Instructions for Living a Life

Instructions for Living a Life episodes:

• 08.06.2021

  IFLAL - May 13 2021 - Lauren Zehnle

  IFLAL - May 13 2021 - Lauren Zehnle by Instructions for Living a Life

  
• 07.19.2021

  Ep. 69 “New Language For An Older story” with Daniel Johnson

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• 04.07.2021

  Ep. 68- "Don't Feel Guilt About Living" with Leanor Ortega-Till

  Ep. 68- "Don't Feel Guilt About Living" with Leanor Ortega-Till by Instructions for Living a Life

  
• 03.08.2021

  Ep. 67 "We Can Do Hard Things" with Tyler Strange

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• 02.21.2021

  Ep. 66 - "We Can Talk About Surgeries" with Sami Pack-Toner

  Recovering from bodily injury and surgery isn't the easiest experience for anyone, particularly if you are dealing with significant pain. In this 66th episode of Instructions For Living a Life, Sami invites us into her journey through medical procedures and...

  
• 02.08.2021

  Ep. 65 "You're Only As Sick As Your Secret" with Todd Garten

  In this 65th episode of Instructions For Living a Life, Todd also impressed upon us his commitment to honesty, curiosity, and openness. Whether in processing his experiences in what some might call a "pray the gay away" program, his journey...

  
• 01.25.2021

  Ep. 64 "I Am Not Afraid, For I Was Born to Do This" with Meredith Hopping

  For our 64th episode, we're excited to welcome St. Louis, Missouri stand-up comedian, Meredith Hopping, who takes us on an often hilarious, always thoughtful exploration of living with anxiety, appreciating psychiatric care, and wrestling with the church over fear, language,...

  
• 09.25.2020

  Ep. 63 "Crush It With Walls of Sound" with Nathaniel Fitzgerald

  Instructions for Living a Life returns for another season with a raw story of church trauma. Nathaniel invites us to hear how he endured toxic church leadership, a fractured congregation dealing in the aftermath, writing an album to work through...

  
• 05.22.2020

  Ep. 62 "Failure Has Been My Biggest Teacher" with Kyle Meier

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• 05.08.2020

  Ep. 61 "Not Just a Heart Issue: Part 2" With Tommy, Casey and Kyle O'Keefe

  The O'Keefe Brothers stories continue

  
• 04.23.2020

  Ep. 60 "Not Just a Heart Issue: Part 1" with Tommy, Casey, and Kyle O'Keefe

  Ep. 60 "Not Just a Heart Issue: Part 1" with Tommy, Casey, and Kyle O'Keefe by Instructions for Living a Life

  
• 04.16.2020

  Ep. 59 "Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors" with Karen Workun

  Ep. 59 "Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors" with Karen Workun by Instructions for Living a Life

  
• 04.09.2020

  Ep. 58 "A Different Perspective" with Jason Ashe

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• 04.02.2020

  Ep. 57 "You Can't Kill the Flower That Blooms" with Bishop Hope Morgan Ward

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• 03.26.2020

  Ep. 56 "I'm Not Called to Meet Every Need" with Amanda Borchik

  Amanda* offers hospital chaplaincy in a time of pandemic, an unfolding tragedy following on the heels of a devastating Nashville tornado. Still, she is insistent upon keeping her eyes open for "the good gifts of today". Rather than being in...

  
• 03.19.2020

  Ep. 55 "It's Ok, I'm Not Broken" with Jeff Allen

  eff invites us into laughter and openness, brainstorming coping skills and addressing awareness, advocacy, and the need for us to have grace with those who don't understand that our faith and mental health are inescapably woven together. We had a...

  
• 03.09.2020

  Ep. 55 "A Really Good List of Questions" with Brent Levy

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• 02.03.2020

  Ep. 53 "People Like Us Do Things Like This" with Brendon Collins

  After a traumatic church experience caused Brendon to leave vocational ministry, now many years later he is doing ministry in an unexpected place-the gym.

  
• 01.26.2020

  Ep. 52 "I'm Sick and I'm Well" With Ahna Phillips

  Ahna tells her story of living my chronic illness and embracing her identity as a person with a disability.

  
• 01.16.2020

  Ep. 51 "I'm Not Going to Reduce You" with Sarah Howell - Miller

  Sarah discusses how stigma works and how working with those with a substance addiction made her realize her own biases.

  
• 11.20.2019

  Ep. 50 "It Was So Much Easier Having Certainty" Jay Bakker

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• 11.17.2019

  Ep. 49 "Stopping is Sacred" with Amber Burgin

  How Amber learned to stop, rest, grieve and ask for help in the midst of ministry and life changes.

  
• 11.01.2019

  Ep. 48 "Gaining New Perspective" with Randall Partin

  This week Randall talks about anxiety, grief, and uncertainty in the United Methodist Denominations and how he avoids cynicism and burnout in the church and in life.

  
• 10.18.2019

  Ep. 47 "Fortunately I Lost My Job " with Courtney Lalotra

  Courtney tells her story of finding her passion and ministry on a short term business trip to India. Now ten years later she still lives there serving children with special needs.

  
• 10.09.2019

  Ep. 46 "Recreation As Re-Creation" Ben Adams

  After being expected to be physically fit, Ben found that when his physical fitness ended, he was also struggling with his own faith. Becoming a long-distance runner saved Ben's life literally, spiritually, and emotionally. Hear Ben recount the ways running...

  
• 09.25.2019

  Ep. 45 "One Wedding and So Many Funerals" with Jabe Largen

  Jabe's journey of drug abuse began early in his life and by grace he survived. The opioid crisis wasn't in the news, but it was in his life and the life of his friends. Listen as he shares his journey...

