Sucker Punched

Kate wasn't ever really sure where she fit in and the disappointment of living in South Africa while her mom was dying of cancer challenged her to rethink what "home" and "belonging" really meant to her.

Get Kate's book A Place To Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging

Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable

Links from this episode:

• Annie F. Downs' podcast That Sounds Fun
• Truece App
• BRAVEtogether TO GO
• BRAVEtogether on Facebook
• Resonate Recordings

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When Jennifer was 24, she was passed over for a job she had her heart set on. While hindsight has given her some perspective on the size of that disappointment, Jennifer and Becky discuss how even small disappointments can be extremely painful.

Jennifer's new book, It's All Under Control, is for women who are facing really hard things and just trying to keep it all together.

Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable

Links from this episode:

• It's All Under Control: A Journey of Letting Go, Hanging On, and Finding a Peace You Almost Forgot Was Possible by Jennifer Dukes Lee
• The Happiness Dare by Jennifer Dukes Lee
• Love Idol by Jennifer Dukes Lee
• Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell
• Landline by Rainbow Rowell
• Attachments by Rainbow Rowell
• Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell
• Decision Making and the Will of God by Garry Friesen
• The Next Right Thing with Emily P Freeman

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Jonathan, a writer, has a chronic pain disorder in his hands. What began as a great disappointment turned into an opportunity to grow and get to know God more deeply.

Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable

Links from this episode:

• Learning To Speak God From Scratch by Jonathan Merritt
• Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey
• It's Not Supposed To Be This Way by Lysa TerKeurst

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Becky explores what it means to be disappointed and what disappointment with herself, with others, and with God has looked like in her own life. Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable Links from this episode:

• Disappearing Act: Let Your Grief Breathe
• Resonate Recordings
• BeautyCounter with Theresa Idoux
• Resiliency Coaching
• BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat
• Email List & 3 Truths (and a lie) For When Life is Ridiculously Hard

Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy PATREON: patreon.com/BeckyLMcCoy Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/SuckerPunched Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Disappointment is one of those yucky emotions, but what if it's not all bad?

Becky shares how grief impacts her life in unexpected ways and how she's learned to let go of things instead of trying to be awesome at everything all the time. Links from this episode:

• Disappearing Act: Let Your Grief Breathe
• Resonate Recordings
• BeautyCounter with Theresa Idoux
• Resiliency Coaching
• BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat
• Email List & 3 Truths (and a lie) For When Life is Ridiculously Hard

Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy PATREON: patreon.com/BeckyLMcCoy Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/SuckerPunched Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.