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Grit & Grace
by Line Brunet & CJ Ripka
Grit & Grace is a show that bypasses the BS to take an unfiltered look at life and start the conversation, urging YOU to continue it in your own life. Armed with wit and wisdom, we aim to up the ante on what it means to live with grit and grace by sharing stories, strategies and insight about life, love, work and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
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Adulting
ADULTING: The practice of behaving in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially the accomplishment of mundane but necessary tasks. Urban Dictionary gives this as one definition: Post adolescence when the light in your eyes fade away and dies. A term made popular by and about...
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Legalizing Marijuana
On October 17, 2018 recreational marijuana use will be legal in Canada. In the US, 9 states have made recreational marijuana legal. Medical marijuana is different. That's not what we're talking about in this episode. We talked about the PROS and CONS of legalizing it and it's a hot topic but no...
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Catch Up & Preview
We took a break over the Summer...we needed it. We'd been going hard for over a year and it was time to step away... This short trailer was really about dipping our toes in, catching up with each other as well as our audience. Big things happened like CJ quitting his day job and me taking a...
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Working 9 to 5
There have been lots of studies done, including one from Harvard, that shows that kids of working moms fair much better in their careers and especially life. We took all the info we found with a grain of salt but they make some good points. The key is to find the balance between work and family....
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The Life You Make
Life has a way of derailing us and getting in the way...for some...sometimes, but we would bet that life looks different than you imagined when you were younger. What did you think you'd be doing? Where did you imagine living? Are you the person you thought you'd be? Join us as we share stories…
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Addictions
It seems everyone knows someone that has or is struggling with addiction. It's so pervasive and destructive but it is a symptom of what's really going on within a person. Line & CJ share their own stories of addiction and scratch the surface of what's behind addiction, ways to help and what we…
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What the Fetish?
Have you heard about the latest fetish? We hadn't heard of it either so we had to investigate and of course....talk about it. We started the show talking about it. Then we moved on to some of the oldies that many people engage in. For some people it's a psychological NEED when it comes to fetish...
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Take Back Your Life
9 Steps to help you take back control Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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10 Power Emotions
There are 10 emotions, that carry a lot of weight and leveraged effectively can help you make powerful changes and achievements in every area of your life. Watch to learn what they are, how to master them and how they can work in your life. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more...
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6 Human Needs (Contribution)
Contribution is sort of the partner to Growth. These two needs are connected to the spiritual aspect of ourselves. Contributing beyond ourselves to our communities and the world at large. When we feel disconnected from others, giving and contributing goes a long way to feeling like we matter…
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6 Human Needs (Part 5)
If you’re not growing, you’re dying. There is no such thing as a plateau, or a comfortable, even place. If you're relationship is not growing, it is dying. If your business is not growing, it’s dying. Where do you stand? Take an honest assessment of your life and ask yourself where you are…
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6 Human Needs (Part 4)
The need for love and connection is something we ALL need in some form whether it's friends, family or a partner. Losing focus and meeting the need in a negative way can have us staying in relationships too long, accepting bad behavior and compromising our values...that's just some of the side...
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6 Human Needs (Part 3)
Significance is the 3rd of the 6 human needs in our series. This is the need that makes us feel like we matter and what we do matters. When we meet this need in a negative way it is difficult to form strong friendships and find love. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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6 Human Needs (part 2)
Continuing on with #2 in our series on the 6 human needs we talk about UNCERTAINTY/VARIETY. The need for excitement and new experiences. If this is one of your top 2 needs it's possible to easily lose focus and be seen as unreliable in relationships as well as becoming easily bored. There is a…
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6 Human Needs (part 1)
The 6HN test was created by Cloe Madanes, a world-renowned innovator and teacher of family and strategic therapy and one of the originators of the strategic approach to family therapy. She has authored seven books that are classics in the field: Strategic Family Therapy; Behind the One-Way…
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Until Death Do We Part
Marriage/Relationships evolve. We don't stay in that lustfull state forever which is good because we'd never accomplish anything being so focused on that new love. Sometimes people get caught in the trap of thinking that THAT feeling should last forever. Well...get over it. It doesn't but it can...
