The Robertson and Easterling Podcast

In this fast paced show, Therapist and Infidelity Specialist, Linda MacDonald, discusses the importance of forgiveness when facing intimate betrayal and infidelity.  She shares her personal struggle to come to terms with a broken marriage and talks about the necessity for the right type of professional help.  Join Craig and Roane as they dive into the different types of relational responses to adu...

What does a pastor do when he is not okay? Jason Smith was burned out after covering pain with performance for decades. His coping mechanism was service, describing his relationships with the people he served as codependent.  When the limitations of the global pandemic created isolation, he was unable to receive energy and purpose from others, so his unconscious facade fractured, making him feel t...

Security Support Services are experts on getting people who cheat busted. They have been working behind the scenes for over 30 years to provide the truth to clients whose spouses are less than honest.  Robert Saums, VP of the company, dishes with Craig and Matt about the complexities of the professional investigation business as well as what it takes to catch cheaters in their extracurricular acti...

Licensed professional counselor, certified sex addiction therapist and radio talk show host, Jim Cress, is our guest on this special Father's Day show.  Jim tells his story and talks about the work he does to foster integrity and wholeness with couples and individuals at "Ground Zero" of their personal stories --collecting the dots to connect the dots.  Craig, Roane and Jim dive deep into the conc...

In an emotional, recovery story from the perspective of two moms, hear how Keisha's transition from an 18-year incarceration intersected with Shannon's journey to find health, wholeness and meaning when both were at "crossroads" in their lives. Craig and co-host Eva Hunter narrate this captivating account of the power of being fully known and how recovery is available for everyone brave enough to...

Roane and Craig take a deep dive with Ben Derrick about Jesus, emotional health and the Church.  Topics range from childhood wounding and the associated toxic messages we carry into adulthood, to the reason fantasy and escapism almost work.  Searching for yourself requires relational healing and a bridge between the gap of the ideal to the real, freeing us from the prisons of our own making. This...

Gale Mills combines training in psychology and law enforcement as one of the few female certified polygraph examiners in Mississippi.  Conducting over 12,000 polygraphs, listen as this 30-year veteran professional truth finder educates and entertains in this discussion about sifting through lies and deception to uncover the honest truth.   

Life for Brooke seemed to be a story written for someone else.  A glass-half-full Southern girl, the expectations of her family and community left her feeling voiceless.  Her desire to take the wheel of her own life led to unhealthy coping mechanisms and a bad relationship, so when she finished college and was dating her future husband, who was a "nice guy", the music of the cake walk of life stop...

In a show about resilience, which is a person's ability to come back from a setback like divorce, Craig and Matt sit down with sponsors Kelly Englemann from Enhanced Wellness Living and Eva Hunter from Lifeworks Counseling.  Listen in as our hosts and guests explain trauma and the steps an individual can take in the recovery process, including but not limited to self-awareness work, practical heal...

Steve Kinsley meets with Craig to share his journey from tech start-up founder to South African missionary.  Steve's life partner, Teresa, was not just instrumental in opening the door to the mission field for Steve, she also expanded his concept of family.  During their time as missionaries, Steve watched Teresa do what she was made to do, fulfilling their calling – they also changed the destiny...

Certified Financial Planner Kristi Tidwell did not comprehend the long-term financial effects a divorce would have on a family until she lived it herself. Weathering the storm of her own personal journey, she found a new calling and a way to use her knowledge to help others in the same situation sift through the financial complexities. Listen as she discusses her walk through divorce, common finan...

How does one model the "right" behavior for their children when things are personally unbearable? Roane and Roe Hunter share their family story with Jamie Walley and Craig Robertson. As a father struggling with the intense pressures of providing for his family while also juggling porn/sex addiction, Roane found himself in a deep, dark hole he couldn't escape. This Father/Son duo walk through their...

Craig and Eva join Texas natives Jason and Andi to tell the story of their journey from young, naive love to intensely complicated married life. As a couple consisting of codependents with separate ideas and expectations, the pressure placed on each to make the other "complete" was overwhelming. Jason and Andi share the importance of breaking through the fantasy by seeking help from wise, professi...

