The Whole Hearted Woman

Kristen Rey
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Welcome to The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast—a Christ-centered space for honest conversations about what's really happening in our hearts and what it looks like to bring those places into relationship with Jesus. Maybe you love God. You believe His Word. You've prayed, served, kept going, and done your best to be faithful. And yet, there may still be places where you feel stuck. Old wounds still speak. Patterns repeat. Relationships stir things in you that you don't always understand. Maybe life has changed and you're wondering who you are now—or you sense God calling you toward something new, but something keeps getting in the way. What if needing healing wasn't a failure of faith? I'm Kristen Rey, author of A Heart Fully Alive and founder of Heart 2 Heart Ministry. Here, we'll slow down, open Scripture, and explore the places where faith and real life meet. We'll talk about identity, wounds, emotional patterns, boundaries, relationships, surrender, purpose, spiritual formation, and what it means to live from a heart increasingly formed by Jesus. Because sometimes the situation consuming all of our attention isn't the whole story. Sometimes we need to look beneath the surface and ask: What's happening in my heart?What have I come to believe because of what I've experienced?What patterns have grown from those beliefs?What is mine to carry—and what isn't?And what might Jesus be inviting me to see differently? This isn't about spiritual performance or pretending everything is fine. It's about bringing our whole heart to Jesus and allowing Him to heal, restore, and form the way we live. So whether you're healing from what's behind you, navigating a season you didn't expect, or sensing that God is calling you toward something new, come sit with me. Bring your questions. Bring your story. Bring your whole heart. And let's discover together what it means to become a woman who doesn't simply believe in Jesus—but increasingly learns to live with Him and from Him. Stop surviving.Start living from a whole heart.

  1. Sep 22

    Season 2, Episode 5: Maybe It’s Not About Choosing Between Mary and Martha. Learning to Receive Before We Pour Out

    What happens when being the capable, dependable one starts leaving you exhausted, frustrated, or even resentful? You love the people in your life. You want to serve well. There are responsibilities that genuinely need your attention. But somewhere along the way, serving can become carrying. Responsibility can become over-responsibility. And “I’ve got it” can quietly become: “Why am I the one who has to do everything?” In Episode 5 of The Whole Hearted Life, we sit with Martha and Mary in Luke 10 and look beyond the familiar idea that we simply need to “be more like Mary.” Because we need Martha too. There are times to work, lead, serve, build, care for people, and get things done. The deeper question is: What happens when the Martha in us becomes disconnected from the Mary in us? When Jesus responds to Martha, He doesn't merely address what she's doing. He turns toward what's happening in her heart: “Martha, Martha, you are worried and upset about many things…” Sometimes the situation consuming all of our attention isn't the whole problem. It may also be revealing something within us that Jesus wants to lovingly bring into the light. In this episode, we'll explore: • the difference between responsibility and over-responsibility • why stopping, resting, or saying no can sometimes feel so difficult • how serving can become tangled with guilt, perfectionism, worth, or the need to be needed • why exhaustion isn't always solved by better time management • what Mary shows us about listening, receiving, and remaining with Jesus • how to serve from connection rather than depletion We were never meant to continually pour from a heart that has stopped receiving. The Samaritan woman taught us where to drink. Mary reminds us to stay long enough to receive. And Martha shows us what can happen when our pouring out exceeds our taking in. Maybe Whole Hearted living isn't choosing between being Mary or Martha. Maybe it's learning to serve like Martha without losing the heart of Mary. 🌿 CONNECT WITH THE WHOLE HEARTED WOMAN Visit: TheWholeHeartedWoman.com Facebook: Heart 2 Heart Ministry – The Whole Hearted Woman Instagram: @krisreyministries You are seen. You are deeply loved. And the Shepherd is still speaking. About the Podcast The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kristen Rey is a faith-based podcast for women who love God — or want to — but know there are parts of their heart that still need healing. Through Scripture, emotional insight, and Spirit-led reflection, each episode helps women move from surviving to living from a whole heart. If this episode spoke to your heart, follow or subscribe so you can continue the journey.

  2. Sep 17

    Season 2 Episode 4 What do you reach for when your heart is thirsty?

