Some Seasons Produce You: Getting Still Enough to Receive It

Faith is a Lifestyle with Nicole Hicks

In this episode Sherrita sits down with Nicole Hicks, biblical life coach, author, speaker, and founder of Faith Over Fear Biblical Life Coaching, for a conversation that is honest, practical, and deeply grounded in faith. Nicole opens up about the medical crisis that cracked everything open for her, a season that took her from celebrating her birthday in New York to being wheeled into a hospital the very next day, telling her husband to take care of their daughter. What followed was a year of chronic illness, anxiety, depression, suicidal thoughts, and a cancer scare. And through all of it, a revelation that would change everything. Faith is not a trend. It is not a vibe. It is a lifestyle. In this conversation Nicole and Sherrita go deep on what it actually looks like to trust God when everything is shifting, when your timeline does not match His, when He is not moving the way you expected, and when the people closest to you cannot understand the changes happening inside of you. Connect with Nicole Hicks: Faith Over Fear Biblical Life Coaching — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube The Heaven Team — Facebook, Instagram, TikTok All books available on Amazon Resources mentioned in this episode:  The Becoming Together Substack → becomingtogether.substack.com  [becomingtogether.substack.com ] Pre-order Becoming: A Guided Reflective Journal for the Woman With Purpose → Pre-Order Becoming [https://becoming2gether.com/b/becomingjournal⁠] Subscribe, rate, and review the Becoming Together Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.  Every review helps more women find this space.

Some Seasons Produce You: Getting Still Enough to Receive It

Some seasons produce something. Some seasons produce you. And knowing the difference changes everything about how you move through them. In this solo episode, Sherrita gets honest about the three significant life changes she is navigating all at once — a career transition, a new phase of motherhood, and changes in her body — and the question that surfaced in the middle of all of it. Not what do I need to do in this season. But who do I need to become to carry what it requires. She shares why that question is harder than it sounds, what she did when she had no blueprint to follow, and the five practices that are helping her get still and practice presence in the middle of a full and demanding life. In this episode: * The difference between seasons that produce something and seasons that produce you * Why so many of us get stuck at the identity question — and what to do instead * The role of therapy and community in navigating seasons of transition * Why stillness is a form of resistance — not a luxury * Five practices for anchoring yourself when life will not slow down The Five Practices: 1. Anchor your morning with stillness 2. Guard your gates 3. Create moments of solitude in nature 4. Clear the deck 5. Practice reflective journaling Journal Prompts from this episode: 01 — What transition are you currently walking through — and are you making intentional choices inside of it or just getting through each day? 02 — What are you giving your attention to right now that is making it harder to hear yourself clearly? What would it look like to pull back from even one of those things this week? 03 — What would change in your life if you stopped just getting through this season and started asking what it is trying to build in you? Resources mentioned: * Practicing Stillness [https://substack.com/home/post/p-186265734] * Reflective Journaling [https://substack.com/home/post/p-185243183] * This week's Substack article: Stewarding Self During the Changing [https://substack.com/home/post/p-199031166]  Subscribe to the Becoming Together Substack for weekly inspiration and practical tools centered in faith, wellbeing and purpose — delivered directly to your inbox. becomingtogether.substack.com Leave a review — it helps more women find this space and I read every single one.

Blazing Trails, Living True & Becoming Who You Were Called to Be With Eboni Monae

