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a space to share our heavy burdens

I Choose Grit
a space to share our heavy burdens
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    Gritty Stories | Lifestyle | Podcast

    That Lonely Feeling.

    Byichoosegrit July 22, 2023February 26, 2025

    Loneliness. It’s such a universal feeling, and one that, unfortunately, going through hard things tends to bring to the surface. My friend and nursing major, Kendal Lee, & I, both having experiences of chronic pain, are no stranger to this…

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  • Changes.
    Blog. | Gritty Stories | Hope | Lourdes. | minisode | work

    Changes.

    Byichoosegrit May 11, 2022February 27, 2025

    The last 13 months in a nutshell: 1) saying yes to a (part-time) middle-school counseling job after a long season off to focus on my health, 2) a long commute, working around student schedules, and expectations beyond simply counseling soon…

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  • community | Gritty Stories | Podcast

    Steven + Griffin: Missionaries of the Real Presence.

    Byichoosegrit January 14, 2022April 26, 2024

    FINALLY sharing an interview from a couple months back with two solid Milwaukee missionaries: Steven Kehoe + Griffin Rain. I originally reached out to these two to hear more about their life of intentional community, but much of our conversation…

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  • community | general | Gritty Stories | Lifestyle | My Journey | Podcast

    Intentional Community: The Ladies.

    Byichoosegrit October 20, 2021June 17, 2024

    The latest podcast is on something I never set out to become quite SO passionate about, but I’m pretty ok with it….that is: intentional community. A few good ladies and I (Sam Vosters, Amanda Fahrendorf, & Sophie Collins), sat down…

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  • Gritty Stories | Hope | Podcast

    Berta Hawley: One Well-Earned Diploma.,

    Byichoosegrit August 29, 2021June 17, 2024

    So, so glad that all get to hear from my friend, Berta Hawley in the latest podcast episode. To put it simply: this girl is my hero. Berta was born with holes in her heart & entered the foster care…

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  • Gritty Stories | Hope | Podcast

    Bri: Poked + Prodded 5x a Day

    Byichoosegrit February 19, 2021June 17, 2024

    This week’s episode features a conversation my friend, Bri Mueller & I had this fall (on our loud street) about living years of her life with Type 1 Diabetes. To be honest, I had no idea *quite* how demanding of…

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  • Gritty Stories | My Journey | Podcast

    An MLK Day Special.

    Byichoosegrit January 22, 2021June 13, 2024

    This week’s podcast episode is unique, featuring the majority of a talk my neighbor, Aaron McCoy, gave via zoom to a group of my friends & I this summer surrounding the topic of racism. We reached out Aaron when feeling…

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  • Gritty Stories | Podcast

    Steve: What’s My Thing?

    Byichoosegrit November 20, 2020April 24, 2024

    Excited for you all to hear from my friend Steve Calme on the podcast today (hurrah for a guy!). Steve and I sat down for a good conversation this fall about a season of his life when he found himself…

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  • Gritty Stories | Hope | Podcast

    Lona: Homelessness.

    Byichoosegrit October 21, 2020June 17, 2024

    Happy to share the story of my friend, Lona Owens, on the podcast today. Lona & I sat down this summer to chat about her experiences with homelessness & the grit she discovered within herself through that process. Hear what…

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  • Gritty Stories | Hope | Podcast

    Sam: I Got Mono & it Never Went Away.

    Byichoosegrit October 8, 2020June 17, 2024

    Catching up on podcast blog posts for last weeks’ episode featuring my friend Sam Wiebersch. I LOVED sitting down with Sam to chat about how she’s chosen grit in so many ways due to struggles she’s had with her physical…

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