Real Honest with Samantha LaBat

Samantha LaBat
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A single, Black Christian trying to figure it out. This podcast is full of candid thoughts and feelings about life, love & relationships, God & church, adulting, the workplace, and everything in between.

  1. 3D AGO

    Miscommunications lead to fallout

    Currently obsessed with Netflix’s new reality series, Age of Attraction, and how it highlights that age gaps don’t break relationships - bad communication does. I am notorious for wanting everyone to read my mind (which, yes, I know is impossible, I never said I was sane) and I will probably be in therapy forever just because I’ll never understand how other people’s brains work, but I’m still trying!! I love my friends soo much and want them to know that and want to be able to communicate it in ways that make them feel loved, and I also want that from them, but sometimes it’s so hard that it doesn’t feel worth the time or energy.  Let’s get into it. 00:00 Intro01:29 What I’m learning from God rn04:54 Goals Check-In11:33 Topic: Bad Communication Ruins Relationships20:58 Hard Conversation of the Week28:12 What I’m Watching Right Now Thanks for listening! Leave me a review if you want—new episodes on Wednesdays at 6 am CT. Questions, comments, concerns, want to chat? Email realhonestpod@gmail.com.

    31 min

  2. MAR 11

    I’m the only one of me

    We’ve all heard the saying “comparison is the thief of joy” and social media has made this more relevant than other. Spending so much time watching other people’s highlight reels is a great way to feel inadequate.  I believe we all have a purpose in life, and God made us unique individuals for specific reasons. I wasn’t born to be a mathematician, a teacher, or a scientist. I was born to make art. But I’m also a perfectionist with OCD tendencies and that makes me a really good project manager, which I’ve come to see as a nice career that funds my art.  I’ve found that focusing on my own calling, and not anyone else’s, has given me so much peace. This week, I’m reflecting on how to do that. 00:00 Intro02:55 What I’m learning from God rn09:55 Goals Check-In18:03 Topic: Focus on YOUR calling, not someone else’s24:06 Hard Conversation of the Week29:20 What I’m Watching Right Now Thanks for listening! Leave me a review if you want—new episodes on Wednesdays at 6 am CT. Questions, comments, concerns, want to chat? Email realhonestpod@gmail.com.

    33 min
  3. Heartbreak is the national anthem, we sing it proudly

    FEB 18

    Heartbreak is the national anthem, we sing it proudly

    I don’t know about you, but I grew up pretty pain-adverse. My parents were a bit over-protective and did a little too much for my sisters and I in the name of wanting it to be done correctly, keep everything wrapped in a little bow, and avoid most (or all) of life’s struggles.  Except… that seemed to cause the exact opposite to happen.  We ended up seemingly picture perfect on the outside, but screaming in pain on the inside, because we learned to grin and bear it. Don’t talk about it. Push it down. Fake it til you make it. Today, I’m reflecting on why the older generations seem so resistant to pain, and how I’ve found that embracing it as part of life and growing through what you go through is healing. 00:00 Intro02:51 What I’m learning from God rn08:04 Goals Check-In11:18 Topic: Heartbreak Happens20:11 Hard Conversation of the Week28:44 What I’m Watching Right Now Thanks for listening! Leave me a review if you want—new episodes on Wednesdays at 6 am CT. Questions, comments, concerns, want to chat? Email realhonestpod@gmail.com.

    31 min

  4. JAN 28

    I’m so sick of running as fast as I can

    Reflecting on the need to slow down and rest, and how sometimes getting sick is our body (and God’s) way of forcing us to do that. 00:00 Intro01:35 What I’m learning from God rn07:21 Goals Check-In14:20 Topic: Sick of running20:29 Hard Conversation of the Week25:47 What I’m Watching Right Now Thanks for listening! Leave me a review if you want—new episodes on Wednesdays at 6 am CT. Questions, comments, concerns, want to chat? Email realhonestpod@gmail.com.

    29 min

  5. 12/24/2025

    Always taking up too much space or time

    Are you too much, or are the people who think so just not your people? 00:00 Intro01:12 Goals Check-In09:22 What I’m learning from God rn14:35 Too Much?21:58 Hard Conversation of the Week35:24 What I’m Watching Right Now Thanks for listening! Leave me a review if you want—new episodes on Wednesdays at 6 am CT. Questions, comments, concerns, want to chat? Email realhonestpod@gmail.com.

    38 min

  6. 12/17/2025

    Grab your passport and my hand

    Let this be your sign to book that solo trip. 00:00 Intro 01:06 Goals Check-in06:50 What I’m learning from God right now11:58 Book the Solo Trip!31:14 Hard conversation of the week37:01 What I’m watching right now For more info on solo traveling, following @thejenndanielle on IG & YT and reach out to her to book your solo cruise!! Thanks for listening! Leave me a review if you want—new episodes on Wednesdays at 6 am CT. Questions, comments, concerns, want to chat? Email realhonestpod@gmail.com.

    39 min

  7. 10/08/2025

    Never be so clever you forget to be kind

    This week on Real Honest, we explore truth & kindness. If truth without kindness is brutality, and kindness without truth is manipulation, what about being brutally honest for one's own good? If we continue to avoid truth in order to avoid pain, are we actually accomplishing that goal, or delaying the inevitable and making things worse? 00:00 Intro 01:06 Goals check-in04:44 What I’m learning from God right now11:15 Kindness & truth39:00 Hard conversation of the week45:15 What I’m watching right now Thanks for listening! Leave me a review if you want—new episodes on Wednesdays at 6 am CT. Questions, comments, concerns, want to chat? Email realhonestpod@gmail.com.

    47 min

  8. 09/24/2025

    Sanctimoniously performing soliloquies I'll never see

    Why can’t we all just mind our own damn business? Too many people are out here screaming into the void trying to change the minds and actions of people they don’t know and will never meet. We’ve been placed in certain people’s lives, and vice versa — let’s focus on the people we do know. 00:00 Intro 00:48 Goals check-in03:03 What I’m learning from God right now12:56 Why is it so hard for everyone to mind their own damn business?27:15 Hard conversation of the week32:41 What I’m watching right now Thanks for listening! Leave me a review if you want—new episodes on Wednesdays at 6 am CT. Questions, comments, concerns, want to chat? Email realhonestpod@gmail.com.

    36 min
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A single, Black Christian trying to figure it out. This podcast is full of candid thoughts and feelings about life, love & relationships, God & church, adulting, the workplace, and everything in between.

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