Resilient Souls Blog

You’re not too old. You’re not too late. And you’re definitely not done. Since my mid-30s, people have occasionally suggested I might be...

Helping Kids Face What We Can’t Fix In the most recent conversation on the Resilient Souls podcast, I spoke with Jane Oundjian — founder...

A Shift in Perspective Without Any Toxic Positivity This week on the podcast, I was reminded of something I learnt a number of years ago....

Parenting Through Grief, Answering Hard Questions, and Reflecting on Mother’s Day Without Mum After recording a podcast episode earlier...

What if your presence mattered more than your words? I’m an incredibly privileged person. Week after week, people share their stories...

Discovering Hope in the Places You Least Expect The Unpredictable Nature of Grief Most of my conversations on the podcast keep reminding me that grief is unpredictable. It shows up when you’re at your weakest and stays for as long as it wants. For some, it comes like a tidal wave, overwhelming and all-consuming. For others, it lingers quietly, waiting for the moments you least expect it. It takes many forms, touches every part of life, and can be triggered by almost anything.

This morning, I felt a heavy weight on my shoulders, accompanied by some uncomfortable emotions. I’m not entirely sure why it happened,...

Fresh off the Olympics, I found myself amazed at the skill and fitness levels of so many athletes, particularly on the final day when I...

One of the more difficult challenges I’ve found when tough times come is the battle I face on the inside. Most people see stuff taking...

My sister doesn’t go to church, but she told me recently she prays every day for God to protect her family and to help people around her...

Last year, my wife and I spent a few weeks walking through Italy. Everywhere we went, we saw people walking along laneways or working in...

NB: This post began as something I wrote last year, but I’ve been reworking some of these articles for Substack, and this one connects...

Take note: The reflections in this blog touch on themes of death, grief, loss, and the uncertainties of life. For those in the midst of...

One day, something came on television, and it triggered some powerful emotion in me. It was sudden and unexpected, and it hurt. Over the...

A Shift in Perspective Without Any Toxic Positivity This week on the podcast, I was reminded of something I learnt a number of years ago....

I think deep down we all might want to leave some form of legacy after we’ve gone. Something that we feel has contributed to the...

Choosing to See God at Work—even When He’s Not Working the Way You Hoped I know that God is real and at work in this world. I also know...

How slowing down helped me notice what I’d been missing all along. I was driving from the mountains above Byron Bay one morning, heading...

How to Trust God When Life Doesn't Make Sense A good friend of mine once said to me, “Brother, there is a lie out there that life is what...

When I first became a Christian, I quickly discovered the importance of the Shepherd. It was spoken about often in church and we had it...