Seasons Podcast

Dr. Germaine Smith-Baugh is President and CEO of the Urban League of Broward County – a nonprofit organization dedicated to elevating the standard of living for families in underserved urban communities. In this episode, she shares how advocating for others starts with staying curious—removing one brick at a time to bring walls down and turn them into bridges. Find out more at https://nul.org. 

Once jailed himself, the story of Cleve’s life serves as an example of advocating from a place of redemption. Through his continuous outpouring to those facing life after imprisonment, Cleve has reached thousands of ex-offenders through his work with the Riverside House for over three decades. He is an admired figure known for his community activism and is nationally recognized as a leader and expert on offenders’ community reentry programs. For more information, visit https://www.riversidehouse.org. 

Andrew Holmes shares how his experience working as a Child Protective Investigator moved him to advocate for vulnerable children. Now, he serves families at 4Kids-providing hope, home, and healing for kids in crisis. For more information about 4KIDS, visit https://www.4kids.us. 

In this episode, hear from Charlee Tchividjian, who shares her path to founding Every Mothers Advocate (EMA). Charlee shares her experience working in the nonprofit sectors of foster care, maternal health, marginalized women, and crisis pregnancy centers globally and domestically. She is dedicated to equipping communities to eradicate the preventable causes of family separation through mother advocacy. For more information about EMA, visit https://www.everymothersadvocate.org.

Join us for a conversation with Pastor James Meeks about leaving a legacy and how he set up the next generation of leaders for success. 

In this touching episode, we sit down with parents sharing their heartfelt experiences raising a child with special needs. Hear about the initial challenges, the grief of expectations, and the unwavering love that binds their families together. Join us as we explore the resilience, hope, and powerful connections that come with parenting children with special needs in this moving conversation.

How do you process and deal with the grief and discouragement that comes with a diagnosis? How do you love and support someone who has cancer? In this episode, Allysar, Drew, and Jessica share their own journeys. Hear how a life-changing health crisis brought grief and pain and also produced gratitude and growth.

What are you supposed to do when you’re sitting down, and the person across from you shares something that changes your life forever, and it’s not for the better? What are you supposed to do when your best friend or family member starts walking through a type of grief you can’t imagine? Whether it’s your own, or someone close to you, grief is a journey, and it’s not easy or meant to be taken alone. In this episode, Julianna, a licensed mental health counselor, walks us through how to respond in these situations of profound loss and ways to navigate the complexities of grief for ourselves and others. 

Each of us will experience losses in life, but we don’t have to navigate them alone. In this first episode of the Seasons podcast, Pastor Doug Sauder and his wife Suzanne open up about their experience of losing their infant son Jordan. They explain how this experience has shaped their perspectives, share some wisdom about supporting our loved ones through their grief journeys, and offer encouragement to anyone in the middle of a season of grief. No matter where you are in your journey, there is light at the end of the tunnel.

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Pastor Doug Sauder shares the heart behind Seasons Podcast and how we can learn from others who have walked through unique seasons of life.