Restored Living Podcast

In today's episode of the Restored Living Podcast, we are continuing our Series on "Tending to our Trees" by talking about the SOIL we are growing in and how our environments affect our healing. In this enlightening episode, we delve into the metaphorical 'soil' of our personal and spiritual lives. Discover how different types of 'soil' can impact growth and transformation. Learn practical strateg...

WERE BACK!!! After a summer hiatus WE ARE BACK to share something that has been on our heart all summer.... Are we being Spirit led or AI fed? There is something truly wonderful yet haunting about the new world of AI we are stepping into. On one hand this new tech tool is so helpful and popping up everywhere, but what are the downsides? How are we losing our attentiveness to the Spirit? And when t...

In today's episode of the Restored Living Podcast we are continuing our Series on "Tending to our Trees" by talking about the TRUNK and its role in our healing. In this episode we explore the significance of understanding one's life story, the impact of grief, and the journey from harm to healing, emphasizing the importance of recognizing and processing past experiences to foster...

Have you ever tried to be better, Do good, and transform your life and only found yourself stuck back in the same cycle of failure and discouragement? Well today's episode is for you. Today we start a series of podcast episodes where we help give you all a framework for what true transformation and growth looks like and SPOILER ALERT its from scripture. Our "Tending to Our Tree's&quot...

At the moment I’m writing these shownotes Southern California is being devastated by wildfires and I have a feeling you have heard about it. This event is not only a tragedy it is traumatic. Not just for those living in CA, but for those of us watching on the screens of our phones as well In today’s episode we talk the roll that trauma has in our lives and this situation in particular and what tra...

Lets start the New Year off right with a fresh podcast shifting the typical resolution norm and approaching our goals in the new year with a new perspective! In this episode we talk about what can tend to be missing in the equation of New Years Resolutions and how we can use this foolproof equation to tackle the areas we want to improve in 2025. We hope you enjoy this fresh perspective on the new...

WARNING THIS EPISODE CONTAINS ADULT CONTENT! - 75% of Christian men report viewing pornography at least occasionally, and 64% say they watch it at least once a month. For men aged 18–30, the number is even higher, at 79%. - 40% of Christian women report viewing pornography at least occasionally, and 15% say they watch it at least once a month - 1 in 5 youth pastors and 1 in 7 senior pastors use po...

It's thanksgiving week and what better way to kick off the end of year holidays than a podcast on one of our favorite topics GIVING!!! In this episode we dive into what the bible says about giving and receiving and why it is important to do BOTH in our journey to restored living. We talk about 3 different ways we can give as well as challenge those of you who are more comfortable with giving than...

The Holy Spirit brought us this topic this week so buckle up and get ready as we dive into the truth about Sacrificial Living and how we can do that in a world focused on comfort and convenience. In today's episode we talk about - what a sacrifice was in the old testament - The difference between offerings (sacrifices) and burnt offerings - How to find true comfort in this fallen world and so much...

Before you tune us out listen with an open mind. Today we are talking about Politics and we have a different message to bring than you may all be hearing. You all know that here at Restored Living we bring you culturally relevant content that helps you learn to Live Restored in the cultural landscape we find ourselves in. Whether you like it or not... politics is a part of that cultural puzzle esp...

Today on the Restored Living Podcast we dive into part two of the Our Story series with Jaelyn's version of our story. She shares honestly about her experience walking through a variety of topics: - Betrayal in marriage (sexual infidelity as well as walking through a spouse who struggles with same sex attraction) - Living in Survival Mode and what that can do to our souls. - Being honest about...

We're BACK!! In this episode we catch you up on how our summer went and the lessons we learned as we sold our first home here in AZ and the lessons we have been learning along the way. Here are some of the topics we covered in today's episode: - Walking through financial instability and making hard choices after job loss - Helping our kids move through grief and loss - understanding how yo...

