Over the past few years, I’ve learned what’s best for me when it comes to goal planning for a new year is choosing a word of the year. Choosing a word to focus on feels more balanced than picking intense, strict goals. God has showed me something every year related to these words since I started this practice. And this year, I’m feeling led into gentler way of living.

My good friend, Brooke, and I talk in this episode about:

- A prayer retreat we took together that led me to my word of the year

- How learning to take care of ourselves helps us love others more fully

- An image God gave me at the beginning of 2025 that has started my year with hope for the future

It’s never too late to pick a word to focus on, whether it’s for a year, a quarter, or even a week! I hope this episode helps you see how valuable you are and that taking care of yourself is just as important as (if not more!) than producing.

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Tryhards need fun to remember their worth isn’t in accomplishments.😍 On this episode, Bryce, Britt, and Lindsay play a get-to-know each other game We’re Not Really Strangers. Britt gives a performance no one saw coming and the tryhards share on the challenges and joys of having friendships in your twenties. Enjoy this cozy episode!

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We all have choices every day. Choice can mean we have power, control, and freedom. It means we aren’t stuck with one option. It also means there are consequences of our choices.

In the beginning of the Bible, we see the first humans had a choice: to trust and believe God or trust and believe a snake. Most of us know, they chose the snake and there were some not-so-fun consequences. We all make mistakes and bad choices, but our good God gives us an opportunity to respond to our choice. Will we cover, hide, or blame others for our mistakes? Or will we take responsibility?

Taking responsibility is hard, especially when our worth is tied up in how we perform. But when our identity is in Jesus and His final work on the cross, we can take responsibility for our mistakes and it can actually produce connection. In this episode, I share the impact it can make in our community when we take responsibility and fight for right relationship with others. Hope you enjoy!

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BB is joining Lindsay again with another Grace Chat…but this time we’re talking about books. This episode covers some life updates and some thoughts on the books we are currently reading. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Kenji Kuriyama shares what he learned in partnering with Jesus to create a culture that reflects the Kingdom of God at Indiana University. We talk about the challenges in wanting an already established culture become more healthy and what our role is (and isn’t). Bryce also shares some examples of when he influenced the culture of his previous jobs by staying strong in his identity and convictions.

Many tryhards want to change the world. And Jesus gives us authority and power to influence the world we are in. But, one upside-down reality of the Kingdom of God is a mustard-seed of faith can move mountains. We may never see the mountains move, but God sees every act of faith and obedience and He celebrates them! We can step into cultures and make an impact, but we will be crushed if we think we can transform it all. God can and does transform cultures and we can be a part of that.

Let's let go of needing to be the hero and accept our role as influencers. Not IG influencers, but people-influencers. Jesus is enough. Jesus is faithful. He is changing hearts, changing lives, and changing cultures by His Holy Spirit. And we, get to be along for the ride.

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Tryhards need to have more fun. Enjoying life is one way we embrace grace. Having fun declares to the world that we don’t have to always be working on ourselves to be worthy. We can rest and enjoy the beautiful world God has given us. And one way I have fun, is chit chatting with friends and listening to funny podcasts. So, we are bringing some of that to Grace for the Tryhard. No interview questions, no topic to dive deep into, just three friends, on a couch, catching up and having some fun.

Don’t worry, there will still be topical episodes. We just want to find more balance by sprinkling in episodes that don’t “accomplish” anything but have a good time together. We hope you get to know us and laugh a little (or a lot). We hope you enjoy this grace chat with Bryce, Linds, and Britt.

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Trendy diets. Clean food. Bikini bodies. 👙

It’s easy to see our society values physical appearance. It is also easy to get swept up in putting too high of a value on physical appearance or health which can start to shift our theology. “I am good, when I eat good. My body is good, when I exercise.” We start creating morality behind our food choices and the way our body looks. But, God has a different perspective about how we look at food and our bodies.

God wants us to have abundant life. He deemed our bodies good when He created them in His image. He wants us to love ourselves because He loves us and made a good creation. As we learn to receive His love and rest in the new, unshakeable identity He has given us, we desire to care for our bodies.

In this episode, I talk with registered dietitian, Aubrey Golbek, about how to look at our bodies and food through the lens of the gospel. 🤸‍♀️ Aubrey is passionate about helping people understand how the gospel and grace impacts our everyday life, such as our relationship with food. She shares about how she felt giving her patients diets was never leading them to true freedom, so she started searching the Bible to see if God had another way. He gave her a deeper revelation of grace and she saw how God could transform and heal our thoughts about and relationship with food.

So many women let the enemy determine their worth with how their body looks. 😠 I stayed in that bondage for years until Jesus set me free. I want that freedom for every woman I know. I hope this episode inspires you and encourages you to notice your thoughts about food and your body. Maybe there is more freedom God wants to give you in this area of your life. He loves you so much and wants you to experience all the joy and abundance He has for you. 😊 Enjoy this episode!

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Whether you are twenty, thirty-seven, or fifty-nine…this episode is for anyone who had expectations for the decade they are in that haven't come to fruition. I turned 29 this May and I share what I thought my twenties would be like and how they turned out to be vastly different. While I was disillusioned, the person I became through my turbulent twenties, is someone I am proud of. God met me in my mess and grew a foundation that couldn’t have been grown in “just having fun” in my twenties. I hope this episode helps you to give yourself grace for the season of life you are in and be encouraged that God is growing something beautiful through the unexpected.

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In this episode, my dear friend Bryce shares his experience starting to go to counseling and being diagnosed with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He shares how his view of faith growing up meant not trusting doctors or seeking medical help. This episode dives into how Bryce’s view of mental health support, medication, and faith has morphed in the past few years and how his relationship with God has grown in seeing Him as a counselor. Enjoy!

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In this episode, Brittany shares her experience with anxiety. She shares what it was like growing up in tense situations and how she’s learned to process her emotions, since starting counseling. Brittany even shares how she chose courage, in a needed confrontation and how that experience led to joy. Enjoy!

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