Sacred Grit: Daily Tools and Spiritual Resilience for Men Determined to Beat Addiction

Are your lies stacking so high that you’re just hoping they’ll magically take care of themselves?

The truth is freeing, but when it’s laid over a history of lies, it can hit like a freight train—crushing you and shaking the trust of everyone you’ve misled. In this episode, we talk about what it takes to stop the cycle before it buries you, and how to face the fallout with courage and wisdom.

• Understand why rushing to “dump t...

When was the last time telling the truth actually cost you something?

Most people think integrity is just about “being a good person,” but the real test comes when the truth feels like a cold plunge with a backpack full of rocks. In this episode, we break down what it really takes to stand your ground when every part of you wants to soften, spin, or hide.

• Learn why the hardest truths you tell will become the strongest founda...

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Are you hiding behind shame, hoping no one sees the real you?

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In this episode, I share the raw story of how I tried to cover my shame with hair, tattoos, and isolation — and why facing the thing I feared most became the key to becoming the man I wanted to be. Inspired by C.S. Lewis’ The Great Divorceand the battle between David and Goliath, we’ll talk about why killing the “lizard” of shame is the first step toward r...

🎙 No, God Won’t Rescue You From Addiction — But Spiritual Resilience Can Rebuild You As A Man

Are you a father who’s battled addiction, felt like a failure, or questioned if spiritual healing is even possible?

This deeply vulnerable episode confronts the raw truth about addiction, fatherhood, and the myth that faith alone can fix everything. If you've ever felt like your shame disqualified you from healing — this is y...

🎙 Building a Spiritual Ball Sack: Learning to Sit in the Cold, Hard Truth

Knowing what to do isn’t the same as being able to do it.

In this Gritty Wednesday episode of Sacred Grit, Jason Lyle gets real about how living a double life almost killed him — and how he learned to bring his body, mind, and actions into alignment. You’ll learn:

✅ Why knowing the answers isn’t enough — you have to train for change.
✅ How truth feels like ...

🎙 One Man Everywhere: Ending the Double Life of Addiction

Too many men are living a double life — one version of themselves at home, another at work, another in private. It feels like you can keep all the plates spinning forever… until they start to crash.

In this episode of Sacred Grit, Jason Lyle gets raw about what happens when those masks finally break. You’ll learn:

✅ Why the lies you’re managing will eventually collide.
✅ H...

Some things you feel aren’t real — but your nervous system hasn’t gotten the memo.

Old stories from the past can wire themselves so deep into your body that even after you’ve changed, they still feel true.

In this Gritty Wednesday episode, Jason Lyle unpacks why those beliefs stick, and how to break them loose. He shares how facing discomfort — through tools like cold water — can retrain your nervous system to stop looping on the old...

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• How past habits and survival patterns shape the false identities we still live from today
• Why the present moment holds the power to set you free from old, limiting narratives
• How choosing to live from the perfection of who you already are will transform your inner and outer life

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Ever feel like you’re still living as the man you used to be?

In this Sacred Sunday episode of the Sacred Gri...

Most people live on autopilot—reacting without thinking, repeating old patterns, and blaming the world for their pain.

But what if the most spiritual thing you could do today…
was to pause and choose a better response?

In this Gritty Wednesday episode, Jason Lyle breaks down what it means to take full ownership of your response-ability—your power to choose truth, not triggers.

You’ll learn a simple mindset and practical habits tha...

Are you waiting on life to change so you can feel better? Hoping someone else will apologize, show up, or fix what they broke?

In this Sacred Sunday episode, Jason Lyle shares why taking full responsibility for your life is the only way to find peace—and how your ability to respond is exactly where God meets you.

We’ll explore what it means to live in truth, let go of blame, and stop waiting for others to change before you feel free....

Practicing the Pause: Catching the Imposter Voice Before It Controls You

We all have that voice in our head that says we’re not enough. The critic. The imposter.

In this Gritty Wednesday episode, Jason Lyle shares a simple, repeatable practice to help you catch that voice in real time—so it doesn’t control your choices.

Learn how to pause, notice, name those old patterns, and choose responses rooted in honesty, self-love, and truth.

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Do you ever hear that voice in your head saying: “You’re not enough. You’re faking it. You’re going to be exposed.”?

We all have an imposter voice that keeps us stuck in fear, shame, and old patterns.

In this Sacred Sunday episode, Jason Lyle shares his own journey with naming that voice, and invites you to do the same—not to shame it, but to take away its power.

Drawing on Paul’s words “the old has gone, the new has come,” and Jesus’...

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Ever feel like your impulses run the show before you even know what you’re doing? In this Gritty Wednesday episode, Jason Lyle shares how simple, daily mindfulness practice can help you catch your thoughts before they control you—and choose the outcome you truly want. Learn how to train your mind to pause, notice, and respond with honesty and self-love, even in an overstimulated, fast-paced world.

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Ever wonder what God really is—or isn’t? For many of us, the God we were handed doesn’t work anymore. In this Sacred Sunday episode, Jason explores what God is not, what God could be, and how these questions actually show up in your real life.

Drawing on Jesus’ words about the Helper, the Spirit, and the mystery of wind you can’t see but can feel, Jason offers a new way to think about divine guidance: not as a set of rigid rules, bu...

In this final episode of The Freeology Podcast, Jason Lyle unpacks one of Jesus’ most quoted lines: “The truth will set you free.” But what if that truth isn’t a belief system—but reality itself? The raw, present-moment experience of your life—unfiltered, unmasked, and unapologetically honest.

This episode is a powerful transition into Jason’s new platform, Sacred Grit—a podcast and spiritual movement designed to help men live with ...

What do you do when everything you were taught—about healing, faith, success, and identity—suddenly stops working?

In this episode, Jason Lyle shares the raw truth about what happens when the old maps no longer lead to peace. Whether it’s religion that lost its grip, therapy that hit a wall, or external achievements that fell flat, there comes a moment when we’re forced to face the terrain of our own soul.

Through stories of embodied...

What if the real strength isn’t in the big moments—but in the small, overlooked ones that build us from the inside out?

In this episode, Jason Lyle explores the quiet power of foundational practices—like breathwork, meditation, cold water immersion, and mindful movement—and how these daily rituals hold us together when life gets hard. Building on recent episodes about grit, discipline, and the sacred hidden in the ordinary, this con...

Everyone wants the handstand, the solo, the breakthrough moment. But the truth? Mastery starts in the mundane. In this episode, Jason explores why the fundamentals matter—whether it’s a forward fold in yoga, running scales on a piano, or showing up to life with discipline and presence.

You’ll hear about the sacred power of repetition, the lessons hidden in simplicity, and how even Jesus knew the importance of building on a solid fou...