Best Anniefdowns Podcasts (2025)

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457: When God Feels Silent. Evan Craft on The Hardest Questions We Rarely Ask (But Need To), Fighting Cynicism, Charlie Kirk’s Death, The Necessity of Desperation in Faith, Serving the Lord in Anonymity ... 1:09:55

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What if the deepest work God does in us happens when no one sees? When we feel forgotten, disillusioned, or unsure if our faith is still intact? Most of us would rather skip the wilderness. But what if the desert isn’t punishment—it’s preparation? This week on Win Today, international recording artist Evan Craft joins us for a raw and honest conver…

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456: When “Safe Spaces” Sabotage Growth. Katie Davis Majors on False Cliché Christianity, Preventing Bitterness in Your Heart, and When Empathy Hinders Transformation 1:15:13

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We say we want transformation, but often we create environments that protect people from pain instead of preparing them for growth. In the process, we enable spiritual stagnation, emotional fragility, and shallow discipleship. This week on Win Today, Katie Davis Majors exposes the hidden dangers of well-meaning empathy, the false security of “safe …

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455: You Don’t Get a Hall Pass from Pain. ESPN’s Lauren Sisler Exposes “Rah-Rah” Christianity, Why Avoidance Costs Us More Than Facing Pain Head-On, and Curating Our Image as Armor 1:22:19

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We all want to overcome, but too often, we curate our pain out of view—tidy it up, slap a spiritual platitude on top, and hope time heals what we never confronted. This week on Win Today, ESPN’s Lauren Sisler reveals what happened when her life fell apart at 18. She buried both of her parents just hours apart. And in the wake of that trauma, she di…

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454: Comfort Is KILLING You. Tim Timberlake on The Crisis of Convenience, Why God Doesn’t Live Up to Our Expectations, The Problem with Rushing Through Grief, Why God Doesn’t Live Up to Our Expectations ... 1:04:16

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There’s a kind of rest that is still ravenous, and comfort alone is costing your soul more than you think. This week on Win Today, Tim Timberlake joins me to name the central lie of our era: that convenience equals progress. God rarely fits into the narrative designed by self‑help culture, and grief is rarely the speed bump we’re told. When breakth…

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453: You’re Not Humble, You’re Hiding. Dr. Les Parrott and Judah Smith Unpack How Humility Becomes Self-Hatred, The Nuclear Power of Spiritual Bypassing, and Why Your Job is Not to Heal Publicly 47:28

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There’s a humility you carry like baggage, and it’s slowly wearing you down. This week, Dr. Les Parrott and Judah Smith join me to dismantle the false humility that masquerades as godliness while laundering shame. Humility becomes self-hatred when vulnerability is avoided and spiritual high-mindedness is mistaken for healing. Layer on top the epide…

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452: STOP GASLIGHTING YOURSELF. Toni Collier on Emotional Infidelity, Spiritual Manipulation, and the Prison of Isolation 1:31:48

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There’s a lie you’ve turned into identity—that you must perform vulnerability to earn belonging. This week, Toni Collier joins me to pull the veil off emotional infidelity hidden in silence, the orphan wounds we carry in isolation, and the spiritual manipulation we excuse as authenticity. She’s walked through heartbreaking betrayal, spiritual misus…

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451: What’s Breaking You Isn’t the Pain, It’s the Pattern. Ed Latimore on Emotions, Distorted Thinking, and Toughness That Won’t Heal You 44:05

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There’s an architecture to dysfunction. It starts with broken beliefs about who you are, and it becomes lifestyle chaos. This week, Ed Latimore joins me to dismantle that architecture from the inside out. A former heavyweight boxer turned Stoic philosopher, physicist, and master of emotional discipline, Ed knows what happens when discipline outruns…

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450: You’re Talking Too Much. Jefferson Fisher on Ending Arguments, Spotting Manipulation, and Reclaiming Authority in Conversations 1:00:32

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This week, Jefferson Fisher—a trial lawyer turned communication expert—walks us through why the art of slowing down a conversation is more powerful than shouting louder. He unpacks the truth about overexplaining, reveals why emotional manipulation often hides in plain sight, and shows how minor shifts can resolve arguments faster than any volume ev…

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SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Why Separation Creates Suffering, The Necessary Practice of Self-Emptying, and a Right View of God 1:02:50

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This week, we're concluding a special encore series with Jamie Winship, one of the most powerful voices we’ve ever featured. These conversations aren’t just interviews; they’re invitations. Each episode is a call to trade fear for peace, performance for identity, and isolation for union with the Lord. If you’ve been wrestling with pain, confusion, …

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SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Getting Unstuck, The Lie of Being Alone, Radical Individualism, and Why Pain is Good 1:06:15

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We’re continuing a special encore series with Jamie Winship, one of the most powerful voices we’ve ever featured. These conversations aren’t just interviews; they’re invitations. Each episode is a call to trade fear for peace, performance for identity, and isolation for union with the Lord. If you’ve been wrestling with pain, confusion, or the ache…

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SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Turning Chaos into Opportunity in Every Area of Life 1:07:08

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For the next three weeks, we’re diving into a special encore series with Jamie Winship, one of the most powerful voices we’ve ever featured. These conversations aren’t just interviews; they’re invitations. Each episode is a call to trade fear for peace, performance for identity, and isolation for union with the Lord. If you’ve been wrestling with p…

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449: YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH. Stop Hiding in Isolation. DawnCheré Wilkerson Opens Up About Walking the Furnace of Infertility, Emotional Regulation, Healing the Orphan Spirit, and the Vulnerability Lie No One ... 1:10:19

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You’ve been taught vulnerability is strength, but what if that’s half the truth—and it’s costing you more than you realize? This week, DawnCheré Wilkerson joins me to dismantle the hidden toll of isolation. She shares how walking through infertility, life’s furnace, and unsurfaced grief fractures the soul, and how secrets rob you of belonging befor…

