Raising Me While You Were Still Becoming

Raising Me While You Were Still Becoming

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/fan_mail/new] I have been talking about my son on this podcast since the very first episode. Today — he is finally here. This is the first episode of our Mother and Son series, and I have to be honest with you: I was not ready for what he said. We talked about what it is like to be an only child, what he understands about mental health, what it feels like to be a young Black boy in this world right now — and what he wants people to know about him before they make up their minds about who he is. And then I said something to him on camera that I have never said out loud quite like that before. You are going to want to see it. In this episode: → The real pros and cons of being an only child — from him, not me → What he thinks mental health means and what he would do if a friend was struggling → What it feels like to be a young Black boy right now → A mother's word — spoken directly to him, on camera This week's affirmation: "My story — including the parts I'm still writing — has the power to shape the generation behind me. I will not stay silent." Scripture: Proverbs 22:6 Journal prompt: What is one thing you want the young people in your life to see in how you live — not just what you tell them, but how you actually show up? -- 🎙️ NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY 📸 Instagram: @bigeyedgirlpodcast 🎵 TikTok: @bigeyedgirlpodcast 📘 Facebook: bigeyedgirlpodcast 🌻 Follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it means the world. Big Eyed Girl Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and wherever you listen. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/support]

Not Made Alone

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/fan_mail/new] There is a version of strength that looks like doing everything alone — and I spent years calling it independence. Today we are talking about what that isolation really costs, and why God never designed you to carry all of it by yourself. This is also our first VIDEO episode — and if you've been following along since February, you know how big this moment is. You can now see my face when I say: you are not meant to do this alone. In this episode: → The season I tried to carry everything and what it broke in me → The difference between protecting your peace and hiding behind walls → What real, God-sent community actually requires of you → Why vulnerability comes before trust — not after This week's affirmation: "I release the need to carry everything alone. God placed people in my life to walk with me — and I am open to giving and receiving real community." Scripture: Ecclesiastes 4:9–10 Journal prompt: Where have you been isolating yourself and calling it independence? What would it cost you to let someone in? -- 🎙️ NEW EPISODES EVERY TUESDAY 📸 Instagram: @bigeyedgirlpodcast 🎵 TikTok: @bigeyedgirlpodcast 📘 Facebook: bigeyedgirlpodcast 🌻 Follow, subscribe, and leave a review — it means more than you know. Big Eyed Girl Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, iHeartRadio, and wherever you listen. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/support]

Stop Waiting for Permission to Step into More

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/fan_mail/new] You have been waiting for someone to tell you that you're ready. Waiting for more time. More money. More confidence. More credentials. Waiting until circumstances align perfectly before you take the step that has been sitting on your heart for months — maybe years. But what if the door is already open and you just haven't walked through it yet? In this season-closing episode, Key Glover delivers a faith-forward declaration for every woman who has been playing small, waiting for permission, or letting fear disguise itself as wisdom. We're talking about what it means to step into your "more" — not someday, not when everything is perfect, but right now — in faith, with what you have, from where you are. This episode includes an activating breathwork practice, the Week 4 affirmation spoken aloud as a declaration, and a conversation anchored in Psalm 138:8. The door has your name on it. It is time to walk through it. 📓 This week's journal prompts: · Where have you been playing small because fear told you it wasn't your time? · Write a letter to the version of yourself that exists 6 months from now. 🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday. Follow @bigeyedgirlpodcast on Instagram for weekly affirmations and journal prompts. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/support]

The Guilt of slowing Down (and Why it’s a Lie)

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/fan_mail/new] You sat down for ten minutes and immediately felt guilty about it. Sound familiar? We have been so conditioned to tie our worth to our output — to how much we produce, how much we give, how hard we grind — that rest has started to feel like failure. Like laziness. Like falling behind. But in this episode, Key Glover is calling that feeling exactly what it is: a lie. We're talking about where the guilt of slowing down really comes from, why it has such a grip on so many women — especially Black women, mothers, and entrepreneurs — and what God actually says about rest. Spoiler alert: it doesn't sound like "grind harder." This episode includes the most restorative breathwork practice of the series, the Week 3 affirmation spoken aloud, and an honest conversation anchored in Matthew 11:28. You are allowed to stop. You are allowed to breathe. And you are allowed to just be. 📓 This week's journal prompts: · Where in your life are you running on empty right now? · What does rest actually look like for YOU? 🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday. Follow @bigeyedgirlpodcast on Instagram for weekly affirmations and journal prompts. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/support]

What Healing Actually looks like when Nobody’s Watching— Edit

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/fan_mail/new] Nobody posts the 2am crying. Nobody posts the therapy session where you finally said the thing out loud. Nobody posts the quiet Tuesday morning when something in you just... shifted. But that is what healing actually looks like. In this episode, Key Glover pulls back the curtain on the version of healing that never makes the highlight reel — the kind that happens in private, in the in-between, when no one is watching and no one is clapping. We're talking about what it really means to be renewed — honoring how far you've come, grieving the versions of yourself you had to leave behind, and recognizing the quiet miracles of growth that happen when you're not even paying attention. This episode includes a releasing breathwork practice, the Week 2 affirmation spoken aloud, and an honest conversation anchored in 2 Corinthians 5:17. Because the healing you do in private? That is the most powerful kind. 📓 This week's journal prompts: · What has healed in you quietly that you haven't given yourself credit for? · What is God calling you to release right now? 🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday. Follow @bigeyedgirlpodcast on Instagram for weekly affirmations and journal prompts. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/support]