Unshaken Voices

When the Treatment I Feared Became the Doorway to His Healing Caption: This part of Glen and Debbie Kirkpatrick’s story stopped me in my tracks. After surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, and a mental health crisis that brought them to the edge, ECT felt terrifying to even consider. But after prayer, multiple medical opinions, and surrendering the decision to God, what they once feared became part of Glen’s healing. Debbie said it saved his life. Glen said it did. And through that season, he also began studying the Bible and came to faith. Sometimes the road to healing looks nothing like we expected. Full episode out on Unshaken Voices. #UnshakenVoices #GlenAndDebbieKirkpatrick #Overcome #MentalHealthAwareness #FaithAndHealing

In this powerful episode of Unshaken Voices, I sit down with Glen and Debbie Kirkpatrick, authors of Overcome, to talk about cancer, depression, marriage, intervention, ECT, faith, and the hope that carried them through their darkest season. Their story is honest, emotional, and deeply moving. It reminds us that faith and medical care do not have to be opposites, that intervention can look like love, and that God can still bring purpose out of pain. This episode includes a discussion of depression and suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you love is in crisis, please call or text 988 in the U.S. #UnshakenVoices #Overcome #GlenAndDebbieKirkpatrick #FaithAndMentalHealth #ChristianPodcast #MentalHealthAwareness #SuicidePrevention #CancerSurvivor #FaithAndHealing #Testimony #HopeInHardTimes #ChristianAuthor #PodcastInterview #ECT #GodIsFaithful

In this powerful episode of Unshaken Voices, I sit down with Glen and Debbie Kirkpatrick, authors of Overcome, to talk about cancer, depression, marriage, intervention, ECT, faith, and the hope that carried them through their darkest season. Their story is honest, emotional, and deeply moving. It reminds us that faith and medical care do not have to be opposites, that intervention can look like love, and that God can still bring purpose out of pain. This episode includes a discussion of depression and suicidal thoughts. If you or someone you love is in crisis, please call or text 988 in the U.S. #UnshakenVoices #Overcome #GlenAndDebbieKirkpatrick #FaithAndMentalHealth #ChristianPodcast #MentalHealthAwareness #SuicidePrevention #CancerSurvivor #FaithAndHealing #Testimony #HopeInHardTimes #ChristianAuthor #PodcastInterview #ECT #GodIsFaithful

Former Police Officer Glen Kirkpatrick: Who Am I Now? Sometimes stepping away from the role that once defined you can lead to one of life’s deepest questions: Who am I now? In this episode of Unshaken Voices, Glen and Debbie Kirkpatrick share part of their story behind Overcome and the hope they found when life did not go as planned. Full episode coming soon. #UnshakenVoices #Overcome #GlenAndDebbieKirkpatrick #ChristianPodcast #FaithOverFear #HopeInHardTimes #Resilience #Identity #Testimony #GodIsFaithful

New Episode: Overcome | Glen & Debbie Kirkpatrick New episode coming soon on Unshaken Voices. I’m honored to welcome Glen and Debbie Kirkpatrick, authors of Overcome, for a powerful conversation about cancer, faith, survivorship, rescue, and redemption. This is a story of hope for anyone walking through something hard. #UnshakenVoices #Podcast #NewEpisode #ComingSoon #GlenAndDebbieKirkpatrick #Overcome #CancerSurvivor #Survivorship #FaithOverFear #ChristianPodcast #HopeInHardTimes #FaithJourney #Resilience #authorinterviews

Filming This Week: A Story of Faith, Survival, and Overcoming Exciting news. This week, we are filming the next episode of Unshaken Voices with Glen and Debbie Kirkpatrick, authors of Overcome. Their story is one of faith, survival, resilience, and the strength to keep going through life’s hardest battles. I am honored to share this upcoming conversation and cannot wait for you to hear it. Stay tuned for an episode filled with hope, honesty, and encouragement. #UnshakenVoices #Podcast #NewEpisode #ComingSoon #FaithAndMentalHealth #Faith #Hope #Resilience #Overcome #AuthorInterview #ChristianPodcast #Inspiration #SurvivalStory #MentalHealthAwareness #StayTuned

“Mental illness may load the gun… but environment pulls the trigger.” Let that sit for a second. This is why understanding, compassion, and support matter more than people realize. Because what surrounds someone can shape everything. #MentalHealthAwareness #BreakTheStigma #Unshaken #TruthMatters #Resilience

