Starting Over : Life 2.0 With God

Episode Summary Have you ever found yourself standing at a place in life where you simply don't know what to do next? Maybe a relationship ended, your finances changed, your health took a turn, retirement arrived, or life no longer looks the way you thought it would. In this episode, Tom explores the powerful story of Joshua Chapter 3 and Israel's crossing of the Jordan River. More than a...

Have you ever looked back at your life and thought, "How did I not see that coming?" Maybe it was a relationship that ended badly. A financial decision you regret. A job you stayed in too long. Or maybe it's not one decision at all, but a series of choices that left you questioning your own judgment. After enough disappointments, something begins to happen. You stop trusting yourself....

What do you do when you're making better decisions, trying to follow God, and putting in the effort, but the results you expected still aren't showing up? Episode Summary Have you ever felt like you're doing all the right things, making better choices, praying for wisdom, working hard, and trying to honor God, yet nothing seems to be improving? In this episode, Tom Clairmont and Paul B...

What do you do when life changes in your 50s or 60s and everything you thought was stable suddenly isn’t? In this episode, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard unpack what it really means to start over later in life, not just externally with finances, career, or relationships, but internally with mindset, expectations, and faith. This conversation explores how God works through unexpected transitions, he...

Have you ever looked back and felt like too much of your life was spent in the wrong places, with the wrong priorities, or in seasons that didn’t seem to move you forward? In this episode, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard talk about regret, lost time, painful delays, and how God can still use the years that feel wasted to build wisdom, purpose, and a stronger future. What You’ll Hear Why regret can d...

What do you do when you feel like everything depends on you holding it all together? In this episode of Starting Over | Life 2.0 With God , Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard tackle the tension many men face when life feels uncertain and out of control. When relationships shift, finances tighten, and direction becomes unclear, the instinct is often to push harder, take control, and try to manage every...

What do you do when it feels like life keeps knocking you back to the beginning? In this episode of Starting Over | Life 2.0 With God , Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard talk honestly about the deep exhaustion that comes from having to start over more than once. Not just the kind of tired that sleep fixes, but the kind that settles into your spirit and makes you wonder how many more times you can do t...

Have you ever looked around and quietly wondered why it feels like everyone else is moving forward while you’re standing still? In this episode of Starting Over | Life 2.0 With God , Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard talk honestly about the pain of feeling left behind in life. Whether it’s relationships, career progress, finances, healing, or purpose, this conversation speaks to that quiet ache that s...

“Reinvent yourself.” “Take control of your life.” “Design the future you want.” “Build the life you deserve.” A lot of people believe starting over is mainly about working harder, planning better, and rebuilding life through personal determination. But in this episode, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard challenge that mindset with a much deeper question: do we really understand how involved God already...

One of the hardest parts of starting over is knowing what to do next. Do you wait on God and trust His timing, or do you step out and take action in faith? In this episode, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard talk honestly about that tension many believers face during uncertain seasons. Whether you’re dealing with career change, financial rebuilding, relationship questions, or fear about the future, thi...

Have you ever looked at your life and thought, I don’t even recognize myself anymore ? Sometimes that feeling comes after a painful season. Divorce, loss, betrayal, or a major life disruption can leave you feeling like the person you used to be no longer exists. But sometimes the opposite happens. You grow. You heal. You gain clarity and courage you didn’t have before. You start setting boundaries...

Feel like walking away from God? Don't think you can take it anymore? Anger toward God is one of the most uncomfortable emotions believers carry, and often one of the least talked about. In this episode, Tom Clairmont opens an honest conversation about what happens when faith feels strained, prayers feel heavy, and something between you and God just feels off. Rather than avoiding the tension,...

There are seasons when faith doesn’t feel strong, confident, or steady. It feels thin. Worn. Barely hanging on. In this episode, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard speak directly to listeners who still believe in God but feel exhausted, confused, or spiritually worn down. Drawing from personal experience and an honest conversation with Paul Berard, Tom reminds us that faith isn’t always loud or certain...

