Rachel Awtrey

Closing the chapter on year seven and moving into a fresh beginning of year 8, today 🫶🏼 9 moves in 8 years, two babies with us earth side and one with Jesus, quarter-life career pivots and changes, deployment, delays, disasters, and disappointments - would walk through it all with you in this refining life God is bringing us through. I love who we’re becoming together. 🤍

8 years 🥹🫶🏼🤍 these kids had no idea what would be around the corner in life but they were excited to do it together - and we still are, with two littles in tow. Grateful to do the thick and thin parts of life with this forever friend and husband. We’ve learned (and are learning) a lot about service, sacrifice, pivoting, suffering and fullness of joy. Jotting a few down here for a reminder to me later of the wisdom from circumstances we’ve walked away with. Feel free to borrow 🤍

I refuse to cover up the hard 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 I also refuse to only focus on the hard. A full life is both difficult and simple, fun and challenging, tearful and full of smiles. More on living out this daily in the most recent episode of @realtalkwithrachelawtrey with @madison.walters!

Love being loved by my boys 🫶🏼 my greatest honor is sharing my life with my two little loves

If you haven’t listened to this episode on @realtalkwithrachelawtrey with @madison.walters, WHAT ARE YOU DOING!??

weekly fave moments mixed with my fave recent episodes on @realtalkwithrachelawtrey!! Sooo many good ones from lots of women I admire 🫶🏼🤍 personal details shared that otherwise wouldn’t be online and lots of funny moments I hope I never forget 🥹🎧🌸

“What you feed will grow” has wrecked me. In every area of life - If all I ever talk about is how hard things are, possibly that’s all I’ll ever see. When I start to mention, call out, take note, share what is bringing me life – I start seeing more life. So, in the spirit of transparency, here’s a glimpse of my running list of joy. I’m finding around me. It has been the anchor for my gratitude and can’t help, but be so overwhelmed with things that Jesus has given me a new perspective of life, even in the midst of the difficult parts. Try it with me? What would be on your list? 🫶🏼

The further out you get, the more perspective you gain - funks don’t last forever but they can be the worst when they happen! 7 ways to get out of a funk are on this week podcast episode on @realtalkwithrachelawtrey and they’re things you can do RIGHT 👏🏼NOW 👏🏼

“How did I just find this show?!?” It’s probably one of our most common messages! I would do anything to get this podcast in the headphones of every girl that needs a pal, a good laugh, and a good peptalk while she’s on her walk, getting ready, doing chores. It’s not possible for me to sit across the table and share a cup of coffee with each and every person on the Internet as much as I would want to, but this podcast was a passion project full-time gig because I believe in its mission: To make the joy and presence of Jesus so practical and so tangible from real life stories, intense, and silly, and with the help of my friends and experts talk about topics that are taboo or leave us with questions that we are all probably wondering. @realtalkwithrachelawtrey talks about it all! Fashion, sex, home decor, trends, finances, friendship, grief, miscarriage, pregnancy, birth, all of it! A new episode drops every Wednesday!! Search “Real Talk with Rachel Awtrey” on your favorite podcast platforms 🤍🫶🏼🎧 PS this latest episode with Dr. Alison Cook (@dralisoncook) absolutely rocked my world! She made it all makes sense when it comes to how to take care of our minds!

this week: front porch blooms | swinging | “dog dog” | wedding dates and champagne toasts | the city we love | farmers market strawberries | rained out baseball games | brave boy feeding giraffes | bed head | my little reader 🫶🏼