Your Hope-Filled Perspective with Dr. Michelle Bengtson podcast
278 episodes - English - Latest episode: 15 days ago - ★★★★★ - 46 ratingsYour Hope-Filled Perspective draws on Dr. Michelle Bengtson’s almost 3 decades of clinical expertise as a neuropsychologist to help her listeners regain hope, renew their minds, and transform their lives. With a perfect balance of clinical expertise, compassion, and vulnerability, Dr. Bengtson and her guests purpose to share Biblically-based hope-filled perspectives for real-life issues, struggles, and concerns. Voted #2 in 2022's Podcast Magazine's Top 50 Moms in Podcasting.
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125 How To Get Organized and Stay Organized
September 02, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 27.9 MBEpisode Summary: Anyone can become more organized, even you! Marcia Ramsland, The Leading Online Organizing Coach and a Business Productivity Expert, shares how to get organized and stay organized in this podcast episode. Think of organizing as a tool – it helps you accomplish what you want to accomplish in life. So, if you’re looking around at the piles of laundry and dishes in frustration and realize it’s time to make a change, you won’t want to miss this podcast! Quotables from the ep...
124 How To Pray for an Incarcerated Son
August 26, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 34.6 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we talk with a guest who found herself in one of the worst situations a parent could face. Her son had been arrested, charged with murder, and incarcerated. Shonda Whitworth shares how she learned to pray for an incarcerated son and how you can too. She discovered how to maintain her hope and continue to pray even when it seemed God wasn’t answering. Quotables from the episode: In the courtroom of heaven, God is the judge, Jesus is our advocate and repr...
123 Hope for moving from brokenness to Victorious Living
August 19, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 31.3 MBEpisode Summary: We have all made mistakes in our life. We’ve all done things we regret. We’ve all gone through hardships that have hurt and scarred us in some way. In short, we’ve all gone through brokenness. In this episode, my guest, Amy Elaine Martinez, and I talk about hope for moving from brokenness to victorious living. Amy admits to having grown up in the church, but then having made some devastating life choices. She shares what her breaking point was—when she knew something had t...
#123 Hope for moving from brokenness to Victorious Living
August 19, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 31.3 MBEpisode Summary: We have all made mistakes in our life. We’ve all done things we regret. We’ve all gone through hardships that have hurt and scarred us in some way. In short, we’ve all gone through brokenness. In this episode, my guest, Amy Elaine Martinez, and I talk about hope for moving from brokenness to victorious living. Amy admits to having grown up in the church, but then having made some devastating life choices. She shares what her breaking point was—when she knew something had t...
122 How To Use Scripture To Pray Through Difficult Emotions
August 12, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 29.2 MBEpisode Summary: We all experience a wide range of emotions. Emotions in and of themselves are not bad—they are God given. But some emotions can be a stumbling block to our relationships, prayer life and our walk with the Lord. In this episode, my guest, Linda Evans Shepherd, and I dive a bit deeper into our emotions to share how to use Scripture to pray through difficult emotions. Quotables from the episode: God created our emotions, and we can turn to him whenever we are struggling wi...
121 Finding Hope During Difficult Times
August 05, 2021 09:00 - 39 minutes - 28.3 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, I talk with Kim Clark about finding hope during difficult times. We discuss the nature of trials, the reason for trials, why God allows us to experience trials, and how to best handle them. Quotables from the episode: Christianity doesn’t ensure a cake-walk life—Jesus told us to expect to go through many trials and sorrows. But we don’t go through them alone. In the cellar of affliction, God keeps His choicest wine. In our trials, that’s when we grow ...
120 When Healing after Domestic Abuse, God Will Meet You
July 29, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 24.3 MBEpisode Summary: Karen DeArmond Gardner returns to discuss how God can meet you when healing after domestic abuse. She'll share what God did in and through and for her to focus on our good and faithful God. If you are involved in a domestic abuse situation, a difficult marriage, maybe some other kind of abuse, God is waiting for you to boldly approach His throne and He will give you mercy and grace. If you missed the last episode of YHFP where we talked with Karen about the hope we have ...
