Episodes

  • E105 | Sacred Rhythms for an Anchored Soul
    Oct 1 2025

    Stasi welcomes Stacey Burton for a conversation about the rhythms of life—the joy found in seasons of goodness, the ache of letting go, and the gift of finding God in new ways. With honesty and hope, they name the beauty and loss of changing seasons in family, friendships, and faith, offering simple rhythms to stay near God’s heart and encouragement to trust His goodness through every season.


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    VERSES:

    1 Chronicles 29:22 (NIV) – They ate and drank with great joy in the presence of the Lord that day. Then they acknowledged Solomon son of David as king a second time, anointing him before the Lord to be ruler and Zadok to be priest.


    Psalm 13:5–6 (NIV) – But I trust in your unfailing love; my heart rejoices in your salvation. I will sing the Lord’s praise, for he has been good to me.


    Psalm 32:11 (NIV) – Rejoice in the Lord and be glad, you righteous; sing, all you who are upright in heart!


    Psalm 6:1–2 (NIV) – Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger or discipline me in your wrath. Have mercy on me, Lord, for I am faint; heal me, Lord, for my bones are in agony.


    Psalm 44:23 (NIV) – Awake, Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever.


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    RESOURCES

    Defiant Joy: Taking Hold of Hope, Beauty, and Life in a Hurting World, by Stasi Eldredge ⁠https://amzn.to/42uFe1q⁠


    E97 | Leaning into God’s Goodness in Every Season, with Annie F. Downs ⁠https://wahe.art/47L0GmC⁠


    E83 | When God Is Silent: Trusting His Presence ⁠https://wahe.art/46Dc96y⁠


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    44 mins
  • E104 | Discovering Your Irreplaceable Role, with Lisa Beck
    Sep 17 2025

    In the conclusion of this two-part series, Stasi and Lisa Beck explore how to discover our irreplaceable roles in God’s story. They reflect on how God often reveals our calling in everyday moments, from the themes in our lives to the desires of our hearts. With honesty, humor, and a powerful prayer of blessing, they inspire us to cast off comparison, stand in our belovedness, and embrace the unique way God has designed us. Friends, your life matters, and your desire to play an important and significant role is God-given. You are irreplaceable.


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    If you haven’t listened to Part 1, you can do so here:

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    VERSES:

    Acts 9:18 (NIV) – Immediately, something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he could see again. He got up and was baptized.


    Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) – For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.


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    RESOURCES

    Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge https://wahe.art/3L9tLMc


    Captivating Retreats – Multi-day retreats led by the Wild at Heart team, designed to help women encounter God and rediscover their irreplaceable role in His story. Find a Captivating Retreat near you: https://wahe.art/48LnpNF


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    28 mins
  • E103 | Your Irreplaceable Role: Discovering Your True Worth, with Lisa Beck
    Sep 3 2025

    In part one of this two-part series, Stasi is joined by her friend Lisa Beck of the Wild at Heart women’s team to reflect on a core desire of every woman’s heart: to play her irreplaceable role in God’s epic story. Through tender stories of hidden impact and lasting influence, they remind us that each of us is significant and that all our offerings, large and small, carry eternal value. We hope this episode helps you see how deeply you matter and recognize with fresh wonder and hope your irreplaceable role in God’s kingdom.


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    VERSES:

    Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) – For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.


    Matthew 18:3 (NIV) – And he said: ‘Truly I tell you, unless you change and become like little children, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.’


    Mark 12:31 (NIV) – The second is this: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ There is no commandment greater than these.


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    RESOURCES

    Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge ⁠https://wahe.art/3L9tLMc⁠


    Captivating Retreats – Multi-day retreats led by the Wild at Heart team, designed to help women encounter God and rediscover their irreplaceable role in His story. Find a Captivating Retreat near you: ⁠https://wahe.art/48LnpNF⁠


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    42 mins
  • E102 | Embodying Christ: Living Love in Real Life
    Aug 20 2025

    What does it mean to embody Christ, to be the living expression of his love in the world? In this inspiring episode, Stasi invites listeners to embrace our God-given design as image-bearers who carry his presence into our everyday moments. Through Scripture, story, and gentle guidance, Stasi shares how we reflect Jesus not by striving, but by receiving his love, blessing our lives, and living surrendered. Dear one, you matter, and your life reveals the heart of God.


