The Speakeasy

Author, speaker, and life coach Bailey Hurley joins Blake to talk about the loneliness that adult women often feel during busy seasons of life and shares how the Christian faith calls and equips women to connect with and support each other well through authentic, godly friendships. Listen in as they tackle common misconceptions about what it takes to make and maintain friendships as an adult and offer examples of intentional, sustainable habits women can practice in order to nurture deep, lasting friendships.

Bailey is the author of Together Is a Beautiful Place - available everywhere now!

To connect with Bailey:

Website: baileythurley.com

Instagram: @bailey.t.hurley

This week's episode is sponsored by the Crappy Christian Co's course, Run Your Race - a guide to growing your online presence & business, without the hustle. Registration opens again soon, giving you the tools and mindset you need to show up on social media & expanding your reach online. Head to crappychristianco.com/runyourrace to learn more & sign up.

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Executive Director of Rock Recovery, Christie Dondero Bettwy joins Blake to talk about the importance of having a healthy relationship with good and your body. Rock Recovery is a faith-based mental health nonprofit that provides both clinical therapy services and nationwide faith support groups to help clients and their families break free from eating disorders and body image issues. Listen in as they discuss Christie's personal journey of faith and recovering from a decades-long eating disorder, what Scripture says about body image and mental health, and helpful mental health and eating disorder recovery tips in uncertain times.

To connect with Christie:

Website: rockrecoveryed.org

Instagram: @rockrecovery

Twitter: @rockrecovery

Facebook: @rockrecoveryed

This week's episode is sponsored by the Crappy Christian Co's course, Run Your Race - a guide to growing your online presence & business, without the hustle. Registration opens again soon, giving you the tools and mindset you need to show up on social media & expanding your reach online. Head to crappychristianco.com/runyourrace to learn more & sign up.

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Bible teacher and author Elizabeth Woodson joins Blake to tackle the questions of when trials and times of suffering come into our lives, where do we turn? And how do we move forward when we don't have the answers we were hoping for? Listen in as they discuss journeying towards joy by finding freedom in lamenting and still moving forward when you don't have the answers.

Elizabeth is the author of Embracing Your Life - available everywhere now!

To connect with Elizabeth:

Website: elizabethwoodson.org

Instagram: @missjazzyliz

Twitter: @missjazzyliz

Facebook: @missjazzyliz

This week's episode is sponsored by the Crappy Christian Co's course, Run Your Race - a guide to growing your online presence & business, without the hustle. Registration opens again soon, giving you the tools and mindset you need to show up on social media & expanding your reach online. Head to crappychristianco.com/runyourrace to learn more & sign up.

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Kirsten Watson, Executive Editor of MomLife Today and founder of the One More foundation, joins Blake to talk about finding a moment to catch your breath even in the demands of everyday life. Kirsten is a mom of seven, wife of a professional athlete, and often asked how she juggles it all. Listen in as they discuss truth from scripture for when you need strength to keep going and practical help for the moments when it's hard to take a deep breath.

Kirsten is the author of Sis, Take a Breath - available everywhere now!

To connect with Kirsten:

Website: thewatsonseven.com

Podcast: Why or Why Not With the Watsons

Instagram: @_kirstenwatson_

Facebook: @kirstenwatsonofficial

Faithful Counseling offers professional mental health counseling from a Biblical perspective through online meetings & calls. Visit getfaithful.com/crappychristian for 10% off your first month and to connect with a licensed counselor today.

This week's episode is sponsored by the Crappy Christian Co's course, Run Your Race - a guide to growing your online presence & business, without the hustle. Registration opens again soon, giving you the tools and mindset you need to show up on social media & expanding your reach online. Head to crappychristianco.com/runyourrace to learn more & sign up.

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Entrepreneur, podcaster, and author Jordan Lee Dooley joins Blake to talk about the disappointment and discontentment that comes when something you planned, dreamed, and hoped for doesn't go as planned. Jordan has experienced painful setbacks and hardships that taught her there can be clarity to discover in devastating experiences, waiting seasons, and your greatest disappointments. Listen in as they discuss figuring out your next step when you find yourself in the middle of a shattered dream, unknowns, and the in-betweens.

Jordan is the author of Embrace Your Almost - available everywhere now!

To connect with Jordan:

Website: jordanleedooley.com

Instagram: @jordanleedooley

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This week's episode is sponsored by the Crappy Christian Co's course, Run Your Race - a guide to growing your online presence & business, without the hustle. Registration opens again soon, giving you the tools and mindset you need to show up on social media & expanding your reach online. Head to crappychristianco.com/runyourrace to learn more & sign up.

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Author Sarah Wells joins Blake to talk about the first 10 years of her marriage, her hopes and dreams that led her to her husband, and the struggles, hurts, temptations, and triumphs they both then faced in their marriage. Listen in as they discuss her book, American Honey, that has themes of faith running through every topic as Sarah faces them head on - sex, isolation, disappointment, and emotional infidelity; not forgetting the blessings and sanctity of marriage, too.

Sarah is the author of American Honey: A Field Guide to Resisting Temptation - available everywhere now!

