The Collide Podcast

🎧 Listen & Subscribe to the Collide Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon Music , or wherever you listen.  What does it take to break free from the cycle of abuse—and how can we help others do the same? In this powerful episode of the Collide Podcast, we sit down with Julie Bonn Blank to talk about surviving domestic violence and finding hope on the other side. She shares her personal...

🎧 Listen & Subscribe to the Collide Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon Music , or wherever you listen. Can beauty really rise from the ashes of heartbreak? In this inspiring episode of the Collide Podcast, we sit down with author N. Ford to talk about how God shows up in our most broken places and begins to write redemptive stories from them. N. shares her personal journey of hearta...

🎧 Listen & Subscribe to the Collide Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon Music , or wherever you listen. What if the wins and the losses were both part of God’s plan to shape your story? In this episode, Willow sits down with Debbie Jackson—a former national gymnastics champion, Olympic team contender, and member of Seattle Pacific University’s Hall of Fame. But beyond her impressive...

What if loving people boldly could actually change the world—starting with your corner of it? In this special 200th episode of The Collide Podcast , we’re bringing back one of our most beloved conversations with none other than New York Times best-selling author and world-renowned encourager, Bob Goff . Recorded live at our Collide Conference, this Q&A session is packed with laughter, heart, a...

Take some "you time" today and hop on this podcast! Margaret Shull has been involved in human services for over 20 years as a pastor, teacher, speaker, and mental health counselor. This is Margaret's second time on the Collide podcast and this time she invites us to really analyze the hurried pace of our life, where we are getting our worth, and how to begin slowing down so we can burn bright inst...

🎧 Listen & Subscribe to the Collide Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon Music , or wherever you listen. How do we begin to rebuild trust—and what does real repair actually look like? In this thought-provoking episode of the Collide Podcast, we continue the conversation with licensed mental health therapist Shawn Hofing in part two of our deep dive into the topic of broken trust. Whil...

🎧 Listen & Subscribe to the Collide Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon Music , or wherever you listen. What do you do when trust is broken. Is it ever really possible to rebuild it? In this honest episode of the Collide Podcast, we kick off part one of a powerful two-part conversation between Willow and licensed mental health therapist Shawn Hofing. Together, they dive into the comp...

🎧 Listen & Subscribe to the Collide Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon Music , or wherever you listen. What keeps us showing up when everything in us wants to walk away? In this inspiring episode of the Collide Podcast, Willow sits down with Jeff and Bethany Flint, two faithful leaders who have served their church community for over 20 years. Together, they talk about the weight of...

Needing to feel more connected to God? Hop on this episode where Carrie Butler invites you into a connection and prayer life that is much different than the one you have been in. This interview covers monastic spiritual rhythms, the danger of hurry, the importance of curiosity, getting to that "comfort space" with Jesus, how to know if God is trying to get your attention, and even how road trips c...

This episode gives so much practical advice, strategies, and tools for blended families. You will walk away with a renewed sense of hope that building health into your blended family is not only possible, it's do-able! Mike and Kim Anderson are the founders of Mike and Kim Coaching and the host of the Blended Family Coaching Show. Hop on, hear their story, and learn how to weave health into your h...

Have you ever felt like you were living in someone else’s shadow, wondering if your story even mattered? In this moving episode of The Collide Podcast, we sit down with Bridgette Ridenour—sister to Kirk Cameron and Candace Cameron Bure—to talk about what it was like growing up alongside 80s TV icons while wrestling with feelings of being unseen and forgotten. Bridgette shares her honest journey of...

Today on the podcast we’re sharing a message by Emily Jamieson from a Collide conference that was just too good to keep to ourselves! Emily frequents our Collide conferences and blesses us with her passion, her voice, and her heart. We love her so much that we wanted to recast this episode for you in case you missed it! Emily is an incredible leader, speaker, academic coach, and in her own family...

Head over to one of our summer podcast series where we are highlighting this oldie but a goodie. Do you ever feel yourself disengaging or pushing people away, but you’re not exactly sure why you’re doing it? Or on the flip side, do you ever experience the rejection of a friend who seems to be withdrawing? In this episode, Willow interviews Mental Health Counselor Breeze Potts on the cycles of how...

