Anchored In Always- healing and recovery for life, marriage and loss

If we truly want to live out principal six we need to learn what grace is and how to extend it toward others. So we can love others even in their brokenness, just like Christ does for us. We don’t have to wait until they get it all together because we are thankful that he’s shown us grace in our brokenness as well. The amazing thing about God’s grace is that it’s never ending. I mess up every sing...

The process of offering our forgiveness and asking for forgiveness is called making amends. Over the years I’ve talked to many people who were OK with working on themselves but really struggled when we got to this point in their recovery. Asking questions like if God has forgiven me, isn’t that enough? Or I don’t want to dig up the past, how will that help me? The beauty about making amends is tha...

In this episode I share candidly from my heart what grief looks like a year later after losing my son to cancer. How I didn’t grieve well from the beginning and jumped into serving with good intention but also out of fear of feeling the full weight of my grief. But I'm learning you can’t hide from it, it’s going to be hard, it’s going to hurt and for a long time. And it’s ok for me to struggle wit...

Listen as Heather shares how she prayed and fully believed God would redeem and restore her marriage but when that wasn’t the outcome, how she found so much more. She shares how despite her broken heart she chose to turn to God and seek Him even more and He brought her through a very dark time and revealed more of who she truly is and what his purpose is for her life!   Contact me- katie@anchoredi...

What does it mean to be entirely ready? At this point in your journey you would’ve admitted you had a problem and were powerless to fix it on your own, you came to believe that God is able and willing to help you, so you surrendered your life and will to his care and control and you wrote and shared your inventory with God and someone you trust( your accountability team), that’s a lot of hard work...

God gave us Hebrews 6:19 as a verse to lean on during Marcus's battle with cancer. My dad shared a powerful message at our son’s memorial service on why Jesus is truly our hope and we can anchor in him in the storms of life! In this episode He will dig deeper into that verse and share WHY Jesus is our anchor and hope. He will also share from his own heart as a pastor, father and grandfather and ho...

You may have heard the saying " you're only as sick as your secrets."  We've all made mistakes and hurt people and have also been deeply hurt by others and/or institutions. But when we cover up those wounds with a temporary band-aid fix or try to numb it, it just stays infected.  When we do the necessary yet often painful work of cleaning them out we truly can begin to heal! So how do we do that?...

I'm so excited for you to hear from our sweet family friend Joann! How God allowed our paths to cross at just the right time knowing we would both be facing the hardest storms and would need each other! She also bravely and vulnerably shares her struggle with body image and codependency as a young Christian woman and how Christian recovery is helping her find healing! Contact me - katie@anchoredin...

In this episode we will continue to build on the principles and steps of Christian recovery. Principle 4 is where things can start to get a little hard for many, but also where the most healing happens! Before we can actually do the steps of openly examining and confessing our faults, we need to identify our support team, but who and how?   Contact me- katie@anchoredinalways.com Connect- https://b...

You do not want to miss this interview! I’m so excited that God brought our paths together!   Accomplished Journalist Dawn Kendrick profiles the BEST of humanity often in the worst of Circumstances. This is how through a friend of a friend, she heard about our story as we fought cancer in our son Marcus. Listen as she shares how God changed her career path and how it changed her life! She also sha...

In episode 13 we discussed principal 1 of Celebrate recovery and  identifying our struggles and stepping out of denial and then in episode 17 and 21 we looked at step 2 and shared how we are powerless in and of ourselves to stop the insanity when our lives feel out of control and unmanageable. In today’s episode we will dig into Principle three and honestly the foundation for true and lasting reco...

Through all is the ups and downs in my life, my dad has always been the person I’ve gone to for encouragement, especially spiritually! He may not tell me what I want to hear, but I know he will tell me what I need to hear and point me to the unchanging truths of God's Word. He has been a pastor for 34 years and not only studies the Bible but truly loves it! Join us in a heart to heart conversation...