To connect with Sarah:

Website: sarahmariewells.com

Instagram: @sarahmwells1982

Twitter: @sarah_wells

Facebook: smwells82

Faithful Counseling offers professional mental health counseling from a Biblical perspective through online meetings & calls. Visit getfaithful.com/crappychristian for 10% off your first month and to connect with a licensed counselor today.

Blitz Coaching - One on one calls to get you going! Think of it as less one on one coaching and more a very intentional, planned out coffee date to pick someone who's a little bit ahead of you's brain. You bring the ideas, I'll bring the action steps, and before we're done you'll have the plan and gumption to keep going. Head to crappychristianco.com/blitz-coaching for more information and to enrol!

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Wife of an astronaut, Stacey Morgan, joins Blake to talk about her journey on Earth as she watched her husband launch into space and orbit the Earth for a nine-month mission. Listen in as Stacey shares behind-the-scenes details about lessons she learned during this time and how it was one of the most life-altering and transformational seasons of her life. We discuss choosing hope in God in the face of fear and uncertainty, parenting well through life's complicated chapters, and digging deeper into biblical truths to not only survive during life's most challenging seasons, but thrive.

Stacey is the author of The Astronaut's Wife - available everywhere now!

To connect with Stacey:

Website: staceymorgan2000.com

Instagram: @StaceyMorgan2000

Insiders - Intimate small group coaching to help you chase your dreams! The Insiders was created to help you be wild, brave, and free. Whether that's in running a small business, building an online platform, excelling in your network marketing, or learning to use your voice to tell the world about Jesus - the Insiders small group exists to give you the tools and bravery you need to do it well. Head to crappychristianco.com/insiders for more details and information on how to join!

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Author and social media personality Sadie Robertson Huff joins Blake to talk about diving deep into exploring who we are allowing to influence our daily thoughts and actions. Listen in as Sadie draws on her own experience as a social media influencer and they address topics like being seen from the outside versus being known, comparing ourselves to others, and how to respond to cancel culture.

Sadie is the author of Who Are You Following?: Pursuing Jesus in a Social-Media Obsessed World - available everywhere now!

To connect with Sadie:

Website: liveoriginal.com

Podcast: WHOA That's Good Podcast

Instagram: @legitsadierob and @liveoriginal

App: LO Sister App

Faithful Counseling offers professional mental health counseling from a Biblical perspective through online meetings & calls. Visit getfaithful.com/crappychristian for 10% off your first month and to connect with a licensed counselor today.

Insiders - Intimate small group coaching to help you chase your dreams! The Insiders was created to help you be wild, brave, and free. Whether that's in running a small business, building an online platform, excelling in your network marketing, or learning to use your voice to tell the world about Jesus - the Insiders small group exists to give you the tools and bravery you need to do it well. Head to crappychristianco.com/insiders for more details and information on how to join!

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Psychologist, author, and speaker Juli Slattery joins Blake to talk about challenging the misconceptions and misinformation taught by culture today that women should be self-empowering. Our attempts to manage all the messiness of life actually works against us and undermines the connections we long for with our husbands. Listen in as Juli shares how that mindset can be damaging in building intimacy with your husband.

Juli is the author of Finding the Hero in Your Husband: Embracing Your Power in Marriage - available everywhere now!

To connect with Juli:

Website: AuthenticIntimacy.com

Facebook: @authenticintimacy

Instagram: @authenticintimacy

Blitz Coaching - One on one calls to get you going! Think of it as less one on one coaching and more a very intentional, planned out coffee date to pick someone who's a little bit ahead of you's brain. You bring the ideas, I'll bring the action steps, and before we're done you'll have the plan and gumption to keep going. Head to crappychristianco.com/blitz-coaching for more information and to enrol!

Insiders - Intimate small group coaching to help you chase your dreams! The Insiders was created to help you be wild, brave, and free. Whether that's in running a small business, building an online platform, excelling in your network marketing, or learning to use your voice to tell the world about Jesus - the Insiders small group exists to give you the tools and bravery you need to do it well. Head to crappychristianco.com/insiders for more details and information on how to join!

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Pastor, speaker, and radio personality Chris Brown joins Blake to talk about his painful past and discusses how he overcame his struggles - from homlessness, violence, abuse, drugs, and the loss of loved ones. Listen in as Chris shares his countercultural perspective on coming out of a life of poverty, pain, and rejection, and releasing the sting of your past and feelings of being disqualified.

Chris is the author of Restored: Transforming the Sting of Your Past into Purpose for Today - available everywhere now!

To connect with Chris:

Website: ChrisBrownOnAir.com

Facebook: @chrisbrownonair

Instagram: @chrisbrownonair

Twitter: @chrisbrownonair

Insiders was created to help you be wild, brave, and free. Whether that's in running a small business, building an online platform, excelling in your network marketing, or learning to use your voice to tell the world about Jesus - the Insiders small group exists to give you the tools and bravery you need to do it well. Head to crappychristianco.com/insiders for more details and information on how to join!

Shop Red Aspen Nail Dashes - Blake's favorite $13 manicure that you can do at home and looks professional! They are easy to use, reusable, and last 7-10 days. Also shop her holy grail mascara - Pump It Up Maggie. redaspenlove.com/crappychristian

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