GHRITS

Purpose in the Pain | GHRITS Podcast What if the greatest purpose in your pain isn't what you overcome, but who you become in the process? In this deeply personal episode, host Mindy Brown reflects on five years of loss, rejection, financial struggles, and unexpected adversity following her decision to blow the whistle in 2021. Drawing inspiration from the biblical story of Job, Mindy shares h...

The Danger of Staying the Same: One Decision Can Change Everything You can't change yesterday, but one courageous decision today can change the direction of your tomorrow. What happens when we keep making the same decisions, following the same patterns, and expecting different outcomes? Sometimes the greatest danger isn't change. It's refusing to change when we know we're headed in...

GHRITS Podcast: One Year, 100+ Episodes, and We're Just Getting Started! 🎉 One year. Over 100 episodes. Countless life lessons. One mission: helping people take bold, uncomfortable action to move from  unstuck to unstoppable! In this special anniversary episode, Mindy Brown celebrates the GHRITS journey by revisiting powerful conversations about whistleblowing, resilience, leadership, integri...

Even Flowers Bloom Through Dirt Some of life's most beautiful growth comes from our most difficult seasons. In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown shares how the valleys of life often teach us more than the mountaintops ever could. Reflecting on her father's wisdom about life's challenges being "spiritual sandpaper," Mindy explores how difficult people, painful ex...

🎙️  The Future's Bright—Put Your Sunglasses On! 😎 | Turning Success Into Significance What if the true measure of success isn't what we accumulate, but what we give away? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown shares a heartfelt message about turning success into significance, honoring her father's legacy of generosity, and using God's blessings to make a difference in...

True leadership isn't just about courage, integrity, and accountability. It's also about mercy, grace, and forgiveness. How do we extend grace to those who have disappointed us, betrayed us, or even intentionally hurt us? And how do we forgive without compromising our values? In this episode of the  GHRITS Podcast , Mindy Brown explores the power of leading with compassion, forgiving our e...

Fierce Leadership for Change | GHRITS Podcast What does it take to stand for what is right when standing comes at a personal cost? Fierce leadership isn't about titles, recognition, or having everyone agree with you. It's about courage, conviction, integrity, and believing in a cause greater than yourself. In 2021, I became a whistleblower and lost my job after speaking up about concerns i...

Make Your Mess Your Message | GHRITS Podcast with Mindy Brown What if the greatest pain you've experienced becomes the very thing God uses to fulfill your greatest purpose? Inspired by Robin Roberts and the powerful wisdom of her mother, "Make your mess your message," this episode explores how God can transform our hardships into hope, our pain into purpose, and our struggles into op...

People Before Personal Gain: The Courage to Do What's Right What would our world look like if we put people before personal gain? Philippians 2:3–4 reminds us to do nothing from selfish ambition, but in humility to count others more significant than ourselves. In this episode of GHRITS, Mindy Brown explores what it truly means to lead with humility, kindness, courage, and integrity. From prote...

What are you feeding your mind? And how much influence are you allowing other people to have over your thoughts, emotions, and peace? In today's episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown shares a powerful reminder from Ephesians 6:17 about putting on the helmet of salvation and protecting our minds. Negative thinking, or what some call stinking thinking, can affect our mood, steal our joy, an...

There is power in the word  no . Sometimes the biggest giants in our lives are fear, intimidation, manipulation, regret, or the pressure to keep following a path we know is wrong. But no matter what you have done, believed, or participated in before, you can make a different choice today. In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown talks about courage, boundaries, discernment, standing in y...

What does it really mean to ask God to soften your heart? Life can make us angry, guarded, and focused on the people who hurt us—the lies, gossip, manipulation, betrayal, and disappointment. But what if God is calling us to redirect that energy toward something bigger? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown explores the difference between being offended and being called to stand for wh...

What does it look like to choose love when love is difficult? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown talks about having the courage to do good even when others have hurt you, misunderstood you, or failed to love you well. Sometimes you cannot change another person, what happened, or the choices they made. But you can choose how you respond. You can choose courage over bitterness, goodn...

What happens when life stretches you beyond what you thought you could handle? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, we’re talking about  self-efficacy —the belief that even when you don’t know exactly how you’ll get through something, you trust that you will find a way. Hard seasons can stretch us, shape us, and sometimes break us open to something new. Through the struggle, we can become strong...

What does it really mean to lead—and to follow—with your eyes wide open? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown talks about trust, discernment, accountability, motives, and the responsibility both leaders and followers carry. Leadership should never be about ego, control, power, or blind loyalty. It should be about integrity, protecting people, doing what is right, and having the coura...

Tunnel vision can be dangerous in leadership. When we become so focused on the win, the goal, or proving that our original plan will work, we can miss something far more important:  the outcome and the people involved. In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown talks about the importance of knowing when to push forward, when to pivot, when to wait, and when the wisest answer may simply be ...

Fortitude isn’t about getting the outcome you hoped for. It’s about having the courage to stand for what is right, even when the road is difficult, uncertain, or costly. In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown explores what fortitude really means and how challenging seasons can shape us into stronger, wiser, more courageous people. Sometimes the greatest victory isn’t what changes aroun...

Fall: Proof That Change Can Be a Beautiful Thing Fall reminds us that change doesn’t always have to be something we fear. The leaves change. The air gets cooler. Football returns, bonfires are burning, hoodies come back out, and we begin moving toward a season filled with family, traditions, and memories. But fall can also remind us of something deeper:  we can turn over a new leaf too. Just becau...

Are We Paying Attention? From what I’ve seen around the funeral home business, there are times when death calls seem to come one after another—and it makes you stop, think, and ask questions. In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, we explore the rapid growth of artificial intelligence and technology, the importance of human oversight, and why asking responsible questions matters when technology to...

What If It All Works Out? We spend so much time asking,  “What if it goes wrong?” What if I fail? What if they reject me? What if the door never opens? What if things don’t change? But what if we asked a different question? What if it all works out? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown talks about choosing hope over fear, trusting God when you can’t see the outcome, and having the co...

In this heartfelt tribute to Dolly Parton, we reflect on something bigger than her music, fame, or success—we reflect on her heart. Dolly lived a life of kindness, generosity, faith, service, and love. She invested in children, gave without needing recognition, accepted people where they were, and used her life to leave others better than she found them. So today, we ask:  What would Dolly do? She...

What does it really mean to live an abundant life? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown challenges the idea that abundance is measured by money, property, possessions, or how much we can accumulate. True abundance goes much deeper. It is found in  our relationship with God, the peace we carry within, the joy in our hearts, and the relationships we share with the people we love. The h...

Put Down Your Stones Before we judge, condemn, or seek to hurt someone else, we need to remember the words of Jesus: “He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her.” — John 8:7 In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, we talk about forgiveness, guilt, shame, grace, and learning to put down the stones we’ve been carrying. Your past does not have to become your future. Your harde...

What are you willing to stand for that is greater than yourself? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown talks about standing for purpose even through hardship, valleys, mistakes, and setbacks. She shares why protecting children, preserving freedom, and standing against human and drug trafficking and exploitation should be causes that bring us together—not divide us. This isn’t about po...

What do you do when life hits a crisis? In this episode of the GHRITS Podcast, Mindy Brown walks through the GHRITS framework—Gratitude, Hope, Resilience, Intuition, Tenacity, and Significance—and how these principles can guide us through adversity, uncertainty, and difficult decisions. A crisis can become an opportunity to learn, unlearn, relearn, lead differently, and begin again. Because no mat...