105: David Petrash in the hot seat

In this powerful episode of Listen Bitch Presents: Tell Me Why You’re Special, I sit down with David Petrash — Navy submariner, pastor, entrepreneur, author, leadership speaker, and survivor of devastating personal loss — for one of the most honest conversations about faith, leadership, mental health, surrender, and rebuilding your life after collapse.David shares the deeply personal story of how infidelity, divorce, church collapse, emotional burnout, and a mental breakdown led to a complete unraveling of his identity and eventually landed him in a mental institution for three months. Instead of destroying him permanently, that season became the beginning of a completely different relationship with God.We discuss authentic Christian leadership, overcoming mental health struggles, surrendering control, rebuilding faith after trauma, leadership pressure, divorce recovery, emotional healing, letting go of outcomes, trusting God during suffering, and why real faith is often built in broken places.David also talks about his book The Ripple of Faith, his music projects including songs releasing on Spotify, and the importance of focusing outward instead of becoming consumed by fear, shame, or self-protection.This conversation dives deep into Christianity, spiritual growth, emotional resilience, healing from betrayal, leadership burnout, mental health recovery, purpose, obedience, and trusting God when life completely falls apart.If you’ve ever questioned your purpose, struggled with faith, carried hidden pain, or wondered whether God could still use your story after disaster… this episode is going to hit hard.This is not polished church talk.This is survival, surrender, rebuilding, and faith made real.David Alan Petrash is a submariner, pastor, businessman,and water-treatment professional whose life bridges faith,service, and leadership. He served eight years aboard U.S.Navy nuclear submarines as a nuclear engineer beforeembarking on a distinguished career in industrial watertreatment, where he became a Certified Water Technologist and award-winning corporate trainer with Nalco Water, Solenis, and Siemens.Alongside his technical career, David spent more than three decades as Senior Pastor of Grace Point Vineyard Church in Wolfeboro, NH and Connections Vineyard Church in Tucson, AZ, where he delivered hundreds of sermons that blend scriptural depth with everyday wisdom. Today, David and his wife, Trina, co-own City Wide Facility Solutions of Southern Arizona, a multimillion-dollar enterprise serving regional businesses. Drawing from his unique background - from submarine hulls to the pulpit and the boardroom - David writes with both authority and compassion, inspiring readers to live with faith, courage, and purpose.https://www.rippleoffaith.com/