In this grounded and expansive conversation, Sherrita sits down with Eboni Monae, a Harvard PhD candidate, scientist-artist, and woman who has learned to honor every part of who she is. From her early fascination with space to becoming a developmental neurobiologist who describes her work as art, Eboni shares how she has learned to live true, move with intention, and step boldly into the calling God placed on her life. Together, they explore identity, purpose, faith, and the future of work in the age of AI. Eboni opens up about navigating elite academic spaces, the pressure to perform, and the spiritual practices that keep her steady. The conversation also naturally weaves into the transformative practice of reflective journaling, which both women use as a tool for clarity, honesty, and spiritual alignment. This episode is an invitation to slow down, check in with yourself, and consider what it means to live in alignment with who you were created to be. Reflective Journaling Resources This episode touches on the deeper practice of reflective journaling, not just writing down your thoughts, but slowing down enough to notice what’s happening within you and allowing God to meet you there. If you want to explore this practice further: Read the Reflective Journaling Article on Substack: becomingtogether.substack.com [becomingtogether.substack.com ] Join the Live Reflective Journaling Workshop A guided, real-time reflective journaling experience onWednesday, May 27th at 7 PM CST Reserve Your Seat At: becoming2gether.com/events [becoming2gether.com/events ] This one-hour experience is designed to help you slow down, go inward, and hear what God is speaking in this season of your becoming. Final Reflection This episode is a reminder that becoming is not about striving it’s about alignment. It’s about honoring the fullness of who you are, trusting the path God is shaping in you, and releasing anything that requires you to shrink. Eboni’s story shows that sometimes the difficulty of the path is the clearest sign that you are blazing a trail that has never existed before.

Sudz. Pivots & Purpose: With Jess & Rob of Signature Sudz

Not every pivot is one we plan. Some of them find us. And what we build in response, and how intentionally we build it, says everything about the kind of people we are and the kind of life we are committed to living.   Jess and Rob, a dynamic Husband and Wife Duo, are the founders of Signature Sudz, a plant-based household and body care brand built from all natural ingredients. What started as a laundry service was forced into a pivot by COVID. What they built out of that moment is a brand that takes both your health and their craft completely seriously, and they don’t play about either one.   In this episode: •       The COVID pivot that nearly cost them everything and launched Signature Suds •       Why they committed to fully plant-based ingredients from the very beginning •       What the research says about traditional cleaning products and women's health •       The real connection between household chemicals and hormonal health •       How every product is built from raw ingredients from scratch with zero shortcuts •       Why staying agile and intentional is what builds something lasting •       How to start transitioning your home to cleaner products without overwhelming yourself   Connect with Signature Suds: Shop: signaturesudz.com  [https://www.signaturesudz.com/]— ships nationwide Houston: Farmers markets + Central City Co-op in the Heights (Harvard & Aurora, open Tue–Sun) Instagram | TikTok | YouTube: Signature Sudz   Reflection Prompt: Where in your life are you being asked to pivot right now, and are you responding with intention or waiting for perfect conditions that may never come?   Connect with Becoming Together Online: Subscribe to the Becoming Together Blog on Substack [https://becomingtogether.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips] Follow Us on Instagram: @becoming2gether [https://www.instagram.com/becoming2gether/]

It's Pivot Season

Hey ya'll, welcome back, and welcome to Season 2. This first episode is a solo one, just you and me, and I am getting into something that is very personal to where I am right now, and something I believe a lot of you are navigating too. It's pivot season. Not the buzzword version. The real kind, the kind that reaches into the deeper parts of your life and asks something significant of you. In this episode I am opening up about the quiet, reflective season I walked through earlier this year, the revelation I had sitting in my therapist's office that I was standing at the edge of yet another pivot, and the series of life changes I am currently navigating all at once, in motherhood, career, health, identity, and mindset. I also get into what a pivot actually is, why so many of us are in one right now whether we have named it or not, and why I believe embracing it, as uncomfortable as it is, is the most courageous thing we can do. In this episode we cover: — What it really means to live differently from the inside out, The therapy question that stopped me in my tracks and led me to the two questions I believe are at the center of a lot of our minds right now, Why the world we are living in is demanding a pivot from so many of us simultaneously, The pivots that have most defined my life and what each one taught me, The multiple pivots I am personally navigating right now, What is ahead for Season 2 and the conversations coming your way Mentioned in this episode: 📖 Read the full Substack article, It's Pivot Season, with journal prompts at becomingtogether.substack.com 🎙️ Subscribe to the Becoming Together Podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify so you never miss an episode Connect with Sherrita: Substack: becomingtogether.substack.com Instagram: @sherritadenise and at @becoming2gether If this episode resonated with you, please leave a rating or review and pass it along to a woman who needs to hear it. That is how this community grows. You are not walking this out alone. 🤍