Wrestling With Life

The results are in: 20% of 22–35-year-olds report they overthink their career more than anything else in life. I can relate! Choosing your life's work is no small decision. But I think a lot of the problem stems from bad advice we've been given on our careers in general. We're closing out our overthinking series by dispelling 5 major career myths that keep us overthinking, limited, and stuck when...

One of the biggest things I used to overthink the most was my past: ways I messed up, people I let down, things I wished I handled differently. And I know I'm not alone in this. In this episode, I'm sharing the three biggest perspective shifts I've made in order to make peace with my past. I also explain how my relationship with God has truly allowed me to do that. If you're feeling lots of shame...

48% of you guys told me via Instagram (@em_led11) that the thing you overthink more than anything else is your personal relationships. And boy do I fall into this category! But what many of us don't realize is that the way we show up in our relationships is often a reflection of our own inner world and how we see ourselves. When we overthink our own pain, mistakes, or past trauma, we project our p...

One of the biggest reasons we overthink is because we're waaaaay too focused on the final destination rather than just taking the next right step. This episode is all about learning how to let go of control, trust yourself and your daily choices, and most importantly -- trust God in the unknown. Follow Wrestling With Life   Resources mentioned in this episode: The Boy, the Mole, the Fox, and the H...

This series is all about overthinking: where it comes from, why we do it, how to know if you're overthinking, and most importantly -- how to stop. Spoiler alert: it has a lot to do with us not trusting ourselves or God. I polled 22-35 year olds on Instagram (follow @em_led11) about their own overthinking patterns and... 81% say they are overthinkers 48% say they overthink their relationships the m...

We're ending S1 with a bang and keeping it so forreal about how self-improvement and self-help start out as innocent tools to help us get out of low places, but how slowly over time these things can actually end up hurting us more than they help us. We cover: What self-help is When it starts to get dangerous How these tools can hurt us more than they help How we can bridge the gap between self-hel...

The title honestly says it all. If you struggle to stay off your phone in general, you use social media WAY too much, or you constantly feel down after scrolling online -- this episode is for you. We talk about: How we become what we consume How Satan uses social media to foster pride, comparison, and normalize things that are not normal How we can set healthy boundaries with social media How we c...

Let's be honest: we all wanna win, right? The argument, the competition, the promotion, you name it -- we wanna be on top. The hardest thing to do is to choose loving someone else (especially someone you don't vibe with) over our pride. ESPECIALLY when that person is belittling you, insulting you, or straight up attacking you. Sometimes we don't even want to love other people and would rather see...

Episode two of our first series is still all about how our self-obsession is making us miserable, but now we're talking how we can find purpose and community outside of ourselves. How many times have you heard... "Focus on yourself!" "You HAVE to put yourself first." "Pour all of your energy into your career right now and worry about the rest later." These sound like innocent messages and good ide...

What's up y'all! I've been talking to God a lot about what our generation needs to hear from Him. I've also been posting a ton of polls on my Instagram (@em_led11) to get an idea of what we're all struggling with. And PHEW. There's a lot to unpack and talk about, but I've boiled it down to one main issue that keeps coming up again and again in all my research: our obsession with ourselves is what'...

We're back baby!! :) In this episode, I cover: Why I took a break from the podcast for a few months How my heart has shifted during this time Why my old episodes are no longer available What you can expect from the pod moving forward & who it's for! A lot has changed, but one thing is always gonna be the same around here: whatever you're wrestling with, you are not alone <3 Follow Wrestling...

We are all wrestling with something – especially us twenty and thirty somethings who are navigating the most transitional, confusing, overwhelming times of our lives thus far. We’re doing so many things for the first time: getting started in our careers, living on our own, moving to new places, dating (or marrying) new people, making new friends, and asking the big life questions like “What is the...