Listen In Love

Under His Wings

Brought to you by Under His Wings—a nonprofit with nearly 15 years of experience investing in the personal, spiritual, and professional development of young women. At Listen In Love, we bridge the gap between generations through honest conversations about the issues shaping young women today. We believe there is profound value in bringing together the wisdom of women who have walked before us and the voices of young women navigating today's world.  Rooted in biblical truth and guided by real-life experience, each conversation invites listeners to learn from mentors, ask hard questions, and explore what it means to live with faith, purpose, and conviction. Here, wisdom is shared, stories are honored, and relationships are strengthened as we listen in love to one another. Through thoughtful conversations grounded in faith, we seek to encourage lives marked by resilience, character, and hope. This is more than a podcast. It's an invitation to grow in wisdom, deepen your faith, and pursue a life that's not just happier, but holier. Invest in the mission. Help shape the next generation of biblical women.  Instagram: @listeninlovepod TikTok: @listeninlovepod You can find us on all podcast platforms. 

  1. 1d ago

    What Does the Bible Actually Say About Womanhood?

    What does it actually mean to be a woman and who gets to define it? Young women are surrounded by competing messages about identity, femininity, strength, independence, relationships, purpose, and what it means to “be a woman.” In the middle of all those voices, what does Scripture actually say about womanhood? This conversation explores biblical womanhood, Christian identity, femininity, purpose, character, and God’s design for women. Rather than reducing womanhood to a list of expectations, we consider the bigger question: What does it look like to understand who we are through the lens of Scripture? For teen girls and young women, questions about womanhood aren't abstract. They shape how we understand our bodies, relationships, ambitions, leadership, work, family, faith, and our sense of worth. Parents, mentors, and trusted adults are navigating many of these questions alongside the young women they care about. You’ll walk away thinking about: • Who gets to define your identity • What Scripture says about the value and dignity of women • The difference between cultural expectations and biblical principles • How faith shapes the way we understand femininity, strength, purpose, and relationships • What it can look like to grow into womanhood without losing sight of who God created you to be At Under His Wings Gulf Coast, we believe young women deserve space to ask honest questions about who they are, what they believe, and the women they are becoming. Our goal is to bring truth, thoughtful conversation, and practical wisdom to the real questions young women are navigating. Watch or listen to the full conversation, and share it with a young woman, parent, mentor, or friend who is thinking about what it really means to become a woman of faith in today's culture. #BiblicalWomanhood #ChristianWomanhood #ChristianYoungWomen #BiblicalFemininity #ChristianIdentity Support the show underhiswingsgulfcoast.org  Substack Instagram: @uhwgulfcoast  X: @uhwgulfcoast  TT: @listeninlovepod  Facebook: @UHWPsalm91  LinkedIn: Under His Wings

  2. Oct 5

    How To Ask For A Raise: Know Your Worth at Work

    Asking for a raise can feel incredibly uncomfortable. How do you know when you've earned the right to ask? What do you actually say? And how do you advocate for yourself without feeling demanding, entitled, or afraid of hearing “no”? For young women entering the workforce, learning to talk about salary, performance, professional growth, and compensation is an important part of becoming confident in the workplace. This conversation explores what it looks like to recognize the value you bring, communicate that value clearly, and approach a raise conversation with preparation rather than fear. The conversation goes beyond simply asking, “Can I make more money?” We talk about knowing your worth, documenting your contributions, understanding your role, communicating professionally, choosing the right time to ask, and responding when the answer isn't what you hoped for. Advocating for yourself doesn't mean demanding something you're not prepared to support; it means learning how to have an honest, professional conversation about your work and your growth. For teen girls and young women, these are skills worth developing early. Parents, mentors, and other trusted adults can also play an important role in helping young women learn how to communicate confidently, receive feedback, negotiate thoughtfully, and understand that a professional “no” does not determine their worth. You’ll walk away thinking about: • How to recognize when you may be ready to ask for a raise • What evidence to gather before starting the conversation • How to communicate your value without overselling yourself • Why preparation matters more than confidence alone • How to respond professionally if the answer is “not yet” At Under His Wings Gulf Coast, we want young women to develop more than confidence; we want them to develop the communication, leadership, emotional intelligence, and practical skills to navigate adulthood well. Watch or listen to the full conversation, then share it with a young woman who is learning how to speak up, advocate for herself, and grow professionally. #AskingForARaise #CareerAdvice #YoungWomen #WorkplaceConfidence #ProfessionalDevelopment Support the show underhiswingsgulfcoast.org  Substack Instagram: @uhwgulfcoast  X: @uhwgulfcoast  TT: @listeninlovepod  Facebook: @UHWPsalm91  LinkedIn: Under His Wings

