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Fear doesn’t always leave when you pray.

In this episode, Scott Russell breaks down the difference between feeling fear and letting fear govern your life. He talks openly about anxiety, mental health medication, early recovery, shame, suicide ideation, and the spiritual confusion that can come when faith doesn’t immediately remove suffering.

Using the metaphor of childhood “monsters under the bed,” Scott explains:

• Why fear lives in the body
• Why fighting fear makes it stronger
• Why medication can be life-saving
• Why shame keeps people stuck
• Why courage requires action before fear leaves
• And how love walks through fear instead of waiting for it to disappear

If you’re struggling with anxiety, wrestling with faith, or wondering whether it’s okay to get help — this episode is an honest, grounded conversation about what it actually looks like to heal.

You don’t have to do it alone.
And you don’t have to be fearless to move forward.

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In Episode 142, Scott breaks down the trap of being addicted to potential — the comfort of “I could’ve” and “someday” that keeps you from risking real effort and real change. He also dives into fear-based religion vs. lived spirituality, radical open-mindedness, and why you don’t need to broadcast belief… you need to walk it out.

Plus: a real-life moment from the lagoon — kids fishing, childhood nostalgia, and Connor + his cat Muppet stealing the show.

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• 00:00 Intro — stop making belief complicated
• 01:10 Lagoon life + kids fishing nostalgia
• 05:20 Connor & Muppet (best duo alive)
• 09:10 Why kids intimidate me (lol)
• 12:30 Addicted to potential: “I could’ve” as identity
• 18:40 The ego hates measurement (effort exposes reality)
• 24:10 Comfort of your story vs. healing
• 30:00 Radical open-mindedness + fear-based belief
• 38:20 Breathwork, Jesus, crystals — and the humility to not “know”
• 46:30 Stop waiting — walk it out
• 52:10 Outro + how to send a voice memo

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EP 141 — Kick the Can

Most of us don’t relapse from drugs—we relapse from discomfort.
From emotions we never learned how to sit with.
From feelings that show up uninvited and demand to be seen.

In this episode, Scott talks:

• Navigating the “I’m not okay” moments in sobriety
• The lie that healing should feel good
• Why milestone anniversaries can feel heavier than expected
• The truth about emotional regression
• The only way out: feel it anyway

If you're tired of kicking the can into tomorrow, this episode is your call to stop running.

You don’t need to feel good to grow.
You just need to be willing to feel—period.

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