He was supposed to have a normal life. A successful IT career. A clear, predictable path. And then his Senior Pastor saw something in him that nobody else, including himself, could see.

Pastor Wale's story is about answering a call you never expected to receive. It's about being the "black sheep" in your family and discovering that's exactly why God chose you. It's about saying yes to something that terrified you, and then finding that it becomes the greatest purpose of your life.

In this episode, Pastor Wale shares:

• Why was he the last person anyone thought would become a Pastor
• The moment his senior pastor asked him to lead
• How he balanced an IT career with pastoring young adults for a decade
• What faith looks like when you're the unexpected choice
• How being "not the type" actually became his superpower
• Leading thousands of young people through authentic, vulnerable ministry
• What he's learned about God through an unplanned calling
• Why wouldn't he trade this unexpected path for anything

This conversation is for anyone who feels like they don't fit the expected mold. Anyone who's heard a calling that surprised them. Anyone who's been told they're not "the type" and discovered they actually are exactly the right type.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Unexpected callings
• Being the black sheep
• Faith over fear
• Bi-vocational ministry
• Purpose and calling
• Leading young adults
• God's vision vs. human expectations
• Embracing the unexpected

THE ANCHOR QUESTION: "What have you learned about God through the things that have not gone as planned in your life?"

CONNECT: 📱 Instagram: @theplannedlifepod 🌐 Website: theplannedlifepod.com 📧 Email: theplannedlifepod@gmail.com 🎙️ Listen on all podcast apps: theplannedlifepod.com

ABOUT THIS PODCAST: The Planned Life is for people who thought they had life figured out, and then God had a different vision. Each episode features real conversations about resilience, faith, and trusting God when life takes unexpected turns.

Some losses are so devastating that they rewrite your entire life. Ally Morgan has lived through that kind of loss.

In this episode, Ally shares her story of unimaginable grief, the faith it took to survive, and the unexpected work she's doing now through Seeds & Leaven — building community for people navigating their own unbearable seasons.

Ally talks about:

• The moment her life changed forever
• Navigating the darkest seasons of grief
• Finding faith when God feels far away
• Rebuilding your life after loss
• How her pain became her purpose
• Creating Seeds & Leaven as an act of faith
• What she's learned about God through devastation
• How to show up for others in their grief

This conversation is for anyone who's experienced loss so profound it changes everything. Anyone who's wondered how to keep going. Anyone who needs to know that life can continue — differently, but meaningfully — after the unthinkable.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Loss and grief
• Surviving devastation
• Faith in darkness
• Purpose after pain
• Community and healing
• Seeds & Leaven ministry
• Hope after loss

THE ANCHOR QUESTION: "What have you learned about God through the things that have not gone as planned in your life?"

CONNECT: 📱 Instagram: @theplannedlifepod 🌐 Website: theplannedlifepod.com 📧 Email: theplannedlifepod@gmail.com 🎙️ Listen on all podcast apps: theplannedlifepod.com

ABOUT THIS PODCAST: The Planned Life is for people who thought they had life figured out, and then God had a different vision. Each episode features real conversations about resilience, faith, and trusting God when life takes unexpected turns.

She didn't leave because he was bad. She didn't leave because he hurt her. She left because, deep down, she knew it wasn't right.

But everyone expected the wedding. The date was picked. The dress was picked. The future was certain. And yet something inside her whispered that this wasn't God's plan, even if it looked like the safe choice.

Bimbo's story is about the courage to walk away from something that seemed perfect on paper because her spirit knew it wasn't perfect in reality. It's about trusting God more than certainty. It's about choosing the unknown over the comfortable.

In this episode, Bimbo shares:

• The moment she knew, even though she couldn't fully explain it
• How to honor someone while walking away
• The loneliness of making an unpopular decision
• Trusting your intuition when it contradicts everyone else's expectations
• What it looks like to choose God's plan over your own
• The fear of the unknown vs. the clarity of following God
• How she's learned to live with that decision
• Finding peace in trusting God, even when the path isn't clear

This conversation is for anyone who's felt God whisper "no" to something that looks like "yes." Anyone who's had to make an unpopular choice because they knew in their spirit it was right. Anyone who's chosen faith over comfort.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Trusting your intuition/God's voice
• Walking away with integrity
• Faith over certainty
• Making unpopular decisions
• Following God's plan, not your own
• The courage it takes to say no
• Finding peace after a difficult choice
• Living with conviction

THE ANCHOR QUESTION: "What have you learned about God through the things that have not gone as planned in your life?"

