The Alive & Free Podcast

I interviewed my Dad.

He's an alcoholic.

I've had a ton of pain and neglect from childhood because of him.

His parenting has marked my life.

But he has also chosen to confront his biggest failures an…

I felt codependent with my mom my whole life.

I felt like the only way to satisfy her was by shutting down my heart and emotions.  

I had so much resentment towards her but DID NOT KNOW IT.

So I went…

We just had our baby 2 weeks ago and have been on a podcast hiatus...both enjoying our new little boy and also processing some of the grief and trauma from the labor and birth.

We all have moments in…

We've seen people go after healing and leave christianity entirely.

We've seen people take license to just be triggered at everybody that sin't "safe".

We've seen people cling to religious legalism w…

We, as human beings, love to learn new language and understanding and point it at other people rather than ourselves...

It is so easy to learn new emotional health language and become more self aware…

As a culture we are way too busy for our own good...

But why?

Why isn't it good?

In this episode we talk about how to work through overwhelm triggers and feeling out of control and how we try to take…

Sammi and I are moments away from our first baby...

We are going to be giving up a lot of freedom.

But we often make trade our freedom for relationship and things that we believe will be fulfilling.

…

Should a person's value be reduced to what number they are on a scale of 1-10?

Is there more to relationships and dating than how attracted you are to someone?

Is attraction even important in relatio…

If you want some nitty gritty stories of the supernatural and the demonic, then this is an episode you don't want to miss.

We're continuing our conversation about the demonic, the supernatural, and i…

The demonic is very real.  

And I'm sure if you've been a part of the church for long enough, you've heard of a bunch of different kinds of inner healing methods or styles...

We've both experienced t…

**TRIGGER WARNING**

Do NOT listen to this with children around and if you do not want to hear very nitty gritty details on our sexual experiences that we have healed from.

We made this episode to dis…

After our last podcast episode on Sex, we received so many messages and comments from you guys.

This episode is the first of many responses to those questions.

So yes...we do listen to you :P

In this…

Don't live in shame.

Don't live powerless to it.

Don't keep silent.

And don't miss out on all of it's beauty.

In this episode, we have an honest dialogue about sex, our struggles, others' struggles, …

We all get triggered in relationships...or even when we are just alone by ourselves.

What do you do when you can't shake that feeling that you're alone or nobody loves you?

So many of us blame the on…

Laura Duncan has coached men and women for a decade and teaches her compassion coaching method in our Coach Launch Program.

She has helped people get free from porn addiction, work through grief an…

Young Entrepreneurship is a hot topic nowadays...

And Christians are trying to figure out their place in it all.

Building our business has been so difficult and so rewarding...

It has put pressure on…

If you don't think entrepreneurship is vulnerable or that making a business and going after your dreams is triggering, then you have got it all wrong.

We would have never created A&F if it weren't …

What would healthy dialogues look like between children and parents that may have caused childhood pain?

How can parents respond to the …

So stay tuned...

But in this episode, we also break down the deep need for emotional health in the church.

Why is all of the pressure put on pastors to counse…

We are so vulnerable and raw and had a rough day.

It was a rough day for us and for Alive & Free.  

There is no such thing as a pain free life and we have chosen not to shove our pain and we've c…