What 7 Years Taught Me About Confidence and Calling

What 7 Years Taught Me About Confidence and Calling

May 20, 2026 · 34 min · Episode 375

About this episode

Rachel Brooks reflects on her journey of building The Confident Woman Podcast and the lessons learned about confidence and calling over seven years.

What do you do when the thing God called you to build becomes the very thing He uses to rebuild you? In this solo episode of The Confident Woman Podcast , Rachel Brooks reflects on seven years, 375 episodes, and the story behind how the podcast began. What started as a quiet idea in a journal became a space for real conversations about identity, confidence, faith, healing, purpose, obedience, and becoming. Rachel shares the origin story of The Confident Woman , from her first public speaking experience in Los Angeles to the God-orchestrated moments that led to the podcast’s launch in 2019. She opens up about the doors that closed, the plans that changed, the people who were only meant for a season, and the way God kept bringing the right pieces together at the right time. This episode is a reflection on calling, consistency, surrender, and what it means to keep showing up before you have the full blueprint. It is also an invitation for the woman who knows God has placed something in her heart, but keeps waiting until she feels more confident, more prepared, or more certain. Sometimes the first step is not polished. Sometimes it is simply obedient. What you’ll hear: Why the story…

More episodes of The Confident Woman Podcast

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Confident Woman Podcast podcast page.