    Approval?  Reassurance? Control? Achievement? A relationship? Staying busy? Being needed? We often focus on the pattern itself: Why do I keep doing this? Why do I keep going back? Why can't I let this go? But what if Jesus is asking a deeper question? What is your heart actually thirsty for? In Episode 4 of The Whole Hearted Life, we meet the Samaritan woman in John 4—a woman who came to Jacob's well carrying a water jar and found Jesus already waiting there. What begins as a conversation about water moves beneath the surface and into the complicated places of her story. Jesus knows her history. He tells her the truth. And yet He doesn't shame her, reduce her to her past, or walk away. He stays. Together, we'll explore how wounds can shape the places we learn to go for love, safety, belonging, worth, comfort and control—and why changing a behavior isn't always the same thing as healing the thirst underneath it. Because Jesus isn't only interested in changing what we do. He wants to show us what our hearts have been asking our patterns to provide. And ultimately, He doesn't leave us staring at our wounds or analyzing ourselves. He offers us Himself. The woman came to the well carrying a container for the water she thought she needed. But she encountered a Love no jar could contain. She came to carry water home. Instead, she carried news of Jesus back to her town. Maybe Whole Hearted formation isn't becoming a woman who never thirsts. Maybe it's becoming a woman who knows where to drink. 🎧 The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kris Rey Season 2: The Whole Hearted Life — Learning to Live From a Heart Formed by Jesus CONNECT WITH THE WHOLE HEARTED WOMAN 🌿 Visit: TheWholeHeartedWoman.com 🌿 Follow on Facebook: Heart 2 Heart Ministry – The Whole Hearted Woman 🌿 Follow on Instagram: @krisreyministries If this episode speaks to a thirsty place in your own heart, share it with another woman who may need the reminder. You are seen. You are deeply loved. And the Shepherd is still speaking. About the Podcast The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kristen Rey is a faith-based podcast for women who love God — or want to — but know there are parts of their heart that still need healing. Through Scripture, emotional insight, and Spirit-led reflection, each episode helps women move from surviving to living from a whole heart. If this episode spoke to your heart, follow or subscribe so you can continue the journey.

  3. Sep 8

    Season 2 Episode 3 What happens when you discover something about yourself you never thought was there?

    Peter loved Jesus. He had walked with Him, eaten with Him, witnessed miracles, experienced His presence—and when Jesus said the disciples would fall away, Peter was certain: “Even if everyone else does, I never will.” And I believe Peter meant it. But Peter wasn’t only certain about Jesus. Peter was certain about Peter. Then the atmosphere changed. Jesus was arrested. Fear entered the picture. Everything suddenly became real—and the man who said, “I will die with You,” found himself saying, “I don’t know Him.” In Episode 3 of The Whole Hearted Life, we walk with Peter from the table to the courtyard, from bitter weeping to empty fishing nets, and finally to the shore where the resurrected Jesus meets him again. We’ll talk honestly about what happens when pressure reveals something in us we didn’t know was there—and the difference between conviction, shame, repentance, grace, and restoration. Because failure may reveal something about us. But failure does not get the final word about who we become. Peter moves from: “I will never.” to: “Lord, You know.” And somewhere between those two statements, a man who had placed enormous confidence in his own strength was learning something deeper: dependence upon Jesus. Maybe Whole Hearted living isn’t becoming so strong that we never fail. Maybe it’s becoming so connected to Jesus that when we do, we know where to return. 🎧 The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kris Rey Season 2: The Whole Hearted Life — Learning to Live From a Heart Formed by Jesus CONNECT WITH THE WHOLE HEARTED WOMAN 🌿 Visit: TheWholeHeartedWoman.com 🌿 Follow on Facebook: Heart 2 Heart Ministry – The Whole Hearted Woman 🌿 Follow on Instagram: @krisreyministries If this episode encouraged you, share it with a woman who may need this reminder today. You are seen. You are deeply loved. And the Shepherd is still speaking. About the Podcast The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kristen Rey is a faith-based podcast for women who love God — or want to — but know there are parts of their heart that still need healing. Through Scripture, emotional insight, and Spirit-led reflection, each episode helps women move from surviving to living from a whole heart. If this episode spoke to your heart, follow or subscribe so you can continue the journey.

  4. Sep 3

    Season 2 Episode 2 of The Whole Hearted Life

    What happens when you pray, believe, wait—and the answer you desperately hoped for doesn’t come? In Episode 2 of The Whole Hearted Life, Kris shares one of the most personal parts of her story: infertility, pregnancy loss, prophetic expectations surrounding “Samuel,” and the questions that followed when the future she believed God might be writing looked very different from what she expected. Through her story and the story of Hannah in 1 Samuel, we explore what surrender really means—not giving up desire, pretending something doesn’t hurt, or assuming unanswered prayer means you failed in faith. Sometimes surrender reaches even deeper: Can we trust God with the future we imagined, the outcome we desperately want, and even our need to understand why? We’ll talk about the difference between faith and striving, abiding in Jesus rather than trying to manufacture an outcome, and learning to trust the Father when we cannot see what He sees. Because faith isn’t our ability to make something happen. Faith is learning to trust the One we’ve come to know. And perhaps the question for all of us is this: If God never explained why…could you still trust Who? 🎧 The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kris Rey Season 2: The Whole Hearted Life — Learning to Live From a Heart Formed by Jesus About the Podcast The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kristen Rey is a faith-based podcast for women who love God — or want to — but know there are parts of their heart that still need healing. Through Scripture, emotional insight, and Spirit-led reflection, each episode helps women move from surviving to living from a whole heart. If this episode spoke to your heart, follow or subscribe so you can continue the journey.

