The Comeback Couch

Kaitlin chats with her fun friend Brittany about flipping the script in our minds and moving our stories from broken to brilliant. 

Brittany is fierce and energetic, which comes in handy as she mothers seven children!

Find out more about how she navigates motherhood, what she has learned as a marathon runner, and what the “j” at the beginning of her Instagram handle means!

If you struggle with the overwhelm of trying to “get your life together,” this is the episode for you.

More About Brittany:

Brittany Estes has been coaching and championing women for over ten years. She is a professional and certified life coach who has worked in large churches utilizing her skills. She is also wife to her high school sweetheart and mother to seven children, two through adoption. Days are filled with dance parties, confetti, and all the coffee. Brittany is not your normal mom or pastor’s wife. She is also a tattooed, pink-haired, firecracker of a woman who speaks her mind and cannot be tamed. The freedom she lives in drives her mission to help everyone she meets. Keep up with Brittany online across all social media at @jbrittanyestes

Connect with Brittany:

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This is an extra special episode because Kaitlin sits down on the actual Comeback Couch with her mom, Christy, ahead of Mother’s Day.

Christy has so many powerful comeback stories and is the definition of an overcomer.

She talks about the defeating words a school employee spoke over her when she got pregnant with Kaitlin in high school and how she has used that for good to speak life over the kids she now works with at the very same school.

They also talk about Christy’s difficult childhood, caring for her own mother after a stroke, suffering through her mother’s pill addiction, and eventually being the one to find her mother overdosed a few days before Christmas 16 years ago.

Kaitlin and her mom have a strong bond and it’s easy to see that her mom is a fighter and gives all the glory to God for that fight inside of her.

We want to wish all the moms a Happy Mother’s Day and acknowledge the ones grieving today over the loss of a mom or the distant relationship with a mom. We are also praying for the ones desperate to become a mother. We see all of you and sit with you in the pain. We hope today can be a day of reflection, celebration, or silence – whatever you need it to be.

Connect with Christy:

You can follow Christy Chappell on Instagram!

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In this episode, Kaitlin talks with her friend Emily Ishee who attended the Asbury Revival that broke out in February of 2023. 

Emily shares how her perception of revival changed and tells us what it was really like inside the building where 24/7 worship and prayer were taking place. She also shares how the revival personally changed her and what it means to her now that she’s home, trying to live out revival in her everyday life.

More About Emily:

Emily is on staff at Asbury Church in Madison, AL and is leading a college ministry and summer internship program for college students who are hungry to be discipled in the ways of Jesus. Emily graduated from the University of Alabama in Huntsville with her degree in Psychology and is now in her first semester at Asbury Theological Seminary. Her passion is to feed both the Body & Soul by teaching the Word of God through Biblical Hospitality. In her free time, you can find her reading, writing, baking, hosting gatherings, traveling with her husband Keller or playing with her golden retriever puppy, Mae. 

Connect with Emily:

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Meghan and Kaitlin talk about the changes in life through high school good girl to college party girl and finding peace and identity in Christ. 

Meghan talks about the changes in her life following a Cru conference and how those changes have allowed her to have influence on other young women and led her to her current role working with Proverbs 31 Ministries and writing a book coming out in the fall of 2024. 

Meghan is open about the time she spent wrestling with God and looking back to see His hand through all of the detours towards her current role and calling.

More About Meghan:

Meghan Ryan is an author and hype girl for people getting out of their comfort zones so they don't miss the best part of life. A Florida beach girl born and raised, she currently lives in Charlotte, NC and works as the Promotional Copy Writer for Proverbs 31 Ministries. Her passion is for helping people find and live out their God-given callings. She's worked in ministry on college campuses and internationally. When she's not surrounded by friends, you can usually find her reading a book, doing something outdoors or teaching a Pure Barre class. Her first book releases in 2024 and you can connect with her at alwaysmeghan.com and on Instagram @meghanmryan.

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Season 2 of the show continues with another powerful conversation. Kaitlin chats with well-known author and speaker, Hannah Brencher, about navigating social media and creativity and life in general.

Hannah is a breath of fresh air and opens up about her own struggle with social media and how she has overcome the stronghold it had on her and the negative effects she was seeing.

She encourages us all to put our phones down and be more present in the lives right in front of us.

More About Hannah:

Hannah Brencher is a writer, TED Speaker, and mental health advocate with a heart for building leaders. She is the author of 3 best-selling books - Fighting Forward,Come Matter Here, and If You Find This Letter. She is the founder of More Love Letters--a global organization using the power behind social media to write and mail letters to strangers in need across the world.Named as one of theWhite House’s “Women Working to Do Good,” Hannah and her work have been featured in publications such as CNN World News, the Wall Street Journal, Oprah.com, and Glamour among dozens of others. Hannah lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband Lane and daughter Novalee.

