Season 2 Ep 26: God's got us

Ever found yourself exhausted from constantly preparing for the worst? That was me—gripping the steering wheel of life, bracing for disaster, thinking safety came from control. Then came the most traumatic experience of my life: three weeks with my four-year-old son in and out of the hospital, a nightmare I never imagined facing.

Yet somehow, in the midst of this chaos, three simple words changed everything: "God's Got Me." Not a cute hashtag or Instagram caption, but words that broke me open when everything was falling apart. The result? A seemingly impossible peace that makes absolutely no logical sense. How could I possibly feel more at ease after such trauma than I've ever felt before?

This transformation wasn't about religion. I don't quote scripture or have perfect church attendance. It's about the profound relief that comes when you stop believing everything depends on you. When I was lying beside my son in that hospital bed, surrounded by IVs and heart monitors, something inside me knew with certainty: "This isn't how our story ends. It's just a chapter." That certainty didn't come from logic—it came from relationship.

The shift has changed everything—how I parent, run my business, create, and interact with others. I've stopped trying to prove my worthiness. I've started living like I'm already held. And now I'm sharing this journey not to convert anyone, but to offer something priceless: permission to exhale. You don't need prerequisites to believe you're supported. You're allowed to feel peace when it makes no sense. You can believe in a bigger story that doesn't depend on your performance. Ready to stop bracing and start breathing? Listen now, and discover what it feels like when your back is truly covered.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Welcome to.
She is Redefined, the podcastwhere we break free from
societal expectations, redefineour identities and step fully
into the woman we were alwaysmeant to be.
I'm Katie Smith, your host andguide on this journey of
transformation.
Here we're all about embracingchange, cultivating confidence
and living life on our own terms.
Each week, we'll dive intotopics that inspire, challenge

(00:22):
and empower you to redefine whatit means to be you.
Dive into topics that inspire,challenge and empower you to
redefine what it means to be you.
So if you're ready to rewriteyour story and live life that's
bold, authentic andunapologetically yours, let's
dive in.
Okay, hi.

(00:43):
So welcome back.
Thank you for sticking backaround after the first podcast
episode that I released sinceeverything had happened to me
and my son in the month of April, where we were in and out of
the hospital for like threeweeks.
We were in twice, but there wasa gap of eight days between the
hospital visits.
That, honestly, I never talkedabout on social media and I
don't know if I will ever talkabout it.
Never say never, right.
But I want to now decode thethree words that got me through

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everything, and those threewords are God's got me, and
there's something about thatphrase God's got me.
That sounds so simple, like,kind of like, yeah, okay, maybe.
Like, are you a Bible thumper,a church goer, whatever although
there's nothing wrong with anyof those things but what these
three words have done for me,what it's unlocked in me, is

(01:31):
anything but simple.
And today I wanted to code, notbecause I need you to believe
what I believe this has nothingto do with that but because, if
you've been walking around tired, but because if you've been
walking around tired, bracing,gripping, wondering if it's all
on you, or just struggling alittle bit, this episode would

(01:54):
be your exhale.
Truly.
God's Got Me is not a brandingline.
It's not some flashy thing thatI thought of a new hashtag that
I can do, or whatever.
It's not a cute Instagramcaption.
It's the phrase that broke meopen during the hardest, most
soul-wrecking moments of my life, and when it came in, it was
like a sigh of relief.

(02:14):
I didn't know was possible, Ididn't know I could even access.
I felt this full body release,like I finally could stop
gripping the steering wheel.
You know, it's like Jesus takethe wheel and all of a sudden it
was like I could relax.
And it's not because I had aplan.
And it's not because I knewwhat was next.

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It's not because I knew everyoutcome worst case scenario,
which is where my brain loves togo because, hi, I need to
control this to be able to feelsafe.
That was not this, but it wasactually because I knew I didn't
have to hold it all aloneanymore.
For so long I've lived in thatworst case scenario energy, the
what ifs, the backup plans, thepressure to be composed or in

(03:00):
control or prepared forabsolutely everything.
But this phrase, god's got meand God's got us made all of
that completely drift away, madeit all irrelevant.
I stopped planning or eventhinking about worst case
scenarios and I started choosingpresence in those moments.

