What We Really Want: Conversations About Connection

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Anyone who has interacted with Drew Boa knows he's a very special man. Drew loves people, and he has a gift for helping people realize how valuable they are. Some people's encouragement involves empty platitudes. Others give back-door advice disguised as encouragement. People who get to know Drew know he's paying attention -...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" I'm really grateful to be able to share this conversation I had recently with my friend Darren. He is an alumnus of the Roots Retreat, and for the past several years has been actively growing in freedom and recovery from sexual addiction. Darren shares very openly and vulnerably about some of the struggles he had that contributed to h...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Greg & Bobby have a conversation with one of their spiritual heroes. Steve Brown has been a pastor, a seminary professor, an author, and a radio host, among other things. Other than his rich, deep, booming voice, probably the best known thing about Steve is his steadfast commitment to preaching about grace, freedom, and the fact that &...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . Stacey and Greg sat down with Jill Gullahorn at her dining room table to talk about life, pain, support, walking with others, and doing our own work. Jill knows a lot about all of these. She's a wife, mother of three, and therapist who has discovered the value of committing to a process...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . What is a recovery intensive? How is it different from weekly therapy or extended inpatient treatment? How could it help my recovery process? All of these are extremely good and important questions, and in this BONUS episode of What We Really Want, Greg enlists the help of three great friend...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . This episode is a real treat for Greg & Stacey, because our guest is also our pastor. Isaac Adams is the Lead Pastor at Iron City Church in Birmingham AL; additionally he is an author and founder of a non-profit organization called "United? We Pray," which encourages and equips...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . Feelings would be great if they didn't make us feel so many things. Sometimes it seems like they are a nuisance, other times like they're just too much to bear. But what if we changed our relationship with our feelings and started to believe they were the megaphone telling us what...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . Talking with Andy Gullahorn & Gabe Scott can be many things, but it is never boring. With dry humor and refreshing honesty, these great friends share how they've committed to intentional connection in their 20+ year friendship. Both Andy and Gabe are music industry veterans, and in...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . Greg & Stacey Oliver (Co-Founders) and Bobby West (Assistant Director) of Awaken kick off this brand new podcast by sharing what WE really want listeners to experience. If the saying is true - "The opposite of addiction is not sobriety...the opposite of addiction is connection"...

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)" Leave us a review on Apple Podcasts or Spotify . Greg & Stacey Oliver (Co-Founders) and Bobby West (Assistant Director) of Awaken continue the conversation we started in Episode 1, where we tell our stories and share what WE really want to see happen with the podcast. Now, it's Bobby's turn. Bobby West tells about his history...