The Wise Wife Podcast
The Wise Wife Podcast is for women who are standing for their marriage and refusing to surrender God’s design to passivity, fear, or cultural advice. Hosted by Christian author and mentor Natasha Drisdelle, each episode brings biblical clarity, spiritual discipline, and practical instruction for women who are fighting the right fight — even when their marriage appears broken, distant, or beyond repair. This is not a podcast about controlling outcomes or fixing your husband. It’s about learning how to stand rightly before God, exercise spiritual authority, and partner with Jesus in the work of restoration.
Episodes
E43 What No One Tells You About Marriage Restoration
Most women standing for their marriage treat restoration like the finish line. He comes home, the affair ends, he finally chooses the marriage, and after all the praying and fasting and waiting you think, "We made it. Now everything will be good." Here is what I wish I had understood sooner. Restoration does not hand you the marriage of your dreams. It hands you a do-over, a second chance
E41 Is Your Marriage Harmful... or Just Hard?
Hard marriages contain problems. Harmful marriages contain patterns of power. Most Christian women have never been taught how to tell which one they are living in. You have been taught forgiveness. You have been taught submission, covenant, and faithfulness. I stand on every one of those. But I have watched women take that teaching and use it to explain away something that was never hers
E42 Is Your Marriage Harmful... or Just Hard? Part 2
You will learn more about your marriage from what happens after you set one boundary than from anything he says when things are calm. In a hard marriage, a boundary frustrates him. In a harmful marriage, a boundary triggers retaliation. In part 2 I walk through how a husband responds to boundaries and consequences, what genuine repentance looks like next to regret, and 5 questions that wi
E40 The 7 R's of Restoration
You can pray for restoration every morning and still not be ready for it.
After almost 20 years of standing with women who are believing God for their marriages, I keep seeing the same 7 things in the wife before her breakthrough ever comes. Not in the prodigal. In her. This is not a formula, and I am not promising that checking 7 boxes brings your husband home by Christmas. But in
E39 The Single Strategy that Saved My Marriage
You've been praying, you've been showing up, you've been doing what everyone told you was the right thing. And your marriage is still getting worse.
There are 2 types of prodigal spirits that drive relationship breakdown: rejection and dominance. They attract their opposite, and they feed off each other. When the marriage starts to strain, a wife naturally reaches for the strategy that wo
E38 How to Laugh at the Days to Come When Your Life is Falling Apart
Proverbs 31:25 says a woman clothed in strength and dignity can laugh at the days to come. Most of us can't laugh, because tomorrow scares us and we're holding our version of how things should go with both hands. In this episode I take you into the Hebrew behind that verse, oz and hadar, and show you that these are God's own garments, not something you manufacture from inside yourself.
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E37 Are You Ready for Restoration?
Women come to me to heal their marriages. Almost every time, what they needed was to heal themselves first.
I know that is hard to hear when your husband is the one who looks broken. But I spent years so fixed on his wrongs that I nearly walked away from God over my own hurt and offense. This episode is about what God wants to heal in you while you wait on Him.
I walk through three things
E36 Follow the Fruit to the Root
Years ago I walked into our bathroom and found raw sewage backing up into the toilet and the tub. We could have spent the rest of our lives scooping it out, or we could deal with the massive tree root that had grown silently underground for decades until it finally broke the sewer line. Most women I coach are still scooping.
You've been trying to change the behavior. You've prayed
E35 Victim vs Martyr - How to Share Your Story Well
There are two sinful responses to trauma, and most of us are living in one of them. The victim is sharing her story compulsively, looking for someone to confirm her pain is real. The martyr is stuffing it all down and calling that strength. Today I'm naming both, exposing the root wounds that drive each one, and showing you what it actually looks like to share your story well, with discer
E34 My Marriage Stand Part 3 - How He Came Home
My Marriage Stand: Part 3 — How He Came Home
I got the call I had been fasting and praying for. Tim's opening line was, "Natasha, I don't love you. I haven't loved you in a really long time."
I dropped to my knees.
Not because the words were good. They were the worst sales pitch of all time. But I knew in my spirit that something had broken.
