Grace In Real Life podcast

What is it like to be an Enneagram Nine? How can we avoid settling for a false peace? Is expressing what you need and want not as selfish as it seems? In this interview, writer, wife, mom, and Enneagram Nine Karen Gauvreau  shares with us: How not to be a wishy-washy mom, Three reasons why Nines are resistant to bringing up their hurt feelings, And how not to talk to a Nine. If you are a Nine, kno...

We're talking about Jesus, our tiredness, and His With-Ness. At the end, I offer up a simple prayer.  It's the end of 2020 -- if you're listening to this in real-time -- and you are tired. Today's episode meets you right where you are, and is a shot of grace straight to your heart.  There are no steps. No points or principles that all start with the same alliterative letter. Nope. Just you. Just J...

What is it like to be an Enneagram Eight? How can an Eight (or any of us!) learn to be vulnerable when we hate showing our weaknesses? How can we redefine failure? In this interview, author and wife Celia Miller shares with us: What confrontation really is, What to do when you're afraid of letting down your walls to allow others in, How the gospel is really a battle for our hearts and for love, Th...

What's really going on when we want to put on our comfy pants and not engage with people? We are all tired of adulting and over-analyzing, and being hyper-vigilant about All The Things. We just want a break because this has been one crazy year, so, in this episode, we break down: What we mean by "comfy pants" Why we all want to put on our comfy pants  And a choose-your-own grace-filled next step....

This episode is all about your thought life and how it influences how you live, whether you strive or steward, whether you pursue your passion or you sit on the sidelines, and whether you move your dreams into reality or you stay stuck. In this interview, Refresh conference founder, wife, and mom Sarah Birkbeck shares with us: What slips us into a "striving mentality" and how we can stop it dead i...

What is it like to be an Enneagram Seven? When you love to chase the joy, how do Sevens handle the hard? How can you love the Sevens in your life well?  In this interview, wife, mom, author, podcaster, runner, and Enneagram Seven Dorina Gilmore shares with us: What a Seven longs for above all, The most counter-intuitive way to extend grace to yourself,  Two practical ways to rest when you have a j...

In this episode, we talk about the importance of grieving hurts, losses, and the hardship of 2020, so we can whole-heartedly embrace thankfulness. We break down: What hardships we're grieving  Why we feel the pressure to be thankful Our default methods for handling grief Jesus' way of practicing grief and thankfulness And what to do if you truly cannot feel thankful this season. So if you're wonde...

What is it like to be an Enneagram Six? What are practical ways to handle the anxiety that Sixes (and others!) experience? How can you love the Sixes in your life well? In this interview, Camden and I break down: What it's like to be an Enneagram Six How to keep yourself from over-analyzing so you can make a decision How to strengthen your trust-in-God muscle And one practical strategy to keep you...

How can we respond as grace-givers and Christ-followers when we experience unkind, hurtful, and shocking interactions with friends and family about the election? What do we do when people's reactions to the election drive are exasperating and exhausting? In this episode, we will: Process what you're feeling and experiencing Decide what to do next. (I share some do's and don'ts, and not one idea is...

What is it like to be an Enneagram Five? How can we love the Fives in our lives well? What can all of us learn about staying engaged in community even when we'd rather put on our comfy pants and avoid people?  In this interview, Loretta Gjeltema shares with us: What it's like to be an Enneagram Five 3 strategies to keep you in community even when you want to shut down What happens when Fives don't...

Today, we're getting freedom from the pressure of doing All The Things and the distraction of shiny things. This podcast is for you if you feel pulled by lesser things but want to be focused on the lasting things or if your current pace makes you feel like you're running into the ground. When devastation has wrecked your life or if you're telling yourself to just think happier thoughts, this inter...

What it's like to be an Enneagram Four? What can you do when you struggle with contentment and comparison? And how in the world can you practice silence when your house is loud? In this episode, I talk with Sarah E. Westfall, an Enneagram Four. We talk about: the difference between rigidity and rhythms the spiritual discipline of sharing the spotlight how to not stay stuck in your emotions and why...

