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Authority is about showing up, building credibility, and creating lasting impact. This episode of Influential Voices of Authority features Dr. Keyvan Eghbali, a holistic health leader with over 30 years of experience, sharing how he uses his podcast as an engine to reach and transform millions.   Important Links: https://wellness-speaker.com https://www.dreghbali.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/thrive.wellness.solutions/ Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkeyvan/ Podcast: https://www.dreghbali.com/spotify/   Subscribe to Influential Voices of Authority podcast: Apple Podcasts: http://www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/apple Spotify: http://www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/spotify Website: http://www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/podcasts Get your Podcast Authority Audit at www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/coaching.   Episode Segments: 00:05 "Launching 'This Saved My Life' Podcast" 01:34 Stories That Inspire Real Change 03:23 Podcasting as the Ultimate Authority Builder 05:17 Overcoming Nerves and Getting Started 06:42 Leaving Private Practice to Impact 10 Million 09:20 The Turning Point from Clinic to Mass Influence 10:54 Setting Massive Goals for Greater Legacy 11:45 Unexpected Surprises and Doors Opened by Podcasting 13:26 Leveraging Podcasting for Corporate Wellness 15:08 The Biggest Challenges and Time Solutions 17:46 Bite-Sized Commitments for Consistent Creation 20:17 Stories of Resilience and Inspiration 22:36 Imposter Syndrome and Finding Your Unique Voice 23:24 Calls to Action Driving Business and Connection 25:09 Crafting Value-Packed Corporate Wellness Programs 26:43 Overcoming the Time Objection in Health and Content Creation 28:41 First Steps to Get Unstuck Physically or Creatively 31:01 Personalized Coaching and Discovery Process 33:33 Understanding Root Causes and Real Health Transformation 35:05 How to Access Dr. Eghbali's Support 37:09 Paying It Forward through Service   Key Takeaways: - How Authority Grows with Meaningful Stories Dr. Eghbali's podcast showcases powerful interviews, including individuals who have overcome tremendous obstacles, realigning authority around hope and healing. By sharing these stories, he multiplies his impact while giving his audience new pathways to wellness and success. - Podcast as Your Demo Reel Hosting a podcast immediately sets you apart in your field. Dr. Eghbali credits his podcast with opening doors to corporate speaking gigs, boosting his visibility, and allowing prospective clients to get to know his message and expertise firsthand. - Start Small, Build Discipline Despite a busy schedule, Dr. Eghbali advocates a sustainable approach: commit to a manageable number of episodes, focus on incremental progress rather than perfection, and remember that every episode makes a difference for someone listening. - Genuine Connection Drives Results Dr. Eghbali's call to action is rooted in authenticity. He encourages hosts to come from the heart and let the right opportunities follow. For him, the value is in truly connecting, ,whether that's helping a company reduce burnout or guiding a single client to breakthrough health. - Impact Ripples Outward From coaching veterans back to health to inspiring others with neighborly resilience, Dr. Eghbali demonstrates that authority isn't just about numbers. It's about the results you help people achieve and the communities you touch. - Your First Step to Transformation Success starts with simple awareness and a willingness to ask for support. Dr. Eghbali offers a complimentary 20-minute "root cause" analysis to help listeners identify what's holding them back, because everyone deserves to experience full health and potential.   Episode Highlights: The value of repurposing your expertise into audio content that sells your credibility How to manage content creation time as a busy clinician or entrepreneur Ways a podcast multiplies your reach, impact, and authority for both B2B and consumer audiences Live examples of using stories and interviews to build an inspiring brand   Connect with Dr. Keyvan Eghbali: Ready to break through limits and expand your impact? Text "root cause" to 714-987-1998 for a no-cost clarity call with Dr. Eghbali, or visit his sites: https://wellness-speaker.com https://www.dreghbali.com   Podcast Authority Audit: Ready to strategically grow your podcast authority? You've published the episodes. You've stayed consistent. You know your content is good. And yet… You're not being seen as the authority in your niche Your podcast isn't creating the level of influence or opportunity you expected People listen, but they don't take action And you sound professional… but not unforgettable The truth? Consistency alone doesn't create authority. Intentional leadership does. Are you ready to turn your podcast into an authority engine and not just more content? Would you like to move from best-kept secret to recognized authority? Let me audit your podcast and find the gaps. Go to www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/coaching, click the button and apply to have a chat with me. We will uncover your authority positioning problem, develop your plan to succeed, and see how I can help and support you to achieve your podcast goals. Get your podcast audit at www.PodcastTalentCoach.com/coaching.   Until the next episode, step into your authority. We'll see you next time.

