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A faith and culture podcast for the Christian woman who still has questions. Host Kala Garner gets honest about dating, ambition, family, friendship, and purpose - the real conversations purity culture never prepared you for. Each episode blends unfiltered girl talk with scripture and real testimony, tackling what women actually think about but rarely say out loud. Deep guest interviews, pop culture takes, and faith that holds up under pressure. New episodes weekly. Follow @busylovingjesus and @thekglifestyle. Questions or stories to share? Email busylovingjesus@gmail.com.

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September 27, 2026Episode 1932 min

EP 19: How to Avoid a Friendship Breakup

You have a friend you'd call one of your closest, and you haven't had a real conversation with her in months. Something happened that neither of you brought up, so now there's a little distance you're both pretending not to notice.They call it the friendship recession. The share of women with six or more close friends fell from 41% in 1990 to 24%, per the Survey Center on American Life. So it's not a you problem. Nobody taught us how to keep one.Catherine Wheeler has been my friend for thirteen years, and we let something sit for a month before we dealt with it. This is the conversation after that conversation.Then go call her. Not text. Call.Anchor scripture — Ecclesiastes 4:9–12 (NIV)Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor: If either of them falls down, one can help the other up. But pity anyone who falls and has no one to help them up. Also, if two lie down together, they will keep warm. But how can one keep warm alone? Though one may be overpowered, two can defend themselves. A cord of three strands is not quickly broken.FIND CATHERINEPivot180: www.pivotoneeighty.comInstagram: @catherinelwheeler_ALSO MENTIONEDApril Bowman, Bold Believers UnitedProverbs 3:5–6The friendship recession and slow friendship — from the American Perspectives Survey, Survey Center on American LifeRESOURCESGot a friendship you need to repair? Tell me in the comments, email busylovingjesus@gmail.com, or leave me a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9oFOLLOW BUSY LOVING JESUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thekglifestyle?sub_confirmation=1 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/thekglifestyle Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7fsuNnbtbisH9C4Llns1kp Apple Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/busy-loving-jesus/id1481504282FOLLOW KALA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekglifestyleTHE LUXE HOMEBODY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luxehomebody Design style quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/6a7852b1411496a2d29bd353New episodes every Sunday.

September 20, 2026Episode 836 min

Is Your Creative Gift a Calling? with Design with Veronica Sanders

There is a difference between something you are good at and something you were made for. Our job is to tell them apart.Veronica of Design with Ronnie is my interior design mentor and in this episode we get into what it takes to chase a creative calling when there is no obvious route to it, no one in your family has done it, and the money has to come from somewhere in the meantime.If you have been praying about your purpose for a while and you are starting to wonder whether you missed the answer, sit with this one.Anchor scripture — Exodus 31:1–5 (KJV)And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying, See, I have called by name Bezaleel the son of Uri, the son of Hur, of the tribe of Judah: And I have filled him with the spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all manner of workmanship, to devise cunning works, to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in cutting of stones, to set them, and in carving of timber, to work in all manner of workmanship.FIND VERONICAInstagram, TikTok, and everywhere else: @designwithronnieWebsite: www.designwithveronica.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@UCzRRdZ0DqOzBOtVf_4SlGSQ MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODEDwell with Dignity — designs homes for displaced familiesHabitat for HumanityASID and the NCIDQ licensing requirementMikel Welch — the New York designer who mentored her after a cold DMMichelle Obama at Essence Fest, on doing the workOprah, on gratitude as a practiceRESOURCESQuestions about any of this? Comment below, email busylovingjesus@gmail.com, or leave me a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9oIf you're in the middle of figuring out what's next, start here: EP 14 — How to Know What's Next After a LayoffFOLLOW BUSY LOVING JESUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thekglifestyle?sub_confirmation=1 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/thekglifestyle Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7fsuNnbtbisH9C4Llns1kp Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/busy-loving-jesus/id1481504282FOLLOW KALA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekglifestyleTHE LUXE HOMEBODY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luxehomebody Design style quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/6a7852b1411496a2d29bd353New episodes every Sunday.

