Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & Purpose

Why can praying with the person you love feel so vulnerable?
Maybe you both love God, but praying together still feels awkward. Maybe one of you wants a deeper spiritual connection and the other isn't there yet. Or maybe your marriage has been through betrayal or broken trust, and you're wondering what healing could even look like.
In this Hope Huddle, we sit down with Brad and Heidi Mitchell, cofounders of Build Your Marriage and authors of Build Your Marriage with Prayer.
Married for more than 40 years, Brad and Heidi don't come to this conversation with a picture-perfect marriage story. They share honestly about betrayal, broken trust, healing, and restoration—and how prayer became part of rebuilding their relationship.
We talk about:
Why praying with your spouse can feel surprisingly vulnerable• What rebuilding trust after betrayal can require• Repentance, humility, forgiveness, and grace in the healing process• Simple ways to begin praying together—even if it feels awkward• What to do when your spouse doesn't want to pray with you• How prayer can deepen emotional and spiritual intimacy• Why it's never too late to invite God into the broken places of your marriage
Whether your marriage is strong, struggling, rebuilding—or you're carrying the pain of a marriage that couldn't be restored—this conversation isn't about pretending prayer makes everything easy.
It's about inviting God into the real and complicated places.
And trusting that He meets us there.
Find out more about Brad & Heidi Mitchell and Build Your Marriage
Website: https://buildyourmarriage.org/
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Ep. 49 | Ann White on Courage, Fear, and Coming Out of Hiding
Sometimes hiding doesn’t look like hiding at all. We can keep showing up, caring for others, and doing what needs to be done while protecting the places in us we’re afraid to let anyone see.
In this Hope Huddle, we sit down with Ann White, author, speaker, Bible teacher, and founder of Courage For Life, a global ministry focused on biblical courage, healing, and discipleship, including bringing biblical resources to incarcerated women and men.
Ann knows this journey firsthand. Her own experience of hiding, recognizing that something needed to change, and allowing God to lead her toward healing became the foundation for Courage For Life and the seven steps of courage she now shares with others.
In this conversation, we explore:
Why we hide and what can keep us there• What it means to commit to change• How strongholds develop and how we begin finding freedom• The pressures and obstacles that can keep us stuck• Why we cover up parts of ourselves• Replacing worldly lies with the truth of Scripture• The difference between self help and healing rooted in God’s truth• Grasping God’s love and embracing a life of grace
Coming out of hiding takes courage. It begins with honesty about what we’ve been carrying and an openness to let God meet us in the places we have kept hidden.
Find out more about Ann White and Courage For Life
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Ep. 48 | When God Allures Us into the Wilderness 
What if the wilderness isn’t only a place we find ourselves, but sometimes a place God lovingly draws us into?
In this solo episode, Sunny takes us into the book of Hosea and a tender picture of God alluring His people into the wilderness to speak tenderly to them.
Sometimes we run to things that never satisfy. We blame. We measure God’s goodness by the circumstances around us. But the wilderness can become the very place where the noise quiets and we encounter the heart of the One who loves us most.
In this episode, we talk about:
Why God sometimes draws us into wilderness seasons• The things we run to that can never truly satisfy• What happens when we stop blaming and measuring God’s goodness by our circumstances• Finding God in places of trouble, affliction, and uncertainty• The wilderness as a place of being known and coming to know God• How God can transform a valley of trouble into a door of hope
Maybe the wilderness isn’t evidence that God has abandoned you. Maybe there is an invitation waiting there.
An invitation to be known. To know Him. To hear Him speak tenderly. And to discover a door of hope in the very place you never wanted to be.
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What happens when grief, loss, or sheer weariness collide with the faith you’ve always known?
In this Hope Huddle, we sit down with Becky McCoy, writer, retreat leader, spiritual director, and author of In the Company of the Weary: Ten Gentle Spiritual Practices for Your Tired Soul.
After devastating loss rocked her world, followed by depression, anxiety, and chronic illness, Becky entered a wilderness that began to undo the rigid, rational faith she had known. In that wilderness, she began discovering a more experiential knowing of God and a gentler way of approaching Scripture and spiritual practices.
In this conversation, we explore:
What happens when suffering challenges the faith you’ve always known• Moving from knowing about God to experiencing His presence• What it means to make eye contact with suffering• Approaching Scripture from a new place• Contemplative practices that create space for God in seasons of weariness• Giving ourselves permission to encounter God without striving
For the woman who is grieving, exhausted, questioning, or simply doesn’t have the energy for faith as usual, this conversation is an invitation to discover that God is still present in the wilderness.
Find out more about Becky McCoy
BeckyLMcCoy.comIn the Company of the Weary: Ten Gentle Spiritual Practices for Your Tired SoulSucker Punched Podcast
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Anger can be uncomfortable—especially for Christian women who may have learned to suppress it, fear it, or even believe that feeling angry is wrong.
But what if anger isn’t the enemy? What if it’s actually trying to tell us something?
In this Hope Huddle, we sit down with Karrie Garcia, speaker, licensed life coach, author, and founder of Freedom Movement, for an honest conversation about anger, shame, triggers, and healing.
