What happens when two people care about each other but don't see the world the same way?

Whether it's faith, politics, culture, upbringing, or personal values, relationships often reveal the places where our perspectives collide. In this episode, Marissa explores how differing beliefs impact friendships, dating relationships, family dynamics, and community.

She reflects on times she expected agreement and learned the difference between alignment, acceptance, and understanding. Through personal stories and biblical insight, she examines how we can remain rooted in our convictions while still creating space for people whose journeys look different from our own.

In this solo episode, Marissa explores the tension between receiving correction, hearing other people's perspectives, and staying true to who God created you to be. How do you know when criticism is meant to refine you versus when it's pressuring you to perform for others? How do you hear perspectives from people whose lifestyles, beliefs, and choices differ from your own without becoming judgmental or compromising your convictions?

Marissa unpacks the often-misunderstood phrase "Judge not," discussing what the Bible actually teaches about discernment, self-examination, correction, and love. She reflects on her own journey with people-pleasing, identity, and learning how to listen openly while remaining rooted in truth.

In this episode we open the world of the past and the wrestle that is requires to confront of versions of ourselves that hinders where we're going. This episode is a raw conversation about masking, identity loss, emotional numbness and reclaiming the parts of ourselves we hide.

Before revisiting old relationships I'm taking the time to sit down with the parts of myself that I abandoned and love the process of becoming whole.