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In this powerful conversation, a business leader shares his journey from outward success to inward collapse—and the hard road back through recovery, humility, and faith. What looked like achievement was actually addiction to performance, control, and self-focus. Through loss and rebuilding, he discovered a different way to live and lead—one grounded in surrender, honesty, and caring more about people than perception. This episode explores hidden addiction, imposter syndrome, leadership under pressure, and the freedom found in shifting from self-centered living to a life rooted in purpose, accountability, and faith. This episode is sponsored by The Aaron Ruiz Agency, offering auto, home, life, and business insurance. They strive to build real-life relationships with their clients — and as clients ourselves, we are happy to recommend them! Contact them at (405) 773-5500

We train and equip adults to become holistic, effective mentors in the church and in the marketplace—impacting individuals, families, and communities into the next generations. In this episode of our series on The Six Areas, we explore the emotional and the hidden consequences of emotional neglect. While we often emphasize physical or spiritual health, unprocessed emotions quietly shape how we think, relate, make decisions, and endure hardship. Emotional neglect can look like avoiding feelings, lacking emotional vocabulary, suppressing tears or anger, not repairing conflict, or having no safe outlet for what’s happening inside. Over time, that creates anxiety from unprocessed fear, depression from unprocessed grief, and relational disconnection from a lack of empathy or repair. We talk about how this often shows up in mentoring conversations through statements like: “I blow up over small things.” “Nothing motivates me anymore.” “I feel disconnected from myself and others.” Without emotional awareness, thriving becomes accidental rather than intentional. We also discuss why emotional health matters for discipleship. Scripture gives us permission—and language—to feel and express emotion, from the Psalms to the life of Jesus. Emotional honesty becomes a doorway into deeper relationship with God and with others. Finally, we share a simple mentoring framework for helping people engage the emotional domain through naming, reflecting, seeking support, and regulating rather than suppressing. Action Step: Name what you're feeling today and take it to God. Support the mission: fahrenheitmentoring.com (Podcast tab) This episode is sponsored by The Aaron Ruiz Agency, offering auto, home, life, and business insurance. They strive to build real-life relationships with their clients — and as clients ourselves, we are happy to recommend them! Contact them at (405) 773-5500

We’re launching a new series on The Six Areas: spiritual, mental, emotional, relational, physical, and professional/educational. Instead of talking about growth, we’re asking: what are the consequences of neglect? This episode explores the physical area — what happens when we ignore rest, nutrition, movement, and medical care. Common outcomes include fatigue, preventable health issues, chronic stress symptoms, irritability, and reduced capacity to focus, work, or serve. The physical area often becomes the bottleneck for growth in every other domain. We share a simple mentoring tool to assess neglect and take one small action to move toward health. Sponsor: The Aaron Ruiz Agency — auto, home, life & business insurance. Contact: (405) 773-5500. Support the mission: fahrenheitmentoring.com

We train and equip adults to become holistic, effective mentors in churches and businesses—impacting individuals, families, and communities into the next generations. In this episode, we continue our series on The Six Areas (spiritual, mental, emotional, relational, physical, professional/educational) by exploring the spiritual —and what happens when it’s ignored or neglected. Spiritual neglect can look like a lack of purpose, calling, moral framework, forgiveness, or meaningful practices. The consequences often show up as identity confusion, a meaning vacuum, cynicism, guilt without resolution, or “survival mode” living. In mentoring, this often sounds like: “What’s the point?” or “Nothing matters.” We offer a simple mentoring framework (prayer, Scripture, worship, community, service) and invite listeners to take one small step toward spiritual renewal. Action Step: Spend 10 minutes in prayer or Scripture today. Support the mission: fahrenheitmentoring.com (Podcast tab)

Today's guest is Dr. Brent DeLong with DeLong Family Chiropractic Care in Norman, Oklahoma. Since we take a holistic approach: spiritual, mental, emotional, physical, relational, professional or educational, Dr. DeLong was a natural guest due to his holistic approach to health. In today's conversation, Chris and Christina tackle the questions: Why chiropractic care?What it does for overall health?What you may not be aware of concerning the benefits of chiropractic care.Reach out to DeLong Family Chiropractic Care today! 2214 Tecumseh Dr, Norman, OK 73069 PHONE (405) 701-5345 EMAIL [email protected] Today’s episode is brought to you by DeLong Family Chiropractic Care. Discover a life where health issues no longer hold you back and where your body’s needs are the top priority. As founder of DeLong Family Chiropractic, Dr. Brent has been leading thousands of patients to not only feel healthy, but to achieve true health, through the MaxLiving 5 Essentials™.

