HeyJaredSoft Life with God
This is a podcast for strong and independent women who desire to lean more into their faith for support, security and rest. melissabourne.substack.com
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You Don’t Have to Lose Yourself to Belong (opens the original)
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Belonging shouldn’t require you to hide who you are, abandon your needs, or sacrifice your individuality. In this episode, we explore how to build meaningful community while maintaining a strong sense of self. We talk about the difference between healthy belonging and self-abandonment, the tendency to isolate in the name of protecting your peace, and how relationships, marriage, motherhood, and community can sometimes cause us to lose touch with who we are. You don’t have to choose between belon
Stop Trying to Be More Spiritual: You’re Still Human (opens the original)
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What if your spiritual journey is making you feel like being human isn’t enough? In this episode, we talk about the pressure to constantly heal, grow, manifest, pray, and become “more spiritual”—and how that can sometimes lead us to reject the messy reality of being human. We explore spiritual bypassing, faith, manifestation, personal responsibility, and the importance of accepting your humanity while still holding yourself accountable. You don’t have to transcend your humanity to become closer
You Can't Live a Soft Life Without Feeling Safe (opens the original)
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Safety is a foundation of a soft life. When we don’t feel emotionally safe, it’s difficult to relax, open up, or fully experience our lives. In this episode, we explore the difference between feeling safe and actually being safe, why we sometimes mistake familiarity for safety, and why emotional safety can’t be completely outsourced to other people. We also look at how a strong sense of self and a deeper relationship with God can help us cultivate greater safety from within. This is a public epi
You Don’t Have to Agree With Me to Love Me (opens the original)
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When did we stop being able to disagree with each other? In a world that feels increasingly divided and polarized, it’s easy to turn differences of opinion into personal attacks or reasons to walk away from relationships. But real relationships are nuanced, and we don’t have to agree on everything to love, respect, and value one another. In this episode, we explore the 80/20 rule in relationships, the emotions and history that can sit underneath our opinions, and the importance of giving each ot
Stop Oversharing: Protect Your Peace and Your Privacy (opens the original)
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Welcome back to the Soft Girl Summer Series . We are living in an age of oversharing, where everyone has access to our relationships, struggles, goals, and inner world. But not everything needs to be shared—and sometimes, protecting your peace means learning when to keep things private. In this episode, we talk about the importance of discernment, being intentional about who you allow into your personal life, and why some things are better kept between you and God until you’ve had time to proces
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