Cannot get enough of these. Justin & Abi bring real life examples and experience to help walk you into wholeness and healing. If you are looking for growth, maturity, and healing, this pod will give you direction and hope for the future. And hopefully help you on the journey to become the fullest version of yourself ❤️

This podcast is presenting things to me I have needed for 20 years! I am learning so much and being challenged and encouraged all while I get to laugh along the way too!!! Justin and Abi, I am so grateful!!

Can you guys do part 3?

Fantastic podcast! So much practical and powerful insight and many great topics. It’s made me see myself and many relationships in my life in a new and healthier way. My only negative feedback is that I feel a little triggered every time Abi or Pietze interrupt Justin (I can’t stand hearing people being interrupted), sometimes to the point of wanting to turn it off, but I’m always amazed by Justin’s patience, which helps me hang in there and keep listening. Way to go Justin! 👏 And way to bring the passion, Abi and Pietze! I love you both too! ❤️

I’ve listened to the show for a while now and really enjoy their honest, vulnerable, and often funny insight. It helps me strive towards being the best version of myself. I don’t write reviews, but I wanted to emphasize how incredibly powerful the most recent episode, 313 on transformation, was for me. I’ve been feeling stuck and frustrated in my healing journey. I have been taking all of the missteps that they discuss. This opened my eyes to seeing my path forward.

I found The Connected Life via Facebook Reels and have been beyond blessed. My Netflix addiction has payed off well as I was ready to commit to the binge. 😊Started at the beginning and can’t stop listening. Sparking me to call out my own Shame Monster and provoke connection and conversation with my husband. Thank you

First podcast rating and review I’ve ever felt compelled to do. This podcast is informative, entertaining, authentic, relatable, affirming, eye-opening, powerful, and free (!). If you’re looking to understand yourself and find freedom, you are in the right place. This podcast is such a gift.

I began listening to this podcast on a whim because I was doing a deep dive on attachment styles. Week after week the relatability of the topics and advice given has given my new habits and thoughts about relationships. I’m so glad I found this podcast and refer it to anyone looking for help being better connected!

I have listened to three episodes, the one where Justin and Abi shared their experience with suicide, the episode on the power of acceptance, and the episode on how our past shapes us. It’s all so healing and and is opening up places in me that need healing. I highly recommend this podcast and find healing and wholeness and see how love can transform you.

This podcast, along with two others, has literally changed my life over the course of two years. Just keep saying yes & showing up to it. Thank you guys for creating this safe space of healing for us. 🥹🫶🏻

I love this show and Justin and Abi for laying out the real real on the episodes. I feel that as hard as it may be for them, sometimes witnessing someone else do it in a way that you want to(relationship and/or connection), is just what you need to unlock the courage to try it yourself. It’s encouraging and empowering to say the least.

This podcast is brilliant for laying out your feelings in an honest yet empathetic way! In short, this is a TRUE gem 💎 💎💎💎💎💎

I’ve grown emotionally and spiritually due to this ministry & pod. Greatly appreciate the transparency & vulnerability demonstrated. Thank you for this pod 👏👏👏💛

I truly believe that if the church body could learn how to communicate and move through conflict well, we’d be in a different place entirely. Justin + Abi (and their team) are helping people learn how to do just that. This podcast offers so much insight, validation, and guidance for those who want to do relationships well, heal from the wounds of bad ones, and also maybe give some of that healing-love to others. I enjoy the real stories + vulnerability in each episode. This podcast is truly giving listeners the feeling of “being seen.” Thankful! I encourage everyone to give it a listen.

God started me watching it 3 years ago and it’s been such a blessing, you don’t have to agree with everything they say, but it’s definitely something to try listening to

Nothing but new age psychobabble infused with Christian terminology. Shouldn’t be surprised that these alleged gurus are affiliated with Bethel church in Redding, California.

I haven’t missed one! Thank you so much Justin and Abi, for sharing your life so vulnerably with us! I do appreciate it! Keep them coming! There’s so much life and wisdom!

I don’t like to hype things up but I think this podcast is changing my life. Many years in therapy and I’m learning how to actually make use of that time to heal and grow. Justin and Abi want to create an army of emotionally healthy people, I’m learning to no longer be at war with myself.