CONNECT: 📱 Instagram: @theplannedlifepod 🌐 Website: theplannedlifepod.com 📧 Email: theplannedlifepod@gmail.com 🎙️ Listen on all podcast apps: theplannedlifepod.com

ABOUT THIS PODCAST: The Planned Life is for people who thought they had life figured out, and then God had a different vision. Each episode features real conversations about resilience, faith, and trusting God when life takes unexpected turns.

At some point, you have to let go of your plans and surrender to God's.

Akintayomi had built a successful photography business. He had control. He had a plan. He had a vision for his life. But then something happened that forced him to choose: hold onto what he'd created, or surrender to what God was calling him toward.

This episode is about that moment. That sacred space between the end of "me" and the beginning of God's vision for a life beyond what he could have imagined.

In this raw, honest conversation, Akintayomi shares:

• The moment he realized his plans weren't God's plans
• What it looks like to surrender control
• The fear of letting go of everything he'd built
• How faith deepens when you have nothing left but trust
• The unexpected blessings that come after surrender
• Building an event space and ministry page that's transforming lives
• What he's learned about God through the unplanned

This conversation is sacred territory. It's about the moment when your will meets God's will, and you have to choose which one to follow.

TOPICS COVERED:

• Surrender and faith
• Letting go of control
• Personal plans vs. God's vision
• Fear and trust
• The moment of decision
• Building something bigger than yourself
• What happens when you say yes to God

THE ANCHOR QUESTION: "What have you learned about God through the things that have not gone as planned in your life?"

CONNECT WITH ME: 📱 Instagram: @theplannedlifepod 🌐 Website: theplannedlifepod.com 📧 Email: theplannedlifepod@gmail.com 🎙️ Listen on all podcast apps: theplannedlifepod.com

ABOUT THIS PODCAST: The Planned Life is for people who thought they had life figured out, and then God had a different vision. Each episode features real conversations about resilience, faith, and trusting God when life takes unexpected turns.

WATCH THIS IF: ✓ You're at a crossroads between your plans and God's calling ✓ You're struggling to surrender control ✓ You want to see what happens when someone truly trusts God ✓ You're afraid of stepping into the unknown ✓ You need proof that God's vision is bigger than your own ✓ You believe in the power of real, vulnerable faith stories ✓ You're ready to let go

WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS: Akintayomi's story is a testament to what happens when you stop fighting for your plans and start trusting God's. It's not about giving up. It's about surrendering to something greater. It's about discovering that the end of you might be the most faithful place you've ever stood.

IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE: ✓ SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications 🔔 ✓ LIKE this video ✓ COMMENT: What are you struggling to surrender to God? ✓ SHARE with someone who needs to hear this message

New episodes drop every Wednesday

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She was supposed to have her husband for this season. She was supposed to navigate five teenagers with a partner, with help, with someone who understood.

Instead, she became a widow at 44.
In this episode, my mother shares the raw, honest reality of losing her spouse, raising five teenagers through her own grief, discovering unexpected strength, and learning that faith looks completely different when your worst fear becomes real.

This isn't a story of triumph over tragedy. This is a story of what it actually looks like to survive when everything falls apart. This is what resilience really looks like.

GUEST:
My mother — the strongest woman I know

TOPICS COVERED:
The moment everything changed
Navigating her own grief while parenting five teenagers
The financial and emotional toll of loss
Finding faith when it feels impossible
Rebuilding an entire life from scratch
Choosing joy after devastation
What real resilience looks like
Why she kept going

THE ANCHOR QUESTION:
"What have you learned about God through the things that have not gone as planned in your life?"

CONNECT WITH ME:
📱 Instagram: @theplannedlifepod
🌐 Website: theplannedlifepod.com
📧 Email: theplannedlifepod@gmail.com
🎙️ Listen on all podcast apps: theplannedlifepod.com

ABOUT THIS PODCAST:
The Planned Life is for people who thought they had life figured out, and then God had a different vision. Each episode features real conversations about resilience, faith, and trusting God when life takes unexpected turns.

