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The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast
The Nothing is Wasted podcast explores the deep impact of trauma, loss, grief, and tragedy, while providing listeners with the hope and healing of Jesus. Born from Host Davey Blackburn’s own story of trauma and grief after the tragic loss of his wife Amanda and unborn child during a home invasion, this show features powerful stories of resilience and faith and practical tools to navigate pain and heartache. Listen each week for encouragement and insight as guests share how they’ve found that…
Episodes
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Episode 453 - From Prison Inmate to Mayor: A Journey of Reconciliation and Restoration with Jermaine Wilson
What happens when the life you've built around pain, addiction, and survival comes crashing down and God meets you in the middle of the brokenness? And how can…
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Episode 452 - Christian Weariness and Resilience with Tish Harrison Warren
How do we keep going when we find ourselves exhausted, spiritually weary, or in a season that feels like a desert? And what can the wisdom of ancient Christian…
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Episode 451 - Waves of Child Loss and the Practical Arks that Carry Us Through with Matthew Efird
How do you find rest when grief comes in waves and the child loss you’ve experienced changes everything? And how can faith prepare us to endure child loss…
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Episode 450 - Courageous Divorce with Alisha Roth
How do you move forward when the marriage you once hoped would last forever comes to an end? And what does it look like to rebuild your life with faith…
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Episode 449 - God's Grace Covers Refinement in Marriage with Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman
How do you continue to choose love when marriage brings disappointment, failure, and unmet expectations? And how can God's grace sustain a family through the…
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Episode 448 - Living Well While Waiting as Bereaved Parents with Brad & Jill Sullivan
How do you find hope after the unimaginable loss of a child? And what does it look like to walk through grief with people who truly understand your pain? After…
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Episode 447 - Cultivating Cultures of Care in Churches with Laura Howe
How can churches become places of healing for people navigating trauma and mental health challenges? And how can those who care for others avoid compassion…
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446 - Discipling Youth on the Streets with David Washington
How do we bring hope to communities facing generations of poverty and hardship? And what role does the local church play in renewing neighborhoods and…
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Episode 445 - After Amen with Tyler Staton
How can speaking to God in a new way invite us into a deeper way of seeing and hearing from Him? What role can poetry play in helping us communicate with our…
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Episode 444 - Caregiving with Grit and Grace with Jess Ronne
How do we find the true rest our souls need in the most pressing seasons of life? What does it look like to stay grounded in who we are when the needs around…
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Episode 443 - Bringing Healing to Every Part of Your Soul with Dr. Audrey Davidheiser
Why does it sometimes feel like different parts of us are pulling in opposite directions? How do we begin to notice, understand, and care for the parts of…
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Episode 442 - Tough Enough with Trey Tucker
How can men begin the journey toward vulnerability when they've been taught to hide their emotions? What does it look like to engage honestly with your…
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Episode 441 - Hope Heals with Katherine Wolf
How do you learn to embrace a story you never would have chosen for yourself? What does it look like to find hope in places where healing feels impossible?…
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Episode 440 - How Attachment Can Move You into Confident Faith, Courage, and Connection with Geoff and Cyd Holsclaw
How do we begin to understand the landscape of our soul in light of our spiritual journey? What does it look like to live a more integrated life—one that…
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Episode 439 - God Won't Leave You There with Anne Graham Lotz & Rachel-Ruth Lotz Wright
How can God's Word reveal His character to us in seasons of suffering? What can the stories of those in Scripture teach us as we walk through the valleys of…
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Episode 438 - From Broken to Brave After Betrayal with Tammy Gustafson
How do you begin to heal after one of the deepest forms of betrayal? What does it look like to reclaim your sense of self when it feels shattered or lost?…
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Episode 437 - Learning who God Is After Loss with Alena Franklin
What does it look like to discover who God is when you experience profound loss at a young age? How can a teenager find their identity in Christ while…
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Episode 436 - The Life-Changing Art of Self-Brain Surgery with Dr. Lee Warren
How can we begin to untangle the thoughts and emotions that are keeping us stuck or pushing us toward unhealthy forms of coping? What does it look like to…
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Episode 435 - How to Build Deep Community When You Want to Hide from Your Pain with Toni Collier
