Delay and Pray

Struggling with prayer and fasting during Lent can feel discouraging—but what if that struggle is actually part of the healing process?In this episode of The Delay and Pray Podcast, Beth Bubik reminds listeners that the Christian life was never meant to be easy and that our true hope is always found in Jesus Christ.If your Lent has included failure, impatience, or frustration, this conversation offers encouragement and perspective rooted in Catholic wisdom.Beth explores the deeper reason behind our struggles, explaining how sin separates us from God and why Christ alone restores that relationship.She also discusses how fasting reveals our attachments, the importance of the sacraments in healing the soul, and how practical tools like recognizing drifting foods, runaway foods, and anchor foods can help strengthen both body and spirit during the Lenten journey.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Almsgiving is often the forgotten pillar of Lent, quietly sitting behind prayer and fasting while we focus on sacrifice and spiritual discipline. Yet generosity is one of the most powerful ways we grow in holiness during this sacred season. In this episode, Beth explores the uncomfortable but beautiful call to give more of our time, talent, and treasure during Lent.We talk about how almsgiving works together with prayer and fasting to transform the heart, why generosity loosens our attachment to material things, and how even small acts of charity can become powerful expressions of love for Christ. Beth also shares personal stories, practical ways to practice almsgiving, and how the money saved during fasting can become a meaningful gift for those in need.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

What if prayer—not food—became the hinge of your day?In this episode, we dive into why prayer is the foundation of Spiritual Fasting and the first pillar of Lent.If you’ve ever struggled with consistency in prayer or discipline in fasting, this conversation will reframe how you approach both.We explore the Catechism’s definition of prayer, the power of the Liturgy of the Hours, the role of routine and structure, and the image of prayer as the hinge connecting earthly life to eternal life.We also reflect on the parable of the ten virgins and what it means to “purchase oil” through time, commitment, and consistency. Prayer is the way forward—and the path home.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

What if the desire to drink simply disappeared? In this powerful and personal episode, I share the miracle that happened on New Year’s Day after four years of fasting from alcohol on Wednesdays and Fridays.If you have ever struggled with over drinking or breaking a habit during Lent, this conversation will meet you with hope and clarity.We discuss Friday night cravings, how alcohol affects the brain, the role of spiritual fasting in reshaping desire, and how perseverance invites grace. This episode connects Catholic discipline, brain science, and redemptive suffering — and shows how miracles are often built slowly through faithfulness.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

The ashes may be gone, but the decision to take Lent seriously begins now.In a world filled with confusion and spiritual fatigue, this episode calls Catholics to move beyond minimum observance and step into real spiritual discipline.If you’ve ever sensed that Lent should be more than giving up chocolate, this conversation will meet you right where you are.In this episode, we discuss why fasting every Wednesday and Friday can transform your prayer life, how simple meals and small sacrifices sharpen spiritual focus, and why the Holy Spirit leads us deeper into truth through discipline. Lent is a gift — and the desert is where saints are formed.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Lent isn’t meant to be comfortable - it’s meant to be transformational.In this episode, I invite you to rethink Lent as a holy adventure, not a box to check or a season to endure.When we approach Lent with intention, fasting, and trust in God’s grace, it becomes one of the most powerful seasons of growth in the Christian life.We explore why fasting matters, how planning for Lent changes everything, and what The Hobbit can teach us about sacrifice, courage, and spiritual warfare.This episode connects Catholic tradition, redemptive suffering, and the hope of Easter, reminding us that the fast always comes before the feast - and that we are designed for both.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Hard situations don’t ruin us - avoiding them does. In this powerful episode of the Delay and Pray Podcast, you’ll hear a real coaching session that shows how clarity, faith, and disciplined thinking can transform even the most emotionally charged circumstances. This is not theory; it’s lived experience rooted in Catholic truth.In this episode, Beth coaches a client through a difficult work situation using the Delay and Pray thought model, journaling, redemptive suffering, and the sacraments. You’ll learn how separating facts from drama, sitting with discomfort, and fasting spiritually restores peace, self-control, and freedom - one faithful step at a time.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

