E22 | You Are Not Behind | Why Comparing Your Life to Others Is Keeping You Stuck

E26 | When God Doesn't Change the Season | I Never Got My Why - Part 4

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1951076/fan_mail/new] In Part 4 of the I Never Got My Why series, Tennille explores the true context behind Jeremiah 29:11 and why God's promise of hope and a future was first spoken to people living in exile. What happens when God doesn't change the season? Through the story of Israel in Babylon, this episode explores how to stop putting your life on hold while waiting for the next chapter and how to build, grow, and flourish in a place you never planned to stay. Inside this episode: • The real context of Jeremiah 29:11 • Why God's promise did not remove the exile • How to stop living emotionally packed for departure • The difference between surviving a season and growing inside it • What God may be building in your waiting season If you've ever felt stuck, delayed, disappointed, or tempted to believe your real life starts later, this episode is for you. Support the show [https://aged-sky-9140.ck.page/products/tip-your-host] FREE COMPANION GUIDE TO THE SERIES: I Never Got My Why: What I Got Was Better [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/never_got_my_why] Bible Study: Join me every Wednesday, starting June 17th, at 7 PM EST for "Why Did This Happen," [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] a free six-session live Bible Study for the woman who believes and still has questions. Register here to save your seat.   [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] Enjoyed this episode? There's more waiting for you on Substack [https://substack.com/@middleofthestory]. Longer thoughts, quieter moments, and a community of women who get it. Come find us. If this episode stirred something in you, grab the free guide: I Thought I Would Be Further By Now: 5 Signs You Are Trying to Finish a Story God Is Still Writing. [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] It is a gentle mirror for the woman who is still in the middle. My gift to you! [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] Follow and connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/livingstorypodcast/]!

E25 l You Are Not the Only One Who Asked | I Never Got My Why - Part 3

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1951076/fan_mail/new] In Episode 3 of I Never Got My Why, Tennille explores the wilderness story of Hagar and the powerful name she gives God in the middle of unanswered questions: El Roi, the God who sees me. This episode is about isolation, edited pain, emotional honesty, and the deep human need to be seen fully in suffering. Inside this episode: * Hagar in Genesis 16 * El Roi, the God who sees * emotional isolation * the edited version of pain * why women hide the full truth of their grief * being seen versus being explained Support the show [https://aged-sky-9140.ck.page/products/tip-your-host] FREE COMPANION GUIDE TO THE SERIES: I Never Got My Why: What I Got Was Better [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/never_got_my_why] Bible Study: Join me every Wednesday, starting June 17th, at 7 PM EST for "Why Did This Happen," [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] a free six-session live Bible Study for the woman who believes and still has questions. Register here to save your seat.   [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] Enjoyed this episode? There's more waiting for you on Substack [https://substack.com/@middleofthestory]. Longer thoughts, quieter moments, and a community of women who get it. Come find us. If this episode stirred something in you, grab the free guide: I Thought I Would Be Further By Now: 5 Signs You Are Trying to Finish a Story God Is Still Writing. [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] It is a gentle mirror for the woman who is still in the middle. My gift to you! [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] Follow and connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/livingstorypodcast/]!

E24 | When “Why” Becomes the Room You Live In | I Never Got My Why - Part 2

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1951076/fan_mail/new] Why do some questions stay with us long after the moment that created them? In Episode 2 of I Never Got My Why series, Tennille explores what happens when heartbreak, disappointment, and unanswered prayers stop being something we experience and start becoming the emotional place we live. Through the story of Naomi in Ruth 1, personal reflections, and an honest conversation about the gap between knowing truth and trusting it, this episode is for the woman who feels stuck in grief, waiting, or the unanswered question she cannot seem to move past. Inside this episode: • Why grief can become an emotional home • The story of Naomi and what Scripture teaches about bitterness • The difference between visiting pain and living there • Functioning publicly while grieving privately • The gap between the mind and the heart • Why slow healing is not spiritual failure • Hope for women who still have unanswered questions Support the show [https://aged-sky-9140.ck.page/products/tip-your-host] FREE COMPANION GUIDE TO THE SERIES: I Never Got My Why: What I Got Was Better [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/never_got_my_why] Bible Study: Join me every Wednesday, starting June 17th, at 7 PM EST for "Why Did This Happen," [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] a free six-session live Bible Study for the woman who believes and still has questions. Register here to save your seat.   [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] Enjoyed this episode? There's more waiting for you on Substack [https://substack.com/@middleofthestory]. Longer thoughts, quieter moments, and a community of women who get it. Come find us. If this episode stirred something in you, grab the free guide: I Thought I Would Be Further By Now: 5 Signs You Are Trying to Finish a Story God Is Still Writing. [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] It is a gentle mirror for the woman who is still in the middle. My gift to you! [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] Follow and connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/livingstorypodcast/]!

