She Speaks Stories

She Speaks Stories

We believe stories change lives.

  1. 4D AGO

    Episode #249: Stories of Making Decisions with Kay Sumner

    Hey Friends, today we are sharing our chat with Kay Sumner, one of the producers behind the famous Dog Whisperer show and a newly released documentary Survivors. Kay walks us through her small decisions that lead to big opportunities and examples of how encouragement can do a world of wonders for people and help lead them to create and make good decisions. She reminds us that Jesus is with us, and even comes to challenging meetings! After hearing about her walk towards becoming a producer, we chat about her son Josh and the choices he made that lead to her making a documentary about overcoming addiction. Our lives are full of decisions and one of the most important is making Jesus the first option! https://www.kaysumner.com/  Watch Survivors Here

    51 min

  2. FEB 20

    Episode #248: Stories of Making Decisions with Elaine

    In this season of Decision Making we are absolutely enjoying the diversity of stories! Today we have Elaine join us to share her unique story of breaking free from a doomsday, fear-based cult that she was raised in. She shares what steps she had to take to get through the confusion of misunderstanding who God is and all the fear that was an entangling part of her former religion. Although the cost for walking away from this religion was losing her family, God pulled her close to him and handed her a mission. With this mission came a new family, all over the world, and the joy she traded in for her fear, was discovered as reading her Bible became everything to her.  Wherever this episode finds you, we hope it encourages you to seek a deeper understanding of who God is and do so by spending time reading about him in the Bible. We mention The Bible Project as a helpful resource to get started: https://bibleproject.com/  www.youtube.com/@JWEscape www.JWEscape.com book: https://a.co/d/gOCRSDc

    34 min

  3. FEB 6

    Episode #247: Stories of Making Decisions with Rebecca George

    We are continuing our season’s theme of Decision Making and delighting in all the guests that have been joining us! Today we have Rebecca George who loves connecting with women which led to her calling to be a communicator. Which is not just to share her thoughts and wisdom, but she writes, speaks and podcasts with the hope of helping others find their unique gifts. She shares her belief that these unique gifts, when we surrender them to God, enables us to do such good work with them in his timing. And HIS timing sometimes requires a bit of waiting, but waiting is not wasted time! Rebecca encourages us to “keep doing the thing in front of us.” as we wait! And in her books she comes alongside us (because we’ve all been in or currently are in) seasons of waiting and longing for something. While we wait, molding and shaping can happen and it gets us to a different place, an arguably better place, to receive the next thing. It’s so important to wait well, even though it’s hard. Kaite and Julia cannot wait to get and read her books and we hope you do too!  https://www.radicalradiance.live/

    38 min

  4. JAN 23

    Episode #246: Stories of Making Decisions with Katie M. Reid

    As we continue our theme of Making Decisions we were SO pleased to have Katie M. Reid join us! Not only is Katie a fabulous person to chat with, but she also has written a bible study all about making decisions! She really has spent some time in her life accepting grace and the wisdom in how to unlock the doors of understanding in overcoming her "deficit in daughtership” in seeing Jesus as “family to enjoy not company to impress” and in knowing that “to do lists do not determine our value.” She explains the importance of giving ourselves grace as we begin to act from our grace! We won’t have it all figured out and that’s okay. It truly was a life-giving chat! Katie and Julia can’t wait to get her bible study for themselves to grow in the understanding too! Katie Reid reminds us that obedience really is a first step to all of this, and the ripple effect (large, medium and small) of obedience leaves a legacy of belief that has the potential to encourage others and brings Jesus so much glory! We hope you find her words as inspiring as we did! Link to the free Bible Study lesson to help others make wise decisions: https://katiemreid.myflodesk.com/biblestudyfreebie1  Link to Bill Murray photo: https://www.instagram.com/p/BupVBFUhRTE/ Link to McDonald's song: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9pjCgoMPZNQ Here is a link to her online store listing for God, What Do I Do (if people buy 5-9 copies they'll automatically get $2 off per copy at checkout, if they buy 10 or more, they'll get $5 off per copy at checkout). https://katiemreid.myshopify.com/products/preorder-god-what-do-i-do Link to my teaching videos on RightNow Media: https://app.rightnowmedia.org/en/content/details/932091 Link to Leader's Guide: https://katiemreid.myshopify.com/products/leaders-guide-for-god-what-do-i-do Link to Made Like Martha book: https://katiemreid.myshopify.com/products/made-like-martha-autographed

