The Jess Connolly Podcast

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This is what you’ve been craving: lighthearted conversations for soul-tired women based on deep spiritual truths. The Jess Connolly podcast is for people who live on mission and want to walk in abundance. It’s a coffee date with a friend who gets how full your life is - but who also wants to help you feel alive. You can listen in the midst of the messy or the mundane and leave feeling understood and less overwhelmed.

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Episode 36: What Your Single Friends Wish You Knew

Apr 21 2024 60 mins

This isn’t my podcast, it’s OUR podcast. So today we're hitting one of our most requested episode topics: singleness and marriage! Since Jess has been married for nearly 20 years, we brought in our friend and team member, Liz Cox, to share her experience as a single gal. You’ll hear Jess and Liz share their life experiences and how they’ve learned to understand each ot

Episode 35: We Didn't See This Coming

Apr 14 2024 61 mins

In this episode, Nick Connolly, husband, father, pastor, and author, interviews Jess Connolly about her newest book, ‘Tired of Being Tired.’ You’ll hear raw and honest conversations about how this current season has been for Jess, as she experienced deep grief from an unexpected family loss while also experiencing great joy in seeing this book being launched into the world.

Episode 34: Community + Rest

Apr 07 2024 33 mins

If you like the idea of rest, if you're tired of being tired, if you're ready to stop living exhausted, this episode is for you. But what in the world do you do about your community? What do you do about your spouse who has a different schedule than you? How do you handle rest if you’re an overwhelmed caregiver of small kids? These questions are ones that Jess gets asked

Episode 33: For All the Women Who Cannot Rest

Mar 31 2024 29 mins

This episode is for all the tired women, who have a million valid reasons to keep going at the pace that is currently making them tired. If you know you’re exhausted but have no idea how to get off the hamster wheel of doing too much, this episode is for you. This episode is all about everything that keeps us from resting. Jess prays that this episode is a blessing to you, and a

Episode 32: Am I Doing Enough for God?

Mar 24 2024 27 mins

Everything in the world tells us we have to earn our place and go to extremes to be rewarded. We live in a culture that praises "the hustle", but that is the antithesis of the gospel. Friend, you do not have to burn out and check off all the boxes or work to extreme limits to earn your place in the Kingdom. If you’ve ever wondered if you’re doing enough for God, t

Episode 31: 5 Tips if Your Brain is Fried

Mar 17 2024 21 mins

If your brain feels fried or you’re lacking mental clarity and peace, this episode is for you. And - you’re not in the minority, sadly, most of us feel this way. All of our brains are overstimulated. The default setting for women in our current culture is overwhelmed, but that doesn’t have to continue to be our reality. We don’t have to keep consenting to live distracted, c

Episode 30: Saying No, Setting Boundaries, and Staying Soft

Mar 10 2024 33 mins

Whether you love to talk about boundaries, you have no idea how to say no, or even if you’re unsure if this entire conversation is biblical - this week’s episode is for you. Jess won’t be teaching you; she won’t become one more voice telling you what to do, but she does share what she’s learned, and together, we can hold it all up to God to see what He might say. Let’s

Episode 29: Simply Pray, an interview with Deb Hopper

Mar 03 2024 33 mins

In this episode, Jess interviews Deb Hopper, author of, ‘Simply Pray,’ and Jess' mom. You’ll hear them discuss how Deb went through asking, seeking, and knocking in her own life as a single mom and how every concern, big and small, is worth bringing to God. Join Jess’ Leaders are Learners book club and dive into this book with us; join and share your thoughts through em

Episode 28: My 5 Biggest Motherhood Regrets (So Far)

Feb 25 2024 28 mins

We don’t love to talk about our mistakes, our regrets and on this episode, you’ll hear Jess share 5 of her biggest mistakes she’s made so far in motherhood. As a mom for 17 years of 4 teenagers, Jess has mothered for years and you’ll hear from her first, she’s no expert on this topic but she'll humbly share what she's learning along the way. If you’re a mom, we

Episode 27: Stop Stressing About Sabbath

Feb 18 2024 32 mins

In this episode, we're talking all about Sabbath. We all notice the stressors surrounding Sabbath that prevent us from truly resting in God’s gift, and on this episode, we can promise you– no stress here! Jess shares why we Sabbath, how we practice Sabbath in different seasons, AND answers questions from YOU about Sabbath! Want to Find Your Sabbath? Preorder a copy of Tir