Life Unwasted

Forgiveness is mine to give. The journey from 'hurt' to 'heal'. Trigger warning: This episode contains discussions related to sexual assault. 

adjusting. strategy. seeing life as-is. life is generally beautiful.

A rebel at heart. Humanity breaking through. The perpetual outsider.

authentic presence sharing traumas You're much better than you think you are. You're a good person.

An MK childhood in the Philippines collides with a rough return to Texas. Dorm chaos, depression, and purity rules set the fuse. Years later, working as a bouncer, Jim realizes the anger that kept him safe is costing him peace. He turns toward honesty, community, and a kinder ethic. For MKs who grew up between worlds, his path names the tug between armor and openness—and the slow work of healing.

In this conversation, Caleb and Kyumin sit down with Clare, whose story stretches from Faith Academy in the Philippines to Lancaster, England, where she now serves as a priest and chaplain at a secular university. Clare grew up as a missionary kid in institutional settings where “normal” family life was replaced by dorms, rules, and carefully managed emotions. Early boarding school experiences mea...

In this episode of Life Unwasted, Kyumin and Caleb talk with Micah, a Brazilian missionary kid who grew up between West Africa and South America, in dangerous neighborhoods and strict boarding schools. Micah shares what it meant to live between cultures, lose a close friend in high school, and slowly reevaluate — and ultimately leave — the faith that shaped his childhood. Join us for this incredib...

In Season 8, Episode 2 of Life Unwasted , Kyumin and Caleb talk with Josh about the long, messy work of making sense of your story when faith, family, and “calling” were all tangled together. Together, we explore what it’s like to carry experiences you were never given language for, how shame and silence can shape a kid’s whole world, and what healing can look like years later when you finally sta...

Summary Caleb and Kyumin, both former missionary kids, sit down with filmmaker Ari Ali , creator of Ben Between Africa . Ari tells the story of trying to understand her mother’s MK experience and what that journey opened up inside their family. We talk about love, calling, silence, and what it takes to start real conversations at home. This episode is for MKs, parents, and anyone curious about the...

This episode centers on Rachel’s deeply personal story of survival, recovery, and breaking generational cycles of abuse within a fundamentalist missionary family. Rachel recounts growing up in a controlling religious environment, being sexually abused by her brother, and later manipulated by her father, a missionary who isolated her from her mother under false pretenses. Her story mirrors those of...

Go family!

Durian!

Toss salad!

You're welcome here!

Cool Nerds!

Go MKs!

I'm free to be me!

The venture continues!

I am proud

Cry more

Blaze

We can grow Trigger Warning: Episode contains mention of sexual assault and suicide/self harm.

Sleeping on the library roof

Go Vanguards

Go be!