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EPISODE · Mar 18, 2026 · 26 MIN

Do Not Quit in the Messy Middle

from The Growth Lounge · host Jessica Phillips

We need to talk about the part of the story most people leave out.Not the before.Not the after.The middle.The messy, stretching, humbling, holy in-between where you are trying, learning, healing, praying, wondering, and sometimes wanting to quit because it feels like everybody else got their breakthrough faster than you.In this solo episode, Jessica shares why more women need to tell the truth about the real journey, not just the polished outcome. Because when all we see is someone’s point A and point B, it is easy to believe our own middle means we are failing.But the middle is not failure.It is formation.It is process.It is where so much of the real work happens.Jessica also opens up about how hard it was to bring her family into her own journey, why being seen in process can feel so vulnerable, and how accountability and support can become part of the healing when you let safe people in.If you have ever felt behind, frustrated with yourself, ashamed that it is taking longer than you thought, or tempted to compare your middle to someone else’s finished story, this episode is for you.You are not behind.You are not broken.You are not alone.And the messy middle does not get the final word.God does.I'd love to know if this episode spoke to you. Send me a DM, I would love to cheer you on!Remember, You Matter and your story does too! 🫶Instagram: ⁠⁠@jessicaphillipsco⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠: jessicaphillipsco⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠www.jessicaphillips.co⁠⁠

We need to talk about the part of the story most people leave out.Not the before.Not the after.The middle.The messy, stretching, humbling, holy in-between where you are trying, learning, healing, praying, wondering, and sometimes wanting to quit because it feels like everybody else got their breakthrough faster than you.In this solo episode, Jessica shares why more women need to tell the truth about the real journey, not just the polished outcome. Because when all we see is someone’s point A and point B, it is easy to believe our own middle means we are failing.But the middle is not failure.It is formation.It is process.It is where so much of the real work happens.Jessica also opens up about how hard it was to bring her family into her own journey, why being seen in process can feel so vulnerable, and how accountability and support can become part of the healing when you let safe people in.If you have ever felt behind, frustrated with yourself, ashamed that it is taking longer than you thought, or tempted to compare your middle to someone else’s finished story, this episode is for you.You are not behind.You are not broken.You are not alone.And the messy middle does not get the final word.God does.I'd love to know if this episode spoke to you. Send me a DM, I would love to cheer you on!Remember, You Matter and your story does too! 🫶Instagram: ⁠⁠@jessicaphillipsco⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠: jessicaphillipsco⁠⁠Website: ⁠⁠www.jessicaphillips.co⁠⁠

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