An unlikely football championship stirred something far deeper than sports emotion - and it has everything to do with fasting, faith, and obedience to God. In this episode, I share how Indiana University’s miraculous football season became a powerful lens for understanding spiritual discipline and God’s supernatural timing. If you’re working hard with little visible fruit, this episode will encourage you to keep going.We talk about the connection between athletic training and spiritual fasting, how suffering fuels motivation, the role of Catholic faith in true success, and why fasting and praying for others invites grace into the world. This is a story about discipline, humility, and how God turns impossible situations into testimonies when we trust Him fully.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Epiphany is the Church’s doorway into the new year - a feast that turns Christmas from a celebration into a mission. In this episode, we reflect on Christ revealed to the nations, the journey of the Wise Men, and how January invites us to respond with intention, sacrifice, and love refined by prayer.Beth explores how Epiphany reveals Jesus as Lord for all people and asks how we will respond now that He has been made known to us, how the gifts of the Magi—gold, frankincense, and myrrh—teach us to offer love, continual prayer, and fasting as participation in Christ’s life, and how spiritual fasting reorders desire, transforms suffering into gift, and sends us home by another way, changed by encounter with Christ.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

January is full of hope - and pressure. New plans, new promises, and resolutions that often fade by mid-month. In this episode, Beth Bubik explains why resolutions fail and what actually brings lasting change.In this episode, we discuss why behavior-based resolutions don’t work and why formation does, how temperance transforms desire at the root, not just actions, and why spiritual fasting succeeds where dieting always fails.This is not about motivation or willpower. It’s about order, virtue, and peace in body and soul.The $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience is OPEN! Sign up at thecatholicfastingcoach.com.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Late afternoon and evening eating is one of the most common struggles in spiritual fasting—and it’s not a failure of willpower. In this episode, Beth teaches why the 4–8pm window is so challenging and how to plan ahead so fasting becomes an act of love instead of a daily battle.In this episode, you’ll learn how to understand what’s really happening biologically, emotionally, and spiritually between 4–8pm, plan your afternoons and evenings in advance to eliminate decision fatigue and grazing, and turn late-day hunger into powerful prayer, intercession, and spiritual fastingYour 4pm struggle is not a character flaw—it’s a transition hour. When you plan it intentionally, the battle shifts in your favor.Join the $1000 Delay and Pray® Group Coaching Experience now! Learn how to lose 10 pounds in 10 weeks while growing closer to Christ. Get on the waitlist at thecatholicfastingcoach.comHelp Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Happy New Year and welcome to 2026!On this episode, Beth reflects on the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God, and what it means to begin the New Year the Catholic way—with gratitude, trust, and a faithful yes.Looking back at the graces of 2025 and stepping forward into 2026 with faith, Beth uses It’s a Wonderful Life to explore how holiness is often lived quietly through obedience, family life, and daily surrender. This episode invites you to embrace spiritual fasting as mission and to begin the year under Mary’s mantle with joy and purpose.Get on the Waitlist for the $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience at thecatholicfastingcoach.com.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Merry Christmas! In this special Christmas Day episode, Beth and Christine celebrate the birth of Jesus—the Infant King—and explore what it means to be “fit for a King.” The Incarnation sanctifies our humanity: our bodies, our appetites, our movement, and our rest. This is the day when heaven meets earth—and how we feast matters.Beth connects biology, neurology, and theology to show how we can glorify God in body and soul. Listeners will learn to feast with intention, stay rooted in virtue during the Christmas octave, and keep the joy of the season alive long after the decorations come down.Download the Holiday Eating Guide and get on the Waitlist for the $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience at thecatholicfastingcoach.com to help you balance food, movement, and prayer through the entire holiday season.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Ever wonder how to stay spiritually grounded and physically steady when Advent feels like one giant holy fail? This episode takes you behind the scenes of my real life during the busiest month of the year, showing you exactly how I navigate sugar, celebrations, late nights, travel, and all the joyful chaos that December brings.You’ll hear how I set my minimum prayer baseline, how I follow my Christmas food protocol, and why the eat–fast–feast rhythm keeps me anchored in both body and soul. We cover temperance at the table, hydration and movement as spiritual tools, and how the Thought Model helps me stay joyful and charitable through it all. This is Advent lived with intention, grace, and metabolic flexibility.It truly is A Wonderful Life!Download the Holiday Eating Guide and get on the Waitlist for the $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience at thecatholicfastingcoach.com to help you balance food, movement, and prayer through the entire holiday season.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Christmas can quietly turn into a sugar-feast that leaves your body sluggish and your soul foggy - but it doesn’t have to be that way. In this episode, we explore how turning down the sugar opens the door to real clarity, peace, and even miracles during Advent and Christmas.You’ll learn what metabolic flexibility truly is, why it matters for both your physical health and your spiritual life, and how it allows you to feast minimally and joyfully without losing your grounding. We unpack the power of ketones, the meaning behind “Dining In With Jesus,” and five simple ways to stay prayerful, intentional, and resilient throughout the holiday season.Download the Holiday Eating Guide and get on the Waitlist for the $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience at thecatholicfastingcoach.com to help you balance food, movement, and prayer through the entire holiday season.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

