Sucker Punched

Grief changes us. In many ways, we become a better version of ourselves. It doesn't mean the loss we experienced was “good,” but it can be a really good teacher. How do we learn from our grief when it's also one of the most painful experiences in life? CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: DoorDash: BeckyLMcCoy.com/DoorDash Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

A friend has recently lost a loved one and you hate seeing the pain the grief is causing them. You want to love them and support them through this time, but you don't want to overwhelm them. You want them to know you're there, but you're afraid of doing the wrong thing. How do you help a grieving friend? CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: DoorDash: BeckyLMcCoy.com/DoorDash Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

You've experienced a great loss and it's so overwhelming that you have to make life really small for a while, just to survive. What do you do when you disappear from life for long enough that you're not sure if the people, places, and things you love most will be patient enough to wait for you? CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Audible Premium Plus: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Audible Here are a few books to help you feel less alone in your grief:Crying in H Mart by Michelle ZanierRebellious Mourning: The Collective Work of Grief edited by Cindy MilsteinThe Sixth Stage of Grief by David KesslerH is for Hawk by Helen MacdonaldHow to Carry What Can't Be Fixed by Megan DevineThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

Have you ever been so tired of grief? So ready for it to be ‘over' or at the very least ready for a break? What do you do when you're tired of grieving? CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Audible Premium Plus: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Audible Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo Harry's Trees by Jon Coehn Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

You've experienced a great loss and have been deep in the thick of the grief fog. You've been just surviving until now but you've got to get back on top of the things you've neglected. But how do you grieve when you have work to get done and relationships to tend to? Where does grief fit into regular life? CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Audible Premium Plus: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Audible Dusk Night Dawn by Anne Lamott The Comfort Book by Matt Haig Grief One Day at a Time: 365 Meditations to Help You Heal After Loss by Dr. Alan Wolfelt Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

One of the most awkward and painful parts of grieving, one of those sneaky little things no one warns you about, is that you lose yourself to the grief. It's as if parts of you died, too. You forget your strengths, your passions, and the things that used to bring you joy. And as you start to come out of the fog of the initial grief storm, you realize you have to rediscover who you were and decide who you'll be. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Atlas Tea Club: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Atlas StrengthsFinder 2.0 by Gallup You are Your Best Thing by Tarana Burke and Brené Brown The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman You Owe You by Eric Thomas PhD Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

When you've experienced a great loss, it takes some time to get back on your feet again. You're not the same as before the loss, but you're doing your best. And then, seemingly, from out of nowhere, a grief trigger runs you over, leaving you feeling like you're back at square one. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Atlas Tea Club: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Atlas The Cure for Sorrow by Jan Richardson Your Grief, Your Way: A Year of Practical Guidance and Comfort After Loss by Shelby Forsythia Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

When you've experienced a great loss, you know that life will never be the same. You don't want to be paralyzed by grief - you want to heal and experience joy and love - but how do you do that while still honoring the great pain and the absence of someone you love? When you've experienced a great loss, you know that life will never be the same. You don't want to be paralyzed by grief – you want to heal and experience joy and love – but how do you do that while still honoring the great pain and the absence of someone you love? CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Atlas Tea Club: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Atlas Harry's Trees by Jon Cohen Grief is Love by Marisa Renee Lee Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

You're crawling out of the pit where you've been living with your grief and you look around to see you've only been living an outline of a life. You know you can't go back to your life before, but you have no vision for what comes next. And that's when you realize it's time to start dreaming again. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Atlas Tea Club: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Atlas Finding Meaning: The Sixth Stage of Grief by David Kessler The AfterGrief by Hope Edelman Grief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!  

When the calendar changed from 2022 to 2023, many people took a deep breath, let out a sigh, and wished things were different. While others were brainstorming resolutions or picking a word to focus their intentions on, those of us who have experienced loss were accepting the fact that we were entering yet another year without loved ones. What do you do when a new year is less of a fresh start and more of a reminder that you're bringing grief into the new year with you? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT OF THIS EPISODE  STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Atlas Tea Club: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Atlas A Hole in the World by Amanda Held Opelt Notes on Grief by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieGrief Library: http://BeckyLMcCoy.com/GriefLibrary 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

