The Weekly REBOOT

What if the things that knocked you down were actually preparing you for where you are going? This week on the Weekly Reboot, Bryan Flanery unpacks the things nobody told us about failure, friendship, and asking for help.

Failure is not your identity. It is a chapter, not the end of the book. And as iron sharpens iron, the people around you either sharpen you or they do not. Not everyone called to walk with you in this season is meant to walk with you in the next.

This message is part one of our series "Things I Wish Someone Would've Told Me". Come back next week for part two.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

What if the hardest thing you ever did was simply stay? In this week's episode of the Weekly Reboot, Bryan Flanery and Evan Owens close out their series on suicide prevention with a conversation that reframes the entire conversation around hope, community, and the power of holding on.

Pain has a way of shrinking your vision. When you bring it too close, it blocks out everything else. But when you extend your arm and look around, you realize help was never on the way. Help was already in the room.

If you are struggling right now, please reach out. In the United States, you can call or text 988 to connect with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. And if you are someone who loves a person in pain, stay with us this month. You do not have to be an expert. You just have to be willing to ask the question and stay for the answer.

This message is part five of our series "A Conversation Around Suicide". Come back next week for a new series.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

Hope is contagious. That is the truth at the heart of this week's Weekly Reboot conversation with Kara, as we wrap up our conversation on suicide and suicide prevention by talking about something just as vital as crisis response: building resiliency before crisis ever arrives.

The most powerful thing you can do for someone is meet them where they are, listen without judgment, and carry hope for them when they cannot carry it themselves. As Brian shared, life does not stop coming at you just because you have done the work. But when you are equipped, mind, body, and soul, you are ready when it does.

If you are struggling right now, please reach out. In the United States, you can call or text 988 to connect with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. And if you are someone who loves a person in pain, stay with us this month. You do not have to be an expert. You just have to be willing to ask the question and stay for the answer.

This message is part four of our series "A Conversation Around Suicide". Come back next week for part five.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

The crisis may be over, but the journey is just beginning. In this week's episode of the Weekly Reboot, Bryan and Kara tackle what comes after the breaking point — and what it really looks like to walk alongside someone toward healing.

Spoiler: your role is not to fix everything. It is to be a guide. To check in. To create a space where people feel safe enough to tell the truth about how they are actually doing.

Whether you lead a church, a REBOOT group, a unit, or just a family — this conversation is for you. Because all it takes is one caring person to make a difference. Are you willing to be that person?

If you are struggling right now, please reach out. In the United States, you can call or text 988 to connect with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. And if you are someone who loves a person in pain, stay with us this month. You do not have to be an expert. You just have to be willing to ask the question and stay for the answer.

This message is part three of our series "A Conversation Around Suicide". Come back next week for part four.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

"Are you thinking about killing yourself?" It is a hard question. But it is the right one. And the person on the other side of it may finally feel, for the first time, that they are not alone.

On this week's Weekly Reboot, Brian sits down with Kara Merriam from Centerstone to break down the myths, the warning signs, and the simple but powerful steps that could save a life: Ask. Stay. Connect.

Talking about suicide does not plant the idea. It opens a door. And on the other side of that door is someone who has been waiting for someone to care enough to ask.

If you are struggling right now, please reach out. In the United States, you can call or text 988 to connect with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. And if you are someone who loves a person in pain, stay with us this month. You do not have to be an expert. You just have to be willing to ask the question and stay for the answer.

This message is part two of our series "A Conversation Around Suicide". Come back next week for part three.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

Silence has never saved anybody. This month on The Weekly Reboot, we are having the conversations that most people are too afraid to start -- and we are not apologizing for it.

Brian Flannery opens up about his own experience with suicidal hopelessness, the lies pain tells us, and the chapters of life he almost never got to live. His story is proof that tomorrow is not already written. We were not created to carry this alone -- Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 reminds us that those who walk together are stronger than those who walk in isolation.

If you are struggling right now, please reach out. In the United States, you can call or text 988 to connect with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. And if you are someone who loves a person in pain, stay with us this month. You do not have to be an expert. You just have to be willing to ask the question and stay for the answer.

This message is part one of our series "A Conversation Around Suicide". Come back next week for part two.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

Idols are not always bad things. Sometimes they are good things we trust more than God. This episode explores the story of the rich young ruler and confronts the subtle ways we build our lives around comfort, success, healing, relationships, or control. The question is not whether we worship something. It is whether the things we love most are pulling us closer to God or quietly replacing Him.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

Worship is more than music. It is what shapes the direction of your life. This episode challenges surface-level faith and invites us into a deeper connection with God that transforms how we think, live, and love others. Through Amos and Ephesians, we're reminded that God is not looking for empty rituals but surrendered hearts. When we consistently fill ourselves with God's presence, it changes us from the inside out.

This message is part three of our series "Go". Come back next week for our next series.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

Faith is not just about starting strong. It is about continuing when the journey gets hard. This episode reframes delays, struggles, and unexpected detours as part of the process God uses to shape us. Through Hebrews 11 and 12, we're reminded that the people God used most were imperfect, uncertain, and often waiting longer than they expected. The goal is not perfection. It is perseverance.

This message is part two of our series "Go". Come back next week for part three.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]

Faith was never meant to be complicated. It was meant to be lived. This episode challenges the tendency to overthink what God has already made clear and calls us back to simple obedience. Through the story of Philip, we're reminded that transformation happens when we move, not when we wait. The question is not what you still need to learn. It is what you already know and have yet to do.

This message is part one of our series "Go". Come back next week for part two.

Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform at my.rebootrecovery.com

REBOOT OFFER: REBOOT Recovery offers a huge online library of content called MyREBOOT! MyREBOOT gives you access to worksheets that follow along with our podcast series' as well as courses to help you heal from trauma and embrace a brighter future. As a thank you for listening to our podcast, we want to give you the REBOOT Recovery: Crisis Edition course for FREE. Visit crisis.rebootrecovery.com to claim your gift today.

CONNECT WITH US: To learn more about how you can find hope after trauma, please visit our website at www.rebootrecovery.com, our Facebook page or email us at [email protected]