  
• 09.05.2019

  Ep. 44 Emily Laine Rivers

  Embodiment, yoga, mental health, and interconnectedness

  
• 08.19.2019

  Ep. 43 "Friendship Gives You a Fight That Is Different" with Ray McKinnon

  Journeying through building friendship across racial lines, and recognizing that what this actually comes down to is simply a willingness to be vulnerable as you seek friendship, period.

  
• 08.07.2019

  Ep. 42 "The Borders Are Fluid" with Jason Villegas and Brad Reeves

  Jason Villegas is a pastor from North Carolina that is doing social justice work in immigration in his local context and in Clint, TX. Additionally, Brad Reeves joined him to talk about how his local community was declared a state...

  
• 07.31.2019

  Ep. 41 "The Shark and the Water" with Diedre Parker

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• 07.24.2019

  Episode 40 “Seeing Where I Stop and Others Begin” with Drew Tucker

  Drew shares his struggles with eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, and anxiety all within a message of hope.

  
• 07.17.2019

  Ep 39 "There Will Never Be a Day When I'm Not Still Dealing with This" with Angelo Sanchez

  Angelo joins us to talk about childhood trauma and the lifelong journey toward health and healing. He is a fully functional adult with a full life, but that trauma will never disappear from his life and perhaps that's a not...

  
• 07.10.2019

  Ep. 38 with Jerusha Neal

  Jerusha was serving a co-pastor, adapting to being a new mom, and maintaining a healthy marriage. One day she realized that in the midst of trying to be all of the things for all of the people, she was losing...

  
• 07.02.2019

  Ep. 37 "The Holiness I Learned Is Not the Holiness I Embraced" with Indhira Udofia

  Indhira shares her experiences as a theologian and as a therapist, how she gives her pastor fiends space to be themselves, the purity culture, and the importance of referring those in need to a good therapist.

  
• 06.17.2019

  Ep. 36 "Being Authentic and Vulnerable Made Me Free" with Wendy Hudson - Jacoby

  Wendy felt pressure to be a "version" of herself to please others. She started a church two years ago that was committed to allowing people to be their true selves. This community gave her the freedom to being her whole...

  
• 06.07.2019

  Ep. 35 "A Box to Hold My Hopelessness" Alexandra Atwell-Lane

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• 05.28.2019

  Ep. 34 "I'm Not Very Good at Pretending" with Nate Bebout

  Nate struggles with the sense that he isn't exactly what a pastor should be. Expectations from others either real or imagined case him anxiety and stress. Listen as he shares his coping skill for bouts of depression, poetry.

  
• 05.07.2019

  Ep. 33 "What We Need Is a Forest Fire" withBenjamin Yosua - Davis

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• 05.03.2019

  Ep. 32 "I Was Trying to Make Everyone Happy Part 2" with Charlie Baber

  In Part 2 of our conversation with Charlie Baber, he shares how hitting his breaking point in his career affected him. We process together how he was able to recalibrate his life and find hope and healing and how his...

  
• 04.30.2019

  Ep. 31 "I Was Trying to Make Everyone Happy" with Charlie Baber

  In Part One of a two-part episode with Charlie Baber, he tells the story of how his deep insecurities almost destroyed his faith, his health, and even his career in ministry. Part Two will tell the story of how he...

  
• 04.24.2019

  Ep. 30 "May They Not Fight the Same Demons" with Candice Benbow

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• 04.08.2019

  Ep. 29 "What If There's No Rain?" with Erin Roesch

  n this 29th episode of Instructions For Living a Life, Erin Roesch invites us into her personal experience of this dissonant, doubtful, painful, and uncertain space, sharing her struggles with pregnancy, the language and expectation surrounding fertility in the church,...

  
• 04.02.2019

  Ep. 28 "I'm Alone, But Not Lonely" with Jeremy Krommendyk

  Jeremy lives the majority of his life alone, but by choice. Jeremy likes his space and is completely satisfied in his identity as a single person. As a Christian Jeremy feels like the church can feel like a 'dating site',...

  
• 03.25.2019

  Ep. 27 "What Is It That We Are Building?" with Breanna Illene

  In this episode we hear the story of Breanna Illene a United Methodist pastor as she decided to come out in the midst her denomination's conflict and division over 'human sexuality'. She shares her pain and her hope for the...

  
• 03.19.2019

  Ep. 26 "Bringing Your Whole Self" with Lee Schott

  Lee Schott shares the lessons she has learned as the pastor of a church inside a women's prison. Now she wants all churches to be as honest and relevant as her church community.

  
• 03.11.2019

  Ep. 25 "The Bible is Not a Weapon" with Nate Allen

  This week we listen to Nate's story of being a punk rock musician and attending a Christian school. Nate found that scripture was used against him in a very legalistic and judgmental environment. Hear his story of spiritual abuse and...

  
• 03.08.2019

  Ep. 24 "Cutting Out Things I Don't Need in My Life" with Pilar Timpane

  In this episode Pilar reflects on ten years of sobriety and how she discovered and deepened her faith in the midst of recovery.

  
• 02.20.2019

  Episode 23 Adam and Chrisie Unplugged

  Join Adam and Chrisie as they process and discuss their own recent struggles.

  
• 02.11.2019

  Ep. 22 "Learning To Be Ok With Not Knowing" with Wes Curtis

  Wes dove head first into a every evangelical church that professed hard lines of right and wrong and expected him to share those beliefs. When he began to question some of the church's beliefs, he found that for him the...

  
• 01.21.2019

  Ep. 21 "Eating Together Shouldn't Be Rushed" with Nathan Arledge

  Whether we’re spending time with people we know well or those we’ve just met, communicating well is both a necessity and an art form. All too frequently, however, successful communication can be made out to be quantitative in its goals...