{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Beyond the Gray","title":"What You Feed Grows, What You Starve Dies | Ep. 27","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1070,"description":"You can stop drinking and still starve your marriage. You can stop scrolling and still starve your health. You can quit the thing that's hurting you and never start building the life you actually want. And then you wonder why you still feel empty.\nIn Episode 27 of Beyond the Gray, Kari Schwear tackles the principle that explains more about your life than almost anything else: what you feed grows, what you starve dies. But here's the part most people miss. It's not just about removing the bad. It's about what you're feeding (or failing to feed) in its place. Kari shares how a shoulder injury at the gym became the perfect metaphor for how we protect the very things we should be strengthening, and why removing a behavior without replacing it leaves you just as stuck as before.\nShe also digs into the neuroscience and scripture behind why we rehearse old resentments, how thoughts become behaviors, and the two questions that will change how you see your entire life.\nIn this episode you'll hear:\n• The shoulder injury story that became a perfect metaphor for life\n• Why protecting something too long actually starves it\n• How resentment stays alive: you're feeding a 10-year-old event every time you replay it\n• Three scriptures that changed how Kari handles her thought life (Philippians 4:8, Romans 12:2, 2 Corinthians 10:5)\n• Why \"taking thoughts captive\" is the most practical spiritual tool you'll ever use\n• How gray area drinkers feed the habit by negotiating with themselves\n• Why the healthiest relationship with alcohol might be zero\n• The danger of quitting one thing without building something in its place\n• How you can fix one Core Four area while another one is dying\n• The two questions to ask yourself this week: What am I feeding that I don't want to grow? What am I starving that I desperately want to grow?\nIf you've ever quit something and still felt empty, this episode explains why. And it shows you what to do about it.\n—————\nTAKE THE GRAY AREA AUDIT\nNot sure where...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/o3QgvEYD_EzW-1N7UZfNYTN4qL2oafyqZIw1SF69BYo/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kYjNl/NjgxZTdjNDY2YjIw/NjdlNjBlYTUyMjgw/OTZjMy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}