We’re looking forward to introducing you to Grace Rabia Wood . Check out our conversation below.
Grace Rabia , it’s always a pleasure to learn from you and your journey. Let’s start with a bit of a warmup: Have any recent moments made you laugh or feel proud?
A recent moment that made me both laugh and feel proud happened in my kitchen. My kids were joking around, roasting each other in love, and I couldn’t stop laughing at their quick wit. But underneath the laughter I felt proud because the atmosphere I fought to create in my home is one of freedom, safety, and joy. Growing up, laughter wasn’t always safe. Now, watching my children laugh loudly and unafraid reminds me that cycles have been broken. That makes me proud every single time.
Can you briefly introduce yourself and share what makes you or your brand unique?
I’m Grace Rabia Wood, cofounder of The Grace Experience. My heart is to help women break generational cycles, heal deep wounds, and step into the freedom only found in Christ. My journey began in Durban, South Africa, where I grew up in Islam before encountering Jesus and choosing a new path. That choice cost me family but gave me freedom. Today, I write, teach, and speak to empower others to rewrite their stories with faith, authenticity, and courage. Whether through books, courses, or community, my mission is simple: to remind people that their past doesn’t define them, their future in Christ does.
Appreciate your sharing that. Let’s talk about your life, growing up and some of topics and learnings around that. Who were you before the world told you who you had to be?
Before the world told me who to be, I was a little girl in Durban who dreamed without limits—loud in laughter, tender in heart, bold in imagination. Culture, religion, and expectation tried to silence her, but she never died. God is restoring that girl, free to love, create, and belong without shame. That’s the version He called back into the light.
When did you stop hiding your pain and start using it as power?
I stopped hiding my pain when I realized silence was still killing me. For years I carried wounds in secret, afraid of judgment and rejection. But when I began to share my story, the brokenness, the faith, the battles, I saw it set other people free too. That’s when it clicked: my pain wasn’t meant to bury me, it was meant to birth something greater. What once shamed me now fuels me because God turned my scars into testimony and my tears into authority.
Sure, so let’s go deeper into your values and how you think. What would your closest friends say really matters to you?
My closest friends would say what matters most to me is legacy. Not the kind built on titles or applause, but the kind that shifts generations. They’d tell you I care about breaking cycles, raising my children in freedom, and helping other women find healing in Christ. They know I value truth over appearances, authenticity over perfection, and people over platforms. At the end of the day, what matters to me is leaving behind lives that were changed because I chose to live honestly, boldly, and faithfully.
Thank you so much for all of your openness so far. Maybe we can close with a future oriented question. What is the story you hope people tell about you when you’re gone?
I hope people say she was a cycle breaker. That she turned pain into purpose and left freedom in her wake. I want my children and grandchildren to remember that because I said yes to God, they walk in healing, wholeness, and bold faith. I don’t need them to say I was perfect. I want them to say I was faithful. That my life pointed to Jesus and that my legacy is one of freedom, courage, and grace.
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