What if JOY is actually not a joke and loving your life (even when you don't like it) an act of resistance? In this episode, Mary sits down with author and host of the Real Talk podcast, Rachel Awtrey to unpack the myths and truths around the messy, mundane, and magnificent parts of a BOTH/AND life, as explored in Rachel's new book Love Your Life (Even When You Don't Like It All the Time).

In this episode, you'll discover:

• What to do with the shame around not liking what seems to be a very "likable" life to the rest of the world
• What it looks like to "overwater" our own lives, and why abundance sometimes means LESS
• The tension between radical acceptance of what IS and not letting that turn into APATHY toward what could be
• How being uncomfortable reminds us of our need for a COMFORTER… but also not believing that you have to forever stay in struggle in order to be close to God.
• Letting go of the belief that just because it's HARD it must also mean you aren't meant to do it.

After listening, you'll walk away with a whole new perspective on holding both grief and joy in the same hand, naming what's hard in order to change it, and celebrating the life you have (not the one you WISH you had).

Follow Rachel here: https://www.instagram.com/rachel.awtrey/?hl=en

Get Rachel's new book Love Your Life (Even When You Don't Like it All The Time): A Realistic Guide to Unlocking Joy in Life's Messy, Mundane, and Magnificent Moments