What happens when things appear "right" on the outside but the inside is a complete mess?  Troy and Melissa Haas, founders of HopeQuest Ministry Group, share their personal story detailing how their lives completely changed once their hearts became truly healthy.  This couple discusses their journey from addiction and codependency to healing, noting the importance of the few, trustworthy people wh...

Craig and Roane spend time with Eli Machen, world-renowned author, speaker and certified counselor, to uncover the reasons why people cheat.  Referencing his multi-decade experience as a specialist in the field of sex addiction, Eli discusses the significance of understanding the root cause of one's problem as well as how to recover from that addiction. Travel along on their journey to learn how o...

Matt, Craig and Roane have a conversation with Ben Derrick, Pastor of Vertical Church, and discuss what the Bible says about divorce and how our culture affects our interpretation of it.  Oftentimes there is a huge difference between reality versus ideology, so it's important to seek wise counsel in handling the complexities surrounding such a momentous life decision.  Listen in as they challenge...

Join Craig as he talks with Jamie Walley, pastor of First Baptist Church of Florence, about his family's remarkable journey through adoption.  The Walley's choice to parent and love a child, who was biologically someone else's, was a deliberate, selfless act that not only changed his future, it saved his life.  You will learn how one family's desire to bring love to those needing it the most, actu...

In this Easter episode, Craig with co-hosts Eva and Roane Hunter from LifeWorks Counseling meet with Tray and Melody from Undone Redone as they share about their journey through sexual addiction and infidelity to redemptive grace. Tray and Melody openly share their road to healing and how they were able to break free. They discuss how working through heartbreak and pain of divorce led them to a re...

Matt and Craig sit down with financial advisor, Chris Tipton, to discuss obstacles that plague many families' financial dreams: lack of clarity, complexity and lack of alignment. Chris dives into these topics and outlines the importance of creating a plan to ensure long-term financial success. Similar to divorce, the decisions made at the end are what one lives with forever. Listen in as Chris pro...

In this special Valentine's Day edition of the R+E podcast, Craig and special co-host Roane Hunter of LifeWorks Counseling have a conversation with married couple Mark and Ellen, who vulnerably share their journey through addiction and codependency on the road to eventual marital restoration.  Mark and Ellen tell our listeners that wise counsel not only saved their marriage, it probably saved thei...

Join Craig and Matt as they meet with top rated criminal defense attorney, Cynthia Speetjens, to uncover what it was like breaking into a male-dominated industry. Speetjens, one of a handful of females admitted to The University of Mississippi School of Law at the time, explains how her upbringing impacted her future. Cynthia's journey from new prosecutor to an award-winning defense attorney is no...

In this last podcast episode of 2020, divorce attorneys Matt Easterling and Craig Robertson continue the conversation with marriage therapists Roane and Eva Hunter about marriage and divorce during the holiday season.  Roane and Eva reflect on their personal journey through divorce and the lessons they learned through the reunification of their family. They also explain how rigorous honesty is nec...

In the first of R+E's two-part holiday episode, divorce attorneys Matt Easterling and Craig Robertson have a conversation with marriage therapists Roane and Eva Hunter about the holiday season and navigating the often difficult family dynamics.  You will enjoy this lively discussion filled with practical advice about protecting time and space with immediate family, the necessity to voice appropria...

After 16 years of practicing law, Troy Odom decided it was time to make a career change.  A man of conviction and goals, he set his sights on the bench, and when long time Chancellor John Grant announced his retirement,  he was elected by the citizens of Rankin County, bringing his dream to fruition.  You will hear about Judge Odom's mentality of hard work, determination, steadfast resolve,  and a...

He spent part of his developmental years during the transition from communist Czechoslovakia to the Central European country now known as the Czech Republic, this future professional dancer left home at the age of 15 to pursue dance full time in the capital city of Prague.  During his time in Prague, he became a Christian, and later found Mississippi's own ballet company, Ballet Magnificat!, which...