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Orignal Postdate: 10-4-2023 === Gospel Luke 9:57-62 As Jesus and his disciples were proceeding on their journey, someone said to him, "I will follow you wherever you go." Jesus answered him, "Foxes have dens and birds of the sky have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to rest his head." And to another he said, "Follow me." But he replied, "Lord, let me go first and bury my father." But he answered him, "Let the dead bury their dead. But you, go and proclaim the Kingdom of God." And another said, "I will follow you, Lord, but first let me say farewell to my family at home." Jesus answered him, "No one who sets a hand to the plow and looks to what was left behind is fit for the Kingdom of God.” Reflection Jesus is on a journey that He knows is the final stage of His ministry. And it's clear that this ministry has consumed Him completely, He has no rest. But what He wants so much is to ignite a fire in His followers that they have that same passion. So they say, I want to follow you. And then he says, Well, then come right now. Come. Don't go back and say goodbye to people. Don't go back and close up something else. No. When you see what you are called to be in me, through me, you will do it instantly and you won't look back. You won't see how it's going. You'll just know that the direction is correct. Closing Prayer Father, enthusiasm is a quality that we are filled with God, filled with His desire to heal, to bring peace, to bring hope to people. Awaken this in us as fully as possible, so that we can feel the importance of this message that we are asked to not just talk about, but to live it. To live in a world where we truly love those who are around us and truly want what's best for them. And we ask this in Jesus' name, Amen. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What if your symptoms aren't simply problems to fight—but signals worth listening to?In this episode of AWAKEN with Nathan, I sit down with Cathy Goldstein, holistic health practitioner and founder of Tru Energy Skincare, for a deep conversation about the connection between our emotional health, subconscious beliefs, nervous system, and physical well-being.We explore why healing may require looking beyond the physical body and becoming curious about the emotional patterns and experiences we've carried throughout our lives.Cathy shares her perspective on the body's innate intelligence, why symptoms can sometimes provide valuable information, and how experiences from childhood may shape subconscious beliefs and coping mechanisms that continue influencing us as adults.We also discuss emotional healing, nervous system regulation, muscle testing and kinesiology, the mind-body connection, addictive and self-protective behaviors, and why lasting change often requires more than searching for another quick fix.Plus, Cathy shares a powerful perspective on aging—especially for women—and why getting older can be embraced as a season of greater wisdom, resilience, and personal power.IN THIS EPISODE:The body's innate capacity for healing and adaptationLearning to listen to the signals your body is giving youThe role of emotional, mental, and spiritual well-beingHow childhood experiences can shape subconscious beliefsTrauma, stress, and the nervous systemWhy unwanted behaviors may actually be attempts to protect usCathy's approach to muscle testing and kinesiologyExploring the emotional component of physical symptomsWhy healing requires more than addressing symptoms aloneMoving beyond the search for a “magic pill”Reframing aging as wisdom, strength, and resilienceIf this conversation resonates with you, like the episode, subscribe to AWAKEN with Nathan, and share it with someone who needs to hear it.CONNECT WITH NATHAN CRANE

In this episode, I'm joined by Nathan Crane for a raw conversation about addiction, trauma, spirituality, the subconscious mind and what real healing can look like. Nathan shares his journey from homelessness, addiction, depression and a suicide attempt as a teenager to decades of studying meditation, nervous system regulation and human potential.We talk about why the patterns we call self-sabotage may have started as protection, how childhood experiences can shape adult behavior, and why compassion can take us deeper than constantly trying to fix ourselves. Nathan also takes me through a powerful live parts-work exercise that gets very personal, very quickly.Highlights:(04:32) - Nathan's journey through addiction, homelessness and finding a completely different path(17:41) - Why there may be a solution to every problem, but you don't always have to be the one to solve it(24:28) - The gratitude practice Nathan has used for years to retrain where his mind focuses(32:01) - How childhood experiences can become subconscious beliefs that follow us into adulthood(39:58) - Inside Nathan's Awaken Process and how he approaches root-cause healing(45:17) - Nathan takes me through live parts work to uncover what's underneath one of my own reactionsConnect with Nathan:https://open.spotify.com/show/6IO2h2UhUHMD0jFRs416D6https://www.instagram.com/nathancraneofficial/?hl=enQualia Mind - click hereCoupon Code: SHOCKANDYALL (15% off any purchase)Visit Nicole's on demand fitness platform for live weekly classes and a recorded library of yoga, strength training, guided audio meditations and mobility (Kinstretch) classes, as well: https://www.sweatandstillness.comGrab Nicole's bestselling children's book and enter your email for A FREE GIFT: https://www.yolkedbook.comFind Nicole on Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/nicolesciacca/Tik Tok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thenicolesciaccaFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/nicolesciaccayoga/Youtube:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1X8PPWCQa2werd4unex1eAPractice yoga with Nicole in person in Santa Monica, CA at Aviator Nation Ride. Get the App to book in: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/aviator-nation-ride/id1610561929Book a discovery call or virtual assessment with Nicole here: https://www.calendly.com/nicolesciaccaThis Podcast is proudly produced by Wavemakers Audio

Need Emotional Release? Here is the Key to an Unoffendable Heart with Pastor Mike Signorelli!I'm honored to have Pastor Mike Signorelli on today's Podcast. He is a mighty and anointed man of God. He is the founding pastor of V1 Church, V1X College, and V1 Community Impact. Mike started a teaching broadcast online that grew to over 5 million views per month across social platforms, and he and his wife regularly host marriage conferences. Mike and his family live in New York City. Learn more at MikeSignorelli.comGet Pastor Mike's new book: The Unoffendable Heart https://unoffendableheart.com/claim?ref=TRUMPE-YNPS Lifestyle of Peace devotional workbook: https://www.trumpetsoftirzah.com/product-page/lifestyle-of-peace Listen to Breakthrough is Here: Your New Power Play! https://youtube.com/live/tfGjF5pMaSQ Pastor Carina is a Christian life coach, Keynote Speaker, and Mentor who God has uniquely gifted to activate others in the body of Christ. She carries an anointing to stir dormant callings, awaken spiritual gifts, and ignite Kingdom assignments,  empowering believers to step boldly into their God-given identity, walk in divine purpose, and bear lasting fruit for His glory. She's the Founder of Trumpets of Tirzah, an international apostolic center for women that facilitates purpose discovery, Kingdom lifestyle practices, and biblical leadership disciplines so that women can live, and lead, a "new creation" life that reflects Jesus. Her personal coaching, group mentoring, and Tirzah University courses provide keys of radical transformation that launch women into spheres of influence around the world.Hungry for more…Tirzah University, the religious education department of Trumpets of Tirzah, is the only educational institution in the world that focuses on the Apostolic role of women in the body of Christ while educating, equipping and empowering women to walk confidently in their God-given role. Come study with us: www.TirzahUniversity.com DONATE TODAYYour support plants seeds and grows the Kingdom of God! We are a 501c3 - www.trumpetsoftirzah.com/donateDo you live the ANOINTED LIFE?We have many testimonies on the miracles that God does as people use our blessed products.Luxury anointing oils and anointing lotions: https://www.trumpetsoftirzah.com/category/anointingCreative ways of sharing the gospel…And take a look at how we are sharing the gospel through film: https://www.trumpetsoftirzah.com/mastersmedia******************************************************** Awaken. Arise. Advance.https://www.trumpetsoftirzah.comDo you want your Christian product advertised on our podcast? Book your ad on Fiver.https://www.fiverr.com/s/NNLl8pN Get your Amplified Bible: https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1223731&item_no=0446538We host in-person and virtual events. Check out our website events page to join in the fun. We are a community of women leaders with creative hearts desiring to follow the examples of Jesus above all else. We are located in the heart of Temecula, CA.Engage daily with us! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trumpetsoftirzah/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@trumpetsoftirzahLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/trumpetsoftirzah iHeart Radio  ⁠https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-trumpets-of-tirzah-120477377/⁠ Amazon Music. ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c0203ed1-9b85-426a-85f5-5350e82ab730/trumpets-of-tirzah⁠ Apple Podcasts. ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trumpets-of-tirzah/id1551900025⁠ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4DCT4KBVsmzfnqyobR4ZwF Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trumpets-of-tirzah/id1551900025YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TrumpetsofTirzahRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-5936184#mikesignorelli #kingdompodcast #christianpodcast #faithpodcast #faith #growinfaith #unoffendableheart #bookrelease #christiancommunity #kingdomcommunity #christianity

Send us Fan MailPain as a Portal: How Our Hardest Experiences Can Awaken Healing, Growth & ExpansionWhat if the pain you've been trying so hard to escape could become a doorway to a deeper relationship with yourself?In this episode of Divine Health, we explore the powerful perspective of pain as a portal for healing, self-awareness, personal transformation, and soul expansion. While we don't always get to choose what happens to us, we can begin to choose how we care for ourselves, what we learn, and who we become through life's most difficult experiences.Heartbreak, loss, betrayal, disappointment, and unexpected life changes can interrupt the identities, patterns, and beliefs we've been living from. Sometimes, these experiences reveal where we've abandoned ourselves, where our boundaries need strengthening, what we've been tolerating, and what our soul is truly craving.Together, we explore how pain can become a catalyst for:Self-awareness: Recognizing unconscious patterns, limiting beliefs, emotional wounds, and the deeper stories influencing how we show up in life.Emotional healing: Learning to meet ourselves with compassion rather than judgment, allowing ourselves to feel, process, and move through difficult emotions. Learning how to process and support ourselves through hard seasons.Identity shifts: Releasing outdated versions of ourselves and making space for a more authentic, empowered, and aligned way of living.Boundaries and self-worth: Recognizing where we've been abandoning ourselves and learning to choose relationships, environments, and experiences that honor who we are.Soul growth and expansion: Discovering how difficult chapters can invite deeper wisdom, compassion, resilience, and a renewed connection to what truly matters.Manifestation and conscious creation: Moving from surviving life on autopilot toward intentionally creating a future that reflects our healed beliefs, values, desires, and authentic self.This episode is a reminder that healing isn't about pretending the pain was good, rushing to find the lesson, or forcing ourselves to be positive. It's about allowing ourselves to be human while recognizing that our most difficult chapters do not have to define the rest of our story.Your pain is not your identity. Your past is not your destiny. And your hardest chapter does not have to be your final chapter.Sometimes the portal isn't the pain itself, but the awareness, compassion, courage, and conscious choices that become possible on the other side of it.Tune in for an inspiring conversation about turning life's challenges into opportunities for deeper healing, personal empowerment, and soul-level transformation.In this episode, you'll discover:Why pain can reveal what we need to heal.How difficult experiences expose unconscious patterns and beliefs.The connection between emotional healing, self-worth, and boundaries.Why releasing an old identity can feel uncomfortable but create space for growth.How to move from surviving to consciously creating.Practical reflection questions to help you navigate a difficult season with compassion.How to find meaning in your experiences without glorifying suffering.Reflection question:What if this chapter isn't asking you to become who you were before, but inviting you to discover who you are becoming?Work with me:Book a Free 15-minute Clarity Call:https://calendly.com/divinehealth/15minBook an Initial Consultation: https://calendly.com/divinehealth/90minIntuitive Oracle Reading: https://calendly.com/divinehealth/60-minute-intuitive-oracle-card-readingIntuitive Reiki Session or Distance Reiki Session:https://calendly.com/divinehealth/in-person-intuitive-reiki-healing-session-60-minsEnergy Work Sessions - Energy Healing: https://calendly.com/divinehealth/energy-healing-sessionSoul and Transformation Coaching: https://calendly.com/divinehealth/3-month-coaching-packageIf you enjoyed this episode, please let me know so I can create more of the content you love. Also, please share the podcast with anyone you know who would love this community, these tools, information, and free resources. Have the most love-filled week and shine on, my friends.Support the show

Listen as Dave looks at the final part of our Awaken vision: Creating followers of Jesus by welcoming others into God's love.

Have you ever wondered whether your soul chose your parents, family, and life lessons before you entered this world? In this episode of Porch Conversation with CJ, CJ and I continue answering your questions about the soul's journey before birth. We explore CJ's personal spiritual beliefs about pregnancy, different lifetimes, choosing parents, soul tribes, intuitive gifts, and why certain souls may enter challenging family circumstances. We also discuss the influence fathers have on their children and why healing your love blocks before choosing a partner can affect more than your romantic life—it can shape the emotional environment in which your children grow. The lesson is simple but powerful: Your relationship choices do not affect only you. When you heal the beliefs, thoughts, and behaviors influencing whom you choose, you become better prepared to build a safe, loving, and emotionally healthy family. You cannot control every experience your child will face, but you can take responsibility for your healing, strengthen your discernment, and create a healthier foundation for the family you are building. — Shay Founder, Bonding Biology Institute™

In Nehemiah 9, we witness an entire nation come before God — hungry, humbled, and wholly dependent on Him. They fasted, wore sackcloth, and placed dust on their heads. Not because God demanded a performance, but because their hearts had been broken open by His Word."Stand up. Praise Yahweh your God from everlasting to everlasting." — Nehemiah 9:5Generation after generation, Israel strayed. And generation after generation, God never walked away. He kept the manna coming. He kept the cloud moving. He kept the fire burning through the night.What does that tell us? That God's faithfulness is not contingent on our consistency.The same God who guided Israel through the wilderness is the same God pursuing us today. He hasn't abandoned us — He's standing with open arms, calling us back to the freedom found only in Him.The world tells us that surrender is weakness. But Scripture tells us something different. True freedom is not found in independence — it's found in complete surrender to the One who created us and knows us fully.Three invitations from Nehemiah 9 for us today: ✅ Approach God with humble confession and worship ✅ Remember that we stray, but God remains ✅ Bind ourselves to Jesus — completely, not halfwayAre we living as people who are truly awake? Or are we still wearing the chains the world told us were freedom?

