159 | Stop Performing Your Life: Unbecoming the Perfect Wife and Mom with Dr. Merry Lin, PhD
Release Date: 08/19/2025
165 | Don't Fake Orgasms, Foreplay Begins Outside of the Bedroom, and More Tips on Intimacy
Living Easy with Lindsey
In this episode of The Living Easy Podcast, Lindsey Maestas opens a biblical and deeply practical conversation about intimacy in marriage—because God makes all things new, even in the bedroom. (Watch this recording and subscribe!) Sex may not really matter to you, but it does matter to your marriage. See the FULL curriculum for: Lindsey unpacks how physical connection is both a spiritual and emotional act of service, not just a physical one. She discusses the dangers of pornography and limerence (infatuation during affairs), how these habits alter neural pathways, and how to create a sex...
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164 | Is It ADHD or Just Being a Kid?: Dopamine, Boredom & Why Your Child May Be Frustrated with Sara Hartley
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Do you ever look at your child and wonder: Is this ADHD? Or is this just childhood? Today, I’m joined by Sara Hartley, author of The Purposefully Me Series, to talk about ADHD in children from a realistic, compassionate, and research-based lens. Together, we break down: The most overlooked signs and symptoms of ADHD in kids What’s actually happening in the brain when children whine, complain, melt down, or seek constant stimulation Why some kids chase dopamine — screens, snacks, danger, noise Parenting a neurodivergent vs neurotypical child (and why your strategies...
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163 | How to Handle Your Money Like It Actually Belongs to God with Bob and Linda Lotich
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In this episode, Lindsey and Jesse Maestas sit down with Bob and Linda Lotich, authors of Simple Money, Rich Life, to talk about what it truly means to see your money as God’s money—and how that perspective can completely change the way you live, give, and plan for the future. Bob and Linda share how they started as a couple earning minimum wage and dreamed of giving away millions of dollars—and how God helped them make that happen. Together, they unpack the power of generosity, the pitfalls of “YOLO” spending, and how to build a life that reflects eternal impact over...
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162 | Charlie Kirk: Cultural Hypocrisy, Forsaking Casual Christianity, & God's View on Division in a World That's Tearing Itself Apart
Living Easy with Lindsey
In this episode, Lindsey Maestas tackles the outrage and confusion surrounding Charlie Kirk’s death with a bold Christian perspective. Why casual Christianity is no longer acceptable — lukewarm faith won’t survive in a world that mocks conviction. Why celebrating murder is pure evil — and how Christians must reject a culture that cheers for death. The weaponization of memory & “martyr” narratives — how both sides twist a man’s life and death for political gain. The silencing of dissent and free discourse — why cancel culture threatens both faith and freedom....
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161 | HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT!!!: A 5-Minute Episode
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I am SO THRILLED to announce that....(drumroll)... My new book: is available for pre-order TODAY!!!! And I'm asking for your HELP to please PRE-ORDER today!! I know it can be easier to wait for the launch, but it makes a huge difference to Amazon and to my publishers to have pre-orders if you wouldn't mind!! THANK YOU SO MUCH! Your marriage doesn't need to be perfect. It just needs two people willing to start again . . . together. This book is for newly engaged couples, newlyweds, and couples who have been married for anywhere from 5-50 years. DBYOHD is the most vulnerable thing...
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160 | Why Do We Stay in Toxic Relationships? Stephanie Quayle’s Story of Love, Loss & Freedom
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When country artist Stephanie Quayle lost her boyfriend in a tragic plane crash, she thought the grief would be the hardest part. But nothing prepared her for the heartbreak of learning at his funeral that she wasn’t the only woman in his life. That revelation shattered her world, and forced her to reckon with the truth: the relationship had been toxic from the very beginning. In this powerful episode, Stephanie asks the question, "When I was in these two toxic relationships, how did I feel about myself?" "Why didn't I ever question myself?" "Why did I allow this for myself?" She...
