Today’s episode of The Hopecast features a meaningful conversation between Rachael and author and speaker, Autumn Miles on the topic of domestic violence. Autumn shares that while she grew up as a pastor’s kid, heavily involved in the church from birth, accepting a lie in her youth that God didn’t have anything significant for her future, led her down a dark path that she never imagined. Autumn reflects on her abusive marriage, and her debilitating anxiety during that time, thinking that God, like her husband, was mad at her. She shares the moment when God met her intimately and began changing her life forever. Now, married to a different man and the love of her life for almost 20 years, Autumn expresses her gratitude for the miraculous intervention of God in her life. Her and Rachael discuss some of the tactics that abusers use to psychologically break down their victims, and Autumn empowers listeners who may be going through similar circumstances to invite God into the story. 

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There’s nothing like a cancer diagnosis to shake someone to their core and cause them to reflect deeply on the life they are living, as was the case for Dr. Jim Burns. After receiving his diagnosis, Jim started thinking about what principles and values he wanted to pass on to his kids. While he himself didn’t grow up in a Christian home, Jim didn’t want to merely give his family “emotional scraps” out of his own wounding and limited thinking. So, he decided to make some big shifts in his life. On today’s episode of The Hopecast, Dr. Jim Burns sits down with Rachael to discuss what he learned during his battle with cancer that shaped him into a better man. Jim explains principles like the importance of rest, laughter and discipline, all which come from his book, Have Serious Fun. He also provides practical advice for how listeners can sort out their own priorities and invest their time and resources accordingly. This is an inspiring episode that you don’t want to miss. 

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Suicide is the 10th leading cause of death in the United States, and its rate increased by 33 percent between 1999 and 2019. Yet that statistic doesn’t include the number of Americans who thought about or attempted suicide: according to Mental Health America, more than 10.3 million U.S. adults have had serious suicidal thoughts. So many people are silently hurting.

Award-winning author and popular speaker Gregory L. Jantz, PhD, equips readers to step up and speak out to those who may be considering suicide in his new book, So Much to Live For: How to Provide Help and Hope to Someone Considering Suicide. With great compassion and clear, actionable strategies, Jantz shows readers what to do, what to say, and how to intervene if they suspect a friend or loved one is considering suicide.

“I say with both realism and optimism that hope can prevail over dark circumstances and belief in the future can provide the inspiration to press on,” writes Jantz. “I have seen scores of people meet their worries, fear, and anxieties head-on, helping them break through to recovery. I’ve seen hope win out over despair, trust win out over fear, faith triumph over adversity.”

In So Much to Live For, readers will learn to recognize the signs and symptoms of suicide, understand the potential causes of suicide, and build the courage to step up and speak out to those who might be considering suicide. Jantz encourages readers to know they can be instrumental in helping to save a life, and gives them the knowledge and tools to know how.

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Michele Louviere is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 25 years of counseling experience. She has a Masters of Divinity in Psychology and Counseling degree and one year of doctoral work from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary and a Bachelor of Science in English Education from Louisiana State University. 

When Hurricane Katrina occurred, Michele returned to New Orleans to work with Celebration Church to establish a ministry to help the community heal from the traumatic devastation from the storm. For 12 years, Michele served as the Clinical Director at Celebration Hope Center (CHC) in Metairie, LA. CHC developed into a vibrant faith-based, professional community center serving people through its prevention, addiction, and mental health programs. Beyond providing therapy for children, adolescents, and adults, CHC also became a training facility for master level and professional counselors. 

Michele has extensive training in specialized evidence-based trauma recovery models for children, adolescents, and adults. She primarily provides counseling for adults who have been traumatized in various life stages. She uses Story-Informed Trauma Counseling and other trauma models, such as Eye-Movement De-sensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Acceptance Commitment Therapy (ACTS), and Sand Tray Therapy to help adults heal from life trauma. She also works with couples to help heal their relational attachment wounds, creating safe and intimate connections using Emotionally Focused Therapy, which is the most effective evidence-based therapy model for relational healing. Michele is a Certified EFT Therapist and Supervisor. 

In the last eight years, Michele has provided training and consultation in her community, as well as in England, Israel, Alabama (tornadoes), Missouri (police violence), and New York (Hurricane Sandy). In 2016, Michele and her staff helped the greater Baton Rouge community recover, following the police violence and the 1000-year flood that destroyed thousands of homes and left behind a tsunami of emotional and spiritual damage.

For many years, Michele has served on the American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC) Board for Grief, Crisis, and Disaster. She now works with AACC to help with their Project SUSTAIN, which is a roadmap for helping heal communities impacted by man-made or natural disasters. Project SUSTAIN has been launched in Las Vegas (mass shooting), Texas (Harvey), ,California (fires) and Puerto Rico (Maria) to help with both short-term and long-term recovery. Project SUSTAIN has been utilized to help churches and communities impacted by the Covid-10 pandemic. 