You are not stuck because you lack potential. You are stuck when you stop recognising your progress, let your standards slip, and drift through the same patterns week after week. In this in-depth episode of Awaken the Man Within, James Boardman breaks down how high-performing men can measure meaningful progress, build consistency, and keep moving towards the life they say they want. Progress is not only more money, a lower number on the scale, or a trophy at the finish line. It is the man you become through your actions, discipline, self-awareness, and willingness to keep raising your standards. Inside this episode: •Why recognising progress is essential for confidence, momentum, and self-belief •The five areas of life to review regularly: health, relationships, personal development, fun, and business •Why measuring your behaviour matters more than obsessing over outcomes •How to use weekly and monthly reviews to spot where your standards are slipping •The difference between consistency and chasing an impossible version of perfection •How to identify the habits, distractions, and rewards that keep pulling you off track •Why you need strong personal leverage before consequences force you to change •How to acknowledge a win without becoming complacent: ask, "What's next?" •Why the next level of your life demands a more evolved version of you •How a meaningful mission can lift your standards across your health, work, relationships, and identity Stop judging your whole life by business results alone. Look at how you are showing up as a man, a partner, a father, a leader, and someone responsible for his own potential. The goal is not perfection. The goal is to stop drifting, make the adjustment, and keep taking the next step. Awaken the Man Within is a live event for men ready to strengthen their identity, create a mission that matters, and build the standards to follow through. Find out more and reserve your place here: https://consulting.boardmanjames.com/awakenthemanwithinevent

Feel behind before the week has even started? The problem is not always a lack of time. It is a lack of intentional planning. In this episode of Awaken the Man Within, James Boardman breaks down his practical 48-Hour Rule: a weekly planning system for high-performing men, founders, and leaders who want to get ahead of overwhelm, protect their energy, and stop living in constant reaction mode. This is not another endless to-do list. It is a way to plan your time, energy, and focus around the things that genuinely move your life forward—your health, relationships, personal development, fun, and business. Inside this episode: •Why most weekly planning fails before the week begins •How to stop reacting to every distraction, emergency, and last-minute demand •The five life pillars to plan around: health, relationships, personal development, fun, and business •Why your time, energy, and focus are your most valuable assets •How to prioritise high-impact work over low-value tasks and distractions •The simple Wednesday-to-Friday process that creates a clear plan for the following week •Why your biggest tasks should be planned into the first 48 hours of the week •How a daily wrap-up keeps you two days ahead instead of permanently playing catch-up •How to plan around likely curveballs without letting them derail you When you become deliberate with your planning, you become more proactive, more present, and more in control of the life you are building. Awaken the Man Within is a live, in-person workshop for men ready to build their mission, strengthen their identity, and direct their time and energy towards a life that matters.   Get your early-bird ticket here: https://consulting.boardmanjames.com/awakenthemanwithinevent

Everything around you was manifested by somebody. The room you are sitting in. The chair. The light above you. The device carrying this sound into your ears. Every one of those objects existed as a picture in a human mind before it existed anywhere else. Somebody held that picture until the world produced it. The building, the road outside, the city — all of it came through the same door. Mind first, world second, without a single exception. You have the same equipment. The machinery in you has been running your entire life, faithfully and precisely building your world out of whatever pictures you hand it. Most of what you have been holding arrived from outside you, handed over by a family, a school, a culture, a room, a screen. You absorbed it, you returned to it, and it became the brightest image in you. You have been manifesting at full power in the dark.⠀Today we turn on the lights. Sixteen sequences of codes for awakening you into a master manifestor. Manifestation. Attraction. Magnetism. Charisma. Success. Speed. Ease. Happiness. Gratitude. Wish Fulfillment. Wealth. Love. Healing. Dreams. Magic. Power. Each one carries its own frequency. Manifestation establishes the identity. Attraction and magnetism open the intake. Charisma changes what happens between you and other people. Success sets the outcome. Speed compresses the timeline. Ease determines how the results arrive. Happiness and gratitude set the frequency. Wish fulfillment, wealth, love, and healing directed into the four places people want most. Dreams and magic remove the ceiling. Power establishes who is running the equipment. Listen with eyes closed. Listen while falling asleep. Speak them out loud with me. Some line in here belongs to you specifically. When it lands, take it with you.

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Admit it. You're going to watch this awesome episode just to find out what the title means. New York Times bestselling author and the founder of Bright Line Eating, Susan Peirce Thompson, visits the Messy Times studios for a wide-ranging discussion from crack dens to a PhD in neuroscience, from a life of out-of-control obesity to a fulfilling life firing the right kind of dopamine receptors. Enjoy! You can find out more about Susan's work here: https://www.brightlineeating.com/ https://susanpeircethompson.substack....https://foodaddictionquiz.com/

In this powerful episode of the Jeremy Awakens Podcast, Jeremy sits down in Jerusalem with Rabbi Dov Ber Cohen, author, teacher, and leading educator at Aish HaTorah, for a deep conversation on Judaism, spirituality, relationships, and what it actually means to live as a soul in the modern world.Dov Ber shares his unconventional journey from spiritual seeker, world traveler, and psychedelic explorer to becoming an Orthodox rabbi and dedicating his life to Torah and helping others develop a deeper relationship with Hashem.Together, Jeremy and Dov Ber explore what Judaism really teaches about sex and intimacy, psychedelics and altered states, soulmates and marriage, healthy attachment, conversion and the Jewish soul, and the deeper meaning behind everyday Jewish practices like tefillin, tzitzit, Modeh Ani, and Shabbat.They also dive into confidence and self-worth, suppressed emotions, taking responsibility for our healing, emunah during life's most difficult moments, and why Judaism isn't about escaping the physical world, but learning how to make the physical world holy.This conversation goes places Jeremy has never gone on the podcast before, bringing ancient Jewish wisdom into some of the most personal and important questions we face today.Whether you're deeply connected to Judaism, spiritually curious, or simply searching for more meaning in your life, this episode is an invitation to go deeper into who you are, why you're here, and your relationship with God.Learn more about Lev18 Health:https://www.instagram.com/lev18health/

Have you ever thought, “I have so much to be grateful for…so why am I still unhappy?”Gratitude can be powerful. But “just be grateful” can also become a way of ignoring what we actually feel, want, and know.In this episode of Cacao Conversations, Julietta Wenzel and Dorice Ross question the way gratitude is often taught in spirituality and personal growth. When does gratitude deepen our experience of life—and when does it become toxic positivity, spiritual bypassing, or another reason to silence ourselves?We talk about:The pressure to be grateful when something still feels wrongWhether gratitude journals create meaningful changeComparing our struggles to people who “have it worse”Being expected to appreciate painful experiences because they taught us somethingWanting more without dismissing what we already haveAllowing gratitude, anger, grief, and dissatisfaction to exist togetherCan you grow from an experience without being grateful it happened?And what if the part of you that isn't satisfied isn't ungrateful at all—but is trying to tell you something?Hey! Thanks for listening! If you liked this episode, please send us a message. We'd love to hear from you!Follow Cacao Conversations in your podcast app so each new episode is waiting for you when it drops.Explore Body & Soul Ministries, upcoming gatherings, programs, and retreats:https://www.bodyandsoulevents.love/cacaoconversationsJulietta Wenzel Founder of Body & Soul Ministries Instagram: @bodyandsoulministriesDorice Ross Elder of Body & Soul Ministries Instagram: @rossdoriceSip. Connect. Awaken.

In this episode of AWAKEN with Nathan, I sit down with Dr. Tony Jimenez to explore his integrative approach to cancer care and why he believes healing requires looking beyond the tumor to the whole person.We discuss the connection between spiritual, emotional, and physical health, unresolved trauma, immune support, nutrition, environmental toxins, and the body's innate healing mechanisms. Dr. Jimenez also shares his perspective on conventional cancer treatment and the importance of making informed decisions from a place of clarity rather than fear.CONNECT WITH NATHAN CRANECoaching: https://theawakenprocess.com Website: https://nathancrane.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NathanCrane Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathancraneofficial Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NathanCraneOfficialPage X: https://x.com/nathancrane TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnathancrane#AwakenWithNathan #NathanCrane #DrTonyJimenez #IntegrativeOncology #CancerHealing #HolisticHealth

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To awaken our delight in God means not striving harder, but returning—again and again—to the garden of God's presence. There, rooted in His unwavering delight for us, we cultivate practices that transform both us and those around us for His glory. In this closing episode of our Awaken Delight series, Stephanie explores explore the core themes of awakening delight in God—what it looks like, why it matters, and how we can cultivate it as our spiritual reality.You are invited to purchase Stephanie's book on this topic, Awaken Delight, here: https://a.co/d/0625K1AZ Stephanie Rousselle opens by reflecting on her early Christian days at a Parisian church, noticing how fellow believers exuded a love and delight in the Lord that initially felt foreign yet deeply compelling. This spiritual delight, she observes, stems not from duty, but from truly tasting and seeing God's goodness (Psalm 37:4). She encourages us to pursue not just knowledge of God, but a transformative, experiential joy in His presence.Throughout the series, Stephanie introduced ten common spiritual struggles. Which ones do you relate to? Are you…Spiritually exhausted, faith dulled by life's demands, longing for rest deeper than sleep?Intellectually driven, disconnected from the living presence of Jesus?Facing chronic physical pain, learning to believe through suffering?Battling mental oppression, struggling to feel God's presence despite knowing His promises?Enduring spiritual dryness, persisting out of stubborn faith?Grappling with profound grief, finding grace in the midst of loss?Seeking reconciliation after conflict with loved ones?An achiever whose identity is tangled in performance, avoiding vulnerability?Losing the centrality of Jesus amidst your Christian routines?Trapped in spiritual habits that have become legalistic, losing wonder and enjoyment?Each of us may relate to one or more of these journeys. Which character sounds most like your current season? Many of us embody more than one.Our FREE gift to you today! An exclusive prayer as we wrap up our series, to rekindle your delight in God: go to https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelightthepodcast and find the form for Episode 464. Give us your email, and you will receive the full prayer in your inbox immediately!We've all experienced the universal hunger for spiritual delight, which can be found in Christ alone. Towards that end, Stephanie introduces the metaphor of the garden—a symbol of paradise in biblical tradition. The garden has various areas, all representing a particular spiritual discipline rooted in Jesus:Hidden benches and ponds: Silence, solitude, meditation—habits growing our identity in God. We are created as “imago Dei” dust: both gloriously made in God's image and profoundly humble in our origins. Embracing this paradox breeds humility—knowing our worth and brokenness—and freedom—living authentically in Christ. When we remember whose delight defines us, we are freed from chasing identity in performance, approval, or escapism.Pergolas and open spaces: Service, fellowship, missions—habits shaping our purpose alongside others. Hospitality, service, discipleship—rooted in purpose and love for others. Delight begets delight. As we root our lives in God's delight over us, we are empowered to reflect that joy to others—making space for them to experience God and closing the loop of love and worship.Flowers and fruit trees: Gratitude, creativity, lament, and stewardship—blending personal and communal practices. Gratitude, simplicity, lament, suffering, fasting—individual and communal practices. Your core identity is this: God delights in you. Awaken to his love, and let your life become a fruitful, joyful garden of intimacy with Jesus—bearing delight for yourself and for others.Anchors: Bible study as a meadow, prayer as a greenhouse, worship as fountains. God invites us to co-cultivate this garden, discovering new spiritual “flavors” over a lifetime.Brook of Living Water: Jesus himself, sustaining every corner of the garden. God is both gardener and host, inviting us to co-cultivate habits that lead to ever-deepening delight.As we leave this series:Remember: God's delight defines our core identity.Practice: Lean into personal disciplines, both alone and with others, to cultivate awareness of God's goodness.Reflect: Trade escapism or performance for honest worship and humble belonging.Share: Help others encounter the intoxicating joy of Christ.You are invited to purchase Stephanie's book on this topic, Awaken Delight, here: https://a.co/d/0625K1AZ MORE ABOUT “AWAKEN DELIGHT” BY STEPHANIE ROUSSELLE"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." This is God's promise to you in Psalm 37:4. But many believers quietly assume it's just a poetic suggestion, or it doesn't really work here on earth. In Awaken Delight, Stephanie Rousselle invites you to rediscover what Scripture actually means by delight in God. It's not emotional hype or religious performance, but a steady satisfaction rooted in who God is.Through biblical theology and practical rhythms, you'll learn how delighting in Godreshapes sufferingquiets restless strivinganchors your identity in God's unshakable delight of youLearning to delight in God is the quiet revolution that reshapes how we endure pain, love others, and understand our own hearts.Awaken Delight is a theologically grounded spiritual formation book for thoughtful believers who feel spiritually fatigued and are ready to embrace the reality of Psalm 37:4.Purchase here: https://a.co/d/0625K1AZ More details at https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelightWhat you will (re)discover as you journey with God through Awaken Delight:Delight in God is identity-shaping, not emotion-driven. Delight in God is not fleeting emotion but resilient identity.Delight in God is altogether trust, satisfaction in God, relational intimacy with Him.Delight in God is often expressed and grown through resilient joy under suffering.Delight in God is the missing engine behind resilience. It's the antidote to burnout. It's even the foundation for sustainable ministry.God's delight in you is secure, not performance-dependent. God's delight in you frees you from striving! That's the beginning of delight.Jesus is the center of every endeavor to delight in God.You can build a delight-centered spiritual life.Awaken Delight invites you to follow Scriptural truths and spiritual practices that cultivate daily joy in God.Let's be completely honest. Are you…Exhausted by trying to “feel” spiritual?Performing faith without real joy?Feeling unworthy despite consistent effort?Wondering if Psalm 37:4 really works?What if the problem isn't your faith, but the way you've been pursuing God? Delight isn't about effort; it's about learning how to receive God as your deepest joy.This isn't extra joy on Sundays. It's the foundation for deep delight in God which willstrengthen your prayer lifeprovide you with resilient peace,reframe your pain and suffering,transform your obedience into soul-satisfying joy.Awaken Delight is a theologically grounded, Scripture-centered spiritual formation book that helps believers recover a resilient, Christ-centered spiritual life. In short, it's practice for heaven.Purchase here: https://a.co/d/0625K1AZ More details at https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelight"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart."―Psalm 37:4. But, what if you've lost your delight in God? Or you've never really experienced it in the first place? What if a season of suffering has snuffed out your joy, leaving you spiritually discouraged and emotionally numb?Delighting in God changes everything: how you experience your faith, relationships, and circumstances―and even how you see yourself.You can experience Psalm 37:4 as your daily reality. In Awaken Delight, Stephanie Rousselle connects scriptural and theological truth to your everyday life so you can experience what delighting in God really means. It's not about checking boxes on a spiritual to-do list or mustering a constant state of positive feelings. Rather, delight is about satisfying your soul's deepest longing through a vibrant relationship with the living God.In Awaken Delight, Stephanie Rousselleshows how delighting in God is crucial for spiritual growth,provides spiritual habits that help you live in delight, andincludes discussion questions and Bible engagement great for book clubs or small groups.By looking to Christ as your model of divine delight, you can discover that no matter what you're experiencing―whether weariness, sorrow, hope, or happiness―you truly can "taste and see that the Lord is good." If you are longing for a revived faith filled with hope, delight, worth, and grace, Awaken Delight invites you to cultivate a worshipful, life-giving delight in God that's rooted in God's delight in you.Purchase here: https://a.co/d/0625K1AZ More details at https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelightDISCOVER THE BOOK BEHIND THE PODCAST | "Awaken Delight" by Stephanie Rousselle"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 isn't a poetic suggestion — it's a promise. But many believers quietly assume it doesn't really work, or it's not really possible here on earth.In Awaken Delight, Stephanie Rousselle invites you to rediscover what Scripture actually means by delight — not emotional hype, not religious performance, but a steady satisfaction rooted in who God is.Delight in God isn't a mood to manufacture; it's a relationship to receive.Through biblical theology and practical rhythms, you'll learn how communion with God reshapes suffering, quiets restless striving, and anchors your identity in something unshakable.Delighting in God isn't sentimental optimism. It's deeply rooted in Christ, Jesus.It's the quiet revolution that reshapes how we endure pain, love others, and understand our own heart.Awaken Delight is a theologically grounded spiritual formation book for thoughtful believers who feel spiritually fatigued and are ready to embrace the reality of Psalm 37:4.More at https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelight Purchase the book, "Awaken Delight" by Stephanie Rousselle: https://a.co/d/0bqhUb5JKind words from Jennifer Rothschild, Bible teacher, Author, Speaker, Podcast Host, Founder, Fresh Grounded Faith: “Stephanie helps us awaken to and experience true delight. It is a rich mix of God's delight in you and your delight in him. This is the life you were made for, the life your soul deeply longs for. So, the table is set. Pull up a chair and let your heart sit alongside Stephanie. As your delight in God wakes up and becomes fully realized, you'll find a satisfaction in Christ that makes you want more and more.”Kind words from Amanda Jenkins, Lead creator of THE CHOSEN's literary content: "I have yet to meet another person quite as eager to intimately know Jesus as Stephanie is. Her enthusiasm for the beauty found inside a thriving relationship with her Savior is downright contagious. Indeed, Stephanie's joy and faith and commitment to growth—along with her love for really good food!—will implant themselves in the hearts of readers. Lucky readers."Kind words from Os Guinness, Theologian, Social critic, Author, The Call:  "Stephanie addresses one of the greatest needs of Christians today. Knowing God is not knowing about God, but knowing Him genuinely and with desire and delight. She does so practically and helpfully, and in a style that sparkles with a verve and joy that is distinctively French."Kind words from Pippa Gumbel, Pioneer, The Alpha Course; Author, The Bible in one year with husband Nicky: "Stephanie's love of God is inspiring and infectious. Her book is an invitation to share in that delight and to come to know God in new and wonderful ways."More at https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelight Purchase the book, "Awaken Delight" by Stephanie Rousselle: https://a.co/d/0bqhUb5JSupport us on Gospel Spice, PayPal and Venmo!

