What if self-care isn’t a bubble bath… but a front porch?

In this warm, laughter-filled episode, Jessie sits down with Southern storyteller and internet favorite Landon Bryant to talk about:

• Southern culture vs. country identity

• Emotional safety in families

• Hospitality as self-care

• Humor as connection

• Authenticity and integrity

• Letting chaos become comfort

• And a HUGE live career announcement 👀

Mid-conversation, Landon casually shares that he’s been invited to make his debut at the Grand Ole Opry!!— and we get to celebrate that moment in real time.

This episode is about secure attachment, rooted identity, and the kind of connection that allows you to be the same person everywhere you go.

Landon Bryant is a Southern humorist, storyteller, and cultural commentator known for celebrating Southern life with authenticity and heart. His content blends comedy with deep cultural reflection — reminding people of the beauty of community, hospitality, and belonging.

Follow Landon here:

🌐 Website: https://landontalks.com
📘 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/landontalks
📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/landontalks
🎵 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@landontalks
🎟️ Tour Dates: https://landontalks.com/tour

(Be sure to check his site for Charleston dates 👀)

At Steadfast Christian Counseling in Charleston, SC, we help individuals, couples, and families build:

• Secure attachment

• Emotional safety

• Stronger marriages

• Healthier parenting

• Authentic connection

If you’re ready to strengthen connection in your home, we’d love to walk with you.

🌿 Learn more:
www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com

📅 Schedule your free consultation:
https://sccandcic.janeapp.com

Couples counseling is not just “learn better communication and move on.” In this episode, Jessie Evans and Steadfast counselor Tiff Holdgate unpack what’s really happening underneath conflict—attachment styles, nervous system reactivity, old hurts that stack over time, and the “cycle” that can start running your marriage.

You’ll hear practical ways to prepare for couples counseling, how to recognize bids for connection, and why individual healing often becomes part of relational repair (because your body can say “I’m in” while your nervous system still feels unsafe). We also talk through what doesn’t belong in couples work—like active abuse or addiction—because safety and stability come first.

Ready to explore couples counseling with a trauma-informed therapist?
✅ Website: www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com
✅ Book a free 20-minute consultation: https://sccandcic.janeapp.com

Helpful resources mentioned:

• “Bids for connection” (Gottman): bids are small attempts to connect and matter more than most couples realize.

• Free attachment style quiz: Attachment Project

When your child snaps, withdraws, rolls their eyes, or says “I don’t care,” it can feel like rejection—but often it’s communication. In this episode of The Steadfast Podcast, Jessie Evans (owner of Steadfast Christian Counseling) sits down with Emily Coomer, LPC to help parents slow down in the moment, understand what’s happening underneath the behavior, and respond in ways that build emotional safety and secure attachment.

We talk about:

• Why “pushing away” can happen most in safe relationships

• The “anger iceberg” and the feelings underneath (fear, shame, overwhelm, sadness)

• How secure attachment is built through consistency + repair, not perfection

• How to validate emotions without validating harmful behavior

• Practical phrases and tools for pausing before you react

If you want support for your child (and practical tools for you as the parent), we’d love to help.

Steadfast Christian Counseling (Charleston, SC)
Website: www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com
Book a free consultation: https://sccandcic.janeapp.com

The “postpartum” season is bigger than we think — it’s the perinatal period, spanning pregnancy and often 1–2 years after birth. In this episode, Jessie Evans sits down with Steadfast counselor Annalise Lind to explore what happens internally when your “control panel” changes during pregnancy and early parenthood.

Through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens, we talk about how anxiety, intrusive thoughts, perinatal OCD patterns, and even depression can be understood as protective parts — not proof that you’re broken. You’ll hear a shame-free, faith-sensitive conversation about:

• Why intrusive thoughts are so common (and why they feel so terrifying)

• How OCD cycles work — and what actually helps

• How old attachment wounds can resurface when you become a parent

• Why community support matters (and how to ask for what you need)

• Practical tools for noticing parts and coming back to your grounded “Self”

📚 Books Mentioned in This Episode

1) The IFS Workbook for OCD

• Amazon (Print)

• Amazon (Kindle)

2) Boundaries for Your Soul (Alison Cook & Kimberly Miller)

• Amazon (Print)

• Amazon (Kindle)

• Amazon (Audiobook)

If you’re in Charleston and want support during pregnancy, postpartum, or the perinatal period, our team at Steadfast Christian Counseling is here for you.

Website: www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com
Book a FREE consultation: https://sccandcic.janeapp.com

One word is carrying way too much weight right now—and the confusion is hurting people.

In this episode of The Steadfast Podcast, Jessie Evans responds to a recent Gospel Coalition article (“Why Women Are Going to Therapy Instead of Church”) and makes the case for a needed distinction: pastoral care/discipleship and clinical counseling are not the same thing. We’re not comparing apples to apples.

