In this deeply moving and hope-filled conversation, Anna sits down with author and speaker Jodi Snowdon to explore what it really looks like to walk through heartbreak with God — and come out stronger, deeper, and more rooted in faith.

Drawing from her own journey through miscarriage, divorce, and the loss of a close friend to cancer, Jodi shares the powerful STRENGTH acrostic that God gave her as she healed — a framework that has become the foundation of her book Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength. Together, Anna and Jodi discuss how to lament honestly before God, how to navigate ongoing loss, what it means to allow yourself to grieve, and how God chisels our character through the hard places we never asked for.

You'll hear stories of comfort, compassion, and God's surprising redemption — including tender accounts of friendship, parenting transitions, and the ministry God has brought out of Jodi's broken places. They also talk about how to support friends in grief, how to sit with others like "the rabbit who listens," and how your cracks may be the very places God is preparing to pour out hope to others.

This is a conversation that will strengthen your faith, validate your pain, and gently lead you toward the God who meets us in the depths.

Key Points & Topics Covered

• Jodi's Story & Calling

• The STRENGTH Acrostic

• How to Support a Friend in Grief

• The Rabbit Who Listens

• God's Redemption in Brokenness

• Trees, Roots, and Spiritual Growth

Scriptures Mentioned

• Psalm 34:18 — "The Lord is close to the brokenhearted."

• Lamentations 3:17–23 — "Yet this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope…"

• Genesis 50:20 — "You meant it for evil, but God meant it for good."

• 2 Corinthians 1:3–4 — God comforts us so we can comfort others.

• John 15 — Abiding and bearing fruit.

Books & Resources Mentioned By Jodi Snowdon

• Depth: Growing Through Heartbreak to Strength - https://jodisnowdon.com/depth-book/

Books on Grief, Healing & Faith

• Dark Clouds, Deep Mercy: Discovering the Grace of Lament by Mark Vroegop - https://a.co/d/gpiJQjz

• When God Doesn't Fix It: Lessons You Never Wanted to Learn, Truths You Can't Live Without by Laura Story - https://a.co/d/06qJVmzz

• Believing God Is Good When Life Is Not by Craig Groeschel - https://a.co/d/7BVf6Zv

• Grieving the Child I Never Knew: A Devotional for Comfort in the Loss of Your Unborn or Newly Born Child by Kathe Wunnenberg - https://a.co/d/6LGLM1L

• The Rabbit Listened by Cori Doerrfeld - https://a.co/d/g2bD5aI

• How We Love: A Revolutionary Approach to Deeper Connections in Marriage by Mylan & Kay Yerkovich - https://a.co/d/1mWbaPv

• How We Love Our Kids: The Five Love Styles of Parenting_ by Mylan & Kay Yerkovich - https://a.co/d/f0SY8eu

• The Mended Heart: God's Healing for Your Broken Places_ by Suzie Eller - https://a.co/d/epZAMvw

Connect with Jodi Snowdon

• Website: http://jodisnowdon.com

• Instagram: @‌jodi.snowdon

• Facebook: http://facebook.com/jodirossersnowdon

• YouTube: http://youtube.com/@jodisnowdon

• TikTok: http://tiktok.com/@jodisnowdon

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MUSIC CREDITS

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