September 13, 2026Episode 1759 min

EP 17: Faith & Fertility | Freezing My Eggs at 42

If you're 31 and this has been on your list for two years, or 36 and every appointment ends in reassurance instead of information, or 41 and you've stopped bringing it up at all, this episode is for you. I went through egg freezing this year and I'm giving you the version nobody gave me. This video covers everything from my mindset before I decided to freeze my eggs to what happened post-op. Wanting something for two decades that you can't make happen on your own changes you. It changes how you pray, who you say yes to, and eventually whether you'll admit you still want it at all. This one is for the woman who wants a family and doesn't have the husband, the timeline, or the answer yet. Anchor scripture — Genesis 18:10–14 (NIV) Then one of them said, "I will surely return to you about this time next year, and Sarah your wife will have a son." Now Sarah was listening at the entrance to the tent, which was behind him. Abraham and Sarah were already very old, and Sarah was past the age of childbearing. So Sarah laughed to herself as she thought, "After I am worn out and my lord is old, will I now have this pleasure?" Then the Lord said to Abraham, "Why did Sarah laugh and say, 'Will I really have a child, now that I am old?' Is anything too hard for the Lord? I will return to you at the appointed time next year, and Sarah will have a son." Mentioned in this episode: Jackie Hill Perry — on Sarah and the year of waiting Start With Yourself, Emma Grede — on employer fertility benefits Becoming, Michelle Obama Being Mary Jane — Mara Brock Akil The AMH test — a blood draw you can ask your OB or primary care to add Supplements Kala took to support egg quality: https://amzn.to/4xMVdWk Related episode: EP 13 — Ambitious in the Wrong Lane with Courtney L. Sanders: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-13-ambitious-in-the-wrong-lane-with-courtney-l-sanders/id1481504282?i=1000783652603 Questions? Comment below or email busylovingjesus@gmail.com Send a voice note: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9o FOLLOW BUSY LOVING JESUS Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/thekglifestyle?sub_confirmation=1 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/thekglifestyle Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7fsuNnbtbisH9C4Llns1kp Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/busy-loving-jesus/id1481504282 FOLLOW KALA Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thekglifestyle THE LUXE HOMEBODY Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/luxehomebody Design style quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/6a7852b1411496a2d29bd353 New episodes every Sunday. Nothing here is medical advice. This is my experience with one clinic . Take these questions and any concern to your own doctor.

September 6, 2026Episode 61 hr 8 min

EP 16: Stop Waiting, Start Living with Chris McSwain

You've been believing for the same thing for years. Marriage, a baby, the house, the job. And somewhere in there you started answering "are you seeing anyone?" with a joke, because a joke hurts less than the truth.Chris McSwain is in her early forties, single, and has spent a long time in that exact tension. What she's landed on isn't a pep talk about the right timing. It's a working definition of faith that lets you live all the way in the life you have while still believing for the one you want, and it holds up whether or not the thing ever comes. She gets into why you can't earn your way into being chosen, what purity culture set up in a lot of us that we're still untangling, and the specific way we use our own words to protect ourselves from disappointment — the "I'm fine, I didn't really want it anyway" that quietly costs you the thing you're praying for. This one is for the woman who is genuinely grateful and genuinely tired. Who has a beautiful life and still feels left out.Scripture: Hebrews 11:1 (KJV) — "Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." Follow Chris: https://www.instagram.com/misschrisness/ and https://www.tiktok.com/@misschrisness 🏡 Luxe Homebody quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/6a7852b1411496a2d29bd353 🎙️ New episodes every Sunday 📩 Ask Kala anything: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9o 📱 Follow BLJ: https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus/#BusyLovingJesus #ChristianPodcast #Singleness

September 2, 2026Episode 1553 min

EP 15: Gifted? But You Never Asked God What He Wanted for You - Jessica Chinyelu

You've made the board. You've written the goals. You stopped looking at both of them months ago, and you still can't answer what you're supposed to be doing.The problem isn't that you're short on gifts. You have too many and no way to rank them, so you start nothing, or you start everything. Jessica Chinyelu answered that question for herself sitting in her living room with a newborn, no job, and a business she'd just shut down. What she came out with is a framework, and she walks through all of it here. How to narrow it down. How to know when you've landed on the right one. One warning: she's direct about what you have to put down first, and about the fact that putting something down means grieving it, even when you're the one who chose to. This is for the woman who's been "figuring it out" for a year. The one who looks fine and knows she's stuck. Scripture: Habakkuk 2:2 — "Write the vision down, make it plain and clear so that those who see it may run with it." Jessica's Info: https://www.instagram.com/jessicachinyelu/https://www.jessicachinyelu.com/wbml-workbook (free journaling guide covering the seven key areas) 🏡 Luxe Homebody quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/6a7852b1411496a2d29bd353 🎙️ New episodes every Sunday 📩 Ask Kala anything: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9o https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus/ https://www.instagram.com/thekglifestyle/ ✉️ busylovingjesus@gmail.com #BusyLovingJesus #ChristianPodcast #VisionBoard

August 23, 2026Episode 442 min

EP 14: How to Know What's Next After a Layoff

Losing a job or a business doesn't just cost you income. It costs you the answer to "what do you do" - and for a lot of us, that answer is holding our identity together.I dissolved my wellness business last year after eight years. After having made multiple six figures I was left with business debt I never planned for. Seven months into this transition (post layoff) my bank account looks nothing like I thought it would, and I'm talking through this while I'm still in it, because I know you may be going through something similar too.This episode is about rebuilding your identity when the title is gone. Why the work that ended isn't wasted even when it ends badly. How to tell a good opportunity from one that's actually yours. Why rest matters more than grinding when you're scared, and what it looks like to ask God what's next instead of defaulting to hustling and forcing.It's for the woman who's been laid off, closed something she built, or is in an in-between season and dreads getting asked what she does. Scripture: Esther 4:14 — "who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?" You are not the title. You never were. Prayer Book (A Diary of Private Prayer): https://amzn.to/462Fczz 🏡 Take the Luxe Homebody quiz: https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/preview/6a7852b1411496a2d29bd353🎙️ New episodes every Sunday 📩 Ask Kala anything: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9o Ask Me Anything: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9o 📱 https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus/, https://www.instagram.com/thekglifestyle ✉️ busylovingjesus@gmail.com

