Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & Purpose

Why can praying with the person you love feel so vulnerable? Maybe you both love God, but praying together still feels awkward. Maybe one of you wants a deeper spiritual connection and the other isn't there yet. Or maybe your marriage has been through betrayal or broken trust, and you're wondering what healing could even look like. In this Hope Huddle, we sit down with Brad and Heidi Mitchell, cofounders of Build Your Marriage and authors of Build Your Marriage with Prayer. Married for more than 40 years, Brad and Heidi don't come to this conversation with a picture-perfect marriage story. They share honestly about betrayal, broken trust, healing, and restoration—and how prayer became part of rebuilding their relationship. We talk about: Why praying with your spouse can feel surprisingly vulnerable • What rebuilding trust after betrayal can require • Repentance, humility, forgiveness, and grace in the healing process • Simple ways to begin praying together—even if it feels awkward • What to do when your spouse doesn't want to pray with you • How prayer can deepen emotional and spiritual intimacy • Why it's never too late to invite God into the broken places of your marriage Whether your marriage is strong, struggling, rebuilding—or you're carrying the pain of a marriage that couldn't be restored—this conversation isn't about pretending prayer makes everything easy. It's about inviting God into the real and complicated places. And trusting that He meets us there. Find out more about Brad & Heidi Mitchell and Build Your Marriage Website: https://buildyourmarriage.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/buildyourmarriage X (Twitter): https://x.com/buildurmarriage Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/buildyourmarriage/ 💥 Subscribe, review, and share with a friend who needs this conversation.    Facebook | Instagram 🌐 www.wildhoperising.com Buckle up. It’s time for Wild Hope.  

Ep. 49 | Ann White on Courage, Fear, and Coming Out of Hiding Sometimes hiding doesn’t look like hiding at all. We can keep showing up, caring for others, and doing what needs to be done while protecting the places in us we’re afraid to let anyone see. In this Hope Huddle, we sit down with Ann White, author, speaker, Bible teacher, and founder of Courage For Life, a global ministry focused on biblical courage, healing, and discipleship, including bringing biblical resources to incarcerated women and men. Ann knows this journey firsthand. Her own experience of hiding, recognizing that something needed to change, and allowing God to lead her toward healing became the foundation for Courage For Life and the seven steps of courage she now shares with others. In this conversation, we explore: Why we hide and what can keep us there • What it means to commit to change • How strongholds develop and how we begin finding freedom • The pressures and obstacles that can keep us stuck • Why we cover up parts of ourselves • Replacing worldly lies with the truth of Scripture • The difference between self help and healing rooted in God’s truth • Grasping God’s love and embracing a life of grace Coming out of hiding takes courage. It begins with honesty about what we’ve been carrying and an openness to let God meet us in the places we have kept hidden. Find out more about Ann White and Courage For Life Courage For Life Instagram Facebook 💥 Subscribe, review, and share with a friend who needs this conversation.    Facebook | Instagram 🌐 www.wildhoperising.com Buckle up. It’s time for Wild Hope. SEO Keywords: how to overcome fear, coming out of hiding, courage to change, biblical courage, Christian women and fear, overcoming strongholds, breaking free from fear, feeling stuck in life, replacing lies with biblical truth, Christian healing, finding freedom in Christ, God’s love and grace, Ann White, Courage For Life, Christian podcast for women, Wild Hope Rising podcast

