Grit 'n' Grace: The Podcast for Highly Sensitive Christian Women

Your cell phone... friend or foe? We've probably all seen it as both at one time or another! Arlene Pellicane, author of Calm, Cool and Connected shares guilt-free strategies for using your devices as a tool without feeling worked-over.

When it comes to our online-life, this episode is a needed dose of more peace and less angst.

What makes you feel loved and connected to someone else? We all can probably answer that question quickly, but could we answer if we were asked to tell what makes our friend feel loved? Or our co-worker, child or husband?

Listen in as Cheri and Amy discuss how to discover the delights of our peeps so that we can forge stronger relationships with them. Peek into their heart and build a bond!

t's hard to build strong connections in a crazy-busy world. Kathi Lipp reassures us that we already have all we need to create the relationships we want. By becoming students of our kids and those we love, we can come up with practical ways to reach out with individualized care.

Don't miss this episode with Kathi's creative and fun examples of how she's connected with her people!

It's easy to slip into creating a death-grip on the wheel of our lives. Sadly, our control manages God's job very poorly. To help us all stop the madness, Cheri discusses the powerful revelations God is giving her within her 2018 word of the year, and Amy explains the counter-intuitive power of Himperfection.

If you struggle with control (tell the truth! Cheri and Amy sure do!), then this episode will help you move toward letting Jesus take the wheel. More joy and life are guaranteed when we do!

It's hard for reforming perfectionists and people-pleasers to give up control! Shannon Popkin, author of Control Girl, shares her struggle with control and how surrendering to God brought her peace and rest. Casting a new light on women of the Bible that we know well, Shannon brings fresh insight to the lessons we can learn from others' control failures.

After listening, you'll walk away in the lightness of giving up what we were never meant to carry!

In processing their interview with Ginny Yttrup, Cheri and Amy dive into the central theme of her book Home, escaping from pain. It's our human tendency to want to run from grief and hurt, but sadly, that leads us far from the help we need in Jesus.

Make sure to listen for one key question that can keep us close to Jesus in our painful seasons. By surrendering pain, it's possible to grow through it!

In this interview with Ginny Yttrup, Christian fiction writer and author of Home, she shares how she uses story to address the issues we all face-- grief, control, shame and the desire to escape.

Listen as Ginny and Cheri dish on the pros and cons of being a Highly Sensitive Person. (And as Amy fan-girls over Ginny, her favorite Christian fiction author of the year!)

Our lives are shaped by our thoughts. That's a little scary, right? If we let our thoughts float through our heads unexamined or if we let others plant thoughts unchallenged, we can move into a negative space in a split second.

Cheri and Amy reflect on ways to take responsibility for our thoughts, and it turns out that we should aim to disappoint some people. Cheri shares a counter-intuitive flash of insight that can change your life!

Even the strongest faith can become battered and start to sink when painful circumstances blindside us. How can we respond in a way that keeps us afloat? We have a shocking number of thoughts in a day (make sure to listen to the episode find out how many-- you won't believe it!), and only we can choose if they are positive or negative.

Tracie Miles, author of Unsinkable Faith, gives practical steps for choosing thoughts that will sustain us in harrowing times.

As Cheri and Amy processed last week's interview with Tricia Goyer, one of her quotes kept floating to the top, "Our greatest moments of wholeness are actually when we're sharing our weaknesses." What does it mean to live out our imperfect stories in a way that impacts the world? How can we help others see Jesus through our brokenness?

If we want to be world-changers, we have to learn to live our own authentic but flawed story. We can do this!