EP 84: Don't Try This Alone
In Totality with Megan Ashley
Megan Ashley
4.9 • 4.3K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 84 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode I’m joined by my girl, Toni Collier, you guys already know and love her!
Every time Toni’s on the couch with me, there are lots of laughs, but we also dive deep into the kind of real, raw conversations that bring freedom. This time, we’re talking about her new book “Don’t Try This Alone” where she shares her journey to healing through community. We talked about finding concrete joy after deep pain, and why shame has no place in the believer’s life, and how healing in community really changes everything.
From church hurt and divorce, to the kind of vulnerability that disarms the enemy, Toni’s story is full of God’s redemption and joy that can’t be shaken. We share how telling the whole truth, the messy and the beautiful, not only sets us free, but helps others step into freedom too.
If you’ve ever wrestled with shame, struggled to trust after betrayal, or found it difficult to be vulnerable with people and wondered how to find joy in the middle of hard seasons, this one's for you.
Share this episode with someone who needs the reminder that God’s joy is stronger than their pain, and that they were never meant to walk alone.
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| 0:00.0 | This back-to-school season, spend less on your kids with Amazon. |
| 0:06.0 | I remember when my niece's mindfulness journal cost more than my own therapy session. |
| 0:11.0 | On Amazon, the same journal and the markers to color in it are a fraction of the price. |
| 0:16.0 | Spend less, breathe easier. |
| 0:19.0 | So remember, with Amazon's low back-to-school prices, just spend less on your kids because every dollar you don't spend on them is a dollar you haven't spent on them. |
| 0:28.8 | What's up, fam? Listen, if you've been blessed by In Totality, the podcast, then I want to personally invite you to go deeper by joining our Patreon community called The Village. |
| 0:39.7 | Every Tuesday morning, the Village members get early access to the full episode of the podcast |
| 0:45.1 | two days before it drops publicly on YouTube. |
| 0:49.3 | So while everyone else is waiting, you're already soaking it in. |
| 0:53.2 | But that's just the beginning. |
| 0:55.0 | As a village member, you get exclusive access to the in totality docu-series. |
| 1:00.0 | It's a behind-the-scenes look at how I walk out my faith in real life, no filters, no fluff, |
| 1:06.0 | just real moments of me trusting the Lord, processing life, and growing in truth. We also do live book club |
| 1:12.6 | Zoom calls where we read and grow together in the word. I'm not just talking at you. Worth walking |
| 1:19.2 | through it together, asking questions, wrestling through scriptures, learning to follow Christ |
| 1:25.0 | more fully. You know, like that Romans 12. |
| 1:28.0 | You'll also get bonus content, |
| 1:30.1 | extra conversations with podcast guests that go even deeper, |
| 1:34.0 | plus moments that didn't make it to the episode, |
| 1:36.4 | but were just too good not to share. |
| 1:38.9 | And one more thing, when you join the village, |
| 1:41.3 | you get first access to merch before it drops public. |
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