FTG is about spiritual grit for rebuilding your life. Through raw conversations, practical wisdom, hard-earned lessons, and a little inappropriate humor, Scott speaks honestly about breaking destructive patterns, taking responsibility for your life, and finding meaning in the experiences that nearly broke you. This isn’t polished self-help or empty motivation. It’s real talk for people navigating recovery, major life changes, spiritual awakening, anxiety, shame, failure, and the uncomfortable…
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I just got back from speaking to the LSU football team—and this trip felt completely different. Usually, I walk into these rooms fired up, pacing, breathing fire and ready to deliver a message. This time, I felt empty. Insecure. Completely unprepared. An hour before the talk, breathwork brought me back to a moment from middle school that I had carried for decades without fully understanding. I…
What if healing isn’t about constantly trying to fix yourself? In this episode, I sit down with Svea—a somatic healing teacher living in Paraguay whose mission is to help humanity meet God again. We talk about trauma, shame, grief, nervous-system healing, Jesus, spiritual warfare, the intelligence of the body, and why we can’t think our way out of wounds that need to be felt. Svea shares how…
Life doesn’t hand you a script. It gives you a reality—and asks what you’re going to do with it. In Episode 148, Scott riffs on the surprising spiritual lessons he’s learning in improv class. The foundation of improv is simple: accept the reality you’ve been given, contribute to it, and keep the scene moving. Life works the same way. We can waste years resisting what happened, blaming our past,…
What if the breath is the bridge between your conscious and unconscious mind — and you've been using it wrong your whole life? In this episode, I sit down with Eric LaCour, breathwork facilitator, yoga teacher, and founder of Preservation Yoga Studio in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Eric has built his entire teaching philosophy around two things: breath for the body, story for the mind. What comes out…
There’s a point where talking about change stops working… and you’re forced to decide who you actually are. In this episode, Scott sits down with Jeremy Plummer for a conversation about obsession, discipline, and the cost of choosing a path most people won’t take. This isn’t about motivation or quick fixes. It’s about what happens when you stop negotiating with yourself and commit fully — even…
Some people plan their lives. Others follow the fire. In this episode of From The Grave Podcast , Scott sits down with world-class striking coach Jason Strout for a raw, free-flowing conversation about obsession, fighting, skateboarding, punk rock, creativity, and the strange way life seems to guide us if we’re paying attention. They talk about growing up in the 80s and 90s—building ramps from…
This might be the funniest episode in FTG history… and somehow also one of the realest. Zach Cohen (lead vocalist / guitarist of RedRumSociety) is back, and we go everywhere: moving to North Carolina, losing the band trying to save the band, not writing a song for three years, legal chaos, shame, identity, meditation, and what it feels like to come home and still feel empty. We talk about the…
Fear doesn’t always leave when you pray. In this episode, Scott Russell breaks down the difference between feeling fear and letting fear govern your life. He talks openly about anxiety, mental health medication, early recovery, shame, suicide ideation, and the spiritual confusion that can come when faith doesn’t immediately remove suffering. Using the metaphor of childhood “monsters under the…
In Episode 142, Scott breaks down the trap of being addicted to potential — the comfort of “I could’ve” and “someday” that keeps you from risking real effort and real change. He also dives into fear-based religion vs. lived spirituality, radical open-mindedness, and why you don’t need to broadcast belief… you need to walk it out . Plus: a real-life moment from the lagoon — kids fishing, childhood…
EP 141 — Kick the Can Most of us don’t relapse from drugs—we relapse from discomfort . From emotions we never learned how to sit with. From feelings that show up uninvited and demand to be seen. In this episode, Scott talks: Navigating the “I’m not okay” moments in sobriety The lie that healing should feel good Why milestone anniversaries can feel heavier than expected The truth about emotional…
