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Freed Up

Tina Robertson

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Freed Up is currently not releasing new episodes. But please take time to listen to the 96 archived episodes available here! If you're wondering why... It's because this podcast is an integral solution to the mental health challenges you may be facing. Life is hard sometimes and can leave us feeling weighed down, overwhelmed, stressed out, and just looking for more. Thank goodness Freed Up is the podcast that makes life feel lighter! Tune in to find out how to live freed up and not fed up. C ...
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On the Press Forward Podcast this season: Solutions in a post-MeToo world. What are the lessons learned? What's next in creating a better workplace culture for everyone? We'll hear directly from people who have lived through the good, the bad, and the ugly of workplace experiences -- from experts and well-known journalists, to those who are now finding that they too can use their voices to affect change. Through these conversations, we can help transform workplaces into environments where al ...
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Go Be More Podcast

Bryan Green, Jon Rankin

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At Go Be More our philosophy is to be yourself, take small steps, and chase big dreams. Each week we interview inspiring guests and discuss strategies and mindsets to break out of your constraints, build positive momentum and pursue the life you were meant to be living.
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Freed Up is so grateful to have served the podcast community over the last few years. We're continuing the journey...in so many different ways. Tune in to hear how! If you or someone you know is having thoughts of taking your life by suicide, know that you are loved and precious to God and to so many others even when it doesn't feel like it. Help i…
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The holiday season can feel like a mixed bag. Some look forward to this time of year, others want to wish it away. No matter which end of the spectrum you find yourself, or if you are somewhere in between, know that you can experience some peace and joy during this time...listen in to this episode to find out how! Remember, you do not walk this pat…
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I love the quote from Jack Welch that says "Change before you have to". I'm so glad that Freed Up is talking about change...it's the only constant in life, right? Tune in to this brief episode to hear all about what change means for us in the days ahead. As always, remember, you do not walk this path alone. I am walking right alongside you as well …
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We each must forge our own individual path toward healing, yet we can all tap into some core strategies that will help us find the renewal and peace that God has appropriated for us. Tune in to hear 7 faith principles that will guide you on your healing path. Remember, you do not walk this path alone. I am walking right alongside you as well as the…
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Regarding shame in our lives, could it be that we're missing a hidden culprit? Have we truly centered that needing forgiveness is a significantly influential factor in all of this. And often when we think of forgiveness, right off the top, we zero in on forgiving someone else. But as it relates to shame, often we have some work to do around forgive…
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Whose words are guiding your thinking and your living? What are you speaking to yourself, about yourself and over yourself? Sometimes, the words spoken over us in our earliest experiences and over the course of our lifetimes are subconsciously affecting our ability to live our best lives! How do you shift shame? Shift your words. This episode gives…
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If you could sit down right now with an autobiographer, what would you tell them? Often we are living with and living our shame stories until we begin to shift the shame from our lives. One way we do that is to re-story our shame narratives. This is how we experience healing and restoration. Listen in to this episode as Freed Up shares various sham…
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Can shame be positive in any way? How does shame from childhood show up in our adult relationships? What does it mean to rewrite a shame story? This episode is answering questions you've been wondering about. Tune in to hear the answers from a faith and mental perspective. Disclaimer: Freed Up's podcast content provides general psychoeducation abou…
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To shift the shame, we have to shift our way of thinking. But how do we pull up the roots that feel firmly planted down in our minds because of shame? Listen in to find out about some of the unhelpful and negative thinking patterns that we often battle in our minds and one key strategy for making the shift! If you have a question about shifting sha…
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Years of shame spiraling take time for rewiring. But the time to start is NOW! This is the episode to make sure you bring your journals and your best listening ear. We're highlighting four basic strategies/steps for uprooting the shame that has hung around in our lives and held us back far too long! Take a listen and plan to get 'Freed Up'! If you …
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The emotion of shame can have a profound effect on our daily lives and particularly relationships. This episode discusses the definition of shame, four major contributors to its development in our lives, and how those factors impact our thinking and behavior and prevents us from living life from the vibrant and authentic essence of who we really ar…
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Shame is a common emotion that is largely responsible for many of our spiritual and mental health issues. It is often referred to as a self-conscious emotion. While it may be extremely difficult to recognize, it certainly is not shy about wreaking havoc in every area of our lives. If you we're going to get to the root of most mental health challeng…
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Schools and families have had a very rough last two years and this has created a need for significant relational care for them. Freed Up is excited to host Lisa V, a Licensed Social Worker who has over 25 years working with children and families to improve their psycho-social supports and mental health. As we take a break this summer and gear up fo…
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Part of sustaining our growth on the Freed Up journey includes reflecting and celebrating just how far we've come. It's important to take in the wins and remember all that we've given to the process. Listen in to this episode that highlights just how much we've accomplished so far this year. We're doing this together, y'all! If you have any feedbac…
