What does healing look like when life doesn’t turn out the way you planned? In this episode, I sit down with my friend Michelle Smith to talk about forgiveness, abandonment, boundaries, and trusting God after deep disappointment. Michelle shares her journey through adoption, divorce, single parenting, and learning how to forgive — not once, but over a lifetime.

This conversation is honest, tender, and filled with hope for anyone walking through unresolved pain. If you’ve ever wondered how to keep trusting God when other people’s choices changed your life, this episode will meet you right where you are.

• Choosing forgiveness as an ongoing decision
• Learning to trust God after abandonment and betrayal
• Setting boundaries without closing your heart

• Connect with Michelle Smith on her website.

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What do you do when God moves in ways you didn’t expect? In this episode, I sit down with singer and Sunday Best winner Crystal Aikin to talk about calling, healing, and learning to trust God when the assignment keeps changing. Crystal shares her journey from nursing to music, from public success to private healing, and from striving to stillness. We talk honestly about singleness, unmet expectations, buried pain, and the kind of faith that’s built when God takes you off the path you thought you’d be on. This conversation is for anyone learning how to wait well and trust God deeply.

• Allowing God to heal what you’ve learned to push past
• Trusting God when expectations go unmet
• Learning to wait without striving or forcing outcomes

• Connect with Crystal on Instagram or YouTube

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Often during our darkest moments, it’s difficult to see God’s hands on our lives. But when we can look back and see how He carried us through other tough times, it becomes clear that there can be purpose even in our pain.

In this episode, I sit down with Anne Beiler, the founder of Auntie Anne’s Pretzels. Even after selling her company in 2025, she continues to inspire people with her story of redemption and resilience. My conversation with Anne is a reminder that even when life is hard, because life can be so hard, God is still good.

• Hearing from the Holy Spirit
• Moving mountains in marriage
• Choosing to live again

• Connect with Anne Beiler on Instagram or Facebook.
• Keep up with Anne on her website.
• Grab a copy of Anne’s latest books, including “Come to the Table Cookbook,” “Overcome and Lead,” and more from her online shop.
• Check out Anne’s Stories x 8 small group experience
• Listen to the Overcome with Auntie Anne podcast.

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