Ep. 48 | When God Allures Us into the Wilderness  What if the wilderness isn’t only a place we find ourselves, but sometimes a place God lovingly draws us into? In this solo episode, Sunny takes us into the book of Hosea and a tender picture of God alluring His people into the wilderness to speak tenderly to them. Sometimes we run to things that never satisfy. We blame. We measure God’s goodness by the circumstances around us. But the wilderness can become the very place where the noise quiets and we encounter the heart of the One who loves us most. In this episode, we talk about: Why God sometimes draws us into wilderness seasons • The things we run to that can never truly satisfy • What happens when we stop blaming and measuring God’s goodness by our circumstances • Finding God in places of trouble, affliction, and uncertainty • The wilderness as a place of being known and coming to know God • How God can transform a valley of trouble into a door of hope Maybe the wilderness isn’t evidence that God has abandoned you. Maybe there is an invitation waiting there. An invitation to be known. To know Him. To hear Him speak tenderly. And to discover a door of hope in the very place you never wanted to be. 💥 Subscribe, review, and share with a friend who needs this conversation.    Facebook | Instagram 🌐 www.wildhoperising.com Buckle up. It’s time for Wild Hope. SEO Keywords: God in the wilderness, wilderness season with God, finding God in hard times, Christian women podcast, God’s love in difficult seasons, feeling far from God, finding hope in hard times, Hosea 2, valley of trouble door of hope, Christian encouragement for women, trusting God in difficult circumstances, knowing God deeply, God speaks tenderly, spiritual wilderness, faith in hard seasons, Wild Hope Rising podcast

What happens when grief, loss, or sheer weariness collide with the faith you’ve always known? In this Hope Huddle, we sit down with Becky McCoy, writer, retreat leader, spiritual director, and author of In the Company of the Weary: Ten Gentle Spiritual Practices for Your Tired Soul. After devastating loss rocked her world, followed by depression, anxiety, and chronic illness, Becky entered a wilderness that began to undo the rigid, rational faith she had known. In that wilderness, she began discovering a more experiential knowing of God and a gentler way of approaching Scripture and spiritual practices. In this conversation, we explore: What happens when suffering challenges the faith you’ve always known • Moving from knowing about God to experiencing His presence • What it means to make eye contact with suffering • Approaching Scripture from a new place • Contemplative practices that create space for God in seasons of weariness • Giving ourselves permission to encounter God without striving For the woman who is grieving, exhausted, questioning, or simply doesn’t have the energy for faith as usual, this conversation is an invitation to discover that God is still present in the wilderness. Find out more about Becky McCoy BeckyLMcCoy.com In the Company of the Weary: Ten Gentle Spiritual Practices for Your Tired Soul Sucker Punched Podcast 💥 Subscribe, review, and share with a friend who needs this conversation.    Facebook | Instagram 🌐 www.wildhoperising.com Buckle up. It’s time for Wild Hope. SEO Keywords: Christian women podcast, weary faith, faith after loss, Christian grief, widow, widow grief, finding God in grief, faith in the wilderness, spiritual practices for weary Christians, contemplative Christian practices, grief and faith, depression and faith, anxiety and faith, chronic illness and faith, spiritual exhaustion, feeling distant from God, Christian spiritual formation, Becky McCoy, In the Company of the Weary, Wild Hope Rising

Anger can be uncomfortable—especially for Christian women who may have learned to suppress it, fear it, or even believe that feeling angry is wrong. But what if anger isn’t the enemy? What if it’s actually trying to tell us something? In this Hope Huddle, we sit down with Karrie Garcia, speaker, licensed life coach, author, and founder of Freedom Movement, for an honest conversation about anger, shame, triggers, and healing. In this conversation, we explore: Why we hide or suppress anger • The connection between anger and shame • What Scripture actually says about anger • What anger may be revealing beneath the surface • Why anger can seem to come out of nowhere • What happens in our bodies when we’re angry • How to respond when anger hijacks our brains and bodies • A healthy, biblical approach to processing anger Anger doesn’t have to run the show—but we don’t have to be afraid of it either. When we get honest about what’s happening beneath the surface, anger can become an invitation to deeper healing, truth, and freedom. Find our more about Karrie & Freedom Movement https://www.wearefm.org https://www.karriegarcia.com/ Instagram  |  Facebook    💥 Subscribe, review, and share with a friend who needs this conversation.    Facebook | Instagram 🌐 www.wildhoperising.com Buckle up. It’s time for Wild Hope. SEO Keywords: Christian women and anger, is anger a sin, biblical view of anger, Christian emotional health, suppressed anger, anger triggers, shame and anger, emotional healing for women, processing anger, faith and emotional health, Karrie Garcia, Freedom Movement