The Tried and Truth Podcast: Intentional Living, Growth & Mindset for a Well-Led Life
Real Stories. Honest Faith. Perspective for Everyday Life.
The Tried & Truth Podcast is a weekly space for women who want more than quick fixes or self-help hacks. Host Annica Fischer sits down with everyday women, entrepreneurs building brands with purpose, creatives, and leaders for thoughtful, grounded conversations—stories of success and setbacks, practical tools you can use right away, and timeless truths to help you grow and live with clarity and intention.
You’ll hear conversations about the stories that shape us, the faith that carries us, and what success really looks like in the middle of real life—identity, purpose, parenting, work, faith, and the messy in-between we’re all navigating.
With over 15 years of experience in leadership and coaching, Annica brings her own stories, perspective, and practical wisdom to topics like family, parenting, marriage, business, mindset, and intentional living. These are honest, hope-filled conversations—no fluff. Just truth, perspective, and encouragement you can carry into your everyday life.
Each episode asks one grounding question:
“What does success look like to you?”
The answers will surprise you, challenge conventional definitions of success, and invite you to redefine growth and fulfillment in every area of life.
Here, we talk about:
- Real-life faith and everyday encouragement
- Stories of resilience, purpose, and identity
- Motherhood, mental health, relationships, and seasonal transitions
- Leadership lessons from entrepreneurs and purpose-driven leaders
- Work, calling, creativity, and values-based success
Consider this your weekly refresh for real life: honest stories, grounded perspective, and practical wisdom to navigate each season with clarity, courage, and intention—helping you pursue what matters most.
Follow along on Instagram @ANNICAFISCHER or visit www.annicafischer.com
Episodes

Thursday May 13, 2021
Thursday May 13, 2021
How many times have you found yourself feeling stuck? Countless, right?! Too often we ALL find ourselves going through the motions, scared to make the wrong move, thinking we need “more” to move forward, or simply feeling disconnected from the things that matter most. In this episode, we’re sitting down with Jerry Dugan of Beyond the Rut podcast to talk truths about "the rut" and how to get unstuck in 5 key areas of our lives so we can live life "beyond the rut".
“We only have one life and it’s too dang short to live it stuck in a rut. It’s just not worth it. So may as well...take that leap of faith, make your own path, and live the path you’ve always dreamed of living.” - Jerry Dugan
Jerry Dugan is the producer and host of Beyond the Rut podcast, a show that discusses getting unstuck in the areas of faith, family, fitness, finances, and future possibility to inspire and equip listeners to pursue the life they’ve always dreamed of living beyond the rut.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram @annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM! You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

Thursday May 06, 2021
Thursday May 06, 2021
You are a leader whether you realize it or not. Every day, countless people are learning from what you do and how you do it (and what a gift and opportunity that truly is)! In this episode, Leadership Expert, Daphney Ford, is teaching us how we can all become better leaders in our everyday lives and rewrite the stories we tell ourselves. Most importantly, she shares why the world needs a more confident you and the simple how to’s on how to step into that. Consider this episode a life coaching session and leadership training in one (you’re welcome!).
You can check out more about Daphney and her programs on her website at Leadership Lessons with D.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM! You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

Tuesday May 04, 2021
Tuesday May 04, 2021
Why are you scared to be different? To share the “different” idea? To do things differently?
The truth is, if you want to make a difference, it starts with doing something different. In this episode, I’m daring you to move past your fears and OWN your own kind of different, choose different, try different, live different.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM!
You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Thursday Apr 29, 2021
Truth be told, when it comes to doing the things that make you happy, it’s not just about you. Whether it be at work, at home, or in your community, people around you like it when you’re happier, too. In this episode, I’m sharing 4 quick tips that are so simple, you can welcome more joy and happiness into your life starting today.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM! You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.comis

Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Join me this week as we sit down with Brigette Heller of The Strong and Capable to talk the honest truths about what it means to be strong, the power behind claiming who you are, how to “choose” your best self, unpacking boundaries, blooming where you want to be planted, and more. She’s also sharing her powerful story behind her brand and practical tips she personally uses and shares with her AWAKE community to help us wake up to more in our own lives.
You can check out Brigette’s work and programs at www.thestrongandcapable.com. You can also check out her podcast - The Strong and Capable, where she shares insights on how to love that girl in the mirror and invites others to share their personal victory stories to self acceptance, love and faith.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM!
You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

