• Writing, Conviction, and What It Actually Means to Stand for Something with Eliza Monts
    Jun 18 2026

    ✍️ Eliza signed a book deal with Penguin Random House's Catholic imprint — and it started with a Lilly Pulitzer blog about Demi Lovato in eighth grade. In this episode of The LIVing Room, Liv Harrison sits down with Catholic writer and content creator Eliza to trace the unlikely path from middle school recess "therapy sessions" to one of the most honest Catholic voices on the internet.
    They get into just war theory and the Iran conflict, the dignity of people sleeping on the streets of downtown Charleston, Blessed Franz Jägerstätter and what it means to "stand up and be counted" when no one is with you, and how Eliza handles it when she posts too fast and gets it wrong. This one's for the woman who knows she has something to say but keeps waiting for permission.

    Guest Bio:
    Eliza is a Catholic writer and content creator based in Charleston, South Carolina, known for her Instagram platform Eliza Writes Things, where she covers faith, human dignity, and Catholic social teaching with a distinctly unfiltered voice. She built her audience from scratch beginning in 2020 while studying English and creative writing, later serving a year on mission in the Diocese of Charleston, and currently works in marketing. She has recently signed a book contract with Penguin Random House's Catholic imprint. Eliza also leads small group ministry for middle and high school girls at her parish.

    In This Episode:
    00:00 The Charm Necklace That Preaches a Homily
    01:45 Hart Hagerty, Charleston, and Walmart Knockoffs
    02:45 Eliza's 8th-Grade Lilly Pulitzer Blog (It's Still Live)
    04:00 How Eliza Writes Things Actually Started in 2020
    05:30 The Holy Spirit, a Resume Line, and Her First Marketing Job
    07:20 "Your Dreams Are Gonna Come True" — The Penguin Book Deal
    08:45 The Non-People Pleaser Who Built a Following for It
    09:50 Her Mom, Her Grandmother, and the League of Women Voters
    10:40 Fourth-Grade Recess Therapy and the Tree Sign
    12:00 Human Dignity as Her North Star — JP II, Sacred Heart, and Both/Ands
    15:00 What Issues Keep Her Up at Night in 2026
    16:30 Just War Theory and Why Iran Doesn't Clear the Bar
    17:45 The Poor Aren't an Abstraction — Life on the Streets of Downtown Charleston
    20:45 Mary Magdalene and Why She's the Saint for Suffering
    23:00 Two White Women in Charleston — Addressing the Elephant in the Room
    24:30 Blessed Franz Jägerstätter: The One Man Who Voted No
    32:00 "It's Enough Just to Stand Up and Be Counted"
    33:30 When You Post Too Fast and Have to Take It Down
    39:30 What Accountability Actually Looks Like for Catholic Influencers
    41:00 Why She's Excited About Gen Z Catholic Creators
    44:30 How to Raise Kids Who Stand Up for Something
    47:30 Book Jail, Book Mansion, and How to Pray for Eliza Right Now

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  • From Federal Prosecutor to "Just His Beloved": Nell's Identity Overhaul at 43
    Jun 11 2026

    🤍 She was a federal law clerk in Vegas, a managing editor of Law Review, and a prosecutor — and she drove home one morning drenched in spit-up thinking, who am I? Nell O'Leary spent decades performing her way through life until a daughter's mysterious illness, the collapse of a ministry, and a silent retreat stripped everything away and left her with one answer: beloved.

    In this episode of The LIVing Room, Liv Harrison and Nell cover the identity crisis hiding inside early motherhood, what it actually feels like to enter silence when you have the gift of gab, how Nell's marriage deepened when she finally understood her husband's prayer life — and the Catholic mommy wars nobody wants to admit are real. If you've ever felt like you are what you accomplish, this one is for you.

    Guest Bio:

    Nell O'Leary is a Catholic writer, speaker, and ministry consultant based in St. Paul, Minnesota. A former federal law clerk and prosecutor, she went on to spend nearly a decade in women's ministry before transitioning to freelance consulting, writing, and speaking for Catholic organizations. She contributed to or edited over 50 books, wrote the prayers for Ascension's 2026 planner, and is currently finishing her first solo book with a mainstream publisher. Nell and her husband Anthony have five children.