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What if changing your attitude starts with changing the questions you ask yourself? Stephen Shaner has taken a remarkable path through music, the military, firefighting, air traffic control, technology, leadership, magic, and public speaking. Along the way, he became fascinated with how people respond to life and why some people remain positive when things go wrong. Stephen and I explore how attitude becomes a choice, why focusing on what you can control can reduce fear and frustration, and how simple changes in vocabulary can shift your outlook. We also talk about gratitude, energy, service, leadership, passion, and discovering who you are beyond what you do for work. Stephen shares lessons from Stephen Covey, Toastmasters, his own leadership experiences, and everyday moments when one different question changed everything. I believe you will find some useful ideas here for building a more positive attitude and making choices that help you move forward. Highlights: 02:58 – Follow Stephen's unusual path from music and the military to leadership and speaking. 10:21 – Discover why knowing who you are matters more than defining yourself by your job. 13:44 – Learn why attitude is a choice, even when circumstances are difficult. 22:42 – See how changing your words can shift the way you experience everyday challenges. 30:21 – Hear how gratitude can quickly change your focus and mood. 52:30 – Learn how one different question can turn a negative situation into a positive one. About the Guest: Stephen Shaner has been studying the concept of “attitude” for more than 35 years. Specifically, his interest has focused on how attitude affects people, and the people around them. He has incorporated learning experiences from a multitude of sources, research, and training relative to behavior, attitude, ethics, and business and personal relations. Stephen, as a facilitator of Stephen Covey's “The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" for 15 years, was able to gain powerful insight. These opportunities led him to design informative and relevant presentations. Coupled with his contagious attitude, his extensive experience has made him a popular resource for keynotes, seminars, workshops, private sessions, newsletters and articles. He is a sought-after mentor for business professionals and individuals seeking for meaningful and lasting improvement. In his professional life, after 20 years of employment with HealthPartners, Stephen recently retired as the Manager of the Regional Technology Center in Duluth, Minnesota. He has been an active member of Toastmasters International for over 23 years, where he has held many leadership positions, including District Director for a membership base of approximately 5,000, and Region IV Advisor, with responsibilities covering six U.S. states and four Canadian Provinces. Stephen currently lives with his wife in Tennessee. Stephen continues to incorporate his leadership and communication skills to help professional and private entities meet their specific demands and goals.  His success is based on delivering personalized training, guidance, and entertaining messages, and his passion for teaching and sharing his knowledge for the benefit of those around him.  As an award-winning international speaker, his presentations have reached around the globe to businesses including England, Germany, Canada, the Philippines, and India.    Stephen is also building a successful podcast titled, “Are You Awesome Today?” He will soon be releasing his 200th episode, all featuring a truly international cache of professionals, covering a myriad of relevant, interesting and dynamic topics.   Stephen has developed presentations that reach to the core of what attitude is and how having the right one can dramatically change lives professionally and personally. You are invited to explore all Stephen has to offer, or contact him to discuss a presentation that fits your needs. Ways to connect with Stephen: Website: www.awesomeattitude.net LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenshaner/ About the Host: Michael Hingson is a New York Times best-selling author, international lecturer, and Chief Vision Officer for accessiBe. Michael, blind since birth, survived the 9/11 attacks with the help of his guide dog Roselle. This story is the subject of his best-selling book, Thunder Dog. Michael gives over 100 presentations around the world each year speaking to influential groups such as Exxon Mobile, AT&T, Federal Express, Scripps College, Rutgers University, Children's Hospital, and the American Red Cross just to name a few. He is Ambassador for the National Braille Literacy Campaign for the National Federation of the Blind and also serves as Ambassador for the American Humane Association's 2012 Hero Dog Awards. https://michaelhingson.com https://www.facebook.com/michael.hingson.author.speaker/ https://twitter.com/mhingson https://www.youtube.com/user/mhingson https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelhingson/ Thanks for listening! Thanks so much for listening to our podcast! If you enjoyed this episode and think that others could benefit from listening, please share it using the social media buttons on this page. Do you have some feedback or questions about this episode? Leave a comment in the section below! Subscribe to the podcast If you would like to get automatic updates of new podcast episodes, you can subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts or Stitcher. You can subscribe in your favorite podcast app. You can also support our podcast through our tip jar https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/unstoppable-mindset . Leave us an Apple Podcasts review Ratings and reviews from our listeners are extremely valuable to us and greatly appreciated. They help our podcast rank higher on Apple Podcasts, which exposes our show to more awesome listeners like you. If you have a minute, please leave an honest review on Apple Podcasts. Transcription Notes: Michael Hingson  00:04 What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't what's in front of you, but rather what you believe? Welcome to Unstoppable Mindset, where inclusion, diversity, and the unexpected meet. I'm your host, Michael Hingson, speaker, author, and advocate for inclusion and possibilities. This podcast explores how the beliefs we carry shape the way we live, lead, and connect with others. Each week, I talk with people who challenge assumptions, face adversity head-on, and show what's possible when we choose curiosity over fear. Together, we focus on mindset, resilience, and the small shifts that lead to meaningful change. Let's get started. Hi there, everyone. Wherever you happen to be, welcome to another episode of Unstoppable Mindset. I am your host Michael Hingston, and today we get to chat with Stephen Shainer. And Stephen is a person who's going to talk a lot about attitudes. So we ought to have a great discussion about cats. Then we'll see. Anyway, Stephen, welcome to Unstoppable Mindset. We're glad you're here. Stephen Shaner  01:23 Well, thank you so much, Michael. It's an honor to be here. Thanks for having me. Michael Hingson  01:26 Actually, my cat does does pretty well. My cat has developed this habit that she likes to be petted while she eats, and I'm the one that has to pet her since now I'm the only one in the house. But literally, she'll yell and won't eat until I go in and pet her while she's eating, it's it's really funny. Stephen Shaner  01:45 Ours was abused in two homes before we got her by both people and animals, and we got her from the shelter. She had very little fur from the anxiety. They told us she was a medium-haired tabby, and we got her home, and she just went poof, and just this giant fur ball. And it turns out she's part Norwegian forest cat, but she's just a little angel. She just her favorite place to be is on one of our laps, and she she doesn't get into anything. She doesn't scratch furniture. She has no interest in people, food. She just wants to be held and likes to purr. Michael Hingson  02:14 Well, and that's what counts. Well, we rescued this one. We rescued Stitch 11 years ago. Now it's actually getting 11 years and almost a month. And people lived in the apartment next to us, and the the wife died, and it was the wife's cat basically because the husband decided to go live in an assisted living facility and had absolutely no interest in the cat. Just told his caregiver and his sister who were moving out his furniture, take the cat to the pound. I don't want anything to do with it. We learned about that, and we said, "Well, we'll find it a home, because we didn't want a cat at the time. We was all we were living in apartments and had two golden or two Labrador Retriever dogs, a guide dog, and the dog's mother, who was also a service dog for my wife. And so we said, "We'll find it a home, and as I love to say, I then made the mistake of asking what the cat's name was, and they told me the cat's name was Stitch, and I realized that this cat was going nowhere since my wife had been a quilter since 1994. Stephen Shaner  03:15 That's a great story, Michael Hingson  03:16 and Stitch has been now with us for over 11 years, and it's and it's great. And my wife has passed away, but you know, Stitch and my current guide dog Alamo keep an eye on me. And I'm sure my wife is monitoring from somewhere, so I got to be a good kid, or I'm going to get in trouble. Stephen Shaner  03:32 Yep, good. Michael Hingson  03:33 So you know, it kind of works. Well, tell us about kind of maybe the early Stephen growing up. Let's start there. It's always great to start at the beginning. Stephen Shaner  03:41 Wow, way back there. I know Michael Hingson  03:43 a long time ago. Stephen Shaner  03:45 Yeah, early. My my dad played guitar professionally for many years, and he's done some other things as well. But that was his primary love, his passion. And growing up, I learned guitar a little bit, and then by the time I got to elementary school, I had picked up trumpet and did well with the trumpet. Had fun with it in high school. By my 10th grade, I was playing in the the college jazz band, and then when I graduated from high school, I joined the army and I went through the Navy School of Music and graduated from that. I played trumpet and guitar in the army for three and a half years. The Michael Hingson  04:17 boogie woogie bugle boy of Company B Stephen Shaner  04:20 did a lot of funerals. Yes, I did. I was a bugler and got out of the army and didn't do much with music after that. But I I got a job at the mines, copper mines there in Arizona. Worked there two weeks and we had a cave in one night. And okay, that's the end of that. Were you out near Bisbee Michael Hingson  04:37 or where were you? Stephen Shaner  04:38 I was out near Superior. Michael Hingson  04:40 Superior. Okay. Yeah, Stephen Shaner  04:41 that that area. So then I became a full time firefighter EMT, and did that for a couple years. I left that job through something less stressful. I became an air traffic controller. Michael Hingson  04:53 Yeah, that was less stressful, right? Stephen Shaner  04:55 It was, yeah. Good job. So that was in San Diego, and did not like. The job and ended up going out to Florida, Daytona Beach, Florida, and it was in San Diego. I started picking up Magic a little bit, and went to Florida and went to Embry-Riddle Air Natical University for a year. Didn't care for that. I got hired by GE to do some computer type stuff and worked with them for a little bit. Then I was accepted to Magic College, and they only take so many students a year, and I was accepted. They were in Los Angeles, you know. So I went San Diego, Florida, then went back to L.A. I went to Magic College, spent some time Michael Hingson  05:31 at the Magic Castle, of course. I Stephen Shaner  05:32 worked the Magic Castle for a few years while I was out there, and just had a good time and left L.A. Went up to Washington State and got back into computers, and continued to do the magic, and then I ended up getting a job at the Nevada Tuss Site. So I worked there for five and a half years, along with Area 51, a little bit, and then. So, are there are Michael Hingson  05:52 there any aliens out there? No, Stephen Shaner  05:53 it's it's a great subterfuge, though. I know people think that's it. They don't know what's really going on out there. So, I was out at Michael Hingson  06:03 Roswell several years ago speaking somewhere, and it was fun to to make jokes about the the aliens. And I'm sure that they stored them out there somewhere. Stephen Shaner  06:12 Yeah. So, and then when I when that job, they stopped doing nuclear testing about three four months after I got there, and so my company went from a little over 10,000 employees, and over the next five and a half years, they were doing, you know, reduction in forces every six months, and we got down to about 1800. And I was like, you know, there's no future here. So we went to Minnesota, and I took a little time off, figure out what I wanted to do. When I grew up, at that point, I had I had two Oracle certifications, Oracle programming language, and so I got to Minneapolis then and got a job with the U.S. Postal Service as a contractor and helped them develop a national training database. And then I went to work for a healthcare company when that project was done, and I was with them for 20 years. Michael Hingson  06:58 Wow! Stephen Shaner  06:59 And they eventually moved me up to Duluth. They asked me to go relocate up there. They're going to open a new IT facility up in Duluth, Minnesota, and they asked me to consider relocating up there and managing this new facility. So did that, and I ran that place for about 14 years before I retired in 2019. Now I'm down here in Tennessee, speaking and doing magic, and I've got the podcast. I just published my third book and doing a lot of emergency communications on radio and that type of stuff and having a good time. Michael Hingson  07:27 I, when I was doing computer sales, especially the last few years, worked for Quantum Corporation, so we were the manufacturers of a lot of the digital linear tape technology and tape libraries and so on, and it was fascinating to to see all the things that the companies were doing. Wall Street used a lot of Sybase much more than Oracle, and I guess it all had to do with the fact that they were not formatted fields so much in Sybase. And I'm not quite sure what the advantage of that was, but people seemed to like Sybase at least for a while. Stephen Shaner  08:02 Yeah, I I knew some people that did both at at I don't remember what companies were at, but they were doing both Oracle and Sidebase, and there were some you know pros and cons for both. Michael Hingson  08:13 Yeah, is Sybase still around today? Stephen Shaner  08:16 That I don't know. Michael Hingson  08:17 Yeah, I don't either. I mean, Oracle certainly is, but yeah, Stephen Shaner  08:20 Oracle. It's been Michael Hingson  08:20 a long time since since I was involved with it all. It kind of really ended a few months after September 11th for me, so I've never really checked. I should go back and check and see if Sybase is around. I know it it was it would it would definitely be a problem for for blind people to do a lot with with Sybase when they were not formatted fields, but there are some technologies that even can handle that today, which which is kind of cool. Yes, but Oracle definitely certainly made life great for Larry Ellison anyway. Stephen Shaner  08:52 Yeah, it did. I met him. We were at a. It was a different company. It was a company that manufactured the computerized maintenance management software that we use at the Nevada test site. We was having a user group meeting in Dallas, and he came in during the last day and talked to us for a few minutes. It was when they were promoting Oracle Personal Seven, ah, and so he came in. So I did get to beat Larry Ellison. He's a he's a different guy. Michael Hingson  09:18 Well, that's cool. So so now today, what do you do exactly? Stephen Shaner  09:23 Well, along the way, along through all of those travels, I really became a people watcher. I just loved watching people and and how they acted, how they reacted, how they proacted, and the vocabulary they use, and just how they how they interacted with other people, I was fascinated by that, and that's how I kind of got caught up into this this attitude stuff, and learned quite a bit along the way just by watching people. I got involved in Toastmasters about 24 years ago, and kind of went up through the ranks there, and and was a what they every club is in an area. Are in a dis in a division. Every division is in a district, and the districts are pretty large. And the top three people in in the district are what they call the district trio. And I ended up serving in those three positions. First, I was the what they called the lieutenant governor of marketing. So I spent a year marketing Toastmasters. I created 16 clubs, new clubs for our district. Our district was most of Minnesota, North Central Ontario. It was big, and had over 5000 members, almost 300 clubs at that point. And then the next year, I was Lieutenant Governor of Education training, so I was working on you know training district leaders and club officers and those those programs. And then I was elected district governor. As district governor, I had 10 division governors, 58 area governors, and a leadership team of about 30. Did that for a year, and just loved it. What a great experience! And then I was immediate past district governor for a year, and then the board of directors, Toastmasters, appointed me to be a region advisor, and I did that for a year. And I had I had Minnesota, Iowa, North and South Dakota, part of Wyoming, part of Nebraska. I had Montana, I had Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Western Ontario. Michael Hingson  11:06 Wow! Stephen Shaner  11:07 Yeah, so and that was a fabulous experience. Yeah, then after that, done a lot of mentoring. Been mentored by a lot of people. I served as a past region advisor on the past region advisor council, where we looked at the past the Regent Advisor program, then I spent two years serving on the International Disciplinary Committee. So I've done done a lot of things in that organization, but my whole focus has been you know speaking on attitude and and those types of topics. I I do I have a real passion for helping people find their passions. Too often you know, ask somebody who are you, and they'll say things like, "Well, I'm a computer programmer. I'm a lawyer. No, that's what you do. Are you? And they don't know how to answer that question. Or, or you ask them, "What are you passionate about? And you get a blank stare. So, I I developed a program called Find Your Peace, which is your passion, your purpose, your potential, and your personal mission. And it's a month long, and it just takes these people through a exercise of self discovery, and they discover really who they are and why they do the things they do and think the way they think. And it's just it's really a lot of fun watching them go through that that transformation. Michael Hingson  12:10 Stephen Covey been a pretty significant influence for you. Stephen Shaner  12:14 I met him, and that that was yeah. I I was a facilitator of Stephen Covey's Seven Habits when I got to the healthcare company I worked, they that was a mandatory class for all new employees, and I had been using it for years before that, and had taught some of it to a few people here and there. Nothing formal, but after I took the class, they had they had six certified instructors there at the company, and the head guy came to me and he says, "You know this stuff better than we do. Would you be willing to help us teach this stuff? I said, "Sure. Shortly after that, four of the other instructors left the company, so it was him, me, and one other person. Then the other person left, so it was just him and me. And then he said, "I'm just too busy take it over. So, so I was running that program for a while until the company dropped it. But in I don't remember what year it was was when Stephen Covey released the Eighth Habit. He was doing a seminar in Minneapolis, and I and I went to that, and there was about 250 of us in attendance, and they brought in box lunches for us. And so I ate lunch, and I walked out to the lobby. This was at the Minneapolis Convention Center, and I walked out to the lobby, and was throwing my lunch stuff away, and I turned around and he was walking up. So I stuck my hand out and I shook his hand. I said, "Thank you. And he smiled. He says, "What are you thanking me for? I says, "Your seven habits have changed my life in so many ways. And I thought that would be the end of the conversation. It wasn't. He put his arm around me and he pulled me over to the corner, and he said, "Tell me your story. And so I told him, you know, about my life, pre-seven habits, and some things I've been doing since. Then he asked me a question I wasn't expecting. He says, "Which habit do you think is most important? I says, "Well, for me, habit one, be proactive. He said, "Really? Why one? I says, "Well, I think if you master habit one, you'll have huge successes with the other six habits. I says, and if you don't, you may have some successes, but nowhere near the level, you know, that you could. And he he smiled and he says, "You get it. Then he then he says, "What's your name? I says, "Stephen. He goes, "Oh, great name. But the the lesson for me was, if somebody like Stephen Covey can make me the most important person in his life for 10 minutes, you know, how should we be treating the people we that we interact with. Michael Hingson  14:23 Yeah, where does attitude come from? Stephen Shaner  14:25 You know, this is a this is this is a thing that when I when I talk about it, I get a lot of you know people looking at me like no, no, no. So, but here's here's here's the way we feel, and I felt this way for a long time too. It's okay. I'm this way because of my parents or because of my grandparents. Okay, I have a negative attitude because it's Monday, or because it's you know the sun isn't shining, or because so and so is in the White House, or whatever. So many people feel like attitude is placed upon us. I'm this way because of what's going on around me. When the fact is, attitude is a choice that we can make. And that's the whole habit. One be proactive, you know. He, Stephen Covey, teaches us that between stimulus and our response, there is a space, you know, where we can choose what our response is going to be, and we're the only animal that can do that. I mean, if I if I'm hiking through the woods and I accidentally walk between Mama Bear and her cub, she's not going to be proactive. She's she's going to react, and so so those those or she or Michael Hingson  15:25 you can say she's going to be proactive and get you out of the world. But yeah, I hear you. Maybe Stephen Shaner  15:29 yeah. So but and I was working for a guy when I when I first started looking at some of the stuff. I was working for a guy who took credit for everything I did, and he wasn't shy about it. We'd be sitting in a meeting, and I'd be sitting next to him. He'd go, "Yep, I did this, and I did this, and I did this, and I just sit there quietly. And one day, he, the whole day long, is over there typing on his computer. Finally, he's the printer, and he he comes over and he hands me. He had just he had just redone his resume, and he handed it to me. And I'm I'm looking at this, and I'm thinking, you know, I could put my name at the top of this resume. It would be perfect, and it got to the point. So you imagine the emotions. I mean, those negative emotions come in-the frustration, the anger, and those types of things. And I decided it was time to move on. But before I did, I took some time. I went out into the wilderness, and I took Seven Habits book. I took Tony Robbins' Awaken the giant within. I took my scriptures and I took my journal and I took some food and water and I just went out there and and so I'm reading Stephen Covey and he's telling me that if I'm having a bad day, it's because I decided to, not what I wanted to hear. Then I'm reading Tony Robbins and he's telling me frustration is a good thing and it's also not what I wanted to hear. But then as I read my scriptures and and was writing my journal, I kind of came back to this concept of being of service, and I came out of that weekend with a huge breakthrough. And it was like, so what? So what if he's taking credit for what I do? Is it my job to make him look good? You know. And so my attitude completely changed because I asked different questions, and I and I decided that, you know, I can have good attitude anyway. Went back to work. He continued to do that. Didn't matter. I I had a better attitude. I was more energetic. I had fun at the job, and it was because you know it was all on me. I had to make a decision and decide. So so I've learned, and I've helped a lot of other people realize that you know if you're having this, and Stephen was right, if you're having a bad day, it's because you decided to, and yeah, bad things do happen, okay, to us. But it's still, if we decide to be in a negative mood, that is because we decided to. I know people have gone through divorce, have been thrilled, you know, and it's just it's it's how you look at it. The questions you ask are so important. Michael Hingson  17:38 Well, I know everybody talks about September 11th. What a horrible time it was! How stressful it was, and so on. And yeah, it was a bad thing. On the other hand, as as I point out to people, people ask me all the time, "Well, you survived. What do you think about that? And I said, "Well, I know there were people who who did not, and I am I'm sad about that. But by the same token, the very fact that I survived really means what I need to do is decide how I'm going to live my life and what I'm going to do with that. And we were very blessed. I think almost immediately the media got a hold of of my story. That happened because we we started by talking with the person who was in charge of information at Guide Dogs for the Blind, where I've gotten all of my dogs, and she wanted to put out a story, and that got to the media, and I chose to start to answer questions that people wanted to ask from the media. What I learned was that was much more therapeutic than in going to any kind of counseling sessions would be because you never knew what they were going to ask. Some people asked really good questions. Some people asked really dumb questions. But the point is that that allowing myself to be subjected to all of that taught me how to how to think and deal with all of it. And and the reality is, what I learned was ultimately for me, it's what am I going to do with my life because I survived, and then phone calls started coming in from people saying we'd love to have you come and speak and talk to us about what we should learn from the World Trade Center, which over the years has evolved to a lot more than what happened on September 11th, but why I got to the World Trade Center in the first place, and the the lessons to be learned from all of that, and the bottom line is that that I learned, as as you pointed out, how much of it is really choice, and I could be negative about the World Trade Center or not. Certainly, it was a not a very very positive thing, but how I deal with it is really the issue as far as my personal life is concerned. Stephen Shaner  19:47 Yeah, you get it. That's that's exactly it. We have we have that opportunity to make that choice. I Michael Hingson  19:53 met someone who had a brother who was a police officer. And died at the World Trade Center. He was a fireman, and he switched and decided he wanted to become a police officer because he wanted to go kill terrorists and he wanted to capture them and put them in jail and maybe get a chance to kill them. That was his choice, and that always struck me as that's not going to help. On the other hand, I can certainly talk to to people here and anywhere about the World Trade Center and how we deal with our lives, and we can talk about God and where God is in all of it. People always ask me if you know if I think that God just really blew it that day, and and again, my my point is, why do you think that? You know, the reality is, everyone has a choice in the world that they can make at any given time, and and we need to make those choices, and we need to live by the choices that we make. Stephen Shaner  20:54 Yes, absolutely. And there's some other things we can do when we find ourselves in those negative places. Number one is ask different questions. Sometimes negative things happen, and we're asking the wrong questions. You know, why me? You know, those those types of questions. And guess what? We'll get the answers. So, and it seems a funny one. I had a when I was working up in Duluth. My my direct report manager was down in Minneapolis, so we were about 160 miles away, and every now and then my team would make a mistake of some kind, and there was a senior director down there that every time that happened, he would immediately go to my boss, you know, and and question this, and then I get pulled in later, and I just I would get so frustrated that he wouldn't come to me with this stuff, you know, and this went on for a long time, and one day we had we'd made a mistake, and so he sent an email to my boss. Look what they did this time. So my boss forwarded to me, and he just simply typed in Stephen question mark. You know, of course, as soon as I saw it, you know, I was like, I was so frustrated, and I kept asking, does he go to my boss? Why doesn't he come to me? Why did you know? And it was just these negative anger, frustration. And finally, I calmed down. I said, "Okay, why am I really upset here? Am I upset because my team made a mistake? No, they make mistakes. They're exceptional at fixing problems and making sure they don't happen again. That wasn't. Was I upset that my boss knew? No, I'd already told him, you know, he needed to know. Okay, so that wasn't it, and I kept coming back to this. Why does he go to him? Why did he come to me? And then finally, I changed a little bit, and I said, Why would he go to my boss? And I thought, I was, well, they've known each other for years, they have a relationship, they have trust, and I said, maybe he doesn't even know he can come to me. I was just thinking that. Stephen Shaner  22:42 Yeah, all of a sudden, I was like, "Okay, I'm in control again. So I called or I replied to the email. Here's what happened. Here's what we've done to fix it. It won't happen again. And I said, "If anything like this happens in the future, please let me know. Okay. I set that off. I then called this this gentleman and I and I set up a one-on-one with him that we could meet every two weeks, and I could start building that relationship with him, build the trust. And after a while, he didn't go to my boss anymore. He came to me. But by changing the questions, Michael Hingson  23:10 yeah, Stephen Shaner  23:10 you know, we'll get different answers. If Speaker 1  23:16 you enjoy Unstoppable Mindset and would like to help us continue bringing these conversations to you each week. We've created a way for you to support the show. Your contribution helps us cover production costs and continue sharing stories, insights, and ideas that inspire people to live with purpose and possibility. If supporting the podcast feels right for you, you'll find the link in the show notes. Thank you for being part of the Unstoppable Mindset Community. Stephen Shaner  23:48 Well, and and then there's you know the vocabulary we're using too. Michael Hingson  23:52 I was Stephen Shaner  23:52 sitting at a Toastmasters conference one night, Friday night dinner, the round table. There's I think eight of us at the table. So it was me, my wife Nancy was next to me, and my former boss was next to her. He he and I joined Toastmasters at the same time, and and this was right when I was getting ready to become the district governor. And I and I looked over at at my former boss. I says, "Are you going to be an area governor next year? And him being him and his sense of hearing, he says, "Well, why would I want to do that? So I replied, "It's the best job in the district. You get to visit clubs, you get to give presentations, you get to organize speech contests. It's a lot of fun. And at the same time, then a lady across the table I just met, she she piped up. She says, "Well, a lady in my club is an area governor, and she hates it. And I said, "Really? Why? She says, "Well, she has to go visit clubs, and she has to organize speech contests, and she has to give presentations. And you see the difference. I was saying you get to do these things. She was saying you have to have to do these things. Yeah. How do you feel when you have to do something? You know, versus get to, and we can change our vocabulary just that simple, and it it makes a. Huge difference. If I say, "Oh, this is devastating, what am I going to experience? Devastation, whatever that means to me, you know. And I used the words like that. There's something bad happening. I'd use those negative words, and now I've just I've switched it up. So something like that happens. I just I just go, okay, this is entertaining because that changes me instantly because being entertained is a completely different experience than being devastated. Okay, so I can look at whatever is going on completely differently from an entertaining standpoint, and it takes me in a completely different direction. So vocabulary is huge. The the words we use, and I and I always tell people: take if you're in a negative place, what do you what are you watching? What are you listening to? What are you reading? You know what were you with? You know, take a look at those things. For years, I would watch the news programs on Sunday, you know, and I just scream at the TV. And I haven't watched news on on television now probably in going on 20 years. You know, I don't need that because most of it is negative, you know. And I can get my news into, you know, as much as I need where I want to get it from, and and do it that way. So I watch Michael Hingson  26:11 I watch the news, but I also recognize something, and you're you're alluding to it certainly, which is it's it's all about how you choose to deal with what you see. When I was running from the collapse of Tower Two, the first thing I thought of when I started to run was God, I can't believe that you got us out of a building just to have it fall on us. And as soon as I thought that, I heard a voice in my head as clearly as you hear me that said, don't worry about what you can't control. Focus on running with Roselle, and the rest will take care of itself. And I also had this absolute perfect sense of conviction that if I and my guide dog Roselle worked together, we would be fine. And I have lived by that concept for now the last 24 and a half years, which really is one of things happen. There are a lot of things that we don't have control over. It doesn't mean that we shouldn't necessarily be aware of them, but it does mean that we don't need to let those things be things that we worry about because we're not going to have any control over them anyway. And that's 90 to 95% of what comes across in our lives, so it's it's for me. I don't mind watching the news. I I expect not very much from all of it, and I know they're going to come through every time. So it works out really well. But but the fact is that it's one of the ways that I have to get the news since I don't read newspapers directly. I can read. I can get the L.A. or the New York Times online, but still the news is is there, and I'll take what I can learn from it and move forward. But it is it gets back to again. It's a choice, right? Stephen Shaner  27:53 Yes. And you just you just nailed habit one. Be proactive. Yeah. There's a lot of things going on in the world. Okay. All the things of all the things we want in the world, some things we don't care about. Okay, but there are some things that concern us. Okay, so we we we pay more attention to those. There are a lot of things out there. They have no concern about that. And then inside all those things that concern us, there are things that we can influence and things that we can't. Okay, so proactive people focus on the things they can influence, the things they can control primarily themselves, okay, right? And yeah, reactive people. Where do they focus? They focus on the things they have no influence over, and they yell and scream and gripe and and do all those things like I used to do, and and that's the difference. That's really habit one in the nutshell. Yeah, focus on the things you control, and I and I work with people all the time, and I had one here recently. The guy was very frustrated about some things other people were doing, and and was just you know upset and frustrated. And I said, "Look, I says you have no control over those people. Don't worry about them. Focus on the wonderful things that you do every day for people, you know. And immediately his demeanor changed, his attitude changed, and and it really can be that simple, you know, just by changing, you know, asking different questions, using different vocabulary, and and especially if you focus on the things you can control, primarily yourself, it's huge. Michael Hingson  29:13 Yeah. Well, and and the reality is that just so many people just seem to enjoy worrying about all these things, and all they're doing is creating fear in their lives, which is which is so unfortunate, and we fear so many things, and and there's nothing that we're going to be able to do about most all of them because they're not really affecting us, or are touching us in any way. So it doesn't do us any good to to go off and continue to fret, but we do, and we we need to learn not to do that. And it's one of the the things I talk about in my my latest book, "Live Like a Guide Dog, which is all about learning lessons from dogs. You know, dogs don't do what ifs when something happens and it's over. It's over for the dog. They don't they don't go back. Well, what if. This had happened instead. They don't do that, and and it makes such a big difference. There's so much we could learn from observing our dogs. I don't know about cats. No, I do. Cats are good too, but but you know we we can learn so much from the way dogs behave. Dogs are are open to trust. I'm not going to say they're trusting all the time. I do think that dogs love unconditionally, but I don't think that they necessarily trust unconditionally. But they're open to trust, and that's the thing that we have forgotten how to do: is to be open to trust. Stephen Shaner  30:33 Very true, very true. Michael Hingson  30:35 And it is something that we really need to learn to deal with it, and hopefully, over time we will we will do more to catch on. I mean we've got all the stuff going on with politics today, and yeah, it doesn't matter what side of the the spectrum that you're on with with all of that. The bottom line is deal with what you can control, and don't worry about the rest. It makes such a big difference. So the problem is negativity is so much all around us. How do we get ourselves out of a negative mood? I think I kind of know where you're going to go with this, but I think it's a relevant question. How do we how do we get ourselves out of feeling negative all the time? Stephen Shaner  31:15 Touch on some of them. You know, change your vocabulary. You know, take a look at what's going on around you. See if you can eliminate what's causing that negativity, gratitude is huge. Michael Hingson  31:24 Yeah, Stephen Shaner  31:25 and in any given situation, there have been times when I've you know been okay, I've been down or there. But if I just take a breath and say, okay, what am I grateful for right now? You know that that can turn you around instantly. And in my workshops, I'll I'll ask that question. We'll go around the room, and people say, "Well, I'm grateful for you know my health, or my family, or my wife, or my creator, or whatever it may be. There's all these different things, but I take it a step further, and I say, "Okay, all of those things that you said you're grateful for have a relationship associated with it. Okay, so if you say you're you're grateful for your health, well, that's a relationship with yourself, perhaps your doctor, perhaps your creator. If you're grateful for your family, that's a relationship. Your employees, there's these relationships behind that. And then the next question I ask: Okay, so all those things that you're grateful for, all those relationships you're grateful for, do they know? And we miss that part sometimes. We miss Michael Hingson  32:19 that part. Stephen Shaner  32:19 Yeah, and if we if we are truly grateful for a certain thing in our life, and there's that relationship with it, let that person know, and that includes you know being grateful for yourself. You know, give yourself a pat on the back from time to time, and be grateful for that. In my book, I have the line, you know, every day above ground is a great day. Yeah, and and I was at a seminar, and there was a the guy in attendance that was you know three piece suit, Italian suit, you know the fancy shoes, and and the seminar leader asked him. He says, you know, do you consider yourself to be successful? He says, well, no. He says, well, how do you know when you're successful? The guy says, well, when I have a you know four and a half million dollar home and a and you know a $200,000 car and and all this stuff he listed off he says well how much or and he made and he he wanted to make an income of you know it was like you know 5 million a year or something he says well how much you make now he says well I'm at about 3 million a year you know and how much is your house well it's only about 2 million you know but he didn't consider himself successful and then there was another guy there in jeans, cowboy boots, a cowboy hat, and and the the some earlier asked him. He says, "Are you successful? He says, "Absolutely. And he asked him. He says, "How do you know you're successful? He says, "Every day above ground is a great day. And there you Michael Hingson  33:33 go. Stephen Shaner  33:33 And it's just and it's so true. But gratitude is huge. Just taking, like I said, take a step back, take a breath, and okay, what am I grateful for right now? And you can always be grateful for something, and that can change your attitude instantly. Michael Hingson  33:48 Well, and I think there's a lot of merit to that. I know for me, I'm grateful because I get to do what I think I've always wanted to do. I've always wanted to be a teacher. I didn't get to teach for the longest time directly, but since September 11th, that's really what I do. I teach about life and philosophy. I get to teach about disabilities and help try to educate people. And most of the time, I think it probably goes over most people's heads. But every so often, you just never know when you might strike a nerve or you might say something that somebody just goes off and thinks about, and you've you've scored points and you've helped, and so I think that's that's extremely important. I I hear what you're saying. Every day above ground is a is a good day. There's no question about that. Stephen Shaner  34:32 And I don't want to make light of people that you know life through any illnesses and stuff like that. But again, in those situations, Michael Hingson  34:38 if Stephen Shaner  34:38 you if you think about what you are grateful for and have a positive attitude, you'll get through those situations a lot easier. That's for sure. Michael Hingson  34:46 I had a situation last year. Actually, it started in 2023, but I had a a or 2024. I had a a pain in my left arm, and it turns out when we finally. Dealt with it, and and and I had to take some blood tests, and discovered that we had a very elevated heart enzyme called troponin. I had a bad heart valve, and I knew immediately I have two ways to deal with this. I can be scared, fretful, why me? Or I can say, okay, we're going to fix it. And for me personally, I choose the positive way. I'm going to we're going to deal with it and all that. And and we did. I went into the the hospital for an operation to to replace the valve, which they did, And so this operation was supposed to take like two hours or two and a half hours, and it actually only took about an hour for me because, as I love to tell people, I have good veins and good arteries, so no problem. So they they went in, they replaced the the valve, and I wake up and I've had colonoscopies before, so I had some experience with this. I wake up, I'm listening to them, and so I I figure I had to to deal with these guys a little bit. So I started kind of moaning, and I said, "Gee, Doc, do you ever think I'll be able to play the violin? Unfortunately, somebody knew that one, and they said, "Probably. I said that's good because I never play it before. But but then I said, but you know what the doctor said is he sewed himself up, right? Suit yourself, and and you know they said you came right out of that anesthetic, didn't you? And I said, yeah, I told you I was going to come right out of it. But but you know it's been great ever since the valve got replaced, and and I was told that if I hadn't done it, I would have lived anywhere from six months to at most two years. But the valve was replaced, and I still get to to be around my guide dog Alamo and and my cat Stitch. So you know, Stephen Shaner  36:54 yeah, my wife Nancy here is a little over a year ago now. She had an episode where her her blood pressure was going up, but then it would come back down. So we're about there. There's a hospital about a half hour from us, but they don't have all the the fancy facilities and stuff. the The nearest big hospital is is about an hour from here. So I called the paramedics, and they came in and they got her hooked up the KG and were kind of monitoring everything. He says we're going to take her down to Cookville because they've got a good cardiology cardiology department at that hospital where they don't have one here locally. So halfway there, her blood pressure just dropped, and she went unconscious. Michael Hingson  37:40 So Stephen Shaner  37:41 they got her stable license, sirens rest the way in. So she was in that hospital for four days, had every heart test known to man, and you know I would go visit her and and spend a little time with her. And one of the visits, one of the nurses cornered me in the hallway, and she says, "Can I ask you a question? I said, "Sure. She says, "How can you be so positive during all this? And Alex Troy says, "Okay. I says, "Suppose I was very negative and very grumpy about all this. How would that help the situation, right? And I says, "Or if I was grumpy and in a negative mood, how would that help Nancy? And she just said, "You know, I never thought about it that way. And when they were checking her out, the the doctors and all the nurses came in and thanked both of us for for being so positive and friendly and nice with everything that was going on. So little things. And what did they finally decide? Nothing was wrong with her heart. So she has since now this year she had some more heart problems. She started having AFib issues, so they put a watchman in, and that kind of you know plugged that hole in the left ventricle so that she won't get the blood clots. So she doesn't have to be in a blood thinner. And about six days after that, her heart was kind of not working so well with it, so they put a pacemaker in. So she had two heart surgeries in about six days. But now, sounds like what what's going on is all of these problems are being caused by the COVID shots. Ah, and so because her heart was fine, you know, before, but now all of a sudden she's got these. But right now she's doing great. In fact, she had an appointment last two weeks ago, right before the ice storm, and the Cardia says everything's looking good. We'll see you in a year, so so things are going well now. Michael Hingson  39:32 Interesting. Well, you know, I've I've heard that some people have had reactions to the COVID shots, son, but I've never bought into the concept that they're just injecting you with a bunch of trackers to follow you wherever you go. I remember the first few times we had vaccinations, they did it in our in our cars, and so we drove up, and they would come out and they gave injections, and after they gave the injections, I'd reach over with my left hand. I go wait a minute, and I'd hit my right shoulder where they did the injection. I said I was just getting one of them little things that tried to get away, and you know, and the and the nurses finally say, "You don't really believe in those trackers, do you? And I said, "Heck no, I'm having too much fun, you know. Stephen Shaner  40:15 No, it's a Frank Stein monster you stuck in there that scares me. That's right. Yeah, Michael Hingson  40:20 but but you know, and you know, I I I do get vaccinations. I get the COVID vaccinations, and I asked someone when I I think it was November that we went in and had one. I travel enough that I'm always going to take no chances, so it's better to get vaccinated, and I don't have any reactions to them. But I asked if people still come in and talk about the trackers and all the the horrible things, and she said, "You just wouldn't believe how many people still buy into that. It's crazy. Stephen Shaner  40:49 Yes, indeed. Michael Hingson  40:50 If you really want to scare them, then you can tell them that AI helped develop the vaccinations and see what they do with that because it's true. But yeah, I Stephen Shaner  40:58 know everybody's loving AI. I said, yeah. Just go back on what 2001 of Space Odyssey and see how you feel about it. Yeah, right. Michael Hingson  41:05 Open the Pod Bay doors, Dave. You know what are you doing, Dave? Oh gosh, people are amazing, aren't they? Stephen Shaner  41:13 Yep. Yes, they are. But that's what makes life fun. You know, it's just the fact that people are different. It makes life fun because if everybody was the same, it'd be a boring place. It Michael Hingson  41:23 would be a boring place, so it's more fun to have people who are different and people who are not necessarily thinking the same way you are and intend to be negative. And maybe sometimes you can change some of those people, which is good. And it's always fun to to try. That's the Stephen Shaner  41:38 goal. Yeah, that's the goal. You know, be an example and show there's a different way. Michael Hingson  41:42 So, do questions matter? Asking questions matter. Stephen Shaner  41:44 Absolutely. Like I shared, you know, with the questions I was asking about this this this manager that was going to my boss, you know, just by asking different questions. And another thing is is I've had a lot of fun with this word, awesome. My company is awesome attitude, and I'm the bottom of all my emails, you'll see a "You are awesome, and I type that in every time. Michael Hingson  42:07 It's Stephen Shaner  42:07 not part of my signature, so I might say, "You know, thanks, you are awesome, or you know, you know, whatever message. I've gotten Michael Hingson  42:12 those. Stephen Shaner  42:13 Yeah, you are awesome, and people don't realize I type. In fact, I misspelled "awesome" one time when I sent the email, and the guy, the guy wrote back says you need to fix your signature. Awesome is misspelled, and I replied, "Oh, I says that's not part of my signature. I typed there time. And he was like, "Wow, personalized awesome messages. But it's amazing because people will respond to those emails, go, "Well, thank you so much. I wasn't expecting that. And barely a week goes by where somebody doesn't send me a text or something that they saw the word "awesome" somewhere, like recently, the guy was walking his dog, and he came across on the sidewalk where kids with chalk had had written "You are awesome" on the sidewalk, and he took a picture and he said, "Thought of you, and this happens all the time, and is another one of those vocabulary things, and and I'll share how the question changed that. In my first book, I talk about you know how are you today, and you think about all the different responses you can get to that question, and some are like I'm fine, you know I'm or I'm good. They're just pretty routine answers. I had one guy ignore me completely, just walked past me, you know. Then I had a guy one time. I was like, "Well, I'm alive, you know. So you get this variety of answers. And I had a guy one time. He asked me, "How are you today? And I said, "I'm awesome, thanks. And I kid you not, he looked at me and says, "That's too bad. I'm sorry to hear that. And and I smiled, and and he realized what he had done, and he says, and he apologized again. I was not sorry. He says, "I'm so used to hearing negative responses. I automatically assumed you said awful. Michael Hingson  43:47 Oh, okay. So, Stephen Shaner  43:48 so, and again, we asked that same question over and over. How are you today in this video? How are you? How's it going? What's up? You know, what's new? We we asked that same question. So I changed the question. The question is, "Are you awesome today? Michael Hingson  44:05 I know, and that's oh yeah, Stephen Shaner  44:07 that's it's unexpected. People don't expect that, and they think, "Oh, you know, yeah, I am awesome. That's the the title of my podcast: "Are you awesome today? And when I answer the phone, you know, it's, "Are you awesome today? Or if I call somebody and they answer the phone, I'll say, "Are you awesome today? And it's completely different. It gets them thinking differently, and it gets them. Yeah, I am awesome today. You know. So rather than the the same old, how are you today? I'm fine. It's yeah, I'm awesome. Thanks for asking. You know. So questions do matter. Michael Hingson  44:35 When people ask me how I am, I just say I'm lovely, and I learned that from a friend, and I love it. It's great, you know. And and I've had some people who go, "What? But but you know, awesome. Yes, absolutely. But I do love to say I'm lovely, and I love Stephen Shaner  44:52 that. And it's different. People don't expect it, and no, it'll make their day. Believe it. It has an effect. Had a young lady on ham radio, teenager. And I'd always, whenever I talked to her on the radio, they said, "How are you today? Or this was, you know, this back when I was asking that question, and she would reply, "Dandy, thanks. You know, there you go. Yeah, and it was just, it was so much fun. It was like that's the kind of things we like to hear. Michael Hingson  45:14 You still a ham operator? Stephen Shaner  45:15 Oh yeah, yeah. I've I'm the emergency coordinator for Macon County, and I'm the district emergency coordinator for 13 counties here in Middle Tennessee for Aries Amateur Emergency Services, and president of our local club, and so very active. I just did some some Poda before I got on on here with you. Parks on the air got three contacts: a guy at Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Michigan. Michael Hingson  45:39 If I got industrious, I would get an antenna and connect my Kenwood back up. It's been a while since we moved down here, and I haven't had this running at all down here. And I really need to get it get it back up on the air. I've been a ham operator since 1964. I got my novice license in '64. My dad could have gotten his at any time. He wanted to wait until I could get mine, so we got them at the same time. Nice. And then in '65, got technician, and then soon after that, general class. Nice. And we we set up rigs at opposite ends of the house, and we would talk to each other and drive people around the whole town crazy because we would be talking about the weather. You know, I'd say, "How's the weather over there? And he'd say, "Oh, it's raining over here, and people knew that we were at opposite ends of the same house. I say, well, it's really nice and sunny here, and just drove people crazy. Stephen Shaner  46:27 I bet, but yeah, Nancy's got her. She's a she's an extra amateur extra, and we've got our VE credential, so we give the tests, and we just have a blast with the hobby. It's a fun hobby, and then when you can do the committee service too, it's it's great. Michael Hingson  46:39 I used to do things with races and also with Mars. Stephen Shaner  46:42 Yeah, Michael Hingson  46:43 and it's been a while, but I really need to get the antenna up and get an antenna in here and get back on the air. I think it'd be a lot of fun to do. Stephen Shaner  46:53 Contact a local club. I'm sure some people help you get that. Yeah, Michael Hingson  46:55 I just really need to do that. Yeah. So, how does energy affect attitude, and how do I get more energy? Stephen Shaner  47:02 Ah, boy, you know that's such a great question. That's a that's Michael Hingson  47:05 a that's a detailed one, isn't Stephen Shaner  47:07 it? It is, and I awesome Michael Hingson  47:09 question. It Stephen Shaner  47:10 is. I watch people; those people that are positive all the time. You you know, we meet them. They're just no matter what's going on, they're always positive. They always seem to have a lot of energy, and and I found that if we we want more energy, what we need to do is give energy. What I mean by that is is movement. Okay, if we find ourselves kind of low on energy, the battery is a little low. Just get up and move. And it doesn't have to be anything, you know, strenuous. Just in my office, I had a sit stand station, which meant I could take my whole computer and to monitor everything, raise them up. I could stand for you know, and I would stand for hours during the day. They gave me energy. Take a five minute walk, you know. And music is huge. If you know, play some music, dance in your cube. You know, sell tickets, have a little concert in your cube, fight your coworkers, and have a good time. But but just get up, move. That's really all it is. I get up at four a.m. every day, and I do an exercise program called the Five Tibetans, and then I do Tai Chi, and then you know read or work on the computer, whatever, and do until Nancy gets up around seven. And but that those two things give me energy throughout the day. And if I find myself in a slump, just getting up and taking a short walk will boost my energy level up Michael Hingson  48:18 every time. Stephen Shaner  48:20 Yeah. So I Michael Hingson  48:21 we didn't design our house this way, but we have a long island, but separating the family room living room area from the kitchen. And now, since it's just me, I will do I will put an audio book on and just do laps around the island, and I can get up to 15,000 steps without any great difficulty, just reading a book and and doing it, and it's a great way to get energy. And to I Stephen Shaner  48:45 bought Nancy a walk pad. These are these are fairly new. It's like a little miniature treadmill. There doesn't have the big handle thing sticking up. It's just a flat treadmill for walking. They're designed so you can like sit it under your desk and you can you know take some steps while you're at your computer or something. Yeah. But but because it's you know a little rough for her. It's pretty hilly out here to to get us up. So she's got a nice level place that she can just you know walk for 2030 minutes every day in the house. Where especially when it was our ice storm going on a couple weeks ago, you know, stay in and stay warm and not slip and fall. And but there's there's ways to do that. And like I said, even just standing up, I did a presentation at the local chamber of commerce this morning, and when I was in my presentation, rather than go back and sit down, I went to the back and stood the whole time. And at church on Sunday, I stand through the entire service in the back and just keeps my energy up. So Michael Hingson  49:36 I don't always do that, but I oftentimes stand, and I've been to to many meetings, and I'll just stand in the back of the room. And frankly, given some of the speakers, it's better to stand and get a little bit more energy. But but a lot of times, it's just good for me anyway to to do that, which is cool. Stephen Shaner  49:54 Yeah. Michael Hingson  49:56 So, do you think? People generally tend to truly understand gratitude, or is that still a hurdle that a lot of people need to work to get through? Stephen Shaner  50:09 I think they, like I said, I think they say the word, you know, and I say, you know, I'm grateful for this. But what does that mean exactly? I don't think they take it down to the the detail. Okay, and like I said that there's relationships there. So if I say you know I'm grateful for my health, what does that mean? Okay, well you know I'm I'm grateful that and and I come from a every male on my dad's side and every male on my mom's side has had heart disease, died of heart disease. My dad had his first bypass surgery at 48. He had a second. He died of a heart attack. You know so I'm 67 and I take no medications. Okay, so I'm grateful for my health. You know, so and the relationship there, me, my family is affected by my health. You know, my friends, my coworker, everybody that is is in my life is affected by my health. I'm grateful for. I don't go to the doctors very often because I don't need to, but I'm grateful that you know you had a heart valve problem, and our medical system for those types of things is second to none. Michael Hingson  51:11 Yeah, Stephen Shaner  51:12 you know. So and even though I'm an hour away from a big hospital, I'm grateful that that is there if I do need it in in some way. You know, exactly, exactly right. Michael Hingson  51:21 Same thing for me. Stephen Shaner  51:23 Yeah. So we don't. I don't think we say, "Yeah, I'm grateful for that. But what does that really mean? And I think you're right. We don't. We don't take it deep enough and really think about. Okay, what does this really mean? And and again, with those relationships, okay, I'm grateful for my wife. Does she know? I hope so. You know, because I I do tell her frequently. I say Michael Hingson  51:42 telling her helps. Stephen Shaner  51:43 Yeah, it does. It really really does. So, Michael Hingson  51:48 and likewise, I'll bet she's grateful for you. Stephen Shaner  51:51 I think so. I hope so. So we've been we've been married. It'll be 45 years in July. So Michael Hingson  51:56 we were married 40 years before Karen passed. Karen was in a wheelchair her whole life, and the body just eventually slows down. I I learned from her sister that I've I've never heard this from my wife, but her sister told me, oh, they never thought she was going to live live past 30. Well, she lived to be 73, and the reality is, I I'm not sure. I totally buy that that that what her sister said was true because I've never been able to to verify it anywhere else. But Karen Karen lived a good life, but as I said, the body eventually does slow down, especially dealing with a wheelchair and all that, and things happen. But I know that we have 40 years of wonderful marriage memories, and as I said, she's out there monitoring. And if I misbehave, I'm going to hear about it. So I don't even chase the girls. Stephen Shaner  52:48 Yeah, I would Michael Hingson  52:49 point out they don't seem to be chasing me either. No, no reference to anything on the podcast, folks. Just saying. So, Stephen Shaner  52:56 and I think attitude plays a huge role in your health too. And I know there's a lot of literature out there that would back that up. Michael Hingson  53:04 So clearly, a positive attitude is a wonderful thing, and I'm sure that that given all that you do with a positive attitude, you you by definition affect a lot of other people as well. Stephen Shaner  53:16 It's it's amazing how many people just make comments. You know, comment I'll make. Oh, I wasn't expecting that. Thank you so much, or anything like that. I was in a, I was out running errands one day for work at lunchtime, and as I was heading back to the office, I got rear-ended, and pretty substantially. And so I got to the side of the road and and kind of shut everything off. I took inventory. I was okay, but those negative emotions, you know, the frustration, the anger, and those things started to creep in, and I finally just I took a breath and I said, and I asked a question. The question

