This devotional is offered as many process difficult revelations and conversations circulating in the news, including discussions around the Epstein files…

As difficult information circulates and conversations grow louder, many of us are carrying questions, grief, and even fear. This episode is an invitation to respond differently, not by turning away, but by turning toward the light that anchors us.

Together, we reflect on what Scripture reminds us so clearly: the spirit of fear is not from God. When darkness is revealed, we are not called to shrink or spiral, but to stand rooted in truth, prayer, and love.

Inside this spiritual toolkit, I share gentle reminders for protecting your heart and mind, including the importance of stepping away from the noise to refill your spiritual cup, being mindful of where you place your attention, and remembering that peace is something we actively cultivate.

We talk about the commandment against idolatry and how easily fear can become something we unknowingly give power to. I also share encouragement to spend as much time nourishing your spirit as you do staying informed, and how taking breaks from social media can help quiet the internal storm.

You’ll hear a prayer for protection and peace over your home, calling on God’s presence to cover your mind, your family, and your space. And we spend time in Psalm 37, a beautiful reminder that goodness, justice, and faithfulness endure even when the world feels unsettled.

At the beginning of the episode, I share an important update about the direction of the podcast. In this season, I feel called to lean more deeply into devotional reflections rooted in Scripture and spiritual wisdom, creating a space centered on hope, unity, and spiritual grounding. While guest conversations have been meaningful, this moment is inviting a return to stillness and listening for what God is doing in quieter ways.

My prayer is that this episode feels like a deep breath… a reminder that light is never overcome by darkness, and that we are invited to be carriers of peace wherever we go.

If you’re feeling weary, you are not alone. Let this be a moment to pause, reconnect, and remember that love remains stronger than fear.

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This conversation with Tiffanie Jensen is an honest, expansive look at love as an intelligence—one that is guided by God and practiced daily inside real family life.

Together, we explore blended families through three equally important lenses: the parent, the marriage, and the child. Tiffanie shares how holding all three perspectives at once has been essential to creating safety, trust, and connection in a household with six children and complex transitions shaped by custody schedules and court documents.

One of the central metaphors in this episode is a globe. Tiffanie explains how one person’s perspective can feel absolute—until the globe is turned and an entirely different landscape appears. In blended families, every child and adult is standing on a different side of that globe, each holding a valid story. Her non-dualistic approach—where more than one truth can exist at the same time—has become a bridge between her, her stepchildren, and her partner.

We talk about the emotional rhythm of transition days, the overwhelm of after-school “rush hour,” and the importance of allowing space for children to acclimate back into one another’s world. Tiffanie also shares how she protects her marriage by picking battles wisely, staying flexible, and fitting in connection wherever life allows—even when nothing feels predictable.

She opens up about the quieter moments too: using transition days as intentional self-care when the children return to their other parent’s home, and how her years as a river rafting guide shaped her understanding of leadership, trust, and the often unseen strength of motherhood—especially single motherhood.

Woven throughout is a love story rooted in faith, teamwork, and deep trust: two people who knew early on that love was present, who committed quickly, and who continue choosing each other inside a beautifully complex family system.

This episode is for anyone navigating blended families, step-parenthood, marriage under pressure, or the invitation to love with more curiosity, humility, and grace.

🔍 What You’ll Find in This Episode

• Parenting, marriage, and child perspectives—held equally
• A powerful globe metaphor for understanding different truths
• How non-dualistic thinking creates safety in blended families
• Navigating transition days with intention and compassion
• Managing after-school overwhelm in large families
• Protecting marriage while raising children from different homes
• Why flexibility is essential when life is shaped by court documents
• Self-care as a sacred reset, not a luxury
• Leadership lessons from river rafting and motherhood
• Faith as a grounding force in love, parenting, and partnership

🦋 Connect with Tiffanie!

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What happens when me and my girlfriends get honest… with questions from my audience about love, attraction, sex, dating, situationships, and relationships? A LOT!

In this girls-night-turned-podcast, we crack open everything from lust to heartbreak, and what women actually want in love. It starts playful, a little spicy, and quickly turns into something deeper. The kind of conversation you only have with your closest friends when the champagne and truths are flowing!

We talk about:

• Red flags vs real chemistry

• Why so many men avoid commitment

• Phone etiquette, emotional availability & desire

• Sex, intimacy, and why connection matters more than performance

• Communication being the core to solving anything inside or outside the bedroom

• How to stop settling for crumbs in relationships

And SO MUCH MORE!

This episode is messy in the best way. It’s laughter, vulnerability, honesty, and a reminder that beneath all the flirting and fun, every woman just wants to feel chosen, safe, and deeply loved.

We close the episode with a powerful reminder from Jayme about doing the inner work required to break old relationship patterns and finding alignment within your body to feel truly desired without doing anything more, just connecting deeper with YOUR signals.

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If you’ve ever wondered:

“Am I asking for too much?”

“Why does dating feel so confusing?”

“Is real love still possible?”

This one’s for you. Grab a drink, get cozy, and press PLAY. 💋

This weekend, my son turned nine! 🎈❤️

We celebrated with sixteen boys, endless laughter, an Xbox, and a house that may never fully recover. But later that night, when everything was quiet, he cried and told me how hard it is that his parents aren’t together… and how scared he is to grow up.

In this solo episode, I talk about:

• What it feels like when your child names a grief you can’t take away
• Why trying to “fix” emotions can create a gap in your relationship
• How I’m teaching my children to feel without shame
• My own grief as I watch my boys move from babyhood into boyhood
• And why I no longer believe in the idea of a “broken family”

Nearly half of families today don’t fit the traditional mold. What if that isn’t a flaw… but a strength?

