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Same Sisters, Still Learning
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The sister's are back! After a winter break, the sisters reflect on the heart behind Girl, I Slept in My Makeup - from how it started in 2019 to why they continue today. This episode is all about creating a welcoming space, learning out loud, and giving ourselves (and each other) a whole lot more grace!
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Intro & Podcast Genesis
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Hello and welcome to the Girl I Slept in My Makeup podcast by three sisters who are at three different life stages and have three different perspectives. They're excited to learn and grow alongside of you.
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This is a space full of love and acceptance. No judgment because let's face it, sleeping in your makeup is more than a podcast title. It's a reminder that we all mess up. So give yourself and others lots of grace.
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Please welcome my three little sisters, Lauren, Megan, and Kristen.
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Hey sisters. Hi. Hi. ah Happy 2026. We're here. I can't believe it. Well, I'm so excited to start a new season of our podcast and I've really been reflecting so much about, I can't believe it's 2026. And we started this in 2019 and thinking about why we started this podcast And Lauren, I want you to share, but like kind of tell our listeners, remind them we've told them before, but just why we started this podcast and why we do it.
00:00:59
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Yes. Well, first thank you listeners who have been with us for since 2019 and anywhere in between. And for those new we just want to kind of open up the season with a little bit of a reminder of why we started this and why we are still here.
Impact of Loss & Faith Journey
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And so Back in 2019, Kristen approached Megan and I with the idea and we just kind of jumped right into it. And it's been so fun. We've also learned a lot along the way and it's also pivoted a lot along the way as well. And so when we first started it,
00:01:34
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We had a combination of sister chats like we do now. And we also interviewed a lot of experts in all different areas of expertise back then. And then as most of you know, if you've been here, our mom sadly passed away in a car accident at the end of 2020. And that obviously was a ah huge pivot moment in our life. And the podcast was one of the things on the list that we had to decide what did we want to do with this? And did we even want to continue? And obviously we did because here we are six years, six, oh my gosh, that's crazy. Six years later and still going at it. And the heart of our podcast from the beginning hasn't changed. Our our goal is
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to share our lives and share what we are going through, what we're living, the lessons that we're learning, what we're practicing, what's working for us, what's not in hopes that it lets people feel a little less alone just in life in general, but also just to learn the practice of giving ourselves grace, others grace, and life in general grace as we, life is unpredictable and and out of our control. And so how to approach life with just um the mindset and eyesight of grace.
00:02:56
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And so after our mom passed away, faith has been, I would say faith was important to all three of us to, ah to, we all have three different stories and testimonies with that.
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However, after our mom's passing, I think we all agreed that we wanted to be more open in our faith and about our faith and walking through how faith plays out in our daily lives. And we were also very transparent open about our grief. And we still are because in our minds, what we've learned is grief is really never ending. And that's, not a sad thing. It's not a dark thing. it it just means that we had big love in our life. And so that's kind of just a glimpse into what girl I slept in my makeup is or what we want it to be and to continue to be.
Personal Growth & Intentionality
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and so if nothing else, we just hope that this season, ah each of you that are listening walks away from listening to one of our episodes, just with a smile on your face and feeling a little bit lighter and loving yourself a little bit more and being able to implement giving yourself grace and others grace too.
00:04:02
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Yes. I love that. It's just good to like reset and remember that because I feel like we have gone through so much the last six years, yes you know, reflecting on that and just getting really intentional too, with the time that we put into this podcast and Just to having a clear message for all of you listeners. And also, I've just been praying a lot. I'm reading this book ah called The Ruthless Elimination of Worry. i Sorry, of Hurry. Of Hurry, yeah. That Lauren, you've read and of Worry. It's both. Just kidding. um It kind of goes together. But no, Lauren, you've read that book. And I love John Mark Comer. I've read his other book, Practicing the Way, a few times. But this book has just made me realize so much about myself already. And so just kind of like getting clear helps my mind, too. Getting in my secret place and getting still with God. And getting intentional. And so that's what I want to do with the podcast as well. And just everything in my life being wherever I am, like wherever he has me like being fully there. And so there was a couple of questions that we thought of that I'll have all of us answer. we're, We're going to ask ourselves and share this with the listeners. Kristen, you can go first. The first question is, why are you still here?
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Meaning the podcast. What does this current season mean to you? And the last question is what grace looks like now versus 2019 you.
