Jess Ask

Jessica S Smith
  • 5.0 (19)
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Jess Ask the Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Hosted by Jessica S. Smith, this podcast creates room for the honest conversations believers are thinking about but don’t always know where to process out loud. From faith and identity to obedience, relationships, and purpose, each episode explores what it really looks like to become who God can trust. Through real conversations with influencers, leaders, and everyday believers, Jess Ask offers encouragement, perspective, and practical wisdom for those navigating growth in real time. If you’re building, healing, or becoming, this podcast is here to remind you that you don’t have to figure it out alone.  New episodes drop every Thursday 7A CST.  And remember: life really could be more simple… if you just ask.

  1. Doug Jones on Alabama's Biggest Problems | EP162

    2d ago

    Doug Jones on Alabama's Biggest Problems | EP162

    Former U.S. Senator Doug Jones joins Jess and Desiree for an honest conversation about the future of Alabama. Together they discuss education, healthcare, mental health, prisons, voting, small businesses, agriculture, and why leadership should create room for everyone at the table. Whether you're politically engaged or just trying to better understand the issues affecting your community, this episode offers thoughtful conversation centered on transparency, service, and hope for Alabama. Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com

    1h 15m
  2. Why You’re Still Avoiding It | EP161

    Jun 25

    Why You’re Still Avoiding It | EP161

    What if the thing you've been avoiding is the exact thing God needs you to walk back through? In this episode of Jess Ask The Podcast, Jessica S. Smith and Desiree sit down for a raw, Spirit-led conversation about avoidance, identity, and what it really means to get over it — not in the dismissive sense, but in the biblical one. Jessica opens up about a moment she avoided revisiting for over a year because it made her feel like she wasn't enough, and what happened when she finally went back.   Through personal testimony and the Word, this episode challenges listeners to rethink the moments they've been living in too long — and asks the harder question: what's waiting for you on the other side of getting over it?   Whether you're navigating avoidance, shame, abandonment wounds, or the quiet fear that your past is still following you, this conversation will meet you right where you are.   🎯 In this episode: • Why we invest time and energy into moments that were never meant to last • The definition of avoidance — and how it creates the very stress and anxiety we're praying away • What Moses and the burning bush teach us about getting over it and going back  • How to know the difference between being released and being abandoned Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com

    39 min
  3. The Mindset Keeping You Stuck | FT Steve Wilmer | EP160

    Jun 18

    The Mindset Keeping You Stuck | FT Steve Wilmer | EP160

    This week on Jess Ask the Podcast, Jess and Desiree welcome Steve Wilmer, entrepreneur, sales coach, and host of the 3% Mindset Podcast. Together they discuss faith, finances, entrepreneurship, rejection, pricing, delegation, leadership, and the mindset shifts required to create lasting transformation. Steve shares practical lessons from his journey from financial hardship to business success while encouraging listeners to take ownership of their growth and embrace consistent action. This episode is a reminder that success is often found on the other side of discipline, execution, and persistence. Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com

    1h 6m
  4. Why You're Still Procrastinating | EP159

    Jun 11

    Why You're Still Procrastinating | EP159

    Why do we keep putting things off even when we know we should move forward? In this episode of Jess Ask the Podcast, Jess and Desiree discuss the connection between procrastination, perfectionism, surrender, and obedience. Through personal stories and practical insight, they explore how the pursuit of perfection can keep people stuck, delay purpose, and create unnecessary pressure. This conversation challenges listeners to release control, embrace progress, and trust God one step at a time. Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com

    32 min
  5. Conviction vs Condemnation | EP158

    Jun 4

    Conviction vs Condemnation | EP158

    This week on Jess Ask the Podcast, Jess and Desiree have an honest conversation about the difference between conviction and condemnation. Together, they unpack the role of the Holy Spirit, spiritual correction, shame, forgiveness, obedience, and how conviction can actually lead believers closer to healing and righteousness rather than rejection. This episode challenges listeners to examine their relationship with God, understand the purpose of conviction, and stop allowing shame to keep them spiritually stuck. Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com