119 Hope for Healing from Domestic Abuse
July 22, 2021 09:00 - 48 minutes - 34.8 MBEpisode Summary: Even if you've not been in the situation, you know others who have and need to know there is hope. In this episode, I talk with Karen DeArmond Gardner about hope for healing after domestic abuse. Many women don’t realize they are in an abusive situation because he doesn’t hit her. Only 14% of domestic violence is physical violence. When they get out of the marriage, they don’t know that healing is available. There is hope and healing. Quotables from the episode: So ofte...
118 Hope For Living the Best Version of Your True Self
July 15, 2021 09:00 - 35 minutes - 25.9 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, my guest, Kerrie Oles and I talk about the hope we have for living the best version of your true self. Have you ever felt you were all alone in your struggle? Or that nobody else would understand or relate? Or experienced shame from something you’ve done or didn’t do? Then you’ve tuned in for the right episode. Quotables from the episode: Too often we are self-conscious but don’t want to be self-aware. We put on a persona like everything is fine becau...
117 Hope When You Feel Abandoned by God
July 08, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 38.4 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, Nan Jones and I talk about how to maintain our hope when we feel abandoned by God. During those times when we feel alone, we so desperately need evidence of God’s abiding presence. So often when we are in the valley, going through difficult times, it’s easy to feel like God has abandoned us. That’s when we need to pray God will open our eyes so that we can see Him despite our circumstances. Quotables from the episode: Having a temper tantrum with God is...
116 Overcoming Shame or Discouragement
July 01, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 30.7 MBEpisode Summary: As a board certified clinical neuropsychologist, I can say with a fair degree of confidence that probably everyone can relate to experiencing shame and disappointment. We’ve all had high hopes and expectations that didn’t turn out the way we wanted, and we’ve all experienced shame over what we’ve done or said, or failed to do, or because we haven’t met our own or others’ expectations for us. In this episode, we are talking with guest counselor and coach Tina Yeager about h...
115 How To Train Your Brain To Trust God
June 24, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 31.2 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we talk about how to train your brain to trust God. Our guest, Kris Reece, is an expert in this area and will be sharing practical tips with us for learning how to renew our minds, take our thoughts captive and train our brain. Quotables from the episode: God is the one who does the transforming BY the renewing of our mind. Renewing our mind begins with addressing thoughts that are not life-giving. To take our thoughts captive we have to interrogate...
114 Knowing How Much God Loves You
June 17, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 31.1 MBEpisode Summary: So many women struggle to call God Father because they have never known a Father that was good. Today’s guest, Tanya Glanzman, struggled in that respect as well until God revealed His vast love for her, and now she knows that she is her Heavenly Father’s daughter. In today’s episode, we talk about what it truly means to embrace our identity as a child of God. Quotables from the episode: When life isn’t stable, God is faithful and unchanging in His love, mercy, and grace...
113 Financial Stress: How To Cope When Facing Bankruptcy
June 10, 2021 09:00 - 44 minutes - 32 MBEpisode Summary: Have you ever experienced financial loss? Or have you ever wondered what you would do or how you would make it if you lost everything you had financially? Today, I talk with Shonda Whitworth who shares a very personal and real testimony of how God brought her through great financial hardship. She learned how to cope when facing bankruptcy and truly experienced what it means to say, “when all you have is God, you’ve got enough.” Quotables from the episode: With bankruptcy,...
112 Discovering Joy in the Midst of Hard Times
June 03, 2021 09:00 - 47 minutes - 35.4 MBEpisode Summary: We would be hard pressed to find anyone right now who isn’t going through a hard time, just have experienced a hard time, or headed into a hard time. Yet hard times often challenge our joy. In today’s episode, we talk with guest, Heidi McLaughlin, who experienced several hard times in a row and yet shares with us how she learned to discover joy in the midst of hard times. Quotables from the episode: God is a God of an “upper-story.” Don’t try to figure God out—trust t...
111 Alopecia: We Are Not Defined by Physical Flaws and Imperfections
May 27, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 27.6 MBEpisode Summary: We talk about how our identity is in Christ and not a reflection in the mirror. My guest, Carol Chisolm, calls herself a survivor after suffering many years with alopecia, an autoimmune disorder that results in hair loss. She coined the phrase “I have alopecia, but it doesn’t have me” to remind herself that her identity is in Christ and not a reflection in the mirror. She has a real passion for helping others understand that we are God’s workmanship and not defined by our ...
