The Second Time Around Podcast is a soulful journey through life, love, and faith — the second time around. Hosted by husband and wife duo LaShan and Makela Mims, this weekly podcast dives into real conversations about: • Blended families & second chances • Healing from the past • God-centered communication • Laughing (and loving) through the hard stuff Every episode is packed with heart, humor, and Holy Spirit insight as we share what it really takes to build lasting love—one prayer, one le ...
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Sweet Love: Covering Each Other with Grace
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🎙️ Sweet Love: Covering Each Other with Grace The Second Time Around Podcast – Season 2, Episode 13 Tagline: Grace. Growth. Gentleness… The Second Time Around. 🎶 “With all my heart, I love you baby…” – Anita Baker, Sweet Love (1986) This one’s for the couples learning that love isn’t just sweet—it’s sacrificial. That real love doesn’t just celebrat…
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Joy & Pain: Finding Grace in the Everyday Moments
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🎶 “Joy and pain... like sunshine and rain.” – Frankie Beverly & Maze (1980) Let’s be real—marriage isn’t always magic. Sometimes it’s messy, mundane, and full of moments that test your heart and stretch your faith. But even in those everyday tensions, grace still shows up. In this episode, we talk about how we’re learning to find God’s grace in the…
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Anytime, Anyplace: Keeping the Fun and Romance Alive
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🎶 “Anytime… anyplace… I don’t care who’s around…” – Janet Jackson (1993) Let’s talk about grown love—the kind that still flirts, still surprises, and still gets butterflies… even after bills, babies, and busy schedules. In this episode, we explore what it takes to keep romance alive and fun flowing in a committed, God-centered marriage. It’s not ab…
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You're All I Need To Get By: Kingdom Purpose in Marriage
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🎶 “Like sweet morning dew, I took one look at you… and it was plain to see, you were my destiny.” – Mary J. Blige & Method Man (1995) This week, we’re talkin’ about that ride-or-die, God-ordained, built-for-purpose kind of love. The kind that doesn’t just survive life—it builds legacy through it. In this episode, we unpack what it really means to w…
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Let’s Stay Together: Praying Through the Hard Seasons
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🎶 “You’re all I like, you’re all I want, you’re all I need, you’re all I love.” – Guy This week, we’re drawing from a New Jack Swing classic and a timeless truth: when love is real, you fight for it… with faith. In this episode, we discuss how prayer became our lifeline during the challenging seasons of our marriage, the moments when communication …
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No More Drama: Setting Boundaries That Bring Peace
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🎶 “No more pain… no more drama in my life…” – Mary J. Blige (2001) This week, we’re not just quoting the Queen—we’re living the lyrics. In this episode, we’re talkin’ all about boundaries—not the buzzword, but the biblical blueprint that helps protect your peace and preserve your relationship. Because you can’t build real love in chaos... and you s…
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🎶 “Slow down, baby… lovin’ ain’t going nowhere…” – Mary J. Blige, What’s the 411? (1992) Mary said it best. Real love takes time, especially when you’re learning to trust again. In this episode, we open up about what it really took to rebuild trust in our marriage, after carrying the scars of past hurts and our own missteps. From honesty and emotio…
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All This Love: God Gave Us Another Chance
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🎶 “All this love is waiting for you…” Sometimes love doesn’t show up the way you planned—but when God writes the story, the ending is always worth it. In this episode, we’re opening up about how we found our way back to love after heartbreak—and how God gave us the grace to heal, forgive, and try again. It wasn’t easy. Trust had to be rebuilt. Prid…
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🎶 “We laugh just a little too loud… stand just a little too close…” Love hits different when you’ve lived long enough to know: sometimes laughter is ministry, and growth doesn’t come without a few bumps. In this episode, we get real, and really funny, about the quirks, inside jokes, and “you had to be there” moments that make our marriage what it i…
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🎶 “Talkin’ bout us, baby…” We’re dating with purpose this time, and that means having the kind of conversations that don’t just feel good, but build something real. In this episode, we’re talkin’ about the moments early in our journey when we had to put it all on the table—faith, expectations, boundaries, past wounds, and future hopes. Because dati…
