One in five young Australians say they are struggling with their mental health, and suicide is the leading cause of death for those aged 15-24. So how do parents cope when it's their child who doesn't want to live? Run Like a Woman's co-host Penny Mulvey and her daughter Holly open up about their personal journey with anxiety and depression.

Researching and writing about spirituality may sound a bit airy-fairy, but as Robyn Wrigley-Carr discovered, it’s actually intensely practical. When Robyn hit burnout, she turned to biblical wisdom and spiritual practices to help her recover.

It's time to talk about the elephant in the room. Should women preach? Should they lead a church? What does the Bible really say about this? Bible scholar Jacqui Grey helps unpack this divisive issue.

Successful children's author Susannah McFarlane always knew she was adopted. But when her birth mother contacted her – when Susannah was almost 50 – she discovered there was a lot more to unearth about her own origin story.

How do work (both unpaid and paid) and God fit together? In this episode, faith and work expert, Kara Martin, reveals how Christianity and motherhood shaped her own career path. And how her six-year-old daughter's leukemia diagnosis changed Kara's outlook on life.

This week we chat with two amazing Christian women CEOs: Melissa Lipsett, CEO of Baptist World Aid Australia, and Clare Steele, CEO of Compassion Australia. Melissa and Clare have unique but similar journeys to the top of Christian social justice organisations. They share about what it takes to lead as a woman, the value of mentoring and how we can make more room at the leadership table for women.

In this episode, we talk about living and dying. Our guest is Mary Hawkes - a pastor, life coach, dedicated volunteer and, right now, her most important job, support person to her husband Nick, who is living with a cancer death sentence.

Around the table are two Baby Boomers, a Gen Xer and two Millennials – women from different eras and cultural experiences. What might we have in common and what can we learn from each other?

Bindi Cole Chocka is an award-winning artist with a remarkable story of transformation. From a difficult childhood to finding Jesus in prison, we talk forgiveness + family, cancel culture + creativity. It's a tear-jerker!

We chat with much-loved storyteller, speaker and author Naomi Reed. She shares her own life story as a missionary in Nepal, and about the hundreds of stories that have shaped her and her readers.

Achievement addiction is rife in our society, particularly among women, argues our guest – author, speaker and academic Justine Toh. So how do we recognise and break free from this obsession?

Run Like a Woman shines a light on the experiences of ordinary Australian Christian women, offering encouragement, connection and inspiration. In episode one, we meet the co-hosts Penny Mulvey and Bec Abbott.