How do we find people who can help us carry the weight of our stories? How do we learn to experience safety in community when relationships themselves have…
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Episode 434 - Healing Trauma Through Somatic Practices with Lacey Jervis, Part 2
How can you tell the difference between big emotions that are part of the human experience and true dysregulation connected to past trauma? What does it look…
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Episode 433 - God Is Not Disappointed in Your Humanity with Lacey Jervis, Part 1
How do we reconcile our dysregulation after trauma when it comes to our faith? What is the connection between our physiological experience and God? It was…
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Episode 432 - The Divine Counselor with Alex Seeley
How can we partner with the Holy Spirit in our own journey toward healing? What role does the Spirit of God play in breaking strongholds in our lives? For…
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Episode 431 - Finding Lasting Freedom from Pornography Addiction with Drew Boa
Warning: This episode discusses pornography addiction and may not be suitable for all listeners. How do we break the stronghold of addiction when it becomes…
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Episode 430 - From Pain to Purposeful Leadership with Carolene Mays
How do you break free from an abusive cycle when it feels like there’s nowhere else to turn? How can God take the pain of the past and transform it into…
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Episode 429 - When the Pain of the Past Resurfaces with Chris Durso
How do we begin to move through the pain we’ve buried for so long? And how can our willingness to be vulnerable create space for others to share their own…
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Episode 428 - Confessions of a Christian Alcoholic with Jonathon Seidl
What happens when the escape you turn to begins to take over your life? How do you begin to heal the deeper wounds that often lie beneath addiction? For author…
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Episode 427 - Renew Your Mind and Rewire Your Brain with Dr. Karl Benzio
How does God heal the mind? And what happens when faith and science meet in the middle of our pain? For decades, conversations about mental health and faith…
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Episode 426 - Getting Back Up When You're Shattered By Loss with Courtney Pray Duke
How do you get back up after a life-shattering loss? How do you find hope when you must surrender to God the life you thought you’d have? Courtney Pray Duke…
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Episode 425 - Jesus Loves You More with Hunter Beless
How does discipleship shape the way we make sense of pain and suffering in our lives? Why is Scripture so important—not only for our own spiritual growth, but…
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Episode 424 - Living Shameless with Ken Freire
How do you find a way forward when shame from sexual abuse threatens to keep you stuck? What do you do with pornography and sexual addiction when they’re…
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Episode 423 - Walking with God through the Heartache of Divorce with Vaneetha Risner
What do you do when you find yourself living a life that was never your plan? How do you navigate the heartache of divorce and come out the other side…
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Episode 422 - The Bible Is For You in Suffering with Amanda Bible Williams
What does the gospel speak into our suffering? How can the Bible anchor us with hope in our deepest pain? Author and co-founder of She Reads Truth, Amanda…
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Episode 421 - It's Never Wrong to Do the Right Thing with Nicole C. Mullen
How do we make sense of the pain others have caused us in light of the choices we’ve made? What do we do when we find ourselves somewhere we never intended to…
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Episode 420 - When Hurting People Come to Church with Shaunti Feldhahn and Dr. James Sells
How can the Church move from constantly referring people in pain elsewhere to becoming the first place people turn for healing? What would it look like to…
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Episode 419 - Kiss the Fire with Shawn Johnson
WARNING: This episode contains conversations about suicide ideation and may not be suitable for all listeners/viewers. How do you get back up when life seems…
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Episode 418 - God Chose Me with Charles Metcalf
WARNING: This episode contains conversations about suicide ideation and may not be suitable for all listeners/viewers. How do you find hope again when the…
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Episode 417 - Building Your Family the Way God Builds His with Andrew Hopper
How do we model the way God brings each of us into His family? How can we faithfully support families who choose to grow their families through fostering or…
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Episode 416 - Holy Disruptor with Amy Duggar King
How do you begin to disrupt the toxic family patterns you experienced as a child? What do you do with the dissonance between the outward appearance of your…
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Episode 415 - Discovering Hope in the Shadows of Grief with Kurt and Denette Schaer
How can you believe you are highly favored when you experience great loss? What does it look like to trust that God still loves you when tragedy strikes your…
