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Dr. Benjamin Hardy is a best-selling author who has been read by - get this - more than 100 million humans.

His work is featured regularly in Forbes, Fortune Magazine, Psychology Today and other well-known publications and his new book Personality Isn't Permanent debunks the multi-billion dollar personality profile industry as something of an excuse for believing we are stuck with who we are.

In this episode, Ben and I talk abou...

Welcome to a brand new season of the Reboots Podcast!

This summer is all about arriving at reasonable happiness - even in the midst of great hardship and the chaos that surrounds so many of us now.

How is that possible?

Through the now-common prayer in which we ask for help in accepting the things we cannot change, and having the courage to change what we can.

There's a constellation of topics surroun...

Episode 25 of The Change Journals features my friend Caesar Kalinowski. 

In our continuation of our 30-days of gratitude challenge, Caesar talks about how gratitude not only changes us but also changes other people when we dare to share gratitude.

Caesar remembers how difficult it was for him - as an adult - to write a tribute letter to his father because the childhood relationship had been so painful. And how that activity began to ...

Steve Austin is a former pastor who nearly died by suicide.

In this episode - which ties in with our FREE 30-Day Gratitude Challenge - Steve walks us through the first hours and days following his failed suicide attempt and how a therapist helped him find gratitude.

Remember when we were kids and we drew hand turkeys at Thanksgiving?

Steve shows us the connection between the hand drawing and gratitude.

Mike Vardy is a long-time podcaster, productivity practitioner, and writer.

Mike’s new book TimeCrafting: A Better Way to Get the Right Things Done is available for preorder on Amazon.

Keep up to date with the book launch here.

Mike’s journaling method is ridiculously simple.

He uses his phone, the Day One app, and the Drafts app - using dictation and photo images to quickly capture the most imp...

The Reverend Vincent Brown spends his days corralling teens and staff members offering adventure therapy at a therapeutic boarding school in Mars Hill, North Carolina.

As the chaplain and program director, Vince sees kids on their worst days - and he gets to celebrate with them during their best moments.

In this episode, Vince and I talk about:

• What it was like growing up with a dad in the United States Navy an...

Tom Lambotte is an adoptive father of four who runs a highly-successful niche company.

Tom also talks openly about his experience with depression.

For Tom, journaling techniques help him work on the right things each day and to turn down the noise of a busy week so that he can think and act with a clear head.

Tom's clarity break is something I've been practicing for weeks now and it works!
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Shawn is a husband and father. He’s known across the interwebs for The Sweet Setup - a website centered on reviewing tech devices and software.

Shawn is a self-described nerd, but there’s so much more to Shawn than tech.

In fact, Shawn’s current focus is, well, focus.

He builds products and courses designed to help people do meaningful work instead of just talking about it, fretting over dreams that cou...

Elaine Johnston is an entrepreneur who is driven to teach other women her age how to develop business mindsets.

Elaine keeps several notebooks - each is dedicated to some facet of her life, including her marriage to Cody Johnston.

Cody and Elaine co-host The Reckless Pursuit podcast, and Elaine blogs at the Prodigal Daughter. A companion podcast is coming soon.

Read and hear Elaine's work.

C...

For Cody Johnston, journaling helps him understand his emotions.

Cody is analog agnostic. While he regularly writes in his notebook, he's also a fan of digital logs - especially Day One.

A prolific reader, Cody's notes help him prepare to talk about complex and often controversial topics on The Reckless Pursuit, the podcast he hosts with his wife, Elaine, and The Itinerant Podcast - Biblical History Beyo...

Steve Lawson is a doer. When he realized he needed to learn to do less and to be more, he began to study and implement the quiet, intentional lives monks lead every day.

That’s when life changed for Steve. He became a better husband and father.

Then, Steve developed the Monk Manual and fully funded his project on Kickstarter.

In this episode, Steve and I walk through The Monk Manual and what makes this 12...

My friend Steve Austin is a former pastor who nearly died by suicide seven years ago.

While Steve is not a mental health expert, he's a guy who's been there, cares about your emotional wellbeing, and is grateful for a second chance.

In this episode of The Change Journals, we commemorate National Suicide Week and Mental Health Month by walking through Steve's story and sharing some tools designed to ...

September is National Recovery Month.

In this episode of The Change Journals we take a look at Celebrate Recovery initiatives dedicated to saving one life at a time.

Plus, we review two of our favorite recovery-centric Reboots episodes.

Recovery is for anyone who wants to live life differently - not just for people struggling with addiction.

Change IS Possible.

If you're not quite r...

Markus is a former actor who decided to leave Hollywood and join the clergy. When he was falsely accused, his world fell apart. Markus says the ordeal has brought him closer to his Creator.

In this episode we talk about:

• The danger of blind outrage - especially among Christians
• Gossip
• Sexual abuse in the church
• Spiritual transformation under fire 

I'm grateful that Markus chose to share so much of h...

Mary DeMuth has written more than 30 books.

She hosts Pray Everyday a daily podcast dedicated to praying through the scriptures. You guessed it. Every day.

Mary is also a victim of childhood sexual abuse.

You can hear Mary’s Story on Episode 31 of the Reboots Podcast.

In this episode of The Change Journals inside the Reboots Podcast, Mary joins us to talk about her calling to help bring healing ...

Episode 16 of The Change Journals inside the Reboots Podcast features a fast-moving turtle blind in one eye.

Instead of worrying about how far the turtle had to go or focusing on its limitations and the potential dangers, this turtle was booking it to its destination.

Tracy reflects on getting past her physical limitations and mindset funk by putting one turtle leg in front of the other.

Here's the t...

Sean is a believer in Christ who works out his faith with fear and trembling.

When Sean decided to accompany a friend on a mission trip, life as he knew it started to make less sense, while the teachings of Jesus began to radically transform his mind and his heart.

In this episode, Sean and I talk about daily rituals, books, theology, podcasts and podcasting, Western art, theology, and history.

Sean also...

Rex Nelson is one of the finest journalists I've ever known.

He's an even better human being.

In this episode of The Change Journals, Rex and I discuss:

• Knowing the difference between real journalism and "fake news"
• Why journalism is essential for a healthy democracy
• The Democrat-Gazette's daring experiment to reboot the business side of print journalism

Read Rex Nelson's work.

Wa...

My friend Frankie Post and I talk fairly often about our journaling practices.

Frankie is a Celebrate Recovery pastor at Community Bible Church - Fort Smith.

Frankie has been logging and processing his thoughts since he was a teen. He wrote about his future wife and prayed for her - though he'd yet to meet her. These journals were a wedding gift to Susanna, the woman who became his wife.

Today, Frank...