Sometimes we look at the person we said “I do” too and shake our heads and think “why did I marry them?” We could not be more different. We have nothing in common, maybe the appeal has worn off and now you are living in the nitty-gritty of everyday life, no longer trying to impress and pursue this person! How do we find the spark again? How do we use our differences to enhance our marriage instead...

You don’t want to miss this heartfelt interview with my sweet friend Nancy Bushweitz! Listen as she shares how she struggled and wrestled with God as her sweet daughter Emma battled Leukemia. And how she is leaning into Jesus with her grief and finding hope in the middle of it!   She is a gifted writer so check out her blog here at:   https://www.nancybuchweitz.com/   Contact me- katie@anchoredina...

If you feel stuck in a reoccurring cycle of chaos in your life, where you are praying for change but aren't seeing it, this episode is for you! We will look more closely at how many times we expect change to come, but aren't willing to do the actual work needed for that to happen or are expecting God or someone else to do the changing and feeling anger and resentment building up! So how do we get...

I know I am not alone in the struggle to love myself as I am. Constantly comparing myself to others and feeling less that what society tells us is true "beauty". In today's episode I will share my own lifelong struggle with body image and how I'm finding freedom from it. What the Bible says about how we view ourselves is much more of a spiritual issue than a physical one and how to begin to love o...

If you're anything like my husband and I, you've read books and Bible studies on marriage, been to marriage counseling, marriage retreats and conferences all in an attempt to try to feel more connected and loved in your marriage. Like us, you may have found the information very helpful and attempted to make some changes only to fizzle out after a few weeks or maybe even days and then find your mar...

Today’s guest Blake Conwell is on the show to share with Josh and I how our son Marcus’s battle with cancer and our story has been a major motivation to him and has impacted the direction of his life as well as how he goes about accomplishing it! It was perfectly timed with Father’s Day this weekend as well as it being one year on 6/20 that our sweet son passed from his two year battle with brain...

In episode 13 we talked about step 1 and principle 1 of Celebrate Recovery and how recognizing where we are stuck is the first step to finding healing and freedom. In this episode we will look at step 2, Principle 2  and how once we step out of denial, we can realize our powerlessness. We need help and that's ok. So, let's look at how through surrender, we can come to understand that God is for us...

What does it mean to be mindful? Are you so busy that you feel exhausted and overwhelmed, missing the moments of joy God has for you today? Then you do not want to miss this conversation with my good friend and author of the " Unhurry My Heart" Blog Megan Evans.  She will share with us how to find rest and encouragement for hurried hearts that long to be still.   Megan's blog site- https://www.unh...

In this episode I will discuss how we all bring a level of brokenness into our marriage and then combine that with difficult circumstances that occur in the marriage and it's no surprise why couples become emotionally disconnected which can then impact the physical intimacy too in the marriage. Let's look at what the Bible says about marriage, intimacy and how we can begin to rebuild it with open...

In this episode we will look at what the Bible says about prayer. Why do we pray when God already knows our hearts and desires as well as the outcome?  How do we grow stronger in our faith and closer in our relationship to God when his answer to our earnest prayer is sometimes a no?   Community- https://bit.ly/Anchoredin Contact me- katie@anchoredinalways.com  

We all have to start somewhere right? Step 1 in the recovery principles is a great place to begin healing. IF you're sick and tired of being sick and tired and ready for change, you're in the right place. We say in recovery if nothing changes, then nothing changes! Learn how to identify the areas in your life that are keeping you stuck and in bondage. Let's see what the Bible says to us about the...

I am so excited about this episode with my very first guest on the show! Kelly Bullock is my mentor and close friend and also happens to be a gifted teacher and speaker! Join us as we discuss how we can experience true joy and freedom in our marriages as we love and serve our spouses without being dependent on them for our only source of joy and fulfillment! Kelly will give you 4 ways you can begi...

In this episode we will dig into God's Word and discuss how the more we chase after success as the world defines it, the more we are often left wanting even more! Missing the moments of today in the pursuits of a tomorrow we aren't even promised and happiness that usually leaves us still feeling unfulfilled. Learn what the Bible tells us will bring lasting joy and contentment!   Contact Me: katie@...