Almost Grown Up

In this episode, Nic is joined by his wife Janna for an honest, slightly awkward, and definitely unscripted conversation about how they’re learning to talk to their kids about sex while still healing from the way they were raised. This is part two of the Let’s Talk About Sex series. If part one (with Cindy Wang Brandt) was the wise, expert perspective… this is the messy middle. The part where you’...

Most of us didn’t grow up with healthy, honest conversations about sex. Instead we got silence, shame, and weird youth group analogies about chewed gum and crumpled hearts. So how do we, as adults and parents, break that cycle? In Part 1 of this four-part series, I sit down with author and parenting expert Cindy Wang Brandt to talk about how purity culture shaped our understanding of sex (or compl...

This isn’t a how-to guide. No abs in 30 days. No fitness challenges. It’s just the real story of how I hit rock bottom. I was laid off, drinking daily, completely untethered and one day decided, “I can’t live like this anymore.” What followed was four years of figuring it out from scratch: P90X in the bedroom, breaking a rib deadlifting, botched bulks, body image issues, and eventually standing on...

At some point, we all hit that “Is this actually my life?” moment. Maybe it sneaks up on you in a work meeting that should have been an email. Maybe it happens when you catch yourself getting way too excited about a new vacuum. Or maybe it’s bigger than that. Feeling stuck. Restless. Like something in your life isn’t working, but you’re not sure what to do about it. So… is this an actual crisis? O...

Grief is weird. You think you know how it works: someone dies, you feel sad, you move through the "stages," and eventually, you're fine. Except... that's not how it goes at all. Because nobody tells you that grief isn’t just for funerals. It’s not just for old people, dramatic movie scenes, or those “thoughts and prayers” moments. It’s something that sneaks up on you when you least expect it: a so...

Ever walk into a room and immediately realize: you’re the only one? The only Black person in a white space. The only woman in a boardroom full of men. The only creative in a room of corporate drones. The only one who didn’t grow up in church. The only single person in a room full of married couples calling each other babe . That feeling? It hits different. This week, I’m sitting down with Michael...

Remember when you were a kid and adults would ask, “What do you wanna be when you grow up?” Like it was a simple question. Like there was just one answer. Like we’d all just wake up one day and magically know. Yeah. That didn’t happen. Instead, we grew up, got jobs, paid bills, had existential crises at 2 AM, and wondered if we somehow missed the memo on how to be a real adult. In this episode, we...

You ever stop mid-sentence while parenting and think, Wait… is this gonna mess them up? Because honestly, there should be a check engine light for parenting. 🚨 DING! "Hey, maybe don’t yell about spilled juice, because, fun fact, they’re a toddler, and that’s just what they do. " Today, we’re asking the question every parent secretly fears: Are we totally screwing up our kids? We’re talk...

Why didn’t anyone warn us that adulthood = permanent exhaustion? They hyped up the “freedom” part but left out the nonstop responsibilities, unpaid Uber shifts for our kids, and the fact that rest is basically a myth. In this episode of Almost Grown-Up , we’re tackling the biggest scam of all: why we’re always so damn tired. The nonstop mental tabs running in our heads (Why can’t I remember what I...

Making friends as an adult is awkward, weird, and somehow harder than dating. So why is it so damn difficult—and how do you fix it? This week, I’m joined by my friend Jonathan Hammond to break down: ✅ Why adult friendships feel impossible (and why nobody warns you) ✅ The awkward reality of trying to make new friends after 30 ✅ How to actually keep friendships alive—even when life gets in the wa...

What happens when the life you built together starts to fall apart? In this very first episode of Almost Grown-Up, my wife, Janna, joins me to talk about how losing my faith nearly wrecked our marriage—and, somehow, made us stronger in the end. We’re diving into the messy middle of our story: the early days of being all-in on church and ministry, the fallout of questioning everything we thought we...

🎧 I was diagnosed with ADHD at 34—and suddenly, my entire life made sense. Like so many late-diagnosed adults, I spent years masking my symptoms without even realizing it. I wasn’t forgetful, I was hyper-organized. I wasn’t inattentive, I was just meticulous. But in reality? I was overcompensating for a brain that was constantly running on overdrive. In this episode, I break down: ✅ The signs of...

Welcome to ‘Almost Grown-Up,’ the podcast for people who are technically adults but still feel like they’re faking it. Hosted by Nic, this show dives into the messy, hilarious, and real moments of life—faith deconstruction, parenting chaos, career upheavals, and everything in between. In this trailer, Nic shares the wake-up call that changed everything, why he’s questioning everything he once beli...