237. For the Weary with Becky McCoy

"I was in survival mode, and I needed to be really honest about it." What if the reason your spiritual life feels impossible right now is because you’ve been handed tools that were never designed for your grief? Today’s conversation is a tender one. I’m joined by my friend Becky McCoy - writer, spiritual director, and someone who understands firsthand what it means to live inside deep loss while still reaching for gentle hope. We talk honestly about what faith and spiritual practice can look like when you are simply too tired to perform your way through healing. Becky’s upcoming book, In the Company of the Weary, offers compassionate, doable spiritual practices for people living in grief, burnout, and emotional exhaustion. This conversation brings that same gentle permission into real life. If you’ve ever felt like you’re failing at grief, failing at faith, or simply too weary to keep up, this episode is for you. In this episode, we talk about: • How grief reshapes our spiritual lives • What “weariness” really means (and why it matters) • Why traditional spiritual practices often stop working in seasons of loss • The difference between gentle and performative faith practices • Trauma-informed spirituality in everyday life • What the church and helping communities often misunderstand about grief • Where to begin when you feel spiritually numb • One gentle permission for the bone-deep tired Links + Resources from this episode: • Pre-order In the Company of the Weary: https://amzn.to/3ZYbVTB • Connect with Becky on IG:   / beckylmccoy   (  / beckylmccoy  ) • Follow Mandy on IG:   / mandycapehart   • Become a Patron/Get the Workbook:   / mandycapehart