I Choose Peace

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]

Stop Letting the wrong voices define you

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/fan_mail/new] Have you ever realized you've been living your life according to someone else's opinion of you? The voice that told you that you were too much. The one that said you weren't enough. The one that made you shrink, second-guess, and play small — for years. In this episode, Key Glover gets real about the voices that try to write our story for us — the ones from our past, from family, from relationships, and the ones we've internalized so deeply we've started calling them our own thoughts. We're talking about what it means to be rooted — deeply, unshakeably rooted in who God says you are — so that nothing outside of you has the power to define you anymore. This episode includes a grounding breathwork practice, the Week 1 affirmation spoken aloud, and talking points anchored in Psalm 1:3. If you've been carrying a narrative that was never yours to begin with — it's time to put it down. 📓 This week's journal prompts: · What belief about yourself doesn't actually belong to you? · Who are you when no one is watching? 🎙️ New episodes every Tuesday. Follow @bigeyedgirlpodcast on Instagram for weekly affirmations and journal prompts. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/support]

250 Reasons I won’t Stop”

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/fan_mail/new] I’m going to keep this one short — because sometimes the most powerful thing you can say doesn’t need a lot of words. 250 downloads. February to May. Just me, my phone, my faith, and my truth. I started this podcast because I had something to say. I kept going because YOU kept listening. This episode is my unscripted, unpolished, straight-from-the-heart thank you — to God for the assignment, to my son for being my why, and to every single person who pressed play, shared an episode, sent a DM, or just sat with me in their earbuds during a hard moment. You didn’t just download a podcast. You chose to let me into your world. I don’t take that lightly. This is 250 reasons I won’t stop. And we’re just getting started. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/support]

Nobody Told Me It was Okay to Not be Okay”

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/fan_mail/new] This episode is one I’ve been carrying for a long time — and I’m finally ready to put it down out loud. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and I’m not letting it pass without telling my truth. Today I’m talking about my personal battle with postpartum depression — what it felt like, what it looked like behind closed doors, and what it’s like when the people closest to you tell you to just pray it away, push through it, or fight it on your own. Nobody told me it was okay to not be okay. So I’m telling YOU. This one is raw. This one is real. And if you’ve ever been handed a scripture when what you needed was a safe space — this episode is for you. Healing came for me through faith, through professional help, through the people who stayed, and through time. It was layered. And it was worth talking about. You are not weak for struggling. You are not faithless for needing help. And you are not alone. 📌 Trigger note: This episode discusses postpartum depression and mental health. If you’re in a hard season right now, please listen with care — and know that resources are available. NAMI Helpline: 1-800-950-6264. Support the show [https://www.buzzsprout.com/2574197/support]