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Muddle Buddies with Jacy Luce
by Jacy Luce
Welcome to Muddle Buddies — your official club for humans learning to be human... together. Life can be messy, hilarious, heartbreaking, and hopeful—sometimes all at once. Here, we make space for honest conversations about the in-between moments: faith and mental health, relationships, parenting, healing, identity, and everything that makes us beautifully complicated. Each episode invites you to laugh, reflect, and feel a little less alone as we talk with friends, thinkers, and everyday people who aren’t afraid to say, “me too.” Whether we’re tackling something deep or delightfully ridiculous, this is a space where honesty meets grace. So grab a mug, pull up a chair, and join us as we muddle through the good, the hard, and the holy — together.
Episodes
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Healing Our View of Sex with Angela, The Christian Sexpert
For many of us, the conversation about sex in church growing up sounded something like: “Don’t do it.” or nothing at all. But then we get married… and suddenly we’re supposed to understand our bodies, intimacy, desire, and communication with zero confusion or baggage. Except real life doesn’t…
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Advocating for Limb Differences Through Story with Heather Fisher
In this episode, I sit down with my friend Heather, founder of Limb Love Library, to talk about representation, differences, and why books matter more than we think. After her recent appearance on Good Day PA, she joins Muddle Buddies for her very first podcast ever, and we laugh our way through...
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UPE: A Whole Lot of Nothing and Everything All At Once
Join Jacy and her daughter Taryn as they talk about a whole lot of nothing and everything all at once.
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Still Processing, Thanks for Listening
This week’s episode is a quiet, honest check-in from the middle of the muddle. After coming off the high and exhaustion of a big mental health conference and heading straight into a deeply reflective spiritual formation retreat, Jacy shows up with very little polish and a lot of real life. What...
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UPE: Half a Brain Cell & a Whole Lot of Heart
This week’s UPE episode is brought to you by very few brain cells, a whole lot of life, and the decision to show up anyway. Jacy shares honestly about walking through a high-stress season, preparing for a big mental health conference, navigating full schedules, and noticing how limited capacity…
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Dysregulation, Triggers and Getting Back to Safety with Bekah Treverton
In this episode of Muddle Buddies, I’m joined by Bekah Treverton for a conversation that feels like a breathe of fresh air. Bekah and I talk about nervous system regulation, finding peace in the middle of the hustle and bustle of life, and what it looks like to gently care for ourselves when life...
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UPE: This Episode Is Brought to You by a Ring Light & a Free Coffee Table
This late-night UPE is fueled by excitement, a ring light I’m not emotionally prepared for, and a coffee table I found on the side of the road that somehow became the missing piece of my podcast space 🥹 I’m recording from my cozy chair, trying out video on my phone (no promises), sharing a Taste...
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Let the Light In: Parenting, Grace, and Self-Compassion with Cara
What if the parts of ourselves we’re most afraid of are actually the doorway to healing? In this honest, wide-ranging conversation, Jacy sits down with Cara to talk about parenting, grace, rage, self-compassion, faith, and what it really means to be human, especially when you’re raising kids,...
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UPE: New Year, Same Me - Anti-Resolutions for 2026
It’s a new year… and I am still very much myself. In this Unforeseen Prior Engagement episode, I’m skipping the resolutions and sharing my anti-resolutions—the things I fully plan to keep doing in 2026. Like underestimating how long everything takes, believing a warm drink can fix most problems,...
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New Years Reflections with SaKoya
New Year, Same Mess. More Grace. It’s New Year’s week, and Jacy is joined by her dear friend SaKoya for an unfiltered, laugh-out-loud, deeply honest conversation about what 2025 held and what they’re carrying into 2026. From choosing a “word for the year” to navigating postpartum emotions, ADHD,...
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UPE: Getting Weird and Slowing Down
Christmas is a few days away, I’m wildly unprepared, and instead of something polished or festive, this week’s UPE is an invitation to stop. In this episode, we take a few quiet minutes together to breathe, notice what we’re carrying, and make space for both the heavy and the tender parts of this...
