Habits of Hope: Cultivating a Deeper Life with God
Are you looking to build rhythms of daily life that strengthen your faith and bring you closer to God? Habits of Hope is your guide for developing spiritual habits that nurture your soul and deepen your connection with God. Hosted by Ginger Harrington and co-host Larissa Traquair, each episode explores how small, consistent choices can lead to significant spiritual growth.
At Habits of Hope, we believe that cultivating a life rooted in hope comes through daily rhythms that help us trust God’s faithfulness, even in difficult seasons. Whether you're looking to refresh your spiritual practices or find encouragement during hard times, this podcast provides practical tools and biblical wisdom to help you grow spiritually.
In this podcast, we will help you:
- Feel more connected to God in your daily life through practical spiritual habits.
- Overcome stagnation in your faith by fostering consistent spiritual growth.
- Trust God’s faithfulness, even during life’s hardest moments.
- Establish and maintain daily rhythms of prayer, reflection, and scripture.
- Navigate life's stresses with spiritual and emotional encouragement rooted in faith.
- Reconnect with God when you feel spiritually empty or distant.
- Build a consistent and meaningful prayer life with simple, actionable strategies.
- Overcome doubt and find renewed hope in your faith journey.
- Release unhealthy comparisons and trust in God’s unique timing for your life.
- Discover purpose and meaning in everyday life through small, intentional habits of faith.
Each episode offers inspiring conversations, stories, and actionable steps to help you live a life of faith, hope, and purpose. If you're ready to build habits that foster a deeper connection with God, then you're in the right place. Let’s get started—because a deeper life begins now.
Habits of Hope: Cultivating a Deeper Life with God
63.How to Let Go of the Picture Perfect Christmas and Embrace True Joy
Christmas is supposed to feel joyful—but what if it feels heavy instead?
In this episode of the Habits of Hope Podcast, Ginger Harrington and co-host Larissa Traquair talk honestly about the pressure of Christmas expectations, the ache of a season that feels different, and the quiet disappointment many carry beneath the sparkle.
If your Christmas looks nothing like the picture-perfect versions you see online—or like what you hoped it would be—this conversation is for you. Through personal stories, biblical truth, and gentle encouragement, we’re reminded that true joy doesn’t come from perfection—it comes from presence.
Anchored in Luke 2:10–11, this episode invites you to release unrealistic Christmas expectations and rediscover joy rooted in Jesus, who entered real life—not an ideal one.
In This Episode, You’ll Discover:
- Why Christmas expectations can quietly drain joy
- How grief, change, conflict, or loneliness can make the season feel heavier
- Why the first Christmas was anything but picture perfect
- What it means to choose presence over perfection
- How joy is still available—even when Christmas feels different
- A simple Habit of Hope to help you stay grounded this season
Habit of Hope
This Christmas, choose presence over perfection.
Let go of how the season should look and make room for Jesus to meet you right where you are.
Resources Mentioned
🎄 Christmas Worship Challenge
A simple PDF with linked daily devotions with a song to life your heart for a worship pause to help you stay focused on Christ throughout December. Sign Up Here.
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- Get Ginger’s Book: Holy in the Moment: Simple Ways to Love God and Enjoy Your Life(affiliate link)
- Sign up for the beautiful Habits of Hope mini-devotional
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Habits of Hope Podcast is for informational and inspirational purposes only. This podcast is not a substitute for professional advice—spiritual, medical, legal, or otherwise.
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