Raising Yourself Up

A quiet hour changed everything. Waking at 3:54 a.m., Ben Povlow kept a promise to sit with stones, breathe, and write longhand—no editing, no second-guessing—guided by Wayne Dyer’s late-night wisdom and a nudge toward automatic writing. What came through is a fiercely honest meditation on surrender, purpose, and the strange way suffering can send us into service. Ben reads those raw pages aloud and unpacks the choices behind them:...

Self-help author Ben Povlow shares a practical 30-day mental fast to cut toxic inputs, set boundaries, and create space for focused growth. By replacing news cycles and drama with books, podcasts, and quiet, Ben details how to shift your mood, build habits, and reclaim time for real goals and success.

• defining a mental fast and why 30 days matters
• how inputs shape mood, focus, and habits
• social media and news...

Looking for a reset that actually sticks? Self-help author Ben Povlow opens up about losing 22 pounds at 48 by cutting liquid calories, reading labels, and building a simple routine that survived weekends and setbacks. No crash diets, no punishing programs—just honest adjustments that compounded into visible results and less daily pain.

We start with the messy middle: the cycle of weekday progress erased by beer and late-n...

Author Ben Povlow returns after a long break with a wider mission: practical self-help for every age built on lived experience, not scripts. Health, money, goals, sobriety, travel, and spiritual growth come together to help you stop outsourcing happiness and start building it inside. Here is what you can expect from this show in 2026.

• expanding the audience beyond teens to all adults
• unscripted format rooted in per...

Our circumstances consist of 3 phases, where we have been, where we are now, and where we are going. We can't change our past, but we can change our future. In this episode, certified professional life coach Ben Povlow breaks it down in a quick and easy way to understand how to get results fast.

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We make choices every day. Are they good for you or bad for you? Regardless of what you choose, realizing the power to choose is the only thing we have total control over. In this episode, author Ben Povlow explains not only why choice is the only thing we really have control over, but also how to use it to our advantage. Tune in to discover how you can use the power of choice to improve the quality of your life today! This episode...

In this episode, Ben Povlow explains why any action is better than no action at all. We all get paralyzed by indecision sometimes. Don't let self-doubt and discouragement stop you from doing what you want in life. Let Ben help motivate you to take action today!

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In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 16 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is Self-Development Strategies and covers topics that include, developing the proper mindset for success, understanding your why, how to set goals, why persistence will keep you going, how to overcome self-doubt, ways to use daily affirmations, the value of positive thinking, how to cultivate your passion, knowing that kn...

In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 15 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is Money - Make it, Save it, and Invest it, and covers topics that include, making money the legal way, ways to drive for money, the importance of going the extra mile, ways to get a job, creating ways to earn an income, earning money while you sleep, find out what internet marketing means, ways to save money, ways to inv...

In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 14 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is Technology - Make it Work For You, and covers topics that include, ways to use social media to your advantage, understanding that technology is the future, ways to learn using technology, ways to make money online, how to become an influencer, ways to write a book using technology, the value of learning how to create w...

In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 13 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is Hobbies and Ways to Spend Your Time, and covers topics that include, discovering your passion, the value of playing sports, learning to play an instrument, the fun of photography, why you should travel when you can, ways to enjoy riding a bike, the idea of skateboarding or surfing, where to find people with common inte...

In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 12 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is Taking Care of Yourself, and covers topics that include, personal hygiene tips, reasons to keep your clothes clean, knowing your way around the kitchen, ways to keep your house clean, how to properly share space with others, and how to avoid learning these life skills the hard way.

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In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 11 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is Becoming Aware of Your Habits, and covers topics that include, examples of some good habits, examples of bad habits, knowing what to watch out for, and how to become patient with yourself.

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In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 10 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is Developing Your Character, and covers topics that include, why it's important to always be truthful, ways to show manners and respect, learning how to trust yourself and others, how your behavior can define you, and how to create an attractive personality.

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In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 9 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is The Price of Trouble, and covers topics that include, consequential behavioral problems, associated costs of trouble, court appointed school, being placed in juvenile detention, becoming guilty by association, getting stuck in the system, having a criminal record, and forced counseling and treatment.

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In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 10 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is, The Dangers of Drugs and Alcohol and covers topics that include, why your problems won't disappear, peer pressure, smoking and vaping dangers, drinking alcohol at a young age, harmful prescription medications, long-term effects of using drugs and alcohol, reasons driving under the influence is a bad choice, how t...

In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 4 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is, Understanding Grief and Loss and covers topics that include, occupational loss, social loss, physical loss, the stages of grief, and ways to help yourself heal.

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In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 5 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is, Adapting To Your Living Situation and covers topics that include, living in chaos, living in a shared custody situation, adjusting to a blended family, not living with birth parents, being raised by a system, and living on your own for the first time.

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In this episode, author Ben Povlow reads chapter 6 of his book, Self-Help for At-Risk Teens. The chapter title is, Friendship Qualities and covers topics that include, trust and respect, not changing to fit in, finding like-minded people, why to avoid negativity, fake social media friends, how to create your own circles, and the benefits of changing your ways.

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