My book release day is quickly approaching you guys and I love love for you to grab a copy I know I'm not the only one who's ever thought gosh why can't I get it together or may you put another way?

I'm such a mess.

I've really struggled with believing that everyone else has things figured out.

Whether that's at work or in relationships with others or in parenting or just following Jesus

better, we can compare so many things in life but there is hope for us I

promise and I talk all about it in my new book. Go to Jamie ivy.com

slash book to pre-order why can't I get it together?

Hey friends and welcome to the happy hour with Jamie Ivy Podcast.

I'm your host Jamie and I'm so glad you're here.

Each week on this show I invite a friend to join me and we chat about the big things in life, the little things in life, and everything in between. Hey y'all, all happy middle of January. Here we are in the middle of January.

So great to be here. You know I love a Monday I love a January I love new things and I hope that you

listen to our bonus series that came out last Friday called New Year Same You because it is a new year, but guess what?

So many things in our life feel exactly the same.

We had some great guests on there.

Elisa Keaton, Chelsea Sobelich, Rachel Cruz, Nicole Eunice,

really, really great conversations that I know are going to encourage you as you walk into this new year.

Today on the show, Laura's story joins me.

Laura actually has a book that came out in 2015, which basically feels like 17 lifetimes ago, but it's called

when God doesn't fix it. Lessons you never wanted to learn, truths you can't live without.

And Laura's story took an unexpected turn when her husband was

diagnosed with a brain tumor and so she tells that story in the book and I

listened to this book last year because actually a friend of my Nicky who

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