110 Prodigal Child: Hope and healing when your loved one has gone astray
May 20, 2021 09:00 - 33 minutes - 25.9 MBEpisode Summary: Many parents have suffered the pain that ensues when they’ve had a prodigal child. In this episode, we talk about how to gain hope and healing when your loved one has gone astray. My guest today is Judy Slegh, who experienced having a prodigal child and is going to share what she learned through that experience. Quotables from the episode: Our emotions reveal our thoughts. Do not harden your heart towards your prodigal—God hasn’t. As we forgive, it releases baggage ...
109 When It Feels Like You’re Losing Your Mind - Finding Hope
May 13, 2021 09:00 - 42 minutes - 31.1 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we talk about finding hope when it feels like you’re losing your mind. My guest today, Sheryl Turner, is a delivered drug addict, stage four cancer survivor and former widow. Once a hopeless dope fiend, she is now a dopeless hope-fiend. Quotables from the episode: God wants you to accept forgiveness. Love covers a multitude of sins over our lives. When we feel trapped by the sins of our past, it helps to 1) Stop, 2) Confess it to God, and 3) Believe...
108 Dysfunctional Mother Daughter Relationships: Hope for Breaking the Cycle
May 06, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 35.5 MBEpisode Summary: Today we talk about hope for breaking the cycle of dysfunctional mother daughter relationships. My guest, Phylis Mantelli, experienced mother wounds and went on to break the cycle of mother daughter dysfunction with her own children. She always says, “We are not a perfect family, but a bonded family.” She’s here today to share hope and the lessons she learned with us. Quotables from the episode: Trauma feels normal and tries to convince you that you don’t deserve better...
107 Hope When Prayers Go Unanswered
April 29, 2021 09:00 - 46 minutes - 34.8 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re talking about how to have hope when prayers go unanswered. Samantha Morgan returns to share more of her journey through infertility, an adoption that fell through, an international adoption, foster parenting, and a domestic adoption. Through the very real, hard circumstances, God taught her how to wait on Him as she was waiting for Him to answer her prayers. Quotables from the episode: I thought God was punishing me, but really, He was drawing me to Him, to ...
106 Hope for Healing After Infertility
April 22, 2021 09:00 - 49 minutes - 36.3 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we talk about hope for healing after infertility and adoption. My guest, Samantha Morgan, is going to share her testimony after enduring infertility, an adoption that fell through, foster parenting, and the beautiful ways God used her disappointments for good, weaving a beautiful tapestry that she never could have imagined. Quotables from the episode: Adoption is rooted in pain from both sides. Giving my infertility to God allowed me to get out of His w...
105 Thought Life: 6 Top Interviews for 2 Year Anniversary
April 15, 2021 13:18 - 41 minutes - 38.4 MBEpisode Summary: This is a special episode because it marks our 2-yr anniversary of weekly podcast episodes to offer you a Biblically-based hope-filled perspective. For this episode, I’d like to highlight some of the favorite episodes from the past year or so. It seems like I’ve spent the bulk of my career teaching about the importance of our thoughts and our words, so it’s not really much of a surprise that many of the episodes we’ve aired touch on the importance of our thought life. W...
104 Weight Loss Journey: Hope for a Healthy Body, Mind, and Soul
April 08, 2021 09:00 - 54 minutes - 41.7 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, Christine Carter of Weight Loss Hero and I talk about her weight loss journey and the hope we have for a healthy body, mind and soul. In order to achieve lasting change in our bodies, we must first transform our minds. We can also take control of areas of our lives, like fear, that are holding us back from change. Through Christine’s business, she coaches people looking to sustain a healthier lifestyle. Her own weight-loss journey of 150+ pounds has been ...
103 Will Your Anchor Hold in the Storms of Life?
April 01, 2021 09:00 - 38 minutes - 30.2 MBEpisode Summary: Will your anchor hold in the storms of life? In this episode, we’re talking about how to stay anchored in a storm and flourish instead of sink. Joining me is my friend, Cynthia Cavanaugh, author of Anchored: Leading Through the Storms. Quotables from the episode: We need to give permission to others to share their struggles. Be careful not to be married to ministry instead of your spouse. We need to listen more than we talk. Offering spiritual platitudes never helped...
