The Journey to Joy with Coach Lisa Grace

If you've read the books, followed the accounts, tried the habits, and still feel like you're right back where you started — this episode is not going to tell you to try harder. It's going to show you why trying harder was never the answer. Real change doesn't happen all at once. And if you've been forcing it like it should, that's exactly why it keeps falling apart. In this episode, Lisa covers:...

If you've ever exploded over something small and wondered why it hit so hard — or if you've spent years managing, avoiding, and pushing down emotions that keep finding their way back up — this episode is going to give you a picture that makes everything make sense. Because it's not about the person. It's not even really about the moment. It goes a lot deeper than that. In this episode, Lisa covers...

If you're exhausted, reactive, or constantly frustrated that the people around you aren't meeting you halfway — and you haven't stopped to ask what you actually need first — this episode is for you. If you've ever bent over backwards for someone — given up sleep, skipped your own needs, pushed yourself past empty — and then watched it not even matter, you know exactly how fast the blame can follow...

If you've been let down by enough people — friends, partners, anyone you put your faith in — your brain starts building a case. A convincing one. A list of everyone who cast you aside, used you, didn't show up. But here's what nobody tells you: the trust that's actually broken isn't with them. It's with you. In this episode, Lisa covers: Why feeling betrayed and let down by others is really a sign...

If someone in your life has ever told you that you have patterns — that you keep attaching to people, repeating the same cycles, stuck doing the same things — and it made you feel worse instead of better, this episode is going to hit different. Because here's what nobody tells you: as long as you give your patterns the power, you give away the one thing that was yours all along. In this episode, L...

If you've been through divorce, loss, or a major life crisis and you just can't make yourself move forward — no matter how hard you push — this episode explains exactly why. You're not broken. You're not failing. You're in a phase. And until you know which one, you'll keep trying to force productivity that isn't ready to come yet. In this episode, Lisa covers: Why people get stuck after divorce, j...

This was a tough one! Ripe from what was the hardest thing I've ever had to do, tell my kids I was divorcing their father, I share what happened next. I break down what “processing emotion” actually looks like (and what it doesn’t ). Through a raw, real story—complete with a one-way plane ticket, a heavy carry-on bag full of “gifts no one asked for,” and a silent drive that changed everything...

In this powerful episode, Lisa is joined by Matthew Richardson- after a late-night Instagram scroll led her straight to his vulnerable testimony about coming to Christ. What follows is an honest, Spirit-filled conversation about true conversion—what it actually means to know the Savior, not just know scripture or “check the boxes.” Matthew shares parts of his story he was terrified to say out loud...

Trust, surrender, and the quiet miracles that unfold when you stop doing life alone. In this deeply personal solo episode, Lisa reflects on a five-month journey of prayer, patience, and learning how to truly ask—rather than tell—God what she needed. Through the emotional process of selling her Idaho home while transitioning to Hawaii, she shares how divine timing, alignment, and support showed up...

In the latest episode of the Journey to Joy podcast, host Lisa Grace sits down with Tiffani Barton, a coach and mentor specializing in boundaries. Their conversation dives deep into the importance of knowing oneself, advocating for personal needs, and the transformative power of setting healthy boundaries. As Tiffani shares her journey from illness to empowerment, listeners are reminded of the pro...

Lisa shares a powerful realization: when change is driven by pain, it rarely lasts. After entering a season of peace and safety, an unexpected emotional trigger revealed something deeper—she wasn’t clear on her needs, so she couldn’t communicate them. This led her back into survival mode, exhaustion, and the desire to be “rescued.” The breakthrough? Lasting change doesn’t come from escaping discom...

Lisa and Anniken Binz unpack a pattern almost every high-achieving woman shares: pushing through the day on adrenaline, waiting to rest until you’ve “earned it,” and then crashing on an empty tank. From the real-life moment of resisting a simple grounding break (because it didn’t give a dopamine hit), to the unexpected magic that happened when they did slow down—Lisa shows what it looks like to re...

In this deeply spiritual solo episode, Lisa shares what happens after a big life change—when you’re no longer who you were, but you’re not fully “home” in the new you yet. After moving to Hawaii, she realizes the unfamiliar feeling isn’t wrong… it’s holy. It’s the evidence that God is rebuilding her from the inside out. Through stories of routine, visitors, self-sacrifice patterns, and the moment...

