The Happy Hour #343: Jamie Grace

My guest for The Happy Hour #343 is Jamie Grace. Jamie Grace is a contemporary Christian music artist who started her career at age 14. She has made several albums, and recently released a book called Finding Quiet: My Journey to Peace in an Anxious World. Jamie currently lives on the west coast with her husband, Aaron, and their daughter Isabella.

Jamie was a guest on the podcast when she was newly married back in 2018, so I love hearing about all the life updates since she was last on! In today’s episode, Jamie talks about finding quiet through seasons of change, growing up in the public eye as a teen star, and the process of transitioning her image from child fame to a grown, married adult with a family. She also shares about her experience with mental illness and postpartum depression, and how important it is to seek help when we need it. I think in a lot of ways we all struggle to ask for help because it makes us feel inadequate or less than, but I love when Jamie says “I cannot rely on my feelings, which are so inconsistent. I have to rely on the truth.” Asking for help may make us “feel” inferior, but those feelings are not truth. The truth is that God will meet all of our needs, but we have to be willing to ask for and accept the help He provides for us. I needed that reminder today. So thankful for Jamie’s transparency, and make sure to pick up a copy of her new book, Finding Quiet!​

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