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No Old Beaches (Tuesdays with Tata)

No Old Beaches (Tuesdays with Tata)

S8E64 · · 29:47

It's Tuesdays with Tata!(replay)We had a great talk about how we view ourselves, how we view God, and how there is no place in the past that holds the answers to your future.(Adapted...

Mind Change Monday: Three Crucial Ideas

Mind Change Monday: Three Crucial Ideas

S8E63 · · 26:01

It's Mind Change Monday!Here are three crucial ideas you need to change your mind about, starting today. (Updated replay episode with new transcript)Scripture:I Corinthians 10:13Isai...

The Hope of All-In Spiritual Warfare (Tuesdays with Tata)

The Hope of All-In Spiritual Warfare (Tuesdays with Tata)

S8E57 · · 27:07

It’s Tuesdays with Tata!Today, we talk about the reality of spiritual warfare, and how to go all-in for the battles life brings to each of us. You may feel like you’re in a fight for...

All-In for Getting Unstuck

All-In for Getting Unstuck

S8E55 · · 49:57

It’s Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Today, a look at brain imaging, neuroscience, and scripture around the ways in which major loss can make us feel stuck. Here’s the science, and what ...

All-In: Positivity Bias Is a Superpower

All-In: Positivity Bias Is a Superpower

S8E54 · · 30:07

Training Your Brain to Look for the Bright Side Takes WorkBut it's the secret to becoming healthier, feeling better, and being happier. People who learn to look at every situation an...

Power to Go All-In

Power to Go All-In

S8E53 · · 34:58

If You're Going All-In, You'll Need Some PowerHere's our power supply for All-In August. Are you with us?Leave me a voicemail and let me know!Power verses for All-In August:Proverbs ...

All-In for Harvesting Joy

All-In for Harvesting Joy

S8E52 · · 32:41

It's All-In August!Today, a look at the devastating truth in this statement: “What you’re doing, you’re getting better at.”Scriptures: Psalm 37, Psalm 46, Psalm 126Are you with us? S...

All-In August 2023: Hope Month

All-In August 2023: Hope Month

S8E51 · · 29:01

It's All-In August!(Thanks to Harvey and Louis, adapted from All-In #1 2022)Friend, we start All-In August by talking about changing our diets so that life starts filling us up inste...

You're Not Always In a Fight

You're Not Always In a Fight

S8E45 · · 39:19

Life Can Stress Us to the Point that We Forget It’s Not All TraumaToday, a reminder that you’re not always in a fight. If you’re so tired of being so tired, this will help. Scripture...

Tuesdays with Tata: Daniel Changed His Mind

Tuesdays with Tata: Daniel Changed His Mind

S8E44 · · 30:38

Tata is Coming Home!Tata has been on Sabbatical for a few weeks, and we’re going to be back with brand new Tuesdays with Tata next week! So today, I’m bringing back the most recent T...

Mind Change Monday: Designed to Heal

Mind Change Monday: Designed to Heal

S8E43 · · 01:08:55

Our Bodies Are Designed to HealI received the most amazing email yesterday from Dr. Bem Culiat, a brilliant scientist who was on the podcast last year with her co-author and friend, ...

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: Lousy Attitudes

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: Lousy Attitudes

S8E41 · · 35:55

The Lousy Attitude Lobotomy is a Crucial Operation to Learn if You Want to Be HappierIt’s Self-Brain Surgery Saturday! This is a good operation to learn to help you become healthier,...

Flex for Hope

Flex for Hope

S8E39 · · 36:19

You can’t wait for hope to happen.You can make it happen.Hope is a verb: there’s two consistent things about biblical examples of when people feel hopeless, and what they do next, th...

You Are Not Stuck with the Brain You Have

You Are Not Stuck with the Brain You Have

S8E38 · · 31:43

Trauma and Tragedy Tell Us Lies.Those lies can make you believe that you’re always going to feel what you’re feeling, and that it can’t ever change. You’ll believe that how you respo...

Hope's Birthday!

Hope's Birthday!

S8E37 · · 18:01

Hope is Born Today!Almost 18 months after selling the manuscript to Waterbrook/Penguin Random House, Hope Is the First Dose is out into the world TODAY! Here’s a short talk about the...

