No Matter What with Hanna Seymour

Every January I get the same message: "Hanna, what Bible in a year plan should I do?" So many of us start strong and then quietly quit somewhere in Leviticus. Mary Wiley never planned to write a Bible reading plan in this season of life, with four kids including a baby, but God had other ideas. Her plan, Every Day in the Bible, doesn't start in Genesis. It starts in John and reads the Old and New Testaments side by side, so Scripture helps interpret Scripture. We talk about: • why a quick 10-minute quiet time might not be the whole picture (God's Word is bread, not a snack) • why a good discipleship plan includes studying fast and studying slow • what to do when a passage makes you uneasy about God's goodness • why we need the whole story of Scripture, not just our favorite comfort verses And I made a commitment on air at the end, so stick around for that. Whether you're ready for a whole-Bible plan or just opening your Bible for a couple of minutes a day, this one's for you. Connect with Mary: • Website: https://marycwiley.com • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/marycwiley/ • Every Day in the Bible (Lifeway): https://www.lifeway.com/en/product-family/every-day-in-the-bible • Every Day in the Bible podcast (daily episodes start January 1): https://podcasts.apple.com/podcast/id1516038582 Connect with Me: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannaeseymour/ • Website: https://hannaseymour.com • The Weekly One (Monday email): https://hannaseymour.com/the-weekly-one • Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com/

Have you ever lain awake wondering, "What if I die before I've confessed everything?" You're not alone, and that's one of the questions I'm tackling in this solo Q&A episode.I gave all of your submitted questions to Claude and let it pick seven. I hadn't seen them before I hit record, so you get my honest, unfiltered answers in real time. We go from light to heavy fast.We talk about:• The hardest part of writing a book that nobody warns you about• How to find a mentor (and why you should never ask someone to "mentor" you)• The dating advice I'd give my single self• What I've had to unlearn from how I was raised• How to stop spiraling as a parent when God doesn't intervene the way you want• Whether you can lose your salvation if you die before you repentPlus, a challenge for the last eight weeks of 2026: one thing to finally get done, and one word to guide you.Got a question for a future Q&A? DM me on Instagram @hannaeseymour or email [email protected] Mentioned• The Sacred Search by Gary Thomas: https://link.amazon/B05c0Si3l• Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas: https://link.amazon/B07HQCgMp• Episode 75: Answering YOUR Questions (my first Q&A)• Scripture: Romans 6:23, Romans 1:16, John 3:16, Romans 10:9–10, 1 John 1:9, Galatians 5:1, Philippians 1:6, Romans 8:28, Psalm 112Connect with Me• Instagram: @hannaeseymour• Website: https://hannaseymour.com• The Weekly One (my Monday email): https://hannaseymour.com/the-weekly-one• Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com/

Have you ever been reading your Bible, showing up at church, and saying yes to every chance to serve, and still felt far from God? Maybe you've looked at someone else's quiet time and thought, I'm just not doing enough. Jeanine Amapola Ward knows that feeling well. Jeanine has been creating online since she was a teenager filming YouTube videos in her bedroom, and she's honest about how easily faith can slide into performance when you're used to people watching. Today is launch day for her new book, The Abiding Way, a 40-day devotional through the Gospel of John. We talk about the season she realized she was doing a lot for God without simply being with Him, why we both relate to Martha (and why Martha doesn't deserve all the shame), what abiding looks like on an ordinary Tuesday when an hour of silence isn't happening, and one small step for anyone who feels burned out or spiritually dry. Connect with Jeanine: • The Abiding Way: https://link.amazon/B00xaD31k • Becoming Happy and Healthy: https://jeanineamapola.com/becoming-happy-and-healthy-jeanine-amapola-book-1 • Happy and Healthy podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happy-healthy-with-jeanine-amapola/id1515971195 • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanineamapola/ • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@JeanineAmapola • Website: https://jeanineamapola.com Connect with Me: • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/hannaeseymour/ • Website: https://hannaseymour.com • The Weekly One (Monday email): https://hannaseymour.com/the-weekly-one • Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com/

Have you ever looked across the room at your husband and wondered when you two started feeling more like roommates than partners? If your marriage feels cold or distant right now, I want you to hear this: it’s a season, and seasons are meant to be passed through. This week I’m talking with licensed counselor Debra Fileta, who has spent over 20 years sitting with couples. Her newest book, Relationship Skills, walks through the four seasons every relationship moves through, and we spend most of our time in winter, the cold, distant one. We talk about why empty people make terrible partners (and what to do when you’re the empty one), the difference between selflessness, selfishness, and self-neglect, and how couples slowly drift apart without noticing. Debra also opens up about a hard winter in her own marriage and the simple weekly habit she and her husband still keep 15 years later. If you’re in a cold season, I hope you leave this conversation with some hope and one practical place to start. Resources Mentioned Relationship Skills by Debra Fileta: https://link.amazon/B075fNpD7Soul Care by Debra Fileta: https://debrafileta.com/soulcare/Marriage Check-In Guide: https://debrafileta.com/product/marriage-check-in-guide/Free Relationship Skills Quiz: https://debrafileta.com/relationship-skills-quiz/ Connect with Debra Website: https://debrafileta.com Instagram: @debrafiletaTalk To Me podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/talk-to-me-the-debra-fileta-podcast/id1417804351Debra Fileta Counselors Network: https://debrafileta.com/counseling/ Connect with Me Instagram: @hannaeseymour Website: https://hannaseymour.com The Weekly One (my Monday email): https://hannaseymour.com/the-weekly-one Everyday Spiritual Habits: https://everydayspiritualhabits.com/

Do you ever feel like you're failing at your faith because your prayer life doesn't look like the version in your head? Like real women of prayer have a whole system figured out, and you're just whispering something quick while you're doing dishes? I sat down with Monica Ritchie, an on-air host at 98.5 KTIS in the Twin Cities who also hosts her own podcast, Theologically Fashioned. We talked about the guilt that creeps in around spiritual disciplines: wrestling honestly with hard questions instead of burying them, bringing anger and grief to God instead of stuffing it down, and how to tell when a practice you used to love has gone from life giving to just obligatory. Monica also shares her reframe on rest. It's not about doing nothing, it's about restoration, and what that's actually looked like for her in different seasons of life.If you've ever felt like you're doing your faith wrong, this one's for you.Monica's new book, Fashioned by Faith, goes even deeper into all of this if you want to keep going. Connect with Monica: Instagram: @itsmonicaritchie Podcast: Theologically Fashioned Book: Fashioned by Faith — https://link.amazon/B02cBulQr Connect with me: Instagram: @hannaeseymour Website: hannaseymour.com The Weekly One (my Monday email): hannaseymour.com/the-weekly-one Everyday Spiritual Habits: everydayspiritualhabits.com