About six months ago, Spencer called Cody out of the blue from a gym treadmill — and that call turned into the biggest move in MxU's history. In this episode, Spencer and Cody sit down right after the keynote to walk through the full story of how MxU and ProdLink joined forces, what Cody was actually building when he first developed ProdLink (a producer's dashboard he built for his own church, because he was running a multi-view, a stream deck, a remote iPad, and a stack of printed-out Planning Center sheets all at once), and why the answer to "is this just AI slop?" matters more than most people realize. They get honest about the tension every worship and tech leader feels — every new tool sounds nice in isolation, but volunteers are already drowning in apps, and "just another thing to download" is a real reason great products never get adopted. They unpack what's actually inside MxU now: dashboards (the old ProdLink producer view, with live ProPresenter slides, Planning Center order of service, timers, notes, and team messaging all on one screen), tasks and checklists, messaging — all rebuilt from the ground up inside MxU, not bolted on, with the full MxU engineering team behind it. Spencer makes the case that this isn't a feature update — it's MxU 2.0, and the company is heading in a new direction built around solving a much bigger problem than just training. They also talk about what ProdLink becomes going forward: a home for free production tools that don't necessarily fit inside the MxU paid platform (starting with the Draw on Slides iPad app), so churches with no budget still have something to use. They close by addressing the question everyone keeps asking — no, you don't need to download two apps, no, ProdLink isn't going away, and yes, this took six months of rebuilding because you can't shortcut the work of doing it right.

We have more fitness information than ever before—podcasts, apps, AI, social media, wearables, coaching programs, and endless content at our fingertips. So why are so many people still struggling? In this episode of The Fitness League Podcast, Josh, Alessandra, and Joelle unpack one of the biggest paradoxes in modern health and fitness: the gap between knowing and doing. We explore why access to information rarely creates lasting change, how the coaching industry has evolved over the years, and where AI fits into the future of health and behavior change. Identify Your Gap Quiz https://quiz.fitnessleagueapp.com/identify-your-gap L5 Health Score Quiz https://score.lvltnhealth.com/ The Fitness League app https://www.fitnessleagueapp.com/ Join the Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/lvltncoaching Alessandra's Instagram: http://instagram.com/alessandrascutnik Joelle's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joellesamantha?igsh=ZnVhZjFjczN0OTdn Josh's Instagram: http://instagram.com/joshscutnik Chapters 00:00 Introduction to the Fitness League Podcast 06:58 The Information Overload Dilemma 13:28 Execution vs. Information: The Real Challenge 14:40 Finding the Right Strategy for Sustainable Progress 16:26 Finding the Right Approach to Fitness 17:13 The Role of AI in Coaching 20:53 The Shift from Online to In-Person Coaching 23:32 Evolving Coaching Practices 27:15 The Importance of Personalized Coaching 29:10 Building a Diverse Coaching Team 32:02 Leveraging AI as a Tool, Not a Feature

