Becoming the Oak: Rooted in Christ
Real Women. Real Faith. Real Growth.Becoming the Oak is a Christ-centered podcast for women who want peace and joy not because life is easy, but because their hearts are rooted in Jesus.
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Care But Don't Carry | Releasing While Finding Rest, Joy, and God in the Stillness (opens the original)
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What happens when you have spent your entire life being the glue — the one who holds everything together for everyone else — and one day you simply cannot carry it anymore? In this deeply honest episode of Becoming the Oak Rooted in Christ, Sara Wolfe shares her journey through losing everything in the 2008 real estate crash, raising four children through homelessness and food stamps, navigating the end of a 25-year marriage, and the faith crisis that followed when everything she had built her i
Honest, Free, and Whole | Letting Go, Living Intentionally, and Finding Yourself Through Christ (opens the original)
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What happens when you have spent twenty years carrying everything on your own — and then one prayer on your knees changes everything? In this powerful episode of Becoming the Oak Rooted in Christ, Jess Hardiman shares her remarkable journey from a childhood marked by divorce and constant moving, to raising her two younger sisters as a young adult, to earning her doctorate and building a career in international humanitarian work — all without a conscious connection to Jesus Christ. Until a breath
Choose the Better Story | What Postpartum Depression Taught Me About Presence, Grace, and Choosing Christ (opens the original)
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⚠️ Content Note: This episode contains an honest discussion of postpartum depression, thoughts of not wanting to be here, and a dream involving self-harm. If you or someone you love is struggling, please know that help is available. You can call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline anytime. The Postpartum Support International helpline is also available at 1-800-944-4773 . You are not alone. What do you do when the darkness of postpartum depression strips away everything you love
The Wind Can't Touch Roots | What Fifty Years Taught Me About Grace, Grit, and Growing Deeper in Christ (opens the original)
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What does fifty years of living teach you about faith, grace, and growing deeper in Christ? In this heartfelt solo birthday episode of Becoming the Oak Rooted in Christ, Kendra George shares eight of the most important lessons she has learned across five decades of life — and why the storms that tried to break her only made her roots stronger. From giving herself the grace she so freely gives others, to letting go of judgment and comparison, to what she would tell every young mother about being
Both Things Can Be True | Grief, Identity Loss, and Turning Outward (opens the original)
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What happens to your identity when the person who has been your anchor your entire life is suddenly gone? In this tender and deeply honest episode of Becoming the Oak Rooted in Christ, certified life coach Cathi Chisholm opens up about losing her mother just months before recording — and what grief has taught her about identity, the atonement of Jesus Christ, and the surprising healing power of turning outward. From the way her mother was the first of every one of her five senses, to the identit
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