Intrinsically Motivated: An Uplift Appalachia Podcast

On todays episode, Uplift President Andi Clements sits down with Tanner to discuss the world of Spiritual warfare as it may relate to addiction. They’ll discuss her recent interviews with Professor Chris Cook and Frank Bussey.

On today’s episode, Uplift Appalachia President Andi Clements sits down with long-time friends Frank and Sally Bussey. After reading Andi’s book, The Trauma-Informed Church , Frank and Sally realized how early life adversity had shaped their lives. Join us as they open up about their journey, the struggles they’ve faced, and the breakthroughs that have gotten them to where they are today.

Today, we’re joined by Dr. Farr Curlin (Josiah C. Trent Professor of MedicalHumanities), a palliative medicine doc and co-director of Duke University’s Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative, to talk about the medicalization of risk. https://divinity.duke.edu/faculty/farr-curlin

The response from the church to quickly and efficiently support the dire need of people affected by Hurricane Helene has been nothing short of miraculous. But what has the church’s response looked like with regard to the addiction crisis that we face as a society? Join Uplift Appalachia on our journey to ask how we can better put our faith into action and meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of...

Links: First Tennessee Development District: https://www.ftdd.org Caring Workplaces: https://www.caringworkplaces.org Recovery Resources: https://recoveryresourcestn.org Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council https://www.tn.gov/oac.html ETSU Ballad Health Strong BRAIN Institute https://www.etsu.edu/institute/strong-brain/

On todays episode, we'll be talking with Uplift President Andi Clements. We're going to be talking about her recent trip to Scotland to make connections with churches, faith based organizations, and other governmental organizations addressing addiction and recovery.

On today's episode, we're talking with Tennessee State Representative Tim Hicks. We'll be talking be talking about his journey with addiction, recovery, and a life of public service.

Today we're continuing our conversation with Craig Forrester, Program Director of Recovery Resources. We're going to talk about how addiction has affected his life, his perspective on what treatment and recovery look like today, and how his experiences led him to fuel a growing recovery housing program for men.

Today we're talking with Craig Forrester, Program Director of Recovery Resources. We're going to talk about how addiction has affected his life, his perspective on what treatment and recovery look like today, and how his experiences led him to fuel a growing recovery housing program for men.

Dr. Martin Olsen is an OB/GYN for ETSU Health. He has spent many years working to improve patient outcomes regarding Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome. In this episode we talk about just how many people are affected by NAS and the challenges that he has faced taking a different approach to treatment.

Matt Miller is going to talk with us on his experiences with addiction, recovery, and how the Church and his family walked alongside him throughout.

Dr. Abigail Mack is an assistant professor of anthropology at Weber State University. We discuss her work studying addiction and recovery in Appalachia and her personal connection to it.

Dr. China Scherz is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology & the Associate Dean for Graduate Education at the University of Virginia. This is a conversation about how a Study of alcohol use in Uganda led her to study societal changes in Central Appalachia with regard to the church and addiction.

Dr. Brett McCarty is an Assistant Research Professor of Theological Ethics; Associate Director of the Theology, Medicine, and Culture Initiative; Assistant Professor in Population Health Sciences, Duke School of Medicine

Teronya Holmes is a member of the Uplift Appalachia board of directors. We will discuss her personal connection to addiction and recovery and how her involvement in this work reshaped her life in a dramatic way.

Episode 1 of Intrinsically Motivated is a conversation with Uplift President Dr. Andrea (Andi) Clements about how Uplift came to be, what its mission is, and why its work is so important.

Join Uplift Appalachia as we talk to experts in the field of addiction, recovery, and those who have been affected by it as we seek to mobilize the church to replace addiction and mental health challenges with flourishing. Learn more at upliftappalachia.org .