Thursday Apr 22, 2021
Thursday Apr 22, 2021
In this short and sweet episode, we’re zooming out of your life and looking in. I’m sharing 5 questions to ask yourself today (and answer honestly) that will help you re-engage, recalibrate, reset, and recommit to what is important as you step back into the daily grind.
If you're feeling a little stuck, disengaged, lacking clarity, disconnected, or overwhelmed at times, let this episode help you refocus and keep moving.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM!
You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Tuesday Apr 20, 2021
Do you know at what point in your life you stopped adding your spark to life? At what point you started believing that the only way to do it is the way you’ve seen others do it? That the only to win is to win the way that others have won? What if instead you could restore your thinking and shift your perspective on “how” things are done? What if you added your spark back to the world and paved a path that both helped pave a way for others AND helped you welcome “more” into your life?
If you ever find yourself frustrated, feeling like you're not following THE path, or feeling like you've lost the map, this episode will remind you of the truth in “YOUR” path.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM!
You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Thursday Apr 15, 2021
Today, we're sitting down with Executive Coach, John Krajicek, to talk mastering greater awareness in your life, improving your presence, acknowledging emotions, and what we can all learn from guitars on a wall. In this episode, John shares practical meditation tips, how to's and why’s around greater self-awareness, secrets to public speaking, how to have a both/and life, and making space for the things you love.
John Krajicek is an Emotional Intelligence & Mindfulness based coach & retired Executive Professor for Texas A&M University. John has coached thousands of professionals on communication skills, self-awareness, emotional & social intelligence, and professional presence. John is also a musician, artist, meditation teacher, and a dynamic and entertaining speaker. You can find John's work at https://www.krajicek-consulting.com/ and his music at https://johnkrajicek.com/.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM!
You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Tuesday Apr 13, 2021
Why are we all addicted to seeking affirmations, validation, and approval from everyone and for everything. Why do we feel like we need to be loved by all, our work liked by all, and that everyone must take notice of all that we do? Why do we let people, jobs, titles, comments, conversations, posts, and pictures define and affirm us?
The truth is we've gotten so much of this wrong and we've given others far too much power over what we do, how we do it, why we do it, what we create, what we share, and what we become. Let this episode serve as your check-up for where you’re looking, why you’re looking, and what really matters.
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, inspired, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM!
You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

Thursday Apr 08, 2021
Thursday Apr 08, 2021
We’ve all filled our lives with habits and have more autopilot moments than we can often count. You’re definitely not alone in that! Today, we’re stepping back for a second and looking into your habits - both the good and the bad. I’ve got 4 simple and quick questions that are going to help you identify, reset, and rebuild (successfully!) your habits and help us all become “creatures of (BETTER) habits”. Our lives could all use more intention, less regrets, right?!
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If you're just tuning in, welcome! I'm Annica and I’m on a mission to build a community around simple truths, life and business secrets, and everything in between...To uncomplicate the learning experience, keep us all growing, leading more fulfilling lives, and doing more meaningful work! You can find me on instagram - IG@annicafischer. I'd love to learn more about your story - send me a DM!
You can also find me @ www.beawesomecompany.com

About the Podcast
Annica has set out to bring you actionable secrets to success to help you breakthrough barriers and build a successful life around the things you love. If you’re ready to grow in your confidence, step into clarity, show up better for the people who matter most, and put YOUR time and energy where it counts, you’re in the right place!
She keeps things simple. She tells you what you need to know from LIFE to BUSINESS (and everything in between!), what people wished they'd known , AND will keep you grounded in what TRULY matters.
Annica has spent more than a decade in leadership development, coaching, and consulting. She’s trained thousands of leaders, physicians, and teams on everything needed to build value for themselves and others. Her belief that what you see on the outside (what you "experience") is the byproduct of "inside" work in any area of your life. She currently writes and hosts a podcast, The Tried and Truth Podcast, that serves as a platform to equip others to lead and thrive (at home and at work) through simple truths, real conversations, practical mentorship, and inspiring stories. You can find her at www.annicafischer.com.





