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TTS Episode 11:Messy, Real, and Still in Love: Our Story of Faith, Family & Fighting for Each Other — A Joint Episode with Sarah & Jeff Ross
📌 Main Takeaways:
✔️ Love Through the Fire – What it really takes to fight for your marriage when everything falls apart
✔️ Faith & Mental Health – The turning point that shifted an atheist into a pastor
✔️ Parenting Through Trauma – Raising three boys with honesty, transparency, and heart
✔️ Survival Mode vs Safe Spaces – Why connection and community are the antidote to isolation
✔️ Messy, Beautiful Transformation – The power of surrender, stubborn love, and saying “yes” to healing
💬 Standout Quotes:
🗣️ “I tried to push her away. She stayed. That’s the kind of love that changes everything.” – Jeff Ross
🗣️ “We argue in front of our kids… but we also show them how to forgive.” – Sarah Ross
🗣️ “You don’t get to skip the messy middle. But you do get to choose who you walk through it with.”
⏳ Key Moments in the Episode:
⏱️ 00:00 – Welcome + Why they’re turning the mics on each other
⏱️ 06:15 – The wild way they met in a rainforest spa
⏱️ 10:40 – The early years: whiskey, wanderlust, and wild kids
⏱️ 18:00 – How grief, disability, and parenting broke them—and what pulled them back
⏱️ 27:45 – The moment Jeff tried to end his life—and the miracle that stopped him
⏱️ 35:30 – How church, community, and a screaming toddler saved their marriage
⏱️ 44:55 – Raising boys with MS, ADHD, and everything in between
⏱️ 56:10 – Why they started an online church for misfits, seekers & the hurting
⏱️ 1:10:30 – The healing power of stories & why they tell the hard truths
⏱️ 1:19:00 – Final thoughts, dad jokes, and a heart-filled wrap-up
🌟 Notable Mentions & Resources:
- Today’s Discipleship Community (2DC) – An online church helping people find healing, faith, and family from anywhere in the world
- Taboo Talk with Sarah – A podcast breaking silences and holding space for life’s hardest conversations
- The Laptop Lifestyle Dad Show – Where fatherhood meets freedom, faith, and entrepreneurship
- Mental Health Support Resources in Australia:
- Lifeline: 13 11 14 | Lifeline Chat
- Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 | Beyond Blue Chat
📢 Call to Action:
💜 If this episode hit home—don’t keep it to yourself. Share it. Someone you know needs to hear that healing is possible.
💬 Let’s keep the conversation going.
- What’s your messy middle moment?
- What’s one lesson you’ve learned from love, loss, or faith?
🎧 Subscribe to both podcasts on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube—and drop a review to help more people find this story of redemption and real-life resilience.
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By Sarah Jordan-Ross📌 Main Takeaways:
✔️ Love Through the Fire – What it really takes to fight for your marriage when everything falls apart
✔️ Faith & Mental Health – The turning point that shifted an atheist into a pastor
✔️ Parenting Through Trauma – Raising three boys with honesty, transparency, and heart
✔️ Survival Mode vs Safe Spaces – Why connection and community are the antidote to isolation
✔️ Messy, Beautiful Transformation – The power of surrender, stubborn love, and saying “yes” to healing
💬 Standout Quotes:
🗣️ “I tried to push her away. She stayed. That’s the kind of love that changes everything.” – Jeff Ross
🗣️ “We argue in front of our kids… but we also show them how to forgive.” – Sarah Ross
🗣️ “You don’t get to skip the messy middle. But you do get to choose who you walk through it with.”
⏳ Key Moments in the Episode:
⏱️ 00:00 – Welcome + Why they’re turning the mics on each other
⏱️ 06:15 – The wild way they met in a rainforest spa
⏱️ 10:40 – The early years: whiskey, wanderlust, and wild kids
⏱️ 18:00 – How grief, disability, and parenting broke them—and what pulled them back
⏱️ 27:45 – The moment Jeff tried to end his life—and the miracle that stopped him
⏱️ 35:30 – How church, community, and a screaming toddler saved their marriage
⏱️ 44:55 – Raising boys with MS, ADHD, and everything in between
⏱️ 56:10 – Why they started an online church for misfits, seekers & the hurting
⏱️ 1:10:30 – The healing power of stories & why they tell the hard truths
⏱️ 1:19:00 – Final thoughts, dad jokes, and a heart-filled wrap-up
🌟 Notable Mentions & Resources:
- Today’s Discipleship Community (2DC) – An online church helping people find healing, faith, and family from anywhere in the world
- Taboo Talk with Sarah – A podcast breaking silences and holding space for life’s hardest conversations
- The Laptop Lifestyle Dad Show – Where fatherhood meets freedom, faith, and entrepreneurship
- Mental Health Support Resources in Australia:
- Lifeline: 13 11 14 | Lifeline Chat
- Beyond Blue: 1300 22 4636 | Beyond Blue Chat
📢 Call to Action:
💜 If this episode hit home—don’t keep it to yourself. Share it. Someone you know needs to hear that healing is possible.
💬 Let’s keep the conversation going.
- What’s your messy middle moment?
- What’s one lesson you’ve learned from love, loss, or faith?
🎧 Subscribe to both podcasts on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube—and drop a review to help more people find this story of redemption and real-life resilience.