August 16, 2026Episode 1346 min

EP 13: Ambitious in the Wrong Lane with Courtney L. Sanders

You're not lazy. You're not undisciplined. You're burnt out, working hard for years and still running uphill with nothing to show for the effort.This is for the ambitious girlies: burnout isn't always a sign you need to push harder. Sometimes it's a sign you're building in a lane God never assigned you - and no amount of hustle, prayer, or persistence will make the wrong lane work. Courtney L. Sanders learned that after she hit multimillionaire status and felt the weight instead of the win. In this conversation she breaks down how to tell the difference between a good thing and a God thing, why some of your hardest work keeps slipping through your fingers no matter how much you pray over it, what it actually costs to let go of something you built your name on, and how to know when striving has quietly become disobedience. If you're burnt out, questioning your ambition, or scared to release something that isn't working anymore, you'll leave this episode knowing exactly what to do next.Ambition is easy. But are you ambitious in the right lane?This is the space for the woman who loves Jesus and still has questions. Scripture: Proverbs 19:21 "Many are the plans in a person's heart, but it is the Lord's purpose that prevails." Welcome & Scripture: 2:46 Ambition in the Wrong Lane: 13:54 Confession as Spiritual Warfare: 31:50 Confess Your Ambition Game: 39:09 Closing & Where to Find Courtney: 44:30 Find Courtney: https://courtneylsanders.com/https://www.instagram.com/courtneylsanders/?hl=enhttps://www.youtube.com/courtneylsanders 🎙️ New episodes every Sunday #BusyLovingJesus #ChristianPodcast #Burnout 🧐 Luxe Homebody Quiz: https://www.tryinteract.com/share/quiz/6a7852b1411496a2d29bd353 📩Ask Kala anything: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9o https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus/ https://www.instagram.com/thekglifestyle/ https://www.instagram.com/luxehomebody/

August 10, 2026Episode 245 min

EP 12: CEO of the Home NOT Trad Wife Aesthetic | Ashley Brown on Busy Loving Jesus

In 2023, Ashley Brown was making the most money her business had ever made. That's the year she chose to surrender it. This week I'm sitting down with my friend Ashley Brown, founder of Brown Global Empowerment, executive MBA, a following of over 270K, to talk about what it actually looks like to run a home like the CEO you already are. We get into the twins she prayed for by name in church (and got, two months later), why she calls privacy "the new luxury" and stepped back from short-form content, the theology behind calling herself "CEO of the home," and her honest answer when I brought up the trad wife comparison: it's not the fluffy-dress, Instagram version. She's cried. She's felt depressed. And she'd tell you obedience is better than sacrifice. If you've ever wondered whether stepping back from something you built is giving up or evolving, this conversation names it plainly. If you love Jesus and you still have questions — dating, ambition, family, friendship, faith, all of it — this is your space. 🎙️ New episodes every Sunday ✨: Wellness Interior Design Quiz: www.luxehomebody.com 📩 Ask Kala anything: BLJ Hotline: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9o📱 Follow: https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus AND https://www.instagram.com/thekglifestyle/

August 2, 2026Episode 138 min

EP 11: Are You Surviving This Season, Or Actually Surrendering It?

If you've been holding it together for so long that you can't tell if you're healing or just getting through the day - this episode is for you. Season 2 opens with an honest look at the difference between surviving a season and actually surrendering it to God - two things that get confused easily when you're used to being the strong one. If you've ever wondered why doing "everything right" still leaves you exhausted, or what it actually looks like to let go instead of forcing your way through, this conversation names it plainly. There's also a lemon bread baking fail that makes the point better than words could. If you love Jesus and you still have questions about dating, ambition, family, friendship, faith, all of it - this is your space. Timestamps: 0:00 – Intro 1:06 – Part 1: The Talk Survival to Surrender 14:08 – Proof of Life (Baking Lemon Bread) 36:27 – Part 2: Proof of Life (Reflection) 37:06 – Part 3: The Reflection 38:19 – Closing Prayer & Next Episode Preview 🎙️ New episodes every Sunday 📩 Ask Kala anything: BLJ Hotline: https://www.speakpipe.com/msg/s/490848/2/y0pq69yh71h3zu9o Follow: https://www.instagram.com/busylovingjesus https://www.instagram.com/thekglifestyle/

March 13, 2024Episode 1026 min

EP 010: Processing Through Overwhelm

In this episode I get vulnerable. More transparent than I've ever been - which is scary. But I pray my recent business experiences will help you self-regulate your own journey. AND I hope you're encouraged by the huge milestone we made today after six long years of hard work only a few months after this recording! What questions or comments do you have and what would you like to hear about next? Want to know how I turned things around - my perspective that is? Let me know! Email me questions at busylovingjesus@gmail.com and make sure to check out our self-care boxes and merch at ⁠BetternessBox.com⁠ to get a discount on your next purchase!

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