One decision can change the entire trajectory of your life—but too many men stay in jobs, relationships, routines, and identities they have already outgrown because making a move feels too risky. In this raw, personal episode of Awaken the Man Within, James Boardman shares the pivotal decisions that took him from feeling stuck in a labouring job, to fast-track management at McDonald's, into the Royal Marines, and eventually into building his own business. This is not a story about reckless change. It is about recognising when your life is no longer aligned, having the courage to stop drifting, and refusing to become the man who looks back and says, "I could have." Inside this episode: •The early warning signs that your career, lifestyle, or identity is no longer right for you •Why a "good life" can still leave you feeling disconnected and unfulfilled •How James made difficult career decisions despite uncertainty, debt, family pressure, and fear •The difference between listening to a genuine inner pull and simply running away from discomfort •Why the biggest cost of an unmade decision is often years of frustration and regret •What leaving the Royal Marines taught James about identity, fatherhood, and return on investment •How taking action—before you feel fully ready—can create a completely different future •Why you must stop becoming the man who says he could have and start becoming the man who did Your next chapter is not waiting for perfect timing. It starts when you decide that staying where you are is no longer an option. Awaken the Man Within is a live workshop for men ready to step out of autopilot, rebuild their standards, and create a life they are proud to lead. Get your early-bird ticket here: https://www.universe.com/events/men-mindset-mission-live-workshop-tickets-Z8PXN2

