Freedom Camp Podcast

Gretchen Knode

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Mental Health

Welcome to the Freedom Camp Podcast — rooted in truth, growing in freedom, and built on the belief that you weren’t meant to grow alone. Each week, you’ll hear honest stories, insights, and simple questions to help you uncover the unseen things that keep you from fully living in the freedom that’s already yours. This is your space to reconnect with your authentic self — and grow in freedom, on purpose.

Jul 8

What If It's Holding You? | Why We Struggle to Let Go of Good Things

Send us Fan Mail What if the thing you're holding onto... is actually holding onto you? Some of the biggest barriers to freedom aren't obvious. They're often the good things we've quietly built our identity around. In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, Gretchen reflects on one of the most memorable scenes from The Lord of the Rings and explores why Bilbo's struggle to leave the Ring behind is more familiar than we might like to admit. Together we'll explore: • How productivity, control, approval, and being needed can shape our identity • Why awareness is the first step toward freedom • Journal prompts to help you uncover hidden attachments • A practical invitation to loosen your grip without fear Who were you before the 'thing'? Whether your "ring" is busyness, control, people-pleasing, achievement, certainty, or something else entirely, this episode offers a compassionate invitation to explore what true freedom looks like. Resources: Join the Freedom Camp Newsletter: https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list Learn more about Freedom Camp: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Interested in coaching? Schedule a free introductory conversation through this link https://calendly.com/gretchenknodecoaching/free-discovery If this episode encouraged you, please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing it with someone who could use a little more freedom in their own journey. Support the show 📥 Stay connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenknode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.paxton.1/ Email: gretchenknode@gmail.com Website: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Join the spam free weekly email newsletter for behind the scenes, application exercises, and more - https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list For a deeper dive of another kind join us on Substack! https://freedomcamp.substack.com/
Jul 3

Growing in Freedom | A Quiet Reflection for America's 250th Anniversary

Send us Fan Mail Freedom isn't simply something we possess. It's something we practice. As America celebrates 250 years of independence, this quiet reflection explores a deeper kind of freedom, the freedom Jesus continually invites us into. Drawing from life alongside a Desert Storm veteran, coaching conversations, and Scripture, Gretchen reflects on why freedom is rarely a single moment, why it often costs something, and why trusting God may be the pathway to the deepest rest we've ever known. This episode marks the first Kinfolk Essay, a slower, more reflective style of podcast created to accompany listeners wherever they are: on a walk, on a porch, or simply taking a quiet moment with God. Resources Kinfolk Collective Substack: https://freedomcamp.substack.com/ 🏕️ Freedom Camp: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Thank you for listening. If this episode encouraged you, please follow the podcast and consider sharing it with a friend. Support the show 📥 Stay connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenknode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.paxton.1/ Email: gretchenknode@gmail.com Website: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Join the spam free weekly email newsletter for behind the scenes, application exercises, and more - https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list For a deeper dive of another kind join us on Substack! https://freedomcamp.substack.com/
Jun 19

Why We Struggle to Receive Love, Help, and Grace

Send us Fan Mail In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, Gretchen explores a powerful analogy from regenerative farming that may change the way you think about growth, faith, and personal transformation. Two fields can receive the exact same rain. One absorbs it. One sheds it. The difference isn't the rain. It's the condition of the soil. Together we'll explore: • Why receiving can feel uncomfortable • How fear, hurry, overwhelm, and distraction impact our ability to receive • What "compacted soil" looks like in everyday life • How awareness creates space for growth • Practical reflection questions you can use this week If you've been feeling stuck, exhausted, spiritually dry, disconnected, or like you're constantly striving for something more, this episode offers a different question: What if the thing you're asking for is already being offered? And what if the next step isn't striving harder... but learning how to receive? If this episode encouraged you, please consider sharing it with a friend, leaving a review, or subscribing so more people can discover the Freedom Camp Podcast. Thank you for listening. Support the show 📥 Stay connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenknode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.paxton.1/ Email: gretchenknode@gmail.com Website: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Join the spam free weekly email newsletter for behind the scenes, application exercises, and more - https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list For a deeper dive of another kind join us on Substack! https://freedomcamp.substack.com/
Jun 12

