In this moving episode of Diamonds in Dumpster Fires, host Melie Williams sits down with author and pastor April Yamasaki to talk about grief, faith, and the quiet glimmers of grace that can sustain us in life’s hardest seasons.

Pastor and author Dawn Mann Sanders shares how a season of heartbreaking losses led her back to the opening pages of Genesis—and how God’s creative order became a step-by-step map for rebuilding a life. We talk about grief, honest faith, rest that feels like peace, and the courage to “seize the moment” when God nudges you toward something new.

In this episode, I’m joined by anxious attachment coach Sheilanova Cornelio, who specializes in helping people rewrite their emotional stories, untangle shame-based thought patterns, and create the kind of deep inner safety that allows them to thrive in relationships and in life.

What if confession wasn’t about guilt, shame, or punishment, but about freedom?

In this episode of Diamonds in Dumpster Fires, Melie sits down with author, pastor, and rapper Holly Mutlu to explore confession as a radical act of resilience.

In this episode of Diamonds in Dumpster Fires, Melie gets real about what it means to wear your heart on your sleeve—and why that’s not a weakness, it’s a superpower. From Shakespeare to C.S. Lewis to the Psalms of David, she unpacks the beauty (and the occasional chaos) of being emotionally open.