Beyond Ayahuasca: The Ancient Tree Medicine and Tobacco Tradition That Predates Modern Plant Healing with Jordan Mockingbird. Sacred Tobacco, Master Trees and the Forgotten Path of Human Awakening. The Old Way Is Returning: Ancient Tree Medicine for Modern Healing. Ancient Tree Medicine, Sacred Tobacco & The Old Way with Jordan Mockingbird What if trees could help us remember something humanity has forgotten? In this fascinating episode of Cosmic Scene with Jill Jardine, I'm joined by Jordan Mockingbird, a teacher of the Medicine Path and devoted practitioner of the shamanic healing arts, for a profound exploration of master tree diets, sacred tobacco, ancestral wisdom, plant medicine, embodiment, and the ancient relationship between humans and the natural world. Jordan's spiritual journey began with a decade of Gnostic studies in Asia. After experiencing severe illness, he left his career as a producer and committed himself to a path of personal transformation through shamanic plant study, trees, breathwork, fasting, and traditional medicine practices. His work with Amazonian plant dieting traditions radically transformed his life, vision, health, and sense of purpose. Jordan studied under Cocama elder William Llerena Murayari and spent seven years in mentorship with Apache elder Iron Eagle Joe, through whom he received the name Mockingbird and the blessing to teach through ceremony. One of the central subjects of our conversation is the ancient practice of master tree dieting.Jordan explains how these traditional practices involve periods of fasting, solitude, dietary restriction, silence, breathwork, and communion with a particular "teacher tree." Participants work with the bark tea of the tree while entering a deeply focused and embodied state. Rather than approaching plant medicine solely through psychedelic experiences, Jordan describes the master tree diet as a slow, grounded, somatic process in which dreams, body wisdom, emotional awareness, and subtle perception can become important avenues of learning. The practice is described as both medicine for the body, mind and spirit and a kind of "nature's mystery school. #free #podcast #astrology Subscribe to YouTube channel:  @jilljardine2186 to hear more astrological updates! https://bleav.com/shows/cosmic-scene-with-jill-jardine/ for audio versions. Across platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn, and major podcast outlets such as Apple and Spotify, the buzz is on August 2026 eclipses and astrology. The episode explores the relationship between master tree diets and ayahuasca traditions in the Amazon. Jordan shares his perspective that tree dieting traditions represent an older layer of Amazonian plant medicine practice and describes how he encountered these traditions while working with ayahuasca and master trees in the Amazon. We discuss the difference between seeking a powerful altered-state experience and undertaking a longer process of embodiment, integration, discipline, and transformation. Another major theme is sacred tobacco medicine.Jordan explains the traditional understanding of tobacco as a bridge, emissary, or voice to the Creator, and discusses how tobacco is used within his work through intention, prayer, song, ceremony, and dietary practice. We explore tobacco not from the perspective of commercial tobacco use, but through Jordan's description of its ceremonial and traditional role within the Medicine Path. He describes tobacco as a teacher and ally and discusses how it can be incorporated into work with the trees and the different layers of embodied experience. At the heart of Jordan's philosophy is what he calls "The Old Way"—a remembrance of ancestral power and our innate spirituality as human beings. We talk about what it means to reconnect with nature, ancestral knowledge, the body, Earth consciousness, and traditional healing practices in a modern Western world. Jordan describes the Medicine Path as a process of shedding false identities, slowing down, becoming more regulated and embodied, and reconnecting with a deeper sense of soul purpose and personal transformation. Jordan emphasizes somatic knowing, body awareness, breath, fasting, dreams, emotionality, and physical experience as pathways into deeper awareness. We discuss how spiritual awakening can be grounded in the body rather than existing solely as an altered state of consciousness. Working With Trees in the Northern Hemisphere Jordan's work has expanded beyond the Amazon. He now works extensively with Northern Hemisphere trees, including oak and birch, and facilitates master tree diet experiences in different parts of the world. We discuss his upcoming Ojai Master Tree Diet, as well as his international work in England, Ireland, Australia, and other locations. His upcoming programs include: Integrated Tobacco Diet September 26–October 26, 2026 Sacred Tree Keepers Community 2027 Integrated Tobacco Diet February 19–May 21, 2027 Ojai Master Tree Diets May 27–June 4, 2027 This episode explores: What exactly is a Master Tree Diet? 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You do not need more time, a better routine, or one more project out of the way before you start changing your life. For many high-performing men, the real thing keeping them stuck is the story they keep repeating: I'm too busy. I'll do it when this settles down. I can handle it on my own. In this direct episode of Awaken the Man Within, James Boardman challenges the limiting beliefs, excuses, and survival patterns that quietly keep men trapped in a cycle of overwork, poor health, disconnection, and unrealised potential. If your business is growing but your marriage, health, identity, or peace of mind are paying the price, this is the conversation you need to hear. Inside this episode: •Why the story in your head can become the biggest barrier to reaching your potential •The hidden cost of telling yourself you are "too busy" to work on yourself •How success in business can consume a man's identity, health, marriage, and leadership •Why waiting for a crisis, burnout, or relationship breakdown is a dangerous strategy •The difference between protecting yourself and keeping yourself stuck •How to confront the man in the mirror and take ownership of your next chapter •Why meaningful change starts with action—not another excuse The life you want will not be built by the story you have been repeating. It will be built by the story you are willing to change—and the action you are willing to take. Awaken the Man Within is a live workshop for men ready to lead themselves better, raise their standards, and stop letting old beliefs run their lives.   dosicunt code > AWAKEN    Get your early-bird ticket here: https://www.universe.com/events/men-mindset-mission-live-workshop-tickets-Z8PXN2 Content note: This episode includes candid discussion of men's mental health and suicidal thoughts. If you are worried about your immediate safety or someone else's, contact local emergency services or an appropriate crisis service. In the UK and ROI, Samaritans can be reached free on 116 123.