    In This Episode

    00:00 Welcome — Nell and Liv in the Living Room

    01:30 What Nell's life looks like online (and why it works)

    02:15 18-year-old Nell: poetry, horses, and zero plan

    03:45 How a love of show jumping led to law school

    04:30 Ave Maria Law School and meeting her husband

    05:45 The Vegas clerk era — dry cleaning and federal judges

    06:30 Liv's origin story: kindergarten teacher to podcaster

    07:45 The identity crash of early motherhood

    09:30 Dropping her husband at a big law firm, covered in spit-up

    11:00 "You are not what you do" — the Nazareth years

    12:15 The thread connecting law, ministry, and storytelling

    13:30 Nell's Substack and a first book she can almost announce

    14:30 Learning when things are for the internet — and when they're not

    15:15 "Who are you at 43?" — the identity question

    16:00 What "I'm his beloved" actually cost her to believe

    17:30 When her daughter got sick and she stepped away from everything

    18:30 The 30-week Ignatian retreat — what it is and how it works

    20:30 The first third: accepting that she was worth God's time

    21:30 The middle third: imaginative prayer she didn't expect

    22:15 The last third: real silence, and finding God in it

    23:30 "Just turn your face" — what silence looks like now

    25:30 Turning toward God all day long, not just in a prayer room

    27:00 Nell's love story: two attorneys, law school, Nebraska

    28:30 Her husband — ex-seminarian, former hermit, most patient man

    30:00 How the retreat finally helped her understand her husband's prayer life

    32:00 The strongest years of their marriage — and the hardest

    33:30 Sending your spouse on silent retreat (even with five kids)

    35:30 The evolution of arguments across 17 years of marriage

    37:00 Choosing your family's life over your individual preferences

    39:00 Female friendship: the good, the painful, the evaporated besties

    41:30 Realistic expectations as a love language

    43:00 Catholic mommy wars: beeswax candles, home births, and judgment

    45:30 "Is your baby alive? Great." — on not policing other women

    47:15 How can we pray for Nell?

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  • She Quit Youth Ministry, Went Full-Time Artist, Then Closed Up Shop - Valarie Delgado
    Jun 4 2026

    🎨 She quit a stable youth ministry job to become a full-time Catholic artist — then, after her biggest vendor event ever, realized she never wanted to do it again. Valerie Delgado (known online as Pax Valerie) spent three years running her own Catholic shop, illustrating books, and traveling to conferences. Then she closed it all down. Not because she failed, but because she finally figured out who she actually wanted to be.
    In this episode of The LIVing Room, Liv Harrison and Valerie also dig into the pressure Catholic singles face about vocation, a doctor's wake-up call about food and heart health a month before her 30th birthday, and how Bad Bunny's Super Bowl set made her cry thinking about Hurricane Maria. This one's for you if you've ever built something good — and then had to let it go anyway.
    Guest Bio:

    Valerie Delgado is a Catholic artist, illustrator, and parish communications professional based in Houston, Texas, known online as Pax Valerie. She spent three years running her own Catholic art shop — selling prints, traveling to conferences, and building a following on social media — before closing the shop to focus on illustration and parish work. She has illustrated nearly 10 books, primarily reflective journal-style titles, working with multiple publishers. Born in Puerto Rico and raised in Texas, her identity as a Puerto Rican Catholic deeply shapes both her art and her faith.

