Be Brave & Beautiful
Welcome to the Be Brave & Beautiful Podcast, featuring your host, Michaela McLean Wilkes! She unlocks transformational secrets empowering young women to live on purpose, love without fear and lead from a heart to serve. In a culture of confusing messages, she encourages young women to embrace their true God-given worth and value while living confidently from the inside out.
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- Update frequency
- every 19 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 32
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2024
Keep Asking, Keep Seeking, Keep Knocking
To kick off the first episode of 2024, I share a message on persistently seeking the face of God in 2024 like never before. As we seek God with our whole hearts, consistently and diligently, we get t…
00:21:43 |
Wed 17 Jan 2024
Five Habits I'm Leaving Behind in 2023
It’s the final episode of the year! How is it almost 2024?!
In this episode, my husband Grayson puts me on the hot seat as I open up about 5 unhealthy habits I want to leave behind in 2023. From wal…
00:27:25 |
Wed 20 Dec 2023
Life, Love, and the Lord with Allie Schnacky
My girl Allie Schnacky came on today's episode to chat about all things life, love, and the Lord! She is a speaker for JWLKRS Worship, YouTuber, influencer, host of the “Keep it Real” Podcast, and fo…
00:42:24 |
Wed 22 Nov 2023
The Heart of Psalm 138: Gratitude and God's Faithfulness
Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and it's a time to express our gratitude!
While we often think of Thanksgiving as the family holiday when we stuff our faces with delicious food, the word “Tha…
00:12:27 |
Wed 08 Nov 2023
For the Girl Tired of Waiting
Frustrated, exhausted, and discouraged from your current waiting season? Then this episode is for YOU!
My friend Liv Wysocki shares her 10-year-long engagement season after an unexpected trial that ch…
00:34:38 |
Wed 11 Oct 2023
Faith-Fueled Finances: Navigating Godly Stewardship
Whether it's our finances, time, health, or relationships, how can we faithfully steward the resources in front of us? My husband Grayson (whose biblical name means "Son of a Steward!") shares the im…
00:29:31 |
Thu 28 Sep 2023
From Jealousy to Joy
What is the spiritual root of jealousy and comparison? And why do we all struggle with feeling "incomplete?"
On today's episode, guests Ben and Annemarie McLean share valuable biblical insight regar…
00:28:43 |
Wed 13 Sep 2023
Overwhelmed and Undernourished - Is Your Soul Starving for Rest?
Burnt out? Overcommitted? Spread too thin?
We live in a culture that values productivity over presence. Culture has taught us that our value is found primarily in what we produce, which results in a…
00:25:27 |
Wed 30 Aug 2023
Taking a Stand Even if You Stand Alone
Marcus Schroder, 19-year-old co-founder of Warriors for Christ, was arrested two weeks ago on July 29th for publicly reading the Bible on the sidewalk in Watertown, Wisconsin. He was handcuffed for "…
00:33:59 |
Wed 16 Aug 2023
Navigating Transition in Your First Year of Marriage
Tune in to this fun girl chat with my fellow newlywed best friends Janeshka O'dell and Mckayla Summers as we talk all things first year of marriage, life transitions and moves, our funny wifey fails,…
00:48:11 |
Wed 02 Aug 2023
For the One Feeling Fearful and Overwhelmed
Worship songs for the week:
No Turning Back - Steffany Gretzinger & Leeland
Good Plans - Red Rocks Worship
You Will Be Saved - Elevation Rhythm
Been So Good - Elevation Worship
Over & Over - Elevation R…
00:30:38 |
Wed 19 Jul 2023
Rooted: Cultivating a Faith that Runs Deep
Is the soil of your heart ready to grow the Word of God?
Our culture is trying to disrupt the soil of our hearts every single day. It’s trying to make us hard, shallow, and allow other things to gr…
00:31:58 |
Tue 30 Aug 2022
Keep the Secret Place Sacred
With the constant pressure to achieve, perform, and post our everyday lives, we have become a distracted society driven by the need to always be seen. We have lost the idea of spending our time where…
00:22:44 |
Fri 29 Jul 2022
What It Means to Live Wholly Surrendered to God
What does it mean to offer ourselves as a living sacrifice to God? How can we live wholly surrendered to Him?
Michaela shares insightful commentary from "Enduring Word" about the life-changing truth…
00:21:02 |
Wed 13 Jul 2022
3 Tips on Discerning God's Best
How can we tell what’s best from what’s good? In this episode, Michaela shares three practical tips on how to discern God’s will in everyday decisions. While the enemy knows how to distract and confu…
00:13:52 |
Wed 06 Apr 2022
Social Media-Induced Anxiety and the Pursuit of the Perfect Image
Michaela, Annemarie, and Livvy McLean joined Jessica Landmon of Women Get Real Ministries for a podcast ministry weekend in her snowy Vermont cabin! In this podcast, they dive head-first into the gen…
00:19:45 |
Wed 30 Mar 2022
Redeeming the Narrative: Grayson's Story
Michaela's husband, Grayson Wilkes, joins the podcast for the first "Wednesday with the Wilkes." In this episode, Grayson shares his powerful testimony of losing his father when he was 15 years old a…
00:40:17 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Makeup with a Message ft. Hope Beauty USA
When did the beauty industry get so ugly? Michaela interviews Hope Harvard, owner of Hope Beauty USA, on her pursuit to bring truth, purity, and femininity back to a perverted beauty industry.
With …
00:33:35 |
Mon 07 Feb 2022
oh hey, its me again: Where We Were to Where We Are Going
Michaela McLean Wilkes (new last name, check it out!) explains her year-long hiatus from the Brave & Beautiful platform, her last season of falling in love and getting married, and the new heart and …
00:22:37 |
Wed 02 Feb 2022
Living Pure in a Polluted World: Relationships with Tori Masters
Kicking off the new mini series "Living Pure in a Polluted World," social media influencer and former Miss Florida 2014 Tori Masters shares her testimony of how God transformed her view regarding pur…
00:27:38 |
Mon 25 Jan 2021
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