For most of my life, I would've proudly called myself a perfectionist. Doing things well and with precision is important to me. But over the years I've realized that the ‘perfectionist' label is one of the most unhealthy stories I've told myself. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Shop 30% OFF Our Place Cookware: BeckyLMcCoy.com/OurPlace The Girl Who Never Made Mistakes by Mark Pett How to Be an Imperfectionist by Stephen Guise Present over Perfect by Shauna Niequist When Perfect Isn't Good Enough by Martin M. Antony & Richard P. Swinson 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

Feeling in control can give us an illusion of being safe. Safe from loss. Safe from trauma. Safe from feeling any bad feelings. And when - despite our best efforts - we can't predict or control everything that happens to us, we feel like we've failed or (worse) that we are the failure itself. It's an exhausting, defeating cycle that can leave you wondering if being an adult means being either in control or a complete failure. There's got to be a better way. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 40% of Spiritual Direction & Coaching with Becky: BeckyLMcCoy.com/SpiritualDirection-FlashSale Shop Our Place Cookware: BeckyLMcCoy.com/OurPlace Mindset by Carol Dwek What Do You Do With a Problem by Kobi Yamada How to Fail at Almost Everything and Still Win Big by Scott Adams 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

Sometimes when we share the innermost parts of ourselves we leave the encounter feeling like we've been stripped bare, sometimes even flayed on the altar of vulnerability. It can even feel like a hangover - like you can't face the world and your whole self is now too tender to even try.  CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Shop Our Place Cookware: BeckyLMcCoy.com/OurPlace Daring Greatly by Brené Brown Vulnerability is my Superpower by Jackie Davis You are Your Best Thing by Tarana Burke 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

We all experience loneliness. And we all have a built in desire to feel like we belong. But when we realize that loneliness and belonging can co-exist - what do we do with that? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Shop Our Place Cookware: BeckyLMcCoy.com/OurPlace The Great Belonging by Charlotte DonlonThe Art of Belonging by Charles VoglAll the Lonely People by Mike Gayle4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

When it comes to friendship, there's some kind of unspoken fear that we have to have it all together or our friends won't want to be our friends anymore. Do you find yourself worrying that if your friends could see your *insert weakness, fault, or fear here* they'd go running? What if friendship was less about two perfect people finding each other and more about finding the people who compliment and fit in with your own humanity? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Shop Rothy's Shoes: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Rothys Big Friendship by Aminitou Sow and Ann Friedman Friendship in the Age of Loneliness by Adam Smiley Poswolsky The Art of Showing Up by Rachel Wilkerson Miller 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

If friends aren't the people we play with at recess or live down the hall from in the college dorm, what are they? Why do we need them if not to have a friend for hide and seek or someone to share the highs and lows of growing up with? Why do we even need friends at all? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Shop Rothy's Shoes: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Rothys Thank You, Omu! by Oge Mora How We Show Up by Mia Birdsong The Art of Gathering by Priya Parker 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

You know that healthy friendships are an essential part of your mental health and well-being, but it feels like making friends as an adult should be easier. Why does it seem like everyone else has it figured out and you're just sitting there hoping for someone to adopt you and be best friends forever and never have to make a new friend again? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Shop Rothy's Shoes: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Rothys Discernment by Henri Nouwen Daring Greatly by Brené Brown 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

Some of us grew up thinking that our faith was a permanent, immovable object and that any whiff of change or dissonance was a personal failure. But what happens when you realize that the ways you've always understood and practiced your beliefs are unhealthy and need to shift? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Courageous Community Course: Shop Rothy's Shoes: BeckyLMcCoy.com/Rothys Emotionally Healthy Spirituality by Peter Scazzero A Deeply Formed Life by Rich Villodas Sacred Rhythms by Ruth Haley Barton 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

It's easy to feel like who we are is made up of all the things we can offer people - we are worth the sum of our productivity and helpfulness. But what happens when we have nothing to offer? Do my friends want me just for who I am or for the value I add to their lives? What kind of a friend am I if I have nothing to give? It's terrifying to be vulnerable enough to admit that all I can give my friends is myself, but sometimes that's all I've got. How can we navigate friendships when we are all overwhelmed, burned out, and exhausted? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Courageous Community Course: BeckyLMcCoy.com/CourageousCommunity (registration open til 9/29/22) Set Boundaries, Find Peace by Nedra Glover Tawwab Peace Is a Practice by Morgan Harper Nichols 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

