Unstoppable is a monthly podcast and a space for honest conversations about faith, calling, leadership, and the real-life seasons women are walking through.
From breaking the lies that keep us stuck to discovering purpose, stepping into calling, and finding the belonging we've been searching for - each episode creates space for women to encounter God, grow in their faith, and be reminded of this truth: you have a place.
Whether through personal reflections, guest conversations, or panel discussions, Unstoppable exists to encourage, equip, and empower women to live fully in who God created them to be.
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Publisher
Empower Worldwide
Category
business · kids & family · religion & spirituality
BONUS EPISODE: Rooted When Everything Feels Uprooted: Shirley Sagarese's Story
What happens when God gives you a word for a season - and then life seems to become the exact opposite? At the beginning of 2026, Shirley felt God give her one simple word: rooted. At the time, it didn’t feel particularly significant. But in the months that followed, Shirley walked through profound loss and transition - the closing of a church plant she and her husband had led for five years, changing ministry roles, a move, and the unexpected loss of her mom. Everything around her felt uproo...
2 Oct 2026
Breaking the Lies We Believe
There's a thought you keep coming back to. You know the one - the voice that shows up when life gets hard, when things feel uncertain, when the calling on your life starts to feel less like a promise and more like a question mark. It's familiar. It's convincing. And it is not the truth. In this episode, we sit with Paul's letter to the Philippians - written from prison, of all places - and discover that what he gives us isn't just theology. It's a framework. A practice. A way to actually figh...
10 Sept 2026
BONUS EPISODE: The Tightrope Principle: Staying Balanced Under Pressure feat. Dr. Jolander Headley
What's the first thing that cracks in a leader when the pressure gets high? In this episode of Unstoppable, Ashley sits down with her friend and fellow executive pastor, Dr. Jolander Headley, to talk about her HELP framework - Healing the soul, Equipping with excellence, Leadership with strategy, and Planning for purpose - and the leadership lessons behind her upcoming book, The Tightrope Principle. Jolander opens up about the lies she's had to identify and break in her own leadership journey...
3 Sept 2026
From Desperate to Called: Jen Carlsen's Story
What do you do when you walk into a church out of sheer desperation - not really knowing what you're looking for, just knowing you need something to change? You might just find exactly what you didn't know you needed. In this episode, recorded in April of 2026, Ashley sits down with her friend, PTA partner, and co-worker Jen Carlsen for a raw and honest conversation about what it looks like when God writes a story you never could have planned. Jen shares how she found her way to Risen King pr...
3 Aug 2026
The Wrong Starbucks, the Alabaster Jar, and the Belonging You've Been Searching For
What do you do when you walk into a room that doesn't want you? Whether it's a season of transition, a church that hasn't made space for you, or the quiet question that finds us all - do I belong here? - belonging is one of the most fundamental human needs we have. And when we don't feel it, it can feel like something is wrong with us. In this episode, we sit with the story of an unnamed woman in Luke 7, known by everyone for all the wrong reasons, who walked into a room she had no ...
3 Jul 2026
When Hard Places Become Holy Ground
What do you do when the rest you planned becomes the wrestle you needed? In this episode, we sit down with Jenn Hong, Executive Pastor of Family Life at Princeton Alliance Church, for an honest and tender conversation about hard seasons, unexpected encounters with God, and what it really means to be close to Him when life doesn't go as planned. Jenn opens up about a sabbatical that looked nothing like she imagined - and how a moment on a playground, a toddler running into a pole, and a string...
18 Mar 2026
There Is a Place for You
In this personal episode, Ashley shares from her own life about navigating a season of transition, uncertainty, and emotion. As she reflects on what God has been stirring, this conversation explores a deeper question many women are quietly asking: “Is there a place for me?” Drawing from both personal experience and the heart behind Empower, Ashley unpacks: Why so many women are feeling disconnected from the ChurchThe truth that every woman has a place, a voice, and a callingHow pain is ...
18 Mar 2026
True Rest || Sneak Peak: The More and The Next Conference
In this special episode, we’re bringing you a powerful panel conversation from last year’s More & The Next Conference (2025) - a glimpse into the kind of moments that happen when women gather with open hearts and expectancy. In a world that constantly pushes us to do more, achieve more, and carry more, what does it actually look like to experience true rest? This conversation dives deep into: The difference between physical rest and soul-level restHow busyness, burnout, and striving ...
18 Mar 2026
What About the Women? The Story Behind Empower
In this episode of Unstoppable (recorded in October 2024), Ashley sits down with Dr. Wanda Walborn, Director of Empower, to answer a simple but powerful question: What is Empower? What began as a small class in Nyack, New York has grown into a global movement equipping women to discover their identity, develop their gifts, and step into their God-given calling. Together, they share the story behind Empower - from the moment God spoke the words “What about the women?” to the creation of a prog...
18 Mar 2026
Let's Talk Transitions! [Part 2 || When Change Requires Grief]
In this episode of Unstoppable, we continue our conversation on transitions — picking up where we left off to talk about the often overlooked but essential part of change: grieving what was. Filmed in October 2024, this conversation brings together the Empower leadership team as they reflect on how to navigate transitions with honesty, faith, and community. Together they explore the difference between lament and grief, the spiritual practice of processing emotions with God, and how allowing o...
3 Oct 2024
Let's Talk Transitions!
Our first ever podcast! The staff of Empower Worldwide talks personally about the transitions they are currently facing in leadership and at home. https://www.empowerww.org/
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