141. Living a Grace-Filled Life in a Stress-Filled World (with Ruth Chou Simons)

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Do you feel like your days are filled with stress? In this episode of the podcast, I talk with</span> <a href="https://ruthchousimons.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ruth Chou Simons</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> all about living a grace-filled life in a stress-filled world.</span><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><a href="https://ruthchousimons.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Ruth Chou Simons</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is a best-selling author and founder of</span> <a href="https://gracelaced.com/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">GraceLaced</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. She has been married to her husband Troy for 23 years and they have been involved in the local ministry most of their lives. Ruth and Troy have 6 sons ages 19 to 8. Everything that Ruth does has this aroma of beauty and it's such an inspiration to me!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this conversation, we begin by talking about dating ourselves by being bloggers and on the internet for years and years, and how Ruth’s blogging has evolved into more of a community effort and being more active on</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/ruthchousimons/"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;">. Ruth shares why she named her blog and business GraceLaced, why that matters, and why it is the cornerstone of Ruth’s ministry, her life, her work, and everything she does on the internet.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ruth and I discuss how what inspired her to write this book, her personal journey from stress to grace, and how she is currently walking out the message of her new book,</span> <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/When-Strivings-Cease-Self-Improvement-Life-Transforming/dp/1400224993/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr="> <em><span style="font-weight: 400;">When Strivings Cease: Replacing the Gospel of Self-Improvement with the Gospel of Life-Transforming