Sacred Grit: Daily Tools and Spiritual Resilience for Men Determined to Beat Addiction
Are you tired of battling addiction and wondering if there’s a way to find real strength, purpose, and freedom?
Welcome to Sacred Grit, a podcast equipping men to conquer addiction and overcome inner struggles through physical, mental, and spiritual disciplines, so you can become a man of honor and integrity. If you’re a man struggling with addiction and the isolation, broken relationships and shame it brings to your life—this show is for you
Over the last three years, I’ve watched countless men discover healing and connection through these same practices.
Listen in to learn:
- How to reframe addiction and pride into strength and freedom.
- Spiritual insights to help you find your way back to resilience when facing addiction.
- Practical tools like cold water immersion and breathwork; made simple even if you've never practiced before.
Every Sunday I unpack spiritual healing, and every Wednesday I deliver practical tools for men. Start your journey today with the fan-favorite episode, “What is Sacred Grit,” from July 2, 2025.
Episodes
50 episodes
4 Daily Practices That Train Men to Control Triggers and Strengthen Integrity
Do you feel like no matter how hard you try, your triggers and impulses still run the show?In this episode of Sacred Grit, we dig into the science behind the fight-or-flight response and why learning ...
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11:59
Rewire Your Brain: How Men Can Go From Impulsive Behaviors to Spiritual Resilience
Ever feel like no matter how hard you try, you can’t shut off the monster inside? Like your brain is wired to self-destruct? I’ve been there—lying on a bed, planning my way out—until one conversation and one daily practice changed everything...
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10:31
From Lies to Sacred Grit: One Man’s Path to Spiritual Resilience
Are your lies stacking so high that you’re just hoping they’ll magically take care of themselves?The truth is freeing, but when it’s laid over a history of lies, it can hit like a freight train—crushing you and shaking the ...
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10:29
From Adultery to Integrity: A Journey of Spiritual Strength and Freedom for Men
When was the last time telling the truth actually cost you something?Most people think integrity is just about “being a good person,” but the real test comes when the truth feels like a cold plunge wi...
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12:36
Comfort Is the Real Drug: The Lie That’s Making Men Spiritually Weak
🔥 Are you hiding behind shame, hoping no one sees the real you?🪓 In this episode, I share the raw story of how I tried to cover my shame with hair, tattoos, and isolation — and why facing the thing I feared most bec...
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8:28
No, God Won’t Rescue You From Addiction — But Spiritual Resilience Can Rebuild You As A Man
🎙 No, God Won’t Rescue You From Addiction — But Spiritual Resilience Can Rebuild You As A ManAre you a father who’s battled addiction, felt like a failure, or questioned if spiritual healing is even possible?This de...
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11:58
Building a Spiritual Ball Sack: Teaching men to have the Resilience to Sit in the Cold, Hard Truth
🎙 Building a Spiritual Ball Sack: Learning to Sit in the Cold, Hard TruthKnowing what to do isn’t the same as being able to do it.In this Gritty Wednesday episode of Sacred Grit, Jason Lyle gets real about h...
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11:18
One Man Everywhere: How Men Build Resilience by Ending Addiction’s Double Life
🎙 One Man Everywhere: Ending the Double Life of AddictionToo many men are living a double life — one version of themselves at home, another at work, another in private. It feels like you can keep all the plates spinning forever… u...
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13:43
Break the Loop: A Resilience Practice for Men Battling Addiction and False Identity
Some things you feel aren’t real — but your nervous system hasn’t gotten the memo.Old stories from the past can wire themselves so deep into your body that even after you’ve changed, they still feel true.In this Gritty Wednesda...
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12:16
Who You Really Are: A Spiritual Call for Men to Build Resilience Beyond Addiction
🔑 You Will Learn:How past habits and survival patterns shape the false identities we still live from todayWhy the present moment holds the power to set you free from old, limiting narrativesHow choosing to l...
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12:30
Response-Ability: Training Men to Choose Resilience and Spiritual Clarity
Most people live on autopilot—reacting without thinking, repeating old patterns, and blaming the world for their pain.But what if the most spiritual thing you could do today…was to pause and choose a better response?I...
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16:15
God Is in Your Response-Ability: A Path to Spiritual Resilience for Men in Recovery
Are you waiting on life to change so you can feel better? Hoping someone else will apologize, show up, or fix what they broke?In this Sacred Sunday episode, Jason Lyle shares why taking full responsibility for your life is the only wa...
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15:44
Practicing the Pause: A Resilience-Building Tool for Men Battling Addiction
Practicing the Pause: Catching the Imposter Voice Before It Controls YouWe all have that voice in our head that says we’re not enough. The critic. The imposter.In this Gritty Wednesday episode, Jason Lyle shares a simple, r...
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13:21
4 Signs Your Inner Critic Is Sabotaging Your Spiritual Growth as a Men—and How To Reclaim Your Resilience
Do you ever hear that voice in your head saying: “You’re not enough. You’re faking it. You’re going to be exposed.”?We all have an imposter voice that keeps us stuck in fear, shame, and old patterns.In this Sacre...
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19:35
Catching Your Thoughts (Mental Resilience & Spiritual Growth for Men Battling Addiction)
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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18:53
Why the God You Were Taught May Be Holding You Back From Real Spiritual Growth
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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16:06
What Is Sacred Grit? (Spirituality & Resilience for Men Facing Addiction)
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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21:05
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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19:28
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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15:01
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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17:10
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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15:45
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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15:55
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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18:43
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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