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 today
• Why the present moment holds the power to set you free from old, limiting narratives
• How choosing to live from the perfection of who you already are will transform your inner and outer life

📖 Episode Description 

Ever feel like you’re still living as the man you used to be?

In this Sacred Sunday episode of the Sacred Grit Podcast, Jason Lyle tells a deeply personal story about his long battle with weight and body image—even after losing 100 pounds and keeping it off for years. Despite all the external change, the internal story still whispered: “You’re not enough.”

This episode is about how we all carry outdated identities shaped by shame, trauma, or religion—and how those false stories keep us stuck.

But what if you could drop that story today?

What if the man you really are—the one born from sacred presence, not performance—was already here?

Through spiritual reflection, Jesus' words about new creation, and lessons from the natural world, Jason invites you to stop striving to become someone better… and start remembering someone truer.

Because Sacred Grit isn’t about changing who you are. It’s about uncovering the man you’ve always been.

🛠️ Show Notes:

• Jason’s story: struggling with weight, body image, and old mental loops
• Why transformation doesn’t always update your internal identity
• How your nervous system protects the familiar self, even when it hurts
• Jesus’ vision of “the old has gone, the new has come”—reframed for right now
• The idea of new creation as present-tense power instead of future reward
• What nature teaches us about authenticity and shedding old skin
• The role of Sacred Grit in helping you rewire identity from truth, not trauma
• Why you don’t need to fix yourself—you just need to stop forgetting who you are
• A preview of this week’s Gritty Wednesday: a practice to help retrain your mind to see yourself clearly

🔁 Call to Action:

If this episode resonated, send it to a man who’s still dragging around an old story.
And make sure you’re subscribed—every Sacred Sunday brings reflection, and every Gritty Wednesday gives you tools to live it out.

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The podcast explores the connection between men and dads seeking freedom from addiction, pornography, infidelity, and drinking, while confronting anger, anxiety, and depression through prayer, meditation, and mindfulness, leaning on Jesus and God for strength, confronting pride, discovering purpose, practicing cold plunges, and ultimately building resilience along the journey.