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The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz

Welcome to a becoming-space. A place for imperfectly ready people to say yes to more Jesus and actual friendships with their neighbors. A place for introverts and workaholics and people-pleasers and self-doubters. Welcome, welcome, if that"s you! I get that pull you feel to go deeper. Find purpose, meaningful conversations, community. I also get how you think you"re not ready. Want to know a secret?! None of us are, least of all me! Also true is that we BECOME ready after, not before, we say

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07:02

226 - Gratitude Out Loud: This Is What It Might...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/11/04

But what if we've tried to keep gratitude too quiet? What if it gets buried in the lines of our journals? What if gratitude is looking for a way to ripple beyond us–spilling over like uncontained laughter? Links mentioned: The Spill-Over Gratitude Challenge To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up HERE. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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225 - Reverse the Hurry of the Holidays With One...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/10/28

Reversing the hurry of the holidays sounds lovely, but let's get practical. Without a plan, I get swept into the busyness of the holiday season. I don't linger. I squeeze in more and move faster and connect less. You too? Links mentioned: The Spill-Over Gratitude Challenge The Greatest Gift: Unlocking the Full Love Story of Christimas by Ann Voskamp Merry and Bright: Rediscover the Hope, Peace, and Joy of Christamas by One Story Well. The Spirit of Christmas: Discovering His Presence Throughout the

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224 - Confessions Of A Half-Marathoner: The Truth...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/10/21

You might find yourself in a similar situation, caught between what you think you should be able to do, and what you can, at this moment, achieve. Between the voice in your head that says slowing down is shameful and the kind tone you’d use to encourage anyone besides yourself. So until you have the courage to tell this to yourself, here is permission to break pace. Do solid B work. Set a boundary. Begin something brand new. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to

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223 - The Big DON’T DO When Your Life Is Going Well

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/10/14

Perhaps the biggest threat to thriving is apathy. Have you found this to be true? Stop reading your Bible and your hunger for it dissipates. Stop listing gratitude and it’s harder to find gift in the hard. Stop praising God and fear settles in. Stop praying and God feels farther away. Stop investing in your marriage and it begins to fray. Stop your workout rhythm and it’s difficult to pick it back up. Stop your healthy eating habits and old cravings come back. The law of inertia comes into play

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08:18

222 - For the Fall Season: 10 Truths That Will Steady...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/10/07

We enter autumn a bit unsteady. Feeling behind but also needing soul stillness. Burning candles as we grasp for inner peace. So for both you and I, here are ten fall-back-on truths to anchor us this autumn season. Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox every week to help you get to know your neighbors, sign up HERE. Read the written version of this episode HERE.

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09:12

221 - Community: The Beautiful Secret to a...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/09/30

That longing you can’t silence for community–to know and be known–is neither superficial or selfish. It’s the evidence of God’s heart for you. Belonging wasn’t your idea first. It was His. Before the first created man had breath in his lungs, God the Father, the Son, and the Spirit existed in perfect community. As Jennie Allen says, “Our God has been relational forever. It means that He created us out of relationship for relationship.” And we feel it sharply when we’re out of sync with God’s

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220 - When Hunger for God Rises Within, Feed the Fire

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/09/23

We’re hearing ripples of revival. Seeing fresh hunger for God in unexpected places. Feeling the stirring within our own souls. God is on the move, as always. But we’re noticing it now. The cracks in our culture—the very things that deeply grieve us—let the light of Christ in. Light is always brightest when the dark is darkest. And isn’t it like God to bring uncontainable hope alongside the hard-to-reconcile and still-being-redeemed? The holy rumble of God’s kingdom coming here “on earth as it will

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09:02

219 - The Best Way to Grow Resilience: 3...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/09/16

I see it in your eyes that can’t mask the tiredness, hear it in the cracks in your voice, feel it with you in the hurried steps and anxious scrolling: life feels fractured. Unsteady. At times, unfathomable. We quiet our questions, assuming God sees coming redemption before we can glimpse it. But we can’t hush the disquiet in our souls. Is there a way to thrive no matter what life throws our way? To grow resilience that keeps hope alive? Links mentioned: To get a short, doable tip in your inbox

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218 - Unwasted Grace: How to Make Much of the Life...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/09/09

Grace is a trust equation: our nothing plus God’s everything equals ripple-effect redemption. God’s grace, according to my friend Jennifer Sakata–and host of Living the Grace Life Podcast–“is that forward movement that restores connection and rebuilds relationships.” How perfectly this line summarizes 2 Corinthians 5:19! It is central to our good news that God was in the Anointed making things right between Himself and the world. This means He does not hold their sins against them. But it also

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217 - How to Grow “Charity of the Heart”: 8 Ways to...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/09/02

An others-first mentality seems rare these days. Maybe that’s why “charity of the heart,” as Paul describes it, always makes my gratitude list (1 Cor. 8:1). Life can feel like a race in slow motion, where making space for someone else comes at a cost. But you and I get to be the sort of people who normalize uncommon rhythms–like noticing the people in front of us, getting to know our neighbors, and building others up. We are those who love because we’re outrageously loved (1 John 4:19). Who serve

