Stark Conversations

Welcome back to Part 2 of For Me. Heather continues her conversation with Charli Roanhaus about how she has been deconstructing society's idea of beauty. Charli shares her definition of beauty and heads up- we talk briefly about shapewear and high heels! Both can be touchy subjects for women. But in the end, Charli shares a beautiful message about the spirit of women.

I am a people pleaser and it makes me sweaty knowing that this podcast is going to make people angry and well, that is just how it is. It's hard to be a liberal woman in Texas right now. With the new Fetal Heartbeat Law on the books and the Supreme Court looking the other way, I am doing the only thing I can think of, using my space to bring women together. Here is a safe space to come together and share your concerns over no longer having full autonomy over your body.

Meet Tristan, an energetic spirit who is on a quest to help women step into their own ideas of beauty. From an early age, Tristan believed that the definition of beautiful was thin, blonde, and boobs that would attract the boys, but there was a catch. She was not blonde; she didn't consider herself thin, and a medical condition left her with misshapen breasts. As a result, Tristan felt like a prisoner in her body. It would be years before she was confident enough to define beauty for herself. However, once she did, she would set into motion a plan that would help hundreds of women redefine beauty for themselves. Listen as Tristan explains how beauty is freedom from our own expectations.

*Music- Dance Around the Campfire by Julias H

"I wanted to be the best little Christian girl." This line makes many of us who grew up in the south wince. When you meet someone in the south, one of the first questions asked is, "Where do you go to church." Christianity is a lifestyle with heavy expectations. For many women, finding their space in a Christian world is stifling. We live in a world that uses the Son of Man to dictate what women can and can not do. 

Enter Karina.

Karina is a woman who is striving to be her most authentic spiritual self. After graduating from a Southern Baptist School of Theology, she realized her Southern Baptist upbringing left her with more questions than answers. The pressure to be "the best little Christian girl" was taking a toll on her body. Her beliefs stretched beyond the Bible and into a place deep within her that was Divine. And then there was Mary Magdalene, a mysterious woman in the Bible who people ignore or downplay her importance to Jesus. Still, Mary seems to call out to Karina, and Karina is answering the call.