    In This Episode
    00:00 Welcome to The LIVing Room — Liv & Val's Houston Reunion
    01:00 "Are You Pax?" — The Origin of the Name Pax Valerie
    02:00 Wait, Val Does Art? How a Non-Artist Discovered She Was One
    03:30 A Random Summer Day, Hobby Lobby, and a Sunflower on YouTube
    05:00 Painting Bible Covers, Grace Painted, and Praying Through Art
    06:30 COVID, Youth Ministry Falling Apart, and a Shop Being Born
    07:30 Quitting the Stable Job to Sell Art Full-Time (With No Idea What She Was Doing) 09:00 The FOCUS Conference, the Big Booth, and "I Never Want to Do This Again" 10:30 Giving Up Social Media for Lent — and Finding the Most Peace She'd Ever Felt 11:30 "I Don't Want to Be a Businesswoman. I Just Want to Doodle for God."
    13:00 What She Does with Her Art Now — Etsy, Digital Downloads & Illustrating Books 15:00 The Scariest Part of Listening to God (and Trusting Him Through Anxiety)
    16:30 Ministry Is Not Always Rainbows — The Church as a Hospital Full of Broken People 20:30 Being Catholic and Single: The Pressure to Have a "Capital V Vocation" 24:00 Growing Up, Not Going to College, and Feeling Like She Missed the Bus
    27:30 A Doctor Said She Could Have a Heart Attack at 30. One Month Before Her Birthday.
    29:00 What She Actually Did — Discipline, Blood Work, and Leaving Food at the Foot of the Cross
    31:00 Spiritual Directors, Therapists, and Why Finding One Feels Like Dating
    33:00 Life in Her 30s — Dog, House, Church Job, and a Dream Trip to Puerto Rico 36:00 Born in Puerto Rico, Bad Bunny, and the Super Bowl Halftime Nobody Was Ready For
    38:30 Hurricane Maria, Her Grandma Walking to Church Every Day, and Crying at the Power Lines
    42:30 What Does Being Catholic Mean in Puerto Rico? Culture vs. Intimate Faith
    44:00 How Can We Pray for You? Val's Ask + Liv's Therapist Referral

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    47 mins
  • What Does the Catholic Church Actually Expect from Gay Catholics?
    May 28 2026

    🎙️ He came out, left the Church, got a dream from God he tried to ignore, and now he works full-time for a ministry that helped bring him home.
    Manny Gonzalez is a Catholic campus minister turned mission development director at Eden Invitation, an apostolate for LGBT+ disciples pursuing the Lord in alignment with Church teaching. In this episode, Manny walks through his full story — the years of suppression, the combustion, the ultimatum he gave Jesus on his knees in his bedroom — and what it actually looks like to carry a cross you didn't ask for.

    They also dig into conversion therapy narratives, the "father wound" assumptions Catholics throw around, what the Church gets dangerously wrong about belonging, and the belong → believe → behave framework that should flip how we think about evangelization. This one's for you if you love someone navigating this — or if you've ever said something well-meaning that landed like a brick. The LIVing Room with Liv Harrison — pull up a chair.

    Guest Bio:
    Manny Gonzalez is a Catholic speaker, content creator, and mission development director at Eden Invitation, a lay apostolate for LGBT+ disciples pursuing faithful discipleship in alignment with Church teaching. He holds a master's degree in catechetics from Franciscan University of Steubenville, where he also served as a campus minister for three years. Now based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, Manny works on community growth and mission partnerships for Eden Invitation while using his platform to share his story and speak hope to disciples navigating similar experiences. He is a self-described dramatic Hispanic man who once gave God an ultimatum on his knees — and credits what happened next as the turning point of his life.

    In This Episode
    00:00 Technical Chaos, Pet Birds, and Getting This Thing Rolling
    04:10 Manny's New Life in Minnesota (One Month In)
    05:45 Six Months Unemployed After Franciscan — The Real Talk
    10:30 Breaking Performance Mentality and Learning Who God Actually Is
    13:00 21-Year-Old Manny vs. 27-Year-Old Manny
    17:50 The Both/And: You Can Be Grateful AND Say "This Sucks"
    19:00 Saints Were Messy Too — Why Grit Is the Point
    22:00 Manny's Conversion Story: Growing Up Catholic, Coming Out, Leaving the Church
    30:00 October 2018: The Ultimatum on His Knees
    33:30 Eden Invitation — What It Is and Why Manny Joined Their Staff
    36:00 "I Could Have a Girlfriend and Still Go to Hell" — Dismantling the Wrong Goal
    38:30 What the Church Actually Teaches on Chastity (And What It Doesn't Mean)
    40:30 Conversion Therapy, Father Wounds, and the Dumb Stuff We Say to People
    43:00 Liv Gets Real About Her Own Cross — Weight, Suffering, and What "Rid Of" Actually Costs
    47:00 How to Be a Better Ally Without Becoming the Savior Nobody Asked For
    50:30 Belong, Believe, Behave — The Framework That Should Change Your Parish
    53:30 How Can We Pray for You, Manny?
    55:45 Goodbyes and "We're Definitely Road-Trip Friends"

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    53 mins
  • Building a Catholic Media Company and Going to Therapy in His 40s, This Is Edmundo Reyes
    May 21 2026

    🎙️ He got on a bus at 17 with no faith, no plan, and honestly — hoping to meet a girl. He got off it a completely different person. That one weekend in Monterrey set the next three decades in motion: a career switch from economics to communications, a conviction that the Church deserved better storytelling, and the founding of Digital Continent — the creative powerhouse behind some of Catholic media's most recognizable productions, including Seeking Beauty on EWTN.