You Don't Need More Time You Need More Energy

Send us Fan Mail Do you constantly feel like you need more time? More hours in the day. More margin in your schedule. More space to get everything done. What if the real problem isn't time? What if it's energy? In this episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, we explore why so many people feel exhausted, overwhelmed, distracted, and depleted, even when they are doing all the "right" things. You'll discover: ~ Why exhaustion makes everything feel harder ~ The surprising difference between a time problem and an energy problem ~ A simple two-column exercise to identify what gives you life and what drains it ~ Why many of us build our lives around the things that deplete us ~ How reconnecting with what makes you come alive can change everything One of the biggest takeaways from this week's Freedom Camp session was this: "Sometimes the quickest way to find energy is to remember what makes you come alive." If you've been feeling tired, stuck, overwhelmed, uninspired, or like you're constantly running behind, this episode is for you. Question: What makes you come alive? Share it in the comments. I'd love to hear your answer. 📩 Join the Freedom Camp Newsletter: https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list 🎙️ Learn more about Freedom Camp: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ #personalgrowth #christianpodcast #energymanagement #intentionalliving #burnoutrecovery #mindsetshift #selfawareness #nervoussystemhealing #womenwhogrow #freedomcamppodcast Support the show 📥 Stay connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenknode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.paxton.1/ Email: gretchenknode@gmail.com Website: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Join the spam free weekly email newsletter for behind the scenes, application exercises, and more - https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list For a deeper dive of another kind join us on Substack! https://freedomcamp.substack.com/
May 20

Comfort Isn’t the Problem. Autopilot Is.

Send us Fan Mail Do you ever realize you picked up your phone before you even consciously decided to? Or reacted emotionally before you even had time to think? In this episode, we explore how modern life quietly trains us toward distraction, overstimulation, emotional autopilot, and disconnection… and why awareness may be one of the most important tools for growing in freedom. This conversation dives into: stress patternsemotional reactionsdistraction and numbingdiscomfort avoidancenervous system conditioningintentional awarenessspiritual and emotional growthand how participation in real life reconnects us to ourselves and to GodThis is not about rejecting technology or modern life. It’s about staying awake inside of it. You’ll also walk away with practical ways to build awareness in your everyday life through small moments of intentional discomfort, reflection, slowing down, and paying attention. Join the Freedom Camp weekly newsletter: https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list The newsletter includes: podcast updatespractical growth toolsreflectionsbehind-the-scenes thoughtsand upcoming eventsThanks so much for listening to the Freedom Camp Podcast. If this episode encouraged you, please consider sharing it with someone else who may need it too. #IntentionalLiving #EmotionalHealing #ChristianPodcast #Awareness #NervousSystemHealing #FreedomCampPodcast Support the show 📥 Stay connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenknode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.paxton.1/ Email: gretchenknode@gmail.com Website: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Join the spam free weekly email newsletter for behind the scenes, application exercises, and more - https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list For a deeper dive of another kind join us on Substack! https://freedomcamp.substack.com/
May 12

From Survival Mode to Peace | Guided Christian Meditation

Send us Fan Mail What if peace isn’t found by controlling your circumstances… but by learning to step out of survival mode? In this special guided meditation episode of the Freedom Camp Podcast, Gretchen gently walks you through a calming, faith-centered practice designed to help you slow down, quiet anxious thought loops, reconnect with God, and renew your mind. This meditation is especially supportive if you’ve been feeling: • overwhelmed • emotionally reactive • stuck in overthinking • exhausted from striving • anxious about the future • disconnected from peace Together, we explore what it looks like to move from your survival self into your spirit-led self through breath, awareness, prayer, reflection, and gentle connection with God. This is not about perfection or performance. It’s about presence. Topics explored in this episode: survival mode vs spirit-led livingrenewing the mindnervous system calmingthought loops and anxietyChristian meditationemotional healing and peacereconnecting with your identity in GodIf this episode encouraged you, please consider sharing it, leaving a review, or subscribing to support the podcast and help more women grow in freedom. Support the show 📥 Stay connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenknode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.paxton.1/ Email: gretchenknode@gmail.com Website: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Join the spam free weekly email newsletter for behind the scenes, application exercises, and more - https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list For a deeper dive of another kind join us on Substack! https://freedomcamp.substack.com/
May 6