    40 min
  6. Why Men Suffer In Silence | FT Sharpen Up Podcast | EP157

    May 28

    Why Men Suffer In Silence | FT Sharpen Up Podcast | EP157

    Healthy brotherhood can change everything. This week on Jess Ask the Podcast, Jess and Desiree sit down with Tyler Anderson and Art Ruffin from Sharpen Up Podcast for a transparent conversation about vulnerability, masculinity, healing, accountability, and the importance of community among Black men. The conversation explores emotional isolation, church culture, identity, transformation, and how authentic relationships can sharpen and strengthen people through every season of life. This episode reminds us that healing was never meant to happen alone.  ABOUT JESS ASK THE PODCAST   Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com   Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com

    1h 5m
  7. The Truth About Addiction, Shame & Healing | FT George Gilliam | EP156

    May 21

    The Truth About Addiction, Shame & Healing | FT George Gilliam | EP156

    What happens when rock bottom looks like a country club basement — and a way out looks like a pizza oven?   This week on Jess Ask the Podcast, Jessica sits down with George Gilliam — founder of Uncle G's Pizza in Birmingham, Alabama — for one of the most honest conversations the Safe Space has ever held. George shares his journey from growing up privileged and blind to it in Charlottesville, Virginia, through a drug addiction that took him all the way to heroin and crack cocaine, to the moment in a rehab lecture that finally broke him open. He talks about what it feels like when drugs stop working, what it cost him to tell his parents the truth, and how a move to Alabama and an obsession with sourdough became the foundation of something much bigger than food. If you've ever carried a secret that felt too heavy to say out loud — or wondered whether your past disqualifies your purpose — this episode was made for you. CONNECT WITH UNCLE G UncleGsPizza.com Instagram | YouTube | LinkedIn: @uncle_gs_pizza ABOUT JESS ASK THE PODCAST Jess Ask The Podcast is where influencers, entrepreneurs, and creatives come to decompress, get real, and just ask the questions that matter. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. Produced by BGTV Studios. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week. JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk SUPPORT THE PODCAST ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people  PODCAST CREDITS Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com

    1h 1m
  8. What Happens When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayer? | FT Brad Graydon & Pastor Lestley | EP155

    May 14

    What Happens When God Doesn’t Answer Your Prayer? | FT Brad Graydon & Pastor Lestley | EP155

    What happens when you pray… and God doesn’t answer the way you hoped? This week on Jess Ask the Podcast, Jessica sits down with Brad Graydon and Pastor Leslie for a deeply transparent conversation about prayer, revival, disappointment, and learning how to truly commune with God. From building the “Fire Dome” prayer movement in Birmingham to navigating grief after losing a child, this episode explores what authentic faith looks like beyond performance. If you’ve struggled with unanswered prayers, hearing God’s voice, or feeling disconnected spiritually, this conversation will challenge and encourage you. ABOUT JESS ASK THE PODCAST   Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com Jess Ask The Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Host Jessica S. Smith creates space for honest conversations about faith, purpose, personal growth, and the real journey behind success. 🔔 Subscribe for new episodes every week.   JOIN THE SAFE SPACE — PATREON COMMUNITY   The Safe Space is a Patreon-only community for creators who feel unseen, misunderstood, or ready to give up. Biblical wisdom. Real accountability. People who get it. ➡️ Join here: patreon.com/JessAsk   SUPPORT THE PODCAST   ✔ Sow a love seed via Cash App: $jessaskthepodcast ✔ Share this episode with someone who needs it ✔ Subscribe, like & comment — it helps us reach more people   PODCAST CREDITS   Host: Jessica S. Smith | jessicassmith.com | @thejessicassmith Producer: Desiree Danielle | desireedanielle.com | @desireedanie11e Music: King Chosen | @kingchosen46 Network: BGTV Studios | bgtvstudios.com

    1h 2m
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About

Jess Ask the Podcast is the safe space where transparency meets transformation. Hosted by Jessica S. Smith, this podcast creates room for the honest conversations believers are thinking about but don’t always know where to process out loud. From faith and identity to obedience, relationships, and purpose, each episode explores what it really looks like to become who God can trust. Through real conversations with influencers, leaders, and everyday believers, Jess Ask offers encouragement, perspective, and practical wisdom for those navigating growth in real time. If you’re building, healing, or becoming, this podcast is here to remind you that you don’t have to figure it out alone.  New episodes drop every Thursday 7A CST.  And remember: life really could be more simple… if you just ask.

Information

  • Creator
    Jessica S Smith
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    161
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Jessica S Smith
  • Show Website
    Jess Ask

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