#102 Biblical Joy: Finding, Keeping, and Living in God’s Joy
March 25, 2021 09:00 - 40 minutes - 29.4 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, Suzie Eller and I discuss some truths that just might change everything you thought you knew about joy. I so relate to my guest today because she has experienced one incredibly painful trial after another, and yet through it, she has come to savor the sweet aroma of her Savior walking with her in those trials. Quotables from the episode: After a year of sorrow, I began to search for biblical joy. I found 6 surprising truths that helped me redefine joy, ...
101 Hope When Things Aren't Always What They Seem
March 18, 2021 02:19 - 28 minutes - 20.6 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we’re talking about how to find hope when things aren’t always as they seem. My guest, Lori Boruff, has been at the place where she felt hopeless, but then found the true source of hope, and has learned that even when life is difficult, things aren’t always as they seem. Quotables from the episode: I know hope because I’ve known what it was to be hopeless. Sometimes hope isn’t really lost, it just gets buried under the emotional rubble. We often thin...
100 Lies We Believe vs. Truths from the Bible about our Identity
March 11, 2021 10:00 - 29 minutes - 23.6 MBEpisode Summary: This is my birthday week, and in this episode, I wanted to give back to you, our faithful listener. I share what was the impetus for my daily social media “Today is a good day…” devotions. With age often comes wisdom. In this episode, I decided to focus on the lies that we often believe, and truths from the Bible about our identity. Quotables from the episode: As long as God is still on His throne, today is a good day for a good day. The lies we believe about ourselves...
099 How to Jump Out of Your Comfort Zone and Dare with God
March 04, 2021 10:00 - 44 minutes - 33.6 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we’re talking about what it looks like to jump out of our comfort zone, have faith and dare with God. My guest today, is Kate Battistelli, mother of DOVE and GRAMMY award-winning Christian recording artist Francesca Battistelli, and author of The God Dare. Quotables from the episode: A “God Dare” is always too big for us—we can’t do it on our own without God’s help. The impossible is God’s zone. A “God Dare” often makes no earthly sense. It’s only af...
098 Moving from Trials to Triumph
February 25, 2021 10:00 - 43 minutes - 32.5 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we’re talking about the hope we have for moving from trials to triumph. My guest today, Tammy Whitehurst, shares how the hope God gives for today and the new strength He gives for tomorrow turns our trials into opportunities for praise. Quotables from the episode: We often get stuck going backwards, but life is meant to be lived in a forward motion. A broken heart can leave us bitter and wasting our days or better for it. So often our problems turn i...
097 How To Engage in Spiritual Warfare
February 18, 2021 10:00 - 35 minutes - 28.1 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we’re talking about our identity in Christ, the reality of spiritual warfare and the importance of praying daily for our children. We’re fighting a real battle that we can’t ignore. This is the kind of battle we fight on our knees. Join me with my guest, Tina Chambers Smith, founder of Raising Kids on Your Knees. Quotables from the episode: Our identity in Christ is despite what we do. My identity is rooted in the fact that I am a child of God and tha...
096 Rebuilding Intimacy in Marriage
February 11, 2021 10:00 - 45 minutes - 30.5 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, I’m talking with relationship experts, and the founders of the Living Love-Wise Community, Bill and Pam Farrel, about rebuilding intimacy in marriage. Quotables from the episode: For wives, romance means connection. For men, romance starts with respect. Romance communicates to your spouse “You are worth it.” A loving (and romantic) relationship requires intentionality. Instead of spending money, consider making memories. Give yourself permissi...
095 Childhood Depression: What Does It Look Like and How Can Parents Help?
February 04, 2021 10:00 - 36 minutes - 27.8 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode we’re talking to licensed professional counselor, Michelle Nietert, about how to recognize depression in children, what parents can do to help, and how parents can know when it’s time to seek outside help for their children. Quotables from the episode: One in four children will have mental health issues by the time they are 18 years old. We’ve gotten things confused with our children. Too often we see them as human doings rather than human beings. Th...
094 Hope for Discovering Joy in the Midst of Pain
January 28, 2021 10:00 - 50 minutes - 37.8 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about how to find joy in the midst of life’s painful situations. In fact, our guest today is going to help us understand how joy can be found in any situation. Adria Wilkins enjoys telling a story, adding sprinkles of joy and a few extra dollops to liven it up. After suffering the unthinkable—the death of her 3-year-old son Blake, she found that Jesus sustains, and even surprises His followers with joy. If you need hope for finding joy in the...