New episode of Unshaken Voices is now live. This is a conversation for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and anyone who loves a child and wants to help protect the next generation. In this episode, I’m talking about the genetic component of mental illness, the role environment can play, and why education matters so deeply. My parents did not have the knowledge we have today. That is one reason I use my voice now. If we know more, we can do better. I often say mental illness may load the gun, but environment can be the trigger. This episode is about awareness, wisdom, prevention, and hope for the families who come after us. Please listen, share, and send this to a parent, grandparent, caregiver, or educator who needs to hear it. #UnshakenVoices #MentalHealthAwareness #BreakTheStigma #GenerationalHealing #ParentingWithPurpose

New episode of Unshaken Voices is now live. This is a conversation for parents, grandparents, caregivers, and anyone who loves a child and wants to help protect the next generation. In this episode, I’m talking about the genetic component of mental illness, the role environment can play, and why education matters so deeply. My parents did not have the knowledge we have today. That is one reason I use my voice now. If we know more, we can do better. I often say mental illness may load the gun, but environment can be the trigger. This episode is about awareness, wisdom, prevention, and hope for the families who come after us. Please listen, share, and send this to a parent, grandparent, caregiver, or educator who needs to hear it. #UnshakenVoices #MentalHealthAwareness #BreakTheStigma #GenerationalHealing #ParentingWithPurpose

A Love Story Tested by Life and Death | The Tin Man’s Wife Episode 5 of Unshaken Voices is here. I sat down with author Nanette to talk about her powerful book, The Tin Man’s Wife, a deeply personal story inspired by her life. What begins as young love between two teenagers in Brooklyn becomes a decades-long journey through unimaginable trials, including trauma, family loss, and a medical crisis that placed her husband between life and death. Through it all, Nanette shares what covenant love really looks like when faith is tested, fear is overwhelming, and hope seems impossible. This episode is about resilience, miracles, and the kind of love that refuses to give up. 🎙️ Episode 5 of Unshaken Voices is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Learn more at glorifiedwriting.com #UnshakenVoices #TinMansWife #FaithThroughTrials #LoveAndResilience #DenisePimentel  

A Love Story Tested by Life and Death | The Tin Man’s Wife Episode 5 of Unshaken Voices is here. I sat down with author Nanette to talk about her powerful book The Tin Man’s Wife, a deeply personal story inspired by her life. What begins as young love between two teenagers in Brooklyn becomes a decades-long journey through unimaginable trials, including trauma, family loss, and a medical crisis that placed her husband between life and death. Through it all, Nanette shares what covenant love really looks like when faith is tested, fear is overwhelming, and hope seems impossible. This episode is about resilience, miracles, and the kind of love that refuses to give up. 🎙️ Episode 5 of Unshaken Voices is now available on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Learn more at glorifiedwriting.com #UnshakenVoices #TinMansWife #FaithThroughTrials #LoveAndResilience #DenisePimentel

Facing the possibility of losing someone you love can feel like a form of torture. In this moment from Unshaken Voices, we talk about the secondary suffering that comes from living in the fear of imminent loss and the emotional toll it takes on the heart and mind. For this author, the experience was so traumatic that she still lives with PTSD today. Yet even in the midst of that pain, her story is one of resilience, survival, and the strength to keep moving forward. 🎙️ Episode 5 of Unshaken Voices releases tomorrow on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Learn more at glorifiedwriting.com #UnshakenVoices #TraumaRecovery #PTSDawareness #FaithInTheStorm #DenisePimentel

Sometimes faith is not about having all the answers. Sometimes it is simply the decision to keep going… even when your heart feels like it is breaking into a million pieces. In this moment from Unshaken Voices, we talk about what it looks like to keep believing when the answer seems like it will never come and the tunnel feels endless. But sometimes the difference between giving up and holding on is one powerful truth. God gave her a promise. 🎙️ Episode 5 of Unshaken Voices releasing Thursday on Podbean, Apple Podcasts, and YouTube. Learn more at glorifiedwriting.com #UnshakenVoices #FaithOverFear #GodsPromises #HopeInDarkness #DenisePimentel

Sometimes the moments that shape us the most happen when we are young and afraid. In Episode 5 of Unshaken Voices, we hear a powerful story from a time when fear became the monster that had to be conquered. At just 17 years old, one moment of rescue would shape the strength and faith that came later. 🎙️ Episode 5 streaming now Podbean | Apple Podcasts | YouTube Learn more at glorifiedwriting.com #UnshakenVoices #FaithOverFear #PodcastClips #HopeStories #DenisePimentel

Episode 5 of Unshaken Voices is filming today. I’m sitting down with author Nanette Nangano Ares to talk about her novel The Tin Man’s Wife and the story behind the story. Conversations like this are exactly why I started this podcast — real stories, real people, and the power of resilience. I can’t wait to share this episode with you. Episode 5 drops next week. Stay tuned. #UnshakenVoices #Podcast #AuthorInterview #Storytelling #Resilience #NewEpisode

What Mania Took From Me (And Why It Still Scares Me) In this deeply personal episode of Unshaken Voices, Denise Pimentel speaks honestly about the part of bipolar disorder that frightens her most: mania. Mania is often misunderstood as energy or productivity. But in reality, it can blur insight, distort perception, and create a dangerous sense of certainty. Denise shares lived experiences from her journey, including moments of psychosis, relational strain, and the impact mania had on her marriage and family. With clarity, faith, and responsibility, she explains why understanding the illness changed everything for the people who love her. This episode is not about dramatizing mental illness. It is about telling the truth with care so that others may recognize warning signs, seek support earlier, and know they are not alone. If you love someone living with bipolar disorder, or if you live with it yourself, this conversation is for you. If you or someone you love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available in the United States by calling or texting 988.

