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Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 29 | Revelation over Resolution: Responding to What God Is RevealingIn this Hope Huddle, we dive into how women can move forward with clarity, courage, and hope, even when life feels overwhelming, obligations are piling up, and the pressure to “do it all” is real. We explore how responding to what God is revealing, rather than pushing through out of obligation or expectation, can help you make intentional, sustainable choices that honor your heart, bandwidth, and purpose.
As we step into a new season, many women find themselves navigating the pressure, expectations, and “shoulds” that come with trying to move forward. Chasing resolutions, driven by obligation, fear, or peopl...
2026-01-2247 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 28 | Dean Sikes – When Your Pain Becomes a Platform: How God Heals What We HideIn this Hope Huddle, Sunny Cain sits down with Dean Sikes, author, speaker, and advocate whose “You Matter” message has reached millions around the world. Dean shares the story behind the impressive life, the hidden pain, and the incredible way God chose to use the very thing he once worked hardest to hide. After carrying a secret for 22 years, Dean opens up about abuse, shame, and the journey toward healing, and how God has redeemed his story in a way he never could have imagined.
At Wild Hope Rising, we often talk about wilderness seasons, the places where...
2026-01-1450 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 27 | Jaime Jamgochian – When Hope Gets Hijacked: Finding God When Life Doesn’t Go as PlannedWe all go through seasons where life doesn’t look the way we planned—our health struggles, relationships fall apart, dreams feel out of reach, and faith can feel smaller than a mustard seed. In these moments, it feels as though our hope gets hijacked.
In this Hope Huddle, we sat down with Jaime Jamgochian, who knows this experience personally. Jaime is a Dove-nominated singer, songwriter, worship leader, speaker for women’s events, and author of Sacred Surrender: The Practice of Waiting Well with God. In this Hope Huddle, she shares her journey through unexpected health challenges, the wi...
2025-12-1648 minWild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 26- From Ashes to Good: Finding Purpose in Life's Hardest SeasonsIn the final Rise from Ashes Hope Huddle, Sunny and Tammy pull up chairs around our table to wrestle with one of the hardest questions: Can any good come from the ashes?
Drawing from Romans 8:28, we explore what it truly means for God to work all things together for good- and what it doesn’t mean. We talk honestly about seasons of deep grief, betrayal, loss, and pain, and why leaning into these realities (without spiritual bypassing) is essential for transformation.
Together, we explore practical steps to process grief, identify lies and fears, and engage in...
2025-12-0255 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 25- Cat Fuller- Honest Conversations with God: Hope, ‘What Ifs,’ and Faith Through Health ChallengesIn this week’s Rise from Ashes Hope Huddle, we welcome Cat Fuller, a devoted wilderness woman, nurse practitioner, mom, nana, and a listener around our table. Together, we dive into honest conversations with God- those moments where the “what if” questions start creeping in, especially during seasons of chronic illness and health challenges.
Cat shares how bringing our doubts, fears, and questions before God doesn’t mean giving up; it means stepping into trust, even if the outcomes aren’t what we hope for. Listen in as she reflects on how music, prayer, and her special “Sitting Spot...
2025-11-2552 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 24- Amy Foraker- Healing from Words That Hurt: How Thoughts and the Body Hold What We BelieveEver wondered how your emotions and thoughts are connected to what your body feels? In this Hope Huddle conversation with counselor Amy Foraker, we explore how our bodies remember, how words can shape our stories, and how God brings healing even in the hidden places.
In this week’s Rise from Ashes, we invited Amy Foraker back for another Hope Huddle. She is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in private practice as well as a clinical supervisor and staff therapist at Bayside Counseling Center in Granite Bay, CA. Her passion is walking alongside others as they navigate th...
2025-11-1150 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.23 – Amy Foraker: Healing Beliefs, the Nervous System & Living In ChristIn this week’s Rise from Ashes, we huddle up with our new friend Amy Foraker a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in private practice as well as a clinical supervisor and staff therapist at Bayside Counseling Center in Granite Bay, CA. Her passion is walking alongside others as they navigate the wild complexities of being fully human yet made in the image of God.