Most churches don't document any of their weekend process — it lives in the heads of a few key volunteers, and that's the entire reason you can't take a vacation, can't trust a backup operator, and keep getting Galatians spelled wrong on the slides at 9:58am on a Sunday. They get into why the conversation about checklists usually loses people in the first ten seconds (it sounds like "monkey work," it sounds bureaucratic, it sounds like a pilot's pre-flight that has nothing to do with worship) and why every one of those objections is actually the point. Dillan walks through the pastor who texted him after a "train wreck" weekend — no real disasters, just a stack of small, completely avoidable mistakes that no one caught because no one was checking — and uses it as the anchor for the rest of the conversation. They unpack what should actually be on a pre-service checklist beyond the technical stuff (greeting the band on stage, confirming lighting colors match the worship backgrounds, coordinating with ushers on doors), and Dillan makes the case that the leader's checklist is the one most churches skip entirely — and that leaders who can't remember to pray before rehearsal need that prompt more than they think. They get into why putting prayer on a checklist isn't unspiritual, it's honest, and why the documented version of your process is what lets you take a vacation, lets a key volunteer take a few months off when life gets hard without you treating them like a betrayal, and lets a backup operator step in without burning down the Sunday. They close with a walkthrough of the new checklists feature inside MxU — recurring checklists auto-assigned to whoever's scheduled in Planning Center, completion timestamps visible to the leader, accountability built in — and a Chernobyl reference that, depending on your tolerance for hyperbole, is either a stretch or exactly right.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=checklistsFREE RESOURCES

Spencer and Dillan spend the next thirty minutes unpacking the honest diagnosis, which is that the volunteer almost never is the problem. Dillan opens with a story he heard recently: a congregant who finally responded to the pastor's "get off the bench" sermon, said yes to joining the summer choir, and woke up Monday morning to nine Planning Center emails and zero relational follow-up. They use that as the anchor for the whole conversation. We get into the core tension every church leader has to confront — that the leader sees their team as "my volunteers" while the volunteer sees themselves as a congregant trying to serve the church, and most of the friction in worship and tech ministry traces back to that one mismatch. Dillan makes the case that the issue isn't a recruiting problem or a systems problem or a culture problem — it's a care problem, and almost every "tactical" failure (no training, no resourcing, scheduling someone too much, scheduling someone too little, quietly stopping scheduling someone you don't want to confront) is just a care problem wearing a different costume. They also draw a clear line between two very different types of leaders who get to the same bad result: the leader who doesn't actually care as much as they say they do (and is too busy to notice), and the leader who genuinely cares but lacks the systems, execution, and follow-through to set their volunteers up to win — and how being "so nice" can actually undermine the ministry when it shows up as a complete absence of structure. They land on the sentence underneath the whole conversation: when you're praying for God to send you new volunteers while neglecting the forty He already has, you're not doing ministry — you've let your ministry get in the way of ministry.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=volunteers-quitFREE RESOURCES

Spencer and Dillan open on a stat that should reframe how every worship and tech leader thinks about their team — most churches aren't one volunteer away from crumbling because they only have one volunteer, they're one third of a team away from crumbling, and that's just as fragile. They split the conversation into two completely different church realities. For the 100-200 person church where you legitimately know everyone's name and the bench really is thin, Dillan makes the harder case most pastors don't want to hear: maybe the answer isn't recruiting more people, it's scaling back the operation — running a five-person Sunday instead of a fifteen-person Sunday, and trusting that the gospel can still be preached and the Spirit can still move without three camera operators. For the 1,000-plus person church, the answer is the opposite — the people are in your congregation, you just haven't met them yet, and the issue isn't supply, it's that you're recruiting from a podium when you should be recruiting through relationship. They get into the trap of recruiting for need ("we're sinking, please get on the Titanic") versus recruiting for life change, why nobody jumps on a boat that's already going under, and why the real win of serving isn't a better show — it's the person whose life gets changed because they showed up. Spencer makes the case that the leaders who feel the volunteer shortage most acutely are usually the ones whose volunteers have no idea there's a shortage at all, and that telling people the actual need is step one. They close on three practical takeaways: pray for the volunteers you need by role, never let a single volunteer hold your weekend hostage, and build a real weekend strategy because the Sunday morning service is the biggest funnel into your church — and most churches have no plan for what to do with the people standing in it.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=one-volunteerFREE RESOURCES