She has been married to Jim Louviere, a pastor and hospice chaplain, for 30 years and has two amazing children.

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On today’s special edition of The Hopecast, producers Mike Segovia and Jessica Daley host the show as they reflect on some of the best episodes from the past year. Episodes including: Rachael recounting the worst day of her life when Micah passed away, and offering listeners a powerful message of hope to overcome their own worst days; Nick Vujicic discussing his childhood depression and failed suicide attempt that propelled him into a future where he is now an international speaker and the founder of Life without Limbs; and Davey Blackburn sharing the harrowing story of the murders of his wife and unborn child, and the healing prescription that God wrote for him that has enabled him to now live life abundantly. While there were many inspiring moments from the last year, these are sure to infuse you with hope and strength as you press into the Lord in whatever circumstances you might be facing. 

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Dr. Michelle Watson Canfield is an expert on father/daughter relationships. You could even call her “The Dad Whisperer” as her podcast title reflects. After yearning for a deeper relationship with her own dad, Dr. Michelle has taken both her personal and professional experience as a licensed professional counselor and developed resources to help dads cultivate meaningful relationships with their daughters. On today’s episode of The Hopecast, Dr. Michelle sits down with Rachael to discuss the importance of fathers. Dr. Michelle shares the “Five Ls” from her book, Let’s Talk: Conversation Starters for Dads and Daughters. She also provides encouragement for all dads, and for the ones who have strained relationships with their daughters, offers advice for how to move forward. 

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From unstoppable, heroic Hercules, to fighting for his life, actor Kevin Sorbo has been from the peak of Hollywood hill, to the valley of the OR. Today’s episode of The Hopecast, features an honest conversation between Rachael and actors Kevin and Sam Sorbo. Kevin talks about his health crisis that began when he was on set filming the popular Hercules television series. While he nearly lost his life, he documented the whole experience in a book, which opened him up to a leadership role he never imagined. The Sorbos discuss how they stand firm in their Christian faith, even in the entertainment industry. They talk about the power of facing adversity with joy, how to make failure a positive experience and also share some of their most recent endeavors. 

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I watch a lot of superhero movies. Superman, Batman, Black Widow, the Hulk, Captain Marvel. 

The hero’s journey always has a common thread of pain. The difference between the hero and the villain is what they chose to do with that pain and their great strength. 

The Darryl Strawberry story has been shared under a microscope. The world championships and the seedy drug dens that led to suspensions. 

But Darryl’s story didn’t  start or end there. Darryl shares the domestic violence in his childhood home and the physical abuse of his father growing up. He decided that he would overcome the message of his father, "that Darryl would never become anything of worth or substance," by setting his sights on baseball as an outlet and place where he could excel. 

Becoming a celebrity athlete took Darryl from poverty to the "golden child" of sports. But the money, women and drugs wouldn't fill the brokenness and emptiness of his abusive, absent father. 

While raising Darryl and his five siblings, Darryl's mom invested in him, and her unconditional care and faithfulness instilled the character that would later help Darryl rise above the addictions that consumed his life.  The unconditional love of his mom and his wife gave him hope to get clean and share the Source of his metamorphosis. Listen in to share part one of his origin story. 

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I watch a lot of superhero movies. Superman, Batman, Black Widow, the Hulk, Captain Marvel. 

The hero’s journey always has a common thread of pain. The difference between the hero and the villain is what they chose to do with that pain and their great strength. 

The Darryl Strawberry story has been shared under a microscope. The world championships and the seedy drug dens that led to suspensions. 

But Darryl’s story didn’t  start or end there. Darryl shares the domestic violence in his childhood home and the physical abuse of his father growing up. He decided that he would overcome the message of his father, "that Darryl would never become anything of worth or substance," by setting his sights on baseball as an outlet and place where he could excel. 

Becoming a celebrity athlete took Darryl from poverty to the "golden child" of sports. But the money, women and drugs wouldn't fill the brokenness and emptiness of his abusive, absent father. 

While raising Darryl and his five siblings, Darryl's mom invested in him, and her unconditional care and faithfulness instilled the character that would later help Darryl rise above the addictions that consumed his life.  The unconditional love of his mom and his wife gave him hope to get clean and share the Source of his metamorphosis. Listen in to share part one of his origin story. 

https://findingyourway.com

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Today’s episode of The Hopecast features part 2 of Rachael’s conversation with Leeanna Tankersley. After being hit with the unexpected and unwanted news that her husband was seeking a divorce, Leeanna’s world flipped upside down. In the previous episode she shared what it was like for her in the aftermath as she processed grief and tried to come to terms with her life that felt like shattered pieces of broken glass. In this episode, Leeanna explains how she learned to surrender to the work God was doing in her life and how her book, Hope Anyway, was birthed out of that process. She says that there is no shortcut through grief, and that our power lies in choosing to let go of all the outcomes we had hoped for, in order to accept the mystery of God. 

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