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Four Trauma Responses: Chance or Choice?

Four Trauma Responses: Chance or Choice?

S7E90 · · 30:59

I’ve Discovered Four Different Ways People Respond to the Hard Things Life BringsThe question is, are you going to wait to discover how you respond to your massive thing, or are you ...

Hope Talks #2: Traci Rhoades Leads Us from Shaky Ground

Hope Talks #2: Traci Rhoades Leads Us from Shaky Ground

S7E89 · · 40:31

When life seems out of control, how do we find solid ground again?Traci Rhoades is an author, speaker, and social media spiritual influencer from Michigan. She joins me today for an ...

Weak and Strong

Weak and Strong

S7E88 · · 26:55

We gain strength by understanding our weaknesses. Here’s a plan to bring our weaknesses to God and let him use his strength to make us stronger. If you’re tired of fighting, struggli...

Operating Instructions

Operating Instructions

S7E87 · · 15:43

Computers require frequent software updates to function properly(Repost for relevance. Back with brand-new episodes on Friday and Saturday!)A few thoughts on how your brain works, an...

The Art of Clear Thinking, with Fighter Pilot Hasard Lee

The Art of Clear Thinking, with Fighter Pilot Hasard Lee

S1E348 · · 51:41

When the pressure is on, how do we make good decisions?Hasard Lee is a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot with combat experience in Afghanistan. He now runs a successful YouTube channel an...

Mind Change Monday: Relentless

Mind Change Monday: Relentless

S1E347 · · 20:39

It’s Mind Change Monday!(Adapted from the very first Mind Change Monday episode! I’m resting my voice again today in preparation for recording the Hope is the First Dose audiobook re...

Hope Talks #1: Clarissa Moll Takes Us Beyond the Darkness

Hope Talks #1: Clarissa Moll Takes Us Beyond the Darkness

S1E346 · · 43:53

When the Unimaginable Happens, What Next?Clarissa Moll was a wife and mother of four young children when The Massive Thing (TMT) showed up. Her husband Rob, an author and avid hiker,...

Take it or Leave It: Making Hard Choices

Take it or Leave It: Making Hard Choices

S1E345 · · 30:43

Life is a Series of Hobson's Choices(Adapted from Season 4, Episode 89)Hobson's choiceA Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is offered. Because a person may refu...

Happiness is All in Your Head

Happiness is All in Your Head

S1E344 · · 33:54

Happiness is not achieved through perfect circumstances.Happiness, counterintuitively, is achieved in spite of difficult circumstances. Here’s how it works. (Adapted from Season 4, E...

How to Live While You're Living

How to Live While You're Living

S1E343 · · 33:47

A Lesson About “Promised Land Problems” (Adapted from Season 4, Episode 83)What if I told you that you could take a two-week trip and make it last forty years?What if I told you that...

Tuesdays with Tata Classic: Uttermost

Tuesdays with Tata Classic: Uttermost

S1E342 · · 22:58

It’s Tuesdays with Tata!(Note: I’m resting my voice for a couple more days, and Tata and I both had the flu and did not record a new episode this week. Here’s one of our favorites fr...

Mind Change Monday: Dark to Light

Mind Change Monday: Dark to Light

S1E341 · · 28:11

When Life Brings Us Pain, We Have Two Choices(Note: I STILL can’t talk long enough to record a new episode. I’m going to rest my voice for THREE MORE DAYS, and then I have some AMAZI...

The End of Infinity

The End of Infinity

S1E340 · · 39:23

We've Reached the End of Infinity, at Least for a WhileToday, a story about stumbling stones, brain cancer, finding God in unexpected places, and how God is always working to help al...

The Neuroscience of Freedom

The Neuroscience of Freedom

S1E339 · · 34:53

The Science of Freedom is On Your SideFreedom starts with a choice- a declaration. In this episode, we talk about the science of freedom, and how vital it is to be willing to fight f...

Caves, Craniums, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves

Caves, Craniums, and the Lies We Tell Ourselves

S1E338 · · 26:05

All of Us Have a Story We Tell OurselvesAnd it's often a lie.(Adapted from Infinitely Happier, Part 13) Today, we're taking a look at the art form known as Story, and we're going to ...