  3. Sep 28

    Wanting It Isn’t Enough: How to Actually Follow Through on Your Goals

    Wanting something badly doesn’t mean you know how to take the next step. A job application can sit open for three weeks. A goal can stay on the to-do list. A young woman can genuinely care about her future and still struggle to turn intention into action. So what’s really happening when we struggle to follow through? This conversation explores the gap between wanting and doing and why that gap shouldn’t automatically be mistaken for laziness, apathy, or a character flaw. We unpack executive functioning, goal setting, follow-through, accountability, and the idea of Execution Quotient (XQ): our ability to translate a plan into action. We also look at what mentors and trusted adults can do to walk alongside young women with patience, practical support, and accountability. For teen girls and young women, learning how to execute a goal is part of growing into adulthood. For parents, mentors, educators, and other trusted adults, understanding the difference between unwillingness and an overloaded or developing skill set can completely change the way we respond. You’ll walk away thinking about: •Why wanting something and acting on it are two different skills • How executive functioning can affect planning and follow-through • Why accountability and mentorship can help strengthen execution • What it looks like to take the “next faithful step” instead of trying to accomplish everything at once • How Christians can pursue goals while remembering that our worth is not determined by our productivity or performance At Under His Wings Gulf Coast, we believe young women deserve more than criticism when they get stuck. They need truth, practical tools, healthy relationships, and people willing to walk alongside them as they grow.  Watch or listen to the full episode, then share it with a young woman, parent, mentor, or trusted adult who needs the reminder: the outcome may not be within your control, but taking the next faithful step is. Follow Listen In Love and Under His Wings Gulf Coast for more conversations about self-worth, emotional intelligence, relationships, leadership, faith, and becoming a healthy, grounded young woman. Support the show underhiswingsgulfcoast.org  Substack Instagram: @uhwgulfcoast  X: @uhwgulfcoast  TT: @listeninlovepod  Facebook: @UHWPsalm91  LinkedIn: Under His Wings

  4. Sep 24

    Are You So Afraid of Failure That You’ve Stopped Trying?

    What if your fear of failure is keeping you from trying the very things you were made to do? Being called a “failure” in the past can leave a powerful lie behind: that one bad outcome, mistake, rejection, or unfinished attempt says something about your worth. But our actions may reveal a moment in time; they do not define our identity. When fear of failure turns into perfectionism or paralysis, we can stop pursuing the passions, gifts, and opportunities God has placed in front of us. This conversation explores fear of failure, resilience, perfectionism, and the idea of a “Failure Quotient” (FQ)—the ability to fail intelligently, learn from what happened, adjust, and keep moving forward. We look at what it means to experiment wisely, learn from mistakes, embrace feedback, and develop our God-given gifts without making perfection the goal. For teen girls and young women, this matters because fear can quietly shape the choices we make. It can keep us from applying, creating, speaking, leading, serving, sharing our faith, or developing a talent because we are afraid of getting it wrong. Parents, mentors, and trusted adults also have an important role in helping young women understand that correction is not condemnation and that a mistake does not have to become an identity. You’ll walk away thinking about: • What fear of failure may be keeping you from pursuing • The difference between failure from experimentation, human limitation, and sin • Why progress matters more than perfection • How feedback and continuous improvement can help us grow • What the Parable of the Talents teaches us about fear, stewardship, and using what God has entrusted to us At Under His Wings Gulf Coast, we want young women to know that their worth is already secure in Christ. Growth doesn't require perfection. Sometimes faithful obedience is messy, uncomfortable, and imperfect—but the goal is to keep getting back up and keep walking. Watch or listen to the full episode, then share it with a young woman, parent, mentor, or friend who may need the reminder: emphasize the rising, not the falling. Support the show underhiswingsgulfcoast.org  Substack Instagram: @uhwgulfcoast  X: @uhwgulfcoast  TT: @listeninlovepod  Facebook: @UHWPsalm91  LinkedIn: Under His Wings

