The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, English professor, author, editor, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community care and mental health counseling. You can get her debut poetry collection, Of Wings and Dirt with Wipf and Stock Publishers on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

Come join me as I sit down and talk with Dr. Terence Lester, author, speaker, minister, professor, and founder of Love Beyond Walls. This episode comes at “such a time as this,” as we talk about empathy, compassion, and faith and how vital those qualities are as we all strive together to be people and communities of belonging.

Dr. Terence Lester speaks on:

-His inspirational “from streets to scholarship” story

-His recent book, All God’s Children

-Homeplace and homelessness

- The “posture of love” and the “power of the one”

-Loving your neighbor and their neighborhood

-The role of distance and proximity in our lives

-Reconciliation, inclusion, and justice

-The role of an authentic faith in healing longstanding division

-Suffering, perseverance, and hope

This is an episode you won't want to miss!

You can connect with Dr. Terence Lester here:

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The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, English professor, author, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community care and mental health counseling. You can get her debut poetry collection, Of Wings and Dirt with Wipf and Stock Publishers on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

You can find Kimberly Phinney on Substack and Instagram here:
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You can find Sarah Steele here:

You can find Kimberly Kralovic here:
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You can find Ashley Whittemore here:
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The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, English professor, author, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community care and mental health counseling. You can get her debut poetry collection, Of Wings and Dirt with Wipf and Stock Publishers on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

In this unique and unscripted episode, I got to sit down with Daniel Eccles of The Opportunity Collective. We got to co-interview each other and chat about making opportunities happen in our lives through connection, community, and collaboration. We also talk a bit about our own stories and passion projects, as well as faith and the arts. Listen for fun name drops with our friends steve veasey and Tanner Olson, as well as others like Deidre Braley and Edward Holmes.

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The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, English professor, author, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community care and mental health counseling. You can get her debut poetry collection, Of Wings and Dirt with Wipf and Stock Publishers on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

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The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, English professor, published writer, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community care and mental health counseling. You can get her debut poetry collection, Of Wings and Dirt with Wipf and Stock Publishers on Amazon and wherever books are sold.

The Way Back to Ourselves also wants to invite you to our first ever in-person retreat, THE CULTIVATE RETREAT in Winston-Salem, NC June 22-23, 2024. Learn more here:

In this episode, I got to sit down with Rachel Marie Kang to talk about her new book, The Matter of Little Loses. We talked about grief, faith, hope, Shakespeare, and the literary luminaries that have helped Rachel in her grief and the changes in her life. It’s an episode that seeks to speak into grief and hold you exactly where you are. You don’t want to miss this one!

Want more from Rachel Marie Kang?

The Matter of Little Loses: Amazon.com: The Matter of Little Losses: Finding Grace to Grieve the Big (and Small) Things: 9780800740870: Rachel Marie Kang, Ramsey, K.J.: Books

Let There Be Art:Amazon.com: The Matter of Little Losses: Finding Grace to Grieve the Big (and Small) Things: 9780800740870: Rachel Marie Kang, Ramsey, K.J.: Books

Website: Rachel Marie Kang

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The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, English professor, published writer, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community care and mental health counseling.

In this amazing episode, I got to sit down with author, podcaster, speaker, and tech entrepreneur Jordan Raynor. We talked about his new book The Sacredness of Secular Work, which was a game changer for me. And I know it will be for you, too.

When we follow Christ, everything in our lives is sacred; and that means your work--no matter what it might be--is sacred, too!

Also, stick around until the end, where you'll get to hear me read my new poem, "Women's Work," which will be in my debut poetry collection, Of Wings and Dirt, out this spring with Wipf and Stock Publishers.

You can connect with Jordan Raynor in a few places:

Instagram: @jordanraynor

Website: www.JordanRaynor.com

Podcast: Mere Christians Podcast

And you can buy his new book, as well as his other big hits, like Redeeming Your Time, Master of One, or The Creator in You, wherever books are sold, as well as on Amazon.

The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, English professor, published writer, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community care and mental health counseling.

You can find Kimberly Phinney on Substack and Instagram here:

Sarah Steele:

Kimberly Kralovic:

Ashley Whittemore:

The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, English professor, published writer, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community care and mental health counseling.

The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, professor, writer, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community and mental health counseling.

SHINING A LIGHT ON MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH

The month of November is also known as Movember, which is a movement to shine a light on men’s mental health. In this two-part series, come join mental health counselor Blake Roberts and artist and writer Steve Veasey, as we lean in to learn more about this silent epidemic and how men can help themselves and one another and how women can help the men they love.

BLAKE ROBERTS | Mental Health Counselor

You can follow Blake on Instagram @blake.the.counselor and get his Substack newsletter here:
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Follow along with Blake as he grows a platform for men's mental health. Sign-up and connect.

You can also connect with him at his website:
Counselor in Brentwood TN for Men & Teenage Boys (blakerobertscounseling.com)

STEVE VEASEY | Artist, Writer, and Mental Health Advocate

You can follow Steave on Instagram @steve.can.draw and get his Substack newsletter here:
steve veasey | Substack

Contact Steve for commissioned art, collaborations, or to book him for a talk. You can also buy his upcoming special second edition book Thin Spaces in the new year.

Stay connected with him at his rad website: steve can draw | illustrator, author and coffee lover. He's definitely cooler than me!

The Way Back Podcast is brought to you by www.TheWayBack2Ourselves.com and is hosted by founder Kimberly Phinney, professor, writer, and counselor, earning her doctorate in community and mental health counseling.

SHINING A LIGHT ON MEN'S MENTAL HEALTH

The month of November is also known as Movember, which is a movement to shine a light on men’s mental health. In this two-part series, come join mental health counselor Blake Roberts and artist and writer Steve Veasey, as we lean in to learn more about this silent epidemic and how men can help themselves and one another and how women can help the men they love.

BLAKE ROBERTS | Mental Health Counselor

You can follow Blake on Instagram @blake.the.counselor and get his Substack newsletter here:

Follow along with Blake as he grows a platform for men's mental health. Sign-up and connect.

You can also connect with him at his website:

STEVE VEASEY | Artist, Writer, and Mental Health Advocate

You can follow Steave on Instagram @steve.can.draw and get his Substack newsletter here:

Contact Steve for commissioned art, collaborations, or to book him for a talk. You can also buy his upcoming special second edition book Thin Spaces in the new year.

Stay connected with him at his rad website: steve can draw | illustrator, author and coffee lover. He's definitely cooler than me!