30 min
Breaking Free with Author & Producer Pat Smith Morning Cup of Faith
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- Religion & Spirituality
This is one of our favorite raw and unfiltered conversations! Uninhibited Pat Smith is all things God and family. She’s a speaker, author (“Second Chances”), entrepreneur, minister and mother of four. She was the first African American woman to win the Miss Virgina title. She’s also the ex-wife of former Dallas Cowboys running back Hall of Fame Emmitt Smith, and her son, E.J., is a running back at Stanford. With warmth and insight, Pat shares the truth she has learned on her journey from heartbreak to hope. “My word for 2022 is freedom,” declares Pat. Newly single and spending time alone for the first time in this new season of her life, Pat shares, “To live an authentic life you have to know who you are. Aside from everyone else. Aside from being Emmitt’s wife or EJ’s mother. You have to know who you are, and our identity is in God. It’s been a faith journey. A walk with God, being alone. Who am I today? What do I like? What do I not like? What do I want to do? What kind of music do I like?” Pat laughs. "I forgot, ya’ll, that I like to dance!” Pat is spirit led as she reboots and starts a new decade of her freedom journey. “I’ve always tried to control everything in my life which set me up for a lot of disappointment,” Pat admits. "At first the pandemic felt like a time out, like I was being punished. We all have seasons where we shut down, whether it’s from Covid, heart disease, anxiety. I now realize they were not seasons where I was being punished; they were seasons where God was saying, 'I can do some more work in you.’ When I came out of those seasons where I was no longer doing things according to my own plan, God would propel me further.” In 2022 Pat finds herself asking God, “Where do you want me? What do you want me to do? Whatever road and journey I’m on right now is where I need to be. The worst situations in my life, the experiences I thought would take me out like physical abuse or divorce, are the ones that God has used the most.” Pat is the founder of Treasure You, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting women in financial, emotional or spiritual need. Pat continues, “If you’re feeling like you can’t go on, just give it one more day. If I had given up back then I wouldn’t be talking to you here now.” What’s in Pat’s cup today? “Confirmation and freedom,” Pat gushes. “Go where the love flows!"
This is one of our favorite raw and unfiltered conversations! Uninhibited Pat Smith is all things God and family. She’s a speaker, author (“Second Chances”), entrepreneur, minister and mother of four. She was the first African American woman to win the Miss Virgina title. She’s also the ex-wife of former Dallas Cowboys running back Hall of Fame Emmitt Smith, and her son, E.J., is a running back at Stanford. With warmth and insight, Pat shares the truth she has learned on her journey from heartbreak to hope. “My word for 2022 is freedom,” declares Pat. Newly single and spending time alone for the first time in this new season of her life, Pat shares, “To live an authentic life you have to know who you are. Aside from everyone else. Aside from being Emmitt’s wife or EJ’s mother. You have to know who you are, and our identity is in God. It’s been a faith journey. A walk with God, being alone. Who am I today? What do I like? What do I not like? What do I want to do? What kind of music do I like?” Pat laughs. "I forgot, ya’ll, that I like to dance!” Pat is spirit led as she reboots and starts a new decade of her freedom journey. “I’ve always tried to control everything in my life which set me up for a lot of disappointment,” Pat admits. "At first the pandemic felt like a time out, like I was being punished. We all have seasons where we shut down, whether it’s from Covid, heart disease, anxiety. I now realize they were not seasons where I was being punished; they were seasons where God was saying, 'I can do some more work in you.’ When I came out of those seasons where I was no longer doing things according to my own plan, God would propel me further.” In 2022 Pat finds herself asking God, “Where do you want me? What do you want me to do? Whatever road and journey I’m on right now is where I need to be. The worst situations in my life, the experiences I thought would take me out like physical abuse or divorce, are the ones that God has used the most.” Pat is the founder of Treasure You, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting women in financial, emotional or spiritual need. Pat continues, “If you’re feeling like you can’t go on, just give it one more day. If I had given up back then I wouldn’t be talking to you here now.” What’s in Pat’s cup today? “Confirmation and freedom,” Pat gushes. “Go where the love flows!"
30 min