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Today we’re exploring something that has the power to transform our relationships, our confidence, and our overall sense of purpose—living authentically. So what does it mean to live authentically? Living authentically is a journey, not a destination. It takes courage, but the reward is a life that feels real, fulfilling, and aligned with who you truly are. And as believers, we know that true auth...

Welcome to Episode 27 of the F4 podcast!   In this episode, our hosts explore how sharing your personal story with others can help you “be a lion”. After trying to stifle the calling to share her difficult past and story of forgiveness, one of the F4 hosts explores the potential merits of helping others through telling your story—with a little help from your friends, of course. Here is the link to...

Part Two: We pick back up where we left off in Episode One. Today we are going to return to a subject that we explored twenty episodes ago in episode 6, Under Pressure , when we discussed the internal and external pressures that lead to anxiety. It was inspired by author, Steve Cuss. Much of the material that will influence our discussion today was also gleaned from Steve Cuss and can be further e...

Today we are going to return to a subject that we explored twenty episodes ago in episode 6, Under Pressure , when we discussed the internal and external pressures that lead to anxiety. It was inspired by author, Steve Cuss. Much of the material that will influence our discussion today was also gleaned from Steve Cuss and can be further explored in his new book, The Expectation Gap: The Tiny Vast...

Welcome to Episode 25 of the F4 podcast! Several of our podcasts have been centered around or at least touched on the idea of unhurrying our lives or taking time to disconnect from the chaos of the digital/social media world. This seems to be an area that continually comes up for us. We feel the tug to overfill our lives and we definitely see it in the lives of people around us. As we head into th...

Welcome to Episode 24 Part Two of the F4 podcast. In today's episode, we're diving deep into the ubiquitous presence of cell phones and the challenges they present in our relationships. It's no secret that cell phones have become an integral part of our daily lives, revolutionizing the way we communicate, work, and connect with others. But with this technological advancement comes a ho...

Welcome to Episode 24 Part One of the F4 podcast. In today's episode, we're diving deep into the ubiquitous presence of cell phones and the challenges they present in our relationships. It's no secret that cell phones have become an integral part of our daily lives, revolutionizing the way we communicate, work, and connect with others. But with this technological advancement comes a ho...

Join us for Episode 23 of the F4 podcast! In this installment, Vanessa Giddens, a Level 3 CrossFit Coach and one of the F4 hosts, delves into the valuable life lessons she has acquired throughout her coaching journey.   https://maxlucado.christianbook.com/you-are-special-story-for-everyone/max-lucado/9781433522673/pd/522673?event=Kids   www.crossfitaltius.com   www.crossfit.com   If you need rehab...

Today we are going to talk about an issue that seems to come up over and over again with each of us, our family, our friends, and almost everyone we come in contact with in some capacity. We are taking about excuses. You know the “I don’t have time to do X.” “I don’t have the money to do X” “I wish I could do what you do but..” We are excited to process through this. We think if we could free ours...

Today we are going to talk about some of the highlights from a book that Brooke shared with me a couple of years ago. The content of this book smacked me in the face in all the best ways and is called, The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer. The first words of this book are from the Gospel of Matthew in chapter 11 verses 28-30 when Jesus said, “Come to me, all you who are weary and b...

This month we did something we don't do very often, we interviewed one person. Ryan was a great guest and we think this is going to impact many of you in such a positive way. Why Ryan? Well, Brian has known Ryan for more than 17 years and he just celebrated his 33rd birthday! We invited Ryan to be our guest because he is a good friend and has a powerful story that we know will be encouraging t...

Welcome to Episode 19 of the F4 podcast! Thank you so much for listening to and watching our podcast! We need to take a moment to say “sorry”. I know we had some technical audio difficulties on our last episode and again we apologize for that. We really felt like it was good enough to post anyway so if you haven’t seen or heard it yet, please go back and check it out. If you would follow us on Ins...