This is Part 3, the final episode of my fu
E34 My Marriage Stand Part 2
My Marriage Stand: Part 2 — What God Did With the Wreckage
He moved out. I was at the house with the boys. And by God's grace, I did not lose my mind.
That surprised me more than anything, because nothing about how I'd been living had prepared me for dignified separation. There was not a single fleshly reason I should have held it together when he was packing that car, but I did.
What fol
E34 My Marriage Stand, Part 1
My Marriage Stand: Part 1 — I Hated My Husband
There was a time I hated my husband. Not the small kind of hate. The kind where you lie awake at night wondering if you married your mortal enemy.
And the part that's even harder to say? I thought I was the good one.
This is Part 1 of a 3-part series where I'm telling my full story. Not the cleaned up version. The actual story of how my marri
The Power Isn't in the Oil: What Anointing Actually Does
Anointing your house, your husband's pillow, your kids' foreheads, your kitchen sink — none of it does anything if you don't actually believe God is who He says He is. In this episode, Natasha answers a question one of our Wise Wives asked about anointing oil. What is it? Why do people use it? Does it actually do anything? She walks through the biblical roots of anointing — David being se
He Says He Believes in God But Doesn't Act Like It
He says he believes in God. So why doesn't it show?
If you've ever felt like something isn't adding up in your marriage — your head saying one thing, your spirit saying another — this episode is for you.
In this episode, Natasha breaks down one of the most confusing and painful situations a Christian wife can face: a husband who professes faith but shows no fruit. Drawing from her own mar
Fearless Faith
Are you stuck in a cycle of managing, controlling, and worrying — and wondering why nothing ever changes? The root isn't your circumstances, it's fear.
In this episode of The Wise Wife Podcast, Natasha dives deep into what fearless faith actually is — not the street-corner shouting kind, but the kind that let David face Goliath, kept the apostles standing under torture, and can keep you s
Reality Discipline in Marriage (Stop Trying to Fix Your Husband)
Many wives feel trapped in a cycle of trying to fix, manage, or carry the weight of their husband’s choices, only to end up exhausted, frustrated, and stuck. In this episode, Natasha breaks down a powerful and often misunderstood concept: reality discipline.
Originally taught in parenting, this principle has profound implications for marriage, especially when you’re dealing with sin, dysf
Should I Submit in This Case? What Biblical Submission Actually Looks Like
“How do I submit in this situation?” It’s one of the most common—and most misunderstood—questions in Christian marriage. In this episode, Natasha addresses a real-life scenario from a wife who feels stuck carrying the weight of her household while her husband avoids responsibility. But instead of giving a surface-level answer, she reframes the question entirely: It’s not just “how do I su
Ep. 28: He Wants To Come Home, But I Don’t Feel Secure in His Love
What do you do when your husband wants to come back, but not fully as a husband? In this episode, Natasha addresses a common and painful question from wives navigating broken marriages: how do you know whether letting him come home is wisdom or enabling dysfunction? She unpacks the difference between regret and repentance, explains what an “in-home prodigal” looks like, and shows why many
Episode 27: You Are More Than Just a Rib
In this episode of The Wise Wife Podcast, Natasha takes a closer look at the Genesis creation account and explores the Hebrew words often translated as “man,” “helper,” and “rib.”
What if the story of Adam and Eve is richer than the simplified version many of us learned growing up? What if woman was never meant to be understood as an afterthought, but as fully present in God’s original de
Episode 26: The One Thing That Will Keep You "Standing" Forever
Some women who believe they’re “standing for their marriage” are actually stuck in idolatry.
Not devotion.
Not faith.
Idolatry.
Because if your husband leaving has turned you into an emotional wreck who can’t function, can’t sleep, can’t eat, can’t think about anything else… that’s a type of worship, rather than biblical strength.
And on the other side of the story, many of the spouses wh
Episode 25: Should Christians go to marriage counseling?