    But building something great on the outside doesn't mean everything is okay on the inside. In this episode of The LIVing Room, Liv Harrison sits down with Edmundo Reyes for the conversation behind the résumé — the 14 months that quietly took everything apart and put it back together differently. Therapy for the first time at 48. This one is for anyone who has been building, serving, and showing up — and suspects there's still something God is trying to get to underneath all of it.

    Guest Bio:
    Edmundo Reyes is the founder and creative director of Digital Continent, a Catholic media and production collective that partners with organizations and individuals to bring mission-driven content to life. His work spans high-profile Catholic media productions, most notably Seeking Beauty, a series currently airing on EWTN that he counts among Digital Continent's proudest achievements. He and his wife Melanie live in Michigan where they have grown a beautiful family over the last 24 years.

    In This Episode
    00:00 Cold open: the retreat, the therapy, the spiritual director
    01:30 Welcome, marriage jokes, and how Liv keeps getting Edmundo's story wrong
    05:30 Meet Melanie's husband — and the man behind Digital Continent
    07:00 Not an agency — a collective of dreamers and builders
    09:30 Liv calls him a creative architect — and he nearly cries
    12:00 Why great creative work looks effortless — and what that actually costs
    13:30 Your team is not a contract — they're brothers and sisters in Christ
    16:30 Growing up Catholic in Mexico — faith as a subject, not a relationship
    18:30 17 years old, friendless, and talked into a retreat he didn't want to go to
    19:30 Arms crossed in the back row — his first encounter with charismatic Catholics
    21:30 The retreat leaders wrote him off as a lost cause — then God showed up
    23:00 "What if this is actually true?" — the leap of faith that changed everything
    24:30 From economics to communications — why the Church needed better storytellers
    27:00 God's dodgeball team — and raising his hand to be picked
    30:00 He said yes before he knew what he was good at — and that's how he found out
    31:30 How is your prayer life different now? — the question that opens everything
    32:30 Walking 46 miles on Holy Week because his ego takes two hours to quiet down
    34:30 He used to see himself as St. Francis. Now he sees Pontius Pilate.
    36:00 The Jesuit spiritual director who stopped him mid-sentence
    37:30 Two things he finally learned: the depth of his sin and the depth of God's love
    40:30 Gen X, Mexican, male — and finally in therapy at 48
    42:30 The JP2 Institute healing work — and crying in a reflection he didn't expect
    44:00 Healing shows you the wounds. Therapy explains why you kept reopening them.
    46:00 How can we pray for you? — closing a chapter of healing, entering one of giving
    47:30 Hurt people hurt people — but healed people heal people
    48:00 Seeking Beauty on EWTN — where to find it and why you should watch it

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    48 mins
  • Papal History, Wild Pope Facts & Inside Intel on Pope Leo XIV with Matt from The Popecast
    May 14 2026

    🇻🇦He named all four of his sons after Popes — Leo, Gregory, Nicholas, and John Paul — and he's a contractor who fixes toilets by day. Matt from The Popecast joins Liv in The LIVing Room for one of the most surprisingly moving conversations about papal history, faith, and what it actually feels like to "meet God on the way down." Matt opens up about his first marriage, a quick annulment, and how sitting in a Starbucks writing six and a half single-spaced pages finally gave him peace beyond understanding.
    They also dig into the Pope who accidentally kicked off the Reformation with a pet elephant, why Pope Leo XIV's Lutheran best friends still call him "Bob," and what the loneliness epidemic looks like from the front seat of a contractor's truck. This one's for you if you've ever loved the Church but felt like the mess of your life didn't quite fit the story.
    Guest Bio:

    Matt is the creator of The Popecast, a podcast and Instagram account dedicated to papal history with a mission to remind people that the chaos of today is nothing new in the life of the Church. He launched the podcast in 2018 after writing a daily email series on the full history of the papacy, and his Instagram following has grown larger than his podcast audience — a fact he finds equal parts ironic and delightful. By day, Matt runs a small remodeling company in the Diocese of Spokane; by night, he digs into 2,000 years of Church history. He and his wife are expecting their fourth child, whose name — John Paul — was never really in question.