E23 | Why Am I Still Stuck? | I Never Got My Why Series - Part 1

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1951076/fan_mail/new] Why can’t I move on… even when I know the relationship is over? In this first episode of the I Never Got My Why series, I explore the emotional and spiritual exhaustion of living inside unanswered questions.  If you’ve ever wrestled with heartbreak, grief, disappointment, emotional looping, or wondering why God allowed something painful to happen, this episode is for you. Through honest storytelling, biblical reflection, and emotional truth-telling, we talk about: * functioning publicly while grieving privately * why heartbreak can become part of your identity * the gap between what the mind knows and what the heart can hold * Moses at the burning bush * El Roi, the God who sees * why asking “why” is not weak faith This episode is not about quick answers. It’s about learning how to stay honest with God in the middle of pain. Support the show [https://aged-sky-9140.ck.page/products/tip-your-host] FREE COMPANION GUIDE TO THE SERIES: I Never Got My Why: What I Got Was Better [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/never_got_my_why] Bible Study: Join me every Wednesday, starting June 17th, at 7 PM EST for "Why Did This Happen," [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] a free six-session live Bible Study for the woman who believes and still has questions. Register here to save your seat.   [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] Enjoyed this episode? There's more waiting for you on Substack [https://substack.com/@middleofthestory]. Longer thoughts, quieter moments, and a community of women who get it. Come find us. If this episode stirred something in you, grab the free guide: I Thought I Would Be Further By Now: 5 Signs You Are Trying to Finish a Story God Is Still Writing. [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] It is a gentle mirror for the woman who is still in the middle. My gift to you! [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] Follow and connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/livingstorypodcast/]!

E22 | You Are Not Behind | Why Comparing Your Life to Others Is Keeping You Stuck

Send us Fan Mail [https://www.buzzsprout.com/1951076/fan_mail/new] Before you compare your life to someone else’s, remember this: You joined their story in the middle. In this episode of The Living Story, we’re talking about comparison, social media, waiting seasons, and the quiet belief so many women carry that they are somehow “behind” in life. Maybe you thought you’d be married by now. Maybe you thought you’d have children, clarity, healing, purpose, or peace by now. Maybe you scroll through someone else’s life and wonder why their story seems to be moving while yours feels stuck. But what if you’re not behind at all? What if you’ve simply been comparing your page one to someone else’s page three hundred? In this episode, Tennille Martinez explores: *  why comparison is emotionally destructive  *  how social media distorts our timelines  *  the hidden middle chapters people never show  *  what the stories of Joseph and Hannah reveal about waiting  *  why God’s timing is not punishment  *  and how your “middle chapter” may actually be the place where transformation is happening most deeply  This episode is for the woman who feels overlooked, delayed, discouraged, or exhausted from measuring her life against everyone else’s. You are not behind. You are being formed. Support the show [https://aged-sky-9140.ck.page/products/tip-your-host] FREE COMPANION GUIDE TO THE SERIES: I Never Got My Why: What I Got Was Better [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/never_got_my_why] Bible Study: Join me every Wednesday, starting June 17th, at 7 PM EST for "Why Did This Happen," [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] a free six-session live Bible Study for the woman who believes and still has questions. Register here to save your seat.   [https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/AauuJTMpSfW6KF0AtY-EjQ] Enjoyed this episode? There's more waiting for you on Substack [https://substack.com/@middleofthestory]. Longer thoughts, quieter moments, and a community of women who get it. Come find us. If this episode stirred something in you, grab the free guide: I Thought I Would Be Further By Now: 5 Signs You Are Trying to Finish a Story God Is Still Writing. [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] It is a gentle mirror for the woman who is still in the middle. My gift to you! [https://livingstorypodcast.systeme.io/5signsfreebie] Follow and connect with us on Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/livingstorypodcast/]!