Lisa is joined by longtime friends Eric and Emily Orton to explore how joy is built through intention, rhythm, and self-trust—especially on days when motivation feels low. Drawing from their experience living on a sailboat, building a business together, and navigating nearly 30 years of marriage, they share powerful metaphors for routine, resilience, and aligned growth. This episode reminds us tha...

Lisa sits down with Adam Frugoli to explore what it really means to choose yourself when life doesn’t offer a safety net. Adam shares his journey from poverty, instability, and dropping out of high school to becoming a nationally recognized business leader—without formal education. Together, they unpack how early messages shape identity, how faith, self-trust, and aligned action can break generati...

In this deeply moving episode, Lisa sits down with Christian music artist and foster care advocate Jesse Bless to explore identity, calling, and what it truly means to love without conditions. Jesse shares his journey from being labeled the “good kid,” to anxiety, self-harm, and ultimately discovering healing through faith, service, and surrender. Together, they unpack how unhealed identity patter...

In this episode, Lisa and Mari explore what happens after the breakthrough — when awareness is high, patterns are exposed, but life still feels tender and unfinished. This conversation lives in the messy middle of the GRACE Process™, where old protections fall away and vulnerability begins to surface. Together, they unpack grief, resistance, and the nervous system’s fear of being seen, revealing w...

In this raw, hope-filled episode of Journey to Joy , Lisa sits down with Joe Rivera—former Wall Street high-flyer turned transformational coach—who went from seven-figure success to near death from opioid addiction… and rebuilt a life anchored in purpose, faith, and service. Joe shares how money became his “higher power,” the overdose that took six cans of Narcan to reverse, the bathroom-mirror mo...

In this soul-baring episode of Journey to Joy , Lisa meets Patricia “Mattie” MacGregor—writer, solo traveler, and poet—whose five years of one-way tickets became a masterclass in intuition, independence, and healing. From couch-surfing with buskers to au pairing in Spain, to a Bali retreat that blew her life wide open, Mattie shares how following “the next right feeling” rebuilt her self-trust aft...

In this deeply personal episode, Lisa celebrates a powerful inner graduation — releasing lifelong patterns of self-rejection, dismissal, and achievement driven by proving her worth. Through reflection, coaching insight, and radical self-honoring, she shares what happens when you stop fueling your life through pressure, drama, and performance. This conversation invites you to examine what has been...

In this reflective episode, Lisa shares honest truths from the top of the Koko Head in Hawaii — about loneliness, transition, and the quiet courage it takes to do things you’ve never done before. She opens up about being single, starting over later in life, and the unseen emotional weight that can exist alongside freedom and adventure. Through real-life moments and spiritual grounding, this conver...

In this powerful solo episode, Lisa shares the real story behind her move to Hawaii—and the emotional unraveling and healing that followed. What began as a physical relocation became an initiation into deeper self-trust, emotional maturity, and nervous system safety. Through vivid metaphors of oceans, walls, and waves, Lisa invites listeners to see their triggers not as problems, but as access poi...

In this episode, follow Mari’s story update! What happens when you outgrow the version of yourself that survived — and step into the version of yourself that gets to live? This conversation explores the fear, excitement, and emotional recalibration that happens when you stop operating from survival mode and begin choosing joy, alignment, and self-trust. It’s a powerful reminder that growth doesn’t...

In this episode, Lisa shares the behind-the-scenes story of selling her home, moving to Hawaii, and finding the exact ocean-view condo where she’ll write her book — not through force or hustle, but through trust, alignment, and receiving. She explains how resistance, not a busy schedule, is what truly drains your energy, and how letting go of “how it’s supposed to look” opens space for better-than...

Sometimes joy doesn’t come wrapped in clarity — it comes wrapped in chaos. In this episode, I share what it felt like to pack two suitcases, fly to Hawaiʻi, and suddenly question everything I thought I was sure about. That “Oh crap moment” we all face — when excitement turns to uncertainty — isn’t failure; it’s an invitation. Through the lens of The GRACE Process™, I walk you through how to move f...