Isn’t it Lovely When Peace Finds You? Special Guest: Rebecca Swift
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“You are so valuable, you are so unique and so rare…you are so, so special…you are loved in the deepest, darkest moments of your life when you feel so helpless.”
The gray skies and subzero temperatures of a South Dakota winter are no match for the pure sunshine and light radiating from the studio as Tracy and Rachel welcome enormously talented multi-hyphenate with a heart of gold Rebecca Swift to the podcast! A singer-songwriter, illustrator, makeup artist, and more, Rebecca shares stories from her days as an American Idol contestant, viral makeup sensation, and social media maven, ultimately celebrating how living a life of authenticity and faith led her to be the best and brightest version of herself. Resting in the peace of being uniquely created and wholly loved, Rebecca reveals the intimate moments she felt the most seen and cherished by God and encourages others to recognize their unique value and purpose as beautiful creations. Tracy and Rebecca praise the power of praying mothers, while Rebecca explores the importance of purging items (and sometimes relationships) to embrace healing and the enjoyment of memories and moments over maintenance. Prior to the interview, Rebecca casually saves the podcast by noticing the equipment has stopped recording while Rachel and Tracy are mid-joke. Tracy points out that, having been raised in a martial arts studio, Rebecca literally is a Karate Kid; Rachel vows to learn the correct pronunciation of authors’ names before mentioning them willy-nilly during the What Are You Loving? segment.
Episode Mentions:
Rebecca Swift’s Instagram: @rebeccaroaming
Rebecca Swift’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rebeccaswiftmakeup/
Matthew 7:7 NIV: Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you.
What Are You Loving:
Rachel: Tayari Jones; Silver Sparrow; An American Marriage
Tracy: Fancii LED Lighted Travel Makeup Mirror; The Lincoln Highway: A Novel; Kindle Paperwhite
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Rebecca’s message of peace
Rebecca Swift was born in 1985 in Knoxville, Tennessee where her fascination with the arts began at an early age. After graduating from Yankton High School and moving to Mitchell, South Dakota, Rebecca became an avid singer/songwriter, which launched her on her journey through Hollywood Week on FOX's American Idol. Although music remains a major part of her life, she followed another passion to study Makeup Artistry at Stewart School in Sioux Falls. In 2016, Swift booked her first job as an Assistant Makeup Artist on the film Carter & June, set in New Orleans, Louisiana. She soon began documenting a makeup challenge on Instagram where she transformed herself into dozens of celebrities; the process went viral, and was shared by The Huffington Post, MTV News, Cosmopolitan Magazine, Ashton Kutcher, Jennifer Lopez, Zooey Deschanel, Sofia Vergara, and Kris Jenner. Swift was then featured on NBC's Caught on Camera with Nick Cannon.
Swift now resides in Bridgewater, SD, with her children Logan, Quinn, and Thomas. She splits her time between being the Creator/Illustrator of the children’s book series Porter the Hoarder and doing commercial/film makeup artistry locally, recently traveling to Illinois and Ohio to be Makeup Department Head on the upcoming films Operation Seawolf and Come Out Fighting. Rebecca will be opening a home studio/spa in 2023 and hopes to further deepen and explore her career as a Makeup Artist and Esthetician.