The Puddcast

Jonathan Puddle

Non-religious conversations about life, love and God. Past guests include Wm. Paul Young, Brian Zahnd, Lisa Sharon Harper, Kim Walker-Smith, Priscilla Shirer, Bradley Jersak and many more.

  1. 27/06/2023

    Relational Resilience for the Exhausted (with Heather Thompson Day)

    Professor, author, speaker and all-around delightful person Heather Thompson Day is our guest on The Puddcast—something I’ve been hoping to make happen for 3 years. Dr. Heather is Associate Professor of Communication at Andrews University, and the author of 8 books; including her latest, I'll See You Tomorrow: Building Relational Resilience When You Want to Quit. Heather shared her perspective that all relationship is sacred, and that ministering the gospel is often as simple as reflecting people’s human dignity back to them. We reflected on living with delight and purpose, inside the mundane limits of our actual lives. Heather unpacked the myth of self-reliance and explained how not all relationships have to be strong, intimate ones to still have profound value and sacred impact. If you’re tired and have not much left to give right now, this one is for you. Order I'll See You Tomorrow: Building Relational Resilience When You Want to Quit, by Heather Thompson Day and Seth Day.Learn more about Heather’s work at heatherthompsonday.com. Support the show and my other work, at jonathanpuddle.com/supportCheck out my trauma-informed 30-day devotional, You Are Enough: Learning to Love Yourself the Way God Loves You. Grab my latest book, Mornings with God: Daily Bible Devotional for Men (good for women too) Find every book or resource I’ve talked about recently on my Amazon storefront, in Canada, the United States or the United Kingdom.

    58 min
  2. 17/03/2023

    Flexible strength—compassionate survival (with Aundi Kolber)

    My good friend Aundi Kolber returns to the show to discuss her brand new book, Strong Like Water: Finding the Freedom, Safety, and Compassion to Move through Hard Things—and Experience True Flourishing. Our conversation revolves around reframing many things we’ve seen as weaknesses, even sins, as forms of strength that enabled us to survive hard things. We reflected on the particular shame we feel after having put in years of healing work in therapy, only to feel like we fall apart again. Aundi explained how resilience has been weaponized at times, and she honours the fact that we should never have had to be this strong. This is a powerful and intimate conversation that I think will bring real hope to you. Enjoy. Order Strong like Water: Finding the Freedom, Safety, and Compassion to Move through Hard Things—and Experience True Flourishing by Aundi KolberLearn more about Aundi’s work at aundikolber.comFollow Aundi on Instagram and Twitter. Register for my one-day You Are Enough seminars in Finland,  May 6 & May 13 2023. Grab my latest book, Mornings with God: Daily Bible Devotional for Men (good for women too)Check out my trauma-informed 30-day devotional, You Are Enough: Learning to Love Yourself the Way God Loves You. Support the show and my other work, at jonathanpuddle.com/supportFind every book or resource I’ve talked about recently on my Amazon storefront, in Canada, the United States or the United Kingdom.

    1h 2m

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Non-religious conversations about life, love and God. Past guests include Wm. Paul Young, Brian Zahnd, Lisa Sharon Harper, Kim Walker-Smith, Priscilla Shirer, Bradley Jersak and many more.