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.
- Overcome Spiritual Stagnation: Practical, actionable faith habits that can help you break free from spiritual dryness and ignite a deeper passion for God in your daily life.
- 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.
- Gain Clarity and Direction: Use biblical principles and spiritual habits to discern God’s guidance and purpose for your life, helping you make more confident and faith-driven decisions.
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 through even through Bill’s passing and the challenging adjustments that have followed. Together, we’ll explore how to live a life of contagious hope!
- Navigate the Heartache of Loss: Habits of Hope offers compassionate guidance and faith-based practices to help you find peace and healing. Move through grief with a renewed sense of God’s love and comfort.
- Strengthen Your Prayer Life: Learn simple, effective ways to build a consistent and meaningful prayer habit, making your communication with God more intentional and impactful.
- Combat Negative Comparisons: Overcome the trap of comparing yourself to others by embracing a mindset of gratitude and trust in God’s unique plan for your life.
- Reconnect When Feeling Distant from God: We will help you find your way back to a vibrant relationship with God.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Navigate the Heartache of Loss: Habits of Hope offers compassionate guidance and faith-based practices to help you find peace and healing. Move through grief with a renewed sense of God’s love and comfort.
- Strengthen Your Prayer Life: Learn simple, effective ways to build a consistent and meaningful prayer habit, making your communication with God more intentional and impactful.
- Combat Negative Comparisons: Overcome the trap of comparing yourself to others by embracing a mindset of gratitude and trust in God’s unique plan for your life.
- Reconnect When Feeling Distant from God: We will help you find your way back to a vibrant relationship with God.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
What Is Spiritual Rest and Why Do We Need It?
What is the meaning of spiritual rest and why is finding rest for our soul important? Spiritual rest is easy to overlook until we face the burnout of mental, emotional, or physical exhaustion. Worry, anxiety, anger, frustration, bitterness, unforgiveness, and stress burden our souls. Different from self-care, soul care restores our spirit, empowering us to experience peace and perseverance when we face challenges. Inspiration to rest for Christian women struggling with worry over the problems of life. Matthew 11:28-30 teaches us to rely on Christ and trust him with our challenges. The Bible has much to say about rest.
The Good in Good Friday: 17 Powerful Verses on the Resurrection Life of Christ
What in the world was good about Good Friday, the day Jesus was crucified on the cross? The message of Good Friday leads us to Easter as we embrace the power of the resurrection of Christ. Don’t miss the free printable list of verses on the true life Jesus gives us in the post (no email needed). An inspirational Easter gift for Christian women seeking Biblical understanding of the life we have in Christ.
How Holy Choices Can Help When You Feel Anxious and Stressed
Ready to discover how to experience healing and wholeness by relying on Christ in your daily moments? What could happen in your life if you choose to live fully in your holy identity in Christ, trusting God to provide in this moment as it is? Celebrating the book birthday of my award-winning Christian-living book, Holy in the Moment, I’m sharing the personal story of what I learned in my battle with anxiety + giveaway included! (Be sure to enter to win at end of this post).
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.
