Filled to Flourish

One of our 5 pillars of healing is "slowing down", and we have a wonderful interview for you with someone who has been intentionally cultivating the "slow life" for many years. Jodi shares, "I think we don't know what we're missing. Slow down and your passions will start coming out. You'll start seeing people in front of you in a totally different way. Your world will come alive!" With modern life so often running at a break neck speed, most everyone can  benefit from slowing down their pace and prioritizing their true desires for their life. We've found when people can customize what the "slow life" looks like for them, they deepen their healing of the mind and body.  Jodi Grubbs is a slow living advocate and lover of deep conversation over coffee. She lives outside of Raleigh, NC and shares a 1952 bungalow with her husband and teen daughter. As a former island girl, she is passionate about coming alongside women who long for that shift to slower living. She's a writer & the host of Our Island in the City Podcast, where she love conversing with guests about slowing down, faith, ordinary soul care and deep community. Her forthcoming book with IVP will release Spring of 2024. You can find her on IG @jodi.grubbs and on her site-  http://www.jodigrubbs.com/ 

This episode should have happened already- but we're just now getting to it! The episode all about nervous system REGULATION. We explore the 3 primary nervous system states (safe + social, sympathetic and shut down) including what they feel like, what is happening on a biological level and what the body might need in these different states. We share a few helpful ways to easily remember the states, as well as the life-changing concept of "story follows state".  We even delve into our own personal default states and how these impact our marriage relationship. While certainly not comprehensive, this episode will for sure give you a deeper understanding of regulation and your body! Which has the potential to impact practically every area of your life.  Click on our about section to follow us on social media or visit our website www.flourishtherapy.co.

In this special episode Lauren lets you in to the private spaces of her story with chronic illness.  She details the slow evolution of her failing health, the impact on herself, her marriage and family, and what ultimately propelled her into the healing modality of brain retraining.  When she began brain retraining she had 70+ symptoms, multiple diagnoses, was down to eating only 10 foods, and had spent tens of thousands of dollars to get better. The first half of the episode is the time before she began brain retraining, while the second is her exciting process of recovery once she attended on program on brain retraining.  Analogous to a wild, unknown trek in the outdoors, Lauren's story is teeming with heartache, physical suffering, trauma, ups and downs, healing and restored joy.   The brain retraining program she originally did can be found at www.retrainingthebrain.com.   If you want to work with Lauren and Luke to rewire from chronic illness and pain, check out the "Flourish Signature Program" at their site:  www.flourishtherapy.co

There is a uniquely devastating effect of being betrayed and harmed by leaders of faith.  Ryan Ramsey so poignantly shares what contributes to the formation of environments where this type of harm is so pervasive, and how this deeply impacts a person's identity, worldview, mental health and faith. Join us for this sobering and worthwhile conversation on betrayal, grief and healing.  Ryan Ramsey (M. Div) is a writer, chaplain, & soul care provider who focuses in the areas of religious abuse advocacy and grief support. He’s published in places such as Ekstasis Magazine and Fathom Magazine. You can follow him on social media at @rramseywrites and he also writes regularly on Substack.

The field of Interpersonal Neurobiology teaches that the reasons you are feeling stuck relationally and personally as an adult, is very likely to have its roots in how your nervous system developed in those early years of your life. The evidence is mounting, and many are finding they can no longer ignore these realities churning beneath the surface of their lives. Join us as we sift through WHY our younger years have such a powerful impact on our adulthood, WHAT it can look like and HOW to move forward with this hard-to-accept knowledge. If you are interested in joining our online therapy group Regulate + Recover for Unhealthy Childhoods- message us or click the link in our Instagram bio. We would love to have you! 

Do the relationships and systems you are a part of promote healthy commitment or toxic loyalty? Join us as we explore these distinctly different types of relationship, and discover the insidious nature of toxic loyalty masquerading as healthy commitment. We share what characterizes both, and the powerful question you can ask regarding reciprocity. This episode is a deep dive as we explore culture, systems, "covenant" relationships, coercive conditioning, how homogenous groups tend to promote toxic loyalty and how to empower yourself to make choices that honor your well-being.

"When people in positions of power create a system where there has to be agreement, sameness and loyalty they are exploiting the genuine needs that people have to be attached and to belong."

Embarking on a healing process is so hope-filled. Imagining a new life, with a whole new way of being in the world can bring such longing to aching hearts. But what if the situation and relationships you are a part of make healing feel virtually impossible? What if your cues of danger, outweigh your cues of safety. How do you heal when your nervous system is so stuck, your body so traumatized? Join us for the special episode as we explore these hard questions with a brilliant colleague, Megan.   Megan D. Owen Cox is the owner of Mountain City Christian Counseling. She is a pastoral trauma counselor,  with a Master's in Pastoral counseling. She specializes in spiritual process groups, individual Christian therapy,  DNMS, Internal Family Systems and EMDR, while working with many clients who are recovering from abuse. You can find Megan here: Website:  https://www.mountaincitychristiancoun Facebook:  https://www.facebook.com/MCCCCorp Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6r2lYrK944 

This episode we had the opportunity to talk with Dr. Camden Morgante again, this time about male and female "gender roles", sexism and the ideology of patriarchy. We explore the continuums within complementarianism and egalitarianism thought, as well as the fruit of such systems. Dr. Camden explains the difference between benevolent sexism vs hostile sexism. We share some personal anecdotes of being judged when we didn't fit into the "traditional gender role" categories. Lots of great nuggets in this episode, we hope you enjoy it! | Dr. Camden Morgante is a licensed clinical psychologist and former college professor. She writes and speaks about relationships, sexuality, and faith and is a regular contributor to Christians for Biblical Equality’s blog Mutuality. She is currently writing a book on the myths of purity culture. Camden also provides Coaching services for purity culture recovery, egalitarianism, and faith reconstruction. Camden lives in Knoxville, TN with her husband, their daughter and son, and two rescue dogs. Website: www.drcamden.com IG: www.instagram.com/drcamden FB: www.facebook.com/drcamden Twitter: www.twitter.com/doctorcamden