In this conversation, we explore:
Why we hide or suppress anger• The connection between anger and shame• What Scripture actually says about anger• What anger may be revealing beneath the surface• Why anger can seem to come out of nowhere• What happens in our bodies when we’re angry• How to respond when anger hijacks our brains and bodies• A healthy, biblical approach to processing anger
Anger doesn’t have to run the show—but we don’t have to be afraid of it either.
When we get honest about what’s happening beneath the surface, anger can become an invitation to deeper healing, truth, and freedom.
Find our more about Karrie & Freedom Movement
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https://www.karriegarcia.com/
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Pull up a chair on the porch, pour yourself a glass of lemonade, and hang out with Tammy and Sunny for another Wild Hope Summer Porch Conversation.
Today, we're looking back at the women we were at 20—and this conversation got surprisingly emotional.
What would you tell your 20-year-old self if you could sit across from her today? Would you correct her? Warn her? Celebrate her? Or maybe finally offer her the kindness and grace you couldn't give her then?
We're talking honestly about the choices we made, the things we didn't know, the growth we can finally see, and the ways God was present in our stories long before we understood what He was doing.
Because sometimes growth isn't about becoming an entirely different person. Sometimes it's about looking back and realizing that pieces of who God created you to be were there all along.
In this episode, we talk about:
What we wish we could tell our 20-year-old selves
Looking at past versions of ourselves with compassion instead of shame
Recognizing growth we couldn't see while it was happening
Finding evidence of God's presence in earlier chapters of our stories
Identity, maturity, regret, hope, and becoming
What changes—and what has been there all along
Our hope is that this conversation gives you permission to look back at the woman you used to be with a little more kindness.
Maybe she wasn't as lost as you thought.
Maybe God was already at work.
And maybe, in more ways than you realize, you were already her.
 
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Ep. 44 | Would You Rather - Wild Hope Summer Porch Conversations
Today we’re inviting you onto the porch with a glass of lemonade for a little something different.
As part of our Wild Hope Summer Series, we’re stepping away from our usual conversations and making space for laughter, connection, and the simple joy of connecting hearts around the table.
In this episode, Sunny and Tammy play a little game of “Would You Rather” and discover that what starts as a lighthearted conversation quickly opens the door to memories, stories, opinions, and even a few deeper thoughts about life, faith, and the seasons we’ve walked through.
You’ll laugh with us, maybe find yourself answering along the way, and hopefully be inspired to gather your own people for a summer porch conversation.
We’ve created a Would You Rather conversation starter download just for you! Use these questions with your spouse, friends, family, or even on a road trip. Sometimes the simplest questions lead to the best conversations.
You can find the download in the show notes below and over on our Instagram page.
So grab your people, pull up a chair, and make room for laughter, connection, and a little Wild Hope this summer.
Would You Rather Questions for YOU!
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What if summer wasn't just a season on the calendar?
In this short Hope Huddle On The Go, Sunny explores the idea that our lives move through seasons much like nature does. There are winters marked by loss, springs filled with new beginnings, falls of transition and change, and summers where life feels wide open and full of possibility.
But what if it's possible to experience a little summer even in the middle of winter? What if wild hope can still grow in the wilderness?
In this episode, Sunny shares encouragement for cultivating a Wild Hope Summer no matter what season you find yourself in. Together we'll talk about:
Finding beauty in unexpected places • Choosing hope instead of cynicism • Leaning into God's presence in every season • Living with curiosity, wonder, and adventure • Why mindset matters more than circumstances sometimes do
And because this is Sunny we're talking about, there may or may not be a few spontaneous songs along the way.
Whether you're walking through a difficult season or enjoying a beautiful one, this episode is an invitation to look for the goodness of God, embrace the season you're in, and cultivate a life marked by wild hope.
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Sometimes we choose the Wilderness.  Not necessarily because we love camping- but because we love chasing temporary pleasure.  The problem is, it never satisfies, and in fact leaves us hungering, thirsting, and longing for the next “hit” of release.  
In this hope huddle with Sunny Cain, she speaks with authenticity, and urgency- reminding us where we can turn when “we just can’t” anymore.
In a walkthrough of Isaiah 30, and a jump over to Ezekiel 34, she highlights the beauty of the God who longs to be gracious to us, even in our denial of him, in our refusal to return to quietness and rest, in our attempts to power through in our own strength with our own solutions. And God Longs to Be Gracious. 
Let’s remember the God who waits on High to Be Gracious to Us- and we will see His goodness and mercy have followed us all of our days. 
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This week is a solo episode with practical encouragement from Sunny Cain speaking to the reality that we sometimes live with a misplaced identity.  We answer to whispers from the thief who comes “only to steal, kill and destroy," rather than believing the truth of who God says we are. 
In this episode we talk about: 
The lies we have believed
How to take our thoughts captive.
How to move towards replacing lies with the truth
What it looks like to steward our identity
How to walk in integrity of being fearfully and wonderfully made. 
If you have been believing lies for years- this episode has the practical encouragement you need to move forward and walk in truth.  
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