She Speaks Stories

We’ve been talking with so many great guests on our theme of Making Decisions, and today we have the lovely Cally Logan. She’s an author, speaker and teacher with such a great perspective on what it looks like to walk with Jesus. Sometimes we want the big and loud “signs” from God but Cally reminds us of the importance of paying attention to the small nudges from God and encourages us to walk in obedience towards those even when we don’t understand or know where they are going. In her story, we see how all these steps lead to God’s plan for her, and how each step prepped her a little more for the work he has her in right now. God doesn’t shout, and he loves to speak to us in such an intentional way. She encourages us all to not underestimate how God meets us in the ordinary for extraordinary things! https://callylogan.com/

Hey Friends, as we continue our theme of Making Decision we are delighted with the guests that God is bringing to our podcast. Today we have Amanda Hope Haley, who is a blast to hang out with, but also brings a very unique perspective of someone who explores the intersections of archaeology and the Bible. We were immediately intrigued and then wow’d by the easy and gracious way Amanda explains and connects technical elements with our everyday lives. She encourages all of us to really “dig” into the Word (archeological pun intended!) Because “God isn’t afraid of our questions.” And if we open our physical bible, we can usually find some helpful notes that the publisher adds to help us see and understand the historical background more easily. Knowing this makes His story real. It is real. And we should feel empowered to use the tools to get to know Jesus more! We hope you are as encouraged as we were from all that Amanda brings to our conversation in this episode!https://redhairedarchaeologist.com/

We have another great episode in our current theme of Making Decisions! Today, Katherine Maribeth joins us to talk with us about her book, “Wayward Daughters” and all the decision making that was involved in her own life and in writing the book. Her book is a multigenerational memoir and the process of having, as she put it, “three voices and one author” continued some healing she had begun before God asked her to take on writing out this book. Katherine was raised in a dysfunctional home and had to wade through generational trauma to realize her solution for coping with it all, control, wasn’t working. So often we can scoot ourselves under the umbrella of religion and hold on tight, hoping everyone is buying it. But until we surrender control, and look to Jesus for everything, we just won’t find the healing we need. This story is a vulnerable one, and one so many of us can relate to. And even though life is hard, Katherine reminds us that no one is beyond God’s redemption and even though we hear the whispers

Hey Friends, today we are sharing our chat with Kay Sumner, one of the producers behind the famous Dog Whisperer show and a newly released documentary Survivors. Kay walks us through her small decisions that lead to big opportunities and examples of how encouragement can do a world of wonders for people and help lead them to create and make good decisions. She reminds us that Jesus is with us, and even comes to challenging meetings! After hearing about her walk towards becoming a producer, we chat about her son Josh and the choices he made that lead to her making a documentary about overcoming addiction. Our lives are full of decisions and one of the most important is making Jesus the first option!https://www.kaysumner.com/ Watch Survivors Here

In this season of Decision Making we are absolutely enjoying the diversity of stories! Today we have Elaine join us to share her unique story of breaking free from a doomsday, fear-based cult that she was raised in. She shares what steps she had to take to get through the confusion of misunderstanding who God is and all the fear that was an entangling part of her former religion. Although the cost for walking away from this religion was losing her family, God pulled her close to him and handed her a mission. With this mission came a new family, all over the world, and the joy she traded in for her fear, was discovered as reading her Bible became everything to her. Wherever this episode finds you, we hope it encourages you to seek a deeper understanding of who God is and do so by spending time reading about him in the Bible. We mention The Bible Project as a helpful resource to get started: https://bibleproject.com/ www.youtube.com/@JWEscapewww.JWEscape.combook: https://a.co/d/gOCRSDc

We are continuing our season’s theme of Decision Making and delighting in all the guests that have been joining us! Today we have Rebecca George who loves connecting with women which led to her calling to be a communicator. Which is not just to share her thoughts and wisdom, but she writes, speaks and podcasts with the hope of helping others find their unique gifts. She shares her belief that these unique gifts, when we surrender them to God, enables us to do such good work with them in his timing. And HIS timing sometimes requires a bit of waiting, but waiting is not wasted time! Rebecca encourages us to “keep doing the thing in front of us.” as we wait! And in her books she comes alongside us (because we’ve all been in or currently are in) seasons of waiting and longing for something. While we wait, molding and shaping can happen and it gets us to a different place, an arguably better place, to receive the next thing. It’s so important to wait well, even though it’s hard. Kaite and Julia cannot wait to get

As we continue our theme of Making Decisions we were SO pleased to have Katie M. Reid join us! Not only is Katie a fabulous person to chat with, but she also has written a bible study all about making decisions! She really has spent some time in her life accepting grace and the wisdom in how to unlock the doors of understanding in overcoming her "deficit in daughtership” in seeing Jesus as “family to enjoy not company to impress” and in knowing that “to do lists do not determine our value.” She explains the importance of giving ourselves grace as we begin to act from our grace! We won’t have it all figured out and that’s okay. It truly was a life-giving chat! Katie and Julia can’t wait to get her bible study for themselves to grow in the understanding too!Katie Reid reminds us that obedience really is a first step to all of this, and the ripple effect (large, medium and small) of obedience leaves a legacy of belief that has the potential to encourage others and brings Jesus so much glory! We hope you fin

