The Molden Cast with Jessye Wilden

Kieran knows tragedy well, she was only eleven years old when she lost her mom and dad in a suicide/homicide event. Listen in as she uncovers how to look pain in the face, embrace the awkward, and find joy in tragedy’s aftermath. She is sharing her thoughts on the memoir: We Wrote Your Name in Color and what it’s really been like to be in a book about such a tough part of her life. Adoption, sibli...

Do you have questions that you feel like no one can answer? Have you ever felt like your doubts would be too much for those around you? Today, bestselling author, thinker, and question-asker, Jennifer Dukes Lee joins the podcast with some life-giving advice to anyone who has ever been called a “doubting Thomas”. She shares how she went from interviewing police chiefs and presidential candidates to...

**Please note this episode contains depictions of violence, read the notes below to learn more. In November 2015, Davey’s wife of 7 years, Amanda Grace, was tragically murdered in a home invasion. Davey was left to pastor their church as a single dad of their 15 month old son, Weston. In this candid and vulnerable interview he shares his darkest moment and how his relationship with God has changed...

Jessye’s husband, Ryan, crams into the recording office today to share with us what it’s felt like losing his best friend to suicide, his littlest sister to homicide, and then adopting their two children. He shares with us how he finds peace, even when others frantically want to know the unanswerable signs of why the tragedy happened in the first place.  Learn how to make a marriage stronger...

Katrina squeezes into the little recording office today to share with us how anxiety, a learning disability , and shattered expectations can all add up to a beautiful life (and career) when we choose to look for God’s goodness and provision every day. Katrina shares her thoughts about the book that told so much of her family tragedy, what it’s like to be the oldest of five siblings, and how import...

In this episode Jessye contrasts two types of curiosity: generous curiosity and toxic curiosity . When we choose to be generously curious, we open the door to empathy, and empathy trumps judgment. But when toxic curiosity sneaks its way in, we quickly begin to label people, entering a slippery slope of prejudice, dehumanizing those around us, and destroying real connection and care. In this episod...

Help! My friend is grieving! Author and speaker Beth Marshall joins the Molden Cast family today. This conversation is packed FULL of wisdom and practical ways to be a great friend through the hard times. This episode, much like Beth’s upcoming book, Uncrushed, is like chicken soup for the griever’s soul–full of ingredients and ideas to help us through the toughest seasons. If you’ve ever felt lik...

In this episode we are going to be learning about the power of generous curiosity. We will be diving into the reasons people underestimate, label, or misunderstand us while discovering the sneaky ways judgment slips into all of our lives. Learn how to harness curiosity to better care, connect, and empathize with those around us. We are going to be pulling wisdom from the hit show Ted Lasso and bor...

Aydan shares with us what it was like for her to have her life changed so suddenly as she immediately was hurled into sharing her parents, living with grandparents, all under the weight of grief and loss. Listen in on what it felt like becoming roommates with her best friend and cousin, who soon became her sister, and how she didn’t even know the important role she played until later. Aydan lets u...

In this episode, KK shares what it was like to lose his parents tragically—at only ten years old. He tells us what it felt like then and what he has learned from it now giving us all tips on how to help friends in grief and how to survive it within ourselves. We are diving into his role as the “comedian” of the family, his love for music, and the ways that he is choosing to carry on legacy while s...

Years ago, unthinkable tragedy flipped our lives upside down. And that’s how we became a blended family of seven. We wrote a book about it called: We Wrote Your Name in Color .  But that’s not the end of the story, because under our roof, the rooms are filled with belly laughs, deep conversations, dancing, and love that makes space for more.  Our family (and maybe some friends too) are g...