Choosing Joy While Holding Grief with Lauren Johnson| Episode 22
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
Release Date: 07/16/2025
What About This? Snow Predictions, Soup Season, and Slowing Down
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
I love a good self-aware moment:)if you do too, and a whole ramble-- this one's for you. Snow predictions, family group chats, soup season, and a cozy conversation about caring for ourselves in a loud world. In this episode, we talk nervous system care, gentle morning rhythms, faith that doesn't rush healing, and how to move out of survival mode with more joy, grace, and steadiness- one ordinary day at at time. Also, maybe you'll be able to tell me how many times I said ramble. If you want to connect: Podcast colabs and speaking engagement: Blog + Website: Instagram- Let's keep...
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Health Without Hustle + Staying Awake in Our Soft Girl Era| Episode 38
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
What if I am vulnerable enough to share a real-life stewardship story: RO, nervous system system regulation, and letting Jesus carry what was never ours to hold- would you want to hear it? if so, and you're craving a real-life... let's chat! This is a real-life, real-body episode,-grounded, non-performative, and not trend-chasing. We're talking health without hustle, care without shame, staying wide awake, and letting God carry what we cannot..... Gentle January is coming to a close and the world still feels loud, its being the world. In this solo episode, we talk about stewarding a healthier...
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Devotion or Depletion: Let's Talk About That
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
You love Jesus but you're tired, let's talk about that. Many of us walk through life existing because we're so tired. Faithful women are living exhausted- not because their faith is weak, but because their bodies have been carrying too much for too long. In this episode, we talk about the difference between devotion and depetion, why spiritual burnout often shoes up in the nervous system, and how anxiety isn't a faith problem. Scripture shows us about rest, regulation, and living faithful- without being in survival mode. If you love Jesus, still showing up, and quietly worn out in...
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Soft Girl Era: Soft and Stong. Brave and Steady| Episode 37
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
What if consistency isnt loud, but it's quiet and faithful and wildy underated. What if gentle doesn't mean uncimmited, it just means we stopped bullying ourselves into obedience? Today, we're going to talk about it, because God designed our bodies with wisdom. In this episode of eighth & GRACE, Brandy slows down and clarifies what our "Soft Girl Era" actually is and what it is not. We talk honestly about burnout, overstimulation, anxiety, and why so many Christian women feel exhausted while doing "all the right things." This one feels peersonal. A little tender. And honestly, maybe...
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New Year. New Rhythm. New You-Right?
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
If the new year already feels loud, demanding, or like it's asking you to hurry up-this episode is for you. In today's conversation, Brandy Dawson introduces the Gentle January Rhythm- where we're choosing a different beginning. One rooted in presence instead of performance and pressure, steadiness instead of striving, grace instead of performance, and softness that still holds courage and strength. Becase a new year doesn't have to mean a new you, to have a new rhythm. This episode sets the tone for what's coming this season on eighth & GRACE; walking through life together, honest...
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When You're Called to Build, but You're Also Exhausted with Dusty Hegge| Episode 36
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
What does it look like to build what God has given you without burning out? In this episode of eighth & GRACE, Brandy sits down with Dusty Hegge for a grounded, honest conversation about faith, work, and the tension so many women feel between calling and exhaustion. Dusty has spent years helping Christian authors, creatives, and leaders build sustainable businesses rooted in discipleship - not hustle, striving, or performance. Together, they talk about faithful work, ADHD, rhythms that support real life, wintring seasons, balancing female entrepreneurship + staying at home while working...
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What About This? Christmas Cheer + Anxiety: There's a Seat for You at the Table
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
What if the holidays don't need you to be more festive- just more present? In this Christmas edition of What About This? Brandy Dawson sits with the reality many of us feel but don't always name, the joy and anxiety of this season. The full rooms and the empty chairs. The laughter and the ache. The pressure to hold it all together while your nervous system is already tired. This episode weaves together theology, breath prayers, and practical nervous system regulation for women balancing holiday stress and expectation. You'll find grounding practices you can actually use- at the table, in...
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Tinsel, Tears, and Wildly Loved| Episode 35
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
What if the most holy moments of Christmas happen in the ordinary, even the painful places? In this tender + hilarious holiday episode, Brandy Dawson shares real-life hope for weary hearts, simple joy-filled traditions that won't break the bank, inexpensive gift ideas,(for the pups too;) and a needed reminder that Jesus sits high but comes low so you are never alone there. It's a "When Low is Holy- Deck the Halls Edition" kind of Christmas- complete with a breath prayer, communion moment, and two free soul-care guides to help you breathe lighter again this season. Tinsel may be...
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What About This? The Story I Didn't Plan to Share
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
In today's What About This? episode, Brandy shares something personal and unexpected- the chat from an interview she originally recorded for Her Story with her.BIBLE. What she planned to say and what actually came out in that studio at Cru in Orlando were to very different things... and that's exactly why she's sharing it here too. Inside this personal conversation, you'll hear pieces of Brandy's journey she hasn't shared on this podcast before- tender parts of her story that rose to the surface without warning, the kind of truth that slips out when God knows someone listening needs it. She...
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What Happens When A Woman Reads The Word with Jenny Steinbach|Episode 34
Eighth & Grace with Brandy Dawson
There's a reason a woman's voice is helping listeners fall in love with the Bible again... and you won't believe how it started. In this episode Brandy sits down with Jenny Steinbach, producer of her.BIBLE- a free NLT audio Bible read by multi-ethnic women to explore the healing power of scripture spoken in women's voices. Together, Brandy and Jenny talk about the origin story behind her.BIBLE and why a woman's voice can be life-giving for survivors of spiritual or relational harm and how hearing scripture forms our hearts in powerful ways. Get ready to hear tender impact stories of...
info_outlineEver wondered how to keep trusting God when life breaks your heart? In this honest, tender, and hope - filled episode of eighth & GRACE, Brandy sits down with Lauren Johnson- nurse, entrepreneur, and the heart behind Choose Joy Give Grace- to share her story of motherhood, loss, and building a life and business rooted in faith, even in the middle of grief.
We talk about what it looks like to carry both sorrow and joy while letting God use it all.
Lauren is the founder of Choose Joy Nursing, Choose Joy Concierge- companies that have supported thousands of women through overnight newborn care, in -home baby classes, sleep coaching, luxury post- surgical recovery, and beautiful journals that speak life in the hardest seasons.
She opens up about her loss of her beautiful daughter Lily Ann, navigating the ache of grieving while holding space for joy that doesn't wait for life to be perfecr.
If you're standing at the edge of something new or trying to find God in the middle of your pain- this episode will remind you that you are not alone.
Listen as we talk about:
- Leaving safe to walk in calling
- Balancing motherhood, faith, and entrepreneurship
- Building a business that meets real need with compassion
- staying grounded when life feels overwhelming
- Encouragement for dreamers in every season
Grab your coffee or lace up your shoes- this is a conversation you'll want to carry with you.
Connect with Lauren: Instagram @choosejoygivegrace
Connect with Brandy for speaking inquiries and podcast collaboration: myeighthandgrace@gmail.com
website + blog: https://www.brandyadawson.com
Instagram: https://instagram.com/brandyadawson