The Sacred Grit Podcast
Sacred Grit: The Podcast for Honest, Present, and Purposeful Living
Sacred Grit is where spirituality meets raw reality. Hosted by Jason Lyle—men’s coach, retreat leader, and former pastor—this podcast is for men (and anyone) ready to drop the mask, face themselves fully, and live with honesty, curiosity, and self-love.
Each episode helps you access the truth that sets you free: the unfiltered experience of the present moment. Learn practical tools for nervous system regulation, emotional resilience, addiction recovery, spiritual growth, and real self-love.
We talk about:
- Men’s mental health and healing
- Mindfulness, breathwork, and cold immersion
- Spiritual deconstruction and reconstruction
- Building healthy habits for body, mind, and soul
- Finding your True Self beyond trauma and conditioning
Whether you're deconstructing faith, overcoming addiction, navigating grief, or seeking a more grounded, meaningful life, Sacred Grit is your invitation to stop performing and start being.
This is not about fixing you. It’s about being with you.
Welcome to Sacred Grit.
Episodes
108 episodes
Catching Your Thoughts: A Simple Morning Practice for Real Change
DESCRIPTION:Ever feel like your impulses run the show before you even know what you’re doing? In this Gritty Wednesday episode, Jason Lyle shares how simple, daily mindfulness practice can help you catch your thoughts before they con...
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What God Is Not, What God Could Be, and How It Changes You
Ever wonder what God really is—or isn’t? For many of us, the God we were handed doesn’t work anymore. In this Sacred Sunday episode, Jason explores what God is not, what God could be, and how these questions actually show up i...
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What is Sacred Grit?
Welcome to the Sacred Grit Podcast. In this first episode, Jason Lyle shares the story behind Sacred Grit—a space for anyone walking away from rigid religion but not from spiritual longing. Learn what to expect in this podcast: real talk, real ...
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The Truth Will Set You Free (And That Truth Is Now)
In this final episode of The Freeology Podcast, Jason Lyle unpacks one of Jesus’ most quoted lines: “The truth will set you free.” But what if that truth isn’t a belief system—but reality itself? The raw, present-moment experi...
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When the Map Stops Working
What do you do when everything you were taught—about healing, faith, success, and identity—suddenly stops working?In this episode, Jason Lyle shares the raw truth about what happens when the old maps no longer lead to peace. Whether it’s...
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What Holds It All Together
What if the real strength isn’t in the big moments—but in the small, overlooked ones that build us from the inside out?In this episode, Jason Lyle explores the quiet power of foundational practices—like breathwork, meditation, cold water...
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Built on the Basics: Why Forward Folds, Piano Scales, and Daily Practice Matter
Everyone wants the handstand, the solo, the breakthrough moment. But the truth? Mastery starts in the mundane. In this episode, Jason explores why the fundamentals matter—whether it’s a forward fold in yoga, running scales on a piano, or showin...
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The Fog, the Flower, and the Mustard Seed: Finding God in the Small Things
What do you do when the mountaintop view disappears into fog? On a recent hike up Mount Yonah, Jason expected the big, sweeping vista—but instead found something even more sacred: a single blood-red flower blooming on a quiet side trail....
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Rednecks, Yoga, and the Shift from Knowing to Living
Jason Lyle grew up in a blue-collar world — the kind where you fixed what was broken with your hands and didn’t talk much about what was broken in your heart. In this raw episode, he reflects on how the culture that shaped him taught him how to...
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Barefoot Perspective: Childlike Wonder, Spiritual Growth, and Breaking Social Norms
When was the last time you were truly astonished? In this episode of Sacred Grit, Jason shares a simple barefoot moment that sparked a deeper look at childlike wonder, spiritual growth, and how social norms shape our view of what’s “no...
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Yosemite Wasn't the Point
Two years ago, I stood in Yosemite Valley with my best friend Drew. I took a picture—one of those epic, jaw-dropping shots—and I remember thinking, This is holy.But when I showed that photo to people back home, it didn’t land. A...
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“God Blesses Traction: Why Faith Needs a Backbone”
You can sit on the couch and pray all day, but if you don’t move, neither does God.In this episode of Freeology, Jason Lyle gets real about the lie that clarity comes before action. Spoiler: it doesn’t. Clarity comes because...
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11:48
Altar of the Cold Water: Finding Grit in Discomfort
What if your transformation starts in a tub full of ice?In this episode of Freeology, Jason Lyle steps into the cold—literally—and explores how cold water immersion became more than a wellness trend. It became his altar. This is...
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When Prayer Becomes Silence: Hearing God Through Meditation
What if prayer wasn’t about asking, begging, or explaining—but about letting go? In this episode, Jason explores how prayer and meditation are not opposites, but one sacred act of surrender. When we release our assumptions, stories, an...
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20:37
When Prayer Doesn’t Work Anymore: Rebuilding a Real Connection with God
Prayer isn’t about sounding holy—it’s about showing up. In this episode, Jason explores how real men pray through pain, doubt, and silence. It’s not about getting the words right. It’s about getting real.
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19:50
Alive Yet Dead: Romans 12 and the Practice of Being Born Again in Every Moment
In this episode, Jason unpacks Romans 12:1–2 through the lens of sacred presence and spiritual embodiment. What does it really mean to offer your body as a living sacrifice? It means being fully alive—and yet continually dying to your old ways ...
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The Original Sin: When We Trusted Our Assumptions Over God’s Voice
In this episode, Jason breaks down the story of Adam and Eve—not as a tale of shame or punishment, but as a timeless warning about what happens when we stop listening to the voice of the Divine and start trusting our own assumptions....
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Born Sinners? Or Just Sold a Lie?
In this raw and honest episode, Jason challenges one of the most damaging ideas in modern Christianity: the belief that we’re born sinners, broken by default, and need to say the right words to avoid hell. He unpacks the theology of “original s...
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Everyday Eden: Living in the Perfection of the Present Moment
What if Eden isn’t a place we lost—but a way of being we can return to right now?In this episode, Jason explores the idea that the Garden of Eden represents a spiritual state—not of innocence, but of presence. He shares how each moment o...
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