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    VERSES:

    Ephesians 1:18–19 (NIV) – I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for us who believe.


    2 Corinthians 5:20 (NIV) – We are therefore Christ’s ambassadors, as though God were making his appeal through us. We implore you on Christ’s behalf: Be reconciled to God.


    John 14:12 (NIV) – Very truly I tell you, whoever believes in me will do the works I have been doing, and they will do even greater things than these, because I am going to the Father.


    Romans 12:1 (NIV) – Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.


    1 John 1:9 (NIV) – If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.


    Romans 8:1 (NIV) – Therefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.


    Ephesians 2:10 (NIV) – For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.


    John 13:35 (NIV) – By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.


    2 Corinthians 3:18 (NIV) – And we all, who with unveiled faces contemplate the Lord’s glory, are being transformed into his image with ever-increasing glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.


    Philippians 2:13 (NIV) – For it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.


    John 3:16 (NIV) – For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.


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    RESOURCES


    "Apocalypse People: The discipleship movement that will probably change the world" by Blaine Eldredge ⁠https://wahe.art/4n7GhgC⁠


    The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry: How to Stay Emotionally Healthy and Spiritually Alive in the Chaos of the Modern World by John Mark Comer ⁠https://bit.ly/4ne2jOX⁠


    Practicing the Way: Be with Jesus. Become like him. Do as he did. by John Mark Comer ⁠https://bit.ly/4jZThCi⁠


    Poem – Indwelt by A.S. Wilson:

    Not merely in the words you say,

    Not only in your deeds confessed,

    But in the most unconscious way

    Is Christ expressed.


    Is it a beatific smile,

    A holy light upon your brow;

    Oh no, I felt His Presence while

    You laughed just now.


    For me ‘twas not the truth you taught

    To you so clear, to me still dim

    But when you came to me you brought

    A sense of Him.


    And from your eyes He beckons me,

    And from your heart His love is shed,

    Til I lose sight of you and see

    The Christ instead.


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    42 mins
  • E101 | Being Fully Known: The Journey to Rest, with Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith
    Aug 6 2025

    What if being fully known isn't something to fear, but a pathway to freedom, rest, and joy? In this encouraging conversation, Stasi welcomes Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith for a conversation around the themes of her newest book, Being Fully Known. They discuss spiritual rest, emotional authenticity, and the courage to live into who God says we are. It’s an invitation to release striving, embrace vulnerability, and discover the sacred beauty of a life rooted in belonging. Friends, this conversation is a gentle call to rest and receive God’s love in the quiet places we long to be seen.


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    VERSES:

    John 10:10 (NIV) – The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.


    Isaiah 53:5 (NIV) – But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.


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    DR. SAUNDRA DALTON-SMITH


    Website: ⁠https://⁠⁠www.drdaltonsmith.com/⁠

    Podcast, I Choose My Best Life: ⁠https://wahe.art/41TzHjV⁠

    Instagram: ⁠https://⁠⁠www.instagram.com/drdaltonsmith⁠

    Facebook: ⁠https://⁠⁠www.facebook.com/DrSaundraDaltonSmith⁠

    YouTube: ⁠https://wahe.art/4iACA07⁠


    BIO

    Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith is a board-certified internal medicine physician, an international speaker, and the CEO of Restorasis, a workplace well-being consulting agency. She is also the award-winning author of Set Free to Live Free and Sacred Rest and the host of I Choose My Best Life podcast. Dr. Saundra lives in Alabama with her husband and their two sons.