Most worship and tech teams are running on five too many apps. Planning Center, Trello, WhatsApp, group texts, email, a Facebook group, three different timer apps, an SPL meter, ProPresenter notes scattered across someone's laptop — and somehow we keep adding more. In this episode, Spencer and Dillan get into why the answer is almost never another tool, why every new app you adopt actively hurts your volunteer culture, and why the church Dillan talked to recently couldn't even name what they use for team communication. They walk through the specific gaps in Planning Center for bidirectional volunteer communication, the fragmentation between weekend tools (timers, notes, volume tracking, streaming analytics) and why nobody's actually evaluating any of it, and Dillan makes the case that the first question for any new tool shouldn't be "is this useful?" — it should be "how does this affect my volunteer culture?" Because if you lose your volunteers, none of the tools matter. They close with what MxU is building toward — bringing training, planning, communication, ProPresenter control, service analytics, and multi-site dashboards into one place with one login — and why "more tools" is almost always the wrong answer to a leadership problem.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=too-many-appsFREE RESOURCES

It's been a hot minute since I've recorded an episode; but, we're back!! In this episode Matthew Oliver recaps the last 6 Months and what's been shaking on his end, including his trip to Egypt, and projects that are going on behind the scenes! *** Additional Resources: The 21 Days of Magic Group Coaching Container still has room available. If you are interested in joining, feel free to email us at: info@stillwateralchemy.com Join The Alchemy Point, SWA's Online Community: https://stillwateralchemy.com/products/the-alchemy-point Inquire about 1-1 Reach Out for Personalized Coaching & Mentorship: https://stillwateralchemy.com/pages/contact-page ***

In this episode, Spencer, Dillan, and Jeff open with a line that's going to make some people close the tab — churches should stop hiring so many people. They pull that statement apart for forty minutes: why hiring is almost always the easier path instead of the better one, what gets stolen from a church when leaders pay people instead of recruiting and developing them, and the leadership disconnect that treats the tech team like janitors ("we pay people to clean toilets, we pay people to mix audio") while expecting kids ministry and guest services to run on volunteers. Jeff makes the case that serving on a production team is fulfilling a priestly role — preparing the place of God for the people of God — and that pastors who offload that role to paid contractors are robbing their people of the discipleship that comes from sacrificing time and gifts. They get honest about front-of-house mixing being a real outlier (it's a long-game skill that takes reps), and Dillan offers a middle ground: take your annual contract budget and use a chunk of it to fly in a high-level coach once a quarter to pour into your volunteers, instead of paying someone to mix every weekend. They close on the harder truth underneath all of this — the church isn't a business, the people in the seats aren't customers, and the moment a leader treats the weekend like a transactional experience instead of a body of believers stewarding their gifts, something has been stolen.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=stop-hiringFREE RESOURCES

In this episode, Spencer, Dillon, and Jeff dig into a stat that should reframe how we talk about church on this podcast — the median church size in America is 70 people, and it just ticked up for the first time in two decades. We get into why the podcast (and most worship/tech conversations online) tends to revolve around large multi-service, multi-campus churches when the vast majority of churches don't have a staff, a budget, or a building. We unpack a listener comment that called us out on using "the church" when we really mean "church organizations," and whether that distinction actually matters. Dillon brings up the conversation he had this morning with a church that's drowning in sound complaint emails and asks the question that sits at the center of this episode: when did we become a customer service business instead of a ministry? We walk through the real-time example of a worship team debating who should have the hard conversation with a struggling bass player, what Jesus would actually do in that room, and why ministry gets lost the moment skill and experience become the metrics. We talk about why megachurches catch disproportionate heat (and why some of that criticism is unfair), why a 200-person church shouldn't be looking up to a 2,000-person church, the difference between learning from a leader and trying to mimic them, and the trap of aspiration turning into expectation turning into disappointment. Jeff shares the honest tension of being a leader who has tasted recognition and the addictive pull of likes, comments, and crowd validation — and what it looks like to drown that noise out. We close on the kind of leader we actually want to follow: the one who, when asked what they're working on, says "still trying to be a good dad."Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=customerserviceFREE RESOURCES

