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Earth Tones Podcast
Earth Tones is a soulful podcast rooted in four pillars: survival, passion, service, and love. Born from personal experience, spiritual devotion, and huge heart for humanity, this show explores the sacred intersections of faith, culture, healing, empowerment, and human connection.
Through raw storytelling, spiritual reflection, and conversations that matter, host Ella- a single mama, creative, solo traveler, and once, non profit founder- invites you into the journeying that shapes each of us. From her time working with refugees in Syria and Afghanistan to the quiet revelations that come through motherhood, each episode offers perspective, purpose, and permission to keep growing.
Whether you’re rebuilding, reimagining, or reaching for more- this space is for you. For the ones yearning for closer connections to each other or to God. Earth Tones is a return to what is real- a rhythm, a remembering, a quiet rebellion against a world that tells you to stay surface- level. Here, we go deeper.
Episodes
40 episodes
Episode 39: 30 Years on Death Row & What Kept Him Alive
Some stories don’t explain the world… but they help us stay in it.Today’s episode centers around the story of Anthony Ray Hinton, a man who spent nearly 30 years on death row for a crime he did not commit. 💔This isn’t an ...
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Episode 38: Let’s Talk About It, Why I’m Still Single
This episode came from a really simple but honest realization I had recently…I’m not single. I’m ALIIIVE! The word “single” has been carrying a lot of weight that doesn’t actually belong to it.For some people,...
Episode 37: Think Twice, Discernment in a Digital World
How often do patterns show up before the problem ever does?Not just online… but in how we move through our lives. What we share. What we normalize. What we stop questioning.In a digital world, those patterns don’t just st...
Episode 36: You Can’t Resurrect What You Won’t Feel
Thank you for your patience with last weeks tech issues! Back with last weeks episode. This Easter, we’re not skipping to the celebration. This episode is about the burial.The grief we avoid. The parts of ourselves we try to ...
Episode 35: Different Prayers, Similar Reflection: A Season of Rebirth
In this 10-minute episode, we gently step into the heart of four sacred traditions: Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Hinduism- not to compare, but to listen.Through story, reflection, and stillness, this episode explores the shared thre...
Episode 34: Egyptian Christian Monks, Better Known as the Desert Fathers
In this episode, we step back into the early centuries of Christianity, long before institutions, long before polished theology and into the raw, quiet lives of the Egyptian monks known as the Desert Fathers.After the death of Jesus and ...
Episode 33: Part 2- Ancient Wisdom & Walking the Rooms of Your Interior Castle
In today’s episode, I spend a little more time exploring The Interior Castle by Teresa of Ávila and her beautiful image of the soul as a castle with many rooms. Each room represents a different st...
Episode 32: Part 1- The Spiritual Garden & Lessons from a 500-Year-Old Spanish Mystic
Many of us know the feeling of spiritual dryness.We pray, we search, we scroll, we listen to podcasts… and still feel strangely disconnected from ourselves, from our relationships, and from God.In this episode of Earth Tones, I re...
Episode 31: When Evil Looks Like It’s Winning: Psalm 37 & the Courtroom of Heaven
What do we do when evil looks like it’s flourishing?Psalm 37 doesn’t ignore that tension. It names it. David admits he has seen the wicked “spreading like a green tree.” Strong. Rooted. Untouchable.And yet… not permanent.In...
Episode 30: One Hunger, Many Paths: Finding God in People During Lent and Ramadan
In this episode, I share a personal reflection on how I’ve been encountering God not only through prayer, scripture, or tradition, but through people.As Ramadan and Lent unfold side by side, I’ve found myself paying attention to the quie...
Episode 29: Flooding the Darkness with Light: A Spiritual Toolkit for Heavy Times
This devotional is offered as many process difficult revelations and conversations circulating in the news, including discussions around the Epstein files…As difficult information circulates and conversations grow louder, many of ...