Today is the continuing conversation with Katie Kain. Katie has been singing her whole life. She has a passion for teaching kids the joy of music. Katie grew up taking voice lessons, doing musical theatre, and dance. She has been teaching for 12 years and has a gift for bringing out the best in her students. Katie graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Master’s Degree in Human Relations. Katie is wife to Nathan, and mom to Jazmine, Alonso, and Andres. She loves coffee, fall, and quiet mornings before her kids wake up. Her children's theatre company is called Center Stage. At Center Stage, their primary goal is to build confidence in our students! They accomplish this goal through several avenues including music, drama, and performance. Their vision is that each student will leave their class more confident, more proud of who they are, and having had an amazing experience. Their mission is to give every student the chance to shine, be in the spotlight, and get out of their comfort zone! Katie's story is not only compelling, but a primary example of what it means to have another person give of themselves in a mentoring relationship. In today's episode, Katie openly discusses her struggles with OCD and Tourette's and how the arts helped her discover freedom and helped her pursue her life's calling. Contact Katie: https://www.shineatcenterstage.com/ Find out more about her foundation: https://www.centerstagefoundation.org/

In today's episode, Chris and Christina interview Katie Kain. Katie has been singing her whole life. She has a passion for teaching kids the joy of music. Katie grew up taking voice lessons, doing musical theatre, and dance. She has been teaching for 12 years and has a gift for bringing out the best in her students. Katie graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a Master’s Degree in Human Relations. Katie is wife to Nathan, and mom to Jazmine, Alonso, and Andres. She loves coffee, fall, and quiet mornings before her kids wake up. Her children's theatre company is called Center Stage. At Center Stage, their primary goal is to build confidence in our students! They accomplish this goal through several avenues including music, drama, and performance. Their vision is that each student will leave their class more confident, more proud of who they are, and having had an amazing experience. Their mission is to give every student the chance to shine, be in the spotlight, and get out of their comfort zone! Katie's story is not only compelling, but a primary example of what it means to have another person give of themselves in a mentoring relationship. This is part one of two you won't want to miss!! Contact Katie: https://www.shineatcenterstage.com/ Find out more about her foundation: https://www.centerstagefoundation.org/

Todd Vinson is no stranger to the Real Life Mentoring podcast. He and his wife Jeannie shared their story with us and Todd comes back from time to time to share his thoughts on effective leadership. Today, he joins Chris as they tackle the book, 5 Gears: How to Be Present and Productive When There Is Never Enough Time by Jeremy Kubicek The 5 Gears principle is a tool Todd teaches, helping you to shift into the right gear at the right time so that you can grow in your relational intelligence. Using these gears consistently allows you to bring a new level of relational intelligence to your life that offers a competitive advantage in our task-driven world. You won't want to miss today's discussion and hear from Todd. Todd Vinson is the founder of Overlander Consulting. Overlander's Goal is to be: Rooted in insight.‍ Driven by purpose.‍ Focused on people, over performance. To find out more about Overlander Consulting, schedule a 30 minute session or subscribe to Todd's blog click on: https://www.overlanderconsulting.com/contact Aaron Ruiz Sponsor

We live in a world that idolizes hustle. But what if rest was actually the secret weapon? Todd Vinson with Overlander Consulting, is back talking about rest. Not just taking a nap or getting into some good sleep habits. The kind of rest he talks about with Chris is much more. Physical Rest restores the body. When we sleep, we heal. Muscles rebuild. Hormones balance. Clarity returns. Emotional Rest allows us to breathe. It gives space to name what we’re feeling instead of stuffing it down or numbing it out. Mental Rest silences the noise. It's the margin we create when we step away from screens, plans, and the need to solve every problem. Todd Vinson is the founder of Overlander Consulting. Overlander's Goal is to be: Rooted in insight.‍ Driven by purpose.‍ Focused on people, over performance. To find out more about Overlander Consulting, schedule a 30 minute session or subscribe to Todd's blog click on: https://www.overlanderconsulting.com/contact Aaron Ruiz Agency

Have you ever sat across from a mentee who’s carrying the weight of worry—and you wish you had the right words or tools to help them find peace? That’s what today’s episode is all about. At Fahrenheit: Real Life Mentoring, we love sharing practical tools that help bring real transformation. You’ve probably heard us talk about The Six Areas or My Life/My Story—and today, we’re adding another favorite to that list. Chris and Christina are diving into A Tool for Peace, inspired by Philippians 4:6–7. It’s a simple but powerful way to help mentees recognize what’s causing anxiety in their lives—and then learn how to replace that worry with specific, peace-bringing prayer. And if you’d like to follow along with the worksheet Christina mentions, she’d love to send you a copy! Just reach out to [email protected]