Welcome to Episode 18: “Something to Talk About” (aka the ding-dong episode) APOLOGY UP FRONT! We had a catastrophic fatal loss of the audio file while in editing. This means the audio quality is not what you are used to hearing. Normally we wouldn’t post this because of that, but we liked this episode enough to post anyway. Our apologies and we promise it won’t happen again! Last time, we dedicat...

Welcome to Episode 17 of the F4 podcast! • We appreciate you taking the time to listen and watch our podcast! If you could follow us on Instagram and like and share the podcast, we would greatly appreciate it! We are on multiple platforms including Apple, Spotify, Google, Pocket, Radio Public, Breaker, Anchor, & YouTube! • If you would like to be a sponsor of the show you can send us a message...

I think we would all agree that asking people about their favorite things is a great way to get to know them and what makes them tick. Taking people’s favorites into account is also often a great way to keep meetings and gatherings and vacations and such running smoothly. After all, deeming something as a “favorite” is just another way of identifying your personal preferences. Hang with us this mo...

Are you an adult? Do you act like an adult? Do you talk like an adult? Or do you act and function at a lower age emotionally than what you are?  The idea of “cancelling” someone (or at least walking away from someone) that you feel has wronged you in some way has become more and more prevalent in our culture over the course of our lifetime. You see this with people all the time now “cancellin...

In this episode of the F4 Podcast we discuss our recent experiences during the 2022 CrossFit Open and what it was like to work toward the common goal of getting one of our own to the next level of the competition. This episode touches on all our “F”s: Faith, Family, Friends, and Fitness!

We’ve talked about goals and habits before. We’ve also talked about growth. This time of year, people generally begin thinking about these sorts of things. “New year, new you” and all. In this episode we tackle what it means to have a word or phrase for the year. We look forward to your feedback! You can email us at f4ncpodcast@gmail.com or send us a DM on social platforms.

Today we are going to be talking about talent versus skill. In previous episodes we’ve discussed the concepts of growth and setting goals and how things like mindset factor into both of those things. But today we want to strip the topic down and address a basic question: is it talent or is it skill? When we work towards growth, are we developing skill or honing raw talent? Here are the links to bo...

According to the Fuller Youth Institute, over half of all high school seniors walk away from their faith in college. That is a staggering and scary number. As parents and Christians, this is one of the biggest problems that we see with our kids and in society as a whole right now. In this episode we tackle how to help navigate this time with your kids. Matt Marston is our special guest this month,...

In this episode, we discuss a pursuit that gets in the way growth for all of us. It isn’t an inherently wrong pursuit, but everyone struggles with it and it is a big hinderance to growth. It's the pursuit of C-O-M-F-O-R-T.    Thank you for taking the time to engage the F4 podcast today! Please follow us on social media, like and share the podcast if you think this can be helpful and/or e...

We have been hearing (and experiencing) a great deal in regards to mental and emotional health these days. The events of 2020 seem to have highlighted some issues that have been around for quite some time, we had just come up with some pretty good ways of avoiding them. When it comes to our kids, the issues related to emotional health are growing. One of the best things we can do to increase our e...

Today we're talking about setting goals. We understand the positive power of setting goals but so many of us don't really know how to set goals.  We love feedback! Please feel free to send some to us on any social platforms or at f4ncpodcast@gmail.com

This month we tackle the super funny but also super serious topic of pet peeves. I know what you are thinking: that has the potential to cause some problems with the four of us! There is also the potential for plenty of laughs for you as you listen to how we make each other frustrated. We hope you enjoy this episode and as always we would love to get feedback from you. How can we better connect an...

We're excited to tackle the topic of anxiety in this episode because we are constantly talking with people who struggle with managing their anxiety in all aspects of life. We will not be able to cover every aspect of anxiety today, but we definitely want to talk about this because our mental health is so important. We have titled this podcast “Under Pressure” because we all feel internal and exter...