What Mania Took From Me (And Why It Still Scares Me) In this deeply personal episode of Unshaken Voices, Denise Pimentel speaks honestly about the part of bipolar disorder that frightens her most: mania. Mania is often misunderstood as energy or productivity. But in reality, it can blur insight, distort perception, and create a dangerous sense of certainty. Denise shares lived experiences from her journey, including moments of psychosis, relational strain, and the impact mania had on her marriage and family. With clarity, faith, and responsibility, she explains why understanding the illness changed everything for the people who love her. This episode is not about dramatizing mental illness. It is about telling the truth with care so that others may recognize warning signs, seek support earlier, and know they are not alone. If you love someone living with bipolar disorder, or if you live with it yourself, this conversation is for you. If you or someone you love is struggling with suicidal thoughts, help is available in the United States by calling or texting 988.

Mania: No Sleep, Hallucinations & Urgent Ideas You Can’t Ignore Mania can steal sleep, distort reality, and make every idea feel urgent and necessary. The danger is that you often cannot see it happening. In Episode 3, I share what it felt like from the inside and why the voices of people who love us matter so much. New episode Wednesday. #bipolarawareness #mania #mentalhealthsupport #caregivers #unshaken

Support systems save lives. In Episode 3, I talk about how the people who stay, love, and support us carry more than they realize. And we see you. If you are struggling right now, help is available. In the U.S., call or text 988 to reach the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You deserve support. #Unshaken #MentalHealthAwareness #BipolarSupport #YouAreNotAlone #988Lifeline

Mania Almost Destroyed My Marriage, But Hope Saved Us   Mania didn’t just affect me.   It entered my marriage. It changed how I spoke, how I acted, and how the person who loved me most experienced me.   There was a moment my husband Ryan almost walked away, not because he didn’t love me, but because I became someone he no longer recognized.   In Episode 3, I share what that brink felt like and how treatment, support, and faith helped bring us back from it. If you are loving someone through mental illness, you are not alone. Hope is still possible.    Episode 3 drops this Wednesday. #bipolarawareness #mentalhealthmarriage #caregiverlife #faithandhealing #unshaken

What happens when grief, loss, and anger push you away from God, but hope quietly pulls you back? In Episode 2 of Unshaken Voices, teacher Christina Petty shares her raw journey through childhood instability, losing her mother at nineteen, walking away from faith, and the moment she finally surrendered and realized she was never alone. This is a powerful testimony for anyone who has questioned God, felt unworthy, or wondered if it’s too late to come back. #UnshakenVoices #FaithAfterLoss #ComingBackToGod #ChristianTestimony #HopeAndHealing  

She Walked Away From God After Losing Her Mother… Then One Moment Changed Everything | Unshaken Voices Ep. 2 What happens when grief, loss, and anger push you away from God, but hope quietly pulls you back? In Episode 2 of Unshaken Voices, teacher Christina Petty shares her raw journey through childhood instability, losing her mother at nineteen, walking away from faith, and the moment she finally surrendered and realized she was never alone. This is a powerful testimony for anyone who has questioned God, felt unworthy, or wondered if it’s too late to come back. #UnshakenVoices #FaithAfterLoss #ComingBackToGod #ChristianTestimony #HopeAndHealing

How My Mother’s Death Pulled Me Away From Faith I was born and raised Roman Catholic. Church was routine. Faith was familiar. But when my mother died, everything changed. Grief made it easy to walk away not just from church, but from trusting God’s plan altogether. What I didn’t understand then was what a real relationship with Jesus actually looked like, or what surrender truly meant. This episode of Unshaken Voices speaks honestly about how loss can quietly pull us away from faith and how God remains present even when we step back. If you’ve ever questioned God after loss, this story is for you. 🎙️ Unshaken Voices with Denise Pimentel Episode 2 coming Wednesday #UnshakenVoices #FaithAfterLoss #GriefAndFaith #ChristianTestimony #WalkingThroughGrief #WhenFaithFeelsDistant #HopeInTheDark #ChristianPodcast #PodcastTeaser #FaithJourney #HealingThroughFaith #GodInTheHardMoments