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I feel like there's so much I could say to all three of those things. I would say, why am I still here? i think we have a really unique sisterhood. i The older I get, i think the more I understand and see how unique it it is. i just feel like we have such a closeness being sisters. We you know we never have been like competitive with each other. I mean, maybe in a healthy way, like playing cards or something. But like, don't know, we've always just loved and supported each other so much, like our entire lives. And i just have this huge thing. I want to share that with others. Like I want others to feel a part of our sisterhood and the support that we give each other. I want them to feel that too. And like, I don't know, just learning the things we learn and share together. and if one person can feel not alone, i think, yeah.
Grace & Empathy
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That's huge. And that's, I guess, my why of being here. um Because there's moments I've felt that from people sharing any their story, their grief, their you know whatever it is. And I'm like, oh, wow, that helped me not feel alone. And that's huge for me. like For her example, when mom died, I went to grief group and just being around people that fully understood where I was at was so huge. So I think that's what I would say when it comes to why am i still here? this can you remind me that the second one? Yeah. What does this current season mean to you?
00:06:58
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This current season, what this current season means to me? I, you know, I think I struggle the most with worry. It's funny you said worry. Yeah. I know, that was weird. Because I think that is probably my biggest struggle. And I think that comes from not fully trusting God. And I think that that's my biggest...
00:07:20
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thing I want to work on is like kind of letting go. As y'all know, I call y'all constantly like, I'm worried about this. I'm worried about that. And I go through every scenario of like what it could look like. And, and I drive myself mad, you know?
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And I think I just need to like, I kind of wish I had my husband's mindset where it's like, everything's going to work out. Duh. You know, I'm like, I want to be that, like, I want to be there, you know, and I judge myself and I guess I got to give myself grace with it. But like, I think that's the biggest thing for me this year is like getting to trust and just letting go of the worry.
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And what does grace look like now versus 2019 you think for you? Oh my gosh, that's so hard. I think in 2019, I was just so blissful And hopeful and unaware um of so many things. And I think I don't i think i struggle with like actually giving myself grace. You know, I say it and I'm like, yeah, I can do that. But then like actually doing it, I think I struggle with that.
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Yeah. So I think being the difference is I feel like I'm more intentional than I was. In 2019, because of 2019, I just was had turned 30. It was a different time. Yeah.
00:08:42
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So I think just fully being intentional with it and like, I don't know how to explain it other than like, okay, this is what I am being hard for. I guess I could give an example. like Yeah. Alcohol is something I feel like I've struggled with throughout the years of like relying on it, not relying on it. And it's something – As I'm getting older, I'm like, I'm wanting to release it you know, and not rely on it at all. Yeah.
00:09:11
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And I don't know, just giving like being like, okay. Well, like you're learning to give yourself grace and you're giving a real example of at the same time, you're going to give yourself grace to work through it, not shame yourself.
00:09:22
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Yeah. Cause I tend to shame myself. I'm, I can be really hard on myself. Yeah. And so just letting go of that. i love that. No, I feel like you explained it. Great.
00:09:33
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Okay, Lauren, your turn. Why are you still here? yeah similar to what Kristen said, I think my why to still wanting to do this podcast is just like Kristen said, the hope that even if it helped one person a long way to not feel alone and or to bring one person maybe closer to God in their their walk with the Lord.
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yeah I mean, my my ultimate goal to leave everybody, you know, anybody that I come in contact with just better than when, before they met me or talk to me or whatever. And so that's no different through, through this microphone for me.
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and so that's kind of my motivation is just to spread how God has worked in my life and kind of how i what role faith plays in my life and hopes that that can help even just one person.
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And then i think for this season, my really,
Identity, Goals & Vision
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that's it. It's my hope to just be super transparent and what I'm learning and, ah what we're walking through over these next few months. and hopefully that whatever it is that I just pray blesses or help somebody out there.
00:10:57
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um and then, uh, What was the last question? What did what does grace look like now versus 20? Oh gosh. You know, I think we've all been, a lot of life has happened. I'm sure for all of us, even listening. ah i mean, COVID was such a transformative, I think year for everybody, but we've had a lot of loss, a lot of births. We've had so, so much up and downs and,
00:11:27
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I think one thing that comes to mind is through, through losing mom, my ability to empathize with others that are going through something hard or hurting has deepened tremendously.
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i think pre mom's death, I was, I just kind of naturally have the personality of like, even for myself, it's like when I go through hard things and I, you know, i would like to say I let myself feel, but I'm also kind of like, I don't like to be stuck in a dark place for long. So it's like, I want to make a plan. Okay. You know, positive, here we go.
00:12:05
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Get back on track. Let's, we only have this one short life. Let's live it well. And So, yeah, I think I've, my grace has just deepened in that way for other people as well as myself, because I think when you're brought to the lowest of lows, um, there really is no other answer besides deepening because you see the grace that God gives you in your darkest moments and it feels so useless and pointless to not go then share that with the world, you know?
