Drea's Couch is a podcast for people navigating the hard seasons of faith — burnout, spiritual dryness, quiet doubt, grief, and the slow work of rebuilding.
Each episode is at least 9 minutes of honest, researched thinking: grounded in faith, informed by science, and delivered without performance. No easy answers. No toxic positivity. Just steady, clear conversation for people who are still showing up and quietly wondering how much longer they can keep doing that.
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Shoulda, cudda, woulda — three words that carry a lifetime of weight. In this episode, we explore what it really means to miss an opportunity, what God says about looking back, and why the plan He has for you was never as fragile as your regrets make it feel.
This episode walks through the honest weight of regret — the paths not taken, the talents left unpracticed, the mentors we didn’t follow up with — and then lands somewhere far more hopeful: what the Bible says about the danger of looking back, and what God says about the plans He already has for each of us.
Scriptures referenced in this episode
* Genesis 19 — Lot’s wife and the danger of looking back
* Luke 9:62 — Looking back makes you unfit for the work ahead
* Philippians 3:13–14 — Paul forgetting what is behind and pressing forward
* Jeremiah 29:11 — God’s plans for your future
* Romans 8:28 — All things working together for good
* Isaiah 43:18–19 — God is doing a new thing in the wilderness
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17 Apr 2026
Faith
When the Answer Hasn’t Come Drea’s Couch Podcast
What happens when you’ve prayed, believed, and waited — and the answer still hasn’t come? This episode is for anyone carrying a disappointment they haven’t found language for.
Drea walks through what Scripture actually says about unanswered prayer, why lament is not a failure of faith, and the quiet difference between feeling disappointed by God and being abandoned by Him.
In this episode:
* Langston Hughes, Proverbs 13:12, and the weight of deferred hope
* Why nearly 40% of the Psalms are laments — and what that means for you
* The difference between disappointment and abandonment
* What Job got right that his friends got wrong
* Three honest things to do when you’re still waiting
Scriptures referenced: Proverbs 13:12 · Psalm 13 · Psalm 22 · Psalm 88 · Job 42:7 · Romans 8:28 · 2 Corinthians 12:9 (all KJV)
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10 Apr 2026
Loneliness in the Faith Community
SHOW NOTES
You Can Be Surrounded by People at a Worship Service and Still Be Completely Alone
Key research referenced in this episode:
* Cigna/Evernorth Loneliness in America 2025 survey (7,500+ U.S. adults): managedhealthcareexecutive.com (https://www.managedhealthcareexecutive.com/view/more-than-half-of-americans-are-lonely-survey-shows)
* AARP Disconnected: The Escalating Challenge of Loneliness Among Adults 45-Plus (December 2025): doi.org/10.26419/res.00983.001 (https://doi.org/10.26419/res.00983.001)
* Cardus: Social Isolation, Loneliness, and Christian Communities (2025): cardus.ca (https://cardus.ca/research/social-isolation-loneliness-and-christian-communities/)
* U.S. Surgeon General’s Advisory on Loneliness and Isolation (2023): hhs.gov (https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf)
* Jeremy Linneman, Why Do We Feel Lonely at Church? (Crossway, 2023)
* Susan Mettes, The Loneliness Epidemic (Brazos Press, 2021)
* Tithely research on loneliness and digital-age church: get.tithe.ly (https://get.tithe.ly/blog/how-to-address-loneliness-in-the-digital-age-faith-based-solutions-for-a-disconnected-world)
* Lifeway Research — From Isolation to Community: research.lifeway.com (https://research.lifeway.com/2020/01/13/from-isolation-to-community-how-the-church-can-mitigate-the-loneliness-epidemic/)
Related Drea’s Couch articles:
* The Hidden Collapse (https://dreascouch.substack.com/p/the-hidden-collapse)
* Faith as Foundation (https://dreascouch.substack.com/p/faith-as-foundation)
* Emotional Resilience (https://dreascouch.substack.com/p/emotional-resilience)
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