You can drift into treating people like content without even noticing it happened. Jaylin Austin caught herself doing exactly that with her podcast, God’s View: The True Perspective, until she made one decision that changed everything.
The podcast exists for a simple reason. “God’s View: The True Perspective is for others to hear of the testimonies God is still doing in the lives of others, ordinary vessels testifying of an extraordinary God,” Jaylin said.
Jaylin’s mission was clear from the start.
But pressure soon crept in. She found herself chasing trends, hunting for stories that could go viral, picking guests based on their followings instead of what they actually had to say.
“Chasing trends looked like trying to create gimmicky video edits or find the ‘glamorous stories’ through people who had a large following, that would hook the listener through shock and status as opposed to substance,” Jaylin said.
In February 2025, she flipped everything. The shift wasn’t complicated, but it changed how she shows up every single week.
“To focus on the speaker as a person, with feelings and experiences and not them as a story that could potentially make me viral,” Jaylin said. “I stopped thinking I needed to interview who society deemed important. Instead, I shifted my perspective to partner with God to identify the extraordinary testimonies of Him through His vessels.”
Jaylin also changed how she works.
“I changed the cadence of posting 1x biweekly, allowing myself a minimum of 2 weeks to edit, gather snippets for the video releases,” Jaylin said. “I also changed posting to Saturdays as opposed to during the week due to an altered work schedule, which later helped me meet my audience outside of the former weekly cadence.”
The numbers tell the story. Jaylin’s Instagram went from under 40 followers in October 2024 to about 250 by January 2026, with about 1 to 2 new followers per video showing steady, consistent growth. And her YouTube channel grew from 13 subscribers in October 2024 to 222 in January 2026. She did it all without running ads.
But the real shift happened in how she interviews people.
“Instead of looking for a specific result or end story, I ‘step into’ the experience with my guest, understanding them in the moments while allowing the guest and others to recognize God in the smaller moments as well, as opposed to looking for the ‘grand moments,'” Jaylin said.
One episode “Learning in Loss: with Special Guest Reggie Mann” represents this shift.
“This was the video that helped me change my questioning, slightly focusing more on the guest as a person and the power of God through their story, not just their story and how I can portray it to the audience. It also helped me gain more requests from others to join as well,” she said.
People started requesting to come on her podcast after that episode, reflecting the positive changes in her line of questioning and perspective of her guests.
Jaylin’s message sounds different when you hear it come from someone who’s already figured it out.
“Whatever field you are in, staying true to how God has called you to do it will create more ways than that of attempting to fit in with the world. Knowing your purpose and pursuing it how God desires yield sustaining results. There is a reason He has trusted you with this vision, in the avenue of uniqueness He is calling you to operate in. Many people are waiting specifically for what you offer in the way He has called you to do it,” she said.
The shift from chasing to choosing changed everything for her. It could change everything for you too.