093 Spiritual Warfare is Real
January 21, 2021 10:00 - 40 minutes - 31.9 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode we talk about the reality of spiritual warfare and the fact that we can be securely held in the midst of such battles. Quotables from the episode: If you are living and breathing, you will experience spiritual warfare in some way. We were not born on a playground—we were born onto a battlefield. Our previous wounds coupled with bitterness and resentment give Satan access to our hearts and lives. The longer we nurse our wounds, the more they become ...
092 Hope for Experiencing Joy Despite our Circumstances
January 14, 2021 10:00 - 32 minutes - 26.1 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, Christina Custodio and I talk about experiencing joy despite our circumstances. Today’s guest knows what it’s like to face trials and triumph, and experience joy despite her circumstances. Her son almost died from a brain aneurysm. I hope you’ll be encouraged as you listen to today’s episode. Quotables from the episode: I believe that all things can work together for good, especially when we trust God to work in our lives without getting in the way and t...
091 Hope for Transforming our Body, Mind, Heart and Soul
January 07, 2021 10:00 - 42 minutes - 33 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, my guest Christine Trimpe and I talk about Transformation of Body, Mind, Heart, & Soul. Christine has an inspiring transformation story. Not only did she lose over 100 pounds, but she gained a rich relationship with her savior. Listen in to hear how she did it, and you can too. Quotables from the episode: Sometimes weight loss journeys aren’t about physical weight at all. God met me in my worst despair. Insecurity and fear holds us back from God’s bes...
090 Benefits of a Sugar Fast
December 29, 2020 10:00 - 51 minutes - 39.3 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about how we can exchange our physical addictions to food/sugar for spiritual transformations. My guest today is friend, Wendy Speake, author of The 40-Day Sugar Fast: Where Physical Detox Meets Spiritual Transformation. Today we’ll explore what is fasting, why should we consider it, and what are some of the surprising benefits. Quotables from the episode: Sugar is a stronghold for many people. Unfortunately, no sugar fix can fix you. W...
089 Soul Care: How to Reduce Anxiety During the Holidays (Replay)
December 22, 2020 10:00 - 29 minutes - 20.9 MBEpisode Summary: If you have ever felt overwhelmed, worn out, or overcome by holiday pressures, then today is the perfect show for you. Today we’re going to be talking about soul care: how to reduce anxiety with tips on tending to your soul and remaining unruffled during the chaos of the holidays. Whether we have a lot of time or a little time, our Heavenly Father delights in spending time with us. When we spend time with Him, we can rid ourselves of worry, fear, and anxiety, and remain i...
088 How To Stress Less at Christmas
December 17, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 33 MBEpisode Summary: How do you put the world on halt, and tell those you’ve committed to that you just can’t do? How do you draw the line between enough and too much? Who determines what is adequate and appropriate and when we cross the line to excessive? Have you ever wrestled with any of those questions? I think it’s common for us to hope for, and even strive for, a picture-perfect Norman Rockwell Christmas. But the reality is, that picture is fictitious and the longer we strive for ...
087 Looking For Love in All the Wrong Places
December 10, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 22.9 MBEpisode Summary: In this episode, we talk about moving from brokenness to wholeness, and maintaining our hope in God. A misguided search for love & acceptance lured Maureen Hager into the life of an outlaw motorcycle gang. Caught up in a violent gang war, she sustained two gunshot wounds from M16 rifles. While severely wounded, this act of violence was the turning point God used to give her a restored life in Him. Quotables from the episode: If you are experiencing any pain or hardship ...
086 Hope for When Life Doesn't Go as Planned
December 03, 2020 10:00 - 32 minutes - 25.4 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about how life often doesn’t go the way we planned for it to go, which often makes us wonder where God is or if he sees or cares. My guest today, Tracy Steel, is a lover of both interior design and theology who combines these two passions to creatively help women find peace and understand who God is and his purpose for them whenever their life doesn’t go as they hoped or planned for. Quotables from the episode: We can’t find comfort, securi...
