This week we’re joined by Aureila Dávila Pratt: pastor, social work graduate, and author of A Brown Girl's Epiphany: Reclaim Your Intuition and Step into Your Power. We talk about stepping out of harmful paradigms and stepping into helpful ones.
Read MoreWe’re closing out Season 7 with one of our favorite people! Therapist and author Aundi Kolber is back to talk about her new book, Strong like Water: Finding the Freedom, Safety, and Compassion to Move through Hard Things--and Experience True Flourishing. We talk about why feeling safe matters, what our window of tolerance is, how the idea of our container can help, and how to navigate those things by trying softer.
Read MoreThis week we’re joined by Regina Chow Trammel, co-author of A Counselor's Guide to Christian Mindfulness: Engaging the Mind, Body, and Soul in Biblical Practices and Therapies. She teaches us about the basics of mindfulness, how it can help, how it can work with Christian spirituality, and some practical tips for when mindfulness is hard.
Read MoreThis week we’re joined by Eryn Eddy, founder of So Worth Loving! We talk about sharing our stories, when that can be unhealthy, navigating burnout & divorce, healing, and how we can find our self-worth along the journey. Eryn is also the author of So Worth Loving: How Discovering Your True Value Changes Everything.
Read MoreThis week we’re joined by Kevin Sweeney to talk about letting go, and how that can change both our internal & external lives. We also talk about mysticism, mushrooms, and weird interactions at the airport.
Read MoreThis week we talk with writer, pastor, and therapist Eric Minton. He talks to us about his new book It's Not You, It's Everything: What Our Pain Reveals about the Anxious Pursuit of the Good Life. Why are we all so depressed and anxious? Are those things individual concerns or reflections of larger problems with our society? Eric gives us his thoughts from his years working in helping professions.
Read MoreThis week we talk with Diana Gruver, author of Companions in the Darkness: Seven Saints Who Struggled with Depression and Doubt. She talks to us about the struggles of people like Charles Spurgeon, Mother Theresa, William Cowper, Martin Luther King Jr., and more. In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about historical figures that have shaped them.
Read MoreThis week we talk with Niro Feliciano about the difference between happiness & contentment (13:02), why happiness is so hard to find in the first place (17:37), and the 8 keys to contentment (24:11). These keys include things like connection (27:38) and present focus (33:34). In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about birthday parties for animals!
Read MoreThis week we talk with Kevin Nye, author of the upcoming book Grace Can Lead Us Home: A Christian Call to End Homelessness. Kevin tells us about how COVID has impacted homelessness, why the housing first model is so important, and how homelessness is related to faith and mental health.
Read MoreThis week we talk with pastor & author Courtney Ellis about playfulness! Why it matters, how it can show up in our everyday lives, and how to play more regularly. In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about games they’ve enjoyed recently.
Read MoreThis week we’re joined by Matthew Paul Turner (author of children’s books like When God Made Light, When God Made You, and more). Matthew talks to us about why children’s books is important in our view of ourselves & God, he answers some questions from young fans, and he reads us some portions from his upcoming books. In the intro, Robert & Holly talk about their favorite children’s books.
Read MoreThis week we’re joined by Shannon Evans to talk about her new book Rewilding Motherhood: Your Path to an Empowered Feminine Spirituality. In the intro, Holly gets a fun surprise and Robert gets a pillow!
Read MoreIn our first interview of Season 6, we’re joined by Kayla Craig! She talks with us about honest prayers, writing liturgies, and finding ways to feel God while parenting.
Read MoreThis week we’re joined by the wonderful Sarah J. Robinson! Sarah’s upcoming book I Love Jesus, But I Want to Die: Finding Hope in the Darkness of Depression shares her journey of wrestling with things like suicidal thoughts and self-harm while also figuring out her faith.
Read MoreWe’re joined by author & podcast host Lisa Colón DeLay to talk about exploring our internal landscapes. Lisa explains why it’s important to hear from more than just culturally dominant theologians, how spiritual practices can help us learn more about ourselves, and how we can find healing.
Read MoreThis week we’re joined by Charlotte Donlon, author of The Great Belonging: How Loneliness Leads Us to Each Other. We talk about belonging to ourselves, each other, to places, through art, and to God.
Read MoreThis week we talked with Allison Fallon, author of the new book The Power of Writing it Down: A Simple Habit to Unlock Your Brain and Reimagine Your LIfe. She talks to us about the benefits of writing in terms of processing your memories, understanding yourself, and more. Allison is the founder of Find Your Voice, as well as the author of a number of books.
Read MoreThis week we’re joined by CXMH all-star Hannah Brencher! Hannah’s new book Fighting Forward came out recently and she tells us about the lies we encounter in various parts of our journey and how to overcome them.
Read MoreThis week we're joined by Dr. Michelle Pearce to talk about her new book Night Bloomers: 12 Principles for Thriving in Adversity. Dr. Pearce talks about those 12 principles, what a 'night bloomer' is, and how we can use adversity to help us grow.
Read MoreIt’s our last interview of Season 4! We’re glad to be joined by Dr. Alex Korb, a neuroscientist and author of The Upward Spiral: Using Neuroscience to Reverse the Course of Depression, One Small Change at a Time. We talk about what motivates us, why small changes are the way to changing your brain, and what’s wrong with the common idea that depression or anxiety is simply “something wrong with our brains.”
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