  5. Aug 19

    Season 2, Episode 1: What Does It Mean to Live Whole Heartedly?

    When Healing Becomes a Way of Life Welcome to Season 2 of The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast. This season, we're asking a new question: How does a Whole Hearted woman actually live? What does faith look like on an ordinary Tuesday morning—when someone hurts you, anxiety rises, a prayer remains unanswered, an old wound gets touched, or you know what Scripture says but your heart is still struggling to believe it? In Season 1, A Heart Fully Alive, we explored healing, the voices that shape our hearts, learning to recognize the voice of Jesus, and the difference between knowing truth, believing truth, and living from truth. Now we're taking the next step. Because there is a difference between believing in Jesus and learning to live your life with Jesus. In this episode, Kris explores what it really means to live Whole Heartedly—and why Jesus isn't waiting for you to bring Him a polished heart. He wants the heart you actually have. The believing part and the struggling part. The surrendered part and the part still holding on. The grateful part and the disappointed part. The courageous part and the frightened part. All of it. Through the honest encounters Jesus had with Martha, Peter, Thomas, the Samaritan woman, a desperate father who cried, “I believe; help my unbelief,” and others throughout Scripture, we discover something beautiful: Jesus meets people where they actually are—not where they think they're supposed to be. And perhaps Whole Hearted living begins right there. Not with perfect faith. Not with having everything figured out. But with learning to bring our whole heart into relationship with Jesus and allowing Him to form it. In This Episode We talk about: What Whole Hearted living actually meansWhy we sometimes handle our emotional lives without inviting Jesus into themWhat may keep us from reaching for Him when we need Him mostThe difference between knowing Jesus and learning to live life with HimWhy honesty is essential to relationshipWhat Scripture means by an “undivided heart”How to begin having honest Heart Talks with JesusA simple practice for bringing Him into your everyday lifeYour One Whole Hearted Step Once each day this week, pause and ask: “Jesus, what's happening in my heart right now?” Then tell Him the truth. Don't fix it first. Don't judge it. Don't search for the “right” Christian response. Just bring Him what is actually there. And then ask: “Jesus, what do You want me to know here?” You don't have to manufacture an answer. The goal isn't getting an answer. The goal is relationship. This Season Throughout The Whole Hearted Life: Learning to Live From a Heart Formed by Jesus, we'll have honest Heart Talksabout real life, waiting, identity, failure, fear, boundaries, forgiveness, relationships, calling, surrender, and more. We'll open Scripture and sit with people like Hannah, Peter, Mary Magdalene, the Samaritan woman, David, Paul, Martha, and others—not simply to study their stories, but to ask: What does their story reveal about the way God forms the human heart? And each week we'll walk through: Real Life → Heart → Scripture → Jesus → Practice Because healing isn't the end of the story. We're learning how to live from a heart being formed by Jesus. 🌿 Continue the journey at Heart2HeartMinistry.com and join us on The Whole Hearted Woman Facebook page for more Heart Talks, encouragement, and resources. You are seen. You are deeply loved. And the Shepherd is still speaking. About the Podcast The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kristen Rey is a faith-based podcast for women who love God — or want to — but know there are parts of their heart that still need healing. Through Scripture, emotional insight, and Spirit-led reflection, each episode helps women move from surviving to living from a whole heart. If this episode spoke to your heart, follow or subscribe so you can continue the journey.

