Tag: Suffering

• When Suffering Isn’t Resolved: Finding Rest, Faith, and Living Life Open-Handed with Jen Potter

  

  What do you do when the suffering doesn’t end—and there’s no clear resolution in sight? In Part One of this heartfelt conversation, Carrie sits down with her friend Jen Potter to talk honestly about unresolved grief, long-term caregiving, and learning to live with open hands before God. Jen shares her journey of parenting a son…

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  Depression, Season 2, Special Guest, Struggle, Suffering, This Unexpected Life Podcast

• The Long Wait: Trusting God Through Autism, Infertility, and Unanswered Prayers with Jenna Erlandson

  

  In this episode of This Unexpected Life, Carrie Holt talks with Jenna Erlandson,, a mother of six, about her journey through infertility, postpartum depression, and receiving an autism diagnosis for her son. Jenna shares how seasons of waiting, uncertainty, and loss of control shaped her faith and taught her to trust God’s faithfulness. This honest…

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  Autism (ASD), Children with special needs, Depression, Family Planning, Infertility, Neurodivergent Conditions, Premature birth, Season 2, Special Guest, Suffering, This Unexpected Life Podcast

• Living Between Grace and Glory with Breena Holt on Fear, Anxiety, and God’s Goodness in Suffering

  

  In this vulnerable conversation, Carrie sits down with guest Breena Holt to share her family’s journey of raising and ultimately losing her son, Ezekiel, who battled Batten Disease. Breena honestly shares about her anxiety, honest questions about God and suffering, and the dreams God used to prepare her heart for the road ahead. Together, Carrie…

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  Anxiety, Batten Disease, Faith, Fear, Loss, Season 1, Special Guest, Struggle, Suffering, Terminal Diagnosis, This Unexpected Life Podcast

• Finding Purpose and Perseverance in Suffering with Dr. Nicole Wilke

  

  In this, the second part of Carrie M. Holt’s interview with Dr. Nicole Wilke, they discuss the importance of faith in overcoming challenges, the lens through which we should view suffering in our lives, and how children of all abilities need to know they have a purpose and a role in their families. This conversation…

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  Behavioral Trauma Issues, Blended Families, Children with special needs, Communication and Relationships, Faith, Invisible Disabilities, Season 1, Special Guest, Suffering, This Unexpected Life Podcast

• What About Suffering?

  

  What About Suffering? In episodes 143-146 on the Take Heart Special Moms Podcast, we’ve been discussing suffering, which can be really difficult to discuss. Countless books have been written on the topic. I don’t claim to be an expert in scripture, but I would love to share a few things I’m learning. No one enjoys…

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  Personal Struggles, Stories

  Christianity, Faith, God and Jesus, Suffering