What We Really Want: Conversations About Connection

Greg Oliver

greg@awakenrecovery.com

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Booking Overview

This is a connection- and recovery-focused interview podcast exploring addiction, sexual betrayal trauma, relationships, faith communities, and healthier forms of connection, with external guests including pastors and other practitioners with relevant lived or professional expertise. Agencies could credibly pitch trauma-informed therapists, recovery professionals, ministry leaders, authors, and experts on relationships or community; booking difficulty is likely low because the show features accessible niche professionals rather than only nationally prominent figures.

Metrics

Episodes: 78

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 45 subscribers

Instagram: 130 followers

Contact Information

greg@awakenrecovery.com

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Host

Greg Oliver - Podcast host focused on connection, addiction recovery, sexual behavior, betrayal trauma, relationships, and healing.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

low
Typical Credentials:  
Pastors, ministry leaders, recovery professionals, trauma-informed practitioners, authors, and other credible professionals with expertise or lived experience related to addiction, relationships, connection, empathy, and healing.
Required Achievements:  
Authored books, Leadership of churches or recovery-related organizations, Professional experience in ministry, counseling, trauma-informed care, or recovery

Recent Guest Discussions

Zac Hicks - Recovery Communities, Church Care, Pastoral Vulnerability, Empathy, Trauma-informed Ministry, Worship, And Family Systems Theory.

Recent Topics

Addiction Recovery, Sexual Betrayal, Connection, Trauma Healing, Christianity

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
What We Really Want: Conversations About Connection
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PREVIEW | Cary & Micah Morgan (coming July 21)

July 18, 2026

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)"If you've been to many social gatherings, you probably know it isn't too hard to find the runners. We LOVE to talk about running...ALL about running. (And yes, we know it can be insufferable sometimes.) 😜But if you're a non-runner, before you choose to skip this episode, let me really encourage you to give it a listen. Our friends Cary and Micah Morgan are not only pillars of the Birmingham AL and ultra-running communiti...

70 | Zac Hicks: Why Does Recovery Feel More Like Church Than Church Does?

July 07, 2026

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)"Why do people often feel more "churched" and cared for in recovery meetings than they do in their actual churches? What is present at those meetings, and/or missing from those churches? And what can we do about it?Zac Hicks thinks these are important questions to consider. Zac is the lead pastor of Church of the Cross, a church plant in Birmingham AL. Over the past 20+ years, his extensive ministry experience has also include...

PREVIEW | Zac Hicks (coming July 7)

July 03, 2026

"Send us a message! (questions, feedback, etc.)"Why do people in recovery say so often that their recovery community feels more like church than their ACTUAL church? Is this an observation pastors ought to listen to?Zac Hicks thinks so. Zac is the pastor of Church of the Cross, a young church plant in Birmingham AL. He understands how people's difficult and traumatic experiences (that often took place in their churches) impact how they show up... even how they hear the preached...

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