Have you ever worried what would happen if you had to be honest about your imperfections? Do you feel like life is sometimes a Jenga tower, balanced on some of your strengths with each weakness only precariously holding up the blocks above them? Do you acknowledge your weaknesses or do you prefer to pretend like they're not there? Are you holding your breath, waiting for one stressful, traumatic moment to make it all come tumbling down? What if there was a better way, one where we could be honest about our weaknesses and shore them up instead of just hoping for the best? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Courageous Community Course: BeckyLMcCoy.com/CourageousCommunity (registration open til 9/29/22) Bandersnatch by Erika Morrison Present Over Perfect by Shauna Niequist 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

We've got to do lists a mile long and they're only getting longer. Just when we feel like we are getting a handle, something else comes up. And the longer our lists, the higher our stress. How could we possibly build and live lives of meaning when we are lost, like a kid in a ball pit, under the pile of our obligations and commitments? CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Courageous Community Course: BeckyLMcCoy.com/CourageousCommunity (registration open til 9/29/22) Essentialism by Greg McKeown The Next Right Thing by Emily P. Freeman 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

Have you ever been so overwhelmed by your own inability to get stuff done, so frustrated by your ability to fail so easily that you've only been able to see yourself as a walking liability? Like you're a burden to everyone you come across? Like you'd be a better friend, sister, mother, *insert relationship here* if you were just better at…everything? Being human means having limitations and sometimes being human is just the worst. CLICK HERE FOR THE TRANSCRIPT FOR THIS EPISODE STUFF MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: Courageous Community Course: BeckyLMcCoy.com/CourageousCommunity (registration open til 9/29/22) Try Softer by Aundi Kolber Glorious Weakness by Alia Joy 4 Mantras for When I'm Overwhelmed: BeckyLMcCoy.com/4mantras FIND BECKY ONLINE: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

You're coming out of a seasonal depressive episode, getting back to what, you know, as normal life and a global pandemic hits. You're trying to figure out how can we live in a community when we're all so isolated. This is Sucker Punched. Jessica Kantrowitz is a writer, editor, and workshop leader living in Boston, Massachusetts. She is the author of The Long Night: Readings and Stories to Help You Through Depression, Blessings for the Long Night: Meditations and Poems to Help You through Depression, and 365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope. She writes about theology, culture, social justice, and chronic illness, including her own struggles with depression and migraines. Her writing has been featured in places like Sojourners, Think Christian, The Good Men Project, Our Bible App, the Madeleine L'Engle blog, and Together Rising. She is also the creator and leader of the Finding Your Voice workshops for writers with depression or other mental illness. Get to know Jessica: Twitter: @JFKantrowitz Instagram: @JessicaFaithKantrowitz Website: JessicaKantrowitz.com Workshops: Workshops.JessicaKantrowitz.com Jessica's books: Blessings for the Long Night: Poems and Meditations to Help You through Depression 365 Days of Peace: Benedictions to End Your Day in Gentleness and Hope The Long Night: Readings and Stories to Help You through Depression The 365 Days of Peace Journal Find Becky online: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

You travel for work as a speaker and strategist working in faith politics and the American public life, then a global pandemic hits. Your travel is grounded and you're stuck wondering how can policy and politics give us hope now and in the future? This is Sucker Punched. Michael is considering the impact of a global pandemic on both personal and policy levels, hoping that this will be an opportunity to band together and care for the most vulnerable. Michael is the founder of Public Square Strategies and a member of Trinity Forum. Get to know Michael: Newsletter: ReclaimingHope.substack.com Twitter: @MichaelRWear Michael's books: Reclaiming Hope: Lessons Learned in the Obama White House About the Future of Faith in America Conviction (&) Compassion: The And Campaign's Guide to Faithful Civic Engagement Find Becky online: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life! Links may be affiliate links, so you're supporting this podcast when you buy through them. Thanks!

You're running a nonprofit encouraging and helping women around the country. Then a global pandemic hits. You're single living alone and mostly isolated due to an autoimmune disease. Holly is figuring out what it looks like to live through a global pandemic as a single person who lives alone. She finds herself feeling like she's floating away and gets creative to figure out ways to feel grounded again. Holly is a writer, speaker, and the executive director of Rise. Get to know Holly: Website: NowSheRises.org Twitter/Instagram: @HollyStallcup Find Becky online: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life!

