Welcome. I'm Kevin Miller, and this is a podcast for your personal evolution. In this episode,

the raw transformation from feeling and experiencing life deeply. Steve Smith is my guest in this

episode. He's a friend of mine. He runs Potters Inn, along with his wife, Gwen. They provide soul care.

Much of Steve's time is spent with people running large organizations from megachurch pastors to Fortune 500 CEOs, people who, as Steve says, they live a lot of their lives in the white water of life. And living this way

takes a toll on your soul. Well, years ago, I actually argued with Steve. I said I was living in a way

to keep myself strong so I could endure the constant white water of my life that I thrived on. And I did until I couldn't, until I burn out and caused

plenty of collateral damage in my life and in my soul. Well, recently, Steve sent me a book of

poetry he had written. He's published a lot of books, but with poetry, he feels he can say more with less.

The book is called greening, greening, poems in the unfolding of our lives.

And the focus is on unfolding through the seasons and reasons of our lives, he says.

Steve has walked intimately again with so many people

and dramatically successful people as our culture tends to define success. But Steve walks with them

as their lives unravel and their identities unfold. In recent years, Steve has had some losses

in his own life, gone through some of his own unfolding.

And as my own life has unfolded as well, I brought Steve on to discuss some of these concepts that are in this book of poetry.

And just from his life experience as of late, greening is a, Steve relates to our flourishing, vitality,

well-being, and emotional health. As a spiritual director and speaker and author, Steve, offers

soul care and spiritual care through so many avenues. You can see those and find him and find the book

at pottersin.com.

So coming up next, Steve and I take a walk through our lives and discoveries and look at

just transformation and the deep meaning of life.

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