Feeling behind on your spiritual goals? What if you don't need a fresh start because God never closed the door on you in the first place?

Summary: In this episode, Macie challenges the exhausting pressure of January resets and "New Year, New You" culture that has seeped into our faith. She explores why transformation requires grace—not a specific date on the calendar—and how shame keeps us stuck while grace invites us back. Through stories of the Prodigal Son, Peter, and David, we discover that God meets us in the middle of our mess, not after we've cleaned ourselves up. This is your permission slip to start small, start honest, and start today.

Included Segments:

1. The real pressure of January reset culture
2. Where the "fresh start" pressure comes from (and how it leaks into faith)
3. Naming the shame that keeps us stuck
4. Why God never required a January reset
5. Grace-filled beginnings vs. performative fresh starts
6. What starting small actually looks like
7. Faith as relationship, not a reset button

Who This Episode is For: The woman who abandoned her Bible reading plan by January 15th and feels too embarrassed to pick it back up. The believer caught in the exhausting cycle of striving, failing, and hiding. If you're tired of performing your way toward God and longing for a faith that meets you where you actually are—not where you think you should be—this one's for you.

Key Scriptures:

1. Romans 8:1 – "There is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus."
2. Lamentations 3:22-23 – "His mercies are new every morning."
3. Zechariah 4:10 – "Do not despise these small beginnings."
4. Luke 15 – The Prodigal Son
5. Psalm 51 – David's repentance

Free Resource: If this episode resonated with you, grab Beloved Beginnings: Discovering You Can LIVE Again—a free, grace-filled starting place for the tired, unsure, and burned-out. No resolutions required. No performance expected. Just three quiet, identity-rooted moments to reconnect with the truth that you are wanted, loved, and seen. Link in bio.

Beyond the satisfied. Beneath the surface. Into the light.

Remember, real faith wasn't meant to be curated—it was meant to be lived!