HABITS OF HOPE PODCAST
Life is challenging, and faith can feel fragile—but it doesn’t have to be. Habits of Hope is your guide to cultivating small but powerful habits that draw you closer to God, helping you hold onto hope in every season. Each episode offers you practical tools to strengthen your faith, foster resilience, and trust in God’s faithfulness, no matter what you’re facing. Join Ginger and Larissa for engaging conversation, biblical wisdom, inspiring stories, and honest emotions about navigating life’s challenges with hope and gratitude. Are you ready to discover that hope is your best habit? Listen in to enter the hope zone.
Listen to the Latest Episodes
Hope is Contagious
- Find Hope During Tough Times: Encouragement and biblical wisdom that will help you hold on to hope, even when life feels overwhelming or challenging. If you are grieving we welcome you in this space.
- Build Consistent Spiritual Rhythms: Discover easy-to-implement strategies for developing daily spiritual habits to feel more connected to God every day.
- Reduce Anxiety and Stress: Trust God’s faithfulness to help you navigate life’s challenges with greater peace and confidence.
Meet My Co-Host
Larissa Traquair, also known as Gr8tful Chick, is Chief Inspirational Officer of the Gr8tful Tribe and founder of the Cultivate community, dedicated to helping others cultivate gratitude daily. With a background in live-streaming and a passion for gratitude, Larissa brings a wealth of experience and a heart for ministry. She began her broadcasting adventure a year after her Marine husband was diagnosed with terminal cancer and has lived out gratitude daily even through Bill’s passing and the challenging adjustments that have followed. Together, we’ll explore how to live a life of contagious hope!
- Live with Purpose and Intentionality: Learn how small, daily faith habits can lead to a more purposeful life that reflects your values and commitment to God’s calling for you.
- Navigate the Heartache of Loss: Compassionate guidance and faith-based practices will help you find peace and healing. Move through grief with a renewed sense of God’s love and comfort.
- Stay Encouraged in Faith: Be inspired by real-life stories and raw testimonies of God’s faithfulness, providing the hope and strength needed to keep going, especially during hard seasons.
- Break Free from Negative Mindsets: Struggling with fear, self-doubt, or discouragement? Learn how to replace negative mindsets with faith-centered perspectives, empowering you to overcome obstacles and see yourself through God’s eyes.
This Podcast is For You If. . .
- You’re Searching for Hope in Difficult Times
When life feels heavy and hope seems far off, Habits of Hope will walk alongside you, offering spiritual wisdom and reminders of God’s faithfulness to carry you through. - You’re a Christian Feeling Spiritually Stuck
Your faith feels like it’s hit a plateau, and you’re craving that spark again. Habits of Hope gives you simple, actionable steps to reignite your spiritual life. - You’re a Leader or Mentor Who Needs Encouragement
You pour into others, but sometimes you need to refuel spiritually, too. This podcast will inspire you to keep leading with strength, grounded in faith and hope. - You’re a Young Christian Seeking Mentorship
If you’re looking for spiritual guidance, this podcast feels like having a trusted mentor by your side. With real-life advice and actionable faith habits, Habits of Hope will help you find direction and purpose in your faith journey. - You’re Spiritually Curious and Seeking Answers
If you’re exploring spirituality but aren’t sure where to start, Habits of Hope provides thoughtful, non-judgmental conversations about faith, hope, and finding purpose in life. This podcast invites you to explore Christianity in a welcoming, accessible way.
Recent Episodes
Grace to Think Realistically
You see, being human, either I think too much of myself, or I think of myself too much.When I think too highly of myself, I will inevitably think too lowly of someone else. There’s only so much room at the top.
Ever Catch Yourself Arguing with God?
Sometimes I catch myself reading a portion of Scripture with a bit of an argumentative attitude. Ever done that? When the words of God are shockingly different from our cultural mindset and worldly way of conducting life, it is easy to cross my arms and want to dig in my heels. When I don’t completely understand how or why, I can default to doubt or bossiness–just keeping it real here. I am humbled when I remember many situations when I have prayed about an issue in my life from the mindset that I know exactly how to fix it; I just need God to do it. It is easy for a desire to solve a problem to become an agenda, ever noticed that?
One of the Family
Isn’t it great to be one of the family? There is a feeling of security when you know you belong . When you are part of the family, you know where you live…duh. You have a key to the door and you come right on in whenever you want to, because you live there. Right? When you are part of the family, you can help yourself to whatever is in the refrigerator (unless of course, your mom has but an “Eat this and you will Die!” note on the banana pudding. When you are one of the family, you can snuggle up on the couch and put your feet on the coffee table. You can relax because you know you belong. You know you are supposed to live there. You are loved and accepted, even if you are having a bad day and are feeling a little testy.
Hope Resources for the Podcast
Explore selected resources from the Deeper Life Collection—a curated library of Ginger’s free tools designed to strengthen your faith and fill your life with hope. These devotionals, journals, and micro-studies, often featured in our episodes, offer practical guidance for building spiritual habits and deepening your connection with God. Dive in and find fresh inspiration for your journey of growth and hope.