Can’t believe how timely this episode was! Learning to respond to God’s giving rather than getting. Left my house thinking, I just need to receive whatever good thing Jesus has got in his pocket today. And low and behold it was listening to you both talking about whimsy and wonder. Exactly what I needed hear to learn through opening my life up. Thank you!

This podcast always feels like a warm hug to me! I love how relatable Justin and Abi are and how they talk about the complexities of life with such grace and empathy. I found this podcast right after I moved to a new city and went through a lot of relationship changes. It has made me feel less alone knowing that everyone is in process and how to embrace the mess and stay present. I also really loved the interviews with the LCMC students. I cried so much during Ryan and Phillip’s interviews. Thank you so much for continuing to record this podcast!!

These two are amazing people inside and out, and the podcast is a small glimpse into their hearts for helping others. If you want to grow and challenge your status quo, this is a must listen!

Ruth I’m so happy you exist! Thank you for going after SO much in your life. And wow what a relief your explanation on attraction brought to my heart. I thought I just sucked at picking men but your explanation really helped me look into why I just follow the butterflies in my tummy. That it isn’t a bad thing that I choose based on my gut but to see why that feels natural and then look into adding adaptive attraction so I don’t miss red flags.. As always this podcast brings me so much understanding and hope. Justin and Abi thank you for doing what you do! And Ruth you are amazing.

I love the connected life. I have listened since the show started. I have taken a lot of their classes. Their content and advice has forever changed my life. I am thankful for people like them. The world needs more Christians who are authentic , leaning into emotional health, as well as love the Spirit, as well as the church. Although she may be messy , His bride is worth fighting for. All people regardless of beliefs will benefit from being a regular listener . I highly recommend it. In fact I often refer this podcast to individuals who come for assistance, at my place of employment.

In a state of perceived, hopelessness and chaos in our world, Justin and Abi aren’t just a shot of hope, they are a keg of hope!

The Connected Life is my FAVORITE podcast! I actually look forward to driving to work on Mondays because I know there will be a new episode to listen to. It has truly changed my life!! My ex husband and I have had healing conversations and are now better friends than ever! Thank you Justin and Abi! My next step is LCMC!

God works through them

I’ve been listening to this podcast since 2020, and it’s helped me grow SO much. It’s such an outlet for topics I feel haven’t been very accessible in my life and probably life in general. Tackling certain issues can be hard, and Justin and Abi do such a good job of breaking down how to overcome them.

I love this podcast. It’s been such a blessing. I started listening a few years ago, then fell off and picked it back up a few months ago. It’s been awesome. So timely for my journey and a source of insight, tools, resources and, most importantly, hope. Keep doing your thing, Justin and Abi. You’re changing lives.

Your podcast has helped me so much over the past couple of years. Thank you!

I found the Alive and Free podcast first, and after binge listening to them all, I found yours. Both podcasts have given me so much hope. I’ve been in therapy for several years, but the way you guys present this material is so hopeful that adding this to my healing journey has really given me a deep and abiding feeling of hope and joy even as I walk into the depths of pain. I also read both reviews commenting on your use of language and swearing. For me, having grown up in the church, pastor’s daughter and all that, hearing a few swear words was actually kinda refreshing. Lol. Like it carried with it a tone of freedom from legalism and from performance based acceptance. However, a friend might react totally distantly, as her life before Christ she was surrounded by course language, so for her it might actually be a trigger of a past life when she was not safe. I just thought of that as I was reading those reviews. Thank you for the work you do to provide this insightful information. It’s really life changing.

This podcast has given me so many tools on how to navigate and understand all that takes place within relationships. Each week I look forward to the next episode!

I started listening to this podcast when it first launched which was also when I got engaged. My relationship with my in-laws had been rocky from the start due to a lot of unhealthy emotional / communication patterns in their family. My fiancé had since moving out worked on breaking a lot of those bad habits, but every time we saw them, there was always a blow out argument, someone getting triggered, you name it! While on a road trip with them we subtlety mentioned this podcast and started playing it (in hopes they would learn from it quite frankly lol). Never heard anything from them until… 3 years later we find out they have continued to listen to The Connected Life since we showed it to them and are doing Justin and Abbie’s pathway to freedom course! There has been RADICAL change in them, and the entire family dynamic. Emotions being validated, arguments no longer blowing up, less and less victimhood and blame game going on - SO AMAZING! Thank you Justin and Abbie for providing resources in a fun and connecting way through this podcast. It’s changed my relationship with my in-laws tremendously and I am so thankful for it!!