Mind Change Monday: Hope is Just Around the Corner

Mind Change Monday: Hope is Just Around the Corner

S8E36 · · 32:17

We’re One Day Away From Hope!Today’s dose of hope a look at the difference between optimism and hope!My new book My new book is coming TOMORROW, and this is the next Daily Dose of Ho...

Sunday Dose of Hope: Don't Strive for Emotional Equipoise

Sunday Dose of Hope: Don't Strive for Emotional Equipoise

S8E35 · · 27:45

When 10% Won’t Cut It, You Need InfiniteGood morning my friend! Today’s dose of hope is three things you SHOULD NOT do after you experience trauma, tragedy, or other massive things (...

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: When the Bad Thought Is True

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday: When the Bad Thought Is True

S8E34 · · 34:40

Learning to Biopsy Our Thoughts is a Key to Healing.But sometimes, we biopsy those negative thoughts, and they turn out to be true. What then? Today’s dose of hope is learning what t...

The Night is Normal with Dr. Alicia Britt Chole

The Night is Normal with Dr. Alicia Britt Chole

S8E33 · · 01:04:59

What Do We Do In Times of Disillusionment?When in seasons of pain or when we’ve lost things we thought we were sure of, it can feel as though we’ve been plunged into spiritual darkne...

Self-Brain Surgery for a Broken Heart (Quiet Time)

Self-Brain Surgery for a Broken Heart (Quiet Time)

S8E32 · · 26:36

When Your Heart is Broken, You Need Brain SurgeryToday, a powerful talk about how to use the thought biopsy technique to do self-brain surgery and find the path forward to hope again...

Everyday Hope: Drew Dyck on Self Control (and Tigers)

Everyday Hope: Drew Dyck on Self Control (and Tigers)

S8E31 · · 41:21

What if one of the keys to hope is learning self-control?Today, a powerful talk about self-control and learning to be in awe of God from author Drew Dyck. We connected through Twitte...

Hope Talks: Dr. Jon Swanson

Hope Talks: Dr. Jon Swanson

S8E30 · · 42:35

Sometimes, All You Need to Say Is, “This is Hard.”Today, a wonderful Hope Talk with my friend Dr. Jon Swanson. We talk about how we can be helpful when we’re coming alongside someone...

Mind Change Monday: Buy That Field

Mind Change Monday: Buy That Field

S8E29 · · 32:46

Hope Commits Us to Actions That Connect to God’s PromisesToday, a lesson in an ancient learning technique that great for producing hope, a look at Eugene Peterson’s book Run With the...

Everyday Hope: Caroline Beidler

Everyday Hope: Caroline Beidler

S8E28 · · 38:26

Caroline Beidler On the Grittiness of Chasing HopeHere’s an incredible dose of Everyday Hope! Meet my new friend, Caroline Beidler, MSW. We talk about her incredible journey through ...

Happification

Happification

S8E27 · · 36:49

What Do You Stand On When the World Gives Way Under Your Feet?Today, we talk about how we find our way back to hope, purpose, maybe even happiness again when the world falls apart. M...

Hope in the Waiting

Hope in the Waiting

S8E26 · · 21:39

A Story from My New Book About WaitingToday, we talk about Marcus Green’s spinal cord, learn a lesson from his incredible story, hear a great song from our Hope Is the First Dose pla...

Unsolvable Problems

Unsolvable Problems

S8E24 · · 38:25

What Happens When You Can’t Seem to Solve a Problem?Today, we talk about physical chemistry, downstream goals, unsolvable problems, and the hope that comes from having a God who can ...

Free to Take Hope

Free to Take Hope

S8E23 · · 18:45

It’s Independence Day in the USA!Hi friend, and happy 4th of July!I hope you have a great day, filled with family, fun, and some rest. We will be repairing the sprinkler system as tw...

Mind Change Monday: The Plan for Hope

Mind Change Monday: The Plan for Hope

S8E22 · · 23:35

Hope is only 15 Days Away!My new book is coming out on July 18, and this is the second of 16 Daily Doses of Hope I’m going to give you to get ready!Today is Mind-Change Monday, and w...

Self-Brain Surgery for Hope

Self-Brain Surgery for Hope

S8E21 · · 10:47

Self-brain surgery tip #6:Hope is a verb. You have to choose it, chase it, fight and flex for it. Negative is natural, positive is spiritual. Romans 12:12 in The Voice: “And do not f...