Journey to Freedom: Week 1

In this episode of the Searching Inward Podcast, Scott Reall, Seth Abram and Anna Bryant start exploring Scott’s book, “Journey to Freedom: Your Start to a Lifetime of Hope, Health, and Healing,” that they used for their flagship eight-week process. Each week, they discuss what you can expect from the eight-week process in a Small Group and what’s at the heart of Journey to Freedom. This week, they start with how to step out of contemplating change of who you want to become and move into real action by taking an honest look at your life.“Because it doesn’t matter what stage of life we go through or if things are going well, eventually there will be struggles. Or there’s parts of our life that if they got better, we would live better. So Journey to Freedom would really benefit anyone, but what it does, I think, its greatest gift, is it really does move people out of contemplation.” -Scott [06:43]“I think that’s one of the huge values of the process that we’re offering is we’re creating this space and normalizing, it's ok to say anything that is happening in your interior world and relating it to what’s happening on the outside, right? It’s that process of integration.” -Anna [10:10]“This is a support group, but it’s also a group process. We’re leading people through the process to a new place as they’re unpacking their story. And we talk about how we focus on a solution versus focusing on a problem.” -Seth [16:17]TIMESTAMPS[00:05] Intro[01:28] The heart of Journey to Freedom[08:48] The value of the eight-week process[11:23] The importance of welcome and safety[15:40] Our foundations for change[20:27] Emotion is always present[24:02] Our process of transformation[29:45] Personal stories of transformation[37:06] OutroFollow and ContactFacebook: Restore Small GroupsInstagram: @restoresmallgroupsYouTube: Searching Inward PodcastWebsite: restoresmallgroups.orgScott Reall’s Books:Journey to Freedom: Your Start to a Lifetime of Hope, Health, and HealingJourney to a New Beginning after Loss: Freedom from the Pain of Grief and DisappointmentJourney to Living with Courage: Freedom from FearJourney to Healthy Living: Freedom from Body Image and Food IssuesJourney to a Life of Significance: Freedom from Low Self-Esteem