How To Know When God Is Asking You To Quit (with Claire Swinarski)

Claire Swinarski's Catholic podcast was working. Big guests, real income, four years in. Then she felt God asking her to walk away from all of it, and she said yes without knowing what came next. This conversation is about how to discern when God is closing a door you love, why setting something down is not the same as failing, and what she found on the other side. Get the free episode recap library at https://catholicwoman.co/episode-recaps In this episode: - What Saint John Paul II meant when he called for a new feminism in Evangelium Vitae - Why so many Catholic women flinch at the word feminist and whether they should - How the Catholic view of women differs from the evangelical teaching on women's roles - What Claire says is genuinely evil about secular feminism and what she refuses to give up - How she wrote the Fiat Girls book series about Saint Therese, Saint Rose of Lima, and Mother Teresa as nine year old girls - What Pope Leo XIV teaches about artificial intelligence in Magnifica Humanitas and how Catholic writers should think about AI - How to know when God is asking you to set down something successful and fruitful - Why she walked away from a profitable Catholic podcast at its peak instead of building a Catholic media empire Connect with Claire Swinarski: Website: https://claireswinarski.com Substack: Letters from a Catholic Feminist Instagram: @claireswinarski Preorder The Fiat Girls: https://ascensionpress.com/collections/fiat-girls The Catholic Woman Podcast: Show notifications: https://catholicwoman.co/newsletter Substack: https://substack.com/@thecatholicwoman Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/share/g/1GeKDTt7WA/ Website: https://catholicwoman.co Instagram: https://instagram.com/thecatholicwomanpodcast YouTube: https://youtube.com/@TheCatholicWomanPodcast Thank you to our sponsors: - The Heavenly Post, a monthly Catholic mail subscription with a devotional letter, art print, prayer card, and more, built around the liturgical calendar. Use code TCW15 for 15% off all gift subscriptions at https://theheavenlypost.com - Black Cassock Coffee, Catholic owned and veteran owned, roasted to order, and every bag supports Catholic education. https://blackcassockcoffee.com/CWP - Helena House Therapy, a virtual Catholic integrated therapy practice specializing in perinatal mental health. First consultation is free. https://helenahouse.janeapp.com/#/staff_member/1 SEO Keywords: how to know when god is asking you to quit, discerning god's will catholic, when to walk away from something good, catholic discernment podcast, quitting is not failing, god closing a door, catholic woman podcast, claire swinarski, catholic mom work and vocation, saying yes to god's will, knowing the season of your life, letting go of success catholic, catholic women discernment, ambition and holiness, the fiat girls ascension press