#541 – Finding Joy in the Messy & Mundane with Rachel Awtrey
The Sister Circle Podcast
Chrystal Evans Hurst
4.9 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 18 September 2025
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
In this episode, I sit down with Rachel Awtrey—author, speaker, and host of Real Talk with Rachel Awtrey. Together, we dive into what it means to love your life even when it feels messy or mundane.
This conversation is full of wisdom and practical encouragement for anyone longing to create rhythms that bring joy, rediscover the gift of play, and cultivate authentic community. If you’ve ever wrestled with feeling unseen, overwhelmed, or stuck in the ordinary, Rachel’s insights will inspire you to wake up to God’s goodness and embrace joy right where you are.
Highlights from Today’s Episode
- Navigating motherhood, rhythms, and Sabbath rest in a busy season
- Redefining play, creativity, and home as pathways to joy
- Building community by going first and choosing love over impression
Related Resources
- Connect with Rachel on Instagram, her Podcast, or Pinterest
- Grab a copy of Rachel’s book: Love Your Life (Even When You Don’t Like It All the Time): A Realistic Guide to Unlocking Joy in Life’s Messy, Mundane, and Magnificent Moments
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there. Thanks for listening to the Sister Circle podcast. My name is Crystal Evans-Hurst, |
| 0:09.5 | and I'm your host. Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast that's designed to help you |
| 0:15.7 | live your life well and to make it a life you love. Listen, you get to choose. |
| 0:31.6 | Hey, y'all, I'm back on the couch and I get an opportunity to have friends visit with me |
| 0:36.4 | and for me to share what I'm learning |
| 0:39.0 | in my curiosity about their story and they get a chance to share their wisdom as I'm asking |
| 0:43.9 | questions with you. So I'm so happy to have someone that I met because I was on her podcast |
| 0:49.3 | and she was so fun and our conversation was so great. I was like, well, if you're ever in Dallas, |
| 0:54.7 | I'd love to have you sit on the couch and talk to me. And Rachel, Atre is here today, joining me fresh off the plane. Like, fresh off the Uber. It's like rolled in here. And we get a chance to chat today. Welcome, Rachel. I'm glad you're here. Thank you for having me. This is fun. |
| 1:09.4 | It is fun. And it's fun to like meet and touch in person. |
| 1:12.6 | I say that all the time. Thank you for having me. This is fun. It is fun. And it's fun to, like, meet and touch in person. |
| 1:12.6 | I say that all the time. |
| 1:13.8 | I think that with online friends, online life, when it can become in person and you actually link arms, you actually hug. |
| 1:21.2 | You're like, you know, I love what we do. |
| 1:23.2 | It's very fun. |
| 1:24.3 | So you've been podcasting for how long? |
| 1:26.3 | Since 2018. |
| 1:27.7 | So about seven years. |
| 1:28.8 | Veteran. |
| 1:30.4 | Because, you know, everybody, we got all these baby podcasts joining the ranks. |
| 1:34.1 | And I love them. |
| 1:35.1 | We love them. |
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