Be Encouraged
Be encouraged to live each present moment! Listen to any of these short episodes for a mini-retreat on being present to your life. "Be" is an alternative to constant Doing and thinking. You can become more peaceful. You may get more in touch with yourself and God. Life is difficult. And we are overwhelmed by life's demands. But it's better when you take regular time to look for and experience this moment.
Episodes
The bucket of your life that is always pouring out. Lately it is not getting enough to refill it. Self-care isn’t keeping up with your sacrifice of time and attention on others. It seems impossible to keep up with the bad news as the stresses of our world have gotten worse. Listen in for some understanding and tips for carrying on in tough times!
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Have you noticed that your thoughts come and go all day? Each of us has our own internal running monolgue. Sometimes thoughts seem to chase and torment us. Other thoughts delight us. Either way, we can spend too much time on some of them. We may even "entertain them." Do you want to spend energy "entertaining" your thoughts? Or maybe it would be better to choose which thoughts you want to give time and energy!
If you don't have the skill of interrupting you need it! Your life and contentment depends on it. Consider why and how to interrupt in your inner life so you can "take your thoughts captive" and not be captive to your thoughts!
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
Good sleep requires preparation, and some mental discipline at times. First, put away all screens 30 minutes or more before lying down. Do exercise earlier as well. See your doctor if your lack of sleep is causing physical symptoms. This episode gives a method that has worked for Jay. And it relates to being more in the moment. It might just do the trick for you!
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Just for fun, here is an episode on spiders! Experiences with them and lessons from them. Don't underestimate small things, especially in nature.
See what you think!
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
When the world around you seems to be going crazy, what can you do, where do you go to come back to center?
Your want to feel safe and grounded. Your nervous system is seeking balance. And we will do almost anything to get balance, often unconsciously. But how we get there includes some unique techniques.
First you must: 1. Identify that you are upset and what upset you, 2. Consider whether its in your control to change, 3. Change...
You’re riding along and someone says, “brace yourself.” What do you do? You tense up. Tensing up is common these days for all kinds of reasons.
But it's helpful to notice when you do it, and learn ways to manage it. The reflex actions like tensing that we do often leads to more harm than good. Consider what else you can do in this episode.
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Here's a great summary of how we often live life: wishing it could be different. We often miss the reality of life because while actual events are happening we are full of thoughts of how it ought to be instead. Like a childish tantrum we say, "I don't like this! I want something else!"
This causes us to miss out on real time experience, the imperfect relationship, the less than perfect day, the imperfect you. W...
When life is on automatic pilot, lots of blind spots keep you from seeing, even seeing yourself clearly. Look! Notice what is there, in yourself, and around you.
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
We live in an unsettled time. Many different things, from personal to global can make us wary, tense or upset. We go on living but with an unsettled background running all the time.
What can you do? Can't control nature or politicians. But we can do some things ourselves to move away from a constant state of vigilance.
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragemen...
The very word "distraction" indicates being taken away from something and led into something less important. When life distracts us, we lose focus on what we thought we wanted to be doing. We are captured by some seductive idea or passtime that sucks up time and attention.
That's normal, but not a good thing. This episode explores distraction and what you should do about it!
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Is there anything worse than blending into the woodwork, not being noticed, not being understood? It's painful when it happens to you, right? But we can do that same disservice to others.
What if we didn't go through our days on autopilot, too busy, or too preoccupied to see the real people all around us?
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
How much power do you want? Does life leave you feeling powerless? Do you want to have power to control things? How much do you already have? Maybe there is another way to look at power.
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
Under the surface of every living person is a set of Agendas. They are powerful, and if you don't know they are there, they can be dangerous. Do you want to know what is driving you and hurting others around you? You can be more aware, and possibly let go of unrealistic expectations that make life harder.
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
When life gets complicated, we wish it was simple. And it's complicated a lot! Listen in for some ideas to manage life's complexity, and struggles. Maybe the answer is kind of simple.
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
Be present in your own life instead of in the stories about other people's lives. From your own life and in your own body you can have live wide awake, not distracted and mindless. I challenge you to fight back against all the noise of marketing, intriguing stories, and problems that are not yours.
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
Do you trust easily or do you find it hard to trust people? Either way, trust is important in your life; it's important in everyone's life!It's like a superpower when you've got it, it's like kryptonite when it is missing.
If you just don't want to trust, you are setting yourself up for hard times. But of course trust has to be handled carefully.
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It seems there are a lot of voices saying, “be afraid, be very afraid.” There are scary things happening in the world and in our lives.
What is the way to respond to fear? We can give in to fear, then it seems to grow larger. We can ignore fear and maybe get ourselves hurt.
Check out this episode for tips on managing what you find scary!
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All of life is holding on to some things and letting go of others. What do you hold onto that makes too much demand on you? What should be experienced and then let go?
Consider the philosophy of a cat. They own everything, and nothing. And it works out pretty well for them.
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
It is so easy to criticize others. It seems some people just ask for it by doing stupid things! And yet, if we spend enough time criticizing it kind of wears on you. All that negativity thrown on other people splashes back on us.
It's a common problem. Listen in to this episode on moving to a different attitude.
Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.
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