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Notes from the dumpster fire

Resilience, neuroscience, and finding God in the hard places.

Melie Williams in a wedding dress standing beside a trash can and a fire extinguisher

May 28, 2025

25 Things I’ve Learned After 25 Podcast Episodes

Reflections from a mic, a mess, and a whole lot of grace.

Melie Williams holding a burning piece of paper that reads “Diamonds in Dumpster Fires”

November 20, 2024

Why Diamonds in Dumpster Fires

Finding diamonds in the dumpster fires of life means finding the glimmers of good in an otherwise bad situation. And no, I certainly do not mean in the form of toxic positivity.