Episode 28: The Space Between Pickups and Goodbyes, A Stepmom’s Pursuit to Love - with Tiffanie Jensen
This conversation with Tiffanie Jensen is an honest, expansive look at love as an intelligence—one that is guided by God and practiced daily inside real family life.Together, we explore blended families through three equally important le...
Episode 27: Naughty Questions & Honest Truths, with 3 Girlfriends
What happens when me and my girlfriends get honest… with questions from my audience about love, attraction, sex, dating, situationships, and relationships? A LOT! In this girls-night-turned-podcast, we crack open everything from lus...
Episode 26: When Your Child Grieves Your Divorce- We are a Brave, Not Broken Family
This weekend, my son turned nine! 🎈❤️We celebrated with sixteen boys, endless laughter, an Xbox, and a house that may never fully recover. But later that night, when everything was quiet, he cried and told me how hard it is that his pare...
Episode 25: Dear God, I’m Still Here- with Nigerian Afro Artist, PENI
In this deeply moving episode of Earth Tones, I sit down with my friend- Afro artist PENI, who opens his heart and story with rare honesty.PENI shares what it was like growing up in Nigeria and experiencing profound loss ...
Episode 24: When Parents Are Human: Softening Toward the Past & Meeting My Father- Grown
Childhood healing, divorce, inner child, family relationships, imperfect parents, father daughter healing, emotional growth, forgiveness, healing journey, faith and healing, personal reflection, adult healing, feel to heal This epis...
Episode 23: Staying Soft as the World Hardens & My 2026 North Stars
The world has a way of teaching us to harden- to protect ourselves by closing off, pulling back, or carrying unspoken resentment. But wisdom doesn’t require hardness, and discernment doesn’t have to turn into bitterness.In this episode, ...
Episode 22: Maintenance Over Mastery- Mantras, Forgiveness, and a God Who Stays
As we step into a new year, Episode 22 of Earth Tones offers a gentle alternative to the pressure of New Year’s resolutions!This episode explores why mantras are more invitational than resolutions — why they don’t demand perfection, disc...
Episode 21: 🎁🎄 Splitting the Holidays (When the Most Wonderful Time of the Year Feels Complicated)- with Host Ella Kuhn
Today’s episode is a little different.I was recently interviewed by a dear friend and fellow single mother on her podcast about navigating the holidays when the kids aren’t with you.She generously allowed me to share the raw audio...
Episode 20: Rebellion, Sensuality, and the Long Road Home- with Ki
In this episode, we explore what happens after survival — when rebellion no longer needs to be sharp, and the body begins asking for softness, honesty, and care.Joined by a woman from the Virgin Islands, a young mother, and a guide in em...
Episode 19: The Death of Perfect Wives and the Rebirth of Embodied Women- with Holistic Healer Kyra Monroe
In this episode, I sit down with my longtime friend Kyra to explore the journey from repression and perfectionism to authenticity, accountability, and emotional freedom. Together, we talk about the pressure to perform as the “perfect wife,” the...
Episode 18: God Didn’t Bring Me This Far to Let Go of Me- with Eve Dzene
In this episode, we step into a conversation that goes beyond survival and motherhood.It’s a testimony of faith, migration, and the quiet miracles God gives when you choose yourself.Our guest shares her journey as a young immigran...
Episode 17: Motherhood is the hardest HOOD- with Elli (@mammafestation.pod)
This week I sit down with my ride or die, Elli- a woman who moves through life with equal parts humor, hustle, and heart. As two single mothers, we talk openly about the realities behind today’s title- from the chaos and comedy of r...
Episode 16: 30 Days of Heart Work with God, The Master Surgeon
In this episode, I invite all listeners into a deeply personal heart-work season.. a 30-day spiritual lock-in where I allow God to operate as the Master Surgeon on the places that hurt, linger, and need healing.I reflect on the moment I ...
Episode 15: From Newark to the Court: A Fathers Fight for His Sons- with Coach Will Joyce
In this episode, we sit down with a youth mentor, father of two, and lifelong athlete who shares his journey from street life to self-discovery through faith and basketball.He opens up about losing loved ones at a young age, navigating g...