When Life Takes an Unwanted Turn - Ruth Chou Simons

The Candace Cameron Bure Podcast

CandyRock

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.7 • 3.9K Ratings

🗓️ 18 November 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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What do you do when life suddenly takes an unwanted turn? In Season 12, Episode 2 of the Candace Cameron Bure Podcast, Candace and co-host Ruth Chou Simons talk about crisis, grief, and depending on God when life feels out of control. Ruth shares the story of her son Judah’s mountain biking accident and how God met her in the ICU. Candace opens up about her 10-year break from acting, the fear she’d never work again, and how God used that season to deepen her understanding of the gospel. They also discuss motherhood, grief, identity, and freedom from anxiety through Christ. Listener questions include how to keep faith during a cancer diagnosis and how to find motivation to live when life is falling apart. 00:00 – Tour announcement 03:10 – Season 12 intro 05:00 – How Candace and Ruth met 10:30 – Motherhood is sanctifying 14:30 – Judah’s accident 21:30 – Preparing your heart for crisis 24:30 – Candace’s 10-year hiatus 28:30 – When the gospel “clicked” 33:00 – Grief & eternal hope 37:00 – Listener Q: cancer diagnosis 41:00 – Listener Q: no motivation to live 45:00 – Advent guide + Together Community • Download the free Advent guide at Candace.com • Submit questions at Candace.com • Join The Together Community at Candace.com/together • Subscribe, like, and comment on YouTube Connect with Candace and Ruth Candace on Instagram @candacecbure Follow the Podcast on Instagram @candacecameronburepodcast Follow the Podcast on TikTok @ccbpodcast Follow Ruth Chou Simons on Instagram: @ruthchousimons Website: https://ruthchousimons.com/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/RuthChouSimons Sponsors For This Episode -Grand Canyon University: https://www.gcu.edu/ -WeShare weshare.org/candace -Harper Collins nivapplicationbible.com -IFCJ ifcj.org-A’Del Natural Cosmetics https://adelnaturalcosmetics.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Before we get started, I am going on tour for the first time ever this fall, November 20th, 21st, 22nd, and 23rd in four special cities.
0:10.7	Join me for laughs, games, full house trivia, real conversations around women's wellness, and I'll be taking audience questions, tickets and info at candace.com forward slash tour. You don't always think the worst. You're like, okay, this is an accident. I'm a boy mom. I actually don't panic at first. Yeah. And then he said something like, yeah, we're just going to take him to the hospital and make sure he's okay. And then we're going to go get chicken bakes at Costco after this. This is literally how the boys were talking.
0:38.5	Of course.
0:39.0	We're going to go get chicken bakes after this.
0:40.5	It's just a Saturday.
0:41.4	We're riding.
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2:35.8	Life is like a roller coaster, but it's better when we go through it together.
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