    47 min

  5. JAN 9

    Episode #245: Stories of Making Decisions with Philip Nation

    As you know, our podcast is called SHE Speaks Stories but we love it when a HE can come on and share his story with us! Philip Nation joins our love for storytelling by sharing the steps he’s made in his life that brought him from a shy kid to an educated speaker. He brings to light the importance of coming alongside other believers and strengthening each other through the good chapters, the hard chapters and the ‘carousel chapters’ that inevitably come up in our lives. Philip shares snapshots of moments of decision making, and with a transparent genuine tone really encourages us with wisdom from his years of ending chapters and starting new ones. There are dozens of tidbits and perspectives that we know will bring hope, help and healing into our lives! Habits for our Holiness Book: https://a.co/d/iV2N1l4 Transformational Discipleship Book: https://a.co/d/gu2nVlk

    42 min

  6. 12/12/2025

    Episode #244: Stories of Decision Making with Julie Condliffe

    As you may know, this season is filled with such an eclectic mix of stories all centered around decision making! After the recordings, our co-hosts, Katie and Julia, talk about how the episode went and have been personally impacted and wow’d at what God is showing them through these women’s stories. And our guest this week, Julie Condliffe, once again brought an awesome story to the table! Born in Zimbabwe, educated in the UK, redirected in South Africa… Her story is one that is filled with persevering through hard and over and over again and finding God with his invitation to ARISE. Throughout all the challenges, her desire was to bring hope to the next person. She does so with the perspective of being willing to keep trusting in God even when you are at the figurative (or literal in her case!) end of the road. Julie reminds us that in the hard, ALL things work together for good. She’s seen it, felt it and wants everyone to trust Him too. (To hear more of her story, get her book, Unbreakable!)  PS Here’s a little spoiler...but helpful for those who want to copy it down: Acceptance Redirection Intuition Sacred vision Enjoy the journey! Her website: https://juliecondliffe.co.uk/Her book: https://a.co/d/gHAkL39

    1h 2m

  7. 11/28/2025

    Episode #243: Stories of Making Decisions with Lori Melton

    It’s always fun to make new connections and hear new stories! (At least we think so, because that’s what this podcast is all about!) When today’s guest, Lori Melton, agreed to share her story we had no idea how many incredible connections we would be making. Lori is an author, podcaster and spiritual director and in this episode shares with us all the decisions that lead up to where she is today. She reminds us that “life with God is an adventure.” And that when we watch out for what God is inviting us to do today, we should DECIDE to say YES. When we do that we will see some amazing connections, live through incredible stories and be able to turn around and give Him the glory for the many days he has given us. Lori also shares some amazing connections with Sharon Sharon Garlough Brown and Mr. Rogers! We truly felt we were chatting with a kindred spirit!  We hope you’ll tune in and join us in these connections (have we said that word “connections” enough?) But that’s what our time together is really all about, and being with those special individuals, like Lori, who encourage all of us to make time to listen and spend time with Jesus. PS If you head over to her website, there is a “Sneak Peak” to her book available to read! https://www.lorigmelton.com/ Episode with Sharon Glarlough Brown: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/episode-141-sharon-garlough-brown/id1318514560?i=1000516375689

    53 min

  8. 11/14/2025

    Episode #242: Stories of Making Decisions with Dr. Kimberly LeHew

    Hey Friends! This should come as no surprise, but we have another epic episode for you! Today we have the very lovely and knowledgeable Dr. Kimberly LeHew! This episode is all about health and the impact our decisions can make ON our health, and the importance of making decisions FOR our health. God walked Dr. Kimberly through so many different paths to give her the tools, perspective and understanding to not only bring her back to Him but combine all these elements together so she could help others! If we want real healing, we need to detox and reset our mind, body and soul, and only then can we truly build health into our lives. Her desire is for everyone to find sustainable health; not a quick fix, diet trick or effortless option. If we do the work we can find ourselves living the lives God wants for us. We are so thankful for Dr. Kimberly’s heart to take what she figured out and discover how she can help others take care of our bodies, minds and souls too!  https://www.drkimberlylehew.com/

    52 min
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  • Creator
    She Speaks Stories
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    251
  • Rating
    Clean
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