As you know, our podcast is called SHE Speaks Stories but we love it when a HE can come on and share his story with us! Philip Nation joins our love for storytelling by sharing the steps he’s made in his life that brought him from a shy kid to an educated speaker. He brings to light the importance of coming alongside other believers and strengthening each other through the good chapters, the hard chapters and the ‘carousel chapters’ that inevitably come up in our lives. Philip shares snapshots of moments of decision making, and with a transparent genuine tone really encourages us with wisdom from his years of ending chapters and starting new ones. There are dozens of tidbits and perspectives that we know will bring hope, help and healing into our lives! Habits for our Holiness Book: https://a.co/d/iV2N1l4Transformational Discipleship Book: https://a.co/d/gu2nVlk

As you may know, this season is filled with such an eclectic mix of stories all centered around decision making! After the recordings, our co-hosts, Katie and Julia, talk about how the episode went and have been personally impacted and wow’d at what God is showing them through these women’s stories. And our guest this week, Julie Condliffe, once again brought an awesome story to the table! Born in Zimbabwe, educated in the UK, redirected in South Africa… Her story is one that is filled with persevering through hard and over and over again and finding God with his invitation to ARISE. Throughout all the challenges, her desire was to bring hope to the next person. She does so with the perspective of being willing to keep trusting in God even when you are at the figurative (or literal in her case!) end of the road. Julie reminds us that in the hard, ALL things work together for good. She’s seen it, felt it and wants everyone to trust Him too. (To hear more of her story, get her book, Unbreakable!) PSHere’s a lit

It’s always fun to make new connections and hear new stories! (At least we think so, because that’s what this podcast is all about!) When today’s guest, Lori Melton, agreed to share her story we had no idea how many incredible connections we would be making. Lori is an author, podcaster and spiritual director and in this episode shares with us all the decisions that lead up to where she is today. She reminds us that “life with God is an adventure.” And that when we watch out for what God is inviting us to do today, we should DECIDE to say YES. When we do that we will see some amazing connections, live through incredible stories and be able to turn around and give Him the glory for the many days he has given us. Lori also shares some amazing connections with Sharon Sharon Garlough Brown and Mr. Rogers! We truly felt we were chatting with a kindred spirit! We hope you’ll tune in and join us in these connections (have we said that word “connections” enough?) But that’s what our time together is really all about,

Hey Friends! This should come as no surprise, but we have another epic episode for you! Today we have the very lovely and knowledgeable Dr. Kimberly LeHew! This episode is all about health and the impact our decisions can make ON our health, and the importance of making decisions FOR our health. God walked Dr. Kimberly through so many different paths to give her the tools, perspective and understanding to not only bring her back to Him but combine all these elements together so she could help others! If we want real healing, we need to detox and reset our mind, body and soul, and only then can we truly build health into our lives. Her desire is for everyone to find sustainable health; not a quick fix, diet trick or effortless option. If we do the work we can find ourselves living the lives God wants for us. We are so thankful for Dr. Kimberly’s heart to take what she figured out and discover how she can help others take care of our bodies, minds and souls too! https://www.drkimberlylehew.com/

This season when we sit down with guests to discuss the topic of making decisions we have been blown away by the unique and powerful perspective they’ve brought, and not only does today’s episode fit that perfectly, but it also steps deeper into some practical application! Myshel Wilkens is well-spoken and full of truth. With her authenticity she cuts away excuses and she does it with a soft, stable and welcoming attitude. From this beautiful place she asks, “Who is God to you?” because that will determine your decisions. She invites us to let God be as big as he is and shares how she had to sit herself down and have an honest conversation with God. She said she needed to know him for herself. And encourages us all to really take the time to know Him, so we can trust him so we can live our lives fully. There’s a reason why we are here and when we are closer to God we can see all those amazing reasons. In her devotional book she transparently shows us how we can do just as the title states: Arise, Shine and Co

Friends, we are here for a BONUS episode to join with our dear friend Bjou Mushengezi and talk about her Moseka Action Project Gala on October 25, 2025! We want as many people to attend and become educated about the tragedies happening in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but also be encouraged, even if we can’t attend the gala, to support the incredible work Bjou and her team are doing for the lives of so many women and children. In this episode Bjou says that we are here to do God’s work, which is advancing the kingdom by taking care of those who are suffering. This is such a powerful message and reflects Jesus’ ministry. When Bjou talks about the importance of standing together, it reminds us that God has us here for a purpose, beyond comfort. We all can impact the world and help others who can’t stand themselves. This definitely looks differently for each of us, but we hope this episode will open your heart to ask God what exactly that looks like, and we invited you to join us in praying for the Democ

