into the lives around us.

Peace isn’t something we have to wait for until life settles down. It’s something we can receive if we just choose to stay close to Him—right here, right now, whatever season we’re in.

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Life is full of in-between seasons. The space between the beginning and the breakthrough, the prayer and the answer, the dream and its fulfillment. While it's tempting to rush through the tension, or maybe just avoid the hard things altogether, what if we chose to let go and trust that it's actually where God is doing His deepest work?

In this episode, we reflect on how seasons of waiting, stretching, and struggle aren't obstacles to our faith, they're often where it grows the most. And that the goal isn't to escape the tension as quickly as possible. It's to recognize that God is present in it.

As we surrender our timelines, our expectations, and our need to have it all figured out, we make room for Him to strengthen our faith and reveal His goodness in ways we never could have imagined.

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Sharing our faith can sometimes feel intimidating. But what if think of evangelization as less about having the perfect words and more about having an open heart?

In this episode, Jess and Mel talk about the small, everyday opportunities God gives us to share His love—through a conversation, an act of kindness, or simply being willing to let others see Christ in us. They reflect on how prayer prepares our hearts, how vulnerability can become a witness, and why we don't have to rely on our own strength when the Holy Spirit is leading the way.

This conversation is an invitation to walk into each day with open hearts and bold faith, trusting that God can use even our simplest yes to make an eternal impact. Because when we stay close to Him, He'll provide the words, the courage, and the opportunities.

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Waiting isn’t always easy—especially when we want answers, healing, or clarity in the right now. In this episode, Jess and Mel reflect on what it means to trust God’s timing, even when the path ahead feels uncertain or growth seems slow.

They explore how faith grows not through striving, but through trust. They share how humility opens our hearts to God’s mercy and how His providence is at work even in the seasons when we can’t yet see the fruit.

This conversation is a gentle reminder that we don’t have to force growth or rush the process. We’re simply called to stay close to Him, trust the One who tends the garden, and believe that in His perfect timing, what He has planted in our hearts will bloom. 🌹🤍

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Searching For and Maintaining Peace, Fr. Jacques Philippe

So often, we approach holiness as a self-improvement project. We fixate on our faults, try to perfect ourselves, or believe we need to become someone different in order to be good enough for God.

But what if God isn't asking us to be less ourselves? What if He's inviting us to surrender our gifts, personalities, desires, and even our weaknesses to Him so that His grace can transform them from the inside out?

In this episode, Jess & Mel discuss the balance between humility and authenticity, the temptation to focus solely on our own spiritual growth, and how serving others can shift our gaze away from ourselves and back toward Christ. Through honest reflections on prayer, pride, control, and trust, they share how true holiness isn't found in becoming someone else, it's found in allowing God to draw out the person He created you to be.

Because the more we trust Him, the more we discover that His plan isn't to erase who we are, but to help us become more fully ourselves in Him. 🤍

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Some seasons feel heavier than others. Whether it’s anxiety, discouragement, emotional exhaustion, or simply feeling spiritually stuck, it can be easy to wonder where God is in the middle of it all. In this episode, Jess and Mel talk honestly about navigating mental health struggles and spiritual “plateau” seasons, and the ways God gently continues to meet us there.

Through the comfort and guidance found in Our Lady, the saints, and the Body of Christ, God gives us so many gifts to help keep our eyes fixed on Him when life feels overwhelming.

If you’re walking through a weary or waiting season, let this be a gentle reminder to keep showing up, stay close to Him, and remember: you were never meant to carry this alone. 🤍

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It’s easy to get caught up in trying to do everything “right”. To meet the expectations we place on ourselves and measure our worth by how well we’re keeping up. But what if the invitation isn’t perfection… it’s perspective?

In this episode, Jess and Mel talk about what it means to seek what’s above: to lift our eyes from the pressure of getting everything just right and refocus on Jesus. When we keep our gaze on Him, our decisions begin to shift. We stop striving to control every detail and start allowing Him to guide what we say yes to, what we let go of, and how we tend the “gardens” of our lives.

We don’t need to have it all figured out. We just need to stay close to the One who does, and trust Him to lead us, one faithful step at a time.

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