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The Vitality Journey is your guide to holistic human development across every dimension of health that matters: vocational, physical, financial, mental, and relational.
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How To Protect Your Mental Health After Physical Trauma with Dr. Daniel Franz | Episode 013 (opens the original)
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Two men sat down to record an episode of The Vitality Journey Podcast and discovered they had both been physically wrecked inside the same thirty days. Dr. Daniel Franz was two and a half weeks into recovery from a fractured pelvis after a bike crash. Dave Rodriguez had cut a long-awaited England trip short after six days of illness he still has no diagnosis for. What came out was not a philosophical discussion. Dr. Dan's answer to how you protect your mind after physical trauma was blunt: "Afte
You Are Not Supposed to Carry This Alone with Lucy King and Sam Romer | Episode 007 (opens the original)
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One billion people are living with a mental health condition right now. Only 14% have received any support. In this episode of The Vitality Journey Podcast, Dave Rodriguez and Dimitri Snowden sit down with Lucy King and Sam Romer, co-hosts of "We'll Sleep When We're Dead," to name what is actually heavy for moms: the four loads of motherhood. If you have ever felt like you were carrying everything for everyone with nothing left for yourself, this conversation is for you. 🔑 KEY TAKEAWAYS ⚡️ The f
Feeling Alone in a Room Full of People (opens the original)
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A 90-year Harvard study has been consistent: the single greatest predictor of a happy life is the quality of your relationships. For pastors, this is the dimension that quietly collapses. Lead pastor Barry Rodriguez and his father Dave (40 years in ministry) name the math out loud: real relationships versus deal relationships, the friends you lose by category, and why even a Dungeons and Dragons campaign might be the most strategic move a pastor makes this year. Discover your purpose through The
Why Purpose Has To Come Before Any Health And Wellness Plan with Laura Burdick | Episode 009 (opens the original)
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Laura Burdick was running yoga studios and coaching corporate wellness when a drunk driver paralyzed her in May 2020. Five years later she still teaches yoga, runs a 501c3 helping adults with disabilities, and is finishing her PhD. In this episode she walks Dave and Dimitri through her forgiveness frame, her two step coaching move that ends every I don't have time excuse, and the one nutrition question that stops most bad snacks before they happen. Practical, prescriptive, and unlike anything el
What Your Pastor Will Never Tell You on a Sunday with Barry Rodriguez | Episode 012 (opens the original)
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Pastors are burning out across America. Forty percent have seriously considered quitting their church since 2020, and most of the people in their pews have no idea. In this special family edition of The Vitality Journey Podcast, Dave Rodriguez sits down with his son Barry Rodriguez, lead pastor of Grace Church in Noblesville, to expose the hidden life of pastors: the emotional sponge work, the lost friendships, the depression, the unspoken loneliness, and the calling-first framework that's keepi
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