085 Benefits of Taking a Break from Social Media
November 27, 2020 10:00 - 45 minutes - 34.5 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about how we can exchange our online distractions for real-life devotion. My guest today is friend, Wendy Speake, author of The 40-Day Social Media Fast: Exchange Your Online Distractions for Real Life Devotion. She’ll be sharing what she has learned through her periods of social media fasting and why we may want to consider doing the same. Quotables from the episode: “Whatever keeps me from my Bible is my enemy, however harmless it may app...
084 How To Be Thankful for the Small Things
November 19, 2020 10:00 - 36 minutes - 25.8 MBEpisode Summary: In this week’s episode, we’re going to be talking about how to be thankful for the little things in life when the big things seem to be falling down around us. I remember a time when God spoke to my heart and was really challenging me to examine my heart and answer the question, do I trust God in ALL things? Today, as we approach what is generally considered a holiday at which time we give thanks, He challenges us to thank Him for ALL things. This is a tall order. So we’re g...
083 Hope for Overcoming Depression
November 12, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 30.4 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about the well-known women of the Bible, Mary and Martha. Have you ever seriously considered them? Which one do you identify with most? I’ll confess, I’ve always been more of a Martha wanting to live like Mary. I spent my earlier years very much like a Type-A, driven, achiever, and prized myself on how long my to-do list was, and how much of it I accomplished every day. And yet, when I read the account of Jesus visiting the home of Mary an...
083 Hope for Overcoming Perfectionsim
November 12, 2020 10:00 - 38 minutes - 30.4 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about the well-known women of the Bible, Mary and Martha. Have you ever seriously considered them? Which one do you identify with most? I’ll confess, I’ve always been more of a Martha wanting to live like Mary. I spent my earlier years very much like a Type-A, driven, achiever, and prized myself on how long my to-do list was, and how much of it I accomplished every day. And yet, when I read the account of Jesus visiting the home of Mary an...
082 The Miracle Man Shares Hope
November 05, 2020 10:00 - 31 minutes - 25.2 MBEpisode Summary: Today I’ve got a guest with a riveting story. By all medical accounts, he should not still be living. He is a true miracle man, and shares hope with us. Today we’re going to be talking about how God takes the worst of situations and works them for our good, and how we can find hope and peace in that. Quotables from the episode: When all else fails, God never fails us. Scripture References: James 1:2-4 “Dear brother and sisters, when troubles of any kind come your way, c...
081 Hope for Finding Your Purpose
October 29, 2020 09:00 - 48 minutes - 38.8 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about finding our purpose. Did you know that God created you with a very specific purpose? He has plans for you to fulfill that ONLY you can do. Quotables from the episode: “Your emotions will make you second guess yourself, but your confidence in God will make you stand upright.” Dr. Marina McLean “Knowing your purpose starts by identifying your passion.” Courage is seeing something is possible. The depth of pressure that you can han...
080 Hope in the Midst of Hardship
October 22, 2020 09:00 - 25 minutes - 19.1 MBEpisode Summary: Today we’re going to be talking about the fact that even in spite of hardships and difficulties that God has allowed, He also shows us how to find hope. My guest today has been through trial after trial, but Julie Holmquist shares with us how she maintained her hope despite her hardships. Quotables from the episode: Scripture says “Hope is an anchor for the soul.” Anchors steady us, and hope pulls us forward, out of the storm. Faith is the driving force in our lives. Wi...
079 Hope for Overcoming Racism
October 15, 2020 09:00 - 37 minutes - 30 MBEpisode Summary: Nelson Mandela said “No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love.” Today we’re going to have a bit of a different episode. I’ve invited a friend to join me on the program to talk about hope for overcoming racism. Christina Custodio and I recently sat down over a three hour lunch and had a very honest, open dialogue about the i...
078 How To Find Joy Even in the Midst of Pain
October 08, 2020 09:00 - 36 minutes - 27.6 MBEpisode Summary: Today, my guest, Tricia Thirey, and I talk about how to find joy even in the midst of life’s most difficult circumstances. My guest knows pain, loss, and grief, and yet, God challenged her to find the joy in her every day despite her circumstances. She’ll be sharing how to find joy even in the midst of pain. Quotables from the episode: It’s important to grieve well, which includes not just the loss of the person, but also acknowledging everything else that loss represen...