For Generations

Content Warning: Cancer/Grief and Employment Difficulties In the season finale, Juliana closes out the podcast for now, provides an update on her family and professional life, and reflects on the many lessons and takeaways she has had from doing the podcast. In the process, Juliana shares about being in the valley with God and the spiritual and emotional journey she has been on. She also discusses...

Content Warning: Body Image/Eating Issues On today's episode, Avery Izzo joins the podcast. She shares about her positive experience growing up in the Catholic church, how she became closer to God during COVID, and how she continues to find Him and share about Him in new ways in college. Avery also discusses struggling with and, ultimately, surrendering perfectionism, body image, and eating is...

Content Warning: Health Issues On today's episode, Lydia joins the podcast to share about her journey of discovering God, how she has always sought truth, and how she has shared that truth with others. She talks about growing up Catholic, her introduction to the Christian church, and how God continues to meet her in this current season of life. And woven through it all, Lydia speaks powerfully...

Content Warning: Medical Issues On today's episode Ran and Neela Silva join the podcast to share about their journey from Buddhism to Christianity. They detail the powerful and personal way that God wooed them to Himself. In our conversation, they discuss the people and community that played a part along the way, how God moved in their immigration story, and the many ways they have seen Him he...

Content Warning: Medical Challenges/Conditions - Discussion of Multiple Strokes On today's episode Barbara Phippen and John Desimone join the podcast. They share about how they met and how they have navigated through a major health crisis together. They discuss Barbara's multiple strokes, the long path to healing, having to start life over, and the many challenges they faced along the way....

Content Warning: Homelessness, Abuse/Neglect, Depression/Anxiety, Sexual Assault/Grooming, Suicidal Ideations, and Substance Use On this episode, Alisha Zazueta joins the podcast to discuss her journey of following God. She shares about the challenges she experienced growing up, the struggles of attending a works-based church, and navigating grief and mental health issues. Alisha shares how it all...

Content Warning: Loss/Grief, Illness/Cancer, and Depression On today's episode, Arnold Chung joins the podcast to share about his journey with Christianity, and the major life events that have shaped him and his faith. He shares about his experiences growing up in the church; navigating grief, loss, and depression; and how it all brought him to where he is now. In the process, Arnold shares ab...

Content Warning: Homelessness and Depression/Suicidal Ideations On today's episode, Patrick Camacho joins the podcast to share about the way God has discipled and called him over the last 20 years. He shares about how he came to the Lord, being a part of a college ministry, and now being in seminary school and leading a group. In the process, Patrick shares about surrendering, what being a lea...

Content Warning: Unresolved Grief, Unexpected Move, and Identity Struggles On today's episode, Haley Hsu joins the podcast to share about growing up as a missionary kid in East Asia. She discusses her life there, how her and her family unexpectedly moved to the U.S., and what adjusting to being in the U.S. has been like. In the process, Haley shares about struggling with unresolved grief, frie...

Content Warning: Divorce, Illness/Cancer, Death, Suicide, Grief/Loss On today's episode, Ken Zell joins the podcast to talk about the way God has, in the words of Pete Scazerro, deepened his soul through grief and loss. Ken shares about the journey of grief and loss that he has been on over the last 10 years, both the difficulties of it and the growth that has come from it. In our discussion,...

Content Warning: Emotionally/Verbally Abusive Relationship, Multiple Surgeries, and Parental Conflict On this episode, Candace Salazar joins the podcast to talk about waiting on God. She shares about multiple time periods and areas of life that she has had to wait on God over the last decade. In the process, Candice shares what she has learned from each of these seasons, what waiting can look like...

Content Warning: Death of a Child, Grief/Loss, Depression, Unresolved Trauma, Emotional and Physical Abuse In this episode, Ed Chang joins the podcast to talk about his chronic pain journey. He shares how that journey brought him to the past, to the unresolved grief and trauma he had experienced in life. And how healing emotionally helped him to heal physically. In the process, Ed shares the refle...

Content Warning: Major Illness/Surgery and Early Birth/Difficult Pregnancy In this episode, Sasha Gunasena joins Juliana to talk about seasons of life. Sasha shares how God has transformed her idea of seasons through important moments over the last 2-3 years of life. Sasha discusses what she thought a season was, how through pivotal events God has revealed what a season actually is to her, and how...

Content Warning: Loss/Grief and Illness/Cancer In this episode, Juliana introduces the podcast, shares about the vision, discusses the importance of stories, and explains the name For Generations. She also follows the theme of stories/storytelling over her life from its origin to the creation of this podcast. In the process, Juliana also shares about the challenging year that became the catalyst f...