Carrie chats with a few friends (Mia Lyon + Andrew & Dana Steufen), who are living out intentional community while married about what that means to them, how it started, and why they have found it to be so necessary for their marriage & family lives. Warning: this may make you want to become their neighbors. // further support Carrie in this project at: patreon.com/ichoosegrit

To continue the conversation on community, Carrie tunes in a for a minisode to share some of her experiences of community life while experiencing suffering.

Carrie chats with 3 of her friends: Sophie Collins, Samantha Vosters, & Amanda Fahrendorf, representing 3 different women’s households, about their experiences with genuine community, what it means to them, & why they’ve chosen to make it a priority. Tune in to hear about learning to love & be loved up close and personal; something that, at times, takes more grit than anything. • Hit subscribe! • Shoutout to riverwestfoodpantry.org & brewcitycatholic.com • further support Carrie in this project at patreon.com/ichoosegrit •

Carrie sits down with another neighbor/friend, Berta Hawley, who is also her hero. Berta was born with holes in her heart & entered the foster system at age 3 & despite both of these things causing major challenges in her ability to function well, she just graduated high school and started college this fall. She is a gritty, graceful, & straight-up beautiful human. // to further support Carrie in continuing this project: www.patreon.com/ichoosegrit

Joy Bass and her son, Rashad, sit down with Carrie to talk about some major challenges they faced as a family over the past year and a half. After experiencing a major move, their car being stolen, and job loss for Rashad, Rashad eventually found himself losing his ability to function due to challenges to his mental health. The gamechanger? Mom stepping in. (leave more about supporting this podcast at Patreon.com/ichoosegrit)

Today’s featured guest is Amanda Fahrendorf, Carrie’s friend & roommate, talking about a summer she spent as a missionary in Honduras that proved to be completely not what she imagined it would be (to say the least). Hear Amanda process this time of coming face to face with her own weaknesses, in a way that she can now say she is grateful for.

A conversation Carrie had with her friend/neighbor, Briana Mueller, on her lifelong experience of living with Type 1 Diabetes—a disease that doesn’t ever allow you to forget about it. (Also-some romance included😉). {further support Carrie in this project at www.patreon.com/ichoosegrit}

why I said yes to a JOB. as well as some unanticipated grief happening simultaneously.

A talk given by a member of Carrie’s neighborhood & parish, Aaron McCoy, to local young adults over the summer. Aaron melds together his firsthand experiences of racism within the church & within our country, a healing experience of conversion, & his knowledge of theology to inform our community on this issue & specifically how he feels Catholics should respond. He also graciously allows time to pick his brain through q&a. (Much of convo geared towards Catholic audience, worth hearing for all! forgive the un-ideal audio). FULL version of Aaron’s talk with presentation slides found here: https://youtu.be/qKR_IfgoYWA .

Carrie reflects on the accidental social experiment she found herself in the middle of after one whole year of doing interviews on suffering....making it kind of impossible for her to not talk about Jesus. Merry Christmas!! https://www.patreon.com/rss/ichoosegrit?auth=TMG2GzNBLsNw2noG6G-aLUiJca4b6V3z