94: Learning to Celebrate Everything When You Feel Like Celebrating Nothing with Katherine Wolf

Does everything need to be perfect in order for us to have a reason to celebrate? Can we experience joy even when we are suffering? On Episode 94, Daniel and Christina interview author and advocate, Katherine Wolf. At the age of 26, Katherine experienced a near-fatal stroke when her son was only 6 months old. Katherine shares her inspiring story of recovery and how she learned to celebrate everything even in the midst of pain and suffering. 

In This Episode, You Will Hear About:

Learn how to survive anything by redefining everything. 

Hear how celebration and suffering are not mutually exclusive. 

Disrupting the myth that joy can only be found in a pain-free life. 

How celebration can be an act of worship, community, faith, and joyful rebellion. 

Resources Mentioned During the Episode:

Purchase a copy of Katherine and Jay Wolf's newest book, Suffer Strong: How to Survive Anything by Redefining Everything

Check out Katherine and Jay's first book, Hope Heals: A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love

To find out more about Katherine and Jay, visit them at​ Hopeheals.com

Quotes and Tweets:

Life defines us, suffering redefines us, and hope refines us. @hopeheals

Worship in its purest form doesn't happen when everything comes perfectly together; it's most powerful when everything is falling apart. @hopeheals

Celebration can be an act of worship and an act of hope and perhaps, in a way, an act of joyful rebellion against fear. @hopeheals

We all have a seat at this table, at God's table, if we're willing to be vulnerable and brave enough to sit down to the life we have and celebrate the life we can't yet see. @hopeheals

Even in the face of the unknown, we can remember what and who we do know, and help each other remember it too. In so doing, we can start to know the truest things again. We can preach them to our own hearts until we actually believe them. @hopeheals

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie ten Boom

God made you to do the hard thing in the good story He's writing for your life. Whether tomorrow is the best or worst or last day of our lives, we pray that God will give us everything we need to live it out to the fullest with courage and joy. @hopeheals

Celebration and joy can be part of the hard stories of suffering. Celebration and suffering are not mutually exclusive. @hopeheals

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Meet Katherine Wolf:
At the age of 26 years old, Katherine Wolf experienced a near-fatal stroke. Miraculously, she survived and continues her rockery to this day, including having a miracle baby boy in 2015. Today, Katherine and her husband Jay, run the non-profit ministry Hope Heals, and are advocates for disabled individuals and their families. The couple, and their two sons, live in the Atlanta area. To find out more about Katherine and Jay, visit hopeheals.com

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Does everything need to be perfect in order for us to have a reason to celebrate? Can we experience joy even when we are suffering? On Episode 94, Daniel and Christina interview author and advocate, Katherine Wolf. At the age of 26, Katherine experienced a near-fatal stroke when her son was only 6 months old. Katherine shares her inspiring story of recovery and how she learned to celebrate everything even in the midst of pain and suffering. 

In This Episode, You Will Hear About:

Learn how to survive anything by redefining everything. 
Hear how celebration and suffering are not mutually exclusive. 
Disrupting the myth that joy can only be found in a pain-free life. 
How celebration can be an act of worship, community, faith, and joyful rebellion. 

Resources Mentioned During the Episode:

Purchase a copy of Katherine and Jay Wolf's newest book, Suffer Strong: How to Survive Anything by Redefining Everything

Check out Katherine and Jay's first book, Hope Heals: A True Story of Overwhelming Loss and an Overcoming Love

To find out more about Katherine and Jay, visit them at​ Hopeheals.com

Quotes and Tweets:

Life defines us, suffering redefines us, and hope refines us. @hopeheals

Worship in its purest form doesn't happen when everything comes perfectly together; it's most powerful when everything is falling apart. @hopeheals

Celebration can be an act of worship and an act of hope and perhaps, in a way, an act of joyful rebellion against fear. @hopeheals

We all have a seat at this table, at God's table, if we're willing to be vulnerable and brave enough to sit down to the life we have and celebrate the life we can't yet see. @hopeheals

Even in the face of the unknown, we can remember what and who we do know, and help each other remember it too. In so doing, we can start to know the truest things again. We can preach them to our own hearts until we actually believe them. @hopeheals

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God. - Corrie ten Boom
God made you to do the hard thing in the good story He's writing for your life. Whether tomorrow is the best or worst or last day of our lives, we pray that God will give us everything we need to live it out to the fullest with courage and joy. @hopeheals

Celebration and joy can be part of the hard stories of suffering. Celebration and suffering are not mutually exclusive. @hopeheals

Subscribe and Connect With Us:

Apple Podcasts
Spotify
Stitcher
Google Podcasts
Google Play
Instagram - @imbetweenshow

Twitter - @imbetweenshow

Facebook - @imbetweenshow

Pinterest - @imbetweenshow

And don't forget to subscribe to our podcast, so that you will never miss an episode!

________________________________________________________________

Meet Katherine Wolf:

At the age of 26 years old, Katherine Wolf experienced a near-fatal stroke. Miraculously, she survived and continues her rockery to this day, including having a miracle baby boy in 2015. Today, Katherine and her husband Jay, run the non-profit ministry Hope Heals, and are advocates for disabled individuals and their families. The couple, and their two sons, live in the Atlanta area. To find out more about Katherine and Jay, visit hopeheals.com

For the full show notes, go to IMbetween.org/episode94

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