Jessie breaks down why scope of practice matters, why licensure exists (education, board oversight, ethics, continuing education, evidence-based care), and how well-meaning church “counseling” can unintentionally cause harm—especially when someone is facing anxiety, trauma, postpartum intrusive thoughts, OCD, abuse dynamics, or suicidality.

You’ll also hear what “Christian counseling” means at Steadfast Christian Counseling: we are clinically grounded and trauma-informed, and for clients who desire it, we integrate faith ethically and client-led—guided by professional ethics and client autonomy. In other words: evidence-based therapy with a counselor who understands Christian culture and can hold the faith pieces of your story with care—without pressure or agenda.

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Bare Marriage — Episode 310.

Title: Episode 310: Desiring God Thinks Marriage Is Like Peddling Furiously on the Back of a Tandem Bike

Welcome back to The Steadfast Podcast — and welcome to 2026. In this episode, Jessie talks about the “reentry” feeling of the first few weeks of the year: getting back into routines, resetting the home and office, and setting goals with a gentle, grounded kind of intention.

Then she shares a moment with her daughter that stopped her in her tracks — a “glow up,” defined simply as being comfortable in your own skin. What would it feel like to be more fully yourself this year… and what part of you shows up to rein that in? Jessie explores this through an Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens, inviting you to trade shame for curiosity and move from reactivity to agency.

She also clears up common misconceptions about therapy — including the myth that counseling is “just talking” — and explains why January can be a powerful time to take inventory with support.

If you’re considering counseling in Charleston, SC, we’d love to help.

Steadfast Email Club signup: https://link.mytherapyflow.com/widget/form/Zmgwx48V1NL9CkMdudLv
Free consult booking: https://sccandcic.janeapp.com
Website: www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com

Unpack Your Stuff: The Gift of Secure Attachment

Episode Description (use everywhere):
On my 45th birthday week, I’m sharing why the #1 gift we can give our kids (and our marriages) is to keep unpacking our story. We talk IFS parts, attachment safety, repair over perfection, and why healthy couples work is often individual work in the context of relationship. I also highlight Adam Young’s Make Sense of Your Story and why “you can’t find yourself by yourself.”

If you’re ready to begin this work, we’d be honored to walk with you at Steadfast Christian Counseling in Charleston, SC.
Website: www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com
Book a free consult: https://sccandcic.janeapp.com

Note: We do not provide couples therapy in situations of abuse or active addiction; safety and stabilization come first.

We all know gossip doesn’t feel good — but why do we still do it?

In this episode, Jessie unpacks Brené Brown’s concept of common enemy intimacy — that counterfeit sense of closeness we get when we “hotwire connection” by bonding over who or what we both dislike. It feels like connection, but it’s actually built on judgment, not truth.

From cancel culture to middle school mean-girl dynamics to adult friendships built on shared negativity, Jessie explores what gossip does to our relationships, and what it reveals inside us. Using insights from Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy and faith, she shares how gossip often comes from protective parts longing to belong — and how we can transform those impulses into real, lasting connection.

If you’ve ever caught yourself joining in on gossip, this episode offers both grace and guidance.

👉 Learn more at www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com
💬 Book a free consultation at https://sccandcic.janeapp.com

Episode Description (for podcast platforms & webpage intro):

If you’ve ever caught yourself apologizing for feeling deeply or shrinking to make someone else more comfortable, this episode is for you.

In this deeply honest conversation, Jessie unpacks the “too much” part that many women carry — the part that believes that being authentic risks rejection or disconnection. Using Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy, she explains how our inner world includes exiles (the tender parts that carry pain or fear) and protectors (the parts that keep us safe by controlling, explaining, or accommodating).

Through this practical and faith-rooted conversation, you’ll learn to:

• Recognize your “too much” part as a hurting, not broken, part of you

• Understand how protectors like resentment or accommodation show up

• Shift from performance to presence in your relationships

• Reclaim your authentic, faith-grounded voice

This episode also weaves in examples from Inside Out and Taylor Swift’s “The Eldest Daughter” as illustrations of how protectors and exiles work inside us — and how healing begins when we let the tender parts speak.

If you’re ready to do this kind of work in therapy, visit www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com or schedule a free consultation at sccandcic.janeapp.com.

In this short but powerful episode, Jessie from Steadfast Christian Counseling in Charleston, SC, shares how to train both your mind and body to find calm on purpose. Drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy, somatic regulation, and faith-based grounding, she walks you through simple daily steps to move from chaos to clarity.

You’ll learn how to:

• Interrupt anxious thought loops and restore focus

• Use body-based tools (like breathing, posture, and movement) to settle your nervous system

• Reframe fear-based thoughts through faith and truth

• Experience peace as something you can practice, not just pray for

This episode is a perfect reset for anyone feeling stretched thin, stuck in stress, or longing to live with steadier peace.

🎧 Listen now and explore other episodes at
👉 www.steadfastchristiancounseling.com
or schedule a free consultation at
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