Have you ever struggled with bitterness? You're not alone. In this episode, Rachel sits down with Linda Graf — wife, mother, Bible teacher, musician, and author of Bitter Truth: My Story of Bitterness, Grace, and Repentance. Linda opens up about her personal journey through bitterness and how she was healed by God’s grace. She shares powerful insights from her book and the accompanying Bible study, offering encouragement to anyone walking a similar path. Rachel and Linda dive into the importance of repentance, and Rachel reflects on timeless wisdom she learned from her mother.

Join Rachel as she leads Rachel Peterson in an in-depth conversation about disability, identity, redeeming love, and finding her purpose as she transverses life with joint-breaking dystonia and spirit crushing complex PTSD. God has shown himself in a real tangible way through relationships, hope, and identity in Christ. Near the end, the two women catch up as friends and Rachel Peterson is the one asking the questions! Rachel talks about what life was like for her during those early days in the hospital as well as how her life has changed since starting Authentically Rachel.

Join Rachel for an episode with Rachel Peterson, a wife, mother and disability advocate. Rachel suffered the tragic loss of her birth mom, Tammy, when she was murdered as result of her lifelong battle with drugs and alcohol. This episode dives into her restorative justice journey whilst navigating the complex conversations of grief, addiction, and forgiveness. Together, Rachel explores finding God’s grace and mercy in the midst of physical and emotional pain.

Join Rachel for an episode with Beth Wahl, a wife, mother and women’s ministry director. Beth suffered the tragic loss of her son, Jason, to suicide when he was only a senior in high school. This episode dives into an impactful conversation on navigating grief and how to find the goodness of God in the midst of sorrow. Beth gives timeless advice on how to best support a friend who is grieving.

Join Rachel for part 2 of this episode series that follows a mother’s journey in finding a diagnosis and answers for her daughter’s health crisis. In this week’s episode we will jump back into Rachel and Regina Caves conversation. As a recap, in episode 5 we listened to Regina as she discovered her daughter, Kaci, has a rare neurological disorder, Rasmussen’s Encephalitis. Kaci would undergo a highly profiled surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital with one of the world’s top neurosurgeons, Dr Ben Carson. During the 12-hour surgery half of her brain was removed! In this episode Regina discusses the long recovery process and Kaci also joins to give a word of encouragement to those listening.

Join Rachel in a Two-part episode this week! In part 1 Regina Caves details the beginning of discovering her daughter has a rare neurological disorder. She leans on God through all the uncertainty to guide her in making the best choices for her daughter's health. And talks about how God’s providential hand led them to John Hopkins where Dr. Ben Carson performed a rare surgery taking out half of her brain.

Join Rachel for another uplifting episode of Authenticity Rachel this time with Jamie Phillips. Jamie shares how her once blissful easy life was turned upside down when she started having kids. She suffered 3 traumatic births each one causing her to grow closer to God. When it would have been easy to be angry at God, through His grace, He used her pain for good! 

Join Rachel for another encouraging podcast, this time with Diana Plummer. Diana unfortunately experienced great loss throughout her life, but her reliance and dependence on the faithfulness and goodness of God is laced through every single moment of this episode. She is sustained, provided for, and comforted by her relationship with Jesus. There is hope on the other side of loss, just keep your eyes on Him.

Join Rachel for a conversation with Irene Inda. Irene is originally from Guatemala and shares her life’s journey with us and how God is in all the details. From childhood hosting exchange students, to meeting her husband and immigrating to the United States, and then to most recently having a child diagnosed with Autism- Irene paints a beautiful picture about how God prepares you for things before you even know what's coming. She shares vulnerable lessons of what God has taught her through the years and how He has prepared and equipped you for such a time as this.

Join Rachel for an authentic episode with Rachel Wagner, a Wife, Homeschooling Mom, Writer, and Worship Leader at First Baptist Jenks in Oklahoma. Wagner shares her personal story and struggle with miscarriage. She bravely details her heartbreaking fertility journey and some of the difficult times she's encountered. She gives encouraging advice one can only learn through experience. Through every part of this conversation, you will be reminded that God sees you in your grief and is always working.

Join Rachel and her mother Gail in this special prequel episode 0 where they have an authentic conversation about Rachel's own life story. They discuss Rachel's early life and Turner Syndrome diagnosis, as well as the violent car accident where she suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and "Internal Decapitation". Gail recalls vivid details about the aftermath of the accident, and they talk about what it’s like being in the eye of the storm and how God held them both in the palm of his hand through it all.

Hi! I’m Rachel! Welcome to the Authentically Rachel Podcast!