Settled

Jason & Elizabeth Settle
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You’re trying hard to do all the right things, but deep down you’re still exhausted, disconnected, and wondering if closeness with God is always going to feel just out of reach. In each episode, Jason & Elizabeth have raw, story-driven conversations to help you rest in the reconciled person you already are in Christ. We’ll include space to slow down, listen, and encounter God right where you are. Are you ready to stop striving, start hearing God in the moment, and occupy your true self? This show is for anyone craving freedom, wholeness, and a settled identity.

  1. 5d ago

    Feel It, Name It, Ask for Help - Four Stages of Healthy Attachment | Character Development

    Attachment begins with a simple truth: we need to need. From infancy onward, trust grows as our cries are heard, our needs are recognized, and we learn that connection is safe. When those early experiences are disrupted, the effects can follow us into adulthood through difficulty naming feelings, identifying needs, or asking for help. We explore attachment as part of character development and consider how family experiences can shape the ways we relate to God, ourselves, and other people. The good news is that our earliest patterns do not have to be our final patterns. In Christ, we are welcomed into secure relationship with the Father, Son, and Spirit, and we are also given community where healing and growth can continue. Healthy attachment develops in practical steps. We learn to identify what we feel, connect that feeling to a need, ask the right person for help, and become safe people who can respond to the needs of others. We close with a guided prayer for secure attachment, wisdom, and courage, followed by a Settled Segment about the gift of taking a real vacation. If you would like to learn more about the Settled leadership cohort, we invite you to visit settledco.com/cohort. Resources: Settled Conference - Aug. 27-28, 2026 For Updates on Jason's Journey: settledco.com/jason Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Jouney Settled Design Course Free 30 Minute Biblical Counseling Session Linktree - https://linktr.ee/settledco Connect with us: Website - https://settledco.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/settled.co/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552836102590 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@settledpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/settledco/ Takeaways: - The need for attachment does not disappear when we become adults.- Early experiences can shape whether we expect anyone to respond when we ask for help.- Feelings can point toward needs without defining our identity.- Healthy growth includes naming a need and asking the right person for help.- Secure attachment includes receiving care and creating safety for others. Mentioned in this episode: Join Us in Settled Community A closer connection to the ideas behind the podcast. Members can take part in monthly live teaching, a book club, and conversations with us on Zoom—turning listening into a more personal, interactive experience. Settled Community

  2. Oct 12

    You Are Allowed to Be a Burden - Learning Healthy Interdependence | Character Development

    Character development is not only about behaving well or producing visible results. It is a set of skills and abilities that help us meet the demands of real life, including the realities of relationships, work, home, and our inner world. We picture this work as a tree. Its fruit appears in our people, performance, and personal lives, while its trunk reflects attachment, separation, integration, and adulthood. Grace and truth form the roots. This image helps us see why lasting growth cannot come from polishing appearances alone. Healthy fruit grows from a healthy trunk and root system, as fruitfulness becomes a natural expression of who we are. As we begin this series, we reflect on how difficult realities can produce perseverance, character, and hope. We consider the importance of community, healthy interdependence, meaningful work, and care for our mental, emotional, and spiritual lives. We close with a guided reflection, then share a little about calendaring and our kitten, French Fry. Resources: Settled Conference - Aug. 27-28, 2026 For Updates on Jason's Journey: settledco.com/jason Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Jouney Settled Design Course Free 30 Minute Biblical Counseling Session Linktree - https://linktr.ee/settledco Connect with us: Website - https://settledco.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/settled.co/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552836102590 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@settledpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/settledco/ Takeaways: - Character is a set of skills and abilities needed to meet the demands of reality.- The three areas of fruit are people, performance, and personal.- Healthy fruit depends on a healthy trunk and root system, not surface-level polishing.- Leadership should attend to the whole human being, not only the employee.- Romans 5:3-5 connects tribulation with perseverance, character, and hope. Mentioned in this episode: Settled Cohort The Settled Cohort is a year-long experience starting in February, designed to help you go deeper, grow with others, and put good ideas into practice with real community and support. If you’re ready to turn insight into action, build momentum, and move from knowing to doing, join the journey today. Settled Cohort

  3. Oct 5

    The Seed in the Dirt - Finding Expectancy Without Controlling the Outcome | Navigating Cancer