    Being Fully Known: The Joyful Satisfaction of Beholding, Becoming and Belonging ⁠https://amzn.to/4kNJXTN⁠


    Sacred Rest: Recover Your Life, Renew Your Energy, Restore Your Sanity ⁠https://amzn.to/3QMLpZU⁠


    For all books by Dr. Saundra Dalton-Smith: ⁠https://⁠⁠www.drdaltonsmith.com/publications⁠


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    RESOURCES


    The Basilica of Saint John Lateran and the Holy Stairs (Scala Sancta) in Rome, Italy ⁠https://wahe.art/3G61p6f⁠⁠⁠


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    35 mins
  • E100 | Captivated by His Kindness: Celebrating 100 Episodes
    Jul 23 2025

    Today we pause to celebrate 100 episodes—100 conversations centered on Jesus and his goodness, gentleness, and relentless pursuit of our hearts. Stasi and producer Stacey Burton reflect on the story behind the podcast and its sacred journey. What began as a divine invitation has become a space to encounter Jesus again and again. Through stories of surrender, prayer, and sharing of what we love most about Jesus, this episode is more than a celebration—it’s a continued invitation to deeper union with the One who is endlessly kind and always near.


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    VERSES:

    Psalm 150:1–6 (NIV) – Praise the Lord. Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre, praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe, praise him with the clash of cymbals, praise him with resounding cymbals. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord.”


    1 John 4:19 (NIV) – We love because he first loved us.


    Galatians 6:4 (NIV) – Each one should test their own actions. Then they can take pride in themselves alone, without comparing themselves to someone else.


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    RESOURCES

    Explore the Pause App – Includes the One Minute Pause, 30 Days to Resilience, and the Experience Jesus 20-day program. Simple, beautiful, practices to help you slow down and deepen your union with God. ⁠https://⁠⁠www.pauseapp.com/⁠


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    40 mins
  • E99 | The God Who Invites: Again and Again and Again, with Michelle Patterson
    Jul 9 2025

    Today’s episode is a beautiful reminder that Jesus doesn’t demand, he invites. In this heartfelt conversation, Michelle Patterson of the Wild at Heart women’s team joins Stasi to explore the gentle, persistent ways Jesus invites us into healing, trust, and, ultimately, more union with him. Through their honest stories, Stasi and Michelle talk about learning to recognize his knock, responding without shame, and allowing him to come into the places where we need more of him. Come listen, and be reminded that his love is always pursuing you.


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    VERSES:


    John 3:16 (NIV) – For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.


    Revelation 3:20 (NIV) – Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me.


    Matthew 11:28–29 (NIV) – Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.


    Psalm 91:1 (NIV) – Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.


    1 Thessalonians 4:13 (NIV) – Brothers and sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.


    Philippians 1:6 (NIV) – …being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.


    Luke 4:18 (NIV) – The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free.


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    RESOURCES


    Explore the Pause App – Includes the One Minute Pause, 30 Days to Resilience, and the Experience Jesus 20-day program. Simple, beautiful, practices to help you slow down and deepen your union with God. https://www.pauseapp.com/


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    40 mins
  • E98 | For Such a Time as This, with Stacey Burton
    Jun 25 2025

    Have you ever struggled to believe that God sees you, knows you, and has a purpose for your life? Stasi is joined by Stacey Burton to reflect on the beauty of God’s faithfulness in our lives. Stacey shares her journey of walking with God through cancer, self-doubt, and stepping into an unexpected calling. Together, they discuss trusting His leading, overcoming the lies that keep us small, and embracing His invitations—regardless of the strength of our fears. If you’ve ever wrestled with your purpose, this episode will encourage you to step into your true identity—for you were made for such a time as this, and you are needed.


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    VERSES:

    Psalm 27:4 (NIV) – One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple.


    Esther 4:14 (NIV) – For if you remain silent at this time, relief and deliverance for the Jews will arise from another place, but you and your father’s family will perish. And who knows but that you have come to your royal position for such a time as this?


    Ephesians 6:11 (NIV) – Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes.


    Jeremiah 1:5 (NIV) – Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I set you apart; I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.


    2 Corinthians 12:9 (NIV) – But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.


    Isaiah 43:1 (NIV) – But now, this is what the Lord says—he who created you, Jacob, he who formed you, Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have summoned you by name; you are mine.


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    RESOURCES


    The Sacred Romance by Brent Curtis and John Eldredge ⁠https://amzn.to/41t7MHt⁠


    Captivating: Unveiling the Mystery of a Woman's Soul by John and Stasi Eldredge ⁠https://wahe.art/3L9tLMc⁠


    Wild at Heart Expanded Edition: Discovering the Secret of a Man's Soul by John Eldredge ⁠https://amzn.to/4hrXqh3⁠


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    39 mins