Beyond Brokenness: Why This Podcast Exists And Why Your Story Still Matters

We live in a world where everyone looks put together and no one really is.

Some brokenness is obvious. A wheelchair. A diagnosis. A funeral.

Some brokenness is hidden. Anxiety under a smile. A marriage that is crumbling in private. A faith that feels more like a question than a statement.

I carry both. Some of my brokenness you can see. Much of it you would never know unless I told you.

Beyond Brokenness, both the phrase and the podcast, was born out of my own journey with suffering, chronic pain, and loss, and out of a deep conviction that brokenness is not the end of the story for the child of God.

Jesus meets us in the pain, and He walks us somewhere beyond it.

“He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds.”Psalm 147:3 (KJV)

Why “Beyond Brokenness”?

You might wonder why I did not name this work something like “Never Broken” or “Completely Healed.”

The simple answer is because on this side of Heaven, many of our broken places remain.

My spinal cord injury did not go away. My wheelchair is still here.The scars of divorce and trauma are real.

But with Jesus, Brokenness is not the definition of my story and it is not the definition of yours either. It is part of our story, not the headline.

This podcast is called Beyond Brokenness because:

• Brokenness is real, and we refuse to pretend it is not.

• Brokenness is not the final word over your life.

• Beyond does not always mean physically better, but it always can mean spiritually deeper.

There is life, sweet life, on the other side of shattered expectations. There is peace that exists right in the middle of pain. There is hope that holds when everything around you feels like it is falling apart.

Jesus did not promise us a life without tribulation. He promised Himself.

“In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”John 16:33 (KJV)

My Own Story Of Visible Brokenness

My story of visible Brokenness began in a way I never could have imagined.

I was pregnant with baby number six when what seemed like something simple, pink eye, turned into something life altering. A rare complication caused swelling around my spinal cord. Overnight, the virus damaged my spinal cord and I went from a young, active mom to being completely paralyzed.

I could not move.I could not care for myself.Everything familiar disappeared in a moment.

Over the years after that, the losses stacked up. I raised six children from a wheelchair. I walked through the heartbreak of an abusive marriage that eventually ended in divorce. I have lived with relentless, everyday chronic pain that does not take weekends or holidays off.

There have been nights I cried until I could not breathe.There have been seasons where I wondered if God had looked away.There have been questions I did not know how to say out loud.

And yet, again and again, the Lord met me there.

Not with quick fixes. Not with tidy answers.

He met me with His presence.

What It Really Means To Live Beyond Brokenness

“Beyond Brokenness” does not mean we never feel pain again. It does not mean we stop grieving what was lost. It does not mean we forget what happened.

Living beyond Brokenness looks more like this:

• Learning to carry grief and joy in the same heart

• Finding peace in the middle of the chaos, instead of waiting for a chaos-free life

• Letting suffering drive us deeper into Scripture instead of deeper into isolation

• Allowing our questions to become honest prayers instead of quiet resentments

In my own life, God has slowly taught me that Brokenness does not mean we are beyond His reach. Often, it is in our most shattered places that He does His greatest work.

We bring Him our real thoughts, not our edited ones.We open our Bibles with tears in our eyes and ask Him to meet us there.We listen for the “still small voice” of the Holy Spirit reminding us that He has not left.

“The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart;and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.”Psalm 34:18 (KJV)

What You Can Expect From The Beyond Brokenness Podcast

Each week on the Beyond Brokenness podcast, we will sit together in the real stuff of life and look for Jesus there.

You can expect:

1. Real Stories From Real People

We will talk about biblical characters who faced deep suffering, weakness, confusion, and loss, and we will also talk about modern stories like mine and yours.

The Bible is full of people who were not okay.We are not the first ones to wrestle with God in the dark.

2. Honest Questions And Gentle Answers

We will ask questions like:

• How do we trust God when life does not make sense?

• How do we move forward when everything feels broken?

• What does peace look like when the circumstances do not change?

We will not rush past these questions. We will sit with them and walk them into the Word.

3. God’s Heart For The Vulnerable

Through this podcast and through Voice for the Vulnerable Ministries, my heart is to walk with those who are sad, struggling, suffering, or searching, and to remind them they are not forgotten and never alone.

We will look together at God’s heart for:

• The broken

• The overlooked

• The oppressed

• The disabled

• The single, widowed, and divorced

• Those who feel unseen in the back row of the church

Jesus did not walk away from the brokenhearted. He walked toward them.

4. Scripture-Soaked Hope

Every episode will take us back to the Bible. Not as a bandage, but as the living Word of God that has power to comfort, confront, and heal.

We will not pretend life is easy. We will not pretend verses erase pain.We will, however, remind one another that there is a Man of sorrows who is acquainted with grief, and that His name is Jesus.

Who This Space Is For

Beyond Brokenness is for you if:

• You feel unseen, unheard, or forgotten

• You live with chronic illness, disability, or relentless pain

• You are walking through grief, trauma, divorce, or betrayal

• You love Jesus, but you are wrestling with Him at the same time

• You are a church or ministry leader who wants to learn how to love the hurting better

It is also for those who are not sure what they believe right now, but know they need hope and do not want fake answers.

I am not here as an expert with all the solutions.I am here as an experiment in grace.

A woman who has lived through the mess and found Jesus faithful in it.

An Invitation To Walk This Road Together

If any of this resonates with you, I would be honored for you to pull up a chair, grab a cup of coffee, and join me each week on the Beyond Brokenness podcast.

Subscribe, share an episode with a friend who needs hope, or send a message and tell me a little of your story. You are not interrupting. You are the reason this ministry exists.

You are seen.You are valued.You are heard.You are never alone.You are so deeply loved by Jesus.

“…for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.”Hebrews 13:5 (KJV)

We will not glamorize your pain and we will not minimize it.We will simply walk it to Jesus, again and again, and discover together what it means to live beyond Brokenness with Him. Full Episode: