Life Can be Challenging
Sometimes it takes hearing and relating to one person's story to spark the possibility of life change. The Relevate Podcast is that safe place for sometimes difficult yet hopeful conversations. Listen and be inspired...
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Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
The impact of addiction is devastating our families and our communities. Learn the story of Catherine Rosborough and Bill Whitney, both in long-term recovery and now a married couple, and how they eventually found hope, healing and meaning in their lives.
The two are both champions in the recovery movement where they live, in Forsyth County Georgia (a suburb of Atlanta). Catherine is the founder of the Recovery Community Foundation of Forsyth (RCFF) and The Connection, an addiction recovery support center. Learn more about how these grassroots organizations called Recovery Community Organizations or RCOs (there are 16 RCOs in Georgia, supported through state funding) are helping fuel recovery in their respective communities.
To learn more about The Connection: www.theconnectionforsyth.org
To learn more about Rena Olsen, the host of the Relevate Podcast: www.rena-olsen.com
P.S. A note from Rena...It has been a tough week for those of us who serve people in recovery in the north metro Atlanta area, as we lost yet another one of our young men to overdose. This one hurts deeply because he was an exceptional person from a beautiful and loving family. In recording the closing for this episode, I wept big tears for my young friend and his family. I almost re-recorded the message, but then again decided to keep it exactly as it is...Raw, emotional, difficult to hear. It's time we all let down our guards and started standing up and fighting for those who struggle...and their families.
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
Sunday Jun 28, 2020
The call to serve as missionaries in a remote village of Tanzania took both Dave and Mary Ann Taylor by surprise. Learn more about this couple's hope-filled journey and the gifts that have unfolded as a result of their faithfulness.
You'll also have a chance to learn more about UboraTZ, a non-profit organization dedicated to serving the once severely impoverished community of Karansi near Mt. Kilimanjaro, where Dave and Mary Ann call home. What has transpired over the 20-year history of Ubora--along with the work of Pastor Wariaeli and SHEFO--is God ordained and a model of transformation for other cross-continental partnerships.
To learn more about what God is doing in Tanzania, visit: www.uboratz.org
To connect with Dave and Mary Ann, visit their blog: https://tztales.wordpress.com/about/
To learn more about the host of the Relevate podcast, Rena Olsen, visit: https://rena-olsen.com
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Tuesday Jun 16, 2020
Pastor Tim Price shares his story of brokenness, redemption and overcoming addiction in this episode of the Relevate Podcast. From a place of humbleness and abundant faith, Tim leads his people with heart and transparency at the newly established Free Chapel Cumming just north of Atlanta.
As we continue to emerge from the pandemic, Pastor Tim encourages us it is now time to "hit refresh and restore."
To learn more about Free Chapel Cumming: https://www.freechapel.org/cumming
To learn more about Rena Olsen, the host of the Relevate Podcast: https://rena-olsen.com
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Monday May 25, 2020
Monday May 25, 2020
"You can choose to be an overcomer or chose to be overcome."
- Judge Kathryn Schrader
At the moment of Kathryn's birth, forceps were needed to complete the delivery from her mother's womb—the procedure subsequently and permanently damaged her tiny facial nerve. Differentiated since birth, life for Kathy McCart Schrader has at times been challenging.
Rather than hold her back, these challenges eventually strengthened Kathryn Schrader into the tough yet fair attorney and judge that she is today. And to live a full and richly blessed life as a wife, mother and public servant.
A relentless defender of the broken and hurting, listen in to learn more from her perspective from the bench and how life challenges continue to mold Judge Schrader into the person she is today.
To learn more about Kathy: https://judgekathyschrader.com/
To learn more about Rena Olsen, your host of the Relevate Podcast: www.rena-olsen.com
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To connect with Rena on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/renaolsen/
Monday May 11, 2020
Monday May 11, 2020
Leadership expert Dan Frey is here to coach us through quarantine/COVID-19 with some advice for leading well during these uncertain times.