Friends, join us as we chat it up with Laine Lawson Craft! Laine walks us through two pivotal decision making times in her life that, as she looks back, literally brought life into her dead marriage and a chance at life for her three prodigal children. Decisions are a huge part of our lives, but are so tricky. In this episode, Laine shares with us how she asked God to close doors, asked God to guide them as they “tapped the water”  and saw again and again how making decisions out of obedience reaped days of blessings. In her wisdom she reminds us that it’s not our timeline, but His, but eventually we can see the good in making the right choice, and how God fueled the ability to survive it! We are reminded to ask God for help just as we are, and see all the good He can bring because He loves us!Get connected with her or find her books here:https://lainelawsoncraft.com/

A couple years after the start of our podcast, after Katie and Susan got it going and saw all of these stories changing lives, Gwen joined the team of storytellers. In God’s perfect providence Gwen added an element of creativity that the podcast needed as the story curator. Fast forward to Katie receiving her cancer diagnosis. Gwen was a rock of stability the podcast needed and an element to the foundation of the stories we continue to share today! So it is absolutely fitting that we side-step our theme for a moment to share some news from Gwen, during a time where she can use the support she so generously and faithfully provided Katie, during her cancer diagnosis. This episode is an update, but also one where we remember what God is capable of and a story of hope even when we are walking through the valleys. PsIf you’d like to send a note to cheer Gwen on, please send it to: hello@shespeaksstories.com and we’ll be sure to pass it on to her!Link to Praying like Monks, Living like Fools https://a.co/d/7QGVzBk

As we dive into our NEW season with the theme all about decisions we really could not have started with a better guest if we tried! Rosann Coulon joins us in this episode where we talk about how decisions that she made opened up doors for change, hope and the ability to encourage others! She was a “PK” raised in an idyllic home, but like in so many of our lives at times, hardship hit. Rosann had to decide how to process her pain, how to regain her trust and be honest with herself and God. In these steps she was able to “leave a well” for others to find when they were feeling the same dryness in their faith. She responded with “God I’ll keep coming.” How she does this, and what comes next is all shared in this episode! Lean in, friends, this story will change lives!psPsalms 84:6As they go through the Valley of Baca (weeping)     they make it a place of springs (wells);    the early rain also covers it with pools.Links: Leaving A Well Website, with Blog, Ministry and Book info: https://www.leavingawell.com/

Katie and Julia are so excited to share with you our new theme for not just the fall season of 2025, but also the spring of 2026! Yes, this theme has piqued the interest of so many that our guest list overflowed past the fall dates all the way through our spring calendar and we are not disappointed at all. In this episode, Katie Hawkins shares kind of where this Making Decisions theme came from and she and Julia chat about how predetermined decisions really can impact our lives and ultimately our stories!Links:Praying Like Monks, Living Like Fools by Tyler Statonhttps://a.co/d/efdZYsQThink Ahead by Craig Groeshelhttps://a.co/d/3vpwYux The Rhythm of Life by Matthew Kellyhttps://a.co/d/5f4MdoH

Hey Friends! Katie Hawkins and Julia Sifers start off our new season with some stories of how they've continued to learn from and share stories in OTHER ways besides our podcast. From the zoom book club, to other podcasts and even the Netflix series The Crown, our gal pals talk about all the ways we can see Stories Changing Lives! Then to wrap things up, they introduce us to the new theme this year all about making decisions, but more on that in our next episode! Links: Episode with Sharon Garlough Brownhttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-141-sharon-garlough-brown/id1318514560?i=1000516375689God Has A Name, by John Mark Comer https://a.co/d/2uzTVrtJohn Mark Comer Teachings Podcast https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/john-mark-comer-teachings/id1592847144The Crownhttps://www.netflix.com/title/80025678

This season has been full of guests with stories of loneliness. Even though it’s not fun to feel lonely, we have had a blast talking with each guest because they all shared what happens during a time of loneliness or one the other side of it. And although all of these stories are unique they all have something in common: they wouldn’t trade their hard time for anything because of what they learned, how they grew and who they’ve become.Powerful stuff! Today’s guest is no different! Heather Myers wraps up our season of loneliness like a bow on a present. Her perspective and truth have what it takes to carry anyone feeling lonely to a place of hope. She has written a bible study for mom’s who need to connect more with God but just can’t figure out how to add time with God in the middle of all the other things that spring up in the day. (And we all want to read it!) Until we can get our hands on a copy, we hope you enjoy this episode, and the perspective it brings!

Have you ever wondered why you had to go through a hard time in your life? Today’s guest, Lisa Steven, wondered that as a child when a tragic situation hit her family. And again, when she was a teen and found out she was pregnant. But God put incredible people in her life who did not judge her, like they could have, but came alongside her and pointed her towards good. Lisa learned about community, and the importance of loving people when they're in a season of hard. And when she joined MOPS (Now MomCo) she was welcomed in and found her calling. She realized the hard time in her life hard a purpose, and she was going to use all she learned to love on teen moms. And do what her in-laws did: welcome them in and point them to Jesus. Lisa encourages us to lean into our callings, because “Jesus will surround you with people to make His calling a reality.” Just like He did for her and her nonprofit organization Hope House Colorado. Listen in for encouragement and hope even in hard times!Lisa’s Book: A Place to B