“Should Christians go to marriage counseling?” It’s one of the most common questions I hear from Christian wives in marital crisis. In this episode, I walk through the difference between godly sorrow and worldly sorrow, change versus transformation, and how to discern whether counseling in your season will support sanctification, or reinforce control and victimhood. This conversation is a
Ep. 24 When God Humbles You Through Circumstances
In this Wise Swipe Podcast episode, I teach from Hezekiah’s story (2 Chronicles 32; 2 Kings 19) to encourage women standing for their marriages. I explain how idols create open doors for attack, why scrambling and compromise never satisfy the enemy, and why God doesn’t need our help—He wants obedience, trust, and surrender. I share how mockery and fear try to intimidate faith, how reaping
Ep 23 When Marriage Advice Sounds Biblical But is Stealing Your Breakthrough
In this episode of The Wise Wife, Natasha addresses a blind spot many Christian women don’t realize they have: consuming voices that sound helpful, feel validating, and claim biblical values, while subtly contradicting God’s design for marriage, authority, and obedience.
Natasha walks through how spiritual compromise often enters quietly—not through rebellion, but through “good resources,
Ep 22 | Should I Let Him Move Back In? (The In-Home Prodigal)
Natasha answers a listener question -- one that she receives often -- in how to navigate a prodigal husband who wants to "come home" but isn't showing any signs of repentance or remorse. In this episode, Natasha explains the biblical framework she uses to help make wise decisions when faced with difficult situations.
Ep 21 | Meekness is Not Weakness
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Ep.20 | How to Pray in the Spirit and Destroy the Enemy’s Schemes for Your Life
Today on the Wise Wife Podcast, Natasha explores praying "in the Spirit," including speaking in tongues. We'll learn about the power of this form of prayer for personal edification, intercession, and spiritual warfare and talk about why it's important for EVERY believer. Come with expectation and FAITH that you can be baptized in the Holy Spirit!
Ep 19 | Understanding the Spiritual Realm, How to Wage War Against Satan and His Minions, and Why we Must Wield the Sword of the Spirit
In this episode, we near the conclusion of our Armor of God series by recapping what we’ve learned about standing firm against evil, as outlined in Ephesians 6. This isn’t metaphorical or abstract; it’s preparation for a literal spiritual battle raging over our souls, families, and legacies. We explore the Bible’s depiction of an organized, hierarchical demonic realm and how understanding
Ep. 18 | The Helmet of Salvation is More than Just Being "Saved"
In this episode, Natasha continues the Armor of God series with a deep dive into the Helmet of Salvation. She challenges listeners to move beyond surface-level understanding of salvation and instead embrace its transformative power. Natasha explores how the enemy targets our identity, distorts our purpose, and uses pride or shame to separate us from God. She unpacks what it means to have
Ep.17 | The Shield of Faith is Your Offensive Weapon
In continuing our study on the Armor of God, Natasha emphasizes the importance of actively using faith as a shield against the enemy's attacks, allowing us to advance into battle rather than passively taking the hits. Drawing parallels with Roman military strategies and Japanese samurai tactics to underscore the need for discipline, resilience, and unwavering faith, Natasha also highlight
Ep 16 | The Gospel of Peace Prepares You For Battle
In this episode, Natasha reflects on how unprepared many of us are for marriage and the unrealistic expectations we can easily bring with us into our relationships. As we unpack the importance of allowing time and space for spiritual growth in both our husband and ourselves, Natasha takes us through the next piece of armor in our Armor of God series. Tune in to hear about the significance
Ep.15 | The Armor of God: Righteousness is Not Perfection
When facing marriage breakdown, Natasha made the mistake of embracing self-righteousness and it only led to further destruction. In this episode, she explores the significance of true righteousness, found in Jesus, as she explores the breastplate of righteousness as a spiritual weapon. Natasha delves into the meaning of righteousness, the importance of faith and love, and the relationship
Ep.14 | Unveiling the Armor of God: Truth as a Powerful Weapon
The enemy tries to deceive us and prevent us from knowing the WHOLE truth. We saw it with Eve in the Garden and his tricks haven't changed much since then. Today's episode emphasizes the significance of being able to discern real truth from partial and half-truths and how these half-truths can hinder our spiritual growth and understanding. For when we have the real truth, we can step out
Ep.13 | Are You Playing the Enemy's Game? Learn to Fight the Right Fight with This Powerful Strategy!
