She Rises: Faith, Freedom and Order for Christian Women

Johanne Hewlett
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The podcast for Christian women who are tired of survival mode and hungry for something deeper than cultural narratives. Rooted in Scripture and a biblical worldview, She Rises helps you renew the mind, resist pressure-driven living, and build peaceful, Christ-centred rhythms for real life. This is grounded, truth-forward encouragement for women navigating life with faith, clarity, and hope. Hosted by Johanne Hewlett, author and founder of She Rises. FREE devotional: johewlettauthor.com/free-devotional Ministry: johewlettauthor.com/ministry/she-rises https://ko-fi.com/johannehewlett

  1. 6d ago

    #68 What Holds When Pressure Comes? Control, Busyness & Christian Maturity

    This is a podcast for Christian woman who want to explore what it means to move from survival into spiritual maturity — not through intensity or busyness, but through steady formation shaped by Christ’s words. This episode is for Christian women who feel overwhelmed, reactive, or stuck in survival mode and want firm foundations. When pressure rises in motherhood or marriage, what are you standing on? In this episode of She Rises, we examine subtle foundations — control, busyness, fear of conflict — and how cultural patterns shape Christian women more than we realise. Anchored in Matthew 7, this conversation will help you move from unstable footing to lasting spiritual steadiness. For Christian women seeking maturity rather than intensity. Ready to go deeper? My Rise & Restore course is designed to help you rebuild peace, identity, and steady rhythms with God at the centre. Use code PODCAST for 25% off. https://www.johewlettauthor.com/she-rises FREE 5-Minute Devotional⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠https://www.johewlettauthor.com/free-devotional⁠⁠⁠ If She Rises encourages you, you can support the podcast here: https://ko-fi.com/johannehewlett If This Episode Encouraged You: Please leave a review or share it with a friend who needs peace, clarity, and hope today. With love, - Johanne

    7 min

  2. Jun 24

    #67 From Survival to Spiritual Maturity - Are You Living in Survival Mode?

    This is a podcast for Christian woman who want to explore what it means to move from survival into spiritual maturity — not through intensity or busyness, but through steady formation shaped by Christ’s words. This episode is for Christian women who feel overwhelmed, reactive, or stuck in survival mode and want lasting spiritual maturity. Many Christian women live faithfully but still feel internally braced and reactive. In this episode, we gently explore survival patterns in Christian motherhood — emotional reactivity, over-functioning, busyness — and contrast them with true spiritual maturity formed by Christ’s words. If you want to move from managing pressure to building steadiness, this episode will help you name what’s really happening beneath the surface. Ready to go deeper? My Rise & Restore course is designed to help you rebuild peace, identity, and steady rhythms with God at the centre. Use code PODCAST for 25% off. Learn more here: https://www.johewlettauthor.com/she-rises FREE 5-Minute Devotional⁠⁠⁠⁠ Download your free devotional here: ⁠https://www.johewlettauthor.com/free-devotional⁠⁠⁠ If She Rises encourages you, you can support the podcast here: https://ko-fi.com/johannehewlett If This Episode Encouraged You: Please leave a review or share it with a friend who needs peace, clarity, and hope today. With love, - Johanne

    8 min

  3. Jun 17

    #66 Why Peace Doesn't Stick (Even When You Love God)

    This is a podcast for Christian woman who want to explore what it means to move from survival into spiritual maturity — not through intensity or busyness, but through steady formation shaped by Christ’s words. This episode is for when you feel overwhelmed, reactive, or stuck in survival mode and want lasting spiritual steadiness. Why does peace feel so fragile, even when you love God and are trying your best? In this episode of She Rises, we begin a new series exploring survival mode, spiritual maturity, and what it means to build your life on a steady biblical foundation. If you are a Christian woman or mum who feels overwhelmed, reactive, or unsettled under pressure, this conversation will help you understand why calm doesn’t always hold — and where true steadiness begins. This episode is part of the From Survival to Steadiness series. 🌿 Ready to go deeper? My Rise & Restore course is designed to help you rebuild peace, identity, and steady rhythms with God at the centre. Use code PODCAST for 25% off. https://www.johewlettauthor.com/she-rises 🌿 FREE 5-Minute Devotional⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ https://www.johewlettauthor.com/free-devotional⁠⁠⁠ ☕ If She Rises encourages you, you can support the podcast here:https://ko-fi.com/johannehewlett 💛 If This Episode Encouraged You Please leave a review or share it with a friend who needs peace, clarity, and hope today. With love,- Johanne

