Lost Your Identity? Rebuild It With Truth

Why You Feel Empty Even When You Do Everything Right

You pray, you show up, you say all the right words, and from the outside everything looks fine. But underneath, the connection you once felt has gone quiet, and you cannot say when it slipped. This is not lost faith. It is drift, the slow distance that builds in the space between decisions. Dr. Carter Check, a chaplain and healthcare ethicist, names this experience and explains why borrowed faith feels so exhausting. You leave knowing the way back is simpler and closer than you thought. 📕 Plagiarizing the Gospel by Dr. Carter Check releases June 23. Join the waitlist at plagiarizingthegospel.com [https://plagiarizingthegospel.com] and get the ebook for $1 on release day. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DR. CARTER CHECK 👉 Work with Dr. Check / Speaking / Resources: https://drcartercheck.com [https://drcartercheck.com] 📕 Get his newest book Plagiarizing the Gospel: https://plagiarizingthegospel.com [https://plagiarizingthegospel.com] 📖 Get the book Healing in the Wild: https://healinginthewild.com/ [https://healinginthewild.com/] 📲 Follow Dr. Check: https://linktr.ee/cartercheck [https://linktr.ee/cartercheck] ──────────────────────────────────────────

Why You Push Through Pain When Something's Wrong

You've felt that something isn't right — but instead of stopping, you got busier and pushed harder. Host Lisa Urbanski sits down with Dr. Carter Check, U.S. Army veteran, clinical chaplain, healthcare ethicist, and bestselling author of Healing in the Wild. You'll learn: 🧭 Why do you push through when something feels off 🔇 How shame keeps you silent 🩹 Moral injury vs PTSD, explained 🌱 Why healing means remembering differently 💬 The one question that restores hope 🌳 How nature begins real healing The signal you've been ignoring isn't weakness — it's where healing begins. ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DR. CARTER CHECK 👉 Work with Dr. Check / Speaking / Resources: https://drcartercheck.com [https://drcartercheck.com] 📕 Get his newest book Plagiarizing the Gospel: https://plagiarizingthegospel.com [https://plagiarizingthegospel.com] 📖 Get the book Healing in the Wild: https://healinginthewild.com/ [https://healinginthewild.com/] 📲 Follow Dr. Check: https://linktr.ee/cartercheck [https://linktr.ee/cartercheck] ──────────────────────────────────────────

Lost Your Identity? Rebuild It With Truth

In this episode, Lisa Urbanski talks with Dr. Carter Check about how identity loss and moral injury can affect your sense of purpose—and what helps you start healing.  When life changes, and you no longer know who you are, this conversation offers a grounded place to begin again.  You’ll learn: 🧠 what identity loss really is 💔 how moral injury affects meaning and self-trust 🌿 the first steps to start healing now 🤝 why trusted people matter in recovery 📖 how to face loss with more honesty and less shame 💡 what remains true about you, even after change ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DR. CARTER CHECK 👉 Work with Dr. Check / Speaking / Resources: https://drcartercheck.com [https://drcartercheck.com] 📕 Get his newest book Plagiarizing the Gospel: https://plagiarizingthegospel.com [https://plagiarizingthegospel.com] 📖 Get the book Healing in the Wild: https://healinginthewild.com/ [https://healinginthewild.com/] 📲 Follow Dr. Check: https://linktr.ee/cartercheck [https://linktr.ee/cartercheck] ──────────────────────────────────────────

“Who Am I Now?” Moral Injury, Identity Fractures & Recovery

Ever think, “I did what I had to do… but it doesn’t sit right”? That heavy, value-based pain may be moral injury—a wound to conscience and identity, not just stress or trauma. Host Lisa Urbanski talks with Dr. Carter Check about the practical first steps that help you rebuild meaning, trust, and self-respect. In this episode, we cover: • Moral injury vs trauma • Guilt vs identity fracture • Why isolation amplifies shame • “companioning” (support without fixing) • Why nature helps create conditions for healing • What to do today ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DR. CARTER CHECK 👉 Work with Dr. Check / Speaking / Resources: https://drcartercheck.com [https://drcartercheck.com] 📕 Get his newest book Plagiarizing the Gospel: https://plagiarizingthegospel.com [https://plagiarizingthegospel.com] 📖 Get the book Healing in the Wild: https://healinginthewild.com/ [https://healinginthewild.com/] 📲 Follow Dr. Check: https://linktr.ee/cartercheck [https://linktr.ee/cartercheck] ──────────────────────────────────────────

The Silent Battle: Why Your Life Still Matters

What if the thing you survived is the thing that gives you purpose?  If you’ve ever asked, “Why am I still here?” this episode shows you the answers. In this powerful conversation, host Stacey Chillemi sits down with healthcare ethicist and moral injury expert Dr. Carter Check to talk about how purpose heals, how to reconnect with the people you’ve lost, and why moral injury is the silent wound no one is talking about — especially for veterans, caregivers, and high-impact leaders. We also talk about his book Healing in the Wild [https://healinginthewild.com/] and how it’s helping people learn how to come back to themselves.  ────────────────────────────────────────── CONNECT WITH DR. CARTER CHECK 👉 Work with Dr. Check / Speaking / Resources: https://drcartercheck.com [https://drcartercheck.com] 📕 Get his newest book Plagiarizing the Gospel: https://plagiarizingthegospel.com [https://plagiarizingthegospel.com] 📖 Get the book Healing in the Wild: https://healinginthewild.com/ [https://healinginthewild.com/] 📲 Follow Dr. Check: https://linktr.ee/cartercheck [https://linktr.ee/cartercheck] ──────────────────────────────────────────