Grounded Growth

About Grounded Growth

Hosted by Nicole Ghirardi and Stephanie Petry, Grounded Growth is a faith-inspired personal growth podcast for women who want a calmer, more intentional life without hustle, burnout, or overwhelm. This podcast is designed for busy women navigating full schedules, multiple roles, and constant demands who are craving balance, clarity, and peace rooted in faith. Through real conversations and gentle, faith-centered encouragement, Grounded Growth helps you slow down and build simple, sustainable routines that support your mind, body, and spirit. Each episode offers practical tools for intentional planning and weekly resets, encouragement for spiritual growth without pressure or perfection, and honest conversations about overwhelm, boundaries, and real-life seasons. You’ll learn how to create daily and weekly rhythms, faith-based routines, and grounded systems that help you feel steady, focused, and aligned. Grounded Growth is your weekly pause. A space to reset, reflect, and reconnect with what truly matters so you can build a life that feels meaningful, balanced, and aligned with your values. Subscribe to Grounded Growth for weekly episodes on intentional living, faith-based personal development, calm productivity, and spiritual growth that feels gentle, grounded, and sustainable. Follow along and stay connected Website https://www.groundedgrowth.org (https://www.groundedgrowth.org)Instagram https://www.instagram.com/groundedgrowthmo/ (https://www.instagram.com/groundedgrowthmo/)Facebook Community https://www.facebook.com/groups/groundedgrowthcommunity (https://www.facebook.com/groups/groundedgrowthcommunity)YouTube @groundedgrowthmo Stay grounded and keep growing.

Publisher

Nicole Ghirardi & Stephanie Petry

Category

education · religion & spirituality

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Dec 2025

Latest episode

19 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

42 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   19 Oct 2026

   Raising Kids Who Know God

   Our children need more than information about God, they need to know Him. In this episode, Nicole and Stephanie continue Motherhood Rooted in Grace with a conversation about raising kids who know God, not just know about Him. We cannot manufacture saving faith in our children. Salvation is the sovereign work of God, and our responsibility is faithful teaching, modeling, discipline, prayer, and discipleship, not controlling the outcome. In This Episode Why knowing God is relational, not merely informational Why passing on our faith is so hard when the culture shouts the opposite What it looks like when we try to raise faithful kids on our own strength What Jesus shows us about children and faith in Mark 10:13-16 Six ways to layer faith into ordinary, everyday moments What It Means to Raise Kids Who Know God I can teach my children Bible stories and verses, but ultimately I want them to know the God those things point to. My children are not projects I can successfully complete with the right formula. Shepherding a Child's Heart says the goal is not simply to modify behavior but to help our children understand that life is found in knowing and serving the true and living God. A child can obey out of fear or a desire to look good, and none of that necessarily means their heart has been transformed. Grace based parenting asks us to entrust our children to Christ, not try to control them into Christianity. Why Passing On Our Faith Is So Hard We cannot actually manufacture faith in our kids. The culture is loud and relentless, and it can feel like we are whispering truth while the world shouts the opposite. James K.A. Smith writes in You Are What You Love that we are formed less by what we are told and more by our habits and daily rhythms, so faith is caught in a thousand ordinary moments. We think of the father in Mark 9 who brought his struggling son to Jesus and said, I believe, help my unbelief. We do not have perfect faith to hand our kids, but we can keep bringing them, wavering hearts and all, to Him. What It Looks Like When We Try to Do It on Our Own One danger is turning parenting into behavior modification, managing behavior rather than shepherding the heart. High control or image control parenting can reveal something about our own hearts, correcting a child because their behavior is inconvenient rather than out of love. Discipline shifts from how dare you disobey me to let me help you understand your heart and where you can run for forgiveness. Faith Layer "Let the children come to me; do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God." Mark 10:14 Jesus does not tell us to manufacture our children's faith, He just says bring them to Him. Salvation is not dependent on our performance. We can teach, pray, and model, but only God regenerates a heart, so we do not have to parent out of panic. Resources Mentioned Shepherding a Child's Heart, Tedd Tripp You Are What You Love, James K.A. Smith Becoming MomStrong, Heidi St. John Wise Words for Moms, Ginger Hubbard Final Encouragement You do not have to be a perfect Christian to raise kids who love Jesus. Just keep pointing them to Him. Pick one small faith rhythm this week, a prayer at bedtime or a verse at breakfast, and start there. Next time in Motherhood Rooted in Grace: When You Feel Like You're Failing. Stay grounded and keep growing. www.groundedgrowth.org (http://www.groundedgrowth.org) - Instagram: @GroundedGrowthMO

2. 

