The Devoted Dreamers Podcast
What if the dream in your heart was placed there by God for a reason?
Merritt Onsa, host of The Devoted Dreamers Podcast, helps Christian women in midlife find the courage to pursue their God-shaped dreams—even when fear, doubt, and imposter syndrome say they’re not ready.
Through real conversations with women living out their callings and short solo episodes full of biblical truth and encouragement, you’ll discover:
✨ How to move forward even when you feel unqualified
✨ The source of lies that keep dreamers stuck (and the truth that sets you free)
✨ Practical wisdom for taking the next brave step with God
This is your safe place to wrestle with questions about how to move forward, get clarity for your calling, and remember you don’t have to do it alone.
Together we're building a community of sisters in Christ who will remind you where your hope lies and encourage you to keep taking the next step.
If you’re ready to stop second-guessing and start walking boldly with Jesus toward the life He’s calling you to, you’re in the right place.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 39 minutes
- Episodes
- 390
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
48 Interview with Hannah Toldt: Photographer | Aspiring Speaker | Set Free from Anorexia
Hannah Toldt is an extroverted introvert with a passion for authenticity, people and simple living. She owns an ever-growing photography business in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and photograph…
47 Interview with Hope Mangiafico: Entrepreneur | Health Enthusiast | Encouraging Hearts
Hope Mangiafico’s mission is to help others recognize that, whatever their current situation may be, there is always hope. Because of her own experience living with a Type I Diabetes di…
46 Interview with Amy Pierson: Creative | Gatherer | Inviting Encounters with God
Amy Pierson loves to gather people and help them pay attention to what God is creatively up to in their lives. She believes we are all expressions of God’s creativity—which is why it cr…
45 Interview with Julie Manning: Unexpected Author | Cardiac Nurse | Surrendered in Suffering
Julie Manning is a wife to her beloved husband, John, mother of three fun-loving boys, and pediatric nurse practitioner. At the age of 25, Julie left her career in corporate America to …
44 Interview with Rachel Swanson: Speaker | Author | Creative Entrepreneur
Rachel Swanson is a dental hygienist turned author and speaker. Her book, Big and Little Coloring Devotional (released in LifeWay stores, April 2017), was birthed by her own struggle to…
43 Interview with Suanne Camfield: Author | Minister to Women | Paying Attention to The Stirring
Suanne Camfield is the women’s ministry director at Christ Church of Oak Brook and the author of The Sound of a Million Dreams: Awakening to Who You are Becoming (her first book, releas…
42 Interview with Shanon Roberts: Self-published | Devotional Writer | Leaving a Legacy
Shanon Roberts married her high school sweetheart and now lives in Columbia City, IN with their two teenage daughters. When they’re not attending girls’ soccer or basketball games, they…
41 Interview with Lauren Jones: Homeschool Mom | Foster Parent | Putting Books in Kids’ Hands
40 || How to Just Take the Next Step || Julie Landreth
39 Interview with Natalie Ard: Illustrator | Unexpected Business Owner | Learning Patience
38 Interview with Amy Peterson: Once Misguided Missionary | Author | Caring for Our Words
37 Interview with Cynthia Culver: Life & Biz Coach | Being Transformed | Helping People Transform
36 Interview with Hannah Edwards: Church Planter | Acquainted with Grief | Making Room for Brokenness
35 Interview with Alexandra Kuykendall: Writer | Speaker | Encourager of Women
34 Interview with Jess Connolly: Writer | Speaker | Church Planter | Encouraging our Generation
33 Mini-Interview with Erin Straza: Creative Writer | Heartfelt Speaker | Redeemed Dreamer
Here’s a quick follow-up conversation for you with Erin Straza (who was a guest back in episode 1 of the podcast). In this mini-episode, Erin talks about her newly released book, Comfor…
32 Interview with Amber Brannon: Girl Boss | Creative | Designing with Heart
Instead of listening to God, graphic designer Amber Brannon says she was fearful of the unknown in the dream He’d given her. And then there was that day He made it abundantly clear that…
31 Interview with Angie Weszely: Speaker |Writer | Strategist | Changing the Abortion Conversation
For 10 years, Angie Weszely believed her dream of working in ministry was dead for good. But God took her through a series of small steps of faithfulness and rekindled a dream in her th…
BONUS EPISODE: Introducing The Devoted Dreamers Podcast
I’m jumping into your feed today with an update about the podcast following the season break I took in January.
First, The Momentum Podcast is now called The Devoted Dreamers Podcast. I…
30 Alysa Passage & Cheryl McGrath's Next Step: Leading Women To Better Self-Care
My interview this week veers a bit from the norm. In this episode, I’m speaking with two previous Momentum guests, Alysa Passage and Cheryl McGrath, who partnered together to do somethi…