Trust as a Practice: Navigating Change & Vulnerability

Learning to Release Control & Embrace Spiritual Transformation

Hey friends — Angelica and Nicole here! We’re so grateful you’re here for our very first full episode of Faith in the Wild podcast. This conversation is close to our hearts because it represents the beginning of a journey neither of us felt fully prepared for, yet both of us deeply needed. “Trust as a Practice” was born from the vulnerable spaces of our real lives — motherhood transitions, career shifts, redefining identity, and learning to let go of certainty in exchange for something deeper and more sacred.

We didn’t sit down with all the answers. We sat down with the willingness to ask better questions. We sat down with trembling hands and open hearts. And what we discovered is that trust isn’t something we have — it’s something we practice, especially when life feels like it’s unraveling or reshaping faster than we can catch up.

If you're walking through a season of change, wrestling with uncertainty, or praying for clarity, we hope this conversation reminds you that you’re not alone. Trust grows in the cracks where certainty breaks.

Key Themes We Explore

Trust in Personal Transformation

Nothing stretches us like the process of becoming. We share how trust has shaped our lives through unexpected change — Nicole navigating motherhood and identity shifts, and Angelica stepping into new creative and spiritual spaces. Trust is not quiet; it’s active. It’s choosing alignment over approval, purpose over predictability, and presence over panic. We learn that transformation isn’t about arriving; it’s about allowing.

Trust in Relationships

Our 20-year friendship has survived distance, seasons of silence, new chapters, and major life shifts. Vulnerability — real vulnerability — is the soil trust grows in. We talk about how honest communication strengthens every relationship, and how trust rooted in love rather than performance becomes freedom instead of fear.

Trust in Faith & Spirituality

There is something powerful about surrendering control and believing that God is guiding us even when the map is incomplete. Trust in faith is not passive; it means releasing timelines, outcomes, and expectations, and leaning into divine timing. Trust becomes an act of worship — a declaration that even without clarity, we are held.

“Where is my trust supposed to land? That answer — that question — is the practice of trust. It doesn’t matter where, because you trust.”

Personal Reflections

Angelica: If I’m honest, stepping into this season has meant releasing my grip on the version of myself I thought I needed to be. I used to believe trust required certainty — that I needed a plan before I could move. But the more I lean into faith, the more I experience the peace that comes from surrender. Creativity, alignment, and clarity only arrived when I stopped performing and started listening. Trust has become the practice that builds quiet confidence inside me.

Nicole: When I entered motherhood, I felt like I was losing pieces of myself I didn’t know how to reclaim. I tried to hold everything together — the schedule, the expectations, the identity I was afraid to release. But trust taught me that I am enough without perfection. Trusting God with my capacity, my purpose, my timing — it opened a space in me that I didn’t know I needed. It softened me. It strengthened me. It changed me.

Why This Conversation Matters

This episode matters because trust is something we all wrestle with — whether we say it out loud or not. Trust asks us to release control. To step into discomfort. To surrender the illusion of certainty. To believe that God is moving even when we cannot see movement.

If we learn to trust:

• We grow without forcing growth

• We connect without fear of rejection

• We live from peace rather than pressure

• We experience transformation rather than survival

Trust is the difference between living clenched and living open. And we believe God is inviting all of us into openness.

Call to Reflection

Set aside a few quiet minutes with a journal or voice note, and consider:

• Where in your life do you need to release control and trust more deeply?

• What story are you telling yourself about trust — and what would change if you shifted it?

• Reflect on a time when trust transformed a difficult situation into something meaningful.

  
  

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Thank you for stepping into this journey with us. Here’s to practicing trust — together, in the wild.

With love and faith,

Angelica & Nicole