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I started living like trust wassafer than control.
And the craziest part, like theabsolute craziest part is I
actually am at more peace nowthan I ever have been in my
entire life and I just wentthrough the most traumatic
experience of my life that Ihope most never have to
experience, especially with afour-year-old being so young and

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seeing what I saw and what hehad to go through.
And so how does that make sense?
It makes no sense.
It doesn't make sense on paper,it doesn't make sense to your
brain like nothing.
But this kind of peace doesn'tcome from logic and I'm learning
that.
It comes from relationship andI want to say this really
clearly this has nothing to dowith religion.

(04:04):
I don't quote scripture Likeliterally.
I've said this already.
I thought faith over fear waslike a cute hashtag.
I had zero idea that that waseven a scripture quote no idea.
And I also don't have perfectSunday service attendance.
Do we go to church?
Yes, but we're not like perfectat all.
I am a part of a Bible studygroup but I'm not usually even
doing the work that I need to bedoing and I'm not just going

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through the motions.
I have a really goodrelationship with God and I
always have.
I have struggled with churchand religion and I've always
talked about that, so I do dothese things to learn, but I
believe it's relationship firstover religion.
I believe if you can walk everyday in unshakable faith like
God's got your back, you will bea new person, because I have

(04:50):
stopped trying to prove myworthiness to people, even to
God, and I've started livinglike I'm already held and he
does love and choose me andprotects me and has divine
healing and protection over me.
God's got me has changed how Ithink, how I speak and how I
interact with people.
It's changed how I create, howI run my business, how I parent

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and how I wake up in the morning.
I'm not bracing anymore, I'mnot trying to hold it all
together, I'm not operating frombackup plans and I'm finally
leading with peace.
And that's why I'm sharing thiswith you now, because I want
every woman listening to this.
I want her to know you don'thave to have it all figured out
to have peace.
You don't have to look holy ora certain way to walk in trust.

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You don't have to haveprerequisites to believe that
you're held.
You don't have to do itperfectly to be held.
God's got your back.
So when I say God's got yourback, I'm not preaching.
I'm like the farthest thingfrom that.
I'm just trying to remind you.
They're allowed to feel peace.
When it makes no sense, you'reallowed to exhale.
You're allowed to believethere's a bigger story being

(05:56):
written and it doesn't depend onyou performing.
Another thing that is coming upfor me right now is I remember
being in the hospital layingnext to my son in the actual bed
with him.
Ivs are hooked up everywhere.
He's got the heart monitor.
It's crazy, and I rememberthinking there's no way this is
the end of the book.
It's just a chapter.

(06:17):
Sorry, but I'm like there's noway this isn't how it ends.
My firstborn is not going toonly live till he's four.
I'm sorry, no, no, god's got usand I'm letting it go.
So I'm being very vocal aboutGod's got us because I feel like
this is so transformationalit's just three simple words and

(06:39):
I just feel like I am beingguided to talk about it that I
feel like it's already turninginto a movement.
It's not about getting people tobelieve what I believe.
I'm trying to make that veryclear here, almost in a
defensive way, but I'm nottrying to push something on
anyone.
I'm just trying to give you thepeace and exhale, if you want
that.
This is about giving someone aplace to land when life doesn't

(07:03):
make any sense, and if that'swhat you've been looking for,
you are in the right sense, andif that's what you've been
looking for, you are in theright place and I'm so happy
that you're here.
Send this to someone who needsto hear this, and there's going
to be a lot more on thisconversation, of what I have
seen what I'm walking through,how I'm walking through with
unshakable faith to believe thatmy back is covered and giving
me that peace so that I canactually live life.

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Do you know what I mean?
Rather than living up in myhead that I can actually live
life, do you know what I mean?
Rather than living up in myhead trying to get out of the
prison that can be one's braintruly.
More to come on another datewhen I'm able to really talk
about that stuff.
So I feel like I can leave andlet out a nice exhale.
But I'm so happy you're here.
Send this to someone if itlanded for you or if you think

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it could help them.
I will see you soon and untilthen, walk like your back is
covered because, my friend, itis All right.
Love you.
Talk to you later, bye.
Thank you so much for tuning into this episode of she is
Redefined.
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Until next time, keep embracingwho you are, because you're
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