🎧 Episode 11 — The Year That Brought Me to My Knees… And Still Lifted Me Up 🙏🐾

This week’s walk is softer, honest, and a little biblical — because some years don’t just stretch you… they drop you to your knees. And somehow? You still rise. 💛

Inside this episode: ✨ The year that knocked me down (and what held me up) 🙏 Verses that carried me when I couldn’t carry myself 💼 Caregiving, job searching, and praying anywhere there was oxygen 🎒 What to keep… and what to finally lay down 🌅 Midlife clarity (the neon sign kind) 🚶‍♀️ How to step into a new year with gentle ambition 🐶 Kermit’s spiritual commentary + emotional-support staring ministry

If you’ve had a heavy year — you’re not weak, failing, or behind. You’re being reshaped. Re-centered. Carried. 🤍

Listen now & share with someone who needs a soft landing today. 🐾 Proof that aging out loud is better with a dog.

🎙️ It’s been almost a year of searching — applications, interviews, rejections — and Maia’s still walking it out. In this honest episode, she opens up about the ache of waiting, what it means to feel “too experienced,” and how faith looks when it’s tested in real time.

With Kermit’s perfectly-timed commentary, they explore what perseverance actually means — not sprinting ahead, but showing up with quiet obedience.

“You’re in the middle of the work God’s doing in you before the next thing He’ll do through you.”

📖 James 1:3 — “For you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance.”

Kermit’s Corner: “Don’t let waiting make you forget who you are. Wag more than you worry.” 🐾

💬 If this episode spoke to you, share it with a friend who’s in their own in-between season — and don’t forget to follow the show on your listening channel and leave a quick review. You’re not walking this road alone. 💛

This week on Dog Walk Diaries: Aging Out Loud, Maia and her co-host Kermit (part golden retriever, part philosopher) tackle the real fear of getting older — not wrinkles, but trying to keep up with technology.

From grandpa refusing color TV to today’s endless password resets, Maia shares the humor, heart, and humility of realizing the world updates faster than we do. With a little wisdom from Isaiah 43:19 — “See, I am doing a new thing” — and Kermit’s closing reminder that curiosity is our best antivirus, this episode will make you laugh, nod, and maybe change your Wi-Fi password… again.

🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts.