167 | You Don't Need a "New Year, New You", You Need a Faithful Start: God Is More Interested in Your Obedience Than Your Reinvention
Living Easy with Lindsey
Lindsey Maestas
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 16 December 2025
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
As the year winds down, the noise of the past year gets louder. We see what we failed at and all that we've achieved. And then as January approaches, the world shouts at us to set our New Year resolutions, to chase fresh starts, to reinvent ourselves, to do more, be better, and try harder.
But what if what your soul actually needs isn't a fresh start, but rest and obedience?
Jesus doesn't heal through pressure, He heals through presence.
In this episode, Lindsey Maestas shares a gentle, Jesus-centered reflection for the holiday season and end of the year. She challenges herself, and her listeners, to live faithfully this year instead of doing everything to be hotter, richer, more, more, more.
Instead of pushing self-improvement or hustle spirituality, this episode invites you to slow down, breathe, and return to the heart of the gospel: Jesus is faithful, and he doesn't call us to live a burnt out life.
Rooted in Scripture and lived experience, this episode speaks directly to women who feel quietly exhausted, emotionally spent, or spiritually worn down—especially those navigating marriage struggles, burnout, anxiety, or disappointment with how the year turned out.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey friends, we were never promised that life would be easy. Sometimes it is hard and super crazy, |
| 0:11.7 | but when we do life together, we find that it becomes a lot easier and much more fun. |
| 0:17.2 | I believe in joyful life, in happy parenting, healthy marriages, long-lasting friendships, |
| 0:23.8 | and making perfect memories and imperfect homes. I love to dig deep and talk about the really |
| 0:30.2 | raw things that people are not always comfortable discussing. And I'm also passionate about |
| 0:34.9 | sharing practical tips that have helped me to help you |
| 0:38.3 | navigate through life less stressfully and more purposefully. |
| 0:42.1 | We will laugh together and struggle together. |
| 0:44.6 | You will hear honest insights on strengthening your faith and your marriage, parenthood, |
| 0:49.6 | how-toes, and so much more so that you can live life and live it with joy. |
| 0:55.2 | I am Lindsay Maestis. Welcome to the Living Easy Podcast. Hello everyone. Welcome back to the Living Easy |
| 1:04.9 | podcast. This is Lindsay Myestis and I'm so thankful to have you here today. I am really excited to talk right before |
| 1:13.9 | New Year's. I guess we're like a few weeks out when I'm recording this to talk about giving |
| 1:20.2 | yourself a little bit of a breather when it comes to the New Year, New You kind of content. I know we're going to be inundated |
| 1:30.0 | with it. We're going to see it everywhere. And it's fine to desire to do better. It is great to |
| 1:38.2 | want to do well. I know I don't need to give you permission. That's not what I'm trying to do. But I also |
| 1:42.7 | want to give you the space to say, |
| 1:45.5 | I don't have to have it all together by January 1st. I don't have to have my lists of things |
| 1:51.3 | that I need to get done because God is more concerned with your obedience than he is with your |
| 2:00.6 | renewal or becoming a new person. And I hope that that |
| 2:05.2 | gives you freedom. It gives me freedom. I think I'm somebody, and I've shared this a million |
| 2:10.1 | and one times, but I'm an eneagram two wing three, very high achieving, very ambitious, very perfectionistic, hard on myself, anxious, |
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