00:12:39
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So that's one thing. Um, Another, yeah, I guess I'll just leave it at that. Megan, you can cut that out. Okay. I love that. Okay. so I guess I'll answer. I feel like my answers are very similar to y'all's. I just, my initial reaction to the question, like, why are am I still doing the podcast? I was thinking, honestly, it's because I just love talking with my sisters.
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Like, yeah, I would do this if that was all it is. You know, I love talking to y'all, having the dedicated time to talk with y'all because, you know, my life is really busy. And so it's nice to just have this. But I also just like hearing y'all's perspectives on things. um I feel like we all three like think differently. And so I like hearing how y'all are processing something and having questions asked that maybe like I wouldn't have thought of. And i think also it gives me like an accountability to, uh, to like, remember who I am when you're around family, like you remember who you are. Well, at least I, that' I've,
00:13:40
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It should be that way. Sometimes I feel like it's sadly a different way where family makes you feel bad about yourself, but I feel like y'all always make me feel good about myself, you know? So that's a nice reminder when the world is saying something else, you have this comfortability with your sisters. At least I do. And like you said, Kristen, it's not always like that. And so being able to hopefully have that accountability for others, it's not just about us. It's showing like what sisterhood can look like and how to support each other. And even if you don't fully agree with each other or you think fully different, like you can still encourage each other. And then I think just this season, i think I already said it before, but just like being super intentional
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and being present is going to be what I'm, you know, excited about what it means to me. and then I think what grace looks like now versus 2019, think anybody going through grief can probably relate with this, but like Megan pre mom dying and Megan post but mom dying, I've had my struggles with grace. But I think now I'm so much more understanding of like everybody's walking through something. Like i that's such a cliche saying, you know, everybody's walking through something and you can know that on your conscious level and like logically it makes sense, but you don't walk day to day to that. You kind of forget like, oh, that person could be really going through something more. You're thinking that person sucks. Right. Or whatever. and So I think that's how grace has changed for me is I actually have just so much more empathy that I'm not going to always understand people's full story. And even when I think I just don't understand how somebody could operate like that or how they could live like that.
00:15:26
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Now I kind of, well, I'm just never going to understand. So I have to just trust that, you know, God's got their story figured out. I can't teach them their lessons. I'm just here to learn mine. And so I think that's, you know, changed a lot over the last six years or so. Well, and I think that what you're describing, what I have found, it just brings yourself so much more inner peace because then you're not, you're not reacting to people or situations in a way that really, it's just not about us, you know, it's really about the other person. And so i think that that just brings us closer to our inner peace goal because, Yeah.
00:16:07
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Like you said, it's their lessons to be learned, not ours. We have our own, of course, but totally. My mantra this year is what you're, what you're not changing. You're choosing, which is such a, i feel like a popular thing, but I'm like, oh yeah, I always forget about that. That's good. You're like, Oh yeah, this is all up to me. i do remember back when I started my health journey a few years ago, it was so, i felt so silly in, in the moment, but I did have this kind of light bulb moment that it was like, Lauren, you no one else besides you is going to pick your butt up and do the things that it takes to do what you want to be done. You know, it was like, what? Like I'm how however old I was, you know, I'm 40 years old and why am I having to tell myself this?
00:16:56
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Yeah. It's so good. Megan, when you were talking, it reminded me of this quote that I saved from Jenny Allen and Cause you were talking about sadly, sometimes in families, uh, it's not the case that we have. And a lot of times, you know, you're raised good or bad, actually, you know, you you get, we get these identities that we think, and we just believe that's who we are. But I just thought this was so good that I wrote it down. She said, the lie feels familiar and that's what makes it powerful. but familiar doesn't mean true.
00:17:29
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We still get to choose what voice we trust. Freedom begins when we decide to believe what God says over what we've always assumed. In Colossians 2, 8 is quoted, see to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy. And so I just feel like that goes right along with what you were kind of describing a little bit.
00:17:52
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Yes. I love that. No, it's so true. And it's just the awareness that that's even possible. I think most of us live blind to that. That's, we don't have to believe that, you know, and I think it's more well-known now, which I love that you can kind of choose what you believe versus just letting life lead you, you know, you lead your life, not the other way around.
00:18:16
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Yes. Well, and you see all the quotes, I feel like at the beginning of the new years and stuff, but It truly is. We're all being influenced. We all are, you know, and so it's just reminding ourselves that we have the choice to decide who and what and where and all the things that we're getting influenced by and to kind of almost make that sacred.
