Adam Vibe Gunton shares in harrowing detail how his life went from him being a “golden boy,” the star of every sports team he played on, to a tragic descent into darkness and dependence on heroin and prescription painkillers – set into motion by being introduced to cocaine at 12 and worsened when he blamed himself for a friend’s suicide. He wanted to die… until the rekindling of his faith in a miraculous way set him first on the road to sobriety… and then to significance.
We’ve just finished a series on our Beyond the Crucible podcast called BURN THE SHIPS. We interviewed seven guests from wildly diverse backgrounds who had one critical thing in common: They made bold, dramatic pivots in their lives, leaving one direction behind to pursue something that to them is more fulfilling/daring. If you’re thinking about burning your ships too, here are 5 truths to make for smoother sailing.
Our guest this week, Beth Guckenberger, explains how the death of her father when she was certain he would pull through knocked her off balance, making her question the faith in which her life was rooted. But when she realized God’s ways were not her ways, that they were grander and more mysterious than she had ever imagined, that knowledge was fuel for her journey to creating her life of significance.
Your crucible didn’t happen to you, it happened for you. Our guest this week, Andrea Heuston, has accumulated plenty of those seeds as she’s moved beyond her crucibles. “I had to get over myself in order to go anywhere else,” she tells us… and the wisdom she’s accumulated can guide you along your own unique path to the life you’ve always dreamed of.
Over the last eight weeks, our Burn the Ships series guests have shared some profound insights to help guide you as you consider making a bold, dramatic pivot in your life to pursue something life-changing and significant. We distilled their top tips into our latest blog, and Warwick and cohost Gary Schneeberger discuss them in depth on this episode.