You're working in an inpatient psychiatric facility. A global pandemic hits. While your job is considered essential, you begin to have extreme fight, flight or freeze responses to all the trauma. Kristina is navigating her own grief and depression while helping women in an inpatient psychiatric facility through the isolation of the COVID-19 pandemic.  Kristina Harutoonian is a Los Angeles native and the comedic voice behind The DTR Blog. She thrives on satire and encouraging others to connect unashamedly with God. She's known for her endearing transparency and humorous tone, gaining a following through her creation of relatable memes, inspiring stories, and all-too-real jokes on topics like dating within Christian culture, navigating depression, and her uncomfortable talks with God. She works as a counselor in residential mental healthcare and enjoys growing a deeper connection with her readers and audience. Get to know Kristina: Website: theDTRblog.com Twitter/Instagram: @theDTRblog Find Becky online: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life!

Marlena lost her job at a non-profit in February. Her mom had major surgery in March. And then a global pandemic hit. Marlena discusses what it means to be a neighbor and show compassion when we can't be in the same space as other people due to the COVID-19 quarantine.  Links from the episode: - Terrence Lester's organization Love Beyond Walls Marlena is published in a variety of venues, is an adjunct professor at Winebrenner Seminary. She is a board member of Evangelicals 4 Justice. Her new book, The Way Up Is Down: Finding Yourself by Forgetting Yourself, comes out soon (IVP, July 14, 2020). She is also the author of A Beautiful Disaster: Finding Hope in the Midst of Brokenness (Brazos Press, 2014). She is a member of Ink: A Creative Collective and lives just outside of Toledo, OH with her husband three daughters.  Get to know Marlena: Website: MarlenaGraves.com Twitter: @Marlena_Graves Find Becky online: Website: BeckyLMcCoy.com Social Media: @BeckyLMcCoy Subscribe, rate, review, and share this podcast with the resilient people in your life!

Trillia Newbell and Becky wrap up the burnout series with a discussion on how to prevent it with healthy boundaries, margin, and regular rhythms of rest through the practice of sabbath. Check out Trillia's new book: If God Is For Us Links from this episode: Trillia's talk from the BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat Trillia's book God's Very Good Idea Books referenced in this episode: Boundaries by Henry Cloud and John Townsend and Margin by Richard Swenson DREAM: BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat 2/23/19 BLOG: What You Need to Know About Burnout From a Single Parent PODCAST: Holiday Burnout Episode #59 Resonate Recordings Connect with Trillia: BLOG: YOUTUBE: FACEBOOK: INSTAGRAM: TWITTER: Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com PATREON: patreon.com/BeckyLMcCoy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Seth, a writer and creator, has been exploring what it means to be addicted to and burned out on social media.  Check out Seth's book Coming Clean. Links from this episode: DREAM: BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat 2/23/19 BLOG: What You Need to Know About Burnout From a Single Parent Seth's favorite Twitter follows: Emily P Freeman, Tsh Oxenreider, Russ Ramsey, Michael Wear, and Jen Fulwiler Tyranny of the Urgent Liturgy of Lament PODCAST: Holiday Burnout Episode #59 Resonate Recordings Connect with Seth: BLOG: sethhaines.com PATREON: patreon.com/sethhaines YOUTUBE: youtube.com/user/sethmouk FACEBOOK: facebook.com/sethhaines.writer INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/sethhaines TWITTER: twitter.com/sethhaines Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com PATREON: patreon.com/BeckyLMcCoy FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Dorina was the primary caregiver for her husband when he battled melanoma. She learned to grieve when they had to give up the non-profit they were running and also when her husband passed away. The weight of grief as a widow and the heaviness of secondary losses left Dorina exhausted and burned out. As Dorina says, "it takes a lot of courage to rest." Check out Dorina's books Flourishing Together and Glory Chasers. Links from this episode: Rhythms of Rest by Shelly Miller PODCAST: Holiday Burnout Episode #59 DREAM: BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat 2/23/19 BLOG: What You Need to Know About Burnout From a Single Parent Resonate Recordings Connect with Dorina: BLOG: DorinaGilmore.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/DorinaLazoGilmore INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/dorinagilmore TWITTER: twitter.com/DorinaGilmore Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Amber discusses the effects of burnout on creativity and productivity. After a year of creative burnout, Amber learned how to let go of and adjust her expectations and care for herself and discovered a new confidence in herself and her work. Links from this episode: PODCAST: Holiday Burnout Episode #59 Meditation Apps: Headspace and Calm DREAM: BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat 2/23/19 BLOG: What You Need to Know About Burnout From a Single Parent Resonate Recordings Connect with Amber: BLOG: ambersalhus.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/amber.salhus INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/ambersalhus TWITTER: twitter.com/ambersalhus Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