Need to hear a real-life miracle this summer? Here’s your chance. This episode of The Collide Podcast tells the story of an incredible miracle. Abbie Wentzel is the amazing woman and mother who went through what seems like an impossible experience with an astounding amount of faith and grace, and we’re thrilled to share her story because she has experienced a real live miracle and we are so encour...

Need some inspo? This episode is one of our all-time faves so we are bringing it back this summer to encourage you. Laura is a 3-time Olympic diver, Olympic gold medalist, World Champion, and has been inducted into 5 Halls of Fame. After 9 years of retirement and with 4 kids in tow, she returned to the sport she loves and at 43 years old qualified for the finals of the 2021 Olympic Trials. Her pas...

Listen in on our summer highlight series and be inspired by this great conversation! We all know those people who simply exude warmth and joy, and Theresa Butcher is one of those special humans. Theresa is one of the owners of Riverside Health Club in the Pacific Northwest in addition to being a passionate wife, mother, worship leader, and community member. In this conversation, Theresa shares abo...

This was an incredibly helpful conversation, so much so that we are bringing it back for our summer highlights series to bless you! Marilyn Vancil is a trained Enneagram teacher and the author of Self to Lose – Self to Find: Using the Enneagram to Uncover Your True God-Gifted Self. She is also a Spiritual Director and Life Coach with a passion for helping others live into their true identity as a...

Hop on to our summer highlight series and listen to this great conversation! Many women have complicated relationships with their bodies. We love them for the ways they serve us, but we can also be the harshest critics and least responsible caretakers. With all the talk about swimsuit season, dieting and working out, we wanted to revisit this episode with Liz and Summer, who are the co-founders of...

Needing some wisdom, insight, and encouragement? Having some regrets? feeling like you're steeped in negative self-belief? How much power is fear holding in your life right now? Are you numbering your days? These are the kinds of big things Willow Weston, the Founder of Collide reflects on in this episode. Get out a journal and a pen and allow God to meet you in this life-changing reflection time....

Do you need to be encouraged that God can show up right smack dab in the middle of your pain and shame and not only heal and free you but use your story to help others? That's this man's story right here. Gabe Chartier shares how his heart of service developed from his painful past and his powerful collision with Jesus. God can not only show up in the hardest of places, but He can use those chapte...

🎧 Listen & Subscribe to the Collide Podcast on Apple Podcasts , Spotify , Amazon Music , or wherever you listen. What if the delay in your life isn’t denial—but divine preparation? Candy West brings the fire in this can’t-miss episode of the Collide Podcast. A lead pastor, preacher, author, gospel recording artist, and entrepreneur, Candy sits down with Willow to talk about trusting God’s tim...

Press play on this episode where Nicole Burdick invites you to explore your own psychology and theology around money. We promise you this conversation about finances is so not boring! In this episode we talk about shame around money, other people's voices in our heads that shape our decisions, getting to the root of what we actually value and so much more. Hop on and spend time with this award win...

Are you feeling stuck in the same old patterns in your marriage? Have you given up on the connection you'd once hoped for? Are you needing some new relationship tools? This is your podcast! Join Dr. Steve Call and his wife Lisa, co- founders of the Reconnect Institute and be inspired by their own stories of disconnection and their simple tools to help us reconnect. This episode covers it all: conf...

Hop on today's podcast and spend time with Jeff Shaw, an Executive Pastor who shares how God called him from business to ministry. This pastor, leader, husband and dad of a small village pours out his life to invest in others. You too will feel like he has invested in you after you listen to him share his wisdom and story. Dive Deeper with Collide Resources:  Leadership Inspo Resources Women of Im...

Spend a moment hearing from spiritual director Kelli Jensen as she invites us to start making space to pay attention to God and what He has to say to us. This episode opens our eyes to our hurried lives that hinder the need we have for soul care. You will be blessed to hear Kelli’s wisdom and invitation. And you will walk away from this conversation wanting more of what Jesus has for you.    Conne...