Kirsten Moorefield, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder at Cloverleaf, Sarika Lamont, CPO at Vidyard, and Sarah Royer, Sr. Manager of People Ops at Nirvana Insurance, joined us on The Modern People Leader for a live discussion on AI coaching. We talked about what AI coaching actually means today, building these tools in-house versus buying, and why career growth will never be a perfect checklist.----  Sponsor Links:

In this episode, Spencer and Dylan are joined by Jeff Sandstrom for a follow-up to "Can You Be Too Young for Ministry?" — but flipped. When is it time for older worship and tech leaders to step aside? Or is that even the right question? Jeff brings decades of perspective from working alongside Chris Tomlin, Steven Curtis Chapman, and others, and the conversation gets honest fast. We dig into why churches deplatform people too soon based on age, the difference between someone aging out and someone refusing to stay coachable, why the church's "if it ain't broke" attitude toward worship and production lets segregation between ministries grow, and Jeff's own honest admission about the tech he resisted learning. We also cover why "closed fists" disqualify you faster than any number on a birthday cake, the real reason a lot of older leaders are leaving ministry (hint: it's not age — it's burnout, frustration, and the friend who told them they could make $200k working 15 hours a week), and what it actually takes to keep getting better in your craft instead of coasting on what used to work.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=ageoutFREE RESOURCES

This week, we're tackling the conversation everyone in church tech is dancing around — what happens when AI starts running Sunday morning. Spencer and Dillan dig into where AI actually fits in worship and production ministry, why the under-resourced church might win this era, and the real cost of replacing volunteer roles with automation. It's not a hot take or a doom prediction — it's an honest look at what's coming and how to think about it without fear or hype.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookFREE RESOURCES

This week, a text exchange between a pastor and a livestream provider went public — and the church production community lit up. We walk through what happened, why it's bigger than one bad situation, and what it reveals about how we treat people in this industry.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=facebookFREE RESOURCES

Dillan and Spencer get honest about church hiring practices — why churches often fill positions with low-risk, low-talent people instead of investing in the pros who could actually raise the bar.In this episode:⛪ Is the church full of incompetent people? — the loaded question nobody wants to answer

Is your church pulling out all the stops for Easter... only to go back to normal the very next week? Dillan and Spencer get honest about the Easter "Super Bowl Sunday" mentality — and whether treating one Sunday as the big event is actually doing more harm than good.In this episode:⛪ Easter as "Super Bowl Sunday" — should every weekend get that energy?

If you're asking “can you be too young for ministry?”… you're not alone.The church often pushes people into leadership too early—or holds them back for the wrong reasons.So where's the line between calling and readiness? And how do you know if you're actually equipped?Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=too_young_ministryFREE RESOURCES

If your auditions feel awkward, intimidating, or ineffective… you're probably doing them wrong.Here's how to build auditions that actually grow your team.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=auditionFREE RESOURCES

Most churches don't have a content problem… they have a flow problem.In this episode, we break down the tension between underproducing what matters (transitions) and overproducing what doesn't (unnecessary moments, videos, and noise).Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=overproducedFREE RESOURCES

Someone walks up after service and says, “How do I get involved?”The worst thing you can do is say you'll follow up… and then never respond.In this episode we talk about one of the biggest mistakes churches make when onboarding new volunteers and why quick follow-up matters more than you think. If someone has the courage to offer their time, leaders need to respond.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=loseFREE RESOURCES

First-time guests are showing up at churches every week… but many of them never come back. In this episode, we talk about why that happens and what leaders often miss when thinking about guest experience. From unclear communication to disconnected volunteer teams, small systems can create big friction for new people. If you want to create an environment where guests feel welcomed, understood, and excited to return, this conversation will help you rethink how your team approaches the first-time experience.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=returnFREE RESOURCES

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Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=why-serve-podJesus said, “These people honor me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.”That's not a production issue.That's a posture issue.If you lead worship, mix audio, run lights, speak, or serve in any ministry role — this conversation is for you.Let's talk about purity, preparation, Sabbath, and what it actually means to lead from overflow.FREE RESOURCES