    8 min

  4. Jun 10

    #65 Who Is Jesus Really? Why His Identity Changes How You Live, Love, and Lead Your Family

    She Rises is a podcast for Christian women who love Jesus, care deeply about their families, and are quietly trying to live faithfully in a world that feels louder, faster, and more complicated than anyone quite prepared them for. Who is Jesus — really? Not the softened cultural version. Not the vague spiritual figure. But the real, historical, living centre of Christianity. In this episode, Johanne brings the question of Jesus’ identity into everyday life — showing how who He truly is shapes everything from your parenting to your sense of peace. You’ll hear: • Why culture often reshapes Jesus into something safer • The difference between admiring Jesus and following Him • How His identity changes your understanding of truth and authority • Why a vague Jesus leads to fragile faith • How a real Jesus creates stability, clarity, and grounded living This isn’t about abstract theology. It’s about who you trust with your life. Key reflection: “Who do you say I am?” — Matthew 16:15 If this episode stirred something deeper, the Rise & Restore course offers a gentle space to explore faith, identity, and inner steadiness. Use code PODCAST for 25% off. Learn more at: johewlettauthor.com/ministry/she-rises If you enjoy She Rises, please support the podcast and keep it ad-free:⁠ ko-fi.com/johannehewlett⁠ Until next time — walk faithfully, explore deeply, and keep rising steadily. — Johanne #christianmotherhood #ChristianMum #ChristianMom #ChristianWomen #FaithAndMotherhood #ChristianEncouragement # #ChristianLiving #FaithAndReason #RenewYourMind #BiblicalMotherhood #SheRisesPodcast #FaithJourney #TrustTheBible #BiblicalTruth

    11 min

  5. Jun 3

    #64 Can We Trust the Bible? Why Scripture Still Matters for Your Home, Your Children, and Your Peace

    She Rises is a podcast for Christian women who love Jesus, care deeply about their families, and are quietly trying to live faithfully in a world that feels louder, faster, and more complicated than anyone quite prepared them for.Can you really trust the Bible — and does it actually matter in everyday life?In this episode, Johanne gently explores one of the most important questions Christian women carry quietly: whether Scripture is truly dependable.This isn’t an academic conversation. It’s about how trust in God’s Word shapes your home, your parenting, and your inner peace.You’ll hear:• Why doubt around Scripture is more common than we admit • How uncertainty affects decision-making, parenting, and emotional stability • Why Scripture is meant to be an anchor, not a pressure • How trust grows slowly through lived experience • What it looks like to build a home shaped by God’s Word When Scripture feels shaky, everything downstream often does too. But when trust grows, something steadier begins to form.Scripture for reflection:Psalm 119:105 — “Your word is a lamp to my feet…” If this episode stirred something deeper, the Rise & Restore course offers a gentle space to explore faith, identity, and inner steadiness. Use code PODCAST for 25% off. Learn more at: johewlettauthor.com/ministry/she-rises If you enjoy She Rises, please support the podcast and keep it ad-free:⁠ ko-fi.com/johannehewlett⁠ Until next time — walk faithfully, explore deeply, and keep rising steadily. — Johanne #christianmotherhood #ChristianMum #ChristianMom #ChristianWomen #FaithAndMotherhood #ChristianEncouragement # #ChristianLiving #FaithAndReason #RenewYourMind #BiblicalMotherhood #SheRisesPodcast #FaithJourney #TrustTheBible #BiblicalTruth #FaithAndParenting #ChristianHome #WhoIsJesus #ChristianFaith #FaithFoundations

    10 min

  6. May 27

    #63 Faith and Reason: Why Thinking Deeply Strengthens Christian Women (Not Weakens Them)