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Episode 414 - Tomorrow Needs You with Naeem Fazal
WARNING: This episode contains conversations about suicide and suicide ideation and may not be suitable for all listeners/viewers. How do you experience Jesus…
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Episode 413 - Igniting Spiritual Awakening with Zach Meerkreebs
What does suffering offer us when it comes to spiritual awakening? How can we experience a movement of God after walking through a season of pain? In 2023…
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Episode 412 - The Work and Wonder of the Wait with DawnCheré Wilkerson
How do you trust God in seasons of waiting? How do you testify to His faithfulness when the outcome isn’t what you hoped for? Pastor and author DawnCheré…
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Episode 411 - How to Read the Bible with David Platt
How do you engage with the Word of God when your world is falling apart? What does Scripture offer us in our deepest pain? Pastor and author David Platt has…
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Episode 410 - Post-Traumatic Growth with Teresa Glantz
Can life after trauma hold something more than pain? How can you discover new purpose and growth after suffering? Nothing Is Wasted Coaching Director, Teresa…
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Episode 409 - Cradled in Hope with Ashley Opliger
How do you hold onto hope while processing new losses after past ones? How do you reconcile the deep suffering you experience in life with the goodness of God?…
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Episode 408 - Honoring Grief and Loss During the Christmas Season with Lanier Ivester
How do we make space for our grief in the midst of what is often called a joyful season? What happens when the traditions we once cherished become painful…
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Episode 407 - Love Your Life Even If You Don’t Like It All the Time with Rachel Awtrey
What do you do when you find yourself living a life you don’t always love? How can joy be rediscovered after seasons of sorrow and heartache? For author…
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Episode 406 - Hope in the Valley with Catherine Fitzgerald
How do you find hope when life unexpectedly thrusts you into the valley of loss? How do you navigate the rugged terrain of pain? For Nothing is Wasted’s…
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Episode 405 - Healing from Life's Deepest Hurts with Kimberly Haar
Warning: This episode discusses domestic violence and may not be suitable for all audiences. What do you do when your life turns into a nightmare? How do you…
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Episode 404 - Wisdom in the Wound with Tony Miltenberger
What do you do when you find yourself reacting as a leader? How can the wounds of your past impact who you are becoming? Former pastor turned leadership coach…
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Episode 403 - Trusting God's Faithfulness Through the Unimaginable with Erin Ketchen
How can you keep trusting God when you experience the most unimaginable trauma? Where can you find the goodness of God when the pain feels unrelenting? Erin…
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Episode 402 - How to Face Down Any Crisis with Deep, Unshakable Faith with Josh Turner
How do you navigate the inevitable storms of life? What does it truly look like to grieve the life you once envisioned? Josh Turner is no stranger to life’s…
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Episode 401 - Holding Hope in Chronic Pain with Olivia (Feller) Gerber
How do you hold onto hope when the answers just aren’t coming? What does it look like to keep the faith when it feels like your prayers are going unheard?…
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Episode 400 - Talking to Your Kids About Pornography with Greta Eskridge
WARNING: This episode contains mature content related to pornography and may not be suitable for all listeners. How do we begin having the difficult…
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Episode 399 - The Only Way Forward Is Back with Jackson TerKeurst
How do you move forward after a life marked by trauma and pain? Can looking back be the very thing that helps you discover your purpose in God’s plan? As a…
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Episode 398 - Held Together When Everything is Falling Apart with Amber Smith
How do you begin to heal after facing every parent’s worst imaginable nightmare — the loss of a child? And how can a marriage withstand, and even grow, through…
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Episode 397 - Speaking Life in Your Marriage with Dave and Ann Wilson
How do our words impact the most important relationship in our lives—our marriage? And how can wives, in particular, learn to speak life into their husbands?…
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Episode 396 - Receiving and Reflecting God’s Great Empathy for You with Bill and Kristi Gaultiere
How do you experience God’s empathy in the midst of life’s challenges and struggles? How can you encounter the compassion of Christ in your own pain and…
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Episode 395 - Eighth Day Prayers with Sally Breedlove and Willa Kane
How do we hold on to hope when life is filled with pain and disappointment? What role can prayer play in our suffering as we learn to cling to hope? Sally…
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Episode 394 - Crushing Chaos with Dr. Manny Arango
How do you bring order to the chaos of dysfunctional family patterns? What does it look like to experience lasting peace in the midst of relational disorder?…