Connect with Hannah:

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You can find her on all social media platforms at @hannahbrencher 

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Buckle up because this one is good! 

We kick off Season 2 with a bang as Kaitlin talks with one of her favorite people and someone she credits for commissioning her to start The Comeback Couch Podcast.

It was in Jess’s Charleston-based office during a coaching session in September 2022 that the idea for The Comeback Couch was born. And as you hear Jess pour out her wisdom, you will understand the kind of encourager she is.

If you are in a season of defeat, remember that your intense weakness will lead you to devotion. It may look like you’re pressed and crushed, but you can claim that this is your comeback. 

Just like the Israelites, we might have to put our feet in the water before the sea parts. We need to stop giving the enemy ammo to attack us by speaking poorly about ourselves. Instead, let’s speak truth even before we feel it.

You do not want to miss this episode and you do want to take plenty of notes!

More About Jess:

Jess Connolly is a woman who wants to leave her generation more in awe of God than she found it. She is passionate about family, God’s Word, and seeing women take their place in the kingdom. She’s an author, a church leader, and a coach. She has written nine books - including Wild and Free with Hayley Morgan, You are the Girl for the Job, and Breaking Free from Body Shame. Jess and her husband Nick live in Charleston, SC where they’ve planted Bright City Church. They have four wild and hilarious kids: Elia, Gloriana, Benjamin, and Cannon. They also have an unruly dog named Deacon. 

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We’d like to thank our sponsor for Season One of The Comeback Couch, Harp and Timbrel! Head over to their Etsy shop or their Instagram and shop their products! Use code COMEBACK15 for a special discount just for you.

Hear from Kaitlin as she recaps Season One and gets us ready for Season 2! She talks about some of the guests you can expect in the coming weeks and she also discusses how she’s refusing to quit and choosing to come back for the more God has.

You’ll also hear a Scripture reading and a brief message on Jesus and His ultimate comeback, the resurrection, as we prepare our hearts for Easter.

Thanks for being here for Season One and we can’t wait to sit with you on The Comeback Couch for Season 2!

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Rachel and Kaitlin talk about where they came from, overcoming stereotypes centered around money and status, and misconceptions about health and fitness. 

Rachel King is the podcast host of Feed Yourself: Healthy Habits for the Mind, Body, and Soul, a podcast all about learning the key components of overall health based on Biblical principles. Along with her podcast, she started the Heart, Soul, Mind, and Body Wellness group, a place to interact and support each other in our journey to taking better care of our God-given temples.

She is a woman of faith, wife, boy mom, a certified nutrition coach (Pn1), and has personally maintained a 45 pound weight loss. Her goal is to help women achieve lasting weight loss without living in a constant state of deprivation, as well as empower them to find their confidence and fulfill their greater purpose by providing the nutrition and mindset education needed to become the highest versions of themselves and pass it on to their families. Her passion is coaching clients to lasting change and food freedom.

Rachel offers private nutrition coaching and group coaching programs. 

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This episode is one where you’ll definitely want to take notes. Jennifer is a wise thought-leader, writer, and lover of God. She’s also someone who has encouraged Kaitlin immensely in her own writing and faith journey. 

As a former journalist, Jennifer says, “I began to look to God for answers, interrogating him in the same way that I interrogated police chiefs, presidential candidates, and unsuspecting dinner guests. What I found awakened me to the unrelenting love

of God, who has never indicated a distaste for my questions.”

Her questions led her to a deep-rooted relationship with God and she reminds us all that God is not afraid of our wonderings or ponderings.

About Jennifer:

Jennifer Dukes Lee is a bestselling author, thinker, and question-asker from Iowa. Her friends say they are scared to sit alone in a room with her because they end up telling her things they never intended to say. She is both proud of this fact and also a little annoyed at how nosy she can be. She put a bunch of her favorite questions into a journal called Stuff I’d Only Tell God. It’s like your own little confession booth. She’s also the author of Growing Slow and It’s All Under Control. Learn more at jenniferdukeslee.com.

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In this bonus episode of The Comeback Couch, Kaitlin talks with Courtney Mitchell about what it looks like to navigate suffering in life and how it strengthens our faith in Christ. She discusses her parents’ struggle with addiction and how her faith helped her persevere through the darkest days. She also shares the story of a terrifying diagnosis while pregnant with her second son and how she clung to God’s Word over the doctor’s recommendation to terminate the pregnancy. 

This episode is very tender and vulnerable with Scripture scattered throughout to remind you that during the ups and downs of life, God never changes.

About Courtney:

Courtney is a wife to Chris and a mother to four precious kiddos. She resides in a beautiful, historic home, nestled on 14 acres in Upstate South Carolina. You can follow along as they share their life on the farm @TheCarolinaFarmhouse on all social media platforms.

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