The Tried and Truth Podcast with Annica Fischer
Real stories. Honest faith. Conversations that remind you what actually matters.
The Tried & Truth Podcast is the mentorship and encouragement you didn’t even know you needed. Each week, Annica Fischer sits down with entrepreneurs, trusted mentors, experts, and friends to explore the stories that shape us, the faith that carries us, and what success really looks like in the middle of real life.
Follow along on Instagram @ANNICAFISCHER or visit www.annicafischer.com
Episodes

Tuesday May 25, 2021
Tuesday May 25, 2021
Join the conversation with Lindsey Lawing, owner and head baker of Sweet Lucy's Pies. In 2014, Lindsey found herself “on her own” as a single mom. She was determined to find a way to support her daughter Lucy, build a future for the two of them, and also have the flexibility of being her own boss. What started with six pies at a local farmer’s market has now evolved into a thriving business and a local favorite in the Fort Worth foodie scene.
In this episode, Lindsey shares her humble beginnings and life and business lessons learned along the way. You'll walk away inspired as she invites you to use your gifts and savor more moments that truly matter. There’s something for everyone in this episode!
Sweet Lucy’s Pies, a specialty made to order pie company that bakes up fresh, hand rolled, homemade pies featuring the finest local, sustainable produce and ingredients from Texas. Their mission - "We pride ourselves on taking our love for perfectly curated pie crust to the people, providing all generations the experience of exceptional pie. A community-minded bake shop with an entrepreneurial spirit, knowing we are all in this together”. The signature flaky crust is one of things that makes Sweet Lucy’s Pies so special. You can check out more about Sweet Lucy's Pies on IG @sweetlucyspies or on their website.
_________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 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
Have you ever noticed people doing their "life’s work"? These are the people “ in their element” - they light up a room, inspire you, and their passion is almost contagious. They’re SO incredibly good at what they do!
What if you could be MORE of that person and open up the door for others to be MORE of that, too? In today's episode, I’m sharing tips on how to identify your gifts, discover the gifts of others (at work and at home) and how to leverage them ALL more!
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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!

Thursday May 20, 2021
Thursday May 20, 2021
In this episode, we’re chatting with co-authors Shannon Deer, PhD, CPA and Cheryl Miller about the story behind their upcoming book Business Doing Good: Engaging Women and Elevating Communities. Whether you have a business, are part of a business, or simply want to learn more, this conversation will expand your knowledge as we explore how regardless of current role or season of life, we all might be part of “engaging women and elevating communities''. We’ll talk through what it means to invest in women “over-comers”, what it means for organizations who engage in the investment, and hear inspiring stories that will challenge us all to think differently.
Business Doing Good is currently available for pre-order at all major book retailers.
About the Authors
Shannon Deer, PhD, CPA, is the interim associate dean for undergraduate programs and a clinical assistant professor for Mays Business School at Texas A&M University. She is an award-winning professor and also conducts executive development training for leading companies. Deer’s research focuses on women’s transitional experience after exiting the sex trade or sex-trafficking situations and specifically focuses on the impact (positive and negative) businesses have on survivors in their work transition.
Cheryl Miller owns Quantum Circles Consulting and Training. She provides training on topics that increase opportunities for transformation in economic development for the marginalized, effective communication focusing on the facilitation of conflict, and restorative justice. Miller has been a volunteer mediator for sixteen years and has more than a thousand hours of experience of mediation with victims of violent crimes and their offenders. She was the executive director of a housing program in Victoria, Texas, for eighteen years which housed women with long-term substance abuse, ex-offenders, and women in the sex industry. Miller could relate to some of the women’s experience after being a single mom to premature twins and on welfare. She used the principles in this book to create an empowerment support model for women at the home.
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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!

Tuesday May 18, 2021
Tuesday May 18, 2021
Ever wondered how what you’re doing right now will ever play into your “bigger picture” story? What about when to draw the line of saying “yes” to everything while you’re in the learning/growth phase of your career or life? In this episode, we're sitting down with Mary Clay Gupton of Claiborne Creative to chat about all of this and more! She's sharing her formula for faith and work, how sometimes we have to tell the wrong story to realize what the right story is, heart work vs. hard work, authenticity, and her best tips for brand owners and entrepreneurs.
“Be the "balcony" people - the people cheering for others, calling out good things in others, helping them grow.”
You can find more on Mary Clay, her work, and sign up for her free weekly devo at https://www.claiborne-creative.com/ or on Instagram @claiborne.creative.
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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 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

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.