It's the Becky episode! Becky L McCoy talks with Becky Kiser about avoiding burnout at the holidays and Becky's new book, Sacred Holidays. Get your copy of Sacred Holidays! Links from this episode: Sacred Holidays by Becky Kiser Sacred Holidays Advent Bible Studies: For All and He Is Advent Candles BLOG: What You Need to Know About Burnout From a Single Parent Resonate Recordings Connect with Becky Kiser: SACRED HOLIDAYS: SacredHolidays.com INSTAGRAM (Becky): instagram.com/beckykiser INSTAGRAM (Sacred Holidays): instagram.com/sacredholidays TWITTER (Becky): twitter.com/beckykiser TWITTER (Sacred Holidays): twitter.com/sacredholidays Connect with Becky L McCoy: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Becky and Chantel resume their conversation on burnout, the importance of community, and working from rest, not resting from work. Links from this episode: Ep. 57 - Chantel Runnels; Burnout, Work, & Rest Pt. 1 SWOT Analysis BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat Recording PERSEVERANCE (including Chantel's story) BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat Recording Winter 2018 (including a 30 minute session with Chantel) BLOG: What You Need To Know About Burnout From a Single Parent Resonate Recordings Connect with Chantel: TWITTER: twitter.com/ChaunRose INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/ChaunRose Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

When Chantel is burned out, she finds herself being weary and impatient and has used the enneagram to discover that her burnout includes avoidance, impatience, and Marshmallow Dream Bars. Coming out of a season of burn out requires Chantel to prioritize rest, sleep, eating well, and exercising. Links from this episode: Essentialism by Greg McKeown Strengths Finder 2.0 The Road Back To You by Ian Chron and Suzanne Stabile (great intro to enneagram book) Meyers Briggs BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat Recording PERSEVERANCE (including Grace P Cho's marathon story) Resonate Recordings Connect with Chantel: TWITTER: twitter.com/ChaunRose INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/ChaunRose Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Alia Joy lives with chronic illness and has found herself deeply disappointed by the parts of life she misses out on because of it. Her asthma makes it difficult to breath during wild fire season where she lives and when she's got an upper respiratory virus on top of it, she misses out on time with her family, namely: summer vacation. PREORDER ALIA'S BOOK: Glorious Weakness: Discovering God in All We Lack Links from this episode: BLOG POST: For When Grief Hits You From Out of Nowhere Ep. 51 - Becky L McCoy; What is Disappointment? Ep. 52 - Jonathan Merritt; Disappointment, Chronic Pain, & Faith Ep. 53 - Jennifer Dukes Lee; Disappointment, Career, & Control Ep. 54 - Kate Motaung; Disappointment, Loss, & Belonging Ep. 55 - Tasha Gentile; Disappointment, Failure, & Guilt (in)Courage When You Tell God You Don't Want to Live Anymore by Alia Joy Resiliency Coaching BRAVEtogether PERSEVERANCE - TO GO BRAVEtogether on Facebook Resonate Recordings Connect with Alia: TWITTER: twitter.com/AliaJoyH INSTAGRAM:twitter.com/AliaJoyHtwitter.com/AliaJoyH Connect with Alia's book Glorious Weakness: @ReadBakerBooks and #GloriousWeakness Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Tasha felt like a disappointment when one of her first births as a doula did not go as expected. She struggled with the guilt of feeling inadequate, she felt like she had failed professionally and as a friend. Tasha had to wrestle with the ideas of calling and how she felt her failure had disqualified her from this vocation. Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable Links from this episode: Bittersweet by Shauna Niequist Remember God by Annie F Downs BLOG POST: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Scary Ep. 53 - Jennifer Dukes Lee; Disappointment, Career, & Control Resiliency Coaching BRAVEtogether PERSEVERANCE - TO GO BRAVEtogether on Facebook Resonate Recordings Connect with Tasha:BLOG: TashaGentile.com Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Kate wasn't ever really sure where she fit in and the disappointment of living in South Africa while her mom was dying of cancer challenged her to rethink what "home" and "belonging" really meant to her. Get Kate's book A Place To Land: A Story of Longing and Belonging Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable Links from this episode: Annie F. Downs' podcast That Sounds Fun Truece App BRAVEtogether TO GO BRAVEtogether on Facebook Resonate Recordings Connect with Kate:BLOG: KateMotaung.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/katemotaungwriter TWITTER:twitter.com/k8motaung INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/katemotaung Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

