The Podcast
Encouragement for Real Life
Welcome to the Encouragement for Real Life podcast!
We both know real life is a mixture of blessings and blunders, celebrations and sadness, and happiness and heartaches. And some days we could use some extra encouragement for our real lives right now.
You’ll find that in each episode. Full of hope, promise, and joy, all in about 15 minutes each week. New episodes drop each Tuesday.
Subscribe to stay connected, and a rating/review will help others can find this encouragement, too!
I’ m so glad you’re here, friend!
The Podcast
Encouragement for Real Life
Welcome to the Encouragement for Real Life podcast!
We both know real life is a mixture of blessings and blunders, celebrations and sadness, and happiness and heartaches. And some days we could use some extra encouragement for our real lives right now.
You’ll find that in each episode. Full of hope, promise, and joy, all in about 15 minutes each week. New episodes drop each Tuesday.
Subscribe to stay connected, and a rating/review will help others can find this encouragement, too!
I’ m so glad you’re here, friend!
Latest Episode
Recent Episodes
243. 10 Things That Help You Feel Like You Again
In this final episode of the Top 10 series, Julie shares 10 simple, life-giving ways to help you feel like yourself again. If you’ve been showing up for everyone, carrying a full schedule, and quietly wondering why you feel flat, drained, or a...
242. 10 Things You Are Allowed to Be Bad At
In this third episode of Julie’s Top 10 series, she tackles a quiet belief many women carry: the pressure to be good at everything. After discussing what isn’t actually an emergency and the things we can stop doing the hard way, this episode...
241. 10 Things You Can Stop Doing the Hard Way
Have you ever stopped and realized you’re making life harder than it needs to be? In this week’s episode of the Top 10 series, Julie continues the conversation by naming something many women quietly carry: unnecessary heaviness. After talking...
240. 10 Things That Are Not Actually Emergencies
Have you been living like everything is urgent? In this lighthearted but deeply practical episode, Julie kicks off a brand-new Top 10 series by addressing something many women don’t even realize they’re doing — treating normal life like an...
239. What Matters Most with My Oldest Brother Marty Gorkow
In this month’s guest episode, Julie sits down with someone who has impacted her life from the very beginning — her oldest brother, Marty Gorkow. This conversation is personal, heartfelt, and grounded in real life. Marty shares stories from...
238. What We Do Not Want Anyone to See
We’re wrapping up our 3-part series, The Stuff We Keep Inside, with what may be the most tender topic of all: what we don’t want anyone to see. In Episode 1, we talked about the thoughts we think but never say out loud. In Episode 2, we explored...
