This week on Real Honest, we explore truth & kindness. If truth without kindness is brutality, and kindness without truth is manipulation, what about being brutally honest for one's own good? If we continue to avoid truth in order to avoid pain, are we actually accomplishing that goal, or delaying the inevitable and making things worse?

• 00:00 Intro 
• 01:06 Goals check-in
• 04:44 What I’m learning from God right now
• 11:15 Kindness & truth
• 39:00 Hard conversation of the week
• 45:15 What I’m watching right now

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Why can’t we all just mind our own damn business?

Too many people are out here screaming into the void trying to change the minds and actions of people they don’t know and will never meet.

We’ve been placed in certain people’s lives, and vice versa — let’s focus on the people we do know.

• 00:00 Intro 
• 00:48 Goals check-in
• 03:03 What I’m learning from God right now
• 12:56 Why is it so hard for everyone to mind their own damn business?
• 27:15 Hard conversation of the week
• 32:41 What I’m watching right now

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Last week, we discussed what it means to treat your energy like it's expensive. But are we closing ourselves off to true connection when deciding who can afford it? This week, we're diving a little deeper into questions like "What if we're never on the same page?" and "What if the person I choose to give my energy to doesn't choose me back?"

• 00:00 Intro 
• 04:20 Goals check-in
• 09:21 What I’m learning from God right now
• 23:34 True connection feels so rare
• 36:21 Hard conversation of the week
• 44:36 Is it impossible?
• 45:23 What I’m watching right now

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As Taylor said on New Heights, you should treat your energy like it's expensive, and not everyone can afford it. Let's talk about how we can do this, and also what other costs are involved besides energy.

• 00:00 Intro 
• 05:07 Goals check-in
• 06:54 What I’m learning from God right now
• 10:23 Treat your energy like it’s expensive
• 21:06 What’s the cost?
• 24:52 Hard conversation of the week
• 31:47 What I’m watching right now

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Is it better to have loved and lost, or to have never loved at all?

If time lets the fire die, how do we stay motivated?

This week on Real Honest I explore these questions, how they apply to relationships, and process through whether having good friendships in the past is helping or hurting my friendships in the present.

• 00:00 Intro 
• 03:50 Goals check-in
• 08:20 What I’m learning from God right now
• 09:45 Is it better to have loved & lost, or to have never loved at all?
• 15:17 Hard conversation of the week
• 29:44 Tayvis engagement reactions
• 35:24 What I’m watching right now

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Let's explore the subtle ways our lives are shaped without us even realizing it. Inspired by John Mark Comer’s Practicing the Way, I examine the unconscious spiritual, personal, and psychological formation happening through our habits, relationships, and life stories.

• 00:00 Intro 
• 00:41 Goals check-in
• 04:59 What I’m learning from God right now
• 09:22 Who are you becoming?
• 23:46 Hard conversation of the week
• 31:47 What I’m watching right now

Learn more about Practicing the Way: https://launch.practicingtheway.org/

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Inspired by a lyric from Taylor Swift’s Stay Stay Stay, let's explore what it takes for someone to really “memorize” you. The small, consistent acts that make someone feel seen, understood, and loved. Whether in relationships or faith, learning to notice, remember, and cherish the details can transform how we connect with others.

• 00:00 Intro 
• 02:14 Relational intimacy
• 09:02 What makes you feel known?
• 14:49 Building intimacy with God
• 19:50 Hard conversation of the week
• 32:09 What I’m reading right now

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Have you ever felt like there’s something you were meant to do? A purpose, a calling, a mission—something impossible but deeply meaningful that you’re striving for? What if the impossibility is the point? What if we’re meant to need something bigger than ourselves to dream the impossible, to need God, and to keep becoming even when we don't arrive?

• 00:00 Intro 
• 02:09 Goals check-in/life updates
• 07:25 The quote that sparked it all
• 13:14 The thing you’re meant to do
• 19:54 Hard conversation of the week
• 24:50 What I'm watching right now

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Healing sounds good. Positive. Rewarding. Exciting, even…until it costs you your comfort. This week, I’m wrestling with a question Lisa Harper recently asked: Do you want to be healed or do you want to be comfortable? Let’s talk about why we resist healing, how comfort keeps us stuck, and what it really takes to let God do the deep work.

• 00:00 Intro 
• 02:00 Goals check-in
• 13:30 What I’m learning from God rn
• 17:04 Topic: When comfort becomes a cage
• 25:34 Hard convo of the week
• 34:22 Watch K-Pop Demon Hunters or else

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Breaking down another song I wrote in high school...

• 00:00 Intro 
• 03:30 Crying All Alone
• 06:37 Lyric Breakdown

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