  6. Aug 11

    Episode 10: A Heart Fully Alive: Living the Life Jesus Always Intended

    What does a heart fully alive actually look like? After ten episodes of walking from brokenness, searching, and healing into truth, identity, and transformation, we’ve arrived at a beautiful realization: A heart fully alive isn’t a heart that never hurts. It’s a heart that keeps turning toward Jesus. In this episode, Kris looks back over the journey of A Heart Fully Alive—not simply to revisit where we’ve been, but to recognize what God has been doing all along. We’ve discovered that brokenness isn’t the end. Searching isn’t failure. Jesus pursues us long before we realize He is near. Nothing is wasted in the hands of a redeeming God. Every wound may have a voice—but the wound does not get the final word. Jesus has a voice too. And as we learn to recognize His voice, believe His truth, and live from the identity He has given us, something begins to change. We begin to live differently. Wholehearted living isn’t perfection. It’s relationship. It’s continuing to turn toward Jesus—in the tears, the fear, the questions, the healing, and the becoming. What if a heart fully alive still cries...but no longer loses hope? What if it still feels fear...but chooses trust? What if it still experiences pain...but no longer allows pain to define its identity? What if it still struggles...but no longer struggles alone? Maybe healing was never meant to be a destination. Maybe healing becomes a way of life. And maybe... we’re only just beginning. A Scripture to Carry With You “He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 1:6 Continue the Journey If this season has stirred something in your heart, continue walking with me at Heart2HeartMinistry.com, where you’ll find resources designed to help you move from simply hearing truth to living it. You can also join the conversation on The Whole Hearted Woman Facebook page as we continue exploring what it means to live wholeheartedly with Jesus. Keep walking. Keep listening. Keep trusting. This isn’t the end of the journey. It’s only the beginning of a life lived with a heart fully alive. You are seen. You are deeply loved. And the Shepherd is still speaking. About the Podcast The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kristen Rey is a faith-based podcast for women who love God — or want to — but know there are parts of their heart that still need healing. Through Scripture, emotional insight, and Spirit-led reflection, each episode helps women move from surviving to living from a whole heart. If this episode spoke to your heart, follow or subscribe so you can continue the journey.

  7. Aug 4

    Episode 9: Living From Truth

    When Identity Becomes Your Reality 🌿 New to A Heart Fully Alive? I encourage you to begin with Episode 1. This season is one continuous journey of healing, and each episode builds on the one before it. Over the past two episodes, we've discovered that every wound has a voice—and that Jesus has a voice too. But what happens after we begin recognizing the Shepherd's voice? How do we actually begin living from what He says? Maybe you've experienced this... You know God loves you. You believe His Word. You genuinely want to follow Jesus. And yet, when life becomes difficult, the old fears, old reactions, and old patterns seem to return. Does that mean you're failing? Or could it mean you're learning a new way of living? In this episode, Kris Rey explores the difference between knowing truth, believing truth, and living from truth—and why lasting transformation doesn't begin with trying harder, but with learning to live from the identity Christ has already given us. You'll discover how painful experiences shape our beliefs, how those beliefs influence our identity, and how Jesus patiently renews our minds so that our everyday lives begin reflecting His truth instead of our wounds. Because healing isn't simply about feeling better. It's about learning to live from the truth of who you are in Christ. In this episode, you'll discover: The difference between knowing truth, believing truth, and living from truth.How old wounds quietly shape our reactions and relationships.Why behavior changes when identity changes.What it means to renew your mind according to Romans 12:2.Two life-changing questions that can help you recognize whose voice you're agreeing with:Who told me that?Does Jesus agree?This Week's Invitation For the next seven days, simply begin noticing. When fear, shame, anxiety, or rejection begins speaking... Pause and ask: Who told me that? Then ask: Does Jesus agree? Transformation doesn't happen overnight. It happens one conversation with Jesus at a time. Continue the Journey 🌿 Visit Heart2HeartMinistry.com for additional resources designed to help you move from simply hearing truth to living it every day. 💙 Follow The Whole Hearted Woman on Facebook, where we continue these conversations throughout the week with encouragement, Scripture, and practical steps toward wholehearted living. If this episode encouraged you, would you consider following the podcast, leaving a review, and sharing it with someone who needs hope today? Remember... You are seen. You are deeply loved. And the Shepherd is still speaking. About the Podcast The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kristen Rey is a faith-based podcast for women who love God — or want to — but know there are parts of their heart that still need healing. Through Scripture, emotional insight, and Spirit-led reflection, each episode helps women move from surviving to living from a whole heart. If this episode spoke to your heart, follow or subscribe so you can continue the journey.