If you're struggling with how a Christian should engage with the government, or God's stance on politics, or what it means to be a voting human in the world today, you're in the right place because today we're finding hope in the midst of a bruising election year. If you're worried and weary in the fall of 2020, there's plenty of grace and hope to be found. Today we're talking about what is true a...

Episode #36: What is your Enneagram type's super-power for offering grace this election season? No matter your Enneagram type or political affiliation or age, you are struggling with this election. Over and over statements like this jumped out in my research + preparation: "The level of polarization is so high" "I'm staying off social media" "There's no debate or discussion; only attacks." "If you...

What is it like to be an Enneagram Three? How can Threes extend grace to themselves? How can we handle interruptions gracefully? And what can we do to balance our love of task with our love of people? We continue our every-other-week Enneagram series of digging deep into the Enneagram as Grace In Real Life talks with Enneagram Three Rebecca Peet. In this interview, Rebecca and I break down: What i...

Today we're talking about how to give grace to others during the election season. We're going to break down: Our cultural M.O. every election cycle Our three options about how to act And practical ways to extend grace to ourselves and others during the election season. We want to answer this question: How can we love and give grace to people we completely disagree with? Let's start by remembering...

We continue our every-other-week Enneagram series of digging deep into the Enneagram as Grace In Real Life talks with Enneagram Two Natalie Gingrich. The Enneagram allows you to peel back all the behaviors, patterns, and coping mechanisms that conceal the real you. Knowing your Enneagram type allows you to recognize why you do what you do. Then you can exchange hurtful mindsets and behaviors for G...

Today, we're talking about what it means to embrace the grace of living where you are, with your people, doing what God has invited you to do right at this moment by chatting with author, wife, and mom Kennan Buckner.  You'll love Kennan if you're a planner, have lots of dreams and ideas, are a former work-outside-the-home-mom who now stays-at-home, if you Love sugar, and just want everyone to do...

We're launching a series of interviews with women of each Enneagram type. But you may be wondering, "What does the Enneagram have to do with grace?" The Enneagram allows you to peel back all the behaviors, patterns, and coping mechanisms that conceal the real you. Knowing your Enneagram type allows you to recognize why you do what you do. Then you can exchange hurtful mindsets and behaviors for Go...

Today, we're talking about how to give yourself compassion as you enter the fall. Over the next 10 minutes, we'll break down three ways you can be kind, gentle, and gracious with yourself this back-to-school season (or really any new season!). Be kind to you.  You're a good woman going through a hard season in unpredictable times, and you're doing it! You can be kind to you by: recognizing what yo...

Today we're talking about how to acknowledge your feelings but not stay stuck in them. Over the next 20 minutes, we'll break down: how to honor our emotions without being overwhelmed by them So we can act in love I feel a tension between, and maybe you feel it too, the desire to feel what I need to feel while knowing I can't stay immobilized because I need to act. I know I can't stay stuck in my f...

Our kids need prayer at the start of every school year. But this year, the need to pray feels a bit more urgent. We love our kids and know how worried, excited, nervous, and ready they are. So what we can do is pray. And while we're praying for our children today, please remember to lift up t eachers, a dministrators, a nd school leaders. In this episode, we pray for freedom for our children in th...

You and I wrestle with what's going on, how to process it, what to do next, how to get on board with what God is doing in the world, and how to make wise decisions for our people.  We're asking a lot of questions, and I know you are too: When will things go back to normal? Why is everything so hard? Should I be doing this? (And this could mean taking the girls with me to the grocery store or agree...

In this episode, we continue to give language to what's been floating around in our brains. We are sitting together as a community of try-hard girls to process all that's going on.  So for the next 20 minutes, grab a cup of coffee and join me in talking about: What we've learned about ourselves during this season How God is here even in the midst of all our crazy, And practical ways to break out o...

We're going to take a minute to process what we're feeling and how God meets us right where we are. In this episode, we give language to what's floating around in our brains. So for the next twenty minutes, we will imagine we are sitting at my kitchen table together, talking through: What we've learned about ourselves during this season How God is here even in the midst of all this crazy-town, And...