Mistakes I Made in My 20's (Please Learn From These)

Happy & Healthy with Jeanine Amapola

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Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture, Self-improvement, Education, Christianity

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🗓️ 20 January 2026

⏱️ 49 minutes

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In today’s episode, I open up about the lessons, regrets, and mistakes I made in my 20s. From being lukewarm in my faith, losing my virginity, wasting money, chasing the wrong guys, desperate to be liked, and going ALL IN with Jesus. It's easy to see where I got off course now that I'm in my 30's but I WISH I knew some of the things I know now, back then. I pray this episode feels like a big sister chat and gives you some encouragement wherever you're at. God has taught me so much, and even though I made mistakes, His grace and redemption are so real. Buy my book Becoming Happy and Healthy <3 In This Episode 00:00 – Life Reflections at 31 & Intro to Faith Fridays 03:00 – Insecurity, Identity & Growing Confidence 06:00 – Reading vs. Living the Word (James 1:22) 08:00 – The Pitfalls of Lukewarm Faith 10:00 – People Pleasing, Approval, and Owning Who You Are 17:00 – Financial Regrets: Saving vs. Splurging 20:00 – Wasted Time on the Wrong Relationships 24:00 – Conflict Avoidance & How to Do It Better 27:00 – Health, Body Image & Breaking the Diet Cycle 33:00 – Purity, Redemption & God’s Grace in My Story OUR SPONSORS CozyEarth: Give your home the luxury it deserves. Head to ⁠cozyearth.com⁠ and use code HEALTHY at checkout. Relief Band: Get 20% off + Free shipping with code HEALTHY at reliefband.com If you’d like to partner with Jeanine as a sponsor for the Happy & Healthy podcast, fill out our ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Advertise With Us⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ form! Follow us on Instagram!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Happy and Healthy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeanine⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeanine and Kaleb⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on TikTok! ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Happy and Healthy⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Jeanine Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	I kind of wanna just share with you guys some things
0:32.1	that I wish I learned sooner in my life.
0:35.0	Things that I regret, mistakes that I had made.
0:37.4	Ah, Janine, Janine. I regret, mistakes that I had made.
0:43.7	Janine, Janine. I feel like the way I could summarize my 20s is just exhausting. I just look back and I'm like, that's sad. I didn't have any business purchasing stuff like that. Some of you guys
0:48.5	have said this to Caleb and wondered what Caleb thinks. I was in a dark deep hole. It was one of the worst times of my entire life.
0:56.0	That is a mistake I made in my early 20s,
0:58.5	and I just wish that I hadn't.
1:01.2	Yo, I got a little nervous talking about that.
1:10.5	What's up, guys, and welcome back to Happy and Healthy. I'm your host, Janine Emma Pola Ward,
1:15.0	and I am so excited to have you guys back here on the podcast. Super excited about today's episode,
1:21.2	because I feel like I love to take the beginning of the year, as I'm filming this, it is January 13th. And I love to just kind of reflect back on my life, but not just like the last year, but honestly, like all of my 20s. And I personally love episodes like this where you just kind of sit down, you give big sister advice. And I am 31 years old, which is literally crazy, and I'll be turning 32 in March, which I'm
1:47.7	like, whoa. Like, 32 to me just feels old. I don't, like, I don't know how else to put it. It just
1:54.0	feels old, but we're doing it. And I feel like I've learned a lot in my life. And because of the
2:00.7	Lord, I have learned like,
2:03.3	oh my gosh, an immense amount of things. God has transformed my life. And so I kind of want to
2:07.9	just sit down with you guys, share with you guys some things that I wish I learned sooner in
2:13.0	my life, things that I regret, mistakes that I had made, things that I just looked back
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