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🎶 “Like a moth to a flame, burned by the fire…” Janet said it smooth—but real love? It don’t always feel like a slow jam. Sometimes it’s a storm. Sometimes it’s silence. And sometimes… It’s both. In this episode, we’re talkin’ about how love grows—not in the flowers and fairy tales, but in the late-night prayers, the tough talks, the parenting chal…
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🎶 "Just got paid, Friday night…" We all know the feeling when that direct deposit hits. But once the vibe fades and the bills show up, then what? Inspired by Johnny Kemp's 1987 jam, this episode dives into what happens after the payday high. Because in real relationships, money isn't just math—it's ministry. It's how you prioritize, protect, and pa…
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"Just pray and submit." "Keep the house clean, the kids quiet, and your spouse satisfied." "If it’s meant to be, it’ll be easy.” Whew—who told us that? In this episode of The Second Time Around, we’re tearing down the marriage myths we were fed—and talkin’ about the tension that lives between the vows and the real. Because let’s be honest: marriage…
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"You gots to chill…" But after the chill comes the comeback. And baby, we're Back in Business. Inspired by that 1997 EPMD classic, this episode is all about the Reset, the Rebuild, and the Real. When life tried to throw us off beat, we had to fall back, let God remix the rhythm, and come back harder—with more clarity, more covering, and more convic…
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In 2019, PJ Morton released his most personal album yet, PAUL — a body of work that felt like a journal set to soul. On his duet with Jazmine Sullivan, "Built For Love," he sings, "It's not worth keepin' if it's not worth fightin' for..." That lyric could've been the soundtrack to our story. This episode is our purest duet — raw, real, and full of …
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Closer Than Friends: A Faith Leap into Love (Part III)
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In 1988, Surface gave us that unforgettable R&B anthem: "Closer Than Friends" "Right now, we're just friends... But I pray someday you'll surrender...To love so tender I won't push you... As long as you know that my love is true..." But what happens when "just friends" starts to feel like something divinely deeper? In this episode of The Second Tim…
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Come Go With Me: From Fellowship to Forever (Part II)
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Want to make God laugh? Tell Him your plans. That’s exactly what we did—and He had something better in mind. In this heartfelt episode of The Second Time Around Podcast, we share how our paths, full of detours, doubts, and divine delays, unexpectedly led us to one another. Neither of us saw this second chance at love coming, but it was exactly what…
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Written All Over My Faith: Our Story (Part I)
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Disciples, buckle up! This episode is a grown-up, faith-filled conversation about dating while serving in ministry—and it’s one you don’t want to miss. We’re taking you back to the beginning of our love story: the friendship, the courtship, and eventually, the engagement. We revisit those early days with honesty and laughter, sharing the real joys …
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The Miseducation of Love: Rewriting My Story (Makela's Story, Part II)
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"Bag lady... you gone miss your bus, dragging all those bags like that." We told you guys we LOVE music, as song lyrics have a way of simplifying complex relationships and social issues. This lyric from Erykah Badu's Bag Lady is a metaphor for unprocessed emotional baggage we carry in our relationships, often without fully understanding why. In thi…
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Who didn't love the popular family sitcom The Brady Bunch? A tale of a lovely...who met a fellow...and had a hunch...and formed a family. Millions of boys and girls growing up in single-family households looked to The Brady Bunch to give them an idea of what a blended family could look like. In this episode of The Second Time Around Podcast, you'll…
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The Power Of Understanding Your Parent's Origin Story (Part II)
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Do you know how your partner's origin story impacted their views on family and relationships? In the second episode of "The Second Time Around Podcast," we are diving deeper into LaShan's story to help us all discover how our childhoods shape our perspectives on relationships. LaShan shares intimate stories from his childhood and reveals how he nev…
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The Power Of Understanding Your Parent’s Origin Story
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All music tells a story, so when Shalamar sang the words of their 1970s hit "Second Time Around," they already seemed to know our union's story. The Second Time Around Podcast is a testament to God's grace, mercy, and second chances at love. From blending our families to learning from each other's experiences to create our family. We've learned how…
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