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Monday, June 27, 2022

How to Trade in Tragedy for Endless Joy

Heidi McLaughlin has been widowed twice and is no stranger to suffering but......she found joy in the middle of terrible loss. Her passion for life is contagious. Her story is one you will remember and it will show you how to live a transformed life -- no matter what you have endured.

Heidi McLaughlin believes that there is nothing more beautiful than a woman who knows she is loved. Heidi inspires audiences to grasp their magnificence and step up to the plate to embrace their full potential.


Heidi McLaughlin

Heidi speaks across North America and overseas, including Poland, Romania, and Colombia. She has been teaching, speaking, writing, and mentoring women for 29 years. She is an award-winning author and has written several books, study guides, and hundreds of articles. Her newest award-winning book, FRESH JOY: Joy in the Midst of Loss, Hardships and Suffering is helping hundreds in North America and beyond. 


Two weeks before Christmas in 1994, her husband Dick went out to a local high school gym to play basketball with his favorite team. That night while playing he died from heart failure.

For months Heidi felt as though she was floating in dark, murky water gasping for air and trying to stay afloat. But it was also at this point in her life when she began to learn how to hang on to God with every breath. 

Heidi was blissfully married to her second husband, Jack, who had lost his wife to cancer.

On November 15th, 2016, Jack went into the kitchen for a cup of coffee, he dropped to the floor and died of a heart attack. Jack was the love of Heidi’s life. The valley of the shadow of death was a time of deep grief for Heidi and her family, but our God is a God of hope and healing of broken hearts.

Heidi has experienced much tragedy but has also learned how to recapture her JOY. She would love to show you how you can too. Here is her inspiring interview:






Heidi McLaughlin


A cup of fresh joy!? Wouldn't it be great if we could buy a cup of joy and sip on it all day? In our daily pursuit of joy through people, adventures, and success, we often come up empty and gasping for air. Always needing more. 


After the crushing loss of both her first and her second beloved husbands, author Heidi McLaughlin desperately needed joy that was sustainable and fresh. She was startled to discover that she could have it because pain and joy can co-exist. 


In spite of disappointments, pain, and losses, joy is available at all times because joy is an endless resource of heaven through our connection with God.


Finding hope in the midst of loss, hardships, and suffering. The 12 chapters in Heidi's book give the reader insight into how to embrace and unleash their joy in the midst of pain.


Heidi's Books


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Ever feel restless, knowing there’s more to life? Ever wonder why your plate is full, yet your soul is still empty, even as you search for more?

Restless for More is a book for our time, as we are bombarded with media that tells us we can do whatever it takes to make us feel good. But contrary to the world’s view, we don’t find our deepest fulfillment through more pursuits; we find fulfillment through an intimate, loving relationship with God and walking out the biblical “one another” principles through connecting with God and through healthy and loving connections.

Restless for More will help you...
radically re-shift your thinking
remind you that you are not alone in feeling restless
realize that indeed, there is more to life
find clear direction from God’s Word on how to apply the biblical principles
find fulfillment in unexpected places


Heidi McLaughlin


Every woman yearns to be beautiful both inside and out and yet we can't seem to find the magic formula. So many solutions are available at our fingers tips, yet our souls seem emptier than ever. 

From the day we come into this world, our need for love and affirmation is so great that we instinctively manipulate people to love us and rescue us from our pain. Despite the unparalleled opportunities for freedom, happiness and fulfillment available to women, many continue to stay mired in depression, anger and hopelessness. 

To protect our hearts, we have learned to lock away our natural God-given beauty by pretending to be the person the world would approve of. Sadly, we have lost our magnificent true selves along the way. God created us in His image, and the essence of God is beauty; therefore, you and I are beautiful. It is already there; we just need to allow the touch of God to reveal it to us and unleash it.

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