   8 Oct 2026

   Mothering from Rest, Not Guilt

   Motherhood is a role God has given us, not the identity He has given us. In this episode, Nicole and Stephanie begin a brand new series, Motherhood Rooted in Grace, starting with a conversation about mothering from rest instead of guilt. Mom guilt convinces us that if we are not doing more, we are failing. But grace changes the goal. God never asked us to be perfect mothers. He asked us to faithfully steward what He has entrusted to us, and to trust Him with the rest. In This Episode Why rest is not the absence of responsibility, but the presence of trust Why mom guilt feels impossible to satisfy, and where that ache comes from What it looks like when guilt, not grace, is running the show at home What Jesus shows us about rest in Matthew 11:28-30 Six practical ways to grow from rest instead of guilt in everyday motherhood What Mothering From Rest Actually Means Rest is not the absence of responsibility, it is the presence of trust. We can have a full calendar and still have a heart resting in God. Motherhood is a role, not our identity or our soul's ultimate purpose. When it becomes our ultimate purpose, we can begin to idolize the very role God gave us. Gospel Mom reminds us that motherhood happens east of Eden. There will be hardship and things we cannot fix, and grace meets us right there. Sometimes the most faithful thing we can do is hold something loosely and say, Lord, I trust You with this outcome. Why It Is So Hard to Let Go of the Guilt Mom guilt is hard to shake because the standard is impossible. No matter how much we pour out, it never feels like enough. We compare ourselves to other moms, and social media hands us everyone's highlight reel while we live our own behind the scenes. Faith Chang calls this the perfectionist's ache in Peace Over Perfection, believing in grace with our heads while still feeling like we are never quite enough. We think of Martha in Luke 10, so busy she missed Jesus sitting right there, while Mary simply sat at His feet. What It Looks Like When Guilt Runs the Show Guilt can become a subtle form of self reliance, compensating for every mistake by working harder instead of trusting God's grace. Conviction says, that response was not loving, come to Me, repent, and grow. Condemnation says, you will never get this right. Left unchecked, guilt can look like saying yes to everything, being present in body but not in mind, or snapping and piling on more guilt for snapping. Faith Layer "Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest." Matthew 11:28 Jesus does not say come to Me once you have gotten your life together. He says come when you are weary and carrying a burden. Rest begins with coming to Him, not with finally getting everything under control. Jesus never asked us to become our children's savior. There is already a Savior, and we are not Him. Resources Mentioned Gospel Mom by the Risen Motherhood team Peace Over Perfection by Faith Chang Becoming MomStrong by Heidi St. John 100 Days of Less Hustle, More Jesus by Shanna Noel Final Encouragement God is not asking you to be a perfect mom. He is inviting you to be a rested one who leans on Him. Pick one guilt you have been carrying and hand it to God on purpose. Next time, we continue Motherhood Rooted in Grace with Raising Kids Who Know God. Stay grounded and keep growing. www.groundedgrowth.org (http://www.groundedgrowth.org) - Instagram: @GroundedGrowthMO

3. 

   1 Oct 2026

   Walking in Trust

   Trust begins with recognizing that God is God, and we are not. We can make plans, seek wisdom, and steward what He has given us, but we are not the author of our story or the controller of its outcome. In this episode, Nicole and Stephanie introduce our new Walking in Trust ROOTS Morning Journal and unpack the three-part rhythm behind it, surrender, guidance, and peace. Walking in trust is not a one-time decision. It is a daily practice of releasing control and resting in God’s presence while we wait to see what comes next. In This Episode Why surrender is not giving up, but releasing our demand to control the outcome How to seek God’s guidance for the next step without needing the whole map Why biblical peace is rooted in God’s presence, not peaceful circumstances Breaking down Proverbs 3:5-6, verse by verse, as the building block for trust The daily ROOTS rhythm behind our new Walking in Trust journal What Walking in Trust Actually Means Surrender is not passivity. It is loosening our grip on the outcome while remaining obedient in the present. We can steward what God has given us without trying to be sovereign over it. Guidance comes after surrender, because we cannot genuinely ask God to lead while still demanding control over where He takes us. Sometimes He gives us enough light for today because He wants us depending on Him, not on the plan. And peace is not the absence of unsettled circumstances. It is rooted in the presence and character of God, who meets us again and again, not just once. Why It Is So Hard We want the entire plan and an explanation of how every part fits together, not just the next step. Fear can sound like wisdom, and impatience can create false urgency, so it takes discernment to tell our feelings apart from God’s actual direction. Ruth Chou Simons writes in Now and Not Yet that faithfulness to God sometimes puts us on a course where circumstances get worse before they get better. That is where knowing His character, not our comfort, becomes essential. Faith Layer “Trust in the LORD with all your heart, and do not lean on your own understanding. In all your ways acknowledge him, and he will make straight your paths.” Proverbs 3:5-6 This is the verse our new journal is built around. Trust begins with the object of our trust, the Lord, not our own preparation or understanding. It is wholehearted, covering every dream, fear, and unknown, not just the parts we don’t mind releasing. And it promises not an easy path, but a directed one. The straight path may still include waiting, detours, and opportunities we never imagined. Resources Mentioned Now and Not Yet by Ruth Chou Simons Walking in Trust ROOTS Morning Journal. groundedgrowth.org/store (http://groundedgrowth.org/store) Final Encouragement You do not have to solve everything today. Begin with one honest prayer, one surrendered decision, and one faithful step. You may not know what comes next, but you can trust the One who does. Next time, we’re beginning a brand new series, Motherhood Rooted in Grace. Stay grounded and keep growing. www.groundedgrowth.org (http://www.groundedgrowth.org) - Instagram: @GroundedGrowthMO

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