Welcome to Grit & Grace
—where grit shapes you, grace carries you, and real friends walk beside you through it all.
Meet Erin
I’m Erin Payne, a truth-seeker, question-asker, and one of the voices behind Grit & Grace.
This podcast was born from the belief that real wisdom doesn’t come from pretending we have life figured out. It comes from being willing to ask the deeper questions, tell the truth, and sit inside the messy middle of being human.
Alongside Pam Rader and Brian Thiessen, I bring honest conversations about healing, relationships, self-trust, emotional patterns, spirituality, identity, and what it means to live in deeper alignment.
Think of this space as a place where you don’t have to arrive polished, perfect, or fully healed. You get to come as you are — uncertain, evolving, tender, questioning — and still be met with truth, compassion, humour, and belonging.
Each episode invites you to look a little closer, feel a little deeper, and reclaim the parts of yourself you may have silenced, judged, or left behind.
Because sometimes the most powerful transformation begins with one honest question.
Because here's the truth:
Life will test you. It will challenge everything you think you know about yourself. But those breaking points aren't endings—they're where you discover what you're really made of.
When you've got grit, grace, and people who believe in you, you don't just survive life's storms. You become something beautiful because of them.
So grab your coffee, pull up a chair, and let's figure out this wild, wonderful journey together. You belong here—and your story matters.