The Living Story: Healing from Heartbreak, Finding Purpose, and Learning to Live Again

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever wondered if God forgot about you? If the delay in your life means the promise has passed you by? In this soul-stirring episode of The Living Story , we explore what it means to wrestle with trusting God’s timing when nothing is going according to plan. Through the lens of Janie Crawford from Their Eyes Were Watching God and the biblical stories of Joseph, Sarah, and...

Send us Fan Mail What if the people who walked you to the door can’t take you inside? In this episode, I share how God used unexpected transitions, a new teaching job, a fresh heartbreak, and a church I didn’t choose to walk me through sacred thresholds of healing, identity, and surrender. We explore the symbolism of thresholds through the lives of beloved literary heroines like Jane Eyre , Tita d...

Send us Fan Mail I never planned on being baptized again, but God did. In this deeply personal episode, I share the story of my unplanned baptism in the ocean, the worship song that carried me through heartbreak and change, and the sacred moment where surrender became healing.  Surrounded by community, covered in prayer, and held by Spirit, I said yes to God again—but this time, from a place of de...

Send us Fan Mail After my car accident, I lost the ability to write, even journal entries or sticky notes. As a storyteller, writer, journaler, and teacher, that silence hit hard.  But in the margins of books, of random words on a sticky note, of life, God met me. In this episode, I share how writing became part of my healing journey, and how stories like The Outsiders , The Diary of Anne Frank ,...

Send us Fan Mail In this deeply personal episode of The Living Story , I take you through the books that didn’t just fill my shelves—they healed my soul.  After surviving a near-fatal car accident and navigating a season of exhaustion, disconnection, and spiritual burnout, I found restoration in the most unexpected place: fiction. Join me as I share the sacred stories and unforgettable characters—...

Send us Fan Mail What happens when life forces you to start from scratch? In this episode, I share how my first podcast planted the seeds for something deeper, but never quite scratched the surface of why stories matter. It was beautiful, but it wasn’t the whole truth. I enjoyed the interviews, the insights, the flow… but I was craving more—connection, reflection, calling. Then came the accident....

Send us Fan Mail What if the unraveling isn’t the end—but the sacred beginning? In this premiere episode of The Living Story , I share the truth behind my podcast’s transformation—from hustle to healing, from strategy to surrender. After a life-changing car accident, I was forced to slow down, sit in the silence, and confront the stories I had built my worth on. This isn’t just my pivot story. It’...

Send us Fan Mail What if the stories you loved held the healing you needed? Welcome to The Living Story —a podcast that weaves fiction, scripture, and personal reflection into sacred conversations about identity, healing, and becoming. Each week, host Tennille Martinez invites you into a narrative journey where unforgettable characters, timeless biblical figures, and real-life moments meet in the...