{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Nourishing Her Midlife Rest: Body & Soul | Perimenopause, Holistic Nutrition & Life Coaching for Christian Women","title":"023 | When Prayer Feels Hard in Midlife | A Conversation with Jennifer Tucker About Overwhelm, Grief & Embodied Faith","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2783,"description":"What do you do when prayer feels hard… especially in overwhelming seasons of midlife, grief, stress, or emotional exhaustion?\nIn this special conversation, Bethany sits down with author Jennifer Tucker (Prayer in Motion, Breath as Prayer, and Present in Prayer) to explore embodied prayer, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, movement, and the gentle presence of God in difficult seasons.\nTogether, they talk honestly about overwhelm, grief, spiritual exhaustion, perfectionism, trauma, anxiety, and the disconnect many women feel between intellectual faith and embodied peace.\nThis conversation explores what it looks like to move from simply knowing God is near… to actually experiencing His presence in the body and soul.\nIf prayer has felt difficult…\nif you’ve felt disconnected from your body…\nor if you’ve longed for a gentler, more grounded experience of God’s presence…\nthis conversation will deeply encourage you.\nWhat You’ll Hear in This Episode\n• prayer and movement as embodied spiritual practices \n• breath prayer and nervous system regulation \n• overwhelm, grief, and emotional healing \n• moving from intellectual faith to experiential faith \n• spiritual exhaustion and the pressure to perform \n• Psalm 23 and the comforting image of the Good Shepherd \n• learning safety, rest, and connection again after overwhelming seasons \n• how God meets us gently in hard places \nAbout Jennifer Tucker\nJennifer Tucker is the author of Prayer in Motion, Breath as Prayer, and Present in Prayer. Her work gently invites readers into a more embodied, grounded, and grace-filled experience of God’s presence through breath, movement, prayer, and awareness.\nConnect with Jennifer Tucker\nJennifer Tucker Official Website: https://littlehousestudio.net/prayer-in-motion\nBooks by Jennifer Tucker:\nPrayer in Motion, Breath as Prayer, and Present in Prayer\nAbout Bethany\nBethany Thomson is a Registered Dietitian offering restorative, whole-person functional nutrition care for overwhelmed...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/TWcyjg98Qyff-KsOho0jIKb0EFSafcAxxypgCk9h-T0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8xNDA2/NDdhNmUyZTljOTFk/YjcyNWNkOGQyY2Ri/ZTg1MC5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}