Can you believe the Restored Living Podcast is 52 episodes old?!?! We are blown away by what the Lord has done with this podcast since he asked us to start it back in the fall of 2021. So in honor of hitting 50 episodes we thought it was time to do a refresher on our personal restoration story that started Restored Living... starting with Josh's version of the story. Stay tuned for Jaelyn'...

In a world where we must keep up with the rapid pace that things change as well as skyrocketing inflation it can feel impossible to be content with the things we have. On today's episode we dive into the topic of contentedness in a world of more. How can we be content? What comes from living a content life? and how can we recognize the tricky traps of discontent in areas such as our finances,...

We're BACK! After some time off for spring break and easter we have a fresh word we wanted to share with our amazing Restored Living Community. In today's episode we are talking about the topics of positive affirmations and self-sufficiency and how they unfortunately don't have the ability to heal or restore the way we hope they will. Many times we use these practices to try and skip o...

We are so excited for this weeks episode, as Josh is joined by our good friend Chris Teague. Chris and his wife Stephanie lead a beautiful ministry called Out of the Dust. Their story of restoration from devastation is truly a testimony to what God will do with a willing heart surrendered to Him, and they make some amazing music that comes from that place ;]. This week, Chris and Josh are discussi...

Today we have a listener suggested topic we are addressing and its quite the conversation around body-image and self worth and where health lies in the midst of this whole conversation concerning our bodies.  Today Jaelyn and Josh dive into the topic of Coveting our Bodies and talk about 3 camps (traps) we can find ourselves in coveting our body image The Camp of Complacency  The Camp of Compariso...

What if finding deliverance is less about asking God to set you free from something and more about asking God for more of Him? What if deliverance was more about being brought into a NEW way of living instead of being brought OUT of an old one? What if the key to finding freedom in this life really is completely and totally found in surrendering to the person of Jesus? This week, Josh and Jaelyn d...

It's no secret that people are leaving the church. We recently did a Reel on Instagram where we talked about the nostalgia of growing up in the 90s church culture and it wasn't surprising when we shared about the legalism in church culture in that time we were met with... "This is why I left the church" and unfortunately this is still happening today. In today's episode, we t...

Do you ever wonder what exactly the Holy Spirit is and how does the Holy Spirit actually work when it comes to our faith journey... Well this week I (Jaelyn) got to have a chat with one of my greatest friends and amazing life coach Stef Thayer about a topic we both love THE HOLY SPIRIT. We hit so many topics including how to discern what the Holy Spirit is saying to you, How to hear the Holy Spiri...

This week's topic is one we've received several questions on recently. So here we are UNPACKING PURITY CULTURE. For those of you who didn't grow up in the Christian Church in the late 90's early 2000's this conversation may be a new one for you but hang in with us though because whether you grew up in the church or not this episode is going to unpack some issues with Sexuality that need to be talk...

How do we Live Restored when it comes to our parenting? If you, like us, have found parenting to be dumbfounding at times and wanted better relationships with your kids THIS EPISODE IS FOR YOU! In today's episode we talk about all of the parenting highs and lows as well as equip you with tools to not just get through your parenting journey, but have peace and move through conflict with your ki...

New Year New RESOLUTIONS. Well if the word New Year's Resolution is a dirty word for you DON'T WORRY. This is not your typical New Year's podcast. In today's episode, we dive into how to approach the topic of resolutions in a RESTORED way. We hit topics from addiction and recovery to discerning God's will and how to go about achieving new heights in 2024 WITHOUT STRIVING. This...

With a new year comes new words God speaks to us. Today on the Restored Living Podcast we are sharing what we feel God is speaking to us as we enter into 2024. If you didn't catch Pt 1 of this two part new years episode we would encourage you to go back and listen before venturing in on this episode where we talk about a really "churchy" word. Priesthood. In this second episode Jae s...

With a new year comes new words God speaks to us. Today on the Restored Living Podcast we are sharing what we feel God is speaking to us as we enter into 2024. In fact, this episode had so much meat in it we had to split it into two parts!! One about Prayer and one about Priesthood. In this first episode Josh shares his honest and raw thoughts on the subject of PRAYER including his personal testim...