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The Healer & Hope Giver: Practicing Out Loud

The Healer & Hope Giver: Practicing Out Loud

By: Kim
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A faith-rooted, heart-centered podcast where Kim Hawkins shares honest reflections, healing stories, and real-life conversations about walking with God through grief, growth, and everyday life. A place for women (and the men who love them) to breathe, reconnect, and practice living out faith with courage, hope, and humor.

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Episodes
  • Devotional 8: God Is Still Working
    Jan 29 2026

    There are seasons of faith where nothing feels broken exactly — but nothing feels finished either. You’re not in crisis, and you’re not celebrating. You’re simply living in the middle, where God is still working.

    In this extended devotional episode, we sit slowly with Philippians 1:6 and the promise that God remains faithful to the work He has begun in us — even when progress feels slow, invisible, or unfinished. Supported by Lamentations 3:22–23 and a reframed reading of Galatians 6:9, this reflection offers a steady reminder that God is not rushed, frustrated, or disappointed by the process of becoming.

    This episode is pastoral, unhurried, and Scripture-dwelling — created as a gentle place to land for those who are tired of measuring growth by outcomes and longing to trust God more than their sense of progress.

    You don’t have to arrive anywhere today.
    You are not behind.
    And God is still working.

    🎧 New long-form episodes release on Mondays
    📖 Devotional episodes release every Thursday

    🔹 Scripture References

    • Philippians 1:6 (Primary)
    • Lamentations 3:22–23 (Supporting)
    • Galatians 6:9 (Brief, reframed)

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    Support the show

    Want to stay connected throughout the week?
    Come hang out with me on social media for daily encouragement, real-life stories, and the behind-the-scenes pieces of this healing journey.

    If you feel led to support the show, you can do so through the link in the show notes — and please know, your generosity means the world. You’re a gift.

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    24 mins
  • Re-Entry — Continuing Without Erasing
    Jan 26 2026

    You don’t always need a reset. Sometimes you need permission to continue.

    In this long-form episode, I explore why we’re so drawn to starting over — and what it quietly costs us when we erase progress instead of learning how to keep going. We talk about reset culture, the pressure to begin again, and what happens when life doesn’t offer clean slates, only continuity.

    This conversation is about learning the difference between what truly needs to be reset and what simply needs to be re-entered with honesty, patience, and trust. If you’ve been feeling unsettled, tempted to start over, or unsure how to move forward without erasing what you’ve lived, this episode is an invitation to consider another way.

    📖 Expanded Show Notes / Extra Content

    Reset language is everywhere — and it’s compelling. It promises relief, clarity, and control when life feels misaligned. But over time, that constant pull toward starting over can quietly train us to distrust continuity, to interpret discomfort as failure, and to believe that progress only counts if it looks dramatic.

    In this episode, I reflect on how often the urge to reset isn’t rooted in failure, but in discomfort — especially after seasons that have changed us deeply. Through stories from my own life, including medical realities, major transitions, and long seasons of adaptation, I share what it’s looked like to move forward without erasing what I’ve already learned.

    We talk about:

    • The emotional promise (and hidden cost) of reset culture
    • Why staying can feel more vulnerable than starting over
    • How life-altering seasons often require adaptation, not erasure
    • The difference between urgency and discernment
    • What “re-entry” looks like in real, everyday practice
    • Learning to trust steady movement over dramatic change

    This is not a conversation about fixing yourself or forcing motivation. It’s about learning how to return — gently, honestly, and without shame — to the life you’re already living. It’s about choosing sustainability over urgency, integration over intensity, and trust over the illusion of a clean slate.

    If you’ve been tired of Day One energy, exhausted by restarting, or quietly wondering how to keep going without pretending nothing has changed, this episode is an invitation to stay — and to continue without erasing.

    New long-form episodes release on Mondays, with devotional episodes on Thursdays.

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    Support the show

    Want to stay connected throughout the week?
    Come hang out with me on social media for daily encouragement, real-life stories, and the behind-the-scenes pieces of this healing journey.

    If you feel led to support the show, you can do so through the link in the show notes — and please know, your generosity means the world. You’re a gift.

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    34 mins
  • Devotional 7: When Staying Feels Heavy
    Jan 22 2026

    There are seasons when weariness doesn’t mean something is wrong — it means something has been carried for a long time.

    In this devotional, we sit with Scripture that names weariness honestly and invites us to stay gently present instead of rushing to fix or restart. Through passages that speak to endurance, daily mercy, and God’s steady presence, this episode offers space to breathe, reflect, and remember that quiet faithfulness still matters.

    This devotional is for anyone who is tired but still trying — and wondering how to stay without abandoning themselves in the process.


    EXPANDED SHOW NOTES

    Weariness has a way of making us question ourselves.

    We wonder if we’ve lost momentum, drifted off course, or failed to do something “right.” But Scripture tells a different story — one that assumes weariness as part of faithful living and meets it with compassion rather than correction.

    In this devotional, we reflect on several passages that speak to staying when the middle feels heavy: Galatians 6, Psalm 37, Lamentations 3, and Hebrews 12. Together, they remind us that God is present in ordinary endurance, that mercy meets us daily, and that staying doesn’t require urgency or perfection.

    This episode is an invitation to slow down, stay connected, and trust that God is at work even when growth feels quiet and unseen.


    SCRIPTURE REFERENCES (for show notes)

    • Galatians 6:9
    • Psalm 37:23–24
    • Lamentations 3:22–23
    • Hebrews 12:1

    Send us a text

    Support the show

    Want to stay connected throughout the week?
    Come hang out with me on social media for daily encouragement, real-life stories, and the behind-the-scenes pieces of this healing journey.

    If you feel led to support the show, you can do so through the link in the show notes — and please know, your generosity means the world. You’re a gift.

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    13 mins
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