In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will continue the conversation around body image and lean more specifically into the greater costs of avoiding this area of recovery. Is there hope in this area of recovery and struggle? What does the path toward healing look like as we accept the struggle for what it is, and move forward?

What does it look like to struggle with body image, and what are some of the characteristics that we might develop?  In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will unpack and discuss some of those characteristics that we can develop around this struggle, and help us understand how to move toward a path of healing.

In a previous podcast, Rodney had an important conversation around food and pointed out some of the indicators that may reveal that we’ve been struggling. In this week’s podcast we get to hear a portion of one of our sister’s testimony as she lets us into her struggles with food issues and how it connects to some other struggles in her life. Her journey brings so much hope as it ultimately leads to healing and life change. Listen in as Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, interviews Tyra.

Food can be one of the greatest challenges that we face in life because it’s something that we all require to survive. But what are some of the characteristics that we develop that can be indicators that we have fallen into an unhealthy relationship with food or even with our own body and weight? Today, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will unpack some of those characteristics that we can be mindful of and ultimately face - just like we do any other hurt, hang-up, or habit in our lives as we move toward healing and freedom on our road to recovery.

Sometimes fear can be crippling and keep us from doing the necessary things toward change. But, is all fear bad as it relates to our recovery journey? An interesting topic to unpack together as we face fear on our road to recovery. In this episode Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, unpacks this topic and gives us practical tools to face our fears with confidence as we move forward.

If we’re being honest, we could never stop talking about codependency. What are some of the characteristics that we develop in this arena? How do we confuse this with healthy bonds and secure attachment, and what are the differences? In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will continue the conversation around this important topic to help us grow in recovery from codependency.

The scriptures are such great reminders for us of how life's struggles can be so familiar, but also giving us understanding of how overwhelming those struggles can be at times too. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will look through the lens of Elijah in First Kings 19, to remind us that God is big enough to speak truthfully and honestly when we feel like we’ve had enough, and to ultimately help us find the right remedy to grow our faith and keep going strong in life.

Sometimes in life we can evaluate the things that God has called us to do in our daily rhythms and get confused about what is "good" versus what is "best." In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will unpack a very familiar passage in the book of Mark, and explore how being "on mission" can sometimes require being flexible and shifting to be present and engaged with those God puts in our path.

In recovery, there can be some barriers that keep us from walking the path of healing and growth toward change in our life. In this episode, Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, will help us understand why self-awareness and accountability are such essential parts of the healing and growth process, and how a lack of those two things can become a barrier in our life.

Pastor support is so critical to the life of a local CR. There’s something incredibly refreshing when we get to hear the heart and passion of a local pastor for the ministry of Celebrate Recovery. In this episode, listen in as Rodney Holmstrom, Global Field Director of Celebrate Recovery, interviews a pastor - Brian Trent - a.k.a. Trent Tribe, at Lighthouse Church in South Carolina. He has an incredible heart for the Lord, Celebrate Recovery, and helping people find freedom from their hurts, hang-ups and habits.