You can have a job, a family, a routine, and a life that looks good from the outside—then still wake up feeling as though you are only existing. In this episode of Awaken the Man Within, James Boardman explores why so many men lose their sense of meaning, identity, and progress when life becomes nothing more than work, eat, sleep, repeat. It is a challenge to look beyond your job title, remember the impact you already make, and build a life that gives you something meaningful to move towards. Your work may matter. Your family may matter. But you also need something that is yours: a craft, a physical challenge, a project, a passion, or a purpose that brings you back to life. Inside this episode:   •The warning signs that you are surviving your life instead of truly living it •How to find meaning in your work by recognising the difference you make •Why men need an identity beyond their job title, income, and responsibilities •The role of passion projects, physical challenges, and personal goals in mental wellbeing •How progress builds confidence, momentum, and self-respect •Why creating a home, pursuing a craft, or committing to a challenge can restore purpose •A practical way to start when you do not yet know what you want: identify what you no longer want •How gratitude and reflection can help you see the life you have already built   You do not need to settle for a merely good life. Build a life with meaning, progress, connection, and something that makes you feel fully alive.   Awaken the Man Within is a live workshop for men ready to reconnect with who they are, take ownership of their direction, and build a life they are proud to live.   Use DISCOUNT CODE >> AWAKEN     Get your early-bird ticket here: https://www.universe.com/events/men-mindset-mission-live-workshop-tickets-Z8PXN2

