Wholehearted Pursuits is a podcast for anyone who longs to experience God more deeply, know themselves more truly, and connect with others more meaningfully in everyday life. Hosted by Cheri Cochran, each episode offers practical and spiritual encouragement for the ongoing work of bringing your whole self to your whole life, as Jesus did. It's a space grounded in the belief that we are each made for a deeply connected, wholehearted life with God, ourselves, and others. Whether you're just beginning to ask questions about wholehearted living or have been on the inner journey for years, you are welcome here.
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It’s possible to love God deeply and still find yourself putting off time with Him because you think you know how the conversation will go (and it isn’t good). You may expect to receive a scolding, a sigh of disappointment, or a performance improvement plan. In this episode, we talk about how the hidden beliefs we may hold about God and ourselves create patterns of “already listening,” when we imagine the conversation with God in our minds before we ever have it. I share a story from my colle...
12 Oct 2026
Relax Into Being Loved
It’s easy for our desire to grow spiritually and connect with God to inadvertently turn into a grind. Before we know it, we’re carrying tension, pressure, and anxiety into prayer, reading the Bible, and on into everyday life. Wholehearted living doesn’t start with our efforts, but by relaxing into being deeply loved by God, right now. In this episode, we talk about why faith can feel exhausting when we treat new insights like items to add to a spiritual checklist, and why God never rela...
14 Sept 2026
Unlearning Self-Editing with God
How often do you come to God in prayer only to spend most of your time apologizing for your failures and feelings, minimizing your real struggles and questions, or coaching yourself with the scriptures about what you “know” you should already be doing? If you’re anything like me, you come with a true desire to know and please God but this "editing” in prayer leaves you feeling disconnected and alone. It is God’s delight to meet us where are, not where we think we should be. In thi...
10 Aug 2026
Becoming People Who Notice
Most of us walk through life with a kind of "noticing blindness", missing everything from the birds nearby, an ache in our chest, or a personal belief running the show underneath a conversation. In this episode, Cheri introduces noticing as a foundational skill of a wholehearted life: the practice of offering a moment of attention to what's actually happening in us and around us. Drawing on Ephesians 5:15, she explores the difference between reactive living and responsive living, and why noti...
7 Jul 2026
What is Wholehearted Living?
You can be sincere, faithful, and still feel split in two. One version of you shows up for work, another for home, another for church, and somewhere underneath all of it is a tired heart trying to hold everything together. I’m Cheri Cochran, and this first conversation introduces Wholehearted Pursuits, a podcast for anyone who wants deeper connection with God, themselves, and others, and who is done mistaking striving for spiritual growth. We start with Jesus’ words about the greatest comman...
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