I could write a novel on all this podcast, Justin & Abi, have done for me. I’ve been to many counselors (for PTSD after missions etc) & none helped. It began to ruin my life -dramatic but true lol Then I found them & can honestly say they helped me to navigate myself out of the “dark valley” & find true life. They gave me hope when I had none.

Love this podcast. And their immersion courses especially have changed my life by putting these concepts into practice and introducing me to community going after wholeness.

Before this podcast, I did not have language for the things I have experienced in my life. I have felt such incredible validation that I’ve longed for. I have quite the traumatic past and the church has always been very dismissive of it. This podcast has helped so much to bridge the worlds of emotional health and my faith. This are totally interconnected…but it seems the majority of resources out there aren’t great when talking about them together. I feel seen. I feel embraced. I don’t feel like an outcast anymore. Thank you so much for all you do. I recommend the podcast to everyone I know now!

I have learned so much from The Connected Life podcast! Helpful, life changing insights are presented in an applicable, informative, loving and humorous dialog. These people know what their teaching, share authentically and with humility. I look forward to Mondays when a new one is out 😊

Dude. Everytime. I feel like I could write pages and pages with the lightbulbs going off and healing I’ve gotten. But I’ll leave it at how grateful I am for the Stumvolls. Can’t imagine a world without you guys. And they don’t know it yet but my husband and kids thank you too!!!!!

Thank you Abi and Justin for being pioneers of freedom and faithful stewards of your story! Those of us on the “journey” benefit so much from your wisdom, revelation, and hope. Finally, two voices full of AUTHORITY! For readers who are interested in growth and transformation (not religious self-help), this is your podcast. This is your key to freedom!! Christ is expressed so beautifully through Abi and Justin!

Man! I am blessed by how humane & in touch with being people this is, yet full of love and transformation. This feels so full of HOPE ❤️‍🔥 thank you.

Love these guys! They are so authentic and real with some great sarcasm and good laughs! Thank you for talking about real life and making it fun along the way. Well worth the listen!

These podcasts are more than helpful. They are practical for a good life and deeper than that, the sharing and teachings resonate in my heart and bring about growth and change in my physical health, soul care and spiritual health. I just think love, energy and the light of God.

There are so many truths I’ve gained from this podcast that have been so life changing and affirming. Justin and Abi (and guests!) are always so fun in the way they express their story and the way they’ve healed and giving others permission to do the same.

Love this podcast, it’s my favorite.

I’ve taken almost all the stumvoll courses now. Listen to the podcast and join all the courses. Will change your life!!

Love this podcast. You’re both amazing and an inspiration. Thank you for continuing to do what you do and help others!

This episode gives me hope, Jason’s story is very relatable to my own life. Mental illness plays a role but this is was so good and I feel like it has given me tools. Thank you.

So much truth and freedom shared in these episodes. Well worth your time!

Listen to this podcast if you want your life changed. Don’t listen to this podcast if you don’t want freedom, wholeness, and tools to actually live a fulfilling, embodied existence. The content they share will transform your whole life if you slow down and apply yourself to it. Current favourite episodes are 199, 200, 209, 210, and 211.

This is my favorite podcast! I’m so grateful for the work Abi & Justin have put into their own lives, growing their knowledge and others. The authenticity, transparency and relevant application shared is so helpful! For someone who lives in a country where taking care of one’s mental health can feel out of reach monetarily, this podcast has been there to assist and I’m so grateful! Thank you both, along with every guest who comes on and shares, you are changing lives!

I look forward to this podcast every single Monday. I have so much love and respect for Justin and Abi. Whenever I’m listening, there is always lots of nodding. They speak things that my heart has longed to hear. What an incredible resource and gift The Connected Life is. Give it a listen! Thank You.