Episode 2 | Unshaken Voices “I think when I really surrendered myself was last December.” She speaks honestly about a season marked by grief, loneliness, frustration, anger, and bitterness. A time when faith existed in theory, but not in priority. Prayer was occasional. Hope felt distant. And then, in an ordinary moment, something shifted. A return after years away. A quiet surrender. A simple sentence overheard in a parking lot: You don’t have to do this alone. God’s there for you. That was the moment it clicked. Not that God had arrived, but that He had been there all along. As the storm silences the world and keeps us home tonight, stories still speak. Episode 2 is coming. Episode 2 of Unshaken Voices is a reminder for anyone who feels worn down, disconnected, or unsure how to find their way back. Surrender doesn’t come with perfection. It comes with honesty. 🎧 Episode 2 coming soon. 🤍 You are not alone in this. #UnshakenVoices #FaithJourney #Surrender #Testimony #ChristianPodcast #FindingYourWayBack #GodIsNear #HopeAfterGrief #YouAreNotAlone

If you’ve ever loved God… walked away… and wondered if you could ever come back… This episode of Unshaken Voices is for you. Featuring Kristina Petti Dropping soon. #UnshakenVoices #ComeAsYouAre #FaithJourney #ChristianPodcast #Testimony #FaithAfterLoss #HopeAfterGrief #GodIsNear #HealingStories #YouAreNotTooFar #FaithRestored #ChristianWomen

In this first episode of Unshaken Voices, I sit down with my husband, Ryan, to talk honestly about what it looks like to walk through mental illness, caregiving, marriage, faith, and recovery when life takes an unexpected turn. We share our real experiences navigating bipolar disorder, the fear and uncertainty that comes with mental health crises, the strain caregiving can place on relationships, and how everything shifted after I suffered a stroke in December 2024. This conversation isn’t about having all the answers or offering quick fixes. It’s about showing up, staying grounded in faith, and learning how to keep going when life doesn’t go the way you planned. If you are living with mental illness, caring for someone you love, walking through grief or trauma, or trying to hold onto hope in a hard season, this podcast is for you. Unshaken Voices is not a crisis resource or a substitute for professional care. It is a space for real stories, lived experience, and honest conversations meant to remind you that you are not alone. #UnshakenVoices #MentalHealthAwareness #CaregiverSupport #BipolarDisorder #StrokeRecovery #MentalHealthJourney #FaithAndHealing #CaregivingLife #RealStoriesRealHope #MarriageAndMentalHealth #HopeInHardSeasons #YouAreNotAlone

In this first episode of Unshaken Voices, I sit down with my husband, Ryan, to talk honestly about what it looks like to walk through mental illness, caregiving, marriage, faith, and recovery when life takes an unexpected turn. We share our real experiences navigating bipolar disorder, the fear and uncertainty that comes with mental health crises, the strain caregiving can place on relationships, and how everything shifted after I suffered a stroke in December 2024. This conversation isn’t about having all the answers or offering quick fixes. It’s about showing up, staying grounded in faith, and learning how to keep going when life doesn’t go the way you planned. If you are living with mental illness, caring for someone you love, walking through grief or trauma, or trying to hold onto hope in a hard season, this podcast is for you. Unshaken Voices is not a crisis resource or a substitute for professional care. It is a space for real stories, lived experience, and honest conversations meant to remind you that you are not alone. #UnshakenVoices #MentalHealthAwareness #CaregiverSupport #BipolarDisorder #StrokeRecovery #MentalHealthJourney #FaithAndHealing #CaregivingLife #RealStoriesRealHope #MarriageAndMentalHealth #HopeInHardSeasons #YouAreNotAlone

There were moments when everything felt like too much and I knew I could not handle it on my own. In those moments, faith became more than a belief. It became a lifeline. This is a real story about reaching a breaking point, walking without direction, and experiencing God’s intervention through another person. It is about fear, surrender, and the quiet but powerful way God meets us when we cannot move forward alone.

Episode 1 of Unshaken Voices releases Tuesday.   In this first episode, Ryan and I have an honest conversation about what it’s really like to live with bipolar disorder from both sides. We talk about how mania can dramatically change behavior, how painful and confusing that can be for a spouse to witness, and the difference between who a person truly is and what mental illness can do.   This episode touches on marriage, faith, love, patience, and navigating seasons when the person you love doesn’t feel like themselves. It’s a conversation rooted in understanding, not blame.   #UnshakenVoices #EpisodeOne #MentalHealthAwareness #BipolarDisorder #Mania #SpousePerspective #CaregiverSupport #MarriageAndMentalHealth #FaithAndMentalHealth #YouAreNotYourDiagnosis #HopeAndHealing