I don’t know about you, but I grew up pretty pain-adverse. My parents were a bit over-protective and did a little too much for my sisters and I in the name of wanting it to be done correctly, keep everything wrapped in a little bow, and avoid most (or all) of life’s struggles.

Except… that seemed to cause the exact opposite to happen.

We ended up seemingly picture perfect on the outside, but screaming in pain on the inside, because we learned to grin and bear it. Don’t talk about it. Push it down. Fake it til you make it.

Today, I’m reflecting on why the older generations seem so resistant to pain, and how I’ve found that embracing it as part of life and growing through what you go through is healing.

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:51 What I’m learning from God rn
• 08:04 Goals Check-In
• 11:18 Topic: Heartbreak Happens
• 20:11 Hard Conversation of the Week
• 28:44 What I’m Watching Right Now

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Reflecting on the need to slow down and rest, and how sometimes getting sick is our body (and God’s) way of forcing us to do that.

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:35 What I’m learning from God rn
• 07:21 Goals Check-In
• 14:20 Topic: Sick of running
• 20:29 Hard Conversation of the Week
• 25:47 What I’m Watching Right Now

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Are you too much, or are the people who think so just not your people?

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:12 Goals Check-In
• 09:22 What I’m learning from God rn
• 14:35 Too Much?
• 21:58 Hard Conversation of the Week
• 35:24 What I’m Watching Right Now

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Let this be your sign to book that solo trip.

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:06 Goals Check-in
• 06:50 What I’m learning from God right now
• 11:58 Book the Solo Trip!
• 31:14 Hard conversation of the week
• 37:01 What I’m watching right now

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This week on Real Honest, we explore truth & kindness. If truth without kindness is brutality, and kindness without truth is manipulation, what about being brutally honest for one's own good? If we continue to avoid truth in order to avoid pain, are we actually accomplishing that goal, or delaying the inevitable and making things worse?

• 00:00 Intro
• 01:06 Goals check-in
• 04:44 What I’m learning from God right now
• 11:15 Kindness & truth
• 39:00 Hard conversation of the week
• 45:15 What I’m watching right now

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Why can’t we all just mind our own damn business?

Too many people are out here screaming into the void trying to change the minds and actions of people they don’t know and will never meet.

We’ve been placed in certain people’s lives, and vice versa — let’s focus on the people we do know.

• 00:00 Intro
• 00:48 Goals check-in
• 03:03 What I’m learning from God right now
• 12:56 Why is it so hard for everyone to mind their own damn business?
• 27:15 Hard conversation of the week
• 32:41 What I’m watching right now

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Last week, we discussed what it means to treat your energy like it's expensive. But are we closing ourselves off to true connection when deciding who can afford it? This week, we're diving a little deeper into questions like "What if we're never on the same page?" and "What if the person I choose to give my energy to doesn't choose me back?"

• 00:00 Intro
• 04:20 Goals check-in
• 09:21 What I’m learning from God right now
• 23:34 True connection feels so rare
• 36:21 Hard conversation of the week
• 44:36 Is it impossible?
• 45:23 What I’m watching right now

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As Taylor said on New Heights, you should treat your energy like it's expensive, and not everyone can afford it. Let's talk about how we can do this, and also what other costs are involved besides energy.

• 00:00 Intro
• 05:07 Goals check-in
• 06:54 What I’m learning from God right now
• 10:23 Treat your energy like it’s expensive
• 21:06 What’s the cost?
• 24:52 Hard conversation of the week
• 31:47 What I’m watching right now

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