Breaking Shame, Trauma & Strongholds: How God Leads Us to True Deliverance ft. Kevin Crenshaw

What this episode covers

What if the very thing you’ve been fighting all along is the very thing you need to let go of? What if the patterns, shame, and fear you’ve been holding onto aren’t obstacles to push through, but signals pointing you toward freedom? In this episode, Emily sits down with Kevin Crenshaw, known as The Heart Guy, who has spent over a decade helping leaders and individuals break free from the patterns, fears, and habits that keep them stuck. His own near-death experience, chronic illness, and mental health struggles forced him to confront the things he couldn’t control and taught him that surrender to God, not pushing harder, is often the first step toward transformation. Together, Emily and Kevin explore the experiences that shaped his journey and the insights he now shares with others to help them release what no longer serves them, step confidently into God’s plan, and live with more clarity, freedom, and purpose. What You’ll Learn: • The ways surrender can break cycles of shame, fear, and limiting patterns. • The life-changing reality of deliverance and the Holy Spirit • Stories of real transformation that show how trusting God changes everything • The truth about calling, anointing, and the crushing process • How fasting, surrender, and obedience transform your daily walk Timestamps: (02:32) - From Ayahuasca to Jesus: Kevin’s breaking point (06:16) - Wrestling with God and letting go (09:51) - How social media and success become traps (15:42) - Seeing your business as a garden, not a rocket (18:46) - Resisting temptation and slowing down with God (24:14) - Shame as a spiritual parasite and breaking the stronghold (28:07) - The horizontal vs vertical plane of evolution (32:07) - What true deliverance is (and why it’s not a healing modality) (46:09) - Do you need deliverance more than once? (56:02) - When fasting becomes fuel for your spirit (01:00:12) - Identity through God, not things (01:03:14) - The crushing before the calling: why God tests before He trusts (01:07:03) - Kevin’s new book “Perspectives” (01:10:30) - Kevin’s prayer Grab a copy of Kevin’s Book: • Perspectives | https://www.heartguy.com/book  Connect with Kevin: • Website | https://www.heartguy.com/  • Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/the.heart.guy • Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/kevcrenshaw  More from Emily & FORDIVINE: • Website |  https://meetemilyford.com   • Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/itsemily         • Facebook | https://www.facebook.com/itsemilymethod    • YouTube | https://www.youtube.com/c/ITSEMILYFORD  • Called & Crowned Podcast | https://www.instagram.com/calledandcrowned/  • FORDIVINE | https://www.fordivine.com/