What does it look like to build what God has given you without burning out?

In this episode of eighth & GRACE, Brandy sits down with Dusty Hegge for a grounded, honest conversation about faith, work, and the tension so many women feel between calling and exhaustion.

Dusty has spent years helping Christian authors, creatives, and leaders build sustainable businesses rooted in discipleship - not hustle, striving, or performance. Together, they talk about faithful work, ADHD, rhythms that support real life, wintring seasons, balancing female entrepreneurship + staying at home while working moms, burnout, and learning to trust God with the process.

This episode is for the woman who loves Jesus, feels called to build something meaningful, and tired of feeling she's behind doing it wrong.

There's no pressure here. No hustle theology. Just permission to build slowly, rest honestly, and trust God with outcomes.

If youre navigating faith, work, and fatigue, all at once.... this conversation will help you exhale.

To further connect with Dusty: https://www.dustyhegge.com

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What if the holidays don't need you to be more festive- just more present? In this Christmas edition of What About This? Brandy Dawson sits with the reality many of us feel but don't always name, the joy and anxiety of this season. The full rooms and the empty chairs. The laughter and the ache. The pressure to hold it all together while your nervous system is already tired.

This episode weaves together theology, breath prayers, and practical nervous system regulation for women balancing holiday stress and expectation. You'll find grounding practices you can actually use- at the table, in the bathroom, in the car or in the middle of an awkward moment.

If your feeling both festive and fragile, there's a seat for you here. Christmas can feel both joyful and overwhelming this year and if you're nodding yes....you're not alone. This holiday episode is for the woman navigating anxiety, grief, family tension, and the ache in-between.

Complete with breath prayers, nervous system support, grace filled encouragement, and Brandy's Holiday Report/2025 Gift Giving Guide.

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What if the most holy moments of Christmas happen in the ordinary, even the painful places? In this tender + hilarious holiday episode, Brandy Dawson shares real-life hope for weary hearts, simple joy-filled traditions that won't break the bank, inexpensive gift ideas,(for the pups too;) and a needed reminder that Jesus sits high but comes low so you are never alone there. It's a "When Low is Holy- Deck the Halls Edition" kind of Christmas- complete with a breath prayer, communion moment, and two free soul-care guides to help you breathe lighter again this season.

Tinsel may be thin.....but LOVE is still holding everything together, including you.

The twinkling lights on the viral Christmas trees may feel like they're judging you for not having your life life together, don't worry- No one really does. And if you are living on caffeine, prayer, and maybe one thread of tinsel.... this episode is your reminder that Jesus came for the ones with tired hearts and messy houses too. You're doing better than you think (and you're still wildly loved.) Because trying to make holiday magic while holding back tears is.... A LOT. So..... yeah. If this December looks a little unhinged? Same, friend. Same. We're all in this together. And He is with us in the tangled lights, the tears you wipe in the aisle at Target, the words under your breath in the Wal-Mart parking lot, and the hope you're clinging to. Joy is abundant in this place too!

Now, Let's Chat~

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In today's What About This? episode, Brandy shares something personal and unexpected- the chat from an interview she originally recorded for Her Story with her.BIBLE. What she planned to say and what actually came out in that studio at Cru in Orlando were to very different things... and that's exactly why she's sharing it here too.

Inside this personal conversation, you'll hear pieces of Brandy's journey she hasn't shared on this podcast before- tender parts of her story that rose to the surface without warning, the kind of truth that slips out when God knows someone listening needs it. She opens up about broken places, growing up with less than those around her, what is was like growing up with a teenage mom, and her daughters that followed in those footsteps. This episode is real- it's honest. And it's told from wilderness seasons where unexpected healing is the holy ways God rebuilds a daughter from the inside out.

If anything, she hopes you'll hear that no one is too lost, too late, or too wounded for resurrection. And if your life hasn't unfolded the way you imagined, planned, or dreamed of when you were a little girl- the same God who found Brandy...will find you too. Right here. Right where you are.

This, this is redemptive grace.

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There's a reason a woman's voice is helping listeners fall in love with the Bible again... and you won't believe how it started.

In this episode Brandy sits down with Jenny Steinbach, producer of her.BIBLE- a free NLT audio Bible read by multi-ethnic women to explore the healing power of scripture spoken in women's voices.

Together, Brandy and Jenny talk about the origin story behind her.BIBLE and why a woman's voice can be life-giving for survivors of spiritual or relational harm and how hearing scripture forms our hearts in powerful ways.

Get ready to hear tender impact stories of moms listening to a chapter a night with their children, women reconnecting with scripture after trauma, and how listening has helped many women struggling with anxiety.

Where to listen: Free IOS + Andrid apps, herbible.org

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What happens when your life shatters and God asks you to trust Him anyway?

In this sacred and unfiltered conversation, licensed counselor and trauma survivor Kimberly Haar shares hw God met her in the aftermath of unthinkable pain- after surviving domestic violence, assault, and loss, and transformed her story into a testimony of redemption, freedom, and joy.

This episode holds space for those walking through grief, trauma, or the long road to spiritual restoration. Moving from why me to what now, pairing therapy with theology, and finding faith when everything seems to be falling apart.

You'll leave reminded that healing is possible, hope is real, and no story is too far gone for redemption.

*Before listening, please note: this episode contains sensitive discussion of domestic violence and trauma. I you need to pause, breathe, or take breaks-you are safe to do so. Healing happens gently.

Connect with Kimberly + Order her book Healing From Life's Deepest Hurts: https://www.kimberlyhaar.com

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What if the Bible stories we've always known- like Adam and Eve, David and Goliath, Jonah and the whale- looked completely different when seen through ancient eyes?

In this thought-provoking and refreshingly honest episode of eighth & GRACE, host Brandy A. Dawson sits down with Harvard-trained archaeologist and Theologian Amanda Hope Haley, known as the Red-Haired Archaeologist, to dig beneath centuries of interpretation, art, and assumption. Together they explore how archaeology, context, and culture can illuminate the scriptures rather than threaten them and why asking hard questions can actually strenghten our faith.

It's a conversation that's a little bit spicy and whole lot sacred. One that might stretch your theology, challange your comfort zones, and deepen your awe for the God who still speaks through ancient stoes.

Whether you're a Bible nerd like me, a curious skeptic, or a believer craving something deeper, this episode will inspire you to see God's Word in it's origional world and rediscover it's wonder today.

Connect with Amanda: redhairedarchaeologist.com

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What if the phrases we repeat in the name of "self empowerment" are quietly keeping us in bondage?

In this episode of eighth & GRACE, Brandy A. Dawson- sits down with author and THRIVE podcast host Erica Ligenza Gwynn to talk about her new book, That's Just Not True. Together they dismantle the catchy cultural "truths' we've been rehearsing- I am enough, my feelings are my truth, if I'm not hustling I'm lazy and rebuild on the unshakable foundation of Scripture.

From Erica's 73-day NICU story to her quiet rebellion against hustle culture. this conversation invites you to trade striving for surrende, pressure for peace, and self-help slogans for gospel freedom. You'll learn her five-step swap practice, how to diagnose lies in the wild of your week, and how to rehearse God's truth until it becomes your reflex.

If you're weary of spiritual burnout and ready for a faith that breathes again, this one's your anthem for true freedom.

Connect with Erica + order That's Just Not True by October 21 to claim your pre-order bonus and get the first chapter- https://www.ericagwynn.com

"The anthem we've been desperately waiting for,"- Mary Marantz

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