When Jennifer was 24, she was passed over for a job she had her heart set on. While hindsight has given her some perspective on the size of that disappointment, Jennifer and Becky discuss how even small disappointments can be extremely painful. Jennifer's new book, It's All Under Control, is for women who are facing really hard things and just trying to keep it all together. Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable Links from this episode: It's All Under Control: A Journey of Letting Go, Hanging On, and Finding a Peace You Almost Forgot Was Possible by Jennifer Dukes Lee The Happiness Dare by Jennifer Dukes Lee Love Idol by Jennifer Dukes Lee Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell Landline by Rainbow Rowell Attachments by Rainbow Rowell Fangirl by Rainbow Rowell Decision Making and the Will of God by Garry Friesen The Next Right Thing with Emily P Freeman Connect with Jennifer:BLOG: JenniferDukesLee.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/JenniferDukesLee TWITTER: twitter.com/DukesLee INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/DukesLee Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Have a product or service Sucker Punched listeners would love? Send me an email at podcast@BeckyLMcCoy.com for advertising information. Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.  

Jonathan, a writer, has a chronic pain disorder in his hands. What began as a great disappointment turned into an opportunity to grow and get to know God more deeply. Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable Links from this episode: Learning To Speak God From Scratch by Jonathan Merritt Disappointment with God by Philip Yancey It's Not Supposed To Be This Way by Lysa TerKeurst Connect with Jonathan:BLOG: JonathanMerritt.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/JonathanMerrittWriter TWITTER: twitter.com/JonathanMerritt INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/Jonathan_Merritt Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/3truths Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Podcast Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.  

Becky explores what it means to be disappointed and what disappointment with herself, with others, and with God has looked like in her own life.   Read more thoughts on disappointment: Good Things Are Scary; Disappointment is Comfortable   Links from this episode: Disappearing Act: Let Your Grief Breathe Resonate Recordings BeautyCounter with Theresa Idoux Resiliency Coaching BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat Email List & 3 Truths (and a lie) For When Life is Ridiculously Hard Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy PATREON: patreon.com/BeckyLMcCoy   Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/SuckerPunched   Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

Becky shares how grief impacts her life in unexpected ways and how she's learned to let go of things instead of trying to be awesome at everything all the time.   Links from this episode: Disappearing Act: Let Your Grief Breathe Resonate Recordings BeautyCounter with Theresa Idoux Resiliency Coaching BRAVEtogether Virtual Retreat Email List & 3 Truths (and a lie) For When Life is Ridiculously Hard   Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy PATREON: patreon.com/BeckyLMcCoy   Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/SuckerPunched   Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched.

18 years ago, Jim Bradford befriended a small boy with cerebral palsy. HK Derryberry had lost his vision and had several other physical disabilities when he was born premature as a result of a car crash that killed his mother. Being a preemie, blind, and prone to seizures would discourage most people, but HK is resilient and worked hard to earn his high school diploma. HK says he loved that Jim is like a father to him and makes him feel normal. Jim loves that HK is always so positive. Get your copy of HK and Jim's book! Advice from HK and Jim: HK says a positive attitude is essential to accomplishing your goals. Jim encourages everyone to approach people even if it's awkward. If it's awkward the first time, it won't be the second time. HK's answers to the fun questions: • What are you loving right now? Doing motivational speaking and traveling with Jim • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? The #1 from Chick-fil-A • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Walking and eating healthy HK's answers to the fun questions: • What are you loving right now? Speaking with HK • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? Veggies and fresh food • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Moderate exercise • What are you doing to be brave? Speaking to surprising groups Don't forget to check out Sudio's headphones and get 15% off your purchase with code 'SUCKERPUNCHED15' at BeckyLMcCoy.com/sudio. Connect with HK & Jim:BLOG: hkderryberry.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/hk.derryberry TWITTER: twitter.com/hkderryberry Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

