The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Episode 157 - Rachel Cruze

BUSINESS AND FINANCE SERIES PART ONE

 

Painful seasons are hard enough to walk through on their own, but too often, these trials come with the added burden of financial hardship. Whether it’s the loss of a job, unexpected medical bills, or any other number of factors, pain can multiply when money gets involved. Rachel Cruze has made it her mission to help people get control of their money no matter what season of life they’re in. As a speaker, host, and author, she reaches countless people with the good news that they don’t have to live as slaves to their own wallets. To kick off our Business and Finance Series, Rachel sits down with Davey to share some of what she’s learned about how our families of origin affect how we relate to money, and how she helps people take back their finances.

 

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Scripture Reference:
Proverbs 21:20

Episode 156 - Erin Weidemann

Erin Weidemann thought she made all the right decisions growing up. She was ambitious, driven, and seemingly healthy, chasing after the success that she believed would bring her a good life. But under the surface, she was far from okay. A devastating form of cancer had begun growing in Erin without presenting any outward symptoms, and by the time she found out, it seemed like it was too late. With her life seemingly on the verge of being cut short, Erin found herself reevaluating everything she thought she knew. Erin sits down with Davey to share how she found God, love, a family, and a purpose out of the painful season she walked through.

 

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Episode 155 - Justin White

It's easy for us to put pastors on a pedestal. We look to our spiritual leaders to be further along in their journeys than we are, but who does the pastor turn to with their own struggles? Too often, the answer is nobody, as was the case for Justin White. A prescription to treat a headache sent Justin down a slippery slope that ended in a full-blown heroin addiction. Small secrets led to bigger ones, and eventually Justin went from preaching behind a pulpit to living behind bars. Now free and sober, Justin sits down with Davey to share his story of addiction, recovery, and more.

 

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Episode 154 - Mary and Dave Gothi

Every married couple believes they’ll be together forever. But what happens when that doesn’t come true? All too often we ignore little problems until they become large ones, and too many marriages end prematurely as a result. That was the case for both Mary and Dave Gothi. When both their first marriages failed, it seemed like the death of both of their dreams. But God had plans for both of them that they could have never seen coming. Mary and Dave sit down with Davey to conclude our marriage series with their story of divorce and remarriage, and how they now help other married couples all around the world find the same wholeness that they have.

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Check out New Beginnings Website

Books mentioned in the interview:

Sacred Marriage

Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts

Love & Respect

His Needs, Her Needs

Cherish

 

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Episode 153 - Hilarie and Joe Barry

MARRIAGE SERIES PART THREE

 

One of the most defining characteristics of marriage is the promise of faithfulness. There is something sacred that happens when we stand before God and promise to love one person only, until death do us part. But for far too many, that promise ends up broken. Too often, we’re left asking “what now?” That was Hilarie and Joe Barry’s story. Both the product of a previous failed marriage, everything came crashing down in their lives when Hilarie discovered that Joe had repeatedly been unfaithful. In this installment of our marriage series, Hilarie and Joe sit down with Davey to share what it looked like to walk through this season and how they’ve taken back their story, and their marriage, from the clutches of infidelity.

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Bonus Episode - Aubrey Sampson Discusses Overcoming Sexual Abuse and Assault

Sexual abuse and assault is a pain that is familiar to far too many. This extremely intimate wounding at the hands of another can leave scars and shame that last a lifetime. But they don’t have to. Healing and wholeness are available to us. That is the story of Nothing Is Wasted Ministries’ very own Aubrey Sampson. In this bonus episode for our Nothing Is Wasted Monthly Partners, Aubrey shares her painful story of sexual assault and abuse, and how God led her down a path of healing to not only overcome that pain but to use it as momentum to help other women who’ve gone through the same thing.

 

Read more of Aubrey’s story in her book, Overcomer.

 

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Episode 152 - Nicole Zasowski

MARRIAGE SERIES PART TWO

 

As a marriage and family counselor, Nicole Zasowski spent her days helping others walk through difficult seasons in their home life. But after two consecutive miscarriages, Nicole and her husband received news from a doctor that no one wants to hear. It would be incredibly difficult for Nicole to have a child, and every attempt would come with a large risk of walking through the pain of miscarriage yet again. Thrown headlong into a valley of her own, Nicole found herself having to learn in her life what she already taught to others. Nicole sits down with Davey to share her story of how God met her in her trial, and how she’s continuing to help others find the same healing that she has.

 

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Episode 151 - Leslie Vernick

MARRIAGE SERIES PART ONE

 

We’ve all been taught that marriage is a gift, and that is certainly true. A healthy, loving relationship between two people is one of the greatest joys many of us will experience in life. But as Leslie Vernick knows well, when two broken people try to make a life together without addressing their own brokenness, the results can be disastrous. A product of her parents’ destructive marriage, Leslie has made it her mission as a counselor and author to help others navigate their own relationships. To kick off our series on marriage, Leslie sits down with Davey to talk about what to do when we find ourselves or our loved ones in a destructive relationship and how to move forward.

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Episode 150 - Josh Weidmann

Perhaps now more than ever, anxiety is an ever-present force in our day-to-day lives. Whether from some traumatic experience, a physiological condition, or just the weight of the broken world all around us, many of us live anxious lives every day with no end in sight. Josh Weidmann knows this all too well. Josh has faced his own lifelong battle with anxiety, and as a pastor and Biblical counselor, Josh works with people every day who struggle with it. Josh sits down with Davey to share some of what he’s learned about anxiety and how we can overcome it.

 

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Episode 149 - Jessica Ronne

Our families are among the greatest gifts we can receive in life, but with that gift comes a risk. When pain strikes among these people who are so close to us, it hits us especially hard. Jessica Ronne knows this all too well. When her second child was born with severe special needs, it seemed like that was more trial than anyone should have to endure. Jessica’s journey, however, was just getting started. Only a few years later, Jessica’s husband lost his battle against a brain tumor, and Jessica found herself as a single mother to three children. Through this unbelievable pain, Jessica found herself closer to God than ever before. Jessica sits down with Davey to share her incredible story of struggle, loss, remarriage, blending families, and more.

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