"It’s Not Beautiful to Be Yourself” (with guest, KayDianna MacKenzie)

Jesus Over Everything

Lisa Whittle: Author, Speaker, Founder of Lisa Whittle Ministries, LLC

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4.8 • 719 Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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In this inspiring episode of the Jesus Over Everything show, Lisa Whittle welcomes KayDianna MacKenzie, a former Dallas Cowboys Cheerleader and social media influencer, who shares her journey toward authenticity and self-acceptance. Challenging the myth that appearance defines worth, KayDianna discusses her experiences in the competitive cheerleading world, the impact of faith on her life, and the importance of owning one’s true self. Join them for a heartfelt conversation about vulnerability, mentorship, and embracing the storms that shape us.

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0:00.0	Katie Anna of DCC, which, if you don't know, is Dallas Cowboy's Cheerleaders, is here with us today on Joe.
0:15.1	We're going to get into a lot of things. Welcome.
0:17.4	Thank you so much for having me. I'm so excited.
0:19.7	It's really fun. Oh, you're used to asking questions. You've got Katie on his corner. You've got Katie on his car chat.
0:28.3	You're a natural at that. Do you love sort of like the microphone host thing? Or are you just a, inquisitive person you like to ask questions?
0:40.0	I think I just love engaging with people and getting to know people's story. I think that started
0:45.1	when I was really young as well. I was in the pageant system. And I just loved getting to know new people.
0:51.8	And I definitely started out not as talkative as I am now.
0:57.1	But getting to just get in that organization and in the pageant system, it really helped me
1:03.3	find who I wanted to be and who I was honestly on stage and with a microphone in hand. And it led me to the love of talking and getting
1:13.2	to know people and so I guess it started at a young age but I grew into it yeah it's cute it's fun
1:21.9	I was looking at at your little like Katie on his corner and those car chats and I was thinking this suits her like she she does a
1:30.4	good job with just fluidly asking questions and you girls have fun with it too you're you're you're
1:35.8	fun you're very fun that comes across yeah no it's good it's good it's good so it's kind of crazy
1:43.9	what Netflix does to explode people and, like, expose people into this place of greater visitability because so many people watch Netflix.
1:56.8	So, you know, I was thinking about this. Like, I don't think people maybe understand if they just got into the show on Netflix,
2:06.2	your show, they may not realize that the show making the team, DCC, was already on, it was already on TV.
2:14.5	My daughter and I used to watch that on like, it was like the CMT channel or something
2:19.0	like that. So I'm like, we already know about, we already know about Kelly. We already know about
2:24.4	Judy. We watched back when Kitty was on there. And so we like know about all these people.
2:32.3	And so I wonder what changed for you, if anything, when Netflix
2:37.0	picked up and launched the show. Did anything change for you at all? I mean, of course it did.
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