There's a biblical story about Moses encountering a bush that burns but is never consumed. He stops. He turns and looks closer. And through that turning, he finds his call, and transforms the future of his people. That moment, was not just a once upon a time moment. But rather, an everyday moment. We believe burning bushes are still everywhere.They are the moments that interrupt us. Awaken us. Break us open. The experiences of untold wonder that shape who we become and change how we see what we thought we already knew.Your host is Miriam Terlinchamp, and on Everyday Mystics, we tell the stories of Jewish people who stumble across their own burning bushes and come away seeing themselves, their lives, and Judaism differently.These are stories about the moments when the everyday becomes sacred. When the familiar becomes mysterious. When something we thought we understood, Judaism, becomes beautifully unbound.Because sometimes, the miracle isn't that the bush is burning.It's that we stop long enough to notice.The first episode of the 10 episode series drops October 7

Our smartphones offer extraordinary benefits, yet many of us sense they have become more than useful tools. Psychotherapist Shannon Algeo explores how attachment theory sheds new light on our relationship with technology and offers compassionate practices for reclaiming our attention, creativity, and human connection.Shannon Algeo is an American and Irish writer, psychotherapist, researcher, poet, and Yoga Nidra teacher based in California. Shannon is on the faculty of the Esalen Institute and the Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, where he leads digital liberation workshops and offline retreats that help participants reclaim their attention, creativity, and relationships in an increasingly digitized world. Named one of Wanderlust's "35 Under 35 in Wellness to Watch," Shannon has spoken at the United Nations and the Museum of Contemporary Art. His work integrates attachment theory, neuroscience, mindfulness, poetry, and depth psychology to help people cultivate greater presence, resilience, and authentic human connection in the digital age. He is the author of:Trust Your Truth: Heal Self-Doubt, Awaken to Your Soul's Purpose, and Live Your Badass Life ( New Harbinger Publications 2021)The Power in Your Hands: Liberate Yourself from Attachment to Technology (Broadleaf Books, 2026)Interview Date: 6/5/2026 Tags: Shannon Algeo, technology addiction, smartphone addiction, attachment theory, digital wellbeing, digital liberation, attention, creativity, neuroscience, relationships, secure attachment, parenting, nature, mindfulness, social media, presence, inner child, Mary Main, Dr. Daniel Siegel, Anne Lamott, Mark Coleman, David J. Wallin, Paul Hewson, Mary Oliver, Nikki Myers, Marianne Williamson, Seane Corn, Victor Ochen, John Bowlby, Psychology, Personal Transformation, Technology, Relationships, Parenting, Community

In this episode, Darren Starwyn talks about what it means to awaken as an Avatar. Darren Starwynn is a Quantum Catalyst and master healer who activates holistic health professionals, healers and meditators to awaken their consciousness as Avatars so they can make their most valuable contribution. He has written five groundbreaking books including bestseller Awakening the Avatar Within and has led hundreds of workshops and trainings internationally. His newest book Avatar Master Healer is published in September, 2026. Darren has over 30 years clinical experience in acupuncture, Chinese medicine, energy medicine and Quantum healing. Darren has mentored or inspired thousands of healthcare practitioners, business owners, healers and meditators to embody Quantum principles of healing, leadership and spirituality. Inventor of vibrational medical devices sold world-wide, he also led a medical device manufacturing and training company starting in 1990. You can read Darren's writings at awakeningavatar.substack.com. He loves hiking, writing and creating original music, lives in Fairfax, California. For More Information ★ To learn more about Darren Starwynn visit his website: www.drstarwynn.com★ If you enjoyed the show, please leave us a five star iTunes review. Visit Spiritual Rockstar Podcast at https://yoursacredpurpose.com/ for more information!★ I encourage you to join our Rock Your Sacred Purpose Community on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/246228169428755★ Do you want to Meditate and Make Money? Grab your Free meditation today: YourSacredPurpose.com Show Notes ★ 3:45 – And what that is imperfectly describing is the Divine, the source of everything in the universe, actually focusing itself into a human body and making that person wake up to actually know that consciously. ★ 16:33 – There are a lot of forces in this world right now that want to stop light workers from coming into their power. ★ 25:17 – We are really multi-dimensional beings. ★ 29:24 – The first step of awakening is realizing you’re asleep. ★ 37:42 – To have a human body is so precious there is a certain alchemy that is available that they can’t have. ★ 43:10 – We are the ones who actually can change the world now. ★ 47:44 – Get your copy of Darren’s new book ‘Avatar Quantum Healer’ and receive the digital course that comes with it here: https://drstarwynn.com ★ 51:53 – FREE GIFT – Take advantage of Darren’s Awaken Your Inner Healing Power Toolkit here: https://drstarwynn.com/awaken-your-inner-healing-power-toolkit/ ★ 57:10 – Do you want to Meditate and Make Money? Grab your Free meditation today: https://www.YourSacredPurpose.com Listen to the Show The post 554: Darren Starwyn – What does it mean to awaken as an Avatar? appeared first on Your Sacred Purpose.

Why do we keep looking outside ourselves for permission, answers, safety, and even a sense of what's right? Have we become so accustomed to rules, experts, institutions, and other people telling us what to do that we've slowly stopped trusting ourselves? This conversation started with Julietta trying to bring her own life into greater alignment with her truth—and realizing how complicated it can be to figure out what you're actually allowed to do. That frustration opened up a much bigger question: Have we outsourced our personal power? We create rules and regulations to protect people and keep them safe. Many of them serve an important purpose. But at what point does external protection begin replacing personal responsibility, discernment, and self-trust? When did we stop asking, "Is this right?" and start asking, "Am I allowed?" And if we didn't rely so heavily on external rules to tell us how to behave, what would guide us instead? For Julietta, there is one question she continually comes back to: **What would love do?** Not: What do I want? Not: What can I get away with? But what would love do—and am I willing to take responsibility for what that choice creates? In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we explore personal sovereignty, self-trust, morality, rules and regulations, freedom, responsibility, our relationship with safety, and what it might mean to become more consciously self-governing. Because reclaiming our power isn't simply about having more freedom. It's becoming responsible enough to use that freedom consciously. And maybe the question isn't how we get rid of all the rules. Maybe it's: **Who would we have to become to need fewer of them?** Our discernment? Our responsibility? Our personal power? We have created countless rules designed to protect people and keep society functioning. And some of those protections absolutely matter. But we think it's worth asking what happens when we become so dependent on external authority that we stop developing our own internal compass. Because there's a profound difference between asking: **"Am I allowed to do this?"** and asking:**"Is this the right thing to do?"** For Julietta, there's another question she uses to guide her choices: **What would love do?** And love doesn't always mean doing what's comfortable or making everyone happy. Love can require boundaries. Love can require truth. Love can require saying no. Love can require allowing someone to experience the consequences of their choices. And love requires us to recognize that our sovereignty exists alongside everyone else's. In this episode of Cacao Conversations, we're exploring the relationship between freedom, personal responsibility, self-trust, morality, safety, and sovereignty. Because sovereignty can't simply mean, "Nobody gets to tell me what to do." Real personal power asks more of us. **I get to choose. And I am responsible for what my choices create.** So what kind of people would we have to become to need fewer rules governing our behavior? We don't know. But maybe a good place to start is asking: **What would love do?** Hey! Thanks for listening! If you liked this episode, please send us a message. We'd love to hear from you!Follow Cacao Conversations in your podcast app so each new episode is waiting for you when it drops.Explore Body & Soul Ministries, upcoming gatherings, programs, and retreats:https://www.bodyandsoulevents.love/cacaoconversationsJulietta Wenzel Founder of Body & Soul Ministries Instagram: @bodyandsoulministriesDorice Ross Elder of Body & Soul Ministries Instagram: @rossdoriceSip. Connect. Awaken.

In this episode of AWAKEN with Nathan, Nathan sits down with Dr. Christine Schaffner to explore the connection between the mind, nervous system, emotions, environment, and physical health.Dr. Schaffner shares her personal experience navigating a large benign pituitary tumor and how she incorporated meditation, visualization, yoga, community, and other mind-body practices alongside medical treatment. They also explore trauma and emotional healing, the biofield, environmental stressors, nervous system regulation, and why supportive community can be such an important part of the healing journey.CONNECT WITH DR. CHRISTINE SCHAFFNERhttps://drchristineschaffner.com/?srsltid=AU7gw4VNDu13fs4VmaUqK2FkT-SVAmLQC6tnwqX-eNQgIiRVgRgFXdWjCONNECT WITH NATHAN CRANECoaching: https://theawakenprocess.comWebsite: https://nathancrane.comYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NathanCraneInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/nathancraneofficialFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NathanCraneOfficialPageX: https://x.com/nathancraneTikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrnathancrane#AwakenWithNathan #NathanCrane #DrChristineSchaffner #HolisticHealth #MindBodyConnection #NervousSystem #EmotionalHealing