Are you feeling totally overwhelmed at your circumstances? Are you tired of getting knocked down by the things your husband is saying or doing? In today's episode, Natasha shares a critical strategy to help shift your mindset from the natural realm -- what you see and hear -- to the spiritual realm. And it is in the spiritual realm where true and lasting change can happen!
Ep.12 | The Most Powerful Spiritual Weapon Available
The Bible tells us to not wage war the way the world does but to tap into the divine weapons we have through the authority given to us through Jesus. Today we explore the significance of the most powerful spiritual weapon available to us. In addition to experiencing the "fullness of life" we read about in Ephesians 3:19, embracing this spiritual weapon also leads us to better understand
Ep. 11 | The Sneaky Tactic of the Enemy That Shows Up in Nearly Every Wife I've Ever Mentored
When Satan can’t outright convince you to embrace sin, he will try to get you to embrace faulty beliefs that keep you ineffective. One of the most common attacks I see in women who are obediently fighting to save their marriages is the sneaky exploitation of your own good intentions. In this episode, we talk about how Satan can exploit your desire for holiness by subtly convincing you tha
Ep. 10 | We Fight with Divine Weapons
The enemy wants you to believe that you’re in a fight against your husband, that the fight is about changing your circumstances, and that because you see no sign of life in the natural, there is no hope of anything improving or changing for the better.But it's time to learn how to fight the right fight and use the powerful divine weapons that we have as part of our inheritance in Christ.
Ep. 9 Four Signs This Common Sin is Holding You Back
When we think about pride, we often think about boastful people who are full of themselves. And while that may be one sign someone is struggling with pride, there are many more (sneakier) ways that this common human condition can be hindering us and keeping us from the growth God has for us!Root it out and be free today so you can step into all that God is calling you to!
Ep. 8 Stop Comparing Yourself to the Other Woman
When marriages break down, there is almost always another person involved. Whether it's a full-blown physical affair or an emotional affair based in fantasy, the wife left behind often struggles with feeling inadequate when comparing herself to the other woman. In today's episode, Natasha shares why that comparison is inherently wrong and what you can do to safeguard yourself against it.
Ep. 7 Part 2: The True Meaning of "Helpmeet"
In the second part of our "helpmeet" series, Natasha shares more practical advice on how to best serve our families and some of the subtle-yet-powerful ways we can help create an environment which will lead to positive growth in our husband and marriage.
Ep. 6 Part 1: The True Meaning of "Helpmeet"
We hear all the time that God created men and women to be equal but it doesn't seem that way when we read Genesis and, depending on our translation, see our role defined as a "helper" or "suitable counterpart". In part one of this two-part series on the true definition of "helpmeet", Natasha breaks down the Hebrew translations of the word to give a better picture of how God really sees us
Ep.5 How to Not Lose Hope While Waiting for Your Miracle
The Bible shows us many examples of those who experienced suffering and yet seemed to suffer "well". How did they do it? In this episode, Natasha shares strategies which she, and many other women, use to successfully weather the storms of marriage (and life!) while not losing hope. With these specific biblical strategies, you'll discover ways to safeguard your heart from hopelessness and
Ep.4 Submitting When It Feels Wrong
The Bible says to submit to your husband "in all things", but what do we do when it's something that goes against our conscience? Or, in the case of this listener's question, what about when our husband is defying God's commands. Do we say something? Do we put our foot down? Natasha answers that, and more, in this week's podcast.
Ep.3 God is Not Limited By Your Circumstances
Don't miss this episode if you're praying and believing for something miraculous. Natasha shares practical strategies to keep yourself in the "right fight" and avoid the common roadblocks that many of us face when we are up against a mountain of negative circumstances.
Ep.2 How To Deal with the Pain of Betrayal
A listener wrote in asking how I dealt with the pain once my estranged husband came back to our marriage. To answer that, we're going to need to first uncover one of the ugliest sins that many Christians are taking part in each and every day!
Ep.1 What It Takes to Save Your Marriage
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