Amy humbly shares about her own wilderness experience and how God met her there & helped her reclaim who she was meant to be. In this episode, you will learn some insightful truths about how...
2025-11-0449 minWild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 22- Rise From Ashes- The Beliefs & Behaviors that Keep Us Bound to Our WoundsIn this Hope Huddle we dive in to an honest conversation about the behaviors and beliefs that keep us bound to our wounds. When life breaks down, we often pick up lies, beliefs, roles, and coping mechanisms that feel like protection, but ultimately keep us stuck. But, what if forward movement was possible? What if freedom is FOR YOU?
You see friend, we believe that your “been through” can become the place of your breakthrough. When you sort through the rubble and do the brave work of naming the impact, you engage in a process that helps you r...
2025-10-2856 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.21- Tori Hein: Turn Toward the Rubble- The Invitation to GrieveIn this week’s Rise from Ashes series, we huddle up with our dear friend Tori Hein- a down-to-earth Bible teacher, trauma-informed coach, and executive program director for Freedom Movement.
Tori vulnerably shares about her own wilderness season which led her to a place where her drive to “do more for God” left her in an endless cycle of performance. This was her way of avoiding the grief that lurked below the surface of her life. In our conversation Tori paints the picture of the transformation that is possible if women will courageously turn toward the rubble and take...
2025-10-2155 minWild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 20- Rise From Ashes- Survey the TerritoryWhat if God could turn your pain into praise?
In this week’s Hope Huddle, we’re kicking off our new series, Rise from Ashes. Together, we take the brave step of surveying the territory of our lives — looking honestly at the places that feel broken, the moments that left us heartbroken or stuck.
It’s not easy work. Sometimes we’d rather deny our ashes, pretend we’ve moved past them, or fail to recognize how they still impact us today. But what if the pathway forward is back? What if praise could erupt from pain, b...
2025-10-1456 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 19- Margaret Feinberg- The God You Need to KnowThe Holy Spirit. More than a mystery or an afterthought, He’s the friend who walks with us—guiding, comforting, and strengthening us, especially in wilderness seasons. And yet, depending on your background or church experience, talking about the Holy Spirit can still bring hesitation—or even avoidance altogether.
In this episode, we huddle up with bestselling author and Bible teacher Margaret Feinberg to talk all things “Holy Spirit.” Our conversation dives into her newest book, The God You Need to Know, and the life-changing invitation it holds—to experience the Holy Spirit’s power and presence in your everyd...
2025-10-0745 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp-18-Rhonda Velez- When God Says No, Eat Cake.Have you ever been through a season where you’ve prayed for healing, for a relationship to be restored, for that long-awaited opportunity. You’ve done everything “right,” and still, the answer is silence or an unmistakable no?
In this Hope Huddle episode, Tammy and Sunny sat down with author and speaker, Rhonda Velez. Rhonda spent many years striving, working hard, praying hard and believing that her effort and faith would bring the outcome she desired. But when what she was praying for didn’t turn out the way she hoped- when God said no- it marked the beginni...
2025-09-3047 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 17- Lisa Whittle- More than a BodyOur culture is relentless in the messages it sends women about their bodies—what to fix, what to change, and how to make them look younger.
In this episode, Sunny huddles up with author and Bible teacher Lisa Whittle who says, "bodies not viewed through the lens of their Creator will constantly cry out to be changed." Our conversation centers around Lisa's new Bible study Body and Soul. This is a woman who has gone first and she invites us into a countercultural, biblical perspective that helps us see our bodies as God designed them—bringing freedom, dignity...
2025-09-2351 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 16- Kirsten Wilson-Finding Words in the WildernessWhen life goes silent, how do you find the words to pray, process, and move forward?
We all face wilderness seasons—those times that feel dry, disorienting, and full of obstacles. They can be triggered by grief, life transitions, or resistance from inside or out, and they often leave us feeling stuck, disconnected, or without a clear way forward.