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We do get to choose what areas of beauty we will focus on as a priority! So, why not choose to give our most sincere efforts to developing inner beauty since it will never fade away, unlike external beauty? This episode makes the case for centering internal beauty as the beauty gold standard. Listen in to this discussion with visiting Freed Up Frie…
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External beauty, let’s face it, is big business in our culture today! And it is filtering over into every phase of our lives--even affecting our relationships. We are a society being lulled into expectations of external perfection. Recent studies have found that women are obsessed with their looks. And that obsession is fueling our anxiety, depress…
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With each topic series on Freed Up, we answer your (the listeners) questions. Tune in to learn more about what the Freed Up friends are curious about related to relationships. If you have any feedback or questions on any content you have heard or would like to recommend future topics, please send those to: connect@freefilledfavored.com And remember…
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Relationships take work! We are often learning how to be in them, love in them, and live within them. God never intended for us to do this on our own. He invites us into relationship with him FIRST...from there we learn how to be loved and how to give love. Have you said "yes" to God's invitation for relationship? Truly, it is the first and foundat…
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All of us wants to understand more about ourselves and how we fit in relation to others. Arguably, the most useful resource in helping us with this is learning our attachment styles. Your attachment style was established through the relational interactions in your earliest life experiences with your parents or caregivers. These experiences primaril…
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The more we become aware of the role our early life experiences played in shaping us relationally, the more equipped we are to shift some of those patterns and behaviors that are creating challenges for us in our relationships. Avoidant attachment is an insecure attachment style that develops when a child's needs are ignored, dismissed and/or emoti…
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Our earliest life experiences imprinted us with much of our relational wiring. Anxious attachment is an insecure attachment style that develops when a child's needs are not met consistently and in turn, they may feel unworthy of love; and as they enter into adult relationships, they may exhibit high levels of insecurity and emotional neediness. The…
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So much talk about self-love these days. Did you know there is a divine order for love? And it affects how we are to live in relationship with others. This episode with Dr. Rose breaks it down along with how we grow closer to God and connect in relationship with Him, first. You'll be so glad you listened to this one! Please let us know what you thi…
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Attachment is the process by which we relate and connect to others. To help us understand this clinical theory in layman's terms, Dr. Rose explains this process and gives examples of how this looks in our earliest life experiences and carries over into our adult relationships. If you want to truly understand your relationship interactions better, t…
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This episode unpacks one of the many popular phrases and thoughts that seem to be floating around various social media platforms as it relates to mental health. Sometimes, well intentioned memes and posts find their way into our feeds each day that might sound good, but are they real (accurate) or nah? Listen in to this episode as we dive deep into…
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Listen in to this episode as we talk about HOW to invest in your mental health throughout this year! We're doing it wisely, wholly, expectantly and consistently. Tune in to find out the details! For additional resources to support your path to getting freed up, please visit our website: www.freefilledfavored.com. To offer feedback, ask questions or…
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Freed Up is all goals, okay? We're ready to invest in our growth, our change 2022 style--we're getting freed up in our spiritual and mental health. Listen in:) And by the way, Happy New Year! You can reach us and share feedback, ask questions or request prayer at: connect@freefilledfavored.com. To learn more about resources for support visit www.fr…
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What a year we have had in releasing and getting more freed up mentally, emotionally and spiritually. This episode features a few clips and highlights from some of the amazing content that helped support us during this year. I hope you have a joyous and peaceful Christmas and keep your hope up for all that you can accomplish, with God's help, in 20…
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Releasing those areas in our lives that hold us back from our best selves requires individual work, no doubt; but it also necessitates accountability which is often found through community. In this episode, Freed Up Host Tina Robertson transparently shares about the areas in her life that have affected her spiritual, mental and emotional health thi…
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Gratitude is not just a spiritually rewarding practice, but it also has tremendous mental health benefits as well. Tis the season...so often we move too quickly from Halloween to Christmas. Gratitude really is in season, not just during Thanksgiving but all year long as a mental health practice, but most of all, as an offering to God who deserves a…
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This episode gives us a glimpse some major risk factors that contribute to trauma. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) study is an amazing resource for digging deeper into why the trauma we are carrying in our present still affects us even though it happened in our distant pasts. Many of the experiences that still wreak mental and emotional hav…
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Traumatic and painful experiences that occur over the course of our lives can make us feel unloved and unworthy of receiving love. This episode is a reminder of what truly is our greatest need for healing...LOVE! And there is no greater love than the unconditional, unrelenting love of God. When it's all said and done...love really is what the world…
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Families are such a pivotal part of the recovery process. Yet, often loved ones struggle with how to support a family member of a friend who is in recovery to overcome addiction. Listen in to the second part of our conversation with Gina, an addiction and recovery expert as she shares the foundational strategies for family intervention support. You…