Check out Toby's new book: https://churchgear.com/pages/toby-waltersProduction isn't just for mega churches — it matters at every level.In this episode of the MxU Podcast, we sit down with Toby Walters from Church Gear to talk about why production matters even in a church of 200, and how excellence doesn't have to mean complexity or massive budgets.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tobyFREE RESOURCES

Bad attitudes on worship teams aren't a personality problem — they're a leadership and systems problem.In this episode, we explore why worship teams become frustrated or disengaged, what's actually causing it beneath the surface, and how leaders can create a healthier culture without pushing people harder.If your team's attitude feels off, this episode will help you diagnose why.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=attitudeFREE RESOURCES

Most churches don't measure their worship or tech teams — they just feel when something is off.That's the problem.In this episode, we break down why worship and production ministries struggle with inconsistency and how to fix it using three measurable pillars: Quality, Consistency, and Care.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=qsFREE RESOURCES

In this episode of the MXU Podcast, the team breaks down the production, worship, and leadership habits that look impressive online—but quietly hurt volunteer teams, the room, and long-term sustainability.From designing moments for algorithms instead of congregations, to confusing excellence with complexity, this conversation challenges leaders to rethink what actually matters if we want worship teams that are still healthy years from now.This isn't about being critical for the sake of it—it's about building worship and production cultures that are healthy, scalable, and still around in 2027 and beyond.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=leaveFREE RESOURCES

Is Instagram shaping church leadership more than we realize?More and more church advice is coming from people with platforms — not necessarily people who share the same realities as most churches. What happens when the loudest voices represent the smallest slice of the Church?In this episode, we talk honestly about how Instagram has become an exit ramp for church leaders, how “public figure” status quietly redefines authority, and why so much online advice feels disconnected from the day-to-day realities of the average church.This isn't about calling out individuals or vilifying large churches. It's about asking better questions:Who is the advice actually for?Who is being helped?And who might be unintentionally discouraged?Most churches don't have massive budgets, large staffs, or cutting-edge gear — and that doesn't make them unhealthy or behind. It just means the conversation needs more context.Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=smallsolutionsFREE RESOURCES

In the early days, this community felt like a table everyone wanted a seat at.Over time, that same table started to feel exclusive — even unintentionally.In this episode, we talk candidly about the tension that comes with growth, nostalgia, and change. Why some people feel more helped than ever, while others feel left behind. How a movement built on skill, access, and aspiration can accidentally create an us vs. them culture. And why shifting toward serving more churches — not just the most visible ones — was an intentional choice.This is a conversation about identity, community, and asking a hard but necessary question:Are we building something that inspires a few — or something that actually helps many?Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=tableFREE RESOURCES

Are churches addicted to “new”?New series. New set. New songs. New service times. New gear.We chase fresh ideas hoping they'll fix what's broken — but sometimes the cost is stability, people, and foundational health.In today's episode, we talk honestly about the tension between creativity and consistency. When should you innovate? When should you slow down? And how do you lead a team that needs both fresh vision and steady rhythms without burning out volunteers in the process?Check out our FREE Team Night Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/team-night-guide/?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=addictedFREE RESOURCES

Worship teams have never been more skilled — yet many feel thinner, more fragile, and harder to sustain. In this conversation, we unpack the unintended cost of building worship ministries around skill first, and why excellence alone can't carry the weight of leadership, culture, and discipleship.We talk honestly about when contractors help or hurt, how expectations get misaligned, and why worship leaders often feel stuck between sounding great and shepherding people well. This isn't a critique of skill — it's a challenge to lead it wisely.Check out our free Volunteer Development Toolkit: https://getmxu.com/resources/volunteer-development-toolkit?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=talentFREE RESOURCES

