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The Connected Life The Connected Life is a podcast that is an honest exploration of the messiest issues that keep us disconnected from the world right in front of us.
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08/07/2025

He challenged theology. Offended the religious. Rewrote the rules.

To follow him, people had to let go of everything they thought they knew about God. He wasn't the military leader they expected—he was the Prince of Peace, sitting with the outsiders, breaking Sabbath laws, and saying “If you’ve seen me, you’ve seen the Father.”

Deconstruction isn’t rebellion—it’s what faith required.

This week on the podcast, we talk about how Jesus led people into deconstruction, why it terrified the system, and what it looks like to let go of the God you were handed so you can discover the God who actually is.

The Connected Life, Episode 340 – The Courage to Rethink Your Faith Pt. 2
https://youtu.be/wLFOF5hKVZ4?si=zyTSgyz9qH0Rokni

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05/07/2025

This week, we’re opening up about the real, messy, and beautiful journey of questioning what we’ve believed and what it looks like to find love and faith on the other side.

The Connected Life episode 339 - The Courage to Rethink Your Faith Pt. 1
https://youtu.be/J1XUM6UHV_c

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04/07/2025

In my early 20’s, I had something similar to a near-death experience and found myself in heaven.

I had spent months begging God to reveal Himself to me. I was so determined to have an encounter that I took a scripture about going to your prayer closet literally and found myself spending 6-8 hours at a time sitting in a hot, sweaty closet quietly praying, hoping that was the key to connecting with God.

Outside of that closet, sleeping in my bed, He met me with His love and Grace in the middle of the night.

It forever marked me and changed the way I saw life and God.

What I experienced was beyond incredible.

The most profound part of that entire experience wasn’t that I met Jesus face-to-face… it was that when I met Him, He was enamored to be in MY presence. That kind of love wrecked me in the best of ways and reshaped the trajectory of how I related to the world around me.

This week’s episode will cause you to rethink your faith in the best of ways.

The Connected Life episode 339 - The Courage to Rethink Your Faith Pt. 1
https://youtu.be/J1XUM6UHV_c

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02/07/2025

What if you were never meant to carry the pressure of having it all figured out? We’re wired to find solid ground. But sometimes, embracing the mystery is the safest place to be.

This week’s conversation explores the beauty, grief, and unexpected gifts that can come with letting go of certainty.

The Connected Life episode 339 - The Courage to Rethink Your Faith Pt. 1
https://youtu.be/J1XUM6UHV_c

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26/06/2025

Trying to love someone well during PMS? It can feel like walking through a minefield. 😅
This week we have an honest and validating conversation about what it’s like for both sides, and how understanding each other’s experience brings so much healing.

Comment “Validate” and I’ll send you the link, or click the link below.

The Connected Life, Episode 338 - Hormones: The Relationship Plot Twist
https://youtu.be/ULQwmU2jejQ

24/06/2025

POV: I love my husband… but also, don’t touch me. 😂
This episode is for anyone who’s ever felt hijacked by PMS—or been on the receiving end.
It’s real, tender, and so validating.

Comment “PMS” and I’ll send you the link, or click the link below.

The Connected Life, Episode 338 - Hormones: The Relationship Plot Twist
https://youtu.be/ULQwmU2jejQ

08/06/2025

This week, we’re talking about how to share our pain without pushing people away.

The Connected Life, Episode 335
https://youtu.be/KgXqUtTnLsA

07/06/2025

“Of course I don’t know how to do this… I was never taught.”

That simple mindset shift changed everything in our relationship.

For years, we were stuck in a cycle.

We’d try to share vulnerable things—fears, hurts, needs.

But somehow, we’d both walk away feeling misunderstood and disconnected.
It wasn’t for lack of trying.

We were just using communication patterns we didn’t even know were broken.

What finally shifted things was the humility to say:
“Some of the ways I’ve learned to communicate… are actually hurting us.”

Not because I’m a bad partner.
Not because I don’t care.

But because I’ve never been shown how to express myself without blame, or how to recognize what’s happening in my body when I feel fear.

Communication is a skill.

And if you feel stuck—it doesn’t mean you’re failing.
It might just mean you need a few new tools.

This week, we’re talking about the most transformative shift in our marriage—and how learning to communicate with compassion (for each other and ourselves) changed so much.

The Connected Life, Episode 335
https://youtu.be/KgXqUtTnLsA

03/06/2025

I used emotional health language to try to fix him—the more I pushed, the more he pulled away.

Emotional health stops being helpful the moment we use it to control instead of connect.

The Connected Life, Episode 335
https://youtu.be/KgXqUtTnLsA

30/05/2025

I was a hot mess in my communication style. 🙋🏻‍♀️

I was hoping he’d help me name my feelings… while I dumped them all over him.

This week’s convo is about how to navigate hard emotions in relationships. It’s a vulnerable conversation about all the messes we made and how we’ve learned to create safety in communication.

The Connected Life, Episode 334 - https://youtu.be/yboPZTfKiR4

24/05/2025

If it hurts too much to hold on, maybe it’s time to let go.
Toxic empathy makes you more concerned with how someone else will feel than how you’re feeling. It lacks balance and boundaries.

You feel their pain so deeply, you ignore your own.
You stay in the tug-of-war way too long—trying to avoid hurting them—while your own hand is bruised and bleeding.

That was me.

I thought letting go would make me the bad guy.
I thought setting a boundary would cause more pain.
So I stayed. I kept pulling. I kept hoping it would get better.
But the cost was my peace.
My body.
My sense of self.

Empathy without boundaries will always lead to burnout or bitterness.

Real empathy includes a healthy balance of us and them.

In this week’s episode, we share a powerful story about toxic empathy, people-pleasing, and why letting go is sometimes the most loving thing you can do.

The Connected Life, Episode 333 – "Toxic Empathy vs. Healthy Empathy"
https://youtu.be/u0__NjlBOw0

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