Sacred Ground: Finding Hope Beyond Our Sorrows with April Yamasaki
In this moving episode of Diamonds in Dumpster Fires, host Melie Williams sits down with author and pastor April Yamasaki to talk about grief, faith, and the quiet glimmers of grace that can sustain u...
17 Sep 202541min
Resilience in the Ordinary: Finding Strength in Everyday Life
Most people think resilience is about surviving disasters or pushing through life's biggest heartbreaks. But what about the boring days? The Tuesday mornings, the traffic jams, the endless laundry cyc...
10 Sep 202522min
Another Trip Around the Sun: What Resilience Taught Me This Year
Birthdays aren't just about cake and candles—they're milestones that remind us of how far we've come and how much we've grown. In this special birthday episode of Diamonds in Dumpster Fires, Melie ref...
3 Sep 202510min
When Your World Ends: Grief, Genesis, and God's Next Beginning with Dawn Mann Sanders
After a series of devastating losses—including multiple miscarriages and the sudden death of her husband—Dawn Mann Sanders found herself asking God, "What now?" In this conversation, Dawn walks us thr...
27 Aug 202538min
Faith, Fear, and the Fork in the Road: Resilient Decision Making
How to Make Decisions with a Resilient Mindset (Even When You're Scared Out of Your Mind) Decision fatigue? Faith fog? Fear yelling louder than your intuition? In this episode, Melie breaks down what ...
20 Aug 202516min
When Life Soaks Your Plans: Real World Resilience
What do you do when life quite literally floods your living room? In this episode of Diamonds in Dumpster Fires, I share the story of how a contractor next door accidentally broke a fire sprinkler sys...
13 Aug 20259min
Rebuilding Confidence After Rejection: A Guide for the Anxiously Attached with Sheilanova Cornelio
Rejection hurts — whether it's a breakup, divorce, job loss, or friendship ending — but for those of us who identify as anxiously attached, it can feel like the ground has been ripped out from under u...
6 Aug 202543min
The Power of Confession: Unlocking Resilience Through Radical Honesty with Holly Mutlu
What if confession wasn't about guilt, shame, or punishment, but about freedom? In this episode of Diamonds in Dumpster Fires, Melie sits down with author, pastor, and rapper Holly Mutlu to explore co...
30 Jul 202542min
