The Worth of Your Soul

What hidden needs might you be neglecting without realizing it? We all have needs - and there’s more to those needs than just the physical ones, such as hunger and thirst. This episode explores those needs and ways to meet them for a more fulfilling life.

When was the last time you faced something impossible? How did you react to it? Reframing the impossible can often lead us to find out that we can do that thing after all.

Freedom is a state of being that most of us would do anything to acquire. Discipline is often seen as restricting or limiting yourself - the very opposite of freedom. But what if the ability to set boundaries for yourself was actually what would make you free? What would you be willing to sacrifice in order to obtain greater freedom?

Most of us start our life by dreaming big. Some of us grow up to accomplish our goals, but many of us simply think smaller instead. It’s all too common for us to believe that we are stuck where we are, that this is just the way life is. This is common, but it’s not the truth. The first step to finding new possibility in life again? Develop a growth mindset.

Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, hiking is hard, and sometimes it hurts. It’s not always pleasant and there are portions of the hike that can make you wanna to sit down and give up. Life can be the same way. So why are we doing the hike at all? The experience at the top of the hike is what makes it all worth it.

Many of us spend a significant portion of our lives trying to find ways to get away from emotions we don’t like. The escape methods vary, but they all have the same effect - running from emotions makes us even more afraid of feeling them. This episode takes a look at an alternative solution.

There is so much more to you than meets the eye - even to yourself. Understanding what’s going on inside of yourself can enable insight and growth like you’ve never imagined. Challenges exist to be surmounted.

Experiencing unpleasant emotions is part of the human experience. It’s natural for us to try to escape or avoid those unpleasant and uncomfortable feelings. But what if experiencing them, fully, is the path to healing from past traumas and difficulties?

When I was fourteen, my dream was to play college soccer. At one of my college camps, we met a sports psychologist… and what he taught us that day changed my life. Today I hope it changes yours too.

It is easy to focus on the things going poorly in our lives. However, our greatest strength is found when we choose to turn our focus off of the storm and onto the God who empowers us to make it through the storm.

Conflict can be a major source of anxiety for many people. Our natural tendency in these moments is to attempt to make our environment understand us, to change it to suit our needs. What if we were to lay down that instinct and begin by trying to understand the other person first instead?

Have you ever faced an obstacle, challenge, or situation in your life that just felt too big or overwhelming for you? That’s what this episode is all about.

Kicking bad habits out is just a matter of willpower, right? Wrong… so what happens when willpower isn’t enough to turn your life around? That’s where the Olive Tree Principle comes in.

We all need physical strength and mental strength to succeed in life. Spiritual strength is an asset that should be added to that list as well. Our bodies, minds, and spirits need to be strong in order to face the challenges life is going to throw at us. So how do we develop that strength?

As humans, we naturally seek the path of least resistance - the path that’s most comfortable. But what happens when we begin to equate happiness with comfort? The effects are more widespread than you might think.

We all have fears in our lives - sometimes we face them, sometimes we run from them. But what if your fears didn’t have to be avoided? What if you could face them head on, push through, and make it out intact and without overwhelm? Nature has provided a way for us to do that, in an unexpected way: breathing.

We use labels all the time - to describe objects, activities, people, and more. We categorize ourselves and others with these labels in order to organize the world for ourselves. But realistically, how helpful ARE these labels?

What drives the decisions you make on a day-to-day basis? If someone asked you how come you do the things you do, would you have an answer for them? Finding a clear direction, finding your WHY, will impact your life in ways you may not even realize.

Fitness, nutrition, mental health, careers, education, relationships… every one of these areas of your life is affected by your sense of worth. Your worth is infinite - but many of us have been told otherwise. How could your life change if you truly believed in your infinite worth as a child of God?

When facing challenges, we generally respond in one of two ways: feeling empowered to rise to the challenge, it feeling overwhelmed by it and shutting down. How can we let our challenges empower us rather than overwhelm us?

Achieving goals, feeling hopeful, overcoming challenges - at their foundation, all of these things (and more) depend on whether or not you feel capable of making change happen in your life. If we don’t feel capable of something, it’s natural to lose any and all motivation towards that thing.

Fitness and nutrition are hard. But so are doctor’s appointments and hospital bills. Making self-care a priority is hard. But so is a battle with poor mental health. Life comes with many hard things - the question is, which hard will you choose?

This world we live in makes it easy to get caught up in a busy rush of checklist items to complete… and if we’re not careful, we can burn ourselves out in the pursuit of checking off boxes that don’t end up satisfying us. The incredible part? You actually matter more than those to-dos.

Health is a hot topic these days. Some of the trends towards “health”, however, end up causing us more problems than they solve… so what does it really mean to have good health?

We’ve all experienced periods of extreme stress in our lives… sometimes this stress can be difficult to manage, and may even put our physical and mental health at risk. This episode explores several different ways to deal with stress in a healthy way.