What if I didn’t date my college boyfriend? What if I never loved? What if I believed the things they said about me?  What if my parents never split? What if I never left my childhood home? What if I gave up on myself when I was at my lowest low? Answering these questions and others on the season finale of Honest to God, an exploration of alternate timelines and the miracle of God’s grace in every single one. TW: themes include abuse, sexual assault, depression Follow the...

This week on Honest to God, we’re tackling friendship: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Starting off where it all began (with crippling childhood social anxiety and a deep-set hatred of birthday parties), we’ll journey along the winding road that humbled me into someone worthy of those I get to call my friends today. We’ll encounter betrayal and emotional exhaustion, relational growing pains and painfully awkward attempts at being social, hyperfixation and hypocrisy, poorly ordered...

This one is for the girls tied up in invisible strings. And the guys. On today’s episode of Honest to God, we’re taking the gloves off and getting into the messy reality of past lives: the holds they still have over us, the doubt and fear they create in our hearts, and the perilous search for an escape hatch. Living a happy, healthy life in what may feel like a broken body or brain isn’t easy—this pursuit of deep peace begs some pretty sobering questions: Is faith worth anything? Is God truly...

EVERYBODY PAUSE: HTG IS 10 EPISODES OLD AND YOUR GIRL IS 22!!!!!! On today’s episode, we’re getting real about growing up. I’m putting a momentary pin in the birthday festivities to talk through all of the fears and flaws I know I need to confront and deconstruct in my twenties. Freshly out of what I’ve coined as the “honeymoon phase” of this notoriously determinative decade, I’m faced with a nauseating cocktail—equal parts the drive to work in order to control my future and an acceptance of...

On today’s episode of Honest to God, I’m joined by the one and only Mark Vaselkiv: Baltimore’s (and Brooklyn’s) favorite finance bro, father, husband, teacher, community leader, patron of the arts, and follower of Christ. From first-gen Ukrainian American kid to Chief Investment Officer at T. Rowe Price, Mark recounts the decades of sacrifice, insecurity, hustle, and “friendly skepticism” that cultivated underneath him the sweet, sweet life he lives today. Mark shares about being fired...

So…I graduated college last week. Cue forty-five minute rant of every brutally honest thought and unpopular opinion I’ve held inside for the past four years! Haha! On today’s episode of HTG, we’re going off-script. I sit down in my cap and gown to review allllll the complicated emotions and realizations surrounding not only graduation, but the whole of my (now complete) experience at Johns Hopkins University. We’ll talk about evolving friendships, life in a new city, career panic, social...

On today’s episode of Honest to God, I’m joined by the one and only Allie McFadden, a dear mentor and friend (and mom and wife and actress and photographer and vocalist and former gymnast). Always a pillar of wisdom and inspiration, Allie comes to pour out heartfelt wisdom and sobering truths about our favorite domestic fantasies—marriage and motherhood—while reflecting on everything she wishes she knew at the start of her twenties about love, career, confidence, and more. We talk about...

If you’re going to listen to any episode of HTG in full, let it be this one. On today’s podcast, we skip the sugar and plunge straight into the biting truth about prayer: one of organized religion’s most powerful and controversial pillars. We’ll talk about feeling betrayed by God, questioning His goodness, and what the church gets wrong. If you, too, have ever given up on prayer, stared evil down the barrel, or hated existing in your own head, you’re in good company. I open up about...

**DISCLAIMER: HEADPHONE USERS BEWARE** Today’s episode is dangerous. This week on Honest to God, I’m joined by my best friend, Alanna Craig, and we’re getting way too comfortable (+ cackling way too loud) as we divulge the most unhinged and unconventional depths of our friendship. Listen to find out how Alanna and I pulled each other through the toughest of storms in order to transform our college experience, and change one another for the better. From the dreadfully awkward first...

On today’s episode of Honest to God, we’re talking about obedience—not to your parents, and not to your boss, but to Jesus. For most of us, the word “Obey” is disturbing; it feels authoritarian and disciplinary, counterintuitive to our freewill. For years, my own assumptions about what it meant to obey the way of Christ kept me from experiencing the fullest extent of His goodness, and it wasn’t until I started deconstructing my experience of institutionalized religion that I discovered the...

Today on Honest to God, we’re joined by none other than MY MOTHER, y’all. Evelyn has arrived to serve raw, retrospective realness about the many trials and disappointments of her life, and how the love of Christ pulled her from the pit of the lowest valley. She shares a life’s story fraught with terrorism, divorce, isolation, and a dependence on toxic vices to dodge the pain. After, we discuss how my YFH (Year From Hell) impacted our relationship, and how she fought to save me. We unpack the...

On today’s episode of Honest to God, we’re hitting the reset button. Whether you’re wrestling with a desire to redesign your entire life, or craving small but meaningful change, today’s episode will walk you through some of the most important questions and considerations for taking the first step. I’ll break down the red flags that alerted me to the need for change in my own life, then explain the guiding principles that led me confidently towards slow and steady transformation. We’re talking...

In the premiere episode of Honest to God, we’re going to cry, burp, and laugh our way through the not-so-pretty story of why I decided to create this podcast. We’re taking it back to the start and digging deep: I expose the roots of my (misguided) search for love, belonging, and truth, before unpacking some of the pitfalls and realizations that ultimately helped me find them. It’s a story that moves through pain and confusion, towards peace and understanding—a worthwhile journey acutely...