The Asha June, Oh! Report

There is so much more to be said about this (as is pretty much always the case, I suppose); but in the spirit of what we’re talking about today, I’m happy to call good enough really good.

May today be the day we take a look at our limits — perhaps the ones that have shaped our whole lives or perhaps the ones shaping just this season — and see them as the lens through which our purpose comes into focus.

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Remember last week when I told you we were preparing for a potential hurricane hit over the weekend? Well, there wasn’t anything potential about it. The rain wasn’t an issue, but the winds really got us (thanks to a rare weather phenomenon known as a sting jet), and there were pockets of extreme devastation across our community.

There were several scary hours when the sustained winds wreaked havoc on so many oaks in the area. Our home was untouched; but so many homes, schools, and businesses were damaged by falling trees and limbs and high winds. We were without power for four nights (absolute peanuts compared to some), and schools are closed all week. Funnily enough, the podcast I had planned to record and release this week is all about limits — so, how perfectly fitting that I am leaning into my limits this week and saving that one for next.

The word soft (and the truth of what a gift it is) popped up in a book I started reading and a Substack post that came across my desk — both yesterday. It made me think of this sweet revelation from Psalm 37 that encouraged my heart in ways I desperately needed a couple years ago.

Y’all, I listened to this recording and sat speechless — this may have been recorded two years ago, but it is absolutely for you today.

I cannot get over how full circle it is to where I’m at right now, and I know it will meet you right where you are.

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An embarrassing story, a happy ending, and getting to use two of my favorite words (proportional and begets) in a podcast — this one has got it all, y’all.

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September is Suicide Prevention Month, and I want to take a few minutes to read something I believe is a reminder we all need every now and then.

If you’re struggling — please reach out to a friend, a neighbor, a coworker, a cashier, anyone. Or call the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988.

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Continuing the conversation from last week with a fresh take on a familiar verse that has made all the difference.

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Right after the nurse ran out of the ultrasound room to grab the doctor and tell her it was twins, the doctor came in and said, “well, let’s make sure there are only two!” Thankfully, only two.

Keeping it short and sweet this week and answering the three most common questions we’ve gotten as we’ve shared the news over the last month.

Stick with Jesus, y’all.

ps. As promised, the pod on hearing from God.

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I could not make this up in my wildest imagination or dreams, friends.

Skip to 6:30 for perhaps the most fun question I’ve ever been asked — NO MA’AM, WE DID NOT KNOW THERE WERE TWO BABIES — but hopefully you’ll listen to the whole 17 minutes and be encouraged to believe the stone-cold-truth that God is the God of abundance.

Suffering and pain and deaths of all kinds are inevitable, but they are not the end of the story.

ps. Back next week with answers to the questions we’ve been asked the most — hopefully no more surprises, but at this point, anything is possible.

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You read that right, friends. It’s been a wild and wacky summer, and I am overjoyed and flabbergasted in all the best ways.

Listen in for part one, and come back next week for part TWO.

ps. As promised, the link to the podcast episode I can’t get enough of.

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This post has been sitting in my Drafts folder for more than two years. I’m equal parts excited and anxious to dip my toe in this pool, but you know what?! We are about FREEDOM around these parts. (And around all the parts, if you catch my drift?!)

BUT FIRST! Some TAJOR Housekeeping. (TAJOR = The Asha June, Oh! Report; do we like the abbreviation??)

I’m excited to announce that book number TWO is in the works! And I’m taking the summer to write my fingers off. Which means a break from new posts and pods here. (But there is a whole archive to dig through if you’re looking for a weekly dose of wonder, connection, and hope!)

I hope your summer is full of rest and fun and afternoon naps and belly laughs.

Now back to our regularly scheduled programming…

Like every topic in our Intended Design series, this is such a huge conversation — with so much history and so many layers. So today, I’m simply sharing my story with you — one perspective, one peak behind the curtain, of this vast and important issue.

This is my journey into shame and my journey out of it and into freedom.

First, go listen to me fumble and ramble my way through this sensitive subject.

Second, come back here and work your way through what I think are the top 10 podcasts from Francie’s collection. (But I have no doubt that once you devour these, you’ll be hungry for all of them.)

* Episode 236 - A Fresh Chapter: Female by Design

* Episode 186 - Called to Pleasure: Rest, Arousal, Sensuality and Female Design

* Episode 164 - From Purity Culture to Pure Pleasure

* Episode 92 - Pleasure series part 1

* Episode 93 - Pleasure series part 2

* Episode 94 - Pleasure series part 3

* Episode 95 - Pleasure series part 4

* Episode 167 - Reframe Conversation: Masturbation

* Episode 111 - Your wonderful female body: Orgasm part 1

* Episode 113 - Your wonderful female body: Orgasm part 2

ps. This conversation is just getting started! There is a stirring in my heart to do some sort of deep dive Bible study in collaboration with Francie — Francie, if you’re reading or listening, let’s chat!

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Honestly can’t believe it’s taken me this long to throw in a Little Mermaid reference! But seriously, I hope this short and sweet and simple reminder brings you freedom.

Knowledge can be a great gift, but knowledge itself is not what sets us free. Knowledge of truth is what sets us free.

“…you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” // John 8:32

Here’s to deep breaths, long walks, lots of water, and lots of sleep. (Yes, even in the midst of Maycember.)

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