{"podcast":{"title":"Grace & Grit Podcast","slug":"grace-grit-podcast-991716","podcast_index_feed_id":991716,"rss_url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"https://graceandgrit.com/podcast","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/f/4/4/0/f4405a4688bbcbb088c4a68c3ddbc4f2/Grace_and_Grit_Podcast_3000px.png","author":"Courtney Townley","episode_count":608,"summary":"The Grace and Grit Podcast takes the health fairy tale you've heard all your life and turns it upside down and inside out, helping women rebuild their relationship with their body once and for all. Placing the focus on love and respect, rather than the aggressive demands and unrealistic expectations that have become the norm, Courtney Townley is determined to help women mend the fabric of what is driving the female health story.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-25T14:20:56.758135+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716"},"episode":{"title":"Episode 573: The Message You Keep Sending to Voicemail","slug":"episode-573-the-message-you-keep-sending-to-voicemail","published_at":"2026-06-20T09:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-573-the-message-you-keep-sending-to-voicemail","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716","url":"https://graceandgrit.libsyn.com/episode-573-the-message-you-keep-sending-to-voicemail","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/graceandgrit/June_20.mp3?dest-id=329309","summary":"There's something your emotions have been trying to get through to you for a while now. And every time they knock, you've found another way to not answer — another thing to stay busy with, another way to take the edge off, another way to just get through the day without having to actually feel what's underneath it. I explore the real cost of emotional avoidance — not in abstract terms, but in the quality of your everyday life. The energy it takes to keep feelings at a distance. The way numbing the hard ones also numbs the good ones. The physical toll of emotions that don't get processed and simply go underground instead. This episode isn't asking you to fall apart. It's asking you to consider that the thing you've been avoiding might be the most important door you haven't walked through yet — and that what's on the other side of it is not more pain, but a freer, more fully felt life. Want to keep going? Download the first chapter of The Consistency Code for FREE at https://graceandgrit.com/freechapter and take the first step toward the health and happiness you deserve. #GraceAndGritPodcast #MidlifeWomen #EmotionalHealth #MidlifeHealth #EmotionalAvoidance #WomenOver40 #MindBodyConnection #TheConsistencyCode #MidlifeWellness #WomensHealth #EmotionalIntelligence #SecondAct #WomenOver50 #FeelYourFeelings #Numbing","meta_description":"There's something your emotions have been trying to get through to you for a while now. And every time they knock, you've found another way to not answer…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":400,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episodes/episode-573-the-message-you-keep-sending-to-voicemail/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/grace-grit-podcast-991716/episode-573-the-message-you-keep-sending-to-voicemail.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}