Mess It Up Podcast

Today Paul shares a story of change from the prison and we look at how that plays out in our own lives.

This week Biker Chick takes a deep look into EMDR therapy and shares from her recent experience with it.

This week we talk about the concept of turning toward each other in a relationship.

This we we look at various aspects of forgiveness including why it can be so difficulty to forgive ourselves.

There's a goof in the show this week. Neither of us realized until well after that we repeated the Song of the Week. Oh well, it's a good one. Enjoy!

This week we look at the difference between a rule or law and a principle. Also, Christina doesn't really like the song of the week.

Biker Chick celebrated her 7th Sober Birthday. This week we look at how she got there and what comes next.

Something poured into a mold will reflect the shape of the mold. When we use Christ as our mold, we should begin to reflect Jesus in our actions and our thoughts.

What do you do when cracks show up in your life? Paul and Christina take a look at this and other ideas in this week's show.

This week we talk about the difference between our actions being "unworthy" and ourselves being unworthy

This week we look at cleaning out our figurative closets in recovery.

This week we take a look at getting "homesick" for where we used to be spiritually and emotionally before we got sober. Sometimes we want to return to what we once knew even if it isn't the best thing for us.

This week we have a guest interview from Listener Dan in Portland

We continue our discussion of boundaries from last week.

This week Christina talks about sharing her testimony at a nearby Celebrate Recovery meeting. We also talk about healthy boundaries.

We take a look at the recent 7.1 earthquake in our home town of Ridgecrest.

Today the show takes a look at control and doubt. Sometimes we make choices that we later regret. How do we move through that? Also, Christina isn't wild about our song of the week and that creates a bit of a conundrum for Paul!

Sometimes it can be tough to make the decision to stay in a good place. This week we look at maintaining our joy as we maintain our sobriety.

This week we welcome Doug from Castimonia to the show. Check out the Purity Podcast at castimonia.org

Listener Bev from California drops in and we talk about responsibility as a recovering Christian.

This week we look at the idea of "our authentic self" and what that mumbo-jumbo might actually mean.

This week we discuss how to persevere when the world is lying in your ear.

This week Christina and Paul look at what we feed ourselves spiritually and how that "food" is actually what we are feeding God.

Christina and Paul tackle passive aggressive people and how to deflect their behavior with edification of others.

This week we started in one direction, then God took us somewhere completely different, but beautiful. In the second segment Christina talks about sexual abuse in her past. The language is not graphic, but it is a topic that can be uncomfortable. We do not recommend listening to this with young children.