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Grow Anyway
Welcome to the Grow Anyway podcast—where healing gets honest, leadership gets personal, and emotional stability becomes part of your everyday rhythm. Hosted by Dr. Amy Oberg, psychologist, author, and founder of Hope & Health Hub, alongside her husband Dennis Oberg, lead pastor of Oasis Church and ministry coach, this podcast is where mental health meets faith and where struggle becomes seed for growth.
Dr. AO shares the origin story of Grow Anyway, unpack the seven core human struggles, and explain why they believe emotional regulation, spiritual resilience, and daily habits are essential for sanity in today’s overstimulated world. You’ll also hear how their personal lives, counseling practices, and church ministry all intersect around one simple truth: we don’t have to wait for perfect conditions to grow—we can grow anyway.
Dr. Amy Oberg (“Dr. AO”)
Psychologist, speaker, church leader, and founder of Hope & Health Hub—a center for emotional resilience, spiritual growth, and mental wellness. Dr. AO is passionate about teaching people how to manage emotional stability without manipulating, medicating, or mitigating their pain. With multiple published tools like the Cloud Tool Journal, she brings humor, depth, and hope to every conversation.
Dennis Oberg
Lead Pastor of Oasis Church and longtime leader with a heart for the local church. Dennis brings wisdom, vulnerability, and strong teaching to both men and women navigating identity, purpose, and the daily grind of life. He’s the steady anchor and spiritual insight behind the “Grow Anyway” message.
Grow Anyway
Rend Your Heart: Learning to Live a Quiet Life (Joel 2:13)
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In this episode, Dr. AO walks us through the spiritual and emotional invitation found in Joel 2:13 and 1 Thessalonians 4:9–12. We explore what it really means to rend—not just your garments in grief—but your heart in repentance, surrender, and alignment. Because when we rend our hearts, we can render our lives to Christ.
You’ll learn how the call to live a quiet life isn’t about isolation—it’s about emotional maturity, spiritual stability, and mental clarity. Through the lens of seven core human struggles (truth, character, body, death, control, relationships, and justice), we identify the ways we often medicate, mitigate, and manipulate—and how to step into a more honest, sacred way of living.
This episode includes reflection prompts, body alarm awareness, and an honest look at what it means to hold both grief and growth. Whether you're leading others or just trying to stay grounded, this message will help you live a life that speaks—without shouting.
Key Takeaways:
- What “rend your heart, not your garments” means in your everyday life
- The biblical invitation to live a stable, sacred, and sane life
- The role of body alarms—sleep, hunger, emotion, pain—as spiritual indicators
- Reflection questions to identify where you may be avoiding truth, connection, or limits