Rachel Scott of Better Than Blended works with couples who are blending families together after divorce, death, and adoption. Rachel knows from experience (from growing up in a blended family and being a parent of one) that it takes a lot of intention and humility to go from brokenness to unity. It's easy to feel rejected by step-kids, but as she learned to focus on the kids' needs instead of what her role as step-mom "should" be, she found that trust began to develop. She has seen laughter in her new family and they take regular family days to continue to invest in relationships. She encourages families in the process of blending to pursue authenticity, keep their marriage the priority, and remember that these challenges are temporary. Rachel's answers to the fun questions: • What are you loving right now? Getting to do the everyday things with the kids (and without exhaustion) because she gets to work from home • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? Sweet potato pie • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Reading. Specifically, The Magnolia Story and Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus • What are you doing to be brave? Connecting with people she wouldn't normally talk to Don't forget to check out Sudio's headphones and get 15% off your purchase with code 'SUCKERPUNCHED15' at BeckyLMcCoy.com/sudio. Connect with Rachel: BLOG: betterthanblended.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/betterthanblended TWITTER: twitter.com/betterthanblend INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/betterthanblended Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

When Sarah's oldest was nine months old, she started showing signs of food allergies. At first it was only hives, but on her 5th birthday, Sarah's daughter had her first anaphylactic reaction. Through allergy testing, Sarah and her husband discovered their child was facing seven severe food allergies. Sarah's anxiety levels skyrocketed as they began learning to navigate the realities of life threatening allergies. The biggest struggle was learning how to manage her own fears without projecting them onto her children. In the years since her daughter's diagnosis, Sarah has developed a strong community with other allergy families and is amazed at how her daughter has learned to see and embrace differences in other children. Sarah strongly encourages families of kids with food allergies to find a community of people who understand the specific challenges and that it's okay to be neurotic.  Sarah's answers to the fun questions: • What are you loving right now? Embroidery • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? Lots of new baking recipes • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Not much, but trying to get the toddler to sleep earlier (see Becky's Pinterest board for self care ideas) • What are you doing to be brave? Parenting three kids and learning to be a wife to a husband who travels for work Ready to step up your headphone game? Check out Sudio's headphones and get 15% off your purchase with code 'SUCKERPUNCHED15' at BeckyLMcCoy.com/sudio. Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

Heather was diagnosed with Vascular Ehlers Danlos Syndrome, the same autoimmune disease her mom died from. Heather began to grieve the loss of the life she expected to live and was afraid of how the disease will impact her family, but realized she had the opportunity to make sustainable choices and manage her disease. As her perspective shifted, she started exploring what it means to live with courage. Heather says we need to talk about, "the type of courage when you put two feet on the floor on a morning when you don't like your story." Heather's answers to the fun questions: • What are you loving right now? Chocolate chip cookie dough paired with fruit - bananas or apples:) • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? My grandma's chicken and pastry and the 14 vegetables that go with it • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Daily power naps or at least daily resting moments  • What are you doing to be brave? Conquering my fear of facebook live, lol! Connect with Heather: BLOG: therescuedletters.comFACEBOOK: facebook.com/rescuedletters TWITTER: twitter.com/rescuedletters INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/rescuedletters Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

Gretchen's older son was struggling in school due to a learning disability and her younger son was making incredibly rebellious choices. Gretchen was overwhelmed with worry, stress, and fear for her boys as she and her husband had to make hard choices for their family. She was determined to trust God for the outcome and be vulnerable and honest with their friends. A gratitude journal helped keep her focused on the most important things during that difficult moment in their family. Gretchen's answers to the fun questions: • What are you loving right now? Being empty nesters in their new city apartment • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? Pepperoni and vegetable pizza and the food trucks! • What are you doing to take care of yourself? walking everywhere for exercise • What are you doing to be brave? Leaving a comfortable and familiar community Connect with Gretchen: BLOG: gretchenfleming.comFACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100011015433541&fref=ts TWITTER: twitter.com/Followinghard INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/Gretchenfollowinghard PINTEREST: pinterest.com/followinghard Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