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Gun Control
In the wake of the Las Vegas shooting and because we like to tackle the tough topics, we decided to have an honest discussion about gun laws. We knew this episode wasn't going to contribute to changing laws or minds for that matter, but when it comes to the latter, you just never know. So, we...
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Let's Talk About Sex!
What's your number? Whether you think it's an incredibly telling indicator of a person's character and values or you consider it about as significant as their favorite color, chances are you've been asked your "number"—that is, the number of people with whom you've been sexually intimate—more…
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Remembering the 80s
We had a blast running through the 80s sharing some major events and some of our own stories....pretty funny actually. This was a decade of extremes - hair, shoulder pads, consumerism, inventions and more. Watch and remember! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Sports Night
An unlikely episode but since everyone's starting to get football fever we thought we'd take a closer look at sports in general with the man/women perspective and have a little fun with it. We share their own experiences in the world of sports and the growing female fan base. Get more info on us...
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Are you cooler online?
The online world is a crazy one and it's easy to get caught up in it, lose track of time and for some ending up feeling less than. Line talked about what her day was like as an example of how life, the good and bad (some of it) should be shared so that people can relate to you as a person and...
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Back to School
Our kids face a lot of pressures when they get into high school...homework, peer pressure, societal pressure all while trying to figure out who they are. This is a critical time and as parents we need to work WITH them, not against them with unrealistic expectations. Join us as we talk about how…
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Act As If
NOTE: we had some sound quality tech issues during this episode in terms of fade out. You will still be able to hear us clearly.. We tackled the 'Act as If' contradiction of modern belief and discuss why we all should take a community acting workshop. 1. Find the emotional root of your desire....
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Get Unstuck in 5 Simple Steps
We all get stuck in life from time to time but how do you get unstuck? Well we've got 5 simple ways to help you get out of that funk and get back on track. This isn't a one and done deal though. It's something we need to keep using to lessen the stinkin' thinkin' so we can keep on truckin'…
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Social Media Etiquette
Some are clueless and some could use a refresher so we thought we'd cover the topic of social media etiquette. There are way too many to cover in one show so we covered about 10 with the help of our viewers. For a complete list visit our website and click on the Resources tab for instant download...
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When to Call it Quits
We all face times in our lives when we question whether we should quit or commit. Whether it's personal or professional sometimes we have to make the tough calls or someone else will. Either way if you want to be able to move ahead we share some tips to help you decide whether you should call it...
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Double Standards
Continuing on our conversation from last week - feminism - we dove into double standards. We've all participated and we've all experienced them, but are we responsible for our part and what do we do about the ones that have a profound effect on society? Watch and more importantly, listen so that...
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Feminism
Always upping the ante on relevant and informative conversation, this episode was our most impactful. Why? Because we learned that people are very misinformed as to what feminism and being a feminist really is. Grit & Grace took an informal poll, asking 60 women and a handful of men 2 questions…
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Don't Call It A Comeback
We've all heard the expression, 'making a comeback' but we're challenging that and sharing why you shouldn't call it a comeback and how to look at it instead. We share our own stories of defeat and how much better life was afterwards. How do you deal with it? We share our own ideas and invite you...
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Long Distance Relationships
We're wrapping up the month of relationship episodes with a topic that isn't often talked about and that's long distance relationships. There are two kinds: distance in established relationships and new ones. Distance can make or break a couple and since we're all about solutions we shared our…
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Alternative Relationship Styles
Monogamy isn't the only relationship style and maybe you're curious about exploring what society deems taboo. Love and relationships exist in different ways. Are we meant to spend our lives with only one person? Is it possible to deeply love more than one at a time? Does a 'plus one' add more…
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Has Your Sex Life Become Comfortably Numb?