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Who Told You That: Faith, Feelings & the Fear of Being “Too Much”
In this week’s conversation, I sit down with my friend Kelli to talk about what we jokingly call being “toxically open” – oversharing, social hangovers, and that next-day spiral where you replay every word and wonder if you were “too much.” We explore how shame sneaks into our relationships, what...
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UPE: Anxiety is Weird, Sugar is Sweet
This week’s Unforeseen Prior Engagement episode is coming to you from the very real, very tired middle of my life. It’s one of those weeks where everything feels a little heavier, the brain feels a little slower, and simply showing up feels like its own tiny victory. So instead of polished…
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Rollin’ Deep: Kiefer’s Handicapable Life & Big Ideas
What does it look like to live handicapable in a world that wasn’t built with you in mind? In this episode, I sit down with my friend Kiefer to talk about disability, accessibility, and advocacy in real life - not just on paper. Kiefer shares his story of becoming a quadriplegic after a spinal…
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UPE: Crickets, Blunders & Laughter
This UPE is a snapshot of a week that felt unreasonably chaotic — starting with the moment a dead cave cricket fell out of my shoe at work. Nothing could’ve prepared me. Truly nothing. From there, the week continued with a rip in the worst possible spot in my jeans, an almost-disastrous…
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Real Talk: Faith and Mental Health (with Alex Beil)
This week I’m joined by my friend Alex for a real, tender conversation about faith and mental health—no magic fixes, just honesty, humor, and hope. We talk about why “Jesus wept” matters for our grief today, how lament can be a faithful practice, and what it looks like to be a safe person before...
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UPE: A Messy House and A Deep Breathe
This week’s mini episode is part gratitude, part real life. I’m celebrating one whole month of Muddle Buddies, and honestly, I’m still in that happy shock every time someone tells me they’ve been listening. 🥹 I share a quick mess (spoiler: my house and I are in a long-term relationship with…
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Play More & Love Big — A Conversation with Taryn
In this episode, I sit down with my daughter Taryn for her very first time on the podcast — and it’s everything I hoped it would be: silly, honest, full of giggles, and surprisingly thoughtful. We talk about funny family moments, what it feels like to grow up, school favorites, church memories…
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Chick-fil-A Sauce in My Purse & Sabbath in My Soul
Adrianne joins me for a cozy, chaotic, very “banana brains” chat about real life in the busy fall season. She’s a wood artist ramping up for the holidays, a former music teacher riding the joy of her fourth-grader bringing home a trumpet, and a mom learning when to say yes—and when to say no. We...
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Unforeseen Prior Engagement: Insecurity & Couch Snuggles
Surprise! I know waiting two weeks between full episodes can feel like forever—so consider this my unofficial, unpolished love note to the in-between. Unforeseen Prior Engagements wasn’t originally part of the plan (shocking, I know), but life keeps interrupting my best intentions, and honestly…...
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Friendship as Adults with SaKoya Spradley
Join Jacy and SaKoya - two best friends who have navigated a whole lot of life together. They talk about all things friendships. From things that keep their friendship going to friendship breakups.
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Welcome to Muddle Buddies
Come join me as I share the heart and hope behind Muddle Buddies for both me and you!
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Muddle Buddies — your official club for humans learning to be human... together.
Life can be messy, hilarious, heartbreaking, and hopeful—sometimes all at once. Here, we make space for honest conversations about the in-between moments: faith and mental health, relationships, parenting, healing, identity, and everything that makes us beautifully complicated.
Each episode invites you to laugh, reflect, and feel a little less alone as we talk with friends, thinkers, and everyday people who aren’t afraid to say, “me too.” Whether we’re tackling something deep or delightfully ridiculous, this is a space where honesty meets grace.
So grab a mug, pull up a chair, and join us as we muddle through the good, the hard, and the holy — together.
HOSTED BY
Jacy Luce
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