Lauren started having panic attacks in high school, but didn't fully realize she had chronic anxiety until her 20s. Around the same time, Lauren was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which comes with a lot of chronic pain.  Lauren hosts the podcast Finding Joy. Find her and leave some love!  Lauren's answers to the fun questions: • What are you loving right now? So many things! Living in North Carolina! • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? Indian Chicken Saag, Dark Chocolate, Peanut and Almond Butter • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Being okay with doing nothing. • What are you doing to be brave? Hosting an eight city tour with Finding Joy Ladies Night Out. Connect with Lauren: BLOG: laurengaskillinspires.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/lauren.gaskill.inspires TWITTER: twitter.com/lauren_inspires INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/lauren_inspires/ PINTEREST: pinterest.com/lauren_inspires/ Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

When Elli was diagnosed with postpartum depression, she realized she'd been struggling with anxiety and depression most of her adult life. "I just thought I was a really weak person because I wasn't able to cope." She was anxiety, paranoid, barely managing parenting, and having panic attacks. It wasn't until she started creating space in her schedule, anti-depression medication, counseling, exercise, and mediation that she finally started finding relief. In the dark place, Elli says, "you feel like a failure and that things are never going to get better, but those are both lies." Elli's Answers To The Fun Questions: • What are you loving right now? Peaky Blinders, Parks & Rec, and Catastrophe on TV. Wearing dungarees (overalls) and striped shirts • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? Tapas and anything salty (olives and blue cheese) with red wine • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Canceling plans and scheduling a spa hair cut • What are you doing to be brave? Trying to monetize her writing and meeting a publisher Connect with Elli: BLOG: thehippochronicles.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/thehippochronicles TWITTER: twitter.com/MrsElliJohnson INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/ellijohnson Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

Amanda, a counselor and mental illness advocate, struggled with grief and suicidal ideations. She was diagnosed with major depressive disorder and thought maybe her struggles were over. Yet, she continued to face numbness and found any passion she once had was gone. Eventually, she was diagnosed with Bipolar Type 2 (also known as hypomania); the more accurate diagnosis, medication, and counseling finally began to give her some relief. Amanda encourages anyone struggling with mental illness or other hard life moments to be honest with people and allow them to help. "It's okay to struggle," she says. Amanda's Answers To The Fun Questions: • What are you loving right now? Diet Coke and blasting live folk music (especially the Avett Brothers) • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? Chicken burrito, no pico, all rice on the side • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Slowing down: less work, more music. • What are you doing to be brave? A TED Talk proposal Connect with Amanda: WEBSITE: helloamandaphillips.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/helloamandaphillips INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/helloamandaphillips Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

When Vidhi's son was an infant, he had severe allergies and sensitive skin. She found herself restless, panicky, and crying more often than normal. Her husband noticed the change in her behavior and encouraged her to go to the doctor. Vidhi was diagnosed with Postpartum Anxiety and began her journey of finding healing and relief. She wants other women who are struggling with Postpartum Anxiety or Depression to know "you are not alone. This is a very normal thing...It's not your fault." Check out Vidhi's organic baby products at Panchhi. Vidhi's Answers To The Fun Questions: • What are you loving right now? Her business (her second baby!) • What’s your favorite food/meal/snack? Fruit, especially kiwi and watermelon • What are you doing to take care of yourself? Intentionally being happy and enjoying every moment • What are you doing to be brave? Being herself and not worry about others' opinions Connect with Vidhi: WEBSITE: www.panchhi.ca FACEBOOK: facebook.com/mypanchhi INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/mypanchhi Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace

When Katie was pregnant with her first child, she was diagnosed with OCD and signed herself in to an inpatient treatment program. Her OCD was mostly triggered by her career as a nurse (although in hindsight she can see signs of it in childhood memories) and the symptoms were completely incapacitating. Katie says that even though she hates having OCD, she's thankful that she can connect with other people who are suffering and that having a diagnosis gives her hope that she won't ever go to the uncontrolled dark place again. Join me at the Brave Together Virtual Retreat 9/9! Get tickets: BeckyLMcCoy.com/BraveTogetherVirtualRetreat Connect with Becky: BLOG: BeckyLMcCoy.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com/BeckyLMcCoy TWITTER: twitter.com/BeckyLMcCoy INSTAGRAM: instagram.com/BeckyLMcCoy PINTEREST: pinterest.com/BeckyLMcCoy NEWSLETTER: BeckyLMcCoy.com/email  Share your Sucker Punched story at BeckyLMcCoy.com/Submissions Please subscribe to and rate this podcast to help others find Sucker Punched. NOTE: Sucker Punched is the podcast formerly known as Stories of Unfolding Grace