The In Pursuit Podcast
With Dion Garrett
A Podcast all about helping people that in pursuit of a whole life. Looking to find all that God has for us.Check out the Whole Life Assessment here
Episode 06
Living the Fatherhood Dream
While other boys were dreaming about making into the NBA, Dion's middle school dream was to be a dad. In this episode, Dion talks with Joe Kennedy, a guy who dreamed the dream of fatherhood from an even younger age. In this conversation, Dion and Joe talk about living the dream of getting to be dads to three kids. Find some perspective, a few parenting tips, and a lot of heart from this conversation around the importance and blessing of fatherhood.Links in this episode:
Whole Life Assessment
Episode 05
Becoming Your Best Self, Starting with Your Physical Self
The importance of physical health is no secret, what is lesser known is how getting healthy in one part of your life can have a cascading effect to other parts of life. Dion is joined by Courtney Gerding, owner of the CG Squad, who has dedicated her life to helping women get physically healthy. The unexpected twist was that the transformation didn't stop there.Links in this episode:
TheCGSquad
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Episode 04
Healing the Mind
Every person's journey is unique. That's especially true with mental health. This week we get really personal with Dion and Jocelyn Garrett (husband and wife) sharing their journeys to heal the mind, chronicling the smorgasbord of tools they've used to heal and learning that you can't heal the mind through just changing the mind.Links in this episode:
Self Compassion Dr. Kristin Neff
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Episode 03
Don't Put Me in a Box (Discovering My Calling)
I am the most difficult person for me to know. That seems crazy since we live with ourselves every single day! Dion is joined by Heath Luehmann in this episode as they discuss big career changes, true purpose, and the benefit of assessments in knowing ourselves better (including exposure to Enneagram, DISC, MBTI, and Patrick Lencioni's Working Genius).Links in this episode:
The Road Back to You
The Working Genius
Luehmann Growth
Whole Life Assessment
Episode 02
We Did Something Crazy: Incremental vs Sweeping Changes
In pursuit of a whole life, is it enough to make incremental changes, or does the pursuit of a truly healthy life require something bigger of us? Join Dion in a conversation with Shawn and Coreen, who did something crazy (and awesome) to try to get their out-of-balance lives back on track. Join us as we discuss the darkside of "dream jobs," prioritizing for your values, and the benefits of incremental and sweeping changes.Links in this episode:
The Mom Co
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Episode 01
The Soul of Shame
While best selling author Brene Brown made the topic of shame famous, few of us realize how pervasive it is in our lives. In this episode, Dion is joined by Bryan, an educator and theologian as they discuss shame's role in a person's life, the theological perspective of shame as "anti-creation," all guided by Dr. Curt Thompson's book, "The Soul of Shame"Links in this episode:
The Soul of Shame
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