For today’s guest, Kirsten Wilson, the wilderness was a place without words.
Kirsten is a college instructor, Enneagram coach, and church ministry leader who loves helping people step inside God’s story and discov...
2025-09-1658 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 15- Adam Young- Make Sense of Your StoryAll of us carry a story. But not all of us know how to name it — let alone face it with kindness, curiosity, and hope. And yet, the truth is: our stories shape everything — our relationships, how we see God, and how we show up in the world.
In this episode- Sunny had the honor of huddling up with Adam Young — a trauma therapist, theologian, and the voice behind The Place We Find Ourselves podcast. His new book Make Sense of Your Story is more than a resource. It’s a gentle guide toward healing, connection with God, and...
2025-09-0953 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 13- From "Power-Through" to "Purposeful Pause"As women, we’re well-versed in the power through — pushing past indicators and warning signs, juggling roles, and striving to do “all the things” and “all the things, well.”
But what if the real power is found in the pause?
In this episode, we’re making a wilderness course correction and exploring the purposeful pause — the kind that doesn’t just recharge you but recalibrates your heart, realigns your soul, and reconnects you with God’s presence in the chaos as well as fueling your life for all he has created you for.
And, this episode go...
2025-07-1555 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 12- Break Free From Limiting Beliefs- A Hope Huddle with Laurie DufresneWhat if your beliefs are all that is holding you back, keeping you playing small, and leading to the overwhelming feeling of being STUCK?
In this Hope Huddle episode, Tammy & Sunny huddled up with mindset and transformation coach, Laurie Dufresne to talk all things “limiting beliefs.”
We discuss marrying action to truth, blaming the enemy (gulp), and other excuses that may be halting your journey.
In Laurie’s own wilderness season, she found a passion, a dream, a bigger mission to serve women, to help them shift mindsets, master emotional reactions and take back con...
2025-07-0857 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 11- Outrage. Disruption. And A Call for Change in "WE-The Church"**Sensitive Topic Warning. May not want to listen at work or with kiddos running around. **
There are moments when staying silent isn’t an option—and this is one of them. In this raw and deeply honest episode which is outside the norm of our episodes, Sunny throws open the doors on a conversation the church has too often avoided. Abuse. Injustice. Wounds hidden under the rug of religion. This isn’t just a conversation about broken systems—it’s a call to every one of us to rise up, disrupt the comfortable, and be the change.
With h...
2025-07-0141 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 10- The Curious Shift from Overwhelm to Overflow- A Rise & Step EpisodeThe Curious Shift from Overwhelm to Overflow-
BONUS EPISODE COMPANION- Rise & Step: The Overflow Toolkit
Ever feel overwhelmed, like you’re drowning in demands, expectations, and emotions—and just trying to stay afloat?
In this soul-stirring episode, we get real about the weight so many women are silently carrying. From busyness and burnout to the emotional and spiritual toll of doing ALL THE THINGS. Sunny Cain names what so many of us feel—but don’t always say out loud: overwhelm is real, and it’s costing us more than we realize.
But what i...
2025-06-2445 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.9- Hope Dud#5- Jerry McGuire Lied- Put the Dud to Death“You complete me.”
Nope. Not today, Jerry.
In this raw and real episode of Wild Hope Rising, Sunny and Tammy tackle one of the sneakiest hope duds out there: the belief that another person can be your source of completion, healing, or identity.
From the highs of listener wins to the gut-wrenching grief of unmet expectations, they hold space for it all — marriage tension, friendship disappointment, church hurt, and the deep ache of dreams that didn’t come to pass. And yet, right there in the middle of the mess, they invite you to do somet...
2025-06-1759 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.8- Hope Dud #4- The Pressure for PerfectHope Dud #4 The Pressure for Perfect
Ever feel like you’re falling behind on some invisible checklist? Like if your life doesn’t look polished, filtered, and all-together, then somehow you’re not enough?
In this real and relatable episode, Sunny Cain opens up about the pressure for perfection that so many of us carry — from family milestones and life transitions to the messy middle moments (like a hilariously chaotic trip to the bank). With vulnerability and a little humor, she shares how the weight of trying to "get it all right" can actually keep us from w...
