The Wholehearted Way

This is our last episode of our first season -- we would love to hear your feedback as we begin planning the second season. Please share your feedback in this short survey: http://feedback.wholeheartedwaypodcast.com Is it possible to spend decades studying theology and still be shackled by a lie about who you really are? Pastor Will Reinmuth joins the show to discuss the "shackles you can't see"—t...

In this episode, Nathan King , Mandi Wellington and Laura Arnold discuss an emotion that shows up in all of our lives, and that most of us have a complicated relationship with. Together they explore why anger works like a check engine light , not a green light to act out, but an invitation to look underneath and discover what the heart is really saying. Laura opens up about the wake-up moment when...

In this episode of The Wholehearted Way, host Nathan King and co-host Mandi Wellington sit down with Pastor Bobbi Lassiter, Associate Pastor at Covenant Methodist Church, to explore the life-changing shift from performance to presence. Bobbi shares her powerful personal journey of confronting the "secret lies" that many leaders carry—specifically the gut-level belief of "I’m not enough"—and how th...

Most workplaces are an emotional desert. We are taught to check our feelings at the door, put our heads down, and focus solely on the bottom line. But what if bringing your whole heart to work is actually the secret to unprecedented team loyalty, engagement, and success? In this episode of The Wholehearted Way , we sit down with Matt Armbruster, a corporate leader who decided to test a radical the...

"I hate it here." It's a phrase clinical psychologist Dan Sartor heard from his own kids for years -- and it cut deep every time. Until he realized they weren't rejecting his home. They were expressing something they couldn't fix on their own: a longing for peace, connection, and presence that our hurried lives keep pushing to the margins. Most of us know that feeling. We scroll past it, stay busy...

"I do what I don't want to do." It’s the ancient struggle Paul described in Romans 7, and it’s a reality many of us face every day. We rationally believe in God’s love and want to be present for our families, yet in moments of pressure, we react out of fear, control, or exhaustion—effectively sabotaging the very things we long for most. In this episode of The Wholehearted Way , host Nathan King si...

Can you be "transparent" without actually being vulnerable? Many leaders and high-achievers use achievement, control, and even "helping" as protective strategies to keep people at a distance. In this episode, Nathan King and Mandy Wellington sit down with Larry Bolden, the founder of Wellspring Group, to discuss the difficult but transformative journey from living for achievement to living for int...

Have you ever noticed that you can be completely settled in your own life, yet totally blind to the walls you’ve built to stay safe? In this episode, Nathan King is joined by Mandi Wellington and Laura Arnold to explore a powerful paradox: sometimes the most profound growth doesn't come from a "5-step plan," but from simply hearing someone else have the courage to be vulnerable. Mandi shares her r...

Join us for this episode of The Wholehearted Way podcast, published by Wellspring Group , with a focus on how to live deeper, more fulfilling lives in wholehearted communities. Our hosts, Nathan King and Mandi Wellington, spoke with Abby Mandella about Wellspring Group’s mission of spiritual formation and the upcoming release of their new book Becoming Wholehearted . Mandela explains that the mini...

Join us for this episode of The Wholehearted Way podcast, published by Wellspring Group , with a focus on how to live deeper, more fulfilling lives in wholehearted communities.  Our host, Nathan King, spoke with Laura Arnold about how she has stepped away from hiding her identity, and now shows others her fierce, wholehearted identity in Christ. She’s become a woman who weeps when God weeps, who f...

Join us for the first podcast of The Wholehearted Way, published by Wellspring Group , with a focus on how to live deeper, more fulfilling lives in wholehearted communities. Our host, Nathan King, spoke with Jason Orme about how he builds deeper relationships in his life through wholehearted everyday conversations. For more information about the upcoming "Becoming Wholehearted" book, please visit...