Receive valuable coaching tips as shared by Dan, including--how leadership is influence, why skills break down under pressure and how fear is the opposite of humility--in this jam packed session.
To learn more about Dan and GiANT Worldwide, visit: www.giantworldwide.com
To learn more about Rena Olsen, your host of the Relevate Podcast, visit: www.rena-olsen.com
Thank you for listening to this episode of the Relevate Podcast. Please listen, subscribe and share so that more people can discover the hope that lives within us all.
Monday Apr 27, 2020
Monday Apr 27, 2020
In this hope-filled episode, learn how Jen Hidinger-Kendrick turned heartbreak into hope after her husband, Ryan, was diagnosed with stage IV cancer. Jen and Ryan-along with a legion of friends, loved ones and leaders from the Atlanta restaurant community-united to bring one of Atlanta's most innovative restaurant concepts to life, Staplehouse, along with its nonprofit sister organization, Giving Kitchen.
Jen’s story is also about the power of community, the Atlanta food service community to be exact, and what is possible when we all come together in love and service to one another...and the promise that love can live again.
To learn more about Giving Kitchen: www.thegivingkitchen.org.
To learn more about your host of the Relevate Podcast: rena-olsen.com.
With this episode, there is also an unedited video of Rena's conversation with Jen. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZaTKFvITyLs
"We are a tight family. We do what we do because we love it. Creating and serving, while making people happy with food and drink is our love. Our other love is taking care of others. The mission of Staplehouse restaurant, outside of doing we we love to do, is to give back."
- Ryan Hidinger
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Thursday Apr 16, 2020
Change has been the name of the game as many of us have been forced to adapt to a new way of life during this time of Corona Quarantine. Here to help us better navigate the sometimes treacherous waters of online communication is Erik Hawkinson, a global communications consultant. Erik is a true professional when it comes to the virtual workplace and has mastered the art of working remotely.
Listen and learn more about how to stay connected when we are disconnected.
To connect with Erik: prairiesonconsulting.com
To connect with Rena: rena-olsen.com
Monday Apr 06, 2020
Monday Apr 06, 2020
The thistle is classified as both a flower and weed. It's beautiful, wild and strong and grows in even the most barren and desolate of places. It's also the name of the non-profit organization founded by Becca Stevens, Thistle Farms in Nashville. Hear Becca's story and the message of Loves Heals in this episode of the Relevate Podcast. You'll also learn more about the compelling and beautiful story of how Thistle Farms is saving women once devastated by sexual trafficking, prostitution and addiction.
To connect with Becca and Thistle Farms: ThistleFarms.org
To connect with Rena Olsen, the host of the Relevate Podcast: Rena-Olsen.com
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
Wednesday Mar 25, 2020
The depth of our character is tested when we go through difficult times. Katherine Wolf survived a catastrophic stroke at the age of 26, and along with her husband, Jay, they have since dedicated their lives to using their story of hope and love to inspire others facing similar challenges.
Katherine and Rena talk about the couple's latest book, "Suffer Strong" on this hope and joy-filled episode of the Relevate Podcast!
To connect with Katherine and Jay:
Hope Heals Website (includes a link to purchase their new book, a link to donate and info on Hope Heals Camp): www.hopeheals.com
On instagram: hopeheals
To connect with Rena:
Rena-olsen.com
On instagram: renaolsen
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Sunday Mar 15, 2020
Be inspired by the mother/daughter duo of Berni Leonard and Jacque Hansard, who use their professional platform as hair stylists to lift up and serve others.
Beyond the magic they create in the salon they co-own, Berni Inc., Berni and Jacque shine as philanthropists and fundraisers and are dedicated to lifting up the beauty profession through leadership coaching and training.
Connect with Berni and Jacque on Instagram:
Berni Inc
Jacque Hansard
Berni Leonard
Rena Olsen, the host of Relevate
On the Web:
Berni Inc
Rena Olsen
To learn more about No Longer Bound, the men's addiction regeneration center that Berni and Jacque support, visit: nolongerbound.com