368 // When Your Growth Makes Other People Uncomfortable368 // When Your Growth Makes Other People Uncomfortable
Speak Truth - How to live Healthy, Happy and Holy with Stacey Ziegler | Holistic Life Coach
Have you ever noticed that when you start changing, growing, or living differently, certain people seem to pull away? Maybe you've started taking your faith more seriously. Maybe you've stopped drinking. Maybe you've changed the way you spend your...
21:34•13 Oct 2026
When Your Growth Makes Others Uncomfortable
Episode Overview
- Your growth in faith, sobriety or health may make some people uncomfortable, but that discomfort doesn’t mean you’re doing something wrong.
- The people you spend time with strongly influence your habits, so choose friends who lift you up rather than pull you back into unhealthy patterns.
- It’s normal to lose friendships when your values shift; focus on the few relationships and family connections that genuinely support your new life.
- Finding peace in God, prayer and simple routines can ease feelings of loneliness when your social circle becomes smaller.
- If you feel alone or misunderstood, pray for new friendships and remember that your first and most important friendship is with Jesus Christ.
“If all your friends drink, you’re probably going to drink… But I found my peace with God. I don’t need external things, even people, places and things.”
Curious about how others manage their sobriety journey? This episode follows Stacey Ziegler as she talks honestly about what happens when your growth starts to unsettle the people around you. She shares a recent experience at church where her open, emotional love for God left a loved one feeling embarrassed and uncomfortable, and how that reaction stung more than she expected.
From there, Stacey talks about how friendships and family dynamics can shift when you stop drinking, start caring for your health, or deepen your faith. She recalls being the one who stayed sober while friends got drunk or high, being told she was “high on life”, and later noticing how saying “I don’t drink” meant certain invitations quietly disappeared.
Rather than gloss over it, she names the hurt of being rejected, cancelled, or labelled “too religious”, especially by people who once felt close. You’ll hear Stacey reflect on how the people you surround yourself with can shape your habits, from alcohol and unhealthy eating to exercise and spiritual growth. She gently challenges you to look at your own circle: do these relationships lift you up, or leave you drained and tempted back into old patterns?
Grounded firmly in her Christian faith, Stacey keeps bringing the focus back to God as the anchor through seasons of loneliness, change and even misunderstanding from loved ones. She talks about finding peace in quiet routines, prayer, daily mass, writing her story, and trusting that God is working in the "waiting". This episode is especially suited to women—particularly mums—who are stepping away from addictive or unhealthy habits and finding that not everyone is cheering them on.
If your growth is making people uneasy, Stacey’s story might help you feel less alone and more confident in staying the course. Whose comfort are you protecting: theirs, or your own healing?
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