What if the chronic pain in your shoulder has nothing to do with your shoulder?

In this episode, Todd sits down with Robyn Wright — licensed massage therapist, somatic coach, and equine-assisted learning facilitator — to explore the powerful connection between emotional experience and physical health. Robyn shares how unprocessed emotions get literally stored in the body at a cellular level, and how creating a safe space for people to tell their story can release what years of carrying it never could.

Topics Covered

• How unprocessed trauma and emotion get stored in the body at a cellular level
• Why society conditions us to bury feelings — and what that does long-term
• The nervous system's role in releasing stored stories through bodywork
• Robyn's path from pre-dental student to massage therapist to somatic coach
• Self-abandonment, re-parenting your inner child, and owning your own stuff
• Coaching high school basketball girls with the intention of being the adult she needed
• The ripple effect — how healing one person spreads three layers deep
• Faith as evidence-based trust, not blind belief
• Why doctors average 7.6 minutes per patient — and what's missing
• The language of disease: "I have cancer" vs. "I'm experiencing cancer"
• Speaking life into yourself vs. letting the enemy pull up a chair
• Equine-assisted learning and what horses teach us about ourselves
• Signs, coins, and why there's no such thing as coincidence

Key Quotes

"It literally will store at the cellular level in the body, which can then be the cause of illness." — Robyn

"It was a performance, essentially. You're performing for the world, and then you go home — and what's left of you?" — Robyn

"The relationship that needed fixing was actually my own relationship with myself." — Robyn

"Go outside. Leave your phone. Three to five minutes. It's free." — Robyn

"Every time you say yes to yourself, it's easier to say yes to yourself the next time." — Todd

Robyn's One Tool to Get Unstuck
Go outside. No phone. No distractions. Even two minutes. Reconnect, breathe, reset. It's free — and most of us skip it every day.

Resources Mentioned

• The Body Keeps the Score
• Don't Let the Enemy Sit at Your Table

Connect with Robyn

• 📘 Facebook: Whole Soul Wellness / Right Massage
• 📷 Instagram: Whole Soul Wellness / Right Massage

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What do you do when a newspaper declares your life is over? For Andy Foster, the answer came from a chaplain who walked into an 8x8 jail cell and spoke seven words that changed everything.

In this episode of Rooted, Todd sits down with Andy Foster — founder of Inspiration Ministries — to trace one of the most remarkable redemption stories you'll hear. From a 27-year-old sitting in a jail cell in 2007, to leading a ministry that has housed hundreds of men and women, restored families, and sparked a revival inside a prison compound, Andy's journey is proof that God doesn't disqualify the broken — He specifically recruits them.

In This Episode:

• What life looked like before faith — the emptiness, the chase, the hidden struggles
• The moment a chaplain named Milo changed Andy's life forever
• How Inspiration Ministries was literally born inside a prison
• The yellow legal notepad where Andy first wrote the word "Inspiration"
• Going from instant coffee in a jail cell to running a coffee shop in 19 days
• Why getting people clean and sober isn't enough — and what real restoration looks like
• The NIMBY neighbors who became Andy's biggest advocates
• Supportive housing, employer partnerships, and what it takes to break the cycle for good

Chapter Markers:

• 0:00 — Cold Open
• 0:32 — Introduction
• 2:49 — Andy's Life Before Faith
• 6:53 — The Jail Cell That Changed Everything
• 9:06 — A Vision Born in Prison
• 23:38 — From Prison to a Coffee Shop
• 29:28 — A Refuge for the Released
• 33:44 — Building Stability: The Housing Mission
• 47:49 — Supportive Housing: The Game Changer
• 49:42 — How to Get Involved

Connect with Inspiration Ministries:
🌐 inspiration-ministries.org

• Volunteer opportunities available
• Donate online
• Employer partnerships welcome

About Rooted
Rooted: Stories of Faith, Growth & Changed Lives features real conversations with real people — no perfect answers, no polished stories. Just honest talk about where growth actually begins.

If something in this episode stirred something in you — sit with it. Share it. It might be exactly what someone else needs to hear.