    In This Episode:
    00:00 Mystery Face Reveal: Matt Finally Shows Up on the Internet
    01:20 What Is The Popecast? Papal History, Instagram, and One Man's Anxiety Cure
    03:30 The Hiatus, Pope Francis Dying, and Getting Back in the Game
    04:00 Father Rich from Duluth and the World's Largest Private Papal Collection
    05:00 How Marilys and the Conclave Put Matt on Liv's Radar
    06:00 "Aggressively Normal Catholicism" — Matt's Approach to Faith Online
    07:30 Faith Journey: Growing Up Catholic in Montana, Carroll College, and FOCUS
    09:00 The 2013 SEEK Conference That Changed Everything
    09:45 "I Met God on the Way Up, Got to Know Him on the Way Down"
    10:30 The First Marriage, the Divorce, and What Nobody Talks About at Mass
    12:00 Pope Francis, the Annulment Process, and Why Matt Defends It
    15:30 Starbucks, Six and a Half Pages, and Peace Beyond All Understanding
    18:00 Contractor by Day, Pope Nerd by Night — What Self-Employment Actually Looks Like
    20:00 Digital Life vs. Real Life: What the Loneliness Epidemic Looks Like from a Truck
    22:00 The Widow with the Alzheimer's Husband and the Cup of Coffee That Matters
    24:30 Historian of Real Life — Teaching Kids to Reverence Old People and Old Things
    25:30 Meet the Kids: Leo, Gregory, Nicholas, and Baby John Paul
    27:30 Pope Leo XIV, "Bob," and His Lutheran Best Friends Who Called It 46 Years Ago
    31:30 The Wildest Pope Facts: A Pet Elephant and Death by Eel
    35:00 The Pope Who Founded Western Civilization: Gregory the Great Explained
    40:00 Five Popes at the Mac and Cheese Dinner Table
    46:30 How Can We Pray for You? Matt's Request and Closing Prayer

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    50 mins
  • Louisiana Catholic Mom to CNN Vaticanista. This is Katie McGrady.
    May 7 2026

    🎙️ She called it. In 2005, as a high schooler, Katie McGrady emailed her principal requesting they air the papal conclave on school TVs — and she correctly predicted Benedict XVI. Fast forward to 2026, and she was front row in Rome on a CNN panel when white smoke rose over the Sistine Chapel. No theology PhD required — just a lifelong obsession, a microphone, and a Cajun accent.

    In this episode of The LIVing Room, Liv Harrison sits down with Katie to unpack the Catholic revival happening right now (those 139% conversion spikes aren't a fluke), why Gen Z is actually turning toward the Church, what it really means that we have an American Pope — and what parishes have to get right before this moment slips through their fingers. This one's for you if you love the Church and want to actually understand what's happening inside it right now.

    Guest Bio:
    Katie McGrady is a Catholic media personality and radio host based in Lake Charles, Louisiana, known for her work as a Vatican commentator and her on-air presence in Catholic broadcasting. She serves as a regular contributor for CNN and hosts a show on SiriusXM, where she has covered papal transitions including the elections of Benedict XVI and Leo XIV, the latter of which she reported on live from Rome. She and her husband Tommy co-host *Family Mass Prep* on the Hallow app and she recently launched a segment called *Call In the Converts* on The Katie McGrady Show. A lifelong Louisiana native, Katie has chosen to root her broadcasting career in her small hometown while maintaining connections to major media markets in New York and beyond.