Have you ever felt your routine fall apart during the holidays and immediately assumed your progress was slipping? The mix of travel, heavier meals and unpredictable schedules can make your body feel different fast, but those shifts are not the setback your mind tells you they are.In this episode we talk about how your strength responds during chaotic seasons, why momentum matters more than perfect structure and how small anchors like movement snacks, protein and hydration keep you connected to yourself when everything else feels messy.We also break down the body image triggers that tend to show up this time of year. Lighting, angles, outfits and family comments can activate old beliefs quickly, and learning how to pause and reframe those moments helps you stay grounded instead of spiraling.If you want a clearer way to move through holiday chaos with confidence, calm and a lot less fear of starting over, this conversation will meet you right where you are and give you tools you can use immediately. Tune in.What's Discussed:(00:00) Why holiday chaos makes your progress feel fragile(01:37) What your body is truly responding to during this season(05:36) How slowing down can support strength instead of hurting it(06:46) Ways to stay consistent when your schedule falls apart(13:07) How mini lifts and movement snacks protect your momentum(17:11) What holiday food actually does for strength and recovery(18:28) Where holiday body image triggers come from and how to handle them(22:23) How to stay strong without your full routineThank You to Our Sponsors:Timeline: Get you free 3-day trial of Mitopure gummies. Head over to timeline.com/taragummies to claim yours.Check out more from Broads:Website: www.broads.appInstagram: @broads.podcast @broads.app

Church tech and worship leaders are navigating a new tension:faithfulness vs visibility.In this episode, we talk honestly about influencer culture in church tech, why social media feels louder than ever, and how easy it is to confuse platform with impact. We explore what actually builds healthy teams, how insecurity shows up in subtle ways, and why serving well in the local church still matters more than being seen.This isn't an anti-social-media conversation — it's a clarifying one.Check out our free Volunteer Development Toolkit: https://getmxu.com/resources/volunteer-development-toolkit?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=influencerFREE RESOURCES

So many worship leaders, tech directors, and church staff are wrestling with the same question:“Should I leave my church?”In this episode, we get brutally honest about the emotions, the pressure, the conflict, and the confusion that come with deciding whether to stay, leave, or step out of ministry altogether. We talk about hardened hearts, over-spiritualizing decisions, the role of the Holy Spirit, how negativity spreads, and what it actually looks like to leave a church well.If you're frustrated, burnt out, or feeling that pull to move on—you're not crazy, and you're not alone. But before you make a decision that impacts your family, your faith, and your future, slow down and listen to this conversation.Check out our free Volunteer Development Toolkit: https://getmxu.com/resources/volunteer-development-toolkit/?utm_campaign=done-ministryFREE RESOURCES

Check out our free Sunday Morning Survival Guide: https://getmxu.com/resources/survival-guide/?utm_campaign=full-ministrySaying yes to everything in ministry might look spiritual — but it's actually dangerous. When church leaders never set limits, burnout becomes normal, families suffer, and volunteers copy the same unhealthy patterns.In this episode, we're talking about the cost of saying yes too often — and why healthy boundaries might be the most spiritual thing you can build into your leadership.FREE RESOURCES

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Welcome to the Purple Patch Podcast! On this episode, IRONMAN Master Coach Matt Dixon introduces the Purple Patch Marathon Special Program, offering personalized coaching for $99/month with a 25% discount for new subscribers. He also promotes the Win Cycle leadership program, designed to enhance team performance and adaptability. Dixon emphasizes the benefits of taking on challenges mid-year, whether in sports or professional life, to foster growth, resilience, and high performance. He encourages triathletes to diversify their training and busy professionals to adopt new, demanding goals. Dixon highlights the importance of stepping out of comfort zones to build capacity and improve overall performance.   Purple Patch and Episode Resources Fast Track Run Squad: purplepatchfitness.com/fasttrackmarathon Check out our world-class coaching and training options: Tri Squad: https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/squad 1:1 Coaching: https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/11-coached Run Squad: https://www.purplepatchfitness/com/run-squad Strength Squad: https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/strength-1 Live & On-Demand Bike Sessions: https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/bike  Explore our training options in detail: https://bit.ly/3XBo1Pi  Live in San Francisco? Explore the Purple Patch Performance Center: https://center.purplepatchfitness.com  Everything you need to know about our methodology: https://www.purplepatchfitness.com/our-methodology Amplify your approach to nutrition with Purple Patch + Fuelin https://www.fuelin.com/purplepatch Get access to our free training resources, insight-packed newsletter and more at purplepatchfitness.com