Why Happiness Matters

Why Happiness Matters

S1E337 · · 31:06

Life Is Hard, But God Wants Us to Be Happy Anyway.(Adapted from Infinitely Happier, Part 12)Here's some thoughts on why it matters so much that we learn to separate our mood/emotiona...

The Power of Waiting

The Power of Waiting

S1E336 · · 23:37

Learning the Discipline of Waiting is a Powerful Self-Brain Surgery ToolIf you can't say no to something you want today so that you can have something you need tomorrow, you can neve...

Healing or Hurting?

Healing or Hurting?

S1E335 · · 19:27

Every Interaction Leaves a MarkEvery interaction with another person is a choice: do we use our words for our gain, or for theirs? Do we have transactional or transformational relati...

Flying Lessons

Flying Lessons

S1E334 · · 31:33

God wants your life to soar, but often it feels like we're crashing instead.(Adapted from Infinitely Happier, Part 9)Today, I want to talk about flying.I grew up around airplanes, be...

The Trust Transplant

The Trust Transplant

S1E333 · · 26:41

Self-Brain Surgery Saturday(Adapted from Infinitely Happier, Part 8)When your world is crashing, you might need brain surgery. Lately, we’ve been talking about the basics of self-bra...

Stop Overthinking Everything

Stop Overthinking Everything

S1E332 · · 37:36

Overthinking Can Drive Us Crazy and Wreck Our Peace of Mind(Adapted from Infinitely Happier, Part 7)Worrying isn’t the only thought issue we face. Whether it’s worry, regret, sadness...

How to Win Your Biggest Battles

How to Win Your Biggest Battles

S1E331 · · 35:57

Sometimes life feels like a fight. Here’s how to win.(Adapted from Season 1, Episode 50, Infinitely Happier Part 6)Sometimes we struggle because we keep losing battles our heart know...

Stop Trying to Change That Guy (Infinitely Happier, Part 5)

Stop Trying to Change That Guy (Infinitely Happier, Part 5)

S1E330 · · 36:58

Today we’re going to do a little relationship brain surgery. Because when you’re trying to change your life, it seems like there’s always one person- THAT GUY- who’s out there to sty...

Remodel Your Self-Esteem (Tuesdays with Tata)

Remodel Your Self-Esteem (Tuesdays with Tata)

S1E329 · · 29:23

It’s Tuesdays with Tata! Here’s a great talk from last year with Tata about what it means to be sealed by God.Scripture:II Corinthians 1:22Ephesians 1:13-14Music by Phil Wickham(Musi...

The Courage to Change (Infinitely Happier, Part 4)

The Courage to Change (Infinitely Happier, Part 4)

S1E328 · · 29:31

It’s Mind Change Monday!Today is also May 1, the first day of Remodel May! Some of the episodes we create this month will focus on areas of our lives we can remodel to find hope, cra...

Severing Sick Synapses (Infinitely Happier, Part 3)

Severing Sick Synapses (Infinitely Happier, Part 3)

S1E327 · · 30:43

Synapses are where the business of the nervous system happens.(Note: this is an archived episode, normally for paid subscribers only but available for everyone for 7 days!)Lately, we...

The Tools To Fix Your Own Brain (Infinitely Happier, Part 2)

The Tools To Fix Your Own Brain (Infinitely Happier, Part 2)

S1E326 · · 44:39

It’s Self-Brain Surgery Saturday!Look: Life is Hard. But Learning Self-brain Surgery Can HelpIn the last episode, we talked about the basics of self-brain surgery to learn how to thi...

How to Fight Anxiety (Infinitely Happier, Part I)

How to Fight Anxiety (Infinitely Happier, Part I)

S1E325 · · 39:32

Do You Struggle With Anxiety?If so, this will help. A look back at a 15-part series from 2021 with a new preamble (10 minutes or so). Look, friend: Life is not brain surgery. It’s ha...

Unwire Your Brain

Unwire Your Brain

S1E324 · · 17:49

Your Brain is Very EfficientI’m always telling you that “neurons that fire together wire together.” This is because God made your brain to be very efficient. So, things you repeatedl...

Christy Lefteri: Hope for Those Who Need It Most

Christy Lefteri: Hope for Those Who Need It Most

S1E323 · · 48:27

Christy Lefteri Wrote My Favorite Novel of All TimeI read The Beekeeper of Aleppo after Lisa and I found it in a bookstore in Casper, Wyoming. I love the story, and how the author cr...