Heal and Restore

Is it anger or rage? Is anger an okay emotion to have? In this episode my wife and I dive into the myths and truths about these questions and hopefully give some clarity as well. 

This is a great interview with Neal Williams Founder of Elevated Lifestyles Academy and his father Rex. An intimate conversation of a sons addiction and a fathers love that stayed strong and faithful that his son would find God and recovery. While they talk about the addiction and their struggles, they more importantly talk about their recovery journey and what led Neal to start his Coaching caree...

This is a intimate conversation with Elizabeth & Nicole about betrayal and Forgiveness. We talk about perhaps the biggest betrayal of all that is virtually never talked about - betrayal of ourselves. They will also talk about their upcoming 12 week course - Becoming (W)hole. 

Forgiveness is one of the subjects that is most ignored by trauma survivors. I know I was once one that wanted nothing to do with forgiveness. That has all changed. I can honestly say that it was forgiving that truly set me free from the bondage of the past. Forgiveness gave me a freedom I never knew possible. In this episode I talk about what forgiveness is and is not, as well as steps in the for...

Are you living for your identity or from your identity?  This is an intimate interview with Nathaniel Blackburn, Founder of True North Retreats, a place of spiritual healing for men 20 years old and older. You won't want to miss this one. 

An interview with Melissa Cavanaugh LPC and author of " Please, Write Back." We will discuss what inspired her to write this book and other questions about what challenges she might have faced writing it and what she hopes readers will take away from her book. This is a personal and intimate interview you won't want to miss. 

Expectations are simply resentments under construction. Should we have expectations of man? Should we have expectations of God. What are expectations really? These are things I will discuss in this episode of Healing Courageously. 

Many pastors make it sound like once you have accepted Christ in your life, fairy dust falls from heaven and all your problems, behaviors and issues just automatically disappear. It's really not that simple and I talk some scriptures, that in my opinion, make this clear. 

The Green Shoe foundation is a mental health non-profit organization offering confidential, professional, five-day retreats aimed towards improving and impacting individual lives and communities. Our goal is to help you embrace and heal the past, restore healthy patterns in your life, create space to be your authentic self, and discover joy.​ Our team is here to provide guidance, inspira...

Some experts in the field of addiction believe that addiction is a disease, I don't and I have plenty of reasons why I believe it is a CHOICE. In this episode I give a couple of real life examples that spell out clearly that addiction is a choice.

Since earning her Masters Degree in Counselor Education through the CACREP Accredited program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Melissa Cavanaugh has been helping her community find clarity and balance. Melissa is focused on helping the youth through a mix of direct and non-direct play therapy, as well as adults through facilitating meaningful therapeutic relationships. Her eclectic app...

There comes a time in the lives of those of us who raise children that they leave the nest. Rather its going off to college, getting married, or as adults, when they might move out of their hometown either to another city hours away or somewhere out of state. This is a time to experience both sadness and joy. My wife and I have felt both of these feelings and have grown closer to each other becaus...

With the COVID pandemic raging over the past year, there is another pandemic far worse, unseen, and not talked about. What is it? Mental health. With substance abuse, overdoses, suicides, depression, anxiety disorders and many more mental health issues increasing, it is the true pandemic we need to be not only worried about, but talking about. The CDC reported the highest number of U.S. overdose d...

How is your faith walk? Do you have more doubt than faith? Do you say you have the faith of a mustard seed, yet in the back corner of your mind there is that mustard seed size doubt? Build your faith slowly. Believe for the small things first. Like the mustard seed or oak tree seed (acorn). It starts small and weathers the small storms first in order to be able to weather the large storms that lie...

One of the biggest tragedies in today's world is boys growing up with absentee fathers. Fathers are to be role models, instill language, create believes,  transfer self-worth, provide standards for the types of friends sons should have, teach their boys how to treat women and so much more. Fathers also help their daughters develop their worth and teach them how they are to be treated by men....

Are you a person that struggles believing there is a God that loves and cares for you? Do you believe that if there is a God, he forgot about you and has no time for you? I can relate as I was in those exact shoes fifteen years ago. However, today is different. 

There is much confusion and controversy around the subject of spanking our children especially in the realm of Christianity. Many parents believe that there is a biblical mandate that tells them they must spank their children or chance committing a sin by not not having control of their children. All to often parents take "spare the rod and spoil the child" literally. The truth is that by doing so...