Jonathan Williams, founder of Be Transformed Fitness, joins Chris and Christina today as they dive into the topic of physical health. Since Chris and Christina take a holistic approach to mentoring, Jonathan's holistic approach to physical health is a great fit and topic for discussion. Jonathan has a vision for those he works with to feel comfortable with exercise by educating them and providing them with tools that will allow them to make exercise an active part of their lifestyle. He wants people to know that sustainable transformation takes place when the formation of your mind, body and soul is intertwined. Be Transformed Fitness has a goal to help people walk through simple ways of exercising and learning how their body can move and in return they feel and look good and even get stronger moving towards living a healthier and better quality of life. To find our more about how you can partner with Jonathan to help meet your physical health goals: Be Transformed Fitness

I met Hans Georg over 19 years ago. He was an international exchange student from Austria, and our family had the privilege of hosting him while he attended university for a semester. What started as a simple hosting relationship grew into something far deeper—a bond so strong that I came to call him my son. This is the power of mentoring. In this episode, Chris and Christina share personal stories—and the stories of others—that will inspire, encourage, and hopefully spark your imagination. What would it look like for you to intentionally invest in a mentee’s life? Listen as Chris and Christina unfold these powerful experiences. And if you’re curious about how you can be trained to mentor and make a lasting impact, visit fahrenheitmentoring.org.

Rob Schrader joins Chris and Christina talking about the Kingdom of God. Sound like loads of fun? It is! Rob describes from a theological stand point what the Kingdom of God is and how it fits into mentoring. Rob takes what can be a difficult and lofty topic and presents it in simple and practical ways. Knowing the Kingdom of God helps you see the bigger picture for mentoring.help you see your role in a better way as a mentor.Sponsor: Commercial Brick @ commercialbrick.com

Once again, Rob Schrader joins Chris and Christina with his insights on prayer. As a pastor, Rob has many people asking him many questions about prayer: what is it?how can it develop?how should you pray?In today's discussion, Rob actually leads our hosts into a careful conversation about prayer touching on topics like how has prayer impacted your mentoring and what role does prayer play in mentoring. Show sponsor: Commercial Brick @ commercialbrick.com

It’s the core of who we are.It connects us with other people.Switch on Your Brain p. 94, It is very interesting that every cell in the body is connected to the heart and the brain controls the heart and the mind controls the brain. So, whatever we are thinking about affects every cell in our body.Our minds, wills, and emotions (hearts) are meant to support one another. Inner conflict is evidence something is not right.Madeline Movie exampleWe speak to one another through our souls. Relationships are developed here.Our souls have to be restored at times. Psalm 19:7 "The law of the Lord is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the Lord is sure, making wise the simple."Psalm 23:2-3 "He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul; He guides me in paths of righteousness for His name's sake." Our personalities are experienced here.The enemy throws a thought my way to impact my mind. If I allow it to settle on my mind, that thought impacts my emotions. If I allow it to settle on my emotions, it impacts my will/desire. When my will/desire is impacted, it becomes an action.If we are not able to express what is inside of our souls we will not be able to be understood and known as we desire.How Do We Take Care of the Soul When the soul is given attention and cared for, we discover the things which are in our hearts. A mentor can help another person discover the things in his or her heart. ` Simple Comfort is a wonderful thing to receive, experience, and to enjoy. Soul and Mentoring: Mentoring: Strengthening the Soul of another person. What are simple comforts? Don’t make this complicated. What makes you tick, brings you joy, fills your cup? The things that will be simple comforts are unique to who you are. Caring for Chris’ soul examples: A genuine conversationA good meal prepared and shared with the desires to bless othersSitting next to a fireplace being warmed or outside by a campfireA good slow rain while taking a nap or watching a good movieSharing memories with loved ones around a kitchen tableSitting by a lake or ocean and enjoying natureMusicCaring for my soul examples (Christina): Sitting in the backyardDrinking Coffee and readingSitting in a coffee shopThinking about the future with ZionImagining what I want to do to improve the backyardBeing quietHaving a day to myselfWritingCaring for our souls is not a one time thing. Challenge: Take a self assessment of the condition of your soul. What’s one thing you can do to care for your soul this week? Caring for your soul builds resilience. Caring for your soul is not dependent on someone else.