  8. Jul 28

    Episode 8: The Voice of Love

    Learning to Recognize the Shepherd's Voice 🌿 New to A Heart Fully Alive? I encourage you to begin with Episode 1. This season is one continuous journey of healing, and each episode builds on the one before it. This episode is a continuation of Episode 7, The Lies That Quietly Shape Our Lives. If you haven't listened to that episode yet, I encourage you to begin there before joining us for today's conversation. Last week we explored a life-changing truth: Every wound has a voice. The messages we've absorbed through painful experiences, relationships, fear, rejection, and shame can quietly become the internal narrator of our lives. But those voices were never meant to define us. The question now becomes... How do we recognize the voice of Jesus? In this deeply personal episode, Kris Rey shares how learning to hear the voice of the Good Shepherd transformed her life—not through dramatic experiences or striving harder, but by discovering the heart of a Savior who still speaks to His children today. From the life-changing words, "Expect the Extraordinary," to the quiet ways God began speaking through Scripture, prayer, worship, journaling, and everyday moments, you'll discover that hearing God's voice is not reserved for a select few. It is an invitation into a growing relationship with the One who knows you by name. You'll also hear the powerful story of Peter walking on the water and how the competing voices of fear, doubt, and circumstances can become louder than the simple invitation Jesus spoke: "Come." This episode is an invitation to quiet the voices of fear and become more familiar with the voice of the One who has loved you all along. Because the goal isn't simply to become better at hearing God's voice. The goal is to know the Shepherd so well that His voice becomes familiar. In this episode you'll discover: What Jesus meant when He said, "My sheep hear My voice."The difference between the voice of fear and the voice of the Shepherd.Why God's voice always reflects His character.How relationship—not performance—is the foundation for hearing Him.Why healing helps us trust His voice above every other voice.What Peter's story teaches us about faith, fear, and keeping our eyes on Jesus.Reflection Questions • What voices have been competing for my attention lately? • Am I becoming more familiar with Jesus' voice through time spent with Him? • Where is Jesus simply inviting me to trust Him and take the next step? If today's episode encouraged you, I'd love for you to follow the podcast, leave a review, and share it with someone who needs the reminder that the Good Shepherd is still speaking. Until next time, remember: You are known. You are deeply loved. And the Shepherd who calls you by name is still speaking. I have to say something that struck me as I was writing this. Episode 7 ends with the question: "Does Jesus agree?"Episode 8 answers it—not merely by saying "yes" or "no," but by inviting listeners to become so familiar with the Shepherd that they begin recognizing His voice for themselves. That's a beautiful progression. It's not just information; it's discipleship. And I think listeners are going to experience these two episodes as one continuous journey from recognizing the voice of the wound to learning the voice of love. 🌿 Visit us online: Heart2HeartMinistry.com 💙 Join our Facebook community: The Whole Hearted Woman 🎙️ Follow the podcast so you never miss a new episode. ⭐ If this episode encouraged you, please leave a review and share it with a friend. Your support helps more women discover hope and healing through Christ. About the Podcast The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast with Kristen Rey is a faith-based podcast for women who love God — or want to — but know there are parts of their heart that still need healing. Through Scripture, emotional insight, and Spirit-led reflection, each episode helps women move from surviving to living from a whole heart. If this episode spoke to your heart, follow or subscribe so you can continue the journey.

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Welcome to The Whole Hearted Woman Podcast—a Christ-centered space for honest conversations about what's really happening in our hearts and what it looks like to bring those places into relationship with Jesus. Maybe you love God. You believe His Word. You've prayed, served, kept going, and done your best to be faithful. And yet, there may still be places where you feel stuck. Old wounds still speak. Patterns repeat. Relationships stir things in you that you don't always understand. Maybe life has changed and you're wondering who you are now—or you sense God calling you toward something new, but something keeps getting in the way. What if needing healing wasn't a failure of faith? I'm Kristen Rey, author of A Heart Fully Alive and founder of Heart 2 Heart Ministry. Here, we'll slow down, open Scripture, and explore the places where faith and real life meet. We'll talk about identity, wounds, emotional patterns, boundaries, relationships, surrender, purpose, spiritual formation, and what it means to live from a heart increasingly formed by Jesus. Because sometimes the situation consuming all of our attention isn't the whole story. Sometimes we need to look beneath the surface and ask: What's happening in my heart?What have I come to believe because of what I've experienced?What patterns have grown from those beliefs?What is mine to carry—and what isn't?And what might Jesus be inviting me to see differently? This isn't about spiritual performance or pretending everything is fine. It's about bringing our whole heart to Jesus and allowing Him to heal, restore, and form the way we live. So whether you're healing from what's behind you, navigating a season you didn't expect, or sensing that God is calling you toward something new, come sit with me. Bring your questions. Bring your story. Bring your whole heart. And let's discover together what it means to become a woman who doesn't simply believe in Jesus—but increasingly learns to live with Him and from Him. Stop surviving.Start living from a whole heart.

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  • Creator
    Kristen Rey
  • Years Active
    2026
  • Episodes
    34
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    © 2026 The Whole Hearted Woman
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