    We are learning to hold together the reality of illness and the deeper spiritual identity that remains true through it. In the middle of cancer treatment, changes to the body can affect how we see ourselves and how others see us. The reminder "I'm still in here" has helped us remember that a diagnosis, weight loss, fatigue, or another outward change does not tell the whole story of a person. As we reflect on 2 Corinthians 4:16-18, we talk about the image of a seed planted in the ground, unseen roots, and life that can emerge through fracture and loss. We also share why surrendering a preferred outcome is different from giving up hope. We can release our expectations about how healing must happen while remaining expectant of God's goodness. This conversation does not dismiss treatment or the reality of suffering. It makes room for appointments, care, grief, and spiritual hope together. Resources: Settled Conference - Aug. 27-28, 2026 For Updates on Jason's Journey: settledco.com/jason Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Jouney Settled Design Course Free 30 Minute Biblical Counseling Session Linktree - https://linktr.ee/settledco Connect with us: Website - https://settledco.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/settled.co/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552836102590 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@settledpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/settledco/ Takeaways: - Physical changes can affect how we see ourselves, but they do not express the whole person.- 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 offers perspective amid outward hardship.- The seed image gives language for unseen growth through fracture, waiting, and loss.- Surrendering a preferred outcome can coexist with hope and expectancy.- Spiritual hope can be held alongside medical care and the realities of treatment. Mentioned in this episode: Join Us in Settled Community A closer connection to the ideas behind the podcast. Members can take part in monthly live teaching, a book club, and conversations with us on Zoom—turning listening into a more personal, interactive experience. Settled Community

  4. Sep 28

    The Cavern of Death - Discovering Christ in the Deepest Sorrow | Navigating Cancer

    When a diagnosis, disappointment, or season of sorrow leaves us without the strength to hold on, we can rest in the truth that God loved us first and is already holding us. In this conversation, we reflect on how that reality has steadied us through Jason's stage four stomach cancer diagnosis. We talk about the difference between trying to hold tightly enough to God and receiving the comfort of being held by him. We explore mercy as a friend who sits with us when we do not have what it takes, and we consider how God's nearness does not depend on our performance, feelings, or religious effort. Elizabeth and Jason also reflect on declaring what is true about our identity when disappointment and sorrow feel louder, and on finding Christ even in the darkest cavern of fear and loss. The conversation closes with a guided prayer for recognizing God's presence in discouragement, confusion, and sadness, followed by a Settled Segment about family, books, and the simple things that bring rest. Resources: Settled Conference - Aug. 27-28, 2026 For Updates on Jason's Journey: settledco.com/jason Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Jouney Settled Design Course Free 30 Minute Biblical Counseling Session Linktree - https://linktr.ee/settledco Connect with us: Website - https://settledco.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/settled.co/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552836102590 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@settledpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/settledco/ Takeaways: God's initiative and love hold us even when we lack the strength or focus to hold on to him.A hard diagnosis does not make God's presence conditional on our emotional response or spiritual performance.Mercy can be received as a companion that meets us in sorrow, disappointment, and failure.Naming the truth of our identity in Christ helps us turn from fixation on untruth toward what is already true.Rest is an embodied posture of trusting God's nearness in the middle of mystery and confusion. Mentioned in this episode: Settled Cohort The Settled Cohort is a year-long experience starting in February, designed to help you go deeper, grow with others, and put good ideas into practice with real community and support. If you’re ready to turn insight into action, build momentum, and move from knowing to doing, join the journey today. Settled Cohort

  5. Sep 21

    Every Promise Is a Seed - Resting in Yes and Amen | Navigating Cancer

    When a hard season makes the future feel uncertain, we can wonder whether the good things God has spoken over our lives are still true. In this conversation, we reflect on 2 Corinthians 1:20 and the reassurance that every promise of God finds its yes and amen in Christ. Jason shares how that truth galvanized him to return to the work God gave us, with practical limits that honor his treatment, appointments, and endurance. We also talk honestly about outcomes we cannot control. Some dreams may not materialize in the way or timing we expect, but we find comfort in the conviction that what is true in Christ is not limited to what we can see right now. We are learning to do what we can, when we can, with what we have, for as long as we can, without letting fear decide whether it is enough. If you are carrying something that feels lost or unresolved, we hope this offers a place to breathe, pray, and remember that God's yes and amen endures. Join us in the upcoming Settled Cohort as we practice living from what is true. Resources: Settled Conference - Aug. 27-28, 2026 For Updates on Jason's Journey: settledco.com/jason Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Jouney Settled Design Course Free 30 Minute Biblical Counseling Session Linktree - https://linktr.ee/settledco Connect with us: Website - https://settledco.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/settled.co/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552836102590 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@settledpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/settledco/ Takeaways: - God's yes and amen is in Christ, rather than in a diagnosis, a body, or our personal capacity.- A clear sense of purpose can coexist with recovery, medical care, and needed limits.- Rest can include leaning into the work that is meaningful and possible today.- We can hold hopes and promises without demanding certainty about their timing or outcome.- The image of a seed offers comfort when something feels unrealized, lost, or beyond our sight.

