Freedom Camp Podcast

Send us Fan Mail What if your body isn’t broken… but your partner and helper instead? In this episode, we explore one of the core Freedom Camp shifts: moving from fighting your body to partnering with it. You’ll hear: A personal story of frustration, symptoms, and elimination The surprising connection between cravings and emotional needs Why awareness changes more than willpower ever could How a r...

Send us Fan Mail What if knowing who God says you are… and living from that truth are two very different things? In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore the tension between spiritual truth and lived experience when it comes to identity. God has already called us, redeemed us, forgiven us, and made us whole. Our work isn’t to earn our identity, but to learn how to receive the identi...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever felt a gut nudge and immediately wondered, “Is that God… or is that me?” In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore intuition as one of the ways God speaks and how discernment helps us respond with wisdom, not emotional urgency. You’ll learn: A simple framework: intuition = noticing, discernment = responding Why “filters” matter (roles, personality wirin...

Send us Fan Mail In today’s episode, we’re talking about discernment, presence, and peace and what it really means to be at peace in your spirit even when your mind, body, and circumstances haven’t caught up yet. Sometimes when we’re in a season that requires discernment, we may feel spiritually anchored, yet our nervous system is activated, our thoughts are racing, and our emotions are trying to...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore the quiet, inherited roles many of us grew up carrying… and how they’ve shaped the way we see ourselves, respond to others, and move through the world. Not from blame or shame But from compassion, clarity, and freedom. We look at roles like fixer, peacemaker, eldest daughter, achiever, caretaker, invisible one, and explore ho...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I share a real-life story the last couple weeks, that I'm still in, that is showing me, in real time, what growing in freedom is actually doing in me. Helping one of our Great Pyrenees deliver and care for a litter of puppies has been a perfect example of the value and benefit of Freedom Camp in real time - in the middle of life. There were heat lamps, whelpin...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when God speaks identity over you… but your lived experience doesn’t match it yet? This Christmas reflection looks at Mary not as a stained-glass figure, but as a real young woman receiving a calling she didn’t feel ready for — confused, human, yet still deeply favored. In this episode, we explore: • When “favored” doesn’t feel believable • Why God-sized assignments...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we explore the deeply personal question: What is holy to YOU? So many of us enter December carrying pressure instead of presence. We try to create a meaningful season, but somewhere along the way, we confuse sacredness with stress. Jesus modeled something different — a life where holiness wasn’t performed but carried, where presence mattered more than presentation...

Send us Fan Mail What kind of ripple are you sending into your home, your family, your holidays… your own heart? In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore the quiet power of your inner atmosphere and how it creates a ripple effect everywhere you go. I share a real-life “Wookiee cookie” story (yes, really 🍪) where a simple baking fail became a moment of decision: Will I ripple stress...

Send us Fan Mail Today, we’re exploring something deeply needed in this season: + identifying the atmosphere you carry + how to host yourself well + and how your internal world/atmosphere shapes every room you walk into. Whether it’s Thanksgiving, Christmas gatherings, family events, daily life, or even any kind of project — like the truth is: wherever you go, there you are. So the most important...

Send us Fan Mail I share a spontaneous “bathtub prayer” that revealed a missing layer in my forgiveness journey— forgiving myself —and why that choice can free your energy, soothe your nervous system, and reopen connection with God, your body, and others. Episode Highlights: The onion-layers of forgiveness: why issues return at deeper levels Autoimmune insight: moving from body-attack to body-part...

Send us Fan Mail This time of year — darker days, busy schedules, holiday expectations — our bodies start whispering… sometimes yelling, and it doesn’t always feel good. In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, Gretchen invites you to slow down and discover your right tempo . Instead of pushing harder or striving for perfection, learn to listen, partner, and cooperate with the rhythms your bod...

Send us Fan Mail Finding Your Frequency: The Energy of Sustainable Change Ever start strong with a new habit only to run out of steam? Want to sustain the new pace? First check if it is YOUR rhythm, or someone else's. In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast , we’ll explore what it really takes to make change that lasts. Using the My Frequency for Freedom framework, you’ll learn how to tun...

Send us Fan Mail What if the words you speak to yourself appeared on your skin — would you still see yourself as beautiful? Most of us are living under the influence of a silent story we don’t even realize we’re telling — a constant background narrative made up of beliefs, labels, expectations, and lies we’ve absorbed over a lifetime. In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast , we’re pulling tha...

Send us Fan Mail Do you dread the shorter days, darker mornings, and long nights that come with fall and winter? You’re not alone. Millions of people experience seasonal affective disorder (SAD) and the emotional weight that comes with this time of year. But what if — like Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit — you could rewrite your story before the hard season even begins? In this episode, I share how I...

Send us Fan Mail Emotions are not good or bad — they’re energy. They fuel us, drain us, or steady us. And the same emotion can shift depending on the season you’re in. In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, Gretchen Knode explores: +Why emotions are better understood as energy, not labels +The continuum of draining, neutral, and energizing emotions +How  sadness, anger, and calm can show up...

Send us Fan Mail Ever had that moment where you or someone in your house gets sick — and you realize you’re totally unprepared? That happened to me last week. I woke up with a scratchy throat and by afternoon it felt like I’d been hit by a Mack truck. All I wanted to do was rest, but instead I had to scramble. I was doing more work before I could even begin to heal. That’s why I’m sharing this sim...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I reflect on a recent Freedom Camp session where the hardest part wasn’t naming our losses — it was turning toward love. Why does self-love feel so foreign when we’re grieving? Why do the simplest acts of kindness toward ourselves feel impossible? We’ll explore: Childhood messages that taught us to minimize grief. Why grief without love becomes despair — but grief...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like the last stretch of the year sneaks up on you? School starts, the holidays loom, family expectations pile up, sugar and chaos are everywhere, and suddenly the year feels overwhelming. In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast , Gretchen invites you to pause, reset, and choose how you want to finish the year. Here’s what you’ll discover:  ✅ Why September–December...

Send us Fan Mail “If it’s your job to eat a frog, it’s best to do it first thing in the morning.” – Mark Twain This episode explores the surprising connection between soul care and “eating the frog” — tackling the hard, emotionally resistant things that drain us. Too often, we either push through without tending to our inner life (burnout) or we rest without moving forward (stagnation). Freedom co...

Send us Fan Mail What do you do when the plan runs out, the money’s not there, and the next step feels like walking into the unknown? In this honest, soul-rooted episode of The Freedom Camp Podcast, I share a real-life story about waiting on provision and choosing to trust when there’s no visible way forward. You’ll be invited to reflect on your own “faith tension” and build a simple, sustaining p...

Send us Fan Mail Ever feel like your soul is just… tired? Like no matter how much you rest, something invisible still weighs you down? In this episode, we’re unpacking the emotional backpack most of us carry every day — filled with guilt, people-pleasing, resentment, and responsibilities that were never ours to begin with. We do it thinking it will keep the peace… but really, it just keeps us exha...

Send us Fan Mail This week on the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore the subtle, often invisible ways we perform, control, and people-please — not for power, but for protection. 💭 What if control isn’t about dominance... but about feeling safe? You’ll hear about how even “I’m fine” can be a mask, how shape-shifting to avoid conflict becomes second nature, and how the survival self can quietly run t...