Do you believe it when other people say, “You're worthy just because you exist,” or do you simply grimace, pretend you agree, and move forward? It can be difficult to have a real sense of self-worth. Not the kind that we advertise on social media with our highlight reels, but the genuine sense of self-worth: the way you treat yourself and, in turn, how you treat others. If you're a member of our community, you probably understand this feeling – maybe you've suffered grief, loss, tragedy, anxiety, depression, etc… Digging past the performative self-esteem and accessing true understanding of your own self-worth can feel – let's face it – impossible, especially when you're trying to just keep your head above water. Today, Nora is joined by Dr. Marisa Franco to help us all understand what self-worth and self-esteem truly are and how we can access them authentically to show up for ourselves and the people around us. If you have any questions for Nora and Marisa, call/text us at 612.568.441. You can get a copy of Marisa's most recent book, Worth, on Bookshop or Amazon. Watch us on YouTube here! Listen to Geoffrey's album on Spotify and Apple! You can buy Nora's books on Bookshop or Amazon, or wherever you buy books. Nora is on IG, TikTok, Facebook and LinkedIn. Our Sponsors: ❤️ Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping and 365-day returns. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Everyday Cotton, and all of my favorite bras and underwear, at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select our show in the dropdown menu that follows.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️ Experience your juiciest and deepest sensual experience with a bottle of Foria. FORIA is offering a special deal for our listeners. Get 20% off your first order by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠foriawellness.com/tfa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ OR use code TFA at checkout. That's F-O-R-I-A WELLNESS DOT COM FORWARD SLASH TFA for 20% off your first order. I recommend trying Awaken or their Pleasure Set with all three of their best sellers. ❤️ Use code TFA at ⁠Monarch.com⁠ to get your first year of Monarch Core half off at just $50. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To make a home is to practice the love and delight of God in tangible ways, to welcome others into the comfort we have received, and to see God's presence in the beauty and mess of both everyday and exceptional moments. The spiritual discipline of hospitality can powerfully awaken our delight in God.Stephanie Rousselle welcomes her friend Christie Purifoy, author of a stunning new book “A house to call home.” Christie has generously endorsed Stephanie's new book, “Awaken Delight.” Together they unpack how making a home—whether grand or simple—is an overflow of God's love and presence in us.True hospitality starts with receiving. The desire and ability to make others feel seen and cherished comes from first experiencing the love of God. Before hospitality can overflow onto others, we must learn to be at home with God, rooted in His delight in us. Christie says, “it starts with the home that we're cultivating with God, in your own place, whatever that looks like for you. Start there and then let it be this fountain that flows.”Hospitality is not about impressing people with perfection, but about making space for Christ to be present to ourselves and our guests. In that way, hosting is imitating Jesus, who makes His home in us and invites us to abide in Him. God's beauty and comfort are received in tangible ways—through a cozy chair, a beautiful garden, or a shared meal for example.Home is not made in isolation. Truly memorable gatherings are communal efforts. The most “heaven-on-earth” experiences in hospitality come not from doing everything alone, but by allowing others to contribute their unique gifts. Community is the body of Christ, where everyone offers and receives comfort, blessing, and meaning.While it's tempting to focus on making things look beautiful, genuine hospitality puts people, presence, and meaning above appearances. Christie says, “A pretty picture does not a home make...it's got to be a place for life.” Prayer, listening, and time spent together matter more than an immaculate home. Hosting is about making the table a safe and restful space.Hospitality thrives in daily routines. Baking pizza, sharing breakfast, or simply inviting someone to sit with us become sacred when it flows from a well-ordered life with God. As in the life of Jesus—who shared picnics and quiet moments—holiness is found in the ordinary when we are present to others.Home is a place of comfort, even amidst hardship. Christie shares how a personal dream—a home library—became a deep source of God's comfort during a family crisis. This illustrates the way God meets us in practical, physical spaces to remind us of His presence.Just as parents rejoice when children enjoy their gifts, God delights in blessing us. Our ability to delight in homemaking, beauty, and hospitality is an earthly practice for the joy of heaven, mirroring God's own hospitality.Creating "home" is a spiritual practice deeply rooted in Christian hospitality, personal delight in God, and the beauty of ordinary life.Some thoughts worth pondering1. Hospitality Flows from the Home We Receive2. Jesus as the Center of Hospitality3. The Power of Community4. Beauty and Meaning Over Perfection5. Ordinary Moments as Sacred6. Making Home in Suffering7. God's Delight in UsA Question to Ponder: How might you cultivate a deeper sense of “home” in your life with God—and let that overflow onto others?MORE ABOUT "AWAKEN DELIGHT" BY STEPHANIE ROUSSELLE"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." This is God's promise to you in Psalm 37:4. But many believers quietly assume it's just a poetic suggestion, or it doesn't really work here on earth.In Awaken Delight, Stephanie Rousselle invites you to rediscover what Scripture actually means by delight in God. It's not emotional hype or religious performance, but a steady satisfaction rooted in who God is.Through biblical theology and practical rhythms, you'll learn how delighting in Godreshapes sufferingquiets restless strivinganchors your identity in God's unshakable delight of youLearning to delight in God is the quiet revolution that reshapes how we endure pain, love others, and understand our own hearts.Awaken Delight is a theologically grounded spiritual formation book for thoughtful believers who feel spiritually fatigued and are ready to embrace the reality of Psalm 37:4.More at https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelightMORE ABOUT “A HOUSE TO CALL HOME”There's a curious alchemy that transforms a house into a home over time. As we tend to our dwellings with love and intention, something unexpected happens: we discover that the homes we've been caring for now have the capacity to care for us.Inspired by the life of the particular house she knows best, Christie Purifoy offers reflections and practical suggestions for anyone who longs to create a place for rest and healing, for wonder and welcome. Amid insights on the true meaning of comfort, you'll find decor inspiration, thrifting tips, and homemaking traditions.Your house can be a haven. It can grow into a sacred place. Care for it well, and year after year it will say, “Welcome home. Always.”More at https://www.christiepurifoy.com/a-house-to-call-home/  Christie Purifoy is a writer, an avid gardener, and a grateful, self-proclaimed placemaker. Her books include A Home in Bloom, Garden Maker, and Seedtime and Harvest. Christie cultivates beauty for herself and for others at a Victorian farmhouse called Maplehurst in southeastern Pennsylvania.More at https://www.christiepurifoy.com/ DISCOVER THE BOOK BEHIND THE PODCAST | "Awaken Delight" by Stephanie Rousselle"Delight yourself in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart." Psalm 37:4 isn't a poetic suggestion — it's a promise. But many believers quietly assume it doesn't really work, or it's not really possible here on earth.In Awaken Delight, Stephanie Rousselle invites you to rediscover what Scripture actually means by delight — not emotional hype, not religious performance, but a steady satisfaction rooted in who God is.Delight in God isn't a mood to manufacture; it's a relationship to receive.Through biblical theology and practical rhythms, you'll learn how communion with God reshapes suffering, quiets restless striving, and anchors your identity in something unshakable.Delighting in God isn't sentimental optimism. It's deeply rooted in Christ, Jesus.It's the quiet revolution that reshapes how we endure pain, love others, and understand our own heart.Awaken Delight is a theologically grounded spiritual formation book for thoughtful believers who feel spiritually fatigued and are ready to embrace the reality of Psalm 37:4.More at https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelight Purchase the book, "Awaken Delight" by Stephanie Rousselle: https://a.co/d/0bqhUb5JKind words from Jennifer Rothschild, Bible teacher, Author, Speaker, Podcast Host, Founder, Fresh Grounded Faith: “Stephanie helps us awaken to and experience true delight. It is a rich mix of God's delight in you and your delight in him. This is the life you were made for, the life your soul deeply longs for. So, the table is set. Pull up a chair and let your heart sit alongside Stephanie. As your delight in God wakes up and becomes fully realized, you'll find a satisfaction in Christ that makes you want more and more.”Kind words from Amanda Jenkins, Lead creator of THE CHOSEN's literary content: "I have yet to meet another person quite as eager to intimately know Jesus as Stephanie is. Her enthusiasm for the beauty found inside a thriving relationship with her Savior is downright contagious. Indeed, Stephanie's joy and faith and commitment to growth—along with her love for really good food!—will implant themselves in the hearts of readers. Lucky readers."Kind words from Os Guinness, Theologian, Social critic, Author, The Call:  "Stephanie addresses one of the greatest needs of Christians today. Knowing God is not knowing about God, but knowing Him genuinely and with desire and delight. She does so practically and helpfully, and in a style that sparkles with a verve and joy that is distinctively French."Kind words from Pippa Gumbel, Pioneer, The Alpha Course; Author, The Bible in one year with husband Nicky: "Stephanie's love of God is inspiring and infectious. Her book is an invitation to share in that delight and to come to know God in new and wonderful ways."More at https://www.gospelspice.com/awakendelight Purchase the book, "Awaken Delight" by Stephanie Rousselle: https://a.co/d/0bqhUb5JSupport us on Gospel Spice, PayPal and Venmo!

To “delight” in something or someone is to experience deep joy or to turn toward something with great affection and priority. But what does it mean to delight in God and why does it matter for our faith, for our lives? Those are the questions we tackle in today's episode with Stephanie Rousselle, a French-born Bible teacher, speaker, host of the Gospel Spice podcast, and founder of Gospel Spice Ministries.  In our time together, Stephanie shares how delight is central to the life of faith, how beauty and delight are deeply connected, how we might remain open to delight amidst life struggles, and what moved her to convert to Christianity from atheism in her late teenage years.If you've perhaps lost your delight in God, never really experienced it in the first place, or are experiencing a season of discouragement, this episode is for you.**Learn more about Stephanie's book, Awaken Delight here.Buy Melissa L. Johnson's book, Soul-Deep Beauty: Fighting for Our True Worth in a World Demanding Flawless, here. Learn more about Impossible Beauty and join the community here.

Pastor Carol is back to discuss how to stay focused and trust in the Lord. She bring wit, laughter, and wisdom to the discussion.Pastor Carol was born and raised in Hollywood and was active within the entertainment community as an actress and singer. Her plans changed course when she accepted Jesus in college at 19. Years of age. After a series of miraculous healings, including Cancer, she was called into the ministry. Over the last forty years, she has served in almost every capacity of ministry within the local church and has recorded 3 Gospel cds, appeared on numerous television and radio broadcasts, including her own show “Joyful Journey” which can be seen around world. Pastor Carina is a Christian life coach, Keynote Speaker, and Mentor who God has uniquely gifted to activate others in the body of Christ. She carries an anointing to stir dormant callings, awaken spiritual gifts, and ignite Kingdom assignments,  empowering believers to step boldly into their God-given identity, walk in divine purpose, and bear lasting fruit for His glory. She's the Founder of Trumpets of Tirzah, an international apostolic center for women that facilitates purpose discovery, Kingdom lifestyle practices, and biblical leadership disciplines so that women can live, and lead, a "new creation" life that reflects Jesus. Her personal coaching, group mentoring, and Tirzah University courses provide keys of radical transformation that launch women into spheres of influence around the world. www.trumpetsoftirzah.com DONATE TODAYYour support plants seeds and grows the Kingdom of God! We are a 501c3 - www.trumpetsoftirzah.com/donateDo you live the ANOINTED LIFE?We have many testimonies on the miracles that God does as people use our blessed products.Luxury anointing oils and anointing lotions: https://www.trumpetsoftirzah.com/category/anointingCreative ways of sharing the gospel…And take a look at how we are sharing the gospel through film: https://www.trumpetsoftirzah.com/mastersmedia******************************************************** Awaken. Arise. Advance.https://www.trumpetsoftirzah.comDo you want your Christian product advertised on our podcast? Book your ad on Fiver.https://www.fiverr.com/s/NNLl8pN Get your Amplified Bible: https://www.christianbook.com/Christian/Books/product?event=AFF&p=1223731&item_no=0446538Let's connect and journey through life together! We are a mature community of Kingdom believers standing bolding in God's truth and partnering with the Holy Spirit.Engage daily with us! Instagram https://www.instagram.com/trumpetsoftirzah/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@trumpetsoftirzahLinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/trumpetsoftirzah iHeart Radio  ⁠https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-trumpets-of-tirzah-120477377/⁠ Amazon Music. ⁠https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/c0203ed1-9b85-426a-85f5-5350e82ab730/trumpets-of-tirzah⁠ Apple Podcasts. ⁠https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trumpets-of-tirzah/id1551900025⁠ Spotify https://open.spotify.com/show/4DCT4KBVsmzfnqyobR4ZwF Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/trumpets-of-tirzah/id1551900025YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/TrumpetsofTirzahRumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-5936184#spiritualauthority #holyspiritpower #spiritualgrowth #faithquiz #authorityinchrist #faithoverfear #christianmotivation #growyourfaith #kingdombuilders #kingdommessage #apostolicpreaching #apostolicfaith #digitaldiscipleship #biblestudy #faith #jesus #prayer #sermon #trustgod #christianvirtualfellowship #faithjourney #holyspiritunderstanding #believeinmiracles #inspire #disciplemakerspodcast #femalechristianspeakers #kingdomfaithcoach #growyourfaithtoday #livingasachristianintodaysworld #innerhealingpodcast

In Pastor Micah's final three weeks as our lead pastor, he shares what is dearest to his heart as we make our transition into this next season of Awaken.

25 years ago, the United States was rocked by the tragedy of 9/11. American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 struck the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in New York City. American Airlines Flight 77 struck the Pentagon. United Airlines Flight 93 went down in a field in Pennsylvania after its passengers fought back against the hijackers. Almost 3,000 people died that day. For 25 years, the echo of that tragedy has been heard – everyone remembers where they were, how they heard, and the paralyzing fear in the aftermath. None more than the survivors and the loved ones of those who lost their lives that day.  David Ferrugio was an ordinary seventh grader on that Tuesday morning, stressed about homework and school and the fact that his friend, Jeff, was late again. But when Jeff showed up and said, “Hey, David, doesn't your dad work at the World Trade Center? A plane just crashed into it,” everything changed. Today, David Ferrugio, host of Dead Talks, author of You're Not Dead Yet, and friend of the podcast, is here to talk about the complicated grief that came with losing his father in the 9/11 attacks – the constant push and pull of public and private grief, his identity being tied to this tragic loss, and what it looks like 25 years later. Listen to our IGTBO with David Ferrugio on Spotify and Apple! Tune into David Ferrugio's podcast, Dead Talks, on Spotify and Apple! Watch us on YouTube here! Get this episode ad-free here! Listen to Geoffrey's album on Spotify and Apple! Our Sponsors: ❤️ Refresh your everyday with luxury you'll actually use. Head to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns. Now available in Canada, too. Go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for free shipping and 365-day returns. ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Quince.com/TFA⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Shop Everyday Cotton, and all of my favorite bras and underwear, at SKIMS.com. After you place your order, be sure to let them know we sent you! Select "podcast" in the survey and be sure to select our show in the dropdown menu that follows.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ❤️ Experience your juiciest and deepest sensual experience with a bottle of Foria. FORIA is offering a special deal for our listeners. Get 20% off your first order by visiting ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠foriawellness.com/tfa⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ OR use code TFA at checkout. That's F-O-R-I-A WELLNESS DOT COM FORWARD SLASH TFA for 20% off your first order. I recommend trying Awaken or their Pleasure Set with all three of their best sellers. ❤️ Use code TFA at Monarch.com to get your first year of Monarch Core half off at just $50. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We often try to make God into a grandfatherly figure who is more of a "pal" than a Savior. We're told that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of all wisdom — and in our final session, Matt Chandler walked us through exactly what this kind of reverence looks like in our life with Christ.

We end up wasting a lot of time striving for personal status when the most honored title God ever gave someone was "servant." Author and speaker Christine Caine points to Joshua 1 to remind us that those who have been most effective for God's kingdom never settled for something as temporary as a platform.

We talk a lot in the church about how God has invited us into life with Him—but what does that mean? In this message from Isaiah 55, the founder of Radical and pastor of McLean Bible Church, David Platt, walks us through 10 characteristics of God's invitation to you.

CAPTION: SNAKES OF AUSTRALIAJeremy Zakis describes how springtime and El Niño have prompted early snake activity across Australia's eastern seaboard. Residents are receiving warnings about venomous eastern brown and tiger snakes, which currently lay flat and look like sticks while warming up. Snake catchers are working overtime, and community alerts advise wearing gloves and leaving these reptiles alone. If bitten, first aid guidelines dictate immediately applying a pressure immobilization bandage, removing jewelry, calling emergency services, and remaining completely calm to prevent venom from circulating. Meanwhile, other spring wildlife like territorial magpies and playful willie wagtails are also rapidly returning to local residential neighborhoods. (2)Ben Stokes Signs With StrikersJeremy Zakis discusses a major cricket surprise in his hometown of Adelaide, where former English captain Ben Stokes has signed a massive half-million-dollar deal with the Adelaide Strikers. Stokes will join the team for this upcoming summer's Big Bash League, a fast-paced, four-hour T20 tournament running from December through late January. While there are playful concerns regarding Stokes's infamous history of pub incidents—ironic given that Adelaide has the most pubs per capita in Australia—local fans and businesses are highly enthusiastic. Under local coach Tim Paine, this high-profile signing represents a truly thrilling experiment in the evolution of the modern sport. (3)Corrections applied: John Batchelor per the log, "pressure mobilization" → pressure immobilization bandage (the standard Australian snakebite first-aid term), willie wagtailsper the earlier Moss correction, and Tim Paine (transcribed as "Payne") — the former Australian Test captain's spelling, pending your confirmation that he's the coach named.

What happens when you find yourself farther down a path than you ever meant to be, when all you really want is to find your way home? Speaker, author, and founder Jennie Allen reminds us through the story of the prodigal son in Luke 15 that God invites us time and time again to return, in repentance, to His loving arms.

You can love Jesus sincerely and still refuse to surrender completely. In the first session of Awaken, our executive director, Kylen Perry, walks us through Romans 12 to challenge our commitment-prone culture and remind us that our lives are best lived on the altar.

Some things are just a little too perfect to be random – and this is coined by Nora and guest Caroline Moss as “the portal opening.” In today's episode of IGTBO, Nora and Caroline talk about the small moments of magic and stars aligning: Nora's daughter's new boyfriend's invisible string through their lives, signs from Caroline's grandmother, and a puppy finally learning how to ask to go outside after weeks of failed training.  Not everything is going to be OK all the time. We know that. You know that. But this episode is a celebration of the moments where it feels like the universe is giving you a little nudge to remind you that something will be OK. You can share your okay things with us at ☎️502-388-OKAY (6529) or