What Happens When Work Stops Being Your God with Jason Heinritz

About this episode

Jason Heinritz shares his transformative journey from workaholism to finding peace through faith and intentional living.

Jason Heinritz shares his journey from being a self-described workaholic chasing accolades to finding peace through faith and intentional living. Jason opens up about his struggle with numbing himself with weed and alcohol after long workdays, the transformative moment when he took a demotion and got rebaptized, and how fasting and prayer became essential tools for navigating major life decisions—including moving his family from Wisconsin to Seattle to help start a church. He discusses the importance of being a "Jesus guy" without the baggage of religion, the power of setting boundaries around work (now working just 28 hours per week), and practical ways he's raising his kids with spiritual grounding in a world full of distractions. Jason also breaks down why modern masculinity should follow Jesus' example of leading with love while standing firm in truth, and shares his Wake Up Jesus People movement designed to awaken the warrior within men. Chapters: (00:00:00) - Jason introduces himself and his journey from workaholic to finding peace through faith (00:02:00) - Moving from Wisconsin to Seattle to help start a church and balancing multiple roles (00:06:00) - The importance of…

People in this episode

Host: Hector Santiesteban

Guest: Jason Heinritz

Topics covered

• work-life balance
• faith
• intentional living
• modern masculinity
• spirituality
• parenting

Keywords

• workaholic
• faith
• fasting
• prayer
• modern masculinity
• boundaries
• parenting
• spiritual grounding

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Wake Up Jesus People

Places: Wisconsin, Seattle

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