

The GoodHard Story Podcast
Katherine Wolf
The good story and the hard story can be the same story. This is where we’re sharing the proof. Feeling isolated by your hurt and heartbreak? Then this place is for you. Join Katherine Wolf and her most trusted friends as they honor the hardest parts of life while making space for the hope and humor in it all. Your weekly pep talk from The GoodHard Story Podcast will load you up with fresh inspiration, practical takeaways, and the soul-deep sense that you are not alone in the story you’ve been given.
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Apr 1, 2021 • 48min
Episode 18: Calling & Limitation with Joni Eareckson Tada
Joni Earekcson Tada is in our hall of fame of heroes. She is overflowing with grit and grace and has impacted the lives of hundreds of thousands of people, all while living with quadriplegia. Joni never fails to show up to the good/hard work before her, and she challenges us to do the same each and every day. Join us as we hear Joni's powerful perspective on finding our callings within our unique limitations.

Mar 25, 2021 • 46min
Episode 17: Community & Commitment with Sazan and Stevie Hendrix
Sazan and Stevie Hendrix join us to reflect on the refining tensions of partnering in marriage and business. The Hendrixes, who have created an online community of over a million people, inspire us to seek out life-giving connections in the digital space so we can share our hard-won lessons with people we never would have met otherwise. They share practical insights about how setting healthy boundaries can ultimately lead to the flourishing of your network of relationships.

Mar 18, 2021 • 53min
Episode 16: Beauty & Trauma with Dr. Curt Thompson
We're sitting down with Dr. Curt Thompson for a conversation on the unexpected places where trauma and beauty meet. Curt is a psychiatrist and author whose work inspired significant portions of Suffer Strong. His transformative teachings on paying attention to what we remember in order to anticipate the future with hope have been a guiding principle for our second-chance lives, and have prepared us to recognize the beauty in every broken thing.

Mar 11, 2021 • 53min
Episode 15: Healing & Failure with Scott Erickson
Scott Erickson joins us for a conversation about re-narrating our stories of failure and healing. Scott is an artist and theologian who is creating a visual library of prayer through his visio lectios, simple illustrations that somehow sum up our most sweeping thoughts about God and ourselves. Come along as we find the place where failure and healing meet, particularly in this season where the death of expectations have left space for healing and, ultimately, new life.

Mar 4, 2021 • 39min
Episode 14. Celebration & Loss with Priscilla Shirer
Join us for a conversation with Priscilla Shirer, who fully embodies the place where celebration and loss meet. Priscilla candidly reflects on her current season of life, in which she’s lost loved ones, as well as the certainty of her own health. She taught us how to hold grief and gratitude together in this good/hard life. You don’t want to miss this transformative conversation on the unexpected gifts of loss and the surprising places we can find the best celebrations.

Apr 9, 2020 • 26min
Episode 13. Redefining Hope
Join Jay and Katherine as they discuss the reality of how suffering shapes our lives. What do we do in the middle, when we don't know the ending of our story will be? Is it possible to find hope in the dark?

Apr 2, 2020 • 32min
Episode 12. Redefining Calling
Join Jay and Katherine as they discuss calling, perspective and how to actually see the opportunities right in front of you - today.

Mar 26, 2020 • 29min
Episode 11. Redefining Healing
Join Jay and Katherine and their conversation about healing. Can we give away comfort when we are still hurting? How do we find strength in the places we feel most weak?

Mar 19, 2020 • 28min
Episode 10. Redefining Community
Join Jay and Katherine as they talk about the power of community, and what it means to walk closely with each other through suffering and celebration.

Mar 12, 2020 • 23min
Episode 9. Redefining Commitment
Join Jay and Katherine as they talk about their journey of marriage and the power of commitment.


