Episode 66

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In this Episode, I interview my inspiring Kingdom Rockstar guest, Athena Dean Holtz. Athena is a talented Christian author and speaker and the Founder and Publisher of Redemption Press. She is also an award winning Podcast Host of the All Things Podcast. In our authentic conversation, Athena shares her transformational God story of her search for affirmation, meaning, and significance that trapped her in spiritual deception, and a cult of twelve years that caused her to lose everything she had. She also shares how God restored everything she lost back to her along with a love lost and found. Enjoy listening to Athena’s powerful God glorifying story!

The life story of Athena Dean Holtz is a tale of a search for affirmation, meaning, and significance that trapped her in spiritual deception and caused her to lose everything she had. Fiction? No. Absolutely true. It is also a story of restoration and a love lost and found.

Out of the great loss of her marriage, family relationships, home, her reputation, and a twenty-year career in publishing after twelve years in a toxic and restrictive cult, has come great restoration. Athena Dean Holtz now uses her growing and multi-faceted platform to encourage and uplift others through sharing the faithfulness of God in her life and in the lives of others.

Her turnaround story continues. The founder and publisher of the hybrid Redemption Press, has recently been named Best Female Podcast Host of the Year (2021) by the national Spark Media Conference. Her winning All Things Podcast uses Romans 8:28 as a theme. She is the recipient of the 2021 Billie Wilson Matthew 5:16 Award from the Florida Christian Writer’s Conference. Her memoir, Full Circle: Coming Home to the Faithfulness of God (Redemption Press 2017), continues to resonate with and inspire readers. Her new YouTube channel and Redeemed & Restored video broadcast/podcast reaches out to those experiencing trauma and loss. The acclaimed She Writes for Him Writer’s Online events connect, inform, and inspire writers.