  5. Sep 14

    Not Every Connection Is Community: How to Navigate Healthy Relationships in a Lonely, Isolated World

    Why do we feel alone? Not every connection is communion. And not every relationship is actually healthy, including the ones directly at our fingertips.  In this episode, we talk about how to navigate healthy relationships using a framework called Relational Quotient (RQ): your capacity to form, discern, steward, maintain, and repair relationships. We dig into why loneliness can choose our relationships for us if we're not careful, what parasocial relationships are and why they can feel more real than the ones directly in front of you, and how to tell the difference between a relationship that's healthy and one that's not.   We also talk about conflict, specifically, whether you tend to become a peacefaker who avoids it, a peacebreaker who explodes, or a peacemaker who does the harder work of repair. This matters because almost every teen girl and young woman is navigating some version of this right now: a friendship that feels one-sided, an online connection that doesn't match reality, a fight that never got resolved, or a quiet loneliness they don't know what to do with. Parents and mentors watching a daughter withdraw, over-attach, or avoid conflict entirely will recognize these patterns immediately.  By the end of this episode, you'll be able to spot the difference between a relationship built on discernment and one built on loneliness, understand what it actually means to steward a relationship instead of using it, recognize your own default response to conflict, and see why healthy boundaries and forgiveness aren't opposites. You'll also walk away with a clearer picture of where your sense of security is really coming from.  Under His Wings Gulf Coast has these conversations because relationships are where a lot of the real work of identity and self-worth actually gets tested in real friendships, real conflict, and real moments of loneliness. This episode is part of our ongoing Self-Worth Series, built from years of walking alongside young women through exactly this. Watch or listen to the full episode, and if you know someone navigating a hard relationship season right now, send this her way. Follow Under His Wings Gulf Coast for the rest of the series as we keep unpacking what it takes to build real, lasting self-worth. SEO HASHTAGS #HealthyRelationships #RelationalQuotient #SelfWorthSeries #UnderHisWingsGulfCoast #ChristianTeenGirls Support the show underhiswingsgulfcoast.org  Substack Instagram: @uhwgulfcoast  X: @uhwgulfcoast  TT: @listeninlovepod  Facebook: @UHWPsalm91  LinkedIn: Under His Wings

  6. Sep 7

    Identity in Christ for Girls: Why Your Feelings Can't Be Your Foundation

    Your feelings will tell you a different story about who you are every single day. If your identity is built on how you feel, it will never hold steady. That's where Spiritual Quotient comes in. In this episode, we unpack Spiritual Quotient (SQ) — sometimes called spiritual intelligence — and what it actually means to know who you are, why you exist, and what is meant to anchor you when everything else shifts.  We look at Moses, a man who once doubted he was capable of the very purpose God had called him to, and trace what changed between his fear at the burning bush and his confidence at the Red Sea. We also talk honestly about what it means to be a "Daughter of God," and why that phrase is life-altering when you actually understand the authority and identity behind it. This conversation matters because most young women aren’t struggling with a lack of information, they're struggling with a lack of grounding.  Culture offers a hundred competing answers for who you should be, and without something steady underneath, it's easy to be shaped by whatever opinion or trend is loudest that week. Parents and mentors watching a daughter get pulled in different directions will recognize this immediately: the real battle usually isn’t behavior, it’s identity. By the end of this episode, you'll have language for questions you're asking, who you're allowing to define you, whether you believe your life has purpose beyond achievement, what your actions reveal about what you actually believe about God, and what habits or relationships are keeping you rooted. You'll also walk away understanding that spiritual growth isn't a score to chase; it's a grace to receive. Under His Wings Gulf Coast exists because we've watched these questions play out in real relationships and real decisions with the young women we walk alongside in the actual work of becoming who God made them to be. This episode is part of our ongoing Self-Worth Series, built from years of walking alongside girls and young women through exactly this method. Watch or listen to the full episode, and if there’s a young woman in your life who needs to hear this, send it her way. Follow Under His Wings Gulf Coast for the rest of the series as we keep exploring what it takes to build real, lasting self-worth. SEO HASHTAGS #SpiritualQuotient #IdentityInChrist #SelfWorthSeries #UnderHisWingsGulfCoast #ChristianTeenGirls Support the show underhiswingsgulfcoast.org  Substack Instagram: @uhwgulfcoast  X: @uhwgulfcoast  TT: @listeninlovepod  Facebook: @UHWPsalm91  LinkedIn: Under His Wings

