Meant To Live

What comes out of you when life gets hard? Anyone can have patience when everything is going their way. But what happens when you’re exhausted? When someone hurts you? When your kids are driving you crazy? When you're angry, stressed, tempted, or completely alone? That’s where the real test begins. In this episode of Meant To Live , Paulo Cardoso gets honest about what it means to actually live ou...

Would You Still Do the Right Thing If Nobody Would Know? Would you still do the right thing if you knew nobody would ever find out? What if doing the right thing cost you money? Your reputation? Your job? Your relationships? What if the easier choice was right there in front of you? In this episode of Meant To Live , Nathan and Paulo have a brutally honest conversation about integrity, identity, t...

What if the thing you’re trying to make bigger is actually making your life smaller? We live in a world obsessed with more—more money, more followers, more success, bigger businesses, bigger homes, bigger muscles, bigger platforms. But somewhere along the way, we started believing that bigger automatically means better . In this episode of Meant To Live , Nathan Weaver and Paulo Cardoso have an ho...

How to Trust Jesus When You Don’t Know What’s Next What do you do when you trust Jesus—but you still don’t know what’s going to happen? When the money is tight. When your prayers seem unanswered. When you’re anxious about your family, your future, or what comes next. When you desperately want God to show you the entire plan. In this episode of Meant To Live , Paulo Cardoso gets practical about wha...

What do you do when life gets hard and you feel like you can't handle what’s in front of you? In this episode of Meant to Live , Nathan Weaver shares a personal story about cancer, fear, faith, and one powerful lesson he learned from Joshua 3: remember what God has already brought you through. When the Israelites crossed the Jordan River, God told them to take stones from the middle of the river a...

What if the person who hurt you is still controlling your life? They may be gone. You may not speak to them anymore. They may not even know how much space they still occupy in your mind. But if you're still carrying the anger, resentment, bitterness, or pain, are they really gone? In this episode of Meant To Live , Nathan Weaver and Paulo Cardoso take on one of the hardest—and most misunderstood—s...

What if one word is keeping you trapped... and one decision could set you free forever? Most people think forgiveness is about letting someone else off the hook. It's not. It's about breaking the chains that have been holding you back. In this powerful episode of the Meant To Live Podcast , Nathan Weaver and Paulo Cardoso unpack the F-Word — Forgiveness —and why it may be the most life-changing de...

Most people say  NO  by default. They say no to opportunities. No to change. No to uncomfortable conversations. No to the very things that could transform their future. But what if your next breakthrough is waiting on the other side of one simple word:  YES ? In this episode of  Meant To Live , Nathan and Paulo pull back the curtain on two unexpected life changes that neither of them planned. New...

What if the thing hurting your pride is actually the thing God wants to use to transform your life? A year ago, Paulo was leading worship events, seeing hundreds of people come to Jesus, and pursuing the calling God had placed on his life. Today, he wakes up at 2:50 A.M. to clean toilets. In this raw and vulnerable episode, Paulo shares why he said yes to a job that wounded his ego, what God taugh...

Nathan never expected a phone call from his doctor to change the course of his life. In this deeply personal episode of Meant To Live, Nathan shares his journey after being diagnosed with cancer in 2018. From the fear of telling his wife and children, to battling negative thoughts, to learning how faith, gratitude, community, and intentional living transformed his outlook, this conversation is bot...

In a world that constantly tells us to define ourselves by our careers, achievements, failures, relationships, sexuality, status, or possessions, it's easy to lose sight of who we truly are. In this episode of the Meant To Live Podcast, hosts Paulo Cardoso and Nathan Weaver explore one of the most important questions every person must answer: Who am I? Together, they discuss why so many people bui...

Paulo shares the powerful story of how forgiveness transformed his life. After years of carrying pain, resentment, and unresolved trauma from his relationship with his father, a simple conversation challenged everything he believed about grace and forgiveness. In this episode, Nathan and Paulo discuss freedom from bitterness, healing from past wounds, praying for those who have hurt us, and how da...

What happens when childhood trauma shapes every decision you make? In one of the most raw and vulnerable conversations we've had on the Meant to Live Podcast, Paulo shares his powerful journey from deep brokenness to lasting freedom. As a child, Paulo experienced sexual and emotional abuse that left wounds far deeper than anyone could see. Like many people carrying unresolved trauma, he spent year...

Most people wake up and immediately jump into their day without giving a second thought to what happens next. But what if the first 30 minutes after waking up could determine the quality of your entire day? In this episode of Meant to Live, Nathan and Paulo break down five simple habits that can dramatically improve your physical health, mental clarity, emotional resilience, and overall performanc...

Words have power. The way we speak shapes our thoughts, influences our actions, affects our relationships, and ultimately impacts the direction of our lives. In this episode of Meant To Live, Nathan and Paulo discuss the power of our words, the importance of being intentional with what we speak, and how the stories we tell ourselves can either move us forward or keep us stuck. Through personal exp...