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448: Stop Running from Your Life. Terry Crist Reveals Secrets That Fracture Your Soul, Healing the Orphan Spirit, and the Idolization of Therapy 59:40

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You’ve been told therapy is the answer to everything. That if you just unpack hard enough, you’ll finally be free. But what if that’s not the full story? This week, Terry Crist joins me to challenge beliefs that cause deeper destruction. He’s seen how long-standing secrets fracture the soul, how the orphan spirit grows in Christian homes, and how m…

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447: Navigating The 7 Stages of Life Transition. Craig Cooney Unpacks Hitting a Wall and The Other Side of Burnout No One Talks About 1:36:13

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You’ve hit the wall. You’ve circled the same fears, same failures, same question: Now what? This week, Craig Cooney joins me to map out the 7 Stages of Life Transition—that spiritual, emotional, relational journey we all face when momentum crashes into burnout. He’s walked past every threshold: loss, disillusionment, plateau, crisis. And he underst…

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446: When Burnout Hits Blindside. Levi Lusko on Trauma, His Midlife Crisis, and the Myth of Authenticity Culture 1:05:07

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You’ve been sold a lie: that authenticity means spilling everything and bleeding on everyone. That your pain validates your platform and makes you more mature. This week, Levi Lusko joins us to dismantle that fallacy. He’s faced the brutal shock of grief and the hidden ruins of unsurfaced trauma. He’s walked through the disillusionment of midlife i…

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445: A Neurosurgeon’s Take on Addiction, Quantum Physics, and Brain Change. Dr. Lee Warren on Refusing Your Own Demise 1:13:12

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You’ve been told addiction is a disease or a moral failing. That emotional pain is separate from your brain wiring. And that quantum physics is just science fiction jargon. This week on Win Today, Dr. Lee Warren—a neurosurgeon, Iraq War vet, and author—pushes back on all of that. He exposes how unraveling addiction requires more than therapy—it dem…

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444: Stop Trying to “Find Yourself.” Preston Morrison on the Misconceptions Keeping Us Immature, the Separation Caused by Pride, Navigating Midlife Transitions, and Embracing Wilderness Seasons 1:04:36

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In a culture obsessed with self-discovery, the pursuit of "finding yourself" often leads to more confusion than clarity. Preston Morrison, Senior Pastor of Pillar Church and host of The Leader's Cut, challenges this narrative by exposing the misconceptions that keep us spiritually immature. He delves into how pride creates distance and separation, …

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457: When God Feels Silent. Evan Craft on The Hardest Questions We Rarely Ask (But Need To), Fighting Cynicism, Charlie Kirk’s Death, The Necessity of Desperation in Faith, Serving the Lord in Anonymity ... 1:09:55

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456: When “Safe Spaces” Sabotage Growth. Katie Davis Majors on False Cliché Christianity, Preventing Bitterness in Your Heart, and When Empathy Hinders Transformation 1:15:13

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455: You Don’t Get a Hall Pass from Pain. ESPN’s Lauren Sisler Exposes “Rah-Rah” Christianity, Why Avoidance Costs Us More Than Facing Pain Head-On, and Curating Our Image as Armor 1:22:19

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454: Comfort Is KILLING You. Tim Timberlake on The Crisis of Convenience, Why God Doesn’t Live Up to Our Expectations, The Problem with Rushing Through Grief, Why God Doesn’t Live Up to Our Expectations ... 1:04:16

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453: You’re Not Humble, You’re Hiding. Dr. Les Parrott and Judah Smith Unpack How Humility Becomes Self-Hatred, The Nuclear Power of Spiritual Bypassing, and Why Your Job is Not to Heal Publicly 47:28

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452: STOP GASLIGHTING YOURSELF. Toni Collier on Emotional Infidelity, Spiritual Manipulation, and the Prison of Isolation 1:31:48

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451: What’s Breaking You Isn’t the Pain, It’s the Pattern. Ed Latimore on Emotions, Distorted Thinking, and Toughness That Won’t Heal You 44:05

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450: You’re Talking Too Much. Jefferson Fisher on Ending Arguments, Spotting Manipulation, and Reclaiming Authority in Conversations 1:00:32

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SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Why Separation Creates Suffering, The Necessary Practice of Self-Emptying, and a Right View of God 1:02:50

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SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Getting Unstuck, The Lie of Being Alone, Radical Individualism, and Why Pain is Good 1:06:15

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SUMMER BREAK: Jamie Winship on Turning Chaos into Opportunity in Every Area of Life 1:07:08

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449: YOU ARE NOT ENOUGH. Stop Hiding in Isolation. DawnCheré Wilkerson Opens Up About Walking the Furnace of Infertility, Emotional Regulation, Healing the Orphan Spirit, and the Vulnerability Lie No One ... 1:10:19

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448: Stop Running from Your Life. Terry Crist Reveals Secrets That Fracture Your Soul, Healing the Orphan Spirit, and the Idolization of Therapy 59:40

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447: Navigating The 7 Stages of Life Transition. Craig Cooney Unpacks Hitting a Wall and The Other Side of Burnout No One Talks About 1:36:13

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446: When Burnout Hits Blindside. Levi Lusko on Trauma, His Midlife Crisis, and the Myth of Authenticity Culture 1:05:07

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445: A Neurosurgeon’s Take on Addiction, Quantum Physics, and Brain Change. Dr. Lee Warren on Refusing Your Own Demise 1:13:12

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444: Stop Trying to “Find Yourself.” Preston Morrison on the Misconceptions Keeping Us Immature, the Separation Caused by Pride, Navigating Midlife Transitions, and Embracing Wilderness Seasons 1:04:36