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159 | Stop Performing Your Life: Unbecoming the Perfect Wife and Mom with Dr. Merry Lin, PhD
Living Easy with Lindsey
So many women know what it feels like to live for other people’s approval. Whether it’s in our marriages, motherhood, friendships, or even our faith communities. We project the “perfect” version of ourselves: kind, put-together, selfless, always smiling… but most of us are just freaking exhausted. In today’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Merry Lin, clinical psychologist, speaker, and author of The Fully Lived Life and The Great Unbecoming. Dr. Lin shares her personal story of growing up as the only Asian family in her community, and how she tried to become the “whitest, kindest,...
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Ep. 158 | From “Fat Camp” to Losing 100 Pounds: Ilana Muhlstein on the Best Healthy Eating Habits For Yourself and Your Kids
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In today’s episode, Registered Dietitian Nutritionist Ilana Muhlstein shares her story of growing up in a home where fast food was the norm. As her dependence on food grew, her parents sent her to what she calls “fat camp.” That’s where she had the life-changing realization: “You only get one body.” From that moment, Ilana began making small, consistent changes that led to losing over 100 pounds, and keeping it off. Now she leads a community of over 300,000 people who are learning to have a healthier, more joyful relationship with food. In our conversation, we talk about the impact...
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157 | I Was Recently Diagnosed with ADHD: What It Revealed About Chaos, Rejection, Laziness, and Impulsivity
Living Easy with Lindsey
In this honest and eye-opening episode, Lindsey Maestas dives deep into the impact of ADHD on relationships and friendships. With vulnerability, faith, and research-backed insight, she explores why many people with ADHD subconsciously seek out chaos, conflict, toxic relationships, or emotionally unavailable partners. It isn't out of desire, but as a way of seeking out neurological stimulation. Lindsey discusses how ADHD can intensely heighten feelings of rejection, create a cycle of emotional highs and lows in relationships, often leading to toxic dynamics, chronic arguing, and feelings of...
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156 | Patience as a Parent Isn't Natural, It's Practiced: How I'm Learning to Step Back
Living Easy with Lindsey
Do you ever find yourself losing your temper over small things, like shoes left out, bedtime battles, or your child’s refusal to shower, and wondering why patience feels so out of reach? Are you constantly torn between wanting to give your kids more freedom and feeling the need to control every little detail? In this episode of the The Living Easy Podcast, Lindsey Maestas shares her own journey of learning how to create autonomy in her children while practicing real, grace-filled patience with them and with herself. Lindsey shares her own struggle with control, the urge to create rules...
info_outlineSo many women know what it feels like to live for other people’s approval. Whether it’s in our marriages, motherhood, friendships, or even our faith communities. We project the “perfect” version of ourselves: kind, put-together, selfless, always smiling… but most of us are just freaking exhausted.
In today’s episode, I sit down with Dr. Merry Lin, clinical psychologist, speaker, and author of The Fully Lived Life and The Great Unbecoming. Dr. Lin shares her personal story of growing up as the only Asian family in her community, and how she tried to become the “whitest, kindest, most Christian” version of herself just to be accepted.
She opens up about what it means to live out of our shadow self—the insecure, performative part of us that craves belonging—and how that can keep us stuck in unhealthy cycles of performance and people-pleasing.
Together, we also wrestle with a powerful tension many women feel: believing that living in their flesh is living in their essential, selfish self, and therefore sinful. But our essential self is not selfish. The Bible says we are created in the image of God, and the word for “image” means essence. That means who we really are—our true, God-breathed self—is a reflection of His glory. Every woman reflects a different aspect of that glory.
In today's episode, we talk about:
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Why so many women feel like they must project a polished version of themselves (and how it’s draining their souls).
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The difference between living out of the shadow self vs. the essential, God-breathed self.
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How compassion and grace for ourselves unlocks healing.
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Why unbecoming the false self is actually the only way to truly become who God made us to be.
If you’ve ever felt like you’re performing your life instead of actually living it, this conversation will remind you that freedom begins with unbecoming who you thought you had to be and resting in the truth of who God already says you are.
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Follow along with Dr. Merry Lin on IG: @drmerrylin
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