  7. Aug 31

    Building Grit as a Young Lady: What Actually Separates Quitters, Campers, and Climbers

    You can't control what happens to you. Job loss, a friendship that ends, a diagnosis, a season that just won't let up, but you can control how you respond. That response has a name: your Adversity Quotient, and it might be the single biggest factor in whether you come out of a hard season stronger or stay stuck. In this conversation, we break down the Adversity Quotient (AQ) — a framework developed by Dr. Paul Stoltz that measures how much control you believe you have over a hard situation, whether you take ownership of your response, how far you let it bleed into other areas of your life, and how long you expect it to last.  We talk through Stoltz's three types of people facing adversity: quitters, who walk away; campers, who make some progress and then settle; and climbers, who keep moving even when it's slow. And we ask the harder question underneath all of it: where does faith fit into resilience, and what does it look like to persevere with grace?  This matters because every teen girl and young woman listening is somewhere on that mountain right now, whether or not she has language for it. So is every parent watching a daughter go quiet, every mentor trying to know when to push and when to let someone rest, every family navigating a hard season together. Understanding AQ gives you a way to name what's happening instead of just feeling stuck in it and a way to talk about it with the young woman in your life instead of guessing. By the end of this episode, you'll walk away with a clearer picture of where you tend to land when adversity shows up, why “stopping” isn't always the same as “quitting,”  how ownership and perspective change the way hardship affects you long-term, and what it means to let your faith carry the weight your own strength can’t. You'll also hear a personal story about how a teenage scholarship essay turned into a lifelong lesson about what adversity is actually for. Under His Wings Gulf Coast exists because young women deserve more than surface-level encouragement: they deserve real tools for real life, grounded in both research and their identity in Christ. This conversation is part of our ongoing Self-Worth Series, built from over 15 years of walking alongside girls and young women through exactly these seasons. Watch or listen to the full episode, and if you know a young woman or a parent who's in a hard season right now, send this their way. Follow Under His Wings Gulf Coast for the rest of the series as we keep unpacking what it takes to build real, lasting self-worth. SEO HASHTAGS #AdversityQuotient #SelfWorthSeries #ChristianResilience #UnderHisWingsGulfCoast #TeenGirlMentalHealth Support the show underhiswingsgulfcoast.org  Substack Instagram: @uhwgulfcoast  X: @uhwgulfcoast  TT: @listeninlovepod  Facebook: @UHWPsalm91  LinkedIn: Under His Wings

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Brought to you by Under His Wings—a nonprofit with nearly 15 years of experience investing in the personal, spiritual, and professional development of young women. At Listen In Love, we bridge the gap between generations through honest conversations about the issues shaping young women today. We believe there is profound value in bringing together the wisdom of women who have walked before us and the voices of young women navigating today's world.  Rooted in biblical truth and guided by real-life experience, each conversation invites listeners to learn from mentors, ask hard questions, and explore what it means to live with faith, purpose, and conviction. Here, wisdom is shared, stories are honored, and relationships are strengthened as we listen in love to one another. Through thoughtful conversations grounded in faith, we seek to encourage lives marked by resilience, character, and hope. This is more than a podcast. It's an invitation to grow in wisdom, deepen your faith, and pursue a life that's not just happier, but holier. Invest in the mission. Help shape the next generation of biblical women.  Instagram: @listeninlovepod TikTok: @listeninlovepod You can find us on all podcast platforms. 

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