  6. Sep 14

    Leave the Weeds - A Different Way to Face What We Cannot Control | Navigating Cancer

    When life brings us face to face with what we cannot control, we can spend so much energy rehearsing worst case scenarios or trying to force every problem out of the garden. In this honest conversation, we share what has steadied us through Jason's stomach cancer diagnosis: the reminder that we have what we need when we need it, and the freedom to be present rather than live inside foreboding dread. We also sit with Jesus' parable of the wheat and tares. What if some weeds are not ours to uproot? We talk about partnering in the care and treatment that is ours to do, asking God what should be removed and what may need to remain for a purpose, and turning our attention toward the life that is still growing. If you are carrying a hard thing, we hope this gives you a picture of a faithful Lord of the harvest. Join us in the Settled Community for monthly live classes, replays, book clubs, and a growing library of resources for living from your settled self. Takeaways: - We do not need to live inside imagined worst case scenarios.- When difficulty arrives, we can meet it with the help available in that moment.- The parable of wheat and tares gives language for trusting God with what we cannot uproot ourselves.- We can participate in wise care and still relinquish the outcome to God.- There can be more life to notice and nurture, even in the presence of disease and loss.

  7. Sep 9

    The Honda Civic - Why Your Role Is Not Your Identity | Marriage

    We can carry a surprising number of assumptions into marriage: who should work, who should clean, who should make the decisions, and what it means to be a husband or wife. But a role is not an identity. Roles are activities that can flex and change with the season, while our identity is something deeper that deserves clarity and care. We are talking about the family models we inherit, the expectations we can unknowingly put on each other, and why boundaries are not meant to restrict us. They help us recognize where we end and another person begins, so we can live from self-control rather than control of one another. We also explore headship as service, the freedom of unity with distinction, and what it looks like to let our children discover who they are rather than forcing them into a part. Join us at our website to learn about upcoming Settled conferences in the Grapevine area. Resources: Settled Conference - Aug. 27-28, 2026 For Updates on Jason's Journey: settledco.com/jason Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Jouney Settled Design Course Free 30 Minute Biblical Counseling Session Linktree - https://linktr.ee/settledco Connect with us: Website - https://settledco.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/settled.co/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552836102590 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@settledpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/settledco/ Takeaways: A role is an activity, not an identity. The work each person does in a home can change without diminishing who they are.The assumptions we bring from our family of origin can quietly shape our marriage until we examine them together.Healthy boundaries clarify where one person ends and another begins, making room for self-control instead of control of someone else.Headship is best understood through Christ's example of serving, creating safety, and making space for others to flourish.Children benefit when we show them that a marriage can have unity with distinction instead of one rigid pattern they must repeat. Mentioned in this episode: Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Journey This FREE 5-day journey helps you silence the noise, reconnect with your soul, and rediscover the presence of God already dwelling within you. Reclaim your inner world, confront false voices, and discover the Kingdom of God within. Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Jouney

  8. Sep 7

    I'm Gonna Turtle - Why We Hide When We Don't Feel Safe | Marriage

    We didn't grow up assuming our home would feel safe - and if that's true for you too, you're not alone. This week we're talking about what it actually takes to build a safe place, in a marriage and in a home, and why safety rarely happens by accident. We talk through the tension between order and creativity, a study on a fenced playground that changed how we think about boundaries, and the difference between what we truly need from each other and what we simply prefer. We get honest about a season where confession, not perfection, is what made our marriage feel safe again, because there's no separation from grace when we bring the real thing into the light. Resources: Settled Conference - Aug. 27-28, 2026 For Updates on Jason's Journey: settledco.com/jason Reclaim What's Real 5-Day Jouney Settled Design Course Free 30 Minute Biblical Counseling Session Linktree - https://linktr.ee/settledco Connect with us: Website - https://settledco.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/settled.co/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61552836102590 YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@settledpodcast LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/settledco/ Takeaways: Safety in a marriage doesn't happen by accident - it's something you build on purpose, the same way order and creativity work together to make a home feel both stable and alive.You can't force someone to feel safe with an ultimatum; safety grows when you simply ask each other what do you need from me to feel safe and actually listen to the answer.Attunement, I see you, I hear you, I'm with you, creates connection faster than trying to fully understand every detail of what your spouse is going through.Knowing the difference between a need (something that would unravel the relationship if unmet) and a preference (something you'd simply enjoy) keeps you from fighting over the wrong things.Confession doesn't have to end in separation - the safest marriages are the ones where bringing a struggle into the light is met with grace instead of shame. Mentioned in this episode: Settled Cohort The Settled Cohort is a year-long experience starting in February, designed to help you go deeper, grow with others, and put good ideas into practice with real community and support. If you’re ready to turn insight into action, build momentum, and move from knowing to doing, join the journey today. Settled Cohort

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You’re trying hard to do all the right things, but deep down you’re still exhausted, disconnected, and wondering if closeness with God is always going to feel just out of reach. In each episode, Jason & Elizabeth have raw, story-driven conversations to help you rest in the reconciled person you already are in Christ. We’ll include space to slow down, listen, and encounter God right where you are. Are you ready to stop striving, start hearing God in the moment, and occupy your true self? This show is for anyone craving freedom, wholeness, and a settled identity.

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  • Creator
    Jason & Elizabeth Settle
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    56
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2025 SettledCo
  • Show Website
    Settled

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