Dr. Roy Smith

LiveUp Podcast2025-02-11T13:52:18-05:00
LiveUp Podcast

Join the conversation as we learn, share, grow, and support each other in a discussion group format that will equip you for life’s numerous challenges ahead on the LiveUp Podcast!

Dr Roy Smith, PhD., MDiv.
Hosted by Dr. Roy Smith, MDiv, PhD
Founder of Pennsylvania Counseling Services, LiveUp Resources, Servant’s Oasis, and Knights of the 21st Century

Join the conversation as we learn, share, grow, and support each other in a discussion group format that will equip you for life’s numerous challenges ahead on the LiveUp Podcast!

Dr Roy Smith, PhD., MDiv.

Hosted by Dr. Roy Smith, MDiv, PhD
Founder of Pennsylvania Counseling Services, LiveUp Resources, Servant’s Oasis, and Knights of the 21st Century

Check Out the Latest Episode:

Episode 010 – Growth and Trust

This episode focuses on personal development and marital commitment, emphasizing community support and honest feedback. It addresses common marital issues, particularly for couples with past relationships, and explores the importance of understanding past dynamics. The discussion includes trust-building strategies, the role of self-love, and healing attachment wounds, while encouraging open communication. Listeners are invited to seek divine strength and engage in conversations about their struggles.

Would you like to be a part of our next podcast? Check out our recording schedule below .

Meet Our Co-hosts!

Dean Brior

Dean serves as the Development Director for The Marriage Hub, working to expand its ministry and help couples in crisis find renewal through God’s word, Spirit, and community. He leads efforts to support alumni couples, raise scholarship funds, and establish new hubs nationwide. He is the author of author of The Soth Initiative , and The Soth Initiative: Book 2: Fallout.

Melissa Haas, LPC, CSAT.

Melissa Haas, LPC, CSAT

Melissa holds a master’s in Marriage and Family Therapy from Liberty University and is a licensed professional counselor in Georgia. A certified sexual addiction and betrayal recovery therapist, she helps couples heal their marriages. She serves as a spouse-supporting therapist at HopeQuest Ministry Group’s residential program and counsels at FBC Woodstock.

Nate Larkin

Nate earned a B.A. in Religious Studies and a master’s from Princeton Theological Seminary. After leaving ministry due to pornography addiction, he found recovery through a 12-step group and founded the Samson Society in 2004. Now with over 250 groups nationwide, the society helps men pursue authentic brotherhood. He is also the author of Samson and the Pirate Monks.

LiveUp Podcast Recording Schedule

All Podcast Recordings take place at 7:30PM EST

  • 2/26/2025 – Married Well (Featuring co-host Dean Brior & Melissa Haas)| Register Here

  • 3/5/2025 – All Men (Featuring co-host Nate Larkin | Register Here

  • 3/12/2025 – Married Well (Featuring co-host Dean Brior & Melissa Haas) | Register Here

  • 4/2/2025 – All Men (Featuring co-host Nate Larkin) | Register Here

  • 4/9/2025 – Married Well (Featuring co-host Dean Brior & Melissa Haas) | Register Here

Unlock Your Potential: 5 Series on Growth

Don’t let anything keep you from living up to your full potential as a leader. The LiveUp Podcast will feature 5 series, each discussing a different area of personal or professional growth.

Married Well

Marriage Strengthening

God tells us that “two shall become one.” What often makes marriage so challenging is that our own individual lack of growth creates a series of unrealistic expectations that both partners have for one another. This series will sort through how your individual growth can assist your marriage in becoming what you’ve dreamed of.

Hard marriage isn’t the way it “just has to be.” It is a result of how we walk with God differently in a way that creates love for the other individual while we also respect ourselves. Building strong relationships and marriages is not easy, but with the right tools, you’ll be better equipped to understand and resolve conflict.

Spiritual Living

Personal Development

No one is perfect, and yet, we try to appear as though we are. God is a patient personal development coach who never abandons us. This series will discuss the ways in which God creates opportunities for joy, intimacy, and above all, spiritual growth.

Effective Servanthood

Leadership through Service

Effectively helping others fulfill their Godly design by walking with Him more intimately isn’t just difficult… it often requires a miracle.

We will discuss how God is interested in every aspect of an individual’s growth, how relating to others can be challenging, and strategies to make your leadership more effective.

Addiction Free

Sober Living

This series will discuss how you or your loved one can break the chain, stop cycling through the same sins that enslave you, and move toward a more Christ-like life. Discover hope and recovery in faith.

All Men

Successfully Managing Sexuality

Whether you’re struggling with your own sexuality or are a counselor or ministry leader who works with those who are hurting, don’t let anything keep you or your clients from sexual wellness.

We will discuss concepts that encourage each to understand the gift God gives us in our sexual interests, and how it fits in with our personal development and values while expressing it positively within a committed relationship that is based on love. Look at how God designed things to be, and how we can often mishandle this important aspect of who we are.

Do you have a question you’d like discussed on the LiveUp Podcast?

Submit your question, and we’ll discuss it during our next recording of the LiveUp Podcast.