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The GoodHard Story Podcast

by Katherine Wolf
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  • Episode 131: The Scientific and Spiritual Truth about Fear with Jess Connolly

    October 27, 2026 · 41 min

    What if you can’t be brave until you’re scared? Based on the confident way Jess Connolly lives her life, it’s hard to believe she’s ever felt scared. But she has. In fact, she decided to become an expert on fear. Jess joined me for a…

  • Episode 130: Radical Acceptance of Our Stories with Mayer Buisson (An S.O.S. Conversation)

    October 20, 2026 · 52 min

    What if the only way to bear our grief is to share it? My friend Mayer Buisson is living with the “invisible wheelchair” of Huntington’s Disease. The shame she felt around her diagnosis caused her to keep it a secret. Eventually, carrying…

  • Episode 129: Getting Ashes from Ashes with Toni Collier

    October 13, 2026 · 42 min

    What do we do with the stuff that’s not good and hard, but just hard? Toni Collier is no stranger to pain. She’s navigated a childhood of tragedy and two marriages marked by abuse and infidelity. According to her, the pain hasn’t been…

  • Episode 128: Doubting Toward God with Laura Wifler

    October 6, 2026 · 54 min

    How are we expected to live well on this side of the sky? Sometimes we need wisdom for the deep, hard, dark suffering. But most of the time, we just need encouragement for the normal lives we’re living on this side of heaven. Laura Wifler…

  • Episode 127: How to Confront Reality (Solo Episode)

    September 29, 2026 · 27 min

    What is the first step of moving forward from the worst thing that’s ever happened to you? Join me today for a solo episode as I process some recent thoughts I’ve been having about how healing actually begins with heartbreak. I share some…

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  • BONUS Episode: The “Weird and Wonderful” Gift of Disability with Martin Deacon

    September 24, 2026 · 32 min

    Episode 126 - Martin Deacon on the “Weird and Wonderful” Gift of Disability What if our disabilities might give us as much—or more—as they take from us? Disability gives us the gift of dependence. That’s the mantra of Martin Deacon, the…

  • Episode 126: Showing Up Helpful and Grateful with James Wolf

    September 22, 2026 · 32 min

    What if your suffering is not a curse on your children, but instead an inheritance of breathtaking value? In this deeply personal conversation, I sat down with my son James the day before he left for college. James opened up about the…

  • Episode 125: Complicated Gratitude with Kate Bowler

    September 15, 2026 · 53 min

    What good and beautiful thing can we be sure of, no matter what happens? That’s the question guiding author, professor, and theologian Kate Bowler. Her academic research and her lived experience of suffering have confirmed for her that…

  • Coming Soon: Take the Next Step Season 2

    August 19, 2026 · 3 min

    If The GoodHard Story Podcast has encouraged you, consider joining us on Take the Next Step. Each week, Amy Julia Becker interviews disability experts, advocates, and parents about practical next steps for families with disabilities to…

  • Episode 124: Choosing What To Do With Your Pain with K.J. Ramsey

    May 26, 2026 · 1 hr 25 min

    My guest today doesn’t get a break from physical pain. And because she’s living with pain that never ends, she stopped waiting to find joy on the other side of her suffering.  K.J. Ramsey is a therapist and author inviting people into the…

  • Episode 123: Politics with Conviction and Compassion with Justin Giboney

    May 19, 2026 · 45 min

    There’s a lie circling around out there that we have to fall into a binary. Life can either be good or hard. We can choose grace or truth. Our politics can be either progressive or conservative. And if you know me, you know I don’t really…

  • Episode 122: Living Your “Get Up” Story with Courtney Pray Duke on

    May 12, 2026 · 59 min

    Today I’m sitting down with a woman who is living out the message of this podcast: Suffering is not the end of your story. It’s the beginning of a new story. My friend Courtney Pray Duke became a widow when she was just 29 years old. She…

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About the show

The good story and the hard story can be the same story. This is where we’re sharing the proof. Join Katherine Wolf and her most trusted friends as they honor the hardest parts of life while making space for the hope and humor in it all. Your weekly pep talk from The GoodHard Story Podcast will load you up with fresh inspiration, practical takeaways, helpful perspective, and the soul-deep sense that you are not alone in the story you’re living.