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07:04

216 - How To Get The Only Applause That Will Ever Matter

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/08/26

To the one doing the work while someone else gets promoted. To the one diligently practicing, who hasn’t been picked yet. To the one quietly faithful, serving in selfless and unseen ways. To the one holding up the team but never getting credit for it. To the one behind the brilliant ideas, the one always building others up, and the one quick to assume responsibility but not the praise. To the mama making sacrifices no one will ever know about. To the beautiful soul who carefully avoids the

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08:07

215 - How to Know a God Enormous Beyond Comprehension

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/08/19

The very lives we live fit like iridescent shapes into the kaleidoscope of God’s plan for this wonderful, aching earth. We bump up against each other as life jostles us. It may feel at times like friction. But look through the kaleidoscope and you’ll see the stunning picture we create together. We’re a colorful assortment of polygons differentiated by shape and shade. And all this difference, together, makes the ever-changing picture beautiful. Together, we point to Him–as God-reflectors and

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07:25

214 - 3 Genuine Ways To Be A Good Neighbor Today

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/08/12

The very lives we live fit like iridescent shapes into the kaleidoscope of God’s plan for this wonderful, aching earth. We bump up against each other as life jostles us. It may feel at times like friction. But look through the kaleidoscope and you’ll see the stunning picture we create together. We’re a colorful assortment of polygons differentiated by shape and shade. And all this difference, together, makes the ever-changing picture beautiful. Together, we point to Him–as God-reflectors and

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213 - How To Change Directions When You Want To Run Away

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/08/05

It makes all the difference, doesn’t it, whether we’re running away from or towards something? One feels like friction, the other like invitation. One feels like failure licking at our heels, the other like movement itself is a win. I slow to a walk beneath the cloudless sky, pondering a question: When have I been the one running from something? From a decision I didn’t want to make. From conflict I’d rather avoid. From a yes that felt too costly. From a necessary no that could disrupt the

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212 - How to Stop Hiding Inside the Peace You Crave...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/07/29

Can we talk about how to stop hiding where it feels safe and cozy and predictable? Because maybe what makes you “come alive,” as Howard Thurman famously wrote, is somewhere beyond the line of where risk meets comfort. Links mentioned: To learn more about Enneagram 8s–including what we appreciate most about you, how you can use your strengths to mirror God’s grace to your neighbors, and (for the rest of us) how we can best missionally love the Enneagram 8s we know–grab the Enneagram Neighboring

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211 - How to Find Grace for Yourself and Others (For...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/07/22

You’re a rock that steadies others, die-hard strength that looks out for the weak, focus and grit that helps the rest of us show up more fully in our own endeavors. But beneath your tenacity is a tenderness that can feel unnerving. Some days you struggle to find grace for yourself within your sky-high personal standards. Can we talk about it? Links mentioned: To learn more about Enneagram 8s–including what we appreciate most about you, how you can use your strengths to mirror God’s grace to your

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210 - Why Painful Seasons Make for Tender Growth (For...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/07/15

If ever you’ve wished for a fast forward button through the painful seasons of your life, this is for you. You’re full of spontaneous energy and fun ideas. You help the rest of us lighten up and enjoy the adventure of life. You’re bold and bright and brilliant. We’re grateful for your contagious optimism, your eager yeses, your enthusiastic encouragement. Because of you, we try new things that we’d be afraid of otherwise. We also dream bigger dreams, thanks to you. You connect many a person

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209 - How to Turn Fear Into Faith (For Enneagram 6s)

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/07/08

You’re the hands holding everything for everyone, the arms keeping us safe, the backbone of community, the feet that stand for the good all. You prepare for all the things we miss or underestimate. Rarely do you rest. Even when your hands are still, you’re working out potential issues inside your head. Researching the safest option. Eliminating the unknowns. How long has it been since you’ve had a break from the residual fear that tenses your brow and deflates your smile? Where does worry catch

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07:08

208 - This Is the Truth About a Competition-Free Zone...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/07/01

This is for the planners. The methodical. The curious. The articulate. This is for those of us who prefer a little more time to process, who sometimes (maybe most times) want to blend in, who run out of words before the day is done. Links mentioned: To learn more about Enneagram 5s–including what we appreciate most about you, how you can use your strengths to mirror God’s grace to your neighbors, and (for the rest of us) how we can best missionally love the Enneagram 5s we know–grab the Enneagram

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207 - How to Know You’re Not Too Much, or Too Little...

The Uncommon Normal with Twyla Franz ·

2025/06/24

Some days you feel like you don’t fit in. At times, you worry you’re flawed and broken. Often, you fear you’re too much. And we hate that for you, because what we see is someone who reflects Jesus’ tender emotions, His genuine care for us, His reassuring presence. Links mentioned: To learn more about Enneagram 4s–including what we appreciate most about you, how you can use your strengths to mirror God’s grace to your neighbors, and (for the rest of us) how we can best missionally love the Enneagram

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