Episode 396 - Receiving and Reflecting God’s Great Empathy for You with Bill and Kristi Gaultiere

The Nothing Is Wasted Podcast

Davey Blackburn and Aubrey Sampson

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.9 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 25 September 2025

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

How do you experience God’s empathy in the midst of life’s challenges and struggles? How can you encounter the compassion of Christ in your own pain and sorrow?Drs. Bill and Kristi Gaultiere have devoted their lives to helping others navigate personal pain and discover soul care through their ministry, Soul Shepherding. Yet, it was through their own journeys—Bill’s battle with anxiety and Kristi’s experience of childhood wounds—that they came to deeply know God’s empathy, equipping them to walk with others on the path to healing.In their latest book, **Deeply Loved: Receiving and Reflecting God’s Great Empathy for You**, they explore the connection between receiving divine empathy and developing healthier emotional lives and relationships.In this episode, Davey sits down with Bill and Kristi to discuss how our personal stories shape the messages we carry, the essential role of empathy in the healing process, and how the support of others can help us experience God’s compassion more fully.If you’ve ever found it difficult to extend compassion to yourself or others, this conversation will guide you toward discovering that God’s deep love is often experienced through a compassionate engagement with your own emotions and life experiences. Website: https://www.soulshepherding.org/ Instagram: instagram.com/soulshepherding, instagram.com/billgaultiere, instagram.com/kristigaultiereBook: Deeply Loved: Receiving and Reflecting God’s Great Empathy for You https://amzn.to/46ZScYi Wondering where to get started on your journey towards healing? Join Davey on our next FREE, live Zoom call and find out how you can begin to take back your story and how Nothing is Wasted can help. Sign up today at: www.nothingiswasted.com/starthere Looking for help in navigating the valley of pain and trauma? Our Nothing is Wasted coaches can help: www.nothingiswasted.com/coaching Want a pathway through your pain? The Pain to Purpose Course can lead you through all you've been through: www.nothingiswasted.com/paintoppurpose Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast, where we meet you in your pain and help you discover a pathway through.
0:10.2	No matter what you've faced or what you're walking through now, we believe your story isn't over.
0:15.7	Each week, you'll hear powerful conversations with people who've partnered with God to reclaim their stories of trauma, loss, and heartbreak.
0:23.7	And we'll chat with Christian experts who offer wisdom and practical tools for healing.
0:28.8	This is a place of hope, redemption, and the reminder that even in your darkest moments, God is still writing your story.
0:36.5	Because with him, nothing is wasted. I'm your host,
0:40.6	Davey Blackburn. Well, hello, welcome to the Nothing is Wasted podcast. I'm so grateful that you
0:45.9	are joining us this week for yet again another fantastic conversation. We bring on some new
0:51.8	friends of ours, Bill and Christy Galtier, and I'm telling you, this is an unbelievable episode.
0:59.3	And the ministry that Bill and Christy are not just a part of that they founded called Soul Shepherding is absolutely something that you're going to want to look into.
1:09.2	In fact, my wife, Christy,
1:11.3	and I are heading to one of their retreats in February, and we're super excited about being a part of
1:17.7	this. Here's the thing. Most of us, most of us long to feel deeply loved, but honest, I mean, if we
1:26.3	really peel things back, most of us secretly wonder
1:31.3	if we really are. Like, I mean, truly, deeply loved by somebody else in this world. And that is
1:39.3	the ultimate desire of this human heart is to be known, fully known and fully loved for who you are. In fact,
1:47.0	what we know about neuropsychology and brain science when it comes to trauma is that one of the
1:52.7	only ways that you're able to calm your brain down or your brain is to be calmed is when you
1:57.9	experience or receive true love and empathy. So what true love and
2:03.8	empathy does, when you feel loved and understood, it actually begins to calm down the firing
2:09.9	or dysregulation of your brain where you've been operating in your limbic system, where you're
2:13.9	dysregulated, and it begins to bring everything back to the prefrontal cortex,
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