Have you ever reached a point where you’re doing everything you know to do, but nothing seems to move forward anymore? You’re trying harder, being responsible, doing what worked before—and it’s just not working. In this episode, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard talks honestly about that unsettling place where effort no longer produces results. Drawing from his own experience of starting over after di...

Trusting God is easy when life is working. It gets much harder when pain lingers, prayers go unanswered, and nothing seems to move forward. In this episode, Tom Clairmont speaks honestly to the quiet questions many people carry during seasons of loss, disappointment, and confusion. Drawing from personal experience and Scripture, Tom creates space for real faith—faith that does not deny pain, rush...

Like the Podcast? Go deeper with the book on Amazon- HERE Forgiveness often sounds right in theory but feels impossible in real life—especially when the pain runs deep. In this episode, Tom Clairmont speaks honestly about the internal struggle that comes when forgiveness feels unfair, premature, or emotionally out of reach. This conversation is not about pretending the hurt didn’t happen or rushin...

In this episode, Tom Clairmont and guest Paul Berard explore one of the most subtle struggles people face during major life transitions: the urge to recreate the past instead of stepping into something new. When life feels unstable, familiar patterns, relationships, and routines can feel safer, even if they were unhealthy or limiting. Tom and Paul unpack how nostalgia, fear, and a desire for contr...

After loss, betrayal, or a major life transition, enjoying life again can feel almost impossible. In this episode, Tom and Paul talk honestly about what joy really looks like after everything has fallen apart. This is not about forcing happiness or pretending the pain never happened. It’s about discovering how God gently restores joy through healing, worship, mindset renewal, and learning to live...

This episode wraps up the 6-phase journey outlined in Starting Over | Life 2.0 With God , bringing us into one of the most important—but often most difficult—steps: trusting God with the future. If you've been through loss, betrayal, or massive life changes, trusting again—yourself, others, and especially God—can feel like walking on shaky ground. But in this episode, we talk about how trust i...

Starting Over Phase 5: Moving Forward If you’ve been walking through pain, confusion, and the hard work of healing, you’ve likely reached a new crossroad—one that whispers, “It’s time to move forward.” But what does that even mean when you’re still tired, unsure, and carrying scars from the past? In this episode, Tom breaks down what forward movement really looks like after devastation. Not a leap...

When life has knocked the wind out of you—through divorce, loss, addiction, or just long seasons of pain—hope can feel like a distant memory. But there comes a moment, even after the heartbreak and confusion, when something begins to shift. The fog lifts just enough to see a glimmer of light—and that’s when hope returns. In this episode, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard talk about what it means to tr...

Starting Over Phase 3: It's Time To Heal In part two of this healing conversation, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard share what it really means to walk out the healing process with God’s presence. Healing isn’t an event—it’s a daily journey of forgiveness, prayer, community, and trust. Together they explore how salvation through Christ changes everything, why peace and wholeness come only from God...

In this first part of a two-part series on healing, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard tackle the question of why so many people try to recover from life’s deepest wounds without God—and why it never truly works. From workaholism and relationships to substances and distractions, they explore how temporary fixes can numb the pain but never restore the heart. With Scripture, personal stories, and practic...

Starting Over Phase 2: It's Time To Worship Can Worship Really Help? In this follow-up to Part 1, Tom Clairmont and Paul Berard dive deeper into the concept of worship—not as a Sunday morning event, but as a daily way of life. As the world feels more unstable, and the culture around us keeps shifting, worship becomes less of a performance and more of a lifeline. This episode explores what it l...

Can Worship Really Help? When life flips upside down—through divorce, grief, or any major life change—worship is often the last thing on your mind. But in today’s conversation, Tom and guest Paul Berard explore why worship might just need to be your first response. Recorded from Tom’s new home base in Portugal, this episode is filled with personal stories, hard truths, and biblical reminders about...