Alexis Brown | Founder + Host

My Story

My childhood was unstable. My parents battled addiction and were in and out of my life, so I was raised by my grandparents and later adopted by my stepdad. I spent years aching for stability and control, and by fifteen my life was already drifting into dark and destructive places. By twenty one I was a full blown alcoholic, chasing attention and desperate to feel loved. I told myself I was just young and having fun, but in reality I was chained to a barstool and could not see it.

After I married my husband, Greg, I wanted a family more than anything, and then I was told it would be nearly impossible. I watched friends build the lives I wanted while I sank to my lowest point, blacking out daily and numbing everything. I was alive but empty.

Then I cried out to God, and He answered boldly. My encounter with the Lord was real and undeniable, and I never looked back.

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Why Praises in the Pod Started

I always knew there was a calling on my life. For a long time I thought it was just my personality, that I was loud and outgoing and made for a platform. I thought it was about me, and that was my pride. It was never about my gifts. It was about the work the Lord would call me to do and the obedience it would

take to walk it out.

Not long after I surrendered, I realized how powerful a testimony is. I was a new believer who could not quote much scripture and did not have all the theology, but I knew what God had pulled me out of and the freedom He had given me. In August 2024, I started Praises in the Pod to tell people about it. Revelation 12:11 says we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the word of our testimony. I was loud in my sin, and now I choose to be louder for Christ.

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Where It Is Now

What began with one woman telling her story is now a real, raw, and relatable podcast with more than 100 episodes and 900,000 downloads, a nonprofit ministry, women’s gatherings, and my book, Suddenly: God Restored Our Marriage, the story of how God answered my two year prayer for Greg. Every week, women share the hurts, habits, and hang ups Jesus set them free from, because honest conversations lead straight to the heart of Jesus.

You do not need to have all the answers to share what God has done. Every testimony matters. Whether you ran hard from God or followed Him from the start, your story carries power.