Success looks different for each one of us - we all have unique goals, dreams, and aspirations. But regardless of what success means to you - there are some universal principals that you can apply to help you achieve everything God has for you. Today we're looking at 5 keys that you can use regardless of what season, age, or focus you have in life in order to fulfill your purpose and do the work you are called to do.

Life is filled with mountain and valley experiences. Mountaintop moments are wonderful and rejuvenating, they are victories won and dreams come true. Valleys are those overwhelming trials and hurts that come our way. Sometimes the valley seems to be too much to bear - the problem too big or the hurt too deep to overcome. But the Bible gives us the tools and training to get to the other side. This is more of a Bible study on three different valleys in the Word of God - what they picture, how they apply to our lives, and the eternal springing hope that we can find when we follow God's blueprint to find hope - even in our darkest valleys. I hope today's conversation encourages you the way studying it out and preparing it encouraged me!

Join us this week for the good, the bad, and the ugly. Drew jumps in with me again today to share what we learned (mostly the hard way) about what balance is, what balance isn't, and how it's drastically helped us get our priorities in order. The Bible teaches us there is a time for everything, and we need to learn how to allocate that time in a way that brings glory to God, and along the way, it brings a lot of health and joy and focus to our lives!

Relationships are the foundation for our life. Our relationship with God, relationship with friends, spouses, and family. Strong relationships do not happen on accident - they happen through honesty and intentional, purposeful work. They happen through communication and courage. Join me today, and listen to my husband and I have an open, vulnerable conversation about what it takes to make it work. It's long, it's honest, and I truly believe it will bless and encourage you as you seek to build deep, true, meaningful relationships with the people God has put in your life.

How do we trust God when we can't hear Him, or feel Him? How can we trust God when we feel forsaken, or when we're going through the greatest trial of our lives? Let's dive into the Word of God to see what God promises, and then see whether or not He keeps those promises. We can trust God's best!

Trust is hard, and it gets broken all the time - last episode we talked about where God tells us to place it. Today we're talking about how we're supposed to respond when it gets broken.

Trust is hard. Especially when people let you down, disappoint you, break confidence, and betray you. Trust is hard when life gets crazy and you're not sure where to turn. It's even worse when it's not put in the right place - when you trust the wrong person and it goes terribly wrong. But the good news is, there's a place to turn. Where you are guaranteed that trust will not be broken. God has kept His every promise, and He still does to this day. In spite of incredible uncertainty in our world today, we can rest in the supernatural peace that comes from placing our whole trust in God and His promises.

We live in a society where confidence is considered a virtue - confident people must be happy, healthy, rich, etc. But really, we don't live in a time where people have loads of confidence - we live in a time where people can portray loads of confidence on social media, but are afraid of relationships that aren't shallow for fear of being judged or disliked, or worst of all - maybe people will discover that we aren't perfect and we don't have it all together. Where are we supposed to find confidence, and how are we supposed to show up in community together? Join me today as we talk through what God has called us to do and who He has called us to be.

We are designed to learn for our entire lives, to grow and become who God created us to be. But how do you intentionally become a lifelong learner, and what are the marks of someone who has built that into the fabric of their lives? Join me today as we talk through how to learn and apply new things as we strive to serve and glorify God in our lives!

Welcome to The Grateful and Gritty Podcast! My name is Sydney, I'm your host. I'm a wife, business owner, lifelong learner, and follower of Jesus. I'm passionate about people and have a knack for business. My hope is that we can learn together about doing life with grace and grit. We'll talk about all things life from faith and finance to business and balance. My prayer is that this will be a place of help, encouragement, honest conversation, and authentic growth. Thank you for checking it out!