# Live Loud Love Big Build Your Life Helping people stop sitting in the problem and start building the life they actually want. Page: Feed: --- ## [Waiting Well: What Advent Taught Me About Trading a Life of Running for a Season of Quiet](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/waiting-well-what-advent-taught-me) _2026-08-12 · Cherel Masalta_ On Father Mike Schmitz, three Advent challenges, and discovering that waiting isn't passive—it's preparation. ## [One Thing to Let Go, One Thing to Embrace: Grieving Penelope and Welcoming a New Puppy One Week Later](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/one-thing-to-let-go-one-thing-to) _2026-08-12 · Cherel Masalta_ One Thing to Let Go, One Thing to Embrace: Grieving Penelope and Welcoming a New Puppy One Week Later ## [Surrender the Struggle: Becoming a Peacemaker This Christmas and Hanukkah](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/surrender-the-struggle-becoming-a) _2026-08-12 · Cherel Masalta_ On Mary and Joseph on the run, the Prince of Peace born into chaos, and trading the chase for peace for the work of being a peacemaker. ## [Now What? Finding Myself After the Kids Are Gone](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/now-what-finding-myself-after-the) _2026-08-12 · Cherel Masalta_ On the hole in the soul that empty nesting left behind, becoming a coach for families of addicts, and trusting God with what comes next. ## [Mending What Drifted: On Friendship, Forgiveness, and Acceptance](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/mending-what-drifted-on-friendship) _2026-08-12 · Cherel Masalta_ On a walking buddy she hasn't spoken to in months, AA as a place where politics doesn't matter, and the Acceptance Prayer on page 417. ## [Are You Taking Control of You? On Media, Anxiety, and Replacing "Love" With Your Own Name](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/are-you-taking-control-of-you-on) _2026-08-05 · Cherel Masalta_ On the Pray 40 with Chris Pratt and Mark Wahlberg, 1 Corinthians 13, and learning to finally trust the plan. ## [600 Episodes and Counting: A Christmas Reflection on Ten Years of Bizzy Living Sober](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/600-episodes-and-counting-a-christmas) _2026-08-05 · Cherel Masalta_ On a milestone podcast episode, the spiritual tools in the toolbox, and why this season is about the ultimate hope. ## [How Do You Know You're in the Right Place? On Running for Six Homes in Seven Years and Finally Staying Put](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/how-do-you-know-youre-in-the-right) _2026-08-05 · Cherel Masalta_ On Sarah Pribis, the Gratitude List, and why the right place was never a zip code. ## [Restraint of Tongue and Pen: What an "FU" on New Year's Day Taught Me About 2026](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/restraint-of-tongue-and-pen-what) _2026-08-05 · Cherel Masalta_ On a life inventory, almost two decades sober, and the man two pews behind me at Mass. ## [Marketplace for AI-Powered Professionals (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/vx4r3sHjePid) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Find professionals who use ChatGPT, Copilot, and Claude to deliver work faster. ## [I'm Evolving: 17 Years Sober, a Changing World, and What's Next for Bizzy](https://itsbizzybusylivingsober.substack.com/p/im-evolving-17-years-sober-a-changing) _2026-08-05 · Cherel Masalta_ On marijuana stores across from rehab centers, finding her voice again, and why she's taking on clients once more.