Daring to Live with God in the Driver’s Seat

In this deeply sacred and soul‑stirring episode of JOY RULES, Lorelei is joined by Christie Del Vesco—writer, photographer, Universalist minister, and devoted listener of God’s nudges—for a conversation that softens the nervous system while expanding the heart.
Christie's life and work are devoted to one radical remembering:

Everyone is the face of God—and safety is our birthright.
In this powerful JOY RULES conversation, Christie shares how she moved from a life shaped by trauma into one anchored in embodied safety and a conscious devotion to God—a transformation catalyzed by a solo road trip that changed everything.
This 11,800‑mile road trip became a holy conversation with God, one that carried her from chronic despair into a lived experience of safety, creativity, and daring JOY.  
Christie chronicles this pilgrimage in her book, A Road Trip with God: 11,800 Miles from Hoping to Die to Daring to Live.
This wasn’t a journey of escape—it was a journey of embodied safety, where Christie consciously gave her life to God and allowed life to live her. Along the road, she experienced a profound shift: releasing a trauma‑based lens and learning to meet herself, others, and the world through safety, devotion, and self‑trust. In this luminous episode, Lorelei and Christie explore:
What it means to live as if everyone is the face of God: How God shows up everywhere
Why shifting from a trauma to a safety lens changes EVERYTHING

What embodied safety actually feels like in real life
If you’re ready to stop just surviving and start inhabiting your aliveness, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.
This is an episode to listen to slowly. Let it land in your body. Let it re-teach you how to breathe.