Rise and Form

To have clarity of thought and intention requires a commitment to honest self reflection and faithfulness to your beliefs and values. Singer-songwriter and Gospel Choir Director, Nena Wallace is our special guest and example of this commitment. Nena shares her life, her testimony and her unflinching (well let's be real, there is always some flinching) testimony of what it is to be lost and sca...

What is it to Steep you ask? It is soaking something to extract the nutrients and flavour. The Monday Steep is Rise and Form's new, thoughtful, and honest weekly session hosted by Andrea and Abe, inspired by our own Rise and Form journey. Together, we real-talk about faith, psychology, and spiritual formation, touching on the struggles many face, such as our discussion this week: dealing with...

Welcome to Season 3! Dr. Tina shows how wellness doesn’t exist without goodness, without togetherness and being active in your community. If you want to know about flourishing and what things can be in the way of your flourishing, listen up! As a Clinical Psychologist; Dr Tina Armstrong has dedicated her life to understanding how flourishing works and applies this to helping high achieving Black w...

We are going to be releasing mini-episodes on Monday's called "The Monday Steep" with just Abe and Aundrea. The Monday Steep is where we will be discussing the Rise and Form principles and applying these to our real lives for a bit of Monday inspo. This episode is a peek into that new format and you are invited to be our guest!

If you haven’t heard from or met Hannah Brencher, she is one of those people that uplifts you and refreshes you and simultaneously wakes you out of your slumber with her lifegiving focus! Hannah is an award winning author, speaker and one of our very favorite thinkers on how to practically rise out of habitual patterns and form a life worthy of your call.  Hannah discusses the profound transformat...

We are certainly wayfaring beings passing through this life in all it's wonder. Dr. Warren Kinghorn is an expert in psychiatry and theology at Duke University, where he examines the intersection of mental health and Christian theology. We were so excited to meet him! Dr. Kinghorn defines what Mental Health actually is! We probably should do that right?... but surprisingly, it isn't somethi...

It's a heartfelt and powerful episode folks. Lara D'Entremont shares her lived experience from her new book 'A Mother Held: Essays on Motherhood and Anxiety.' Lara discusses her own challenges of motherhood, including dealing with parenting twins, autism diagnoses, postpartum depression, and birth trauma. She emphasizes the importance of reaching out for help, finding identity in C...

If you haven't hear of Nijay Gupta, you will be glad that you gave him your time today because it was worth every second to sit with him! His thoughts honestly shaped our thinking and direction on Rise and Form. It's clear that Nijay is a sharp theologian who has particular insights into Pauline theology but he is also just so kindly cool, composed and ridiculously insightful. He is also a...

Exploring Trauma and Post-Traumatic Growth with Dr. Adam Dell. Dr. Dell served as Director of Emotional Wellbeing at the Notre Dame Wellness Center with Premise Health and also served as an Active Duty Psychologist with the United States Air Force. Dr. Dell draws on 20 years of clinical experiences to offer insights and practical solutions with audiences. Dr. Dell shares his insights on trauma, th...

A seriously formative and challenging sit-down with Dr. Mandie Shean, Australian Psychologist and Author of a new book called "Turning Points". Dr. Shean shares about her research and personal experiences on resilience, burnout, self-worth and developing a rising mindset! Her book is a summation of 9 years of her research integrated with her own stories. This episode cuts through some of...

Abe and Andrea have an honest and insightful conversation with JD Peabody, author and founding pastor of New Day Church, about his journey with anxiety and OCD. Jeff shares the impact of vulnerability and faith in managing anxiety, offering a fresh perspective on the Armor of God. The dialogue touches on formative experiences, the power of words, and how leaning into the discomfort can lead to str...

Steve has 28 years in church leadership, including 16 as a lead pastor. On this ep, Steve shares through his lived experience of leadership anxiety, and offers insights from his new book "The Expectation Gap". Steve dives into how assumptions can block our vision and our faith. He provides practical and hopeful ideas into how to challenge and remove assumptions to get unstuck and thrive...

"So your podcast is cool, but who are you guys?" We have been hearing this feedback a lot, so we're here to have a little "cuppa" and share our story with you. Abe and Aundrea share some of their own life experiences and the thinking and heart behind Rise and Form; where it came from and where it is headed!

Pastor Dave Teixeira from Cedar Mill Bible Church in Portland, Oregon brings more gold on how to conceptualise God's design for relationships. Some key points: The term "helper" is redefined as a term of strength and reinforcement, often used to describe God. "Suitable" is explained as "like opposite," indicating a complementary and equal relationship. The importa...

Special Episode: Inside out 2 Reflections and Reactions! *Spoiler Alert* This episode really does contain spoilers. Paul Asay is a christian film critic and writer. He is also a wonderful human who has researched and written extensively about mental health and depression. We get a little embarrassing as we share some of our vault stories and we get real, as always. Paul Asay: "In "Inside...

We're wired for the pre-fall ideal of profound love and security. Dave Teixeira joins us to unpack relationships in Genesis, and how sin disrupts the harmony of our relationships, leading to our hiding and a loss of real connection. Reflection on our origins helps understand the depth of relationships. Selfishness and unmet expectations hinder connections. Viewing others through the lens of th...

Beth Broom discusses the intentional design behind our need for rest, healthy food, and boundaries, Beth explores how embracing our finite nature can lead to a fuller, more present life. Drawing from biblical principles and personal experiences, she highlights the importance of honoring our bodies and minds as part of our spiritual journey.

"Our relationship with ourselves is complex and it's fluid and it's always happening" -Beth Broom Beth is an integrative expert in helping people connect with and walk in God's design after profound adversity. She masterfully weaves in biblical and psychological ideas that demonstrate the importance of physical body and our dominion over it. "We are integrated beings. So...

Mental health and spiritual formation with Matthew Hodges; Part 2. Matthew leaves us with a profound insight: the journey of rising out of our survival mode and forming to our highest selves is intrinsically relational, rooted in our absolute closeness and trust in our loving God. The more we get around Him, the more we become like Him. The more we lose ourselves, the more we find ourselves.

The Rise and Form duo interview Matthew Hodges (M. Div) on how to understand our mental health as a spiritual issue. We consider what the bible's first few chapters teaches us on what thriving as a human is and how we are formed to be spiritual beings, with a soul, and the implications that this has for our well being.

Dr. Nate shares biblical wisdom and psychological insights as well as personal examples in this moving and impactful second instalment as we focus on emotional health and Genesis.

Feelings are big, feelings are sensitive and they can certainly take a hold of you and we all need help with this! Dr. Nate Brooks joins Dr. Aundrea and Abe to provide insights from Psychology and Theology about how emotions can be understood and managed through God's intentional design.

We invite you to be a part of something exciting called Rise & Form! Rise & Form addresses the gap between mental health challenges and Christian spiritual formation for anyone seeking to develop their internal world and make positive changes in their real life. Through this platform we hope to support you at a practical level by providing best practice resources, innovative tools, and a n...