Hope Comes to Visit

Finding Art, Hope, and Voice with Little Junior

In this deeply personal episode, I’m joined by my friend Oliver — a gifted creative, devoted father, loving husband, social worker, and the heart behind the artistic identity Little Junior. By day, he serves his community with compassion and care. But within, lives a storyteller, a poet, a music producer, and a man who has fought to find — and use — his voice in a world that often felt...

A Conversation with Wendy Faith on Surrender, Truth, and Soul Recognition

What happens when everything you’ve built no longer feels like you?

In this deeply honest episode, creative business coach, author, and late-in-life lesbian Wendy Faith opens up about what it means to walk away from a life that looks successful on the outside but feels misaligned within. After years as a prolific writer, entrepreneur, and public figure, Wendy f...

Before there was light, there was isolation and there was grief. There was loss, confusion, silence. 

In this intimate first episode of Hope Comes to Visit, host Danielle Elliott Smith shares the deeply personal story behind the show — one rooted in the loneliness of struggles with alcohol and the decision to recover, the ache of sudden loss, the unraveling that followed, and the long, quiet path to healing.

From choosing sobriety to...

In this powerful premiere interview of Hope Comes to Visit, Dr. Ashley Wellman shares her extraordinary story of heartbreak and healing after the sudden loss of her husband. With her four-year-old daughter by her side, Ashley began a journey through grief, rediscovery, and reinvention — one that led her to write a children’s book, fall in love again, and welcome a new baby into her life.

This is a tender conversation about resilienc...

What happens when your entire sense of safety is rooted in certainty — and that certainty disappears?

In this thought-provoking conversation, author, speaker, and business consultant Allison Carmen shares how her deep attachment to knowing what’s next became its own form of addiction — and how everything began to shift when she discovered the quiet, liberating power of maybe.

Together, we explore the illusion of control, the anxiety ...

What does it mean to be still here when the odds said you wouldn’t be?

In this powerful episode, Tim McDonald shares his remarkable journey of being diagnosed with stage 4 colorectal cancer — a diagnosis that carries only a 15% five-year survival rate. Now, just shy of those 5 years, Tim is not only surviving… he’s thriving. With no sign of cancer, he opens up about the physical, emotional, and spiritual challenges of his diagnosis,...

Step into the heart of Hope Comes to Visit with this special introduction from host Danielle Elliott Smith. In this short trailer, Danielle shares the intention behind the show and what you can expect from each episode. It's a gentle invitation into a space where grief, growth, and light are all welcome — and where hope shows up in the most unexpected ways.

A soulful podcast exploring real stories of growth, grief, and renewal....