Why You Can’t Stop Thinking the Same Thoughts And How to Break the Cycle

Send us Fan Mail Why do we keep thinking the same thoughts… even when they keep creating the same painful cycles? In this episode, Gretchen explores the connection between our thoughts, emotions, actions, and results, and how familiar thought patterns can quietly keep us stuck in anxiety, overwhelm, fear, or self-protection. Together we unpack: Survival self vs spirit-led selfWhy familiar thoughts often feel trueThe cycle of thoughts → feelings → actions → resultsHow to recognize unhealthy thought agreementsA practical process to interrupt negative mental loopsWhat Scripture says about renewing the mindThis conversation is grounded, practical, faith-based, and deeply relatable for anyone who has ever felt trapped in overthinking, striving, fear, perfectionism, or emotional exhaustion. “You don’t have a results problem… you have a thought agreement problem.” Resources & Links: Freedom Camp Newsletter: https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list Free Worksheet: email gretchenknode@gmail.com If this episode encouraged you, please share it, leave a review, or subscribe. It genuinely helps more people grow in freedom too. Support the show 📥 Stay connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenknode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.paxton.1/ Email: gretchenknode@gmail.com Website: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Join the spam free weekly email newsletter for behind the scenes, application exercises, and more - https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list For a deeper dive of another kind join us on Substack! https://freedomcamp.substack.com/
May 2

Why You Feel Guilty Setting Boundaries

Send us Fan Mail You said no… so why do you feel guilty? This episode unpacks why guilt doesn’t always mean you’re wrong, it might mean you’re growing. Have you ever set a boundary… and then immediately felt bad about it? Like you did something wrong—even when you know you didn’t? In this episode, we explore why guilt often shows up when you begin doing something new, especially if you were raised to be helpful, available, and responsible for everyone else. Because guilt doesn’t always mean conviction. Sometimes, it’s just conditioning. We talk through: Why your brain prefers familiarity over freedom How boundaries can feel unsafe (even when they’re healthy) The identity shift that happens when you stop overriding yourself A powerful reflection inspired by Theo Von on the fear of healing Practical questions to help you stay aligned in the moment You’re not just learning to say no. You’re learning how to become someone new, and that can feel uncomfortable. But it might also be the beginning of real freedom. Freedom Camp is open now (through May 3rd). We meet weekly, apply this work in real-time, and grow together in a supportive, grounded community. Learn more and Join Freedom Camp: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Try your first month free: https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/offers/5eCD8d2r?coupon_code=FREEDOM_GIFT #Boundaries #PeoplePleasing #HealingJourney #ChristianGrowth #SelfWorth #EmotionalHealth #FreedomCamp Support the show 📥 Stay connected Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gretchenknode Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gretchen.paxton.1/ Email: gretchenknode@gmail.com Website: https://agileinitiatives.com/freedom-camp/ Join the spam free weekly email newsletter for behind the scenes, application exercises, and more - https://gretchen-knode.mykajabi.com/freedom-camp-email-list For a deeper dive of another kind join us on Substack! https://freedomcamp.substack.com/

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Welcome to the Freedom Camp Podcast — rooted in truth, growing in freedom, and built on the belief that you weren’t meant to grow alone. Each week, you’ll hear honest stories, insights, and simple questions to help you uncover the unseen things that keep you from fully living in the freedom that’s already yours. This is your space to reconnect with your authentic self — and grow in freedom, on purpose.

Creator

Gretchen Knode
Years Active

2025 - 2026
Episodes

38
Rating

Clean
Copyright

© 2026 Freedom Camp Podcast
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