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TTS Episode 11:Messy, Real, and Still in Love: Our Story of Faith, Family & Fighting for Each Other — A Joint Episode with Sarah & Jeff Ross

This isn’t just another marriage story—it’s a raw, vulnerable, and hope-filled deep dive into love that’s been battle-tested. In this special crossover episode of Taboo Talk with Sarah and The Laptop Lifestyle Dad Show, hosts Sarah and Jeff Ross sit down for the first time as a couple on air to unpack the beautiful chaos of building a life together through faith, heartbreak, disability, parenting three neurodiverse boys, and the near-collapse of their marriage. From homelessness to healing, suicide to spiritual awakening, this episode holds nothing back. If you’ve ever struggled in your relationship, questioned your purpose, or needed proof that transformation is possible—this conversation is for you.
Broadcast on:
31 Mar 2025

📌 Main Takeaways:

✔️ Love Through the Fire – What it really takes to fight for your marriage when everything falls apart

✔️ Faith & Mental Health – The turning point that shifted an atheist into a pastor

✔️ Parenting Through Trauma – Raising three boys with honesty, transparency, and heart

✔️ Survival Mode vs Safe Spaces – Why connection and community are the antidote to isolation

✔️ Messy, Beautiful Transformation – The power of surrender, stubborn love, and saying “yes” to healing

 

 

💬 Standout Quotes:

🗣️ “I tried to push her away. She stayed. That’s the kind of love that changes everything.” – Jeff Ross

🗣️ “We argue in front of our kids… but we also show them how to forgive.” – Sarah Ross

🗣️ “You don’t get to skip the messy middle. But you do get to choose who you walk through it with.”

 

 

⏳ Key Moments in the Episode:

⏱️ 00:00 – Welcome + Why they’re turning the mics on each other

⏱️ 06:15 – The wild way they met in a rainforest spa

⏱️ 10:40 – The early years: whiskey, wanderlust, and wild kids

⏱️ 18:00 – How grief, disability, and parenting broke them—and what pulled them back

⏱️ 27:45 – The moment Jeff tried to end his life—and the miracle that stopped him

⏱️ 35:30 – How church, community, and a screaming toddler saved their marriage

⏱️ 44:55 – Raising boys with MS, ADHD, and everything in between

⏱️ 56:10 – Why they started an online church for misfits, seekers & the hurting

⏱️ 1:10:30 – The healing power of stories & why they tell the hard truths

⏱️ 1:19:00 – Final thoughts, dad jokes, and a heart-filled wrap-up

 

 

🌟 Notable Mentions & Resources:

  • Today’s Discipleship Community (2DC) – An online church helping people find healing, faith, and family from anywhere in the world
  • Taboo Talk with Sarah – A podcast breaking silences and holding space for life’s hardest conversations
  • The Laptop Lifestyle Dad Show – Where fatherhood meets freedom, faith, and entrepreneurship
  • Mental Health Support Resources in Australia:

 

 

📢 Call to Action:

💜 If this episode hit home—don’t keep it to yourself. Share it. Someone you know needs to hear that healing is possible.

💬 Let’s keep the conversation going.

  • What’s your messy middle moment?
  • What’s one lesson you’ve learned from love, loss, or faith?

🎧 Subscribe to both podcasts on Apple, Spotify, or YouTube—and drop a review to help more people find this story of redemption and real-life resilience.

This isn’t just another marriage story—it’s a raw, vulnerable, and hope-filled deep dive into love that’s been battle-tested. In this special crossover episode of Taboo Talk with Sarah and The Laptop Lifestyle Dad Show, hosts Sarah and Jeff Ross sit down for the first time as a couple on air to unpack the beautiful chaos of building a life together through faith, heartbreak, disability, parenting three neurodiverse boys, and the near-collapse of their marriage. From homelessness to healing, suicide to spiritual awakening, this episode holds nothing back. If you’ve ever struggled in your relationship, questioned your purpose, or needed proof that transformation is possible—this conversation is for you.