    In This Episode

    00:00 Colors Done, Taxes Paid, and One Toilet Flush for NASA
    02:20 The American Girl Book, an 8-Year-Old, and Impending Doom
    05:15 Karma, Kids, and Bluey at Easter Mass
    07:00 Two Catholic Kids and the NFP Judgment Olympics
    09:30 Europe, Legoland, and the Grace of the Family of Four
    11:45 Matt Maher, Spontaneous Concerts, and the Joy of a Small Family
    13:30 Why Katie McGrady Has Not Left Lake Charles
    16:00 Her Sister Entered the Convent — And She's It for Her Parents
    18:20 Missing Ryan Gosling at SiriusXM (And Getting Andy Weir Instead)
    20:00 "I've Been Vatican Influencing Since High School" — The Origin Story
    22:30 Predicting Benedict XVI as a Teenager, and Getting the Call from CNN
    24:45 Was She Surprised It Was an American Pope?
    26:00 "He's Not Conflicting — He's Contrasting": Breaking Down Pope Leo XIV
    28:30 The Catholic Revival Is Real — Here Are the Numbers
    31:00 What Parishes Have to Do Before This Moment Slips Away
    33:30 Hallow, Call In the Converts, and the Digital-to-Parish Pipeline
    36:00 Bob from Chicago Is Still WhatsApp-ing People
    38:30 AI, Human Wisdom, and the Moon Crater Named After Someone's Late Wife
    42:30 Prayers for Big Transitions — and Sister LP Who Kept Her Initials
    44:00 Big Cajun Hug Goodbye

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    48 mins
  • Fitz for Fitzgerald: The Kid Who Got a Miracle Liver and Started Going Viral
    Apr 30 2026

    🥒 He got diagnosed with one of the rarest childhood liver cancers in the world — only 1 to 3 kids a year — and two months after his liver transplant, he's walking 1.5 miles a day and going viral for it.

    Fitz (short for Fitzgerald, age 9) joins Liv Harrison in The LIVing Room for a conversation that will wreck you in the best way. They talk about what it's like to grow up in the hospital, how dark humor becomes a survival tool, and the miracle that happened on a runway when a better liver showed up right before the wrong one took off. If you're a parent, a caregiver, or anyone who's forgotten how to be brave — this one's for you.

    Guest Bio:

    Fitz (George Fitzgerald) is a 9-year-old content creator and positivity advocate from Houston, Texas. Diagnosed with a rare liver cancer affecting only 1–3 children per year, Fitz received a liver transplant and began documenting his journey online immediately after his diagnosis, quickly going viral. He now runs "Positive Pickle," a daily video series spreading encouragement and joy to viewers of all ages. His family and Liv's family are longtime best friends.

    Chapter Markers

    00:00 Green Donuts, Dr. Pepper, and the Guest Liv's Known Since the Womb

    01:00 "My Name Is Fitz for Fitzgerald" — And Why That Became His Intro

    02:00 The Hospital Is Basically His Second Home

    03:00 Disney World, a Buffet, and Throwing Up Three Times Before the Characters Came

    05:30 Dad Covered the Plate and Moved It — A Dad Move for the Ages

    06:30 The ER, a Wrong Diagnosis, and Texas Children's Downtown

    07:30 The Tumor Was Growing Like a Bomb — and They Had to Take the Whole Liver Out

    08:30 Corn Dogs, Pink Throw Up, and Thinking He Just Had a Tummy Bug

    09:30 McDonald's, Barely Three Chicken Nuggets, and a Stomach Like a Rock

    11:00 Dark Humor as a Coping Strategy: "If You're Not Laughing, You're Crying"

    12:00 Dr. Pepper With Aunt Liv and the Recap So Far

    13:00 Yes or No on the Transplant — And the Miracle That Happened on a Runway

    15:00 Two Months Post-Transplant, Walking 1.5 Miles a Day

    16:30 How Fitz Stays Close to God Through All of This

    18:00 Why He Started Making Videos — and What "Positive Pickle" Even Means

    19:30 The Letter From a 20-Year Survivor and the Person Who Started Walking Again

    21:00 Positive Tacos, Positive Potatoes, and the Future Career Plan

    22:30 What to Say to a Kid Who Just Got a Cancer Diagnosis

    23:30 It's Okay to Not Be Okay — "Ups and Downs Connect the Puzzle Pieces"

    25:00 How to Pray for Fitz: Platelets, His Arm, and "Love the Liver"



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