This is an episode about holding space, choosing softness, and learning how to love in seasons that are both joyful and tender.

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In this deeply moving episode of Earth Tones, I sit down with my friend- Afro artist PENI, who opens his heart and story with rare honesty.

PENI shares what it was like growing up in Nigeria and experiencing profound loss early in life, losing both of his parents and his sister. He reflects on the distinct impact each of them had on shaping who he is today, and how their teachings around family, generosity, and showing up for others continue to guide his choices.

Music became more than expression for PENI. It became memory. It became prayer.

Through lyrical storytelling, he honors the people he’s lost and the love that still carries him forward.

We talk about:

•Growing up in Nigeria and navigating grief at a young age

•How his parents and sister shaped his values and purpose

•Using music as a way to remember, heal, and tell his story

•His songs “Dear God” and “Dear God Pt. 2,” written for his lost family members

•Wrestling with faith during life’s hardest seasons

•Finding your way back to God when you feel distant, angry, or unsure

PENI also shares his hopes for the future. Building stability for himself and his brothers, creating financial freedom, and stepping into his next chapter with deeper faith and momentum. He has new music dropping in March, and this conversation offers a powerful glimpse into the heart behind the sound.

🎶 Listen to PENI’s music on Apple Music and Spotify:

Dear God

Dear God Pt. 2

If you’ve ever questioned God, grieved deeply, or tried to turn pain into purpose, this episode will sit with you long after it ends.

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Childhood healing, divorce, inner child, family relationships, imperfect parents, father daughter healing, emotional growth, forgiveness, healing journey, faith and healing, personal reflection, adult healing, feel to heal

This episode is a reflection of my childhood, divorce, and the armor I built to survive and what happened when I returned to those memories later in life with adult eyes.

I share what it was like growing up as a product of separation: the confusion, the emotional self-reliance, and the quiet ways I learned to protect myself long before I understood what I was protecting against. Much of this episode lives in that early terrain, the child navigating instability and learning how to be strong too soon.

As the episode unfolds, I reflect on how time, faith, and lived experience slowly soften the past. I talk about releasing the need for perfect explanations, loosening the grip of ego and self-protection, and learning to assess love and apology not by completeness, but by intention.

Later in the episode, I share what it meant to meet my father again as an adult- not as a child seeking repair, but as a woman grounded in compassion, boundaries, and grace. It’s not a story of resolution, but of my evolution: seeing my parents as human, and choosing forgiveness as a doorway to deeper love.

This conversation is for anyone learning how to stay soft without losing themselves- and for those discovering that healing isn’t about fixing the past, but about meeting it differently.

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The world has a way of teaching us to harden- to protect ourselves by closing off, pulling back, or carrying unspoken resentment. But wisdom doesn’t require hardness, and discernment doesn’t have to turn into bitterness.

In this episode, I reflect on what it means to stay soft without losing your wisdom- to practice discernment as clarity rather than resentment, and to protect your heart without closing it.

I talk about how unresolved hurt can quietly shape our posture toward life, and how choosing discernment with compassion can help purify the heart so we’re able to walk in love- even when relationships, seasons, and people are imperfect.

In this episode, I share:

• The difference between discernment and resentment
• How wisdom can coexist with tenderness
• Why forgiveness is a practice, not a bypass
• How to guard your heart without hardening it
• My three North Stars for 2026- the values I’ll return to when life feels heavy
• Being “labeled” for taking space from hurtful communities or church should be more acceptable and understood
• Thanking past relationships for leaving

This episode isn’t about fixing yourself or forcing outcomes. It’s about choosing the posture you want to live from- one rooted in clarity, love, and grounded faith.

✨ If you’re entering this year wanting to live wisely without becoming hardened, this episode is for you.

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As we step into a new year, Episode 22 of Earth Tones offers a gentle alternative to the pressure of New Year’s resolutions!

This episode explores why mantras are more invitational than resolutions — why they don’t demand perfection, discipline, or constant self-correction, but instead invite us back to ourselves again and again. Mantras are not about mastery. They’re about maintenance. About staying. About returning.

At the beginning of the episode, I take a moment to look back on 2025 — not only through the lens of Earth Tones but through my own personal becoming.

✨ Earth Tones reached 796 downloads, listeners in 31 countries, and over 130 cities — something I never imagined when this podcast began. But beyond the numbers, 2025 was a year of stillness. A year of choosing presence over escape. Of learning how to stay with myself in difficult moments instead of running from them.

This year also reshaped how I see God.

I share how my understanding of God has deepened — how God is no longer attached to outcomes, blessings, or perceived rewards. I don’t believe God deals “good hands” or “bad hands” based on worthiness. Our environments, systems, and circumstances create much of what we experience — and God sits with us through all of it.

When we tie God only to outcomes, we risk underestimating the quiet, constant presence of God in the world — especially in moments that don’t resolve neatly.

The episode closes with me sharing my personal mantra and intention for 2026, centered on forgiveness — forgiving others, forgiving myself, and learning how deeper love often lives on the other side of that work.

This episode isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about learning how to stay with who you already are!

🌿 In this episode:

• Why mantras are more sustainable than resolutions
• Maintenance vs. mastery as a spiritual and emotional practice
• A reflective look back at 2025 — personally and with Earth Tones!
• Reframing how we understand God, presence, and circumstance
• My 2026 mantra centered on forgiveness

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