It's easy for our sex life to take a back seat when life happens and in this episode we wanted to remind people why it's so important to put the focus back on it. According to a very informal Grit & Grace poll, we shared the top reasons couples have put the breaks on their sex life. All...
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Communication in Relationships
Continuing with the focus on relationships we dove into the one thing that affects EVERYTHING in a relationship and that's communication. How do you do it? What's your style? Why is it important? In this episode we talked about the 5 Love Languages to help you determine the communication style…
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What Should You Talk About at the Start of a Relationship?
CJ sings THE PENIS SONG which leads to a declaration by Line about an article she read about men and their own issues with body shame and insights about that. Then the topic of MONEY AND SEX and how it's important to discuss these 2 things at the start of a relationship. There are other important...
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The Stuff We Don't Talk About
SEX - RELIGION - POLITICS - MONEY - AGE These are topics that have been labeled 'off the table' as far as discussion so of course WE had to get the conversation started. We like to keep things real and shared our opinions and more importantly WHY we think we should talk about these topics...even…
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What Men & Women Can Learn from Each Other
There's a reason there are 2 sexes in this world. We balance each other and we can learn a lot from each other. Although there's lots, we shared just 4 things men and women can learn from each other. In our BRING IT! segment we answered a viewer's question about inter-racial couples. Ask us...
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Grace for the Win!
In our second episode we thought it only right to cover the topic of grace - what it is and 3 ways to embrace and show it. BRING IT! segment we covered a very interesting viewer question and shared the answers to a poll on the topic. Worth watching for this segment alone! DOWNLOAD: We have a…
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5 Ways to Grow Your Grit
Celebrating our first episode with the final Grit Scale Test question. We talked about our own results, how to use the test as a foundation to grow, 5 ways to grow your grit and how it can predict future success. Visit our website regularly to download and/or access resources mentioned during our...
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Pre-launch Show #6
Coming into the home stretch with the last pre-launch show sharing questions 10 and 11 before sharing the final question on our premier episode on May 4. Download the whole test of 12 questions on our website at www.gritandgracetv.com TO DOWNLOAD THIS EPISODE CLICK THE SHARE ICON TO THE VERY…
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Pre-launch Show #5
We're coming at you fast and furious with questions 8 and 9 challenging you always. Go to our website and download the whole test under Show Resources tab at www.gritandgracetv.com TO DOWNLOAD CLICK THE SHARE ICON TO THE VERY RIGHT OF THE PLAYER & ICON WILL APPEAR Hosted on Acast. See...
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Pre-launch Show #4
Are you keeping up with us? We dove into questions 6 and 7 in this episode. These ones will make you think! Remember, you can download the whole test on our website under the Show Resources tab at www.gritandgracetv.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Pre-launch Show #3
Coming at you hard and fast with questions 3, 4 and 5 of the grit scale test. Remember you can download it on our website under the Show Resources Tab at www.gritandgracetv.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Pre-launch Show #2
Continuing on our countdown to launch we shared Question 2 of the Grit Scale Test which you can download from our website under the Show Resources tab at www.gritandgracetv.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Pre-launch Show #1
We thought it would be fun to countdown to the launch of our show on May 4 by sharing questions from the Grit Scale Test created by Angela Duckworth. This episode we shared question 1 and discussed how it fit into our own lives. You can download the whole test on our website under Show Resources...
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What is Grit & Grace?
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Grit & Grace is a show that bypasses the BS to take an unfiltered look at life and start the conversation, urging YOU to continue it in your own life.
Armed with wit and wisdom, we aim to up the ante on what it means to live with grit and grace by sharing stories, strategies and insight about life, love, work and more.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
HOSTED BY
Line Brunet & CJ Ripka
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Grit & Grace is a show that bypasses the BS to take an unfiltered look at life and start the conversation, urging YOU to continue it in your own life. Armed with wit and wisdom, we aim to up the ante on what it means to live with grit and grace by sharing stories, strategies and insight about life,...
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