WATCH THIS IF:
✓ You've lost a loved one unexpectedly
✓ You're widowed or a single parent
✓ You're raising teenagers alone
✓ You need to see what resilience actually looks like
✓ You're navigating grief while caring for others
✓ You need hope that life continues after a devastating loss
✓ You want to hear a real, honest story without sugar coating

WHY THIS EPISODE MATTERS:
My mother's story isn't sanitized. It's not a Hallmark movie. It's real. It's raw. It's painful. And it's absolute proof that rising again is possible — even when you don't think you can survive another day.

IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE:
✓ SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications 🔔
✓ LIKE this video
✓ COMMENT: What did my mom's story teach you about resilience?
✓ SHARE with someone who is walking through loss right now

I spent my whole life planning. I controlled what I could control. I orchestrated outcomes. I had a blueprint for everything.

And then real life arrived.

In this episode, I'm sharing my story — the unplanned seasons that shattered my carefully crafted plans and forced me to discover what it really means to trust God when things don't go as expected.

I'm Shile Bello, host of The Planned Life Podcast. This is my why. This is how I got here. And this is why I created a space for the stories that don't fit the plan.

TOPICS COVERED:
-The pressure of planning perfection
-When control becomes a prison
-The season that changed everything
-Learning to surrender
-Finding faith in the unplanned
-Why I created this podcast

THE ANCHOR QUESTION:
"What have you learned about God through the things that have not gone as planned in your life?"

CONNECT WITH ME:
📱 Instagram: @theplannedlifepod
🌐 Website: theplannedlifepod.com
📧 Email: theplannedlifepod@gmail.com
🎙️ Listen on all podcast apps: theplannedlifepod.com

ABOUT THIS PODCAST:
The Planned Life is for people who thought they had life figured out, and then God had a different vision. Each episode features real conversations about resilience, faith, and trusting God when life takes unexpected turns.

WATCH THIS IF:
✓ You're a planner who's lost control
✓ You've walked through an unplanned season
✓ You're learning to trust God's plan over your own
✓ You need encouragement that God is faithful
✓ You believe in the power of vulnerable stories
JOIN THE PLANNERS AT HEART COMMUNITY:
People who thought they had it all figured out, and then God had a different vision.

IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE:
✓ SUBSCRIBE and turn on notifications 🔔
✓ LIKE this video
✓ COMMENT: What's one unplanned season that changed your faith?
✓ SHARE with someone who needs to hear this
New episodes drop every Wednesday

The Planned Life — Trailer

Welcome to The Planned Life.

We all build blueprints for our careers, our relationships, and our futures—but what happens when the blueprint fails? This podcast is a dedicated space for exploring the beauty, the struggle, and the ultimate triumph found in the unexpected detours of life.

In this brief introduction, host Shile Bello shares the heartbeat behind the show: a mission to share powerful, real-world stories of resilience and to serve as a consistent reminder that no matter how far off-course you feel, there is always hope.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• The core philosophy behind The Planned Life.
• A personal welcome from your host, Shile Bello.
• What to expect from upcoming episodes as we dive into stories of navigating the unexpected.

Connect With Us

• Subscribe & Follow: Hit the follow button on your favorite podcast platform to get notified the exact moment Episode 1 drops on June 3rd.
• Instagram: @theplannedlifepod

The Planned Life — Trailer

Welcome to The Planned Life.

We all build blueprints for our careers, our relationships, and our futures—but what happens when the blueprint fails? This podcast is a dedicated space for exploring the beauty, the struggle, and the ultimate triumph found in the unexpected detours of life.

In this brief introduction, host Shile Bello shares the heartbeat behind the show: a mission to share powerful, real-world stories of resilience and to serve as a consistent reminder that no matter how far off-course you feel, there is always hope.

In This Episode, You’ll Hear:

• The core philosophy behind The Planned Life.
• A personal welcome from your host, Shile Bello.
• What to expect from upcoming episodes as we dive into stories of navigating the unexpected.

Connect With Us

• Subscribe & Follow: Hit the follow button on your favorite podcast platform to get notified the exact moment Episode 1 drops on June 3rd.
• Instagram: @theplannedlifepod