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The Deployment Countdown with BraveCrates
Becky Hoy from Brave Crates joins the podcast to share how you can better your marriage even when you are apart. Becky Hoy believes that deployment is one of the best things that…
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White Picket Fences
by L.G. McCary I don’t know if you’ve checked Instagram or Pinterest recently, but it appears that everyone has got this parenting thing figured out. You can barely scroll without a post…
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A Marriage Check Up With Dr. Les Parrott
Dr. Les Parrott joins me for an episode that is all about how couples can use a tool like the Better Love Assessment to get a healthy snapshot or check-up on their marriage.…
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Humble Pie
by Andrea M I love those moments when I turn on my inner Angela Lansbury (I think I just dated myself) and ask my husband if he’s been snacking instead of eating…
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The Impact of Family Readiness on Marriage
Matt joins me again for another episode where we talk about the impact of Family Readiness on the marriage. For years, decades even, the military has told families that their support makes the…
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The Warrior with Blood on His Hands
Most of us know that there are stories of war in the Bible, but what does it say about the warriors? In this Sunday Special, we take a look at a specific warrior…
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Provider Dashboard2
Provider Dashboard Below are service organizations that count on the Lifegiver Directory for referrals or have created opportunities for clinicians like you to get involved, gain CEU’s and more. [gd_dashboard title=”Are you wanting…
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Forgiveness in Affair Recovery: God’s Design in Marriage
In this Sunday Special, we address the biggest faith question I get during affair recovery, which is how and when do I forgive? Of course this is a difficult question to answer depending…
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Communicating Through Change/PCS
Join Matt and I on a Saturday afternoon over coffee where we talk about our recent PCS (relocation). We talk about how it affected each of us, our marriage, kids, and ideas for…
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My Strategy for Affair Recovery: How to Move from Crisis to Intimacy Again
Betrayal is unfortunately more common than you think- especially in the service culture. In this episode, I share with you the strategy I use to help couples work through affair recovery. There are…
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Law of Natural Convergences
by Rebekah Cochell If I ever become famous, it will not be for my art, or my writing, or any other “work” I do. I am convinced my distinction will be from…
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Sacred Spaces Book Club
Introducing the Sacred Spaces Book Club !!! No matter where you are, where you have moved to, or where in the world you are serving, you read through Sacred Spaces in a way…
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Why Friendship Is Still Worth It
In this Sunday Special, I talk with Megan Brown, the If Gathering Military Outreach Communicator. Basically, that means she loves Jesus and loves to get people excited about Him. I met Megan (officially)…
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Addiction & Marriage
When a good friend approached me and asked why I had not addressed addiction and alcoholism on the podcast yet, I didn’t have an answer. I could not believe this topic had not…
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Left Behind During Deployment
by Rebekah Cochell Left behind. That’s how I feel sometimes. And not in a “left behind after the rapture” type of way. This is a left behind out of the action, adventure, and…
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Where is God? A Conversation About God in the Dark Places
Welcome to another Sunday Special! I am so happy to bring back my good friend Sarah- you may remember her from episode two when we had a roundtable discussion. I wanted to bring…
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My Spouse Doesn’t Care About My Feelings
We often hear from couples that the service lifestyle has made my spouse “cold, calculated, and harsh.” While this may be a nature versus nurture debate, the service lifestyle can definitely train a…
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What’s Going On Down There? Women’s Health
Ok- so first a heads up- we are going there in this episode. We will be talking all about the female anatomy! Guys- this one is for you, too. There is so much…
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Terms of Service
This page states the “Terms of Use” under which you may use this website, which is an interactive on-line service operated by Corie Weathers, LLC and the Lifegiver brand. (“us”), consisting of information…
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Ethan the Strong: A Story of Faith & Courage in the Midst of Loss
This is the second Sunday Special in Season 4 where we have honest conversations around faith in the midst of the service lifestyle. In this episode, I’m introducing you to Jim and Ashley,…
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Facing the Unexpected
by Andrea M Never in my life did I imagine that I would become a military spouse. When I was younger, I thought certain people were made for things like this and I…
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Identity & Purpose with Brittany Boccher
I could not be more excited to share my good friend, Brittany Boccher with you. She was the 2017 AFI Military Spouse of the Year and has been traveling the country investing in…
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S4 Ep 3 OPSEC: Keeping your Family and Mission Safe
(WATCH or LISTEN to this episode!) Safety and security is more important than ever. In a time where foreign adversaries are actively targeting and using American social media accounts, we need all the…
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9 Months into the Adventure
By Mishi Harari It’s been nine months. Nine wholesome, challenging, rewarding, frightening, and exhilarating months. The months that have gone by have proven so much to me. They have provided me with great…
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Sunday Special: Embrace Your Story
It’s time for the very first Lifegiver Sunday Special. I received feedback that some of you would like faith based content AND hearing from Matt- so this episode is the both of us…
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S4 Ep2 A First Responder/Military Spouse Roundtable
What happens when a veteran, a military spouse, and a first responder spouse sit down and talk about life together? I often get asked, do we really have that much in common? Why…
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On Loneliness, Grit, and the Hard Work of Building Community
By Sarah Sandifer I shouldn’t have been surprised, really, when we got all of our boxes unpacked, and instead of putting them out on the curb with a “free” sign on them as…
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Military Kid Ambassadors
It’s tough being a military kid, especially if you have to move around a lot. Military Kid Ambassadors (MKA) is a campaign designed to encourage military kids to be proud of who they…
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S4 Ep1 How Are We Really Doing?
Welcome to the season four premiere of the Lifegiver podcast! I’ve returned from my winter sabbatical with new vision for this year and that includes great plans for season 4. When it all…
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Help us collect the right information!
There is great research being done on how military and first responder families are doing, but I’m more interested in the stuff that you don’t say out loud. I’m interested in the state…
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Work with Corie
Online Strengths Coaching Very different from counseling in that it is a quick solution focused approach to life/adjustment issues and does not provide therapeutic treatment or diagnosing. Coaching is strengths based is perfect…
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What are we becoming?
Where is your attention most of the day? What concerns, thoughts, worries, and fears consume you most of the day? And where do you take them? I’ve been thinking about this a lot…
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Connecting the Dots
By Cindy S. (previously published) Sometimes I have a hard time connecting my daily ministry tasks to what God is doing in the lives of the people I serve and work with. Sometimes it…
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A Review & Perspective on LIFEGIVER Interview with Sarah Drew
By Dinah A. Dziolek, LMHC, LPC Corie Weather’s interview with Sarah Drew was very authentic. It really connected the issue of pain and suffering, grief with service life. Sarah was vulnerable about her…
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Deciding to Leave Active Duty
By Kristin T In February of 2012 I welcomed my husband home from his second tour in Afghanistan. I couldn’t have told you anything about Super Bowl that Sunday, but the energy inside…
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A BALM FOR THE INVISIBLE WOUNDS OF WAR
As the wife of an active duty chaplain and a licensed professional counselor, I work with military and first responder couples. Every single day, I see men and women who struggle with what…
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BONUS: INDIVISIBLE Series
Even though the season ended with a series on deployment, I just couldn’t resist an opportunity to interview two key people from the upcoming movie INDIVISIBLE, out in theaters October 26th, 2018. …