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September is National Recovery Month and Freed Up is raising awareness and sharing important approaches and strategies for support because we strongly believe in this year's national recovery theme: “Recovery is for Everyone: Every Person, Every Family, Every Community”. That means recovery is for YOU and ME! Listen in to this episode, which is the…
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September is National Suicide Prevention Month and Freed Up is raising awareness about suicide and suicide prevention. Suicide is the 2nd leading cause of death for people ages 10-34 years old (National Alliance on Mental Health). Together, we can combat this challenging mental health issue and reduce the stigma surrounding it by dispelling the myt…
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Experiencing trauma can make us feel like our lives won't get any better. But the truth is, life can still lived to its fullest, in light of and in spite of the trauma. Yes, it's hard. But it's absolutely possible. This episode hosts Freed Up Friend, Alicia, as she shares her journey in becoming freed up from back-to-back traumatic events, to embra…
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This episode features questions from the listening audience and answers from Freed Up regarding the content from our "release party" series and trauma series. Good stuff...check it out! If you have questions or comments you would live to share with Freed Up, please send them to: connect@freefilledfavored.com. We would love to hear from you. We are …
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Sometimes trauma can blind us to the new places God wants to show us and take us...but there is absolutely life on the other side when we allow God to point us there. Tune in to this episode to find out how this is possible as we learn from the life of one who overcame her own trauma, so very long ago. If you'd like to find out more about how to he…
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“I call it an explorative mindset for racing… ‘Let's see what I can do,’ rather than, ‘This is what I need to do.’” - Katie Zaferes Today's guest is Katie Zaferes, a two-time Olympic Games qualifier and 2019 ITU World Triathlon Series Champion. For Katie, the road to Tokyo has been anything but smooth. We not only explore her mindset as a world cla…
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Our culture today manufactures brands that create illusions and sells optics rather than authenticity for connecting with others. But most still really want intimacy in their relationships and connections. What exactly is intimacy and how do you cultivate it in relationships? First, you have to connect in to the One who designed it. Listen in to th…
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Often, when we are healing from trauma and working on releasing the pain and wounds from our past, shame can surface along with other emotions that may cause us to question our identity. This episode reminds us of our value and worth in God. Nothing and no one can change the masterpiece that He has already made you to be. Listen in to be reminded o…
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Freed Up is celebrating our 2nd year anniversary this month! We're in our year of "releasing" those things that are holding us back from our next level of living 'freed up!' Listen in to this episode as I personally share about doubt, something that I've struggled with for a long time in my life and have decided I can't let it block me any longer f…
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Are you aware that knowing and writing your story is a major strategy for healing and having strong mental health? Tune in for the second part of our conversation with Author & Educator Brennan Steele as we dig deeper into his book and learn more about emoting and the power of story. Good stuff here...through and through. You can purchase Brennan's…
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“I genuinely believe that we should be learning our entire life. And there's a part of me that feels excited for when I'm 78 years old, and all the things I will have learned.” Difficult conversations can very often lead into areas of personal growth. Lifelong runner Tina Muir doesn’t shy away from these discussions as she builds her two successful…
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The socialization of men in our culture, particularly Black men, doesn't encourage or adequately support their need to emote. Author & Educator Brennan Steele is passionate about the mental and emotional health of Black boys and men. In his book: breathe. a guided healing journal For Black Men, Brennan offers men a pathway and a plan for writing th…
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“My successes tend to come after moments that felt like my biggest failures.” - Shannon Rowbury It’s easy to view great athletes through just the lens of their training and results. But in this episode, you’ll be reminded there’s so much more to a balanced life. Shannon authentically shares her thoughts on dance, recovery, competing, advocating, an…
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“I like to try new things and just keep bettering myself in whatever it is that I'm trying to challenge myself at the given time.” Being a top-level athlete in an event that involves chugging beer AND running laps might sound too good to be true for most people. But for Chris, it’s a serious, albeit fun, reality. Listen in as he, Jon, and Bryan cha…
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How can childhood pain and trauma affect a man's mental health? Is there hope for healing even after years gone by? If so, what does that look like? This episode of Freed Up answers these questions and so much more. Tune in to hear Mike share his very powerful, personal story and reflections about his path toward healing after growing up without hi…
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“I didn't really have a vision. It was just like these little wins that kept me going and really inspired me to create more.” - Kelli Hashimoto With the intent to make her friends smile, Kelli found a way to connect her artistic abilities with her love of the running community. And as a result, Runnergrams was born. Listen in as she and Bryan chat …
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“Find the stuff that you enjoy doing. If it's spending time with your family going to the beach, going to museums or parks or whatever, schedule all that stuff in first and then figure out how to schedule all the work stuff around that.” As entrepreneurs, we can forget that powerful brands are usually a result of many iterations along the way. And …
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What can a man expect from his therapeutic experience? And how can the women in men's lives talk to their men about seeking out help? These are just a few of the questions Von answers in this episode. You'll for sure want to get in on this conversation. Get your chill space and click on the PLAY button. You'll be glad you did! Do you need some assi…
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