2025-06-1041 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.7- Hope Dud #3 – Hope Isn’t Numb: Rethinking What Healing Feels LikeHope Dud #3 – Hope Isn’t Numb: Rethinking What Healing Feels Like
Is it possible that our pursuit of healing can actually drain our hope? In this real and raw episode, Sunny Cain continues in the "Hope Dud” series- those sneaky false anchors we cling to when walking through wilderness seasons. She unpacks the lie that healing means you won’t still feel the weight of your past—and invites listeners to define healing from a new paradigm- one where both the ache and the hope can co-exist.
Sunny shares from her own story—childhood wou...
2025-06-0340 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.6- Hope Dud #2- The BOO- The Big Opinions of Others.Let's chat today about how we are sometimes driven by thoughts in our subconscious, which we may be entirely unaware of. These thoughts form actions driven by internal messages lurking under the surface in our hearts;
“If I can keep everyone happy, manage their mood, please others…”
“if I gain their acceptance or approval…”
“If I can earn my seat at table…into the circle…to the promotion….”
“Then, I will be worthy. And if I feel worthy, I will finally have hope.”
This is a HOPE DUD driven by the BOO (the Big Opinions of Others) aka people pleasing and it f...
2025-05-2733 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp-5- Hope Dud #1- Self Help Culture; The Exploitation of HopeWe are launching a brand new series called HOPE DUDS today! Our goal is to help women in wilderness seasons identify the many different ways, we attempt to manufacture our own hope. These leave us exhausted, disillusioned, and sitting in disappointment.
In this episode- we’re going there!
-do you turn to the faucet instead of the fountain?
-do you settle for a drip when you could have an endless supply?
-do you attempt to manufacture your own hope?
-do you operate in false self, aka “the flesh” or as the...
2025-05-2028 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.4- Haunting Songs of FreedomToday Sunny and Tammy gather around the table for real talk around the messages we as women are constantly hearing, internalizing, and carrying with us.
On one hand we are told to love ourselves, embrace our imperfections, but on the other we are told our problems can be solved by simply fixing our shortcomings. “Love yourself?” Or, “Fix yourself?” Hmmm, which is it? This “confidence culture” has caused an exhausting ping pong match in our heads, and ladies- it’s not serving us well!
We tackle this battle head-on in our conversation. Today we talk about so much good...
2025-05-1333 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp. 3- Probabilities, Possibilities, & Wild HopeHave you ever played it safe when it comes to “getting your hopes up” because you don’t want to be disappointed again? Yep, me too!
Friend, we are talking about hope today, and let me tell you- over the past several years I have
longed for hope, ached for hope,
tried to talk myself into hoping again.
worked to manufacture my own hope.
I ignored hope, was afraid to hope.
And yet somehow- hope has been close, a companion in my story.
Here’s what we dive into today:
My own seven year wilde...
2025-05-0624 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.2-The (Wild)erness- New WingsHave you ever walked through a season that left you feeling stuck, unable to move forward? Has that season triggered your insecurity as you look around you and see other people “living their best life?”
These seasons leave us desperate to press the fast forward button as we tell God to “get us out of here!”
Am I right?
But, what if there is more than meets the eye to this season? It’s what I am talking about on the podcast today.
Our conversation today is all about…..
My camping trip...
2025-04-2928 min
Wild Hope Rising: A Podcast for Women on Faith, Healing & PurposeEp.1-Where Wild Hope Begins- You're Right on Time!Have you ever felt like you were too late, “behind”, or disconnected from vision and purpose?
Then friend, you are going to find yourself at home here at Wild Hope Rising. Tammy and I have designed this community to help empower you as they navigate the challenging or “wilderness “seasons in your life.
We sat down today to share how this crazy dream got started, how vision sparked, and hope started rising.
We dive into so much goodness today.
The familiar feelings of being fenced in, held back, and disconnected, as well as the jo...
2025-04-1641 min