Welcome to The Weekly REBOOT—a dedicated podcast for REBOOT graduates looking to continue their journey of healing and growth. This series builds on the themes you explored in your courses, providing fresh insights and encouragement each week to support you in the next steps of your REBOOT journey. Tune in for inspiring discussions and practical takeaways designed to help you keep moving forward in a supportive community of fellow grads.
The Crisis Is Over. I'm Good Now... Right?
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**Hope is contagious.** That is the truth at the heart of this week's Weekly Reboot conversation with Kara, as we wrap up our conversation on suicide and suicide prevention by talking about something just as vital as crisis response: building resiliency before crisis ever arrives. The most powerful thing you can do for someone is meet them where they are, listen without judgment, and carry hope for them when they cannot carry it themselves. As Brian shared, life does not stop coming at you …
How to Show Up, Check In, and Build a Community Where People Feel Safe
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The crisis may be over, but **the journey is just beginning**. In this week's episode of the Weekly Reboot, Bryan and Kara tackle what comes after the breaking point — and what it really looks like to walk alongside someone toward healing. _**Spoiler:** **your role is not to fix everything. It is to be a guide.** To check in. To create a space where people feel safe enough to tell the truth about how they are actually doing._ Whether you lead a church, a REBOOT group, a unit, or just a …
Are You Thinking About Killing Yourself?
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"Are you thinking about killing yourself?" **It is a hard question**. But it is the right one. And the person on the other side of it may finally feel, for the first time, that **they are not alone**. On this week's Weekly Reboot, Brian sits down with Kara Merriam from Centerstone to break down the myths, the warning signs, and the simple but powerful steps that could save a life: Ask. Stay. Connect. **Talking about suicide does not plant the idea.** It opens a door. And on the other side of …
We Have to Talk About Suicide
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Silence has never saved anybody. This month on The Weekly Reboot, we are having the conversations that most people are too afraid to start -- and **we are not apologizing for it.** Brian Flannery opens up about his own experience with suicidal hopelessness, the lies pain tells us, and the chapters of life he almost never got to live. His story is proof that tomorrow is not already written. We were not created to carry this alone -- Ecclesiastes 4:9-10 reminds us that those who walk together …
Idols Are Not Always Bad Things
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Idols are not always bad things. Sometimes they are good things we trust more than God. This episode explores the story of the rich young ruler and confronts the subtle ways we build our lives around comfort, success, healing, relationships, or control. The question is not whether we worship something. It is whether the things we love most are pulling us closer to God or quietly replacing Him. _Check out our past series and get additional content by using our MyREBOOT platform …
Why Worship Is Essential to Recovery Not Just Religion
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Worship is more than music. It is what shapes the direction of your life. This episode challenges surface-level faith and invites us into a deeper connection with God that transforms how we think, live, and love others. Through Amos and Ephesians, we're reminded that God is not looking for empty rituals but surrendered hearts. When we consistently fill ourselves with God's presence, it changes us from the inside out. _This message is part three of our series "Go". Come back next week for …
How to Trust God When the Journey Takes Longer Than Expected
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Faith is not just about starting strong. It is about continuing when the journey gets hard. This episode reframes delays, struggles, and unexpected detours as part of the process God uses to shape us. Through Hebrews 11 and 12, we're reminded that the people God used most were imperfect, uncertain, and often waiting longer than they expected. The goal is not perfection. It is perseverance. _This message is part two of our series "Go". Come back next week for part three._ _Check out our …
How to Stop Overthinking and Start Moving Forward
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Faith was never meant to be complicated. It was meant to be lived. This episode challenges the tendency to overthink what God has already made clear and calls us back to simple obedience. Through the story of Philip, we're reminded that transformation happens when we move, not when we wait. The question is not what you still need to learn. It is what you already know and have yet to do. _This message is part one of our series "Go". Come back next week for part two._ _Check out our past …
What to Do When Your Partner Will Not Own Their Part
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Lasting relationships are not built on perfection. They are built on repentance. This episode walks through Psalm 51 to show what real restoration looks like—owning your part, letting go of blame, and choosing humility over image. When we stop trying to win and start taking responsibility, healing begins. Repentance does not erase the past, but it rebuilds intimacy and makes lasting love possible. _This message is part four of our series "Built To Last". Come back next week for a new …
Is Your Relationship Built On Performance or Promise?
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Strong relationships are not sustained by feelings. They are sustained by commitment. This episode challenges the way we view love by exposing the difference between contract and covenant. When love is based on performance, it breaks under pressure. When it is rooted in promise, it endures. Marriage is not about keeping score. It is about showing up fully, loving sacrificially, and reflecting something bigger than ourselves. _This message is part three of our series "Built To Last". Come …
How to Fight in a Relationship Without Hurting Each Other
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Healthy relationships are not defined by avoiding conflict but by how quickly we repair it. This episode challenges our instinct to win arguments instead of protecting connection and calls us into a different way of showing up. Through Scripture, we learn to listen first, speak with grace, and let go of bitterness before it takes root. Lasting relationships are not built on being right. They are built on humility, forgiveness, and choosing each other again and again. _This message is part …
How to Build a Relationship That Actually Lasts
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Strong relationships are not built on compatibility. They are built on design. This episode takes us back to Genesis to challenge the way we think about connection, showing that relationships were never meant to complete us but to unite us in purpose. When we build on culture, expectations, or performance, things may look solid but collapse under pressure. When we build on God's design, we create something that can actually last. _This message is part one of our series "Built To Last". Come …
Moving Beyond Isolation and Into Real Connection
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Healing was never meant to end with you. It was meant to flow through you. This episode challenges us to move beyond isolation and into intentional, life-giving relationships. Real connection requires more than proximity—it takes presence, honesty, and investment. When we choose to walk with others, speak truth, and pass on what we've received, our healing becomes something bigger than us. It becomes a catalyst for others. _This message is part five of our series "Living Connected". Come …
Everything You Need to Rebuild Trust One Step at a Time
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Trust is not rebuilt all at once. It is rebuilt one step at a time. This episode confronts how trauma reshapes the way we see relationships and invites us back into connection through intentional vulnerability. Jesus models a different way—patient, consistent, and personal. Healing doesn't happen by avoiding risk but by taking small, safe steps toward trust again. Real connection begins when we stop hiding and start letting someone see us. _This message is part four of our series "Living …
