Love Overwhelming Podcast
The Love Overwhelming Podcast: When life feels overwhelming, love listens. Hosted by Charles D. Hendrickson, founder of Love Overwhelming, this podcast explores how hope grows where understanding begins. Each episode brings authentic stories of recovery, resilience, and redemption from people who have faced homelessness, poverty, trauma, and life transitions. This is not theory. It's lived experience. It's the voice of a community rebuilding through connection, faith, and shared humanity. Charles brings decades of experience in housing, behavioral health, and peer support to every conversation, showing what happens when compassion becomes action and systems change from the inside out. If you believe in practical hope, real recovery, and stories that matter, subscribe now and join a movement proving that love still changes everything. Learn more at www.loveoverwhelming.org Email: chendrickson@loveoverwhelming.org Phone: 360.846.0272 Website: www.loveoverwhelming.org
Episodes
Across Cowlitz County, Washington... from Longview to Kelso, Castle Rock, Woodland, and Kalama, families are struggling to put food on the table as SNAP benefits are delayed during the ongoing government shutdown. In this episode, we hear from community leaders at Love Overwhelming and Lower Columbia CAP about how food insecurity impacts housing, health, and hope, and how neighbors are stepping up to make sure no one in Cowlitz Cou...
Episode Title: What the Forecast Means for Longview, Kelso, Kalama, Woodland, and Castle RockProduced by: Love Overwhelming Podcast | Extending Hope + Purpose in Cowlitz CountyHost: Charles âChuckâ Hendrickson
Winter is approachingâand the question on everyoneâs mind is simple: what will Mother Nature bring this year? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), colder-than-normal conditions are expected ...
Love Overwhelming Podcast
- Show Notes
Welcome to the Love Overwhelming Podcast, where we dive into real stories, solutions, and the fight to end homelessness i Washington State. This episode explores how we can shift the narrative around homelessness, addiction, and recovery through peer support, harm reduction, and housing assistance.
How We Can Change the Narrative:
Invest in Affordable Housing â Support policies that expand emer...
Show Notes
An active addict accessed the Love Overwhelming warming shelter 9 years ago... Where is she now? Listen and share!
Hear my run-in with an elected Longview Wa. City Council Member who was in line to access our Warming Shelter (Severe Weather Shelter)!
I share resources about Cowlitz, Clark, and Thurston County Warming Shelters.
Links:
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First Christian Church shelter's first night apparently ...
What does it mean to truly recover? For Brittany, it meant climbing out of homelessness and active addiction after giving birth in a toilet during one of her darkest moments. Today, she's a certified Peer Support Specialist and Community Health Worker at Love Overwhelming in Cowlitz County, Washington.
This conversation is raw, real, and proof that transformation is possible. Brittany doesn't just talk about recoveryâshe lives it ev...
Hear how the Executive Director of Willapa Behavioral Health & Wellness and her team support individuals in need of harm reduction wound care supplies, and education.
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#loveoverwhelmingpodcast #harmreduction #WoundCare #aberdeenwashington #ExtendHope
In this Season 01 trailer I find myself in Aberdeen Washington, hometown of musical icon and front man of the band Nirvana, Kurt Cobain. Listen to hear a glimpse of my time in Aberdeen and interview with my new friend Jeremy.
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*Upcoming FULL episodes are raw, unfiltered stories of those who have faced the most daunting challenges and have emerged stronger and more determined th...
Our guest, Angela Day, embodies the spirit of recovery and resilience. Angela has a remarkable journey from having her three (3) year old son shot in the neck, experiencing homelessness, active addiction, being a client at Love Overwhelming to becoming a full-time State Certified Peer Support Community Health Worker. Her lived experience has given her a unique perspective and a powerful ability to connect with those she serves.
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Welcome to the Love Overwhelming Podcast, where we believe that with support, hope is cultivated, guiding individuals through their recovery and life journeys. Join us as we embark on Season One, bringing you inspiring stories and transformative conversations.
In this trailer, Executive Director Chuck Hendrickson shares a short story of Love Overwhelming's emergency shelter in Kelso, during its inception in 2015. Chuck recounts the ...
Involvement of city services and volunteers in cleaning efforts of the Alabama St. homeless encampment that will become the controversial tiny home community, "Hope Village," operated by Salvation Army.
*Excerpt from season 1...
Discover the heartwarming impact of community volunteerism. Join Melinda as she serves meals and hope to the unhoused population. How can you make a difference today? #volunteer #communitylove
Discover the power of peer support in transforming lives đ #CommunityServices #PeerSupport #HousingForHealth
Love Overwhelming Podcast #10 Part 1 (short) "I gave birth... in the toilet"
Excerpt from our upcoming podcast with Love Overwhelming Peer Support and Community Health Worker, Brittany Champion. You will want to listen to Brittany's incredible journey from being unhoused and in active addiction in Cowlitz County to clean, sober, and utilizing her lived experience to help others.
Subscribe for more! #successstory #traumahealing #we...
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