Advent isn’t really a countdown to Christmas cookies and chaos although it does include these things - it’s a sacred pause where the soul finally takes a breath. This episode invites you to step out of the December rush and step into the quiet, holy anticipation your heart has been craving.Inside, we explore Advent as a season of transformation, the deep connection between spiritual fasting and the cocoon-like work of grace, and why your desires matter to God. You’ll hear how the butterfly became a symbol of holy becoming, why Catholic mind management is essential for lasting change, and how Delay and Pray fits beautifully into this season of waiting.Download the Holiday Eating Guide and get on the Waitlist for the $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience at thecatholicfastingcoach.com to help you balance food, movement, and prayer through the entire holiday season.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

In this Thanksgiving special, Beth and Christine dive deep into the true meaning of the feast.The word Eucharist means Thanksgiving, and every Mass is our invitation to dine at the table of redemption.Today isn’t just about turkey and pie - it’s about gratitude, discipline, and presence.Beth unpacks the biology of fasting and feasting, the neurology of gratitude, and the theology of the Eucharist as the ultimate Thanksgiving meal.Together, she and Christine remind listeners that this day is about showing up - to Mass, to family, and to the love of Jesus Christ.Download the Holiday Eating Guide and get on the Waitlist for the $1000 Delay and Pray Group Coaching Experience at thecatholicfastingcoach.com to help you balance food, movement, and prayer through the entire holiday season.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

What happens when you finally stop gripping life so tightly and let Jesus lead? In this episode, Beth welcomes business owner, wife, mother, and “Mimi,” Lisa Thibodeaux, who shares how spiritual fasting brought her from striving and control into peace, surrender, and true freedom in Christ.Together, they explore how fasting transforms the heart, what it looks like to lead a business with faith and virtue, and how daily prayer reshapes every corner of life - marriage, health, and spiritual clarity. Lisa’s story is a powerful witness to the freedom that comes when we trust God not just with our souls, but with our schedules, our work, and our deepest desires.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Resources in Today's Show:Lisa's Instagram Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

In this heartfelt episode, Beth welcomes Coleen, a joyful and faith-filled member of Delay and Pray Cohort #3, to share her story of transformation through spiritual fasting. From surrendering her family struggles to rediscovering peace in prayer, Coleen shows what happens when we let fasting become an act of trust rather than control.In our conversation, we explore how fasting for loved ones transforms fear into freedom and surrender, the power of community and Catholic fellowship in staying rooted in faith, and how God’s quiet providence brings healing, provision, and restored relationships.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Delay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn

In this episode, Beth sits down with Teresa Donnett — a nurse, wife, mother of ten, grandmother, and woman of deep Catholic faith. From her beginnings in South Dakota to founding a Catholic high school in Minnesota, Teresa’s life is a testament to service, perseverance, and joy.She shares her remarkable journey through Delay and Pray, where she’s lost 70 pounds and found spiritual freedom through fasting and prayer. Together, Beth and Teresa talk about family life, faith in action, finding holiness in the ordinary, and what it means to never be too busy for God’s call.Help Beth reach her goal of bringing 1 Million Catholics back to the Church: Please subscribe to the podcast and leave a review! Resources in Today's Show:Holy Spirit Academy: www.holyspiritacademy.orgDelay and Pray® Links:$10 Delay and Pray® Book BundleThe Catholic Fasting CoachInstagramFacebookLinkedIn