The Collide Podcast

Are you tired of having the same arguments, avoiding difficult conversations, or feeling like peace in your relationships is impossible? Learning how to handle conflict in relationships doesn't mean avoiding disagreements or always getting your way. It means learning to approach difficult conversations with humility, honesty, and grace. In this episode of the Collide Podcast, Willow Weston sits do...

What if the pain you’ve been avoiding is the very place your healing begins? In this honest episode of the Collide Podcast, we sit down with Paul Young to talk about healing from deep emotional wounds and encountering God in the middle of our pain. He shares about his own journey through trauma, shame, and brokenness, including the moment his life and marriage nearly fell apart, and how an 11-year...

What do you do when life doesn't look the way you hoped, and you're struggling to see God's goodness in the middle of it? It's easy to believe God is good when life is going according to plan, but what about when motherhood feels overwhelming, your circumstances aren't changing, or you're carrying grief that no one else seems to understand? Sometimes the ordinary moments of life are filled with ex...

When betrayal, broken trust, or years of hurt have shattered your marriage, is restoration really possible? What do you do when the person you trusted most becomes the source of your deepest pain? When betrayal rocks your marriage, hope feels impossible, and you're left wondering if your relationship will ever be the same, the road toward healing can feel overwhelming. In this powerful conversatio...

What if God isn’t distant… but deeply present and longing for you? In this honest and thought-provoking conversation, Willow sits down with author and spiritual director Mike Neelley to unpack what it really means to experience God—not just believe in Him. If you’ve ever found yourself praying, “Where are you, God?”... you’re not alone. Mike shares how many of us were taught a version of faith tha...

What happens when the life you thought you were building suddenly disappears? In this deeply honest conversation, Willow sits down with Leslie Harter-Berg, author of You’re So Strong: On Grief and Letting Go of My Favorite Compliment , to talk about the devastating loss of her husband, Ryan, who died suddenly from an aneurysm and stroke at just 34 years old. Leslie opens up about becoming a widow...

Do you ever go to bed wondering if you did enough as a mom today? If you've ever second-guessed your parenting, compared yourself to other moms, or felt crushed by the pressure to get motherhood right, this conversation is for you. In this encouraging episode, Willow sits down with counselor and author Heather Harrison to unpack why so many mothers struggle with shame and self-doubt, and how we ca...

How have your wounds been quietly shaping your life? In this honest and hope-filled episode of The Collide Podcast, Willow sits down with pastor, Army veteran, executive coach, and author Tony Miltenberger to explore how unresolved pain often drives our reactions, relationships, and leadership more than we realize. Tony vulnerably shares his story of growing up feeling unseen, navigating childhood...

What do you do when you know God is good—but fear keeps telling you the worst is about to happen? We’re reaching back into the Collide Podcast archives to share this powerful conversation with Bible teacher and author Heidi Lee Anderson because her message about trusting God in the unknown is one we all need again and again. Heidi was just 23 when a Hodgkin’s lymphoma diagnosis turned the future s...

What if the parts of your story you’d rather hide are the very places where Jesus wants to meet you, heal you, and bring hope to someone else? The tables are turned on this special episode of The Collide Podcast! Former and current Collide staff members Kenna Warren, Kristen Behrends, and Michelle Holladay take over the microphones to interview Willow Weston about the deeply personal story behind...

Can revisiting your story become the doorway to healing? In this beautiful conversation, Willow sits down with bestselling novelist Melanie Dobson to talk about the profound power of story, the courage it takes to uncover forgotten parts of our past, and the God who faithfully writes redemption into even the most painful chapters. Melanie has written more than thirty novels inspired by overlooked...

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage women year after year. This episode originally aired in March 2026 and we're grateful to share it again with you. Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where you ar...

What if the limitations you face aren't the end of your story—but an invitation to discover what God can do through you? What do you do when the challenges in your life feel bigger than your ability to overcome them? Kyle Pease knows what it is like to face limitations every day. Born with cerebral palsy, Kyle relies on caregivers for many of the ordinary tasks most people do without thinking. But...

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage people year after year. This episode originally aired in April 2026 and we're grateful to share it again with you. Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where you a...

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage women year after year. This episode originally aired in November 2025 and we're grateful to share it again with you. Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where you...

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage women year after year. This episode originally aired in December 2025 and we're grateful to share it again with you. Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where you...

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage women year after year. This episode originally aired in May 2024 and we're grateful to share it again with you. Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where you are...

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage women year after year. This episode originally aired in September 2019 and we're grateful to share it again with you. Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where yo...

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage women year after year. This episode originally aired in June 2023 and we're grateful to share it again with you. Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where you are...

Throughout the summer, we're revisiting some of our most meaningful conversations - stories of hope, healing, and life-changing collisions with Jesus that continue to encourage women year after year. This episode originally aired in January 2024 and we're grateful to share it again with you. Whether you're listening for the first time or returning to it again, we pray it meets you right where you...

Why do friendships feel so hard and are they even worth fighting for? In this honest and empowering conversation, Willow sits down with friendship expert Danielle Bayard Jackson to unpack the complexities of female friendships—from unmet expectations and conflict to healing after hurt. If you’ve ever felt exhausted by friendships, questioned your worth in relationships, or wondered if it’s easier...

What do you do when motherhood looks nothing like you imagined? In this honest and deeply moving conversation, Willow sits down with Elizabeth Mosser to talk about parenting through unexpected challenges, navigating grief, and discovering how God meets us right in the middle of our pain. Elizabeth shares her journey from a vision of “normal” family life to raising a daughter with a rare form of ep...

What if reconnecting with God didn’t require more effort, but more honesty? In this honest and hope-filled conversation, Willow sits down with Allison Byxbe to talk about what it really looks like to feel disconnected from God… and how to find your way back. After walking through a devastating diagnosis for her son, Allison found herself in a season where faith felt confusing, distant, and colorle...

Are You Feeling Distant From God Because Motherhood Feels Overwhelming? In this encouraging episode of the Collide Podcast, we sit down with Emily Assell to talk about the challenges of staying connected to God during the busy, exhausting seasons of motherhood. Emily shares how moms can let go of unrealistic expectations, release guilt, and discover that God is present in the ordinary moments of e...

What do you do when life doesn’t turn out the way you prayed it would? In this honest and powerful episode, Willow sits down with Nicci Smith—known by many as Tanner’s mom from Love on the Spectrum —to talk about the journey she never expected and the God who met her in it. When Nicci first received her son’s autism diagnosis, she was overwhelmed with fear, grief, and uncertainty. Like many moms,...