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What have you stopped doing because you’re afraid of how someone might react? In today’s Northman Coaching daily devotional, Gary Hults explores Acts 4:20 and Peter and John’s courage to speak about Jesus despite pressure to stay silent. Living your faith takes conviction, humility, and honesty delivered with love. Are you practicing compassion—or avoiding the discomfort of telling the truth? Toda...

What have you stopped doing because you’re afraid of how someone might react? In today’s Northman Coaching daily devotional, Gary Hults explores Acts 4:20 and Peter and John’s courage to speak about Jesus despite pressure to stay silent. Living your faith takes conviction, humility, and honesty delivered with love. Are you practicing compassion—or avoiding the discomfort of telling the truth? Toda...

What if enthusiasm is the decision to keep showing up with purpose—even when you don’t feel excited? In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores enthusiasm through faith, fatherhood, relationships, and rebuilding after loss or divorce. We challenge the beliefs that keep us waiting for motivation, examine how comparison drains our energy, and share three practical ways to...

What if enthusiasm is the decision to keep showing up with purpose—even when you don’t feel excited? In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores enthusiasm through faith, fatherhood, relationships, and rebuilding after loss or divorce. We challenge the beliefs that keep us waiting for motivation, examine how comparison drains our energy, and share three practical ways to...

In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores empathy: listening to understand, staying curious, and treating people with humanity while holding firm boundaries. From fatherhood and relationships to divorce, conflict, and self-worth, we discuss how to offer compassion without rescuing, hold people accountable without humiliation, and challenge the assumptions that keep us f...

What if enthusiasm is the decision to keep showing up with purpose—even when you don’t feel excited? In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores enthusiasm through faith, fatherhood, relationships, and rebuilding after loss or divorce. We challenge the beliefs that keep us waiting for motivation, examine how comparison drains our energy, and share three practical ways to...

In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores empathy: listening to understand, staying curious, and treating people with humanity while holding firm boundaries. From fatherhood and relationships to divorce, conflict, and self-worth, we discuss how to offer compassion without rescuing, hold people accountable without humiliation, and challenge the assumptions that keep us f...

Have you ever prayed honestly and still felt like heaven was silent? On the cross, Jesus cried out, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” In Matthew 27:46, he gives voice to anguish while echoing Psalm 22. His words remind us that we can bring our hardest questions to God. You don’t have to pretend everything is okay today. Tell God what hurts, and let someone you trust stand with you throug...

In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores empathy: listening to understand, staying curious, and treating people with humanity while holding firm boundaries. From fatherhood and relationships to divorce, conflict, and self-worth, we discuss how to offer compassion without rescuing, hold people accountable without humiliation, and challenge the assumptions that keep us f...

If nobody could see your success, would you still want it? In this episode of Northman Coaching’s Seven Deadly Sins, Gary Hults explores pride through the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. When building a reputation becomes more important than building a meaningful life, correction feels like disrespect and approval starts driving your decisions. Challenge your definition of success. Examine what your...

If nobody could see your success, would you still want it? In this episode of Northman Coaching’s Seven Deadly Sins, Gary Hults explores pride through the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. When building a reputation becomes more important than building a meaningful life, correction feels like disrespect and approval starts driving your decisions. Challenge your definition of success. Examine what your...

If nobody could see your success, would you still want it? In this episode of Northman Coaching’s Seven Deadly Sins, Gary Hults explores pride through the Tower of Babel in Genesis 11. When building a reputation becomes more important than building a meaningful life, correction feels like disrespect and approval starts driving your decisions. Challenge your definition of success. Examine what your...

In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores empathy: listening to understand, staying curious, and treating people with humanity while holding firm boundaries. From fatherhood and relationships to divorce, conflict, and self-worth, we discuss how to offer compassion without rescuing, hold people accountable without humiliation, and challenge the assumptions that keep us f...

When you say “family comes first,” do your choices make the people closest to you feel that they matter? In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores family as a value we practice through presence, honesty, accountability, and love. We examine the patterns we inherited, the lessons our children learn by watching us, and how to set boundaries with people we care about. From...

Have you ever stayed quiet about your faith because you feared what others would think? In Matthew 10:33, Jesus challenges his disciples to stand with him even when it costs them approval. That calls for an honest question: Is my silence a thoughtful choice, or am I afraid of being judged? You don’t have to force faith into every conversation. You can speak honestly, treat people with compassion,...

In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores empathy: listening to understand, staying curious, and treating people with humanity while holding firm boundaries. From fatherhood and relationships to divorce, conflict, and self-worth, we discuss how to offer compassion without rescuing, hold people accountable without humiliation, and challenge the assumptions that keep us f...

Does another man’s success inspire you—or make you search for reasons he doesn’t deserve it? In this episode of Northman Coaching’s Seven Deadly Sins, Gary Hults explores envy through Joseph’s story in Genesis 37. We examine how hurt can become resentment, comparison can distort judgment, and insecurity can turn another man into an enemy. Free thinking means questioning the stories that protect yo...

Does another man’s success inspire you—or make you search for reasons he doesn’t deserve it? In this episode of Northman Coaching’s Seven Deadly Sins, Gary Hults explores envy through Joseph’s story in Genesis 37. We examine how hurt can become resentment, comparison can distort judgment, and insecurity can turn another man into an enemy. Free thinking means questioning the stories that protect yo...

Does another man’s success inspire you—or make you search for reasons he doesn’t deserve it? In this episode of Northman Coaching’s Seven Deadly Sins, Gary Hults explores envy through Joseph’s story in Genesis 37. We examine how hurt can become resentment, comparison can distort judgment, and insecurity can turn another man into an enemy. Free thinking means questioning the stories that protect yo...

If God is calling you to change, why are you still letting your worst mistake introduce you? In today’s Northman Coaching daily devotional, Gary Hults explores Acts 9:13–15, when God sends Ananias to Saul—a man whose harmful past was real, but whose life was being called in a new direction. Owning the harm you’ve caused matters. So does practicing change. Keeping promises, seeking help, listening...

In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores empathy: listening to understand, staying curious, and treating people with humanity while holding firm boundaries. From fatherhood and relationships to divorce, conflict, and self-worth, we discuss how to offer compassion without rescuing, hold people accountable without humiliation, and challenge the assumptions that keep us f...

If God is calling you to change, why are you still letting your worst mistake introduce you? In today’s Northman Coaching daily devotional, Gary Hults explores Acts 9:13–15, when God sends Ananias to Saul—a man whose harmful past was real, but whose life was being called in a new direction. Owning the harm you’ve caused matters. So does practicing change. Keeping promises, seeking help, listening...

Have you ever been beside someone who needed you, but your mind was somewhere else? In Mark 14:37, Jesus finds his disciples asleep when he needs them to stay with him. They were tired, but the moment still mattered. Today’s devotional asks us to look honestly at how we show up for the people we love. Put the phone down. Listen without rushing to fix things. Ask how someone is doing, and stay long...

Can you care about someone’s pain without agreeing with their choices—or giving them unlimited access to your life? In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores empathy: listening to understand, staying curious, and treating people with humanity while holding firm boundaries. From fatherhood and relationships to divorce, conflict, and self-worth, we discuss how to offer co...

Can you care about someone’s pain without agreeing with their choices—or giving them unlimited access to your life? In this episode of the Northman Coaching Podcast, Gary Hults explores empathy: listening to understand, staying curious, and treating people with humanity while holding firm boundaries. From fatherhood and relationships to divorce, conflict, and self-worth, we discuss how to offer co...