00:18:38
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and i don't know, for me, I always go back to social media because I think it's just so prevalent in everybody's life. But and I, my son, I drive him mad over this, but yeah i just it's just so true. Like what?
00:18:52
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we put through our eyes and our ears and everything. It's just, it's so much more powerful than what we even know. I think, do y'all still do vision boards? Yeah, i know like ah I do like a goal. I don't do like all the pretty cutouts, but we do like vision boards with the girls where we're writing out our goals for the year and all of that. Um, just kind like what we want to accomplish.
00:19:15
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you know, I haven't done one since mom died. Oh, really? Yeah. I just realized it I was like, I think I lost my sparkle a little bit, you know, like my the yeah yeah like my vision, my like hope almost. yeah And i just realized, oh my God, I have not done one since mom died.
00:19:35
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Yeah. This year we'll do one. Yeah. Well, I definitely felt the same. i haven't ah even, i used this to be way more structured. And intentional with annual goals and stuff like that. And it's definitely shifted and changed after mom died. I think those first couple, even few years, it's, it almost just felt like survival and learning how to live life without her,
Community & Interaction
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you know? And so.
00:20:06
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Yeah, because you do. It's like feeling like nothing really matters. like And the way that she passed ah just so unexpectedly and tragically, i think it was obviously a shock to the system, but it's just a huge eye opener of how fast it can be over ah out of our control. And so I think that's part of it, too, is just the reality of how short this time is here.
00:20:32
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Yeah. Yes. But do your vision. That's dreaming with God. i I will say I do a lot of that. And it's, it's the most beautiful way to be help you with your hope. you know, to get back in that presence of God. to Like I used to do a lot of vision boards and dreaming without God, but like I was praying about what I was visioning, if that makes sense. But now including him in that and having it be like, but what's in your will, God, what do you see for me?
00:21:01
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That is like another level of hope that I didn't know existed before. um because I'm like, it's eternal, you know, it's just feels deeper than my previous dreams used to feel, if that makes sense.
00:21:15
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Yeah. Well, I'm so excited for this next season. ah Listeners, as a reminder, we are doing biweekly episodes on Wednesdays um and we do them through seasons now. So we take breaks typically just twice a year in the holidays and the summertime. so We'll have this season from now until May um and then we'll break for summer. But we're so excited you're here. And if you you know ever want to reach out to us and you know maybe have a topic that you'd like us to cover or have a question, anything like that, you can find us on Instagram at girlisleptinmymakeup. We would love to connect with you and just hear what you are all about as well and just like what you would like to hear from us too.
00:22:02
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Yes. And that includes also, we are open to still doing interviews. And so if there's anybody or any topic that you feel like it would be helpful to bring somebody in, we would truly love to hear from you. We really want to connect more with you guys and give you more of what you want. And so we can't make that happen unless you guys um interact with us. So please don't be bashful about reaching out or shooting us messages. We would love to meet you.
00:22:33
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Reflections & Gratitude
00:22:48
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00:23:08
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Yes. Love it. um Okay. We will close out our episode still as usual with a prayer. um and and we hope that you pray with us today. um you want to pray, Lauren? You want me to?
00:23:25
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I can pray. Okay. Heavenly father, thank you so much for another day here on earth with our loved ones. Thank you for another season of girl. I slept in my makeup podcast and I just pray that your hands are all over it and all in it and that you speak through us and that you bless each and every listener listening right now and throughout the entire season through through this connection that everybody can just learn more about you and who you are and your character and draw closer to you and have a closer relationship with you. And we thank you for who you are and for loving us so well.
00:24:12
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And thank you for your grace and your mercy. And I pray that you continue to help us every day know how and when and who to offer and extend the same And we just love you so much. In Jesus name we pray. Amen.
00:24:32
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Amen. Amen. We love y'all. Love you too. Happy 2026, everyone. Yeah. Oh my gosh. And I'm turning 40 and Kristen is about to have a birthday too. So yes, before we talk to you again, happy 37th to Kristen and happy 4.0. Welcome to the forties, Megan.
00:24:55
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It's apparently going to be the best years of my life. So here we go. like i can attest to that. I feel like, uh, yeah, I thought the thirties were pretty amazing up until mom died, but, um, but forties have been, it's great.
00:25:15
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I'm excited. I've been on a journey of not caring what people think for the last five years. And now I'm 40 and they say you stop caring what people think when you're 40. So I feel like the combination is going to be really good for me.
00:25:28
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Yeah, it really is. Oh my gosh. I love it. Okay. Love y'all. Love you listeners. Love y'all. Bye. Bye. Thank you for listening to another week of girl. I slept in my makeup.
00:25:42
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00:26:02
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God bless.