    She Rises is a podcast for Christian women who love Jesus, care deeply about their families, and are quietly trying to live faithfully in a world that feels louder, faster, and more complicated than anyone quite prepared them for. In this episode, we ask the question many Christian women quietly carry: What if thinking too deeply weakens my faith? In this gentle opening to the Foundations series, Johanne explores why Christianity has never asked you to shrink your mind — and why thoughtful, grounded faith actually leads to greater steadiness, not doubt. This episode speaks directly to women who feel unsure they are “clever enough” for theology, reassuring you that depth is not about intellect, but rootedness. You’ll hear: Why questioning isn’t a threat to faith, but part of growthHow shallow faith can feel fragile under pressureWhy deeply rooted faith creates calmer homes and steadier motherhoodHow children absorb not just belief, but the tone of your faithWhat it means to love God with your mind, not just your heartThis is not about becoming academic. It’s about becoming anchored. Scripture for reflection: Romans 12:2 — “Be transformed by the renewing of your mind.” If this episode stirred something deeper, the Rise & Restore course offers a gentle space to explore faith, identity, and inner steadiness. Use code PODCAST for 25% off. Learn more at: johewlettauthor.com/ministry/she-rises If you enjoy She Rises, please support the podcast and keep it ad-free:⁠ ko-fi.com/johannehewlett⁠ Until next time — walk faithfully, explore deeply, and keep rising steadily. — Johanne #ChristianMotherhood #ChristianMum #ChristianMom #ChristianWomen #FaithAndMotherhood #ChristianEncouragement # #ChristianLiving #FaithAndReason #RenewYourMind #BiblicalMotherhood #SheRisesPodcast #FaithJourney #TrustTheBible #BiblicalTruth #FaithAndParenting #ChristianHome #WhoIsJesus #ChristianFaith #FaithFoundations

    10 min

  7. May 20

    #62 How to Live Differently: Quiet Faithfulness in a Noisy World

    In this final episode of Armed & Anchored, Johanne draws the series together by asking one central question: what does faithful living actually look like in ordinary life? Not in theory, not in someone else’s idealised version of Christian womanhood, but in the real, imperfect, sometimes weary life you are actually living.This episode is a gentle but steadying reminder that most faithfulness is quiet. It lives in how you handle tiredness, how you shape the emotional atmosphere of your home, how you respond under pressure, and how you keep hold of truth without becoming sharp. In a culture that rewards reaction, performance, visibility, and noise, quiet faithfulness is more counter-cultural than most people realise.We also reflect on the power of generational formation, the sacredness of the home, and why unseen obedience still matters deeply before God.In this episode: Why faithfulness often looks ordinaryHow quiet steadiness becomes counter-culturalWhy you are not called to impress anyoneHow spiritual formation happens in everyday lifeWhy children absorb faith through atmosphere and toneWhat it means to live differently without losing yourselfScripture for the week: Romans 12:2Gentle nudge: Pay attention to the ordinary moments this week — your tone, your reactions, your pressure points, and your patterns.Companion resource: The Armed & Anchored workbook is available at johewlettauthor.com/ministry/she-rises as a contribution-based resource for women who want to go deeper through reflection, journaling, prayer, and biblical grounding.Support She Rises and help keep these episodes ad-free: ko-fi.com/johannehewlett

    12 min

  8. May 13

    #61 Discernment in Real Life: How Christian Women Can Think Clearly Without Fear

    Discernment sounds important — but what does it actually look like in ordinary life? In this practical episode of Armed & Anchored, Johanne explores how Christian women can grow in discernment without becoming cynical, anxious, reactive, or spiritually exhausted.This episode brings the whole series down into real life: conversations, school gates, friendships, motherhood, church spaces, social media, and everyday decisions. Discernment is not a dramatic spiritual performance. It is the quiet wisdom to pause rather than react, to think rather than absorb, and to notice what is subtly shaping you without losing your peace.We also talk about the difference between discernment and cynicism, the danger of living permanently braced, and why slowness has become a deeply counter-cultural spiritual discipline.In this episode: Why discernment has an image problemThe spiritual wisdom of slownessHow discernment shapes motherhoodDiscernment vs cynicismWhy fear can disguise itself as wisdomHow love, truth, empathy, and clarity belong togetherScripture for the week: Proverbs 4:23Gentle nudge: Notice your speed this week — your speed of reaction, response, and emotional engagement.Companion resource: The Armed & Anchored workbook is available at: johewlettauthor.com/ministry/she-rises as a contribution-based resource for women who want to go deeper through reflection, journaling, prayer, and biblical grounding.Support She Rises and help keep these episodes ad-free: ko-fi.com/johannehewlett

    17 min
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The podcast for Christian women who are tired of survival mode and hungry for something deeper than cultural narratives. Rooted in Scripture and a biblical worldview, She Rises helps you renew the mind, resist pressure-driven living, and build peaceful, Christ-centred rhythms for real life. This is grounded, truth-forward encouragement for women navigating life with faith, clarity, and hope. Hosted by Johanne Hewlett, author and founder of She Rises. FREE devotional: johewlettauthor.com/free-devotional Ministry: johewlettauthor.com/ministry/she-rises https://ko-fi.com/johannehewlett

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