Rhythms for Life

Resilience isn’t unyielding willpower that pushes through any obstacle or withstands any force. Resilience allows us to be flexible and adaptable. We bend but aren’t broken; we are wounded but learn how to heal. In this episode of the Rhythms for Life podcast, we are joined by Hannah Weidmann, creator of the jewelry company Everyday Heirloom, to discuss the meaning of resilience, share how scriptu...

To celebrate Mother’s Day Rebekah sits down with Laura Wifler, author of Like Me and co-founder of Risen Motherhood for a conversation on motherhood and how to open the door to meaningful conversations with your children about empathy, compassion, diversity and God’s love for others who might look or act differently than them. Take the Resilience Quiz at https://www.rebekahlyons.com/rlquiz Buildin...

Even if you're walking through a difficult season or feeling overwhelmed with the chaos of life, you can build a peace-filled resilience that equips you with strength for today--and for every day ahead. We’re celebrating the launch of Building A Resilient Life with a conversation on how this message of resilience came to be, an overview of the 5 rules of resilience and hearing how Rebekah hopes th...

When fear comes knocking, what strategies can we use and have in our back pockets to be able to fight back? We all need simple strategies that help us fight off fear, but it’s often harder than it sounds. Jim Cress, Licensed Professional Counselor, joins us on this episode to share insight he’s learn over the years as a counselor and from a neuroscience perspective as well as his own experience on...

Everyone’s faith journey is unique. We all come to faith at different points in our lives, experiencing the struggles of life, the inability to hear God, and our desire for control can all complicate life and leave us unsure where we’re supposed to be heading. Ines Franklin shares her own journey of faith and biblical insights providing healing and hope for those still finding their way or doubtin...

We all desire connection with God, and one of the ways we connect with God is through our prayer life, but many people struggle to connect with God in this way. Addison Bevere, Author, and COO of Messenger International, invites us deeper into the tension of prayer—the struggles, the doubts, the answers—the divine wrestling of it all. Addison joins Gabe and Rebekah to talk about the importance of...

Our vices are coping strategies, and we restrict our virtues to our online personas, where they won't interfere with our real lives, leaving us empty, exhausted, and directionless. But why do we do things that we know are harmful to us? Pastor and Author Jonathan Pokluda joins us to help us replace our vices with virtues. Pre-Order Building a Resilient Life today and receive $97 in free bonuses at...

Curt Thompson MD, psychiatrist and author of The Soul of Desire, joins us to discuss what we can learn about overcoming adversity by looking at how our physical minds and bodies respond when we face adversity. Rooted in theology, psychology, and science, Curt reminds us of the truths of how God created us to live fully. Pre-Order Building a Resilient Life today and receive $97 in free bonuses at h...

Heather Avis, author of Everyone Belongs and Down Syndrome advocate, joins us this week on the Rhythms for Life Podcast to share how she has overcome the challenges of parenting two kids with special needs and has learned so much about facing adversity and building resilience from her two children with Down Syndrome. Pre-Order Building a Resilient Life today and receive $97 in free bonuses at http...

Our thoughts shape our perspective. If we are going to overcome adversity, it starts with us believing the right things and having the right truths as a foundation. A licensed counselor and author of Reset , Debra Fileta will help us break free, trading unhealthy cyclical behaviors for life-giving new patterns, and give us practical tools and examples of resetting our minds. Pre-Order Building a R...

In the latest episode of the Overcoming Adversity series, Olympic gold medalist Scott Hamilton joins Gabe and Rebekah to share his story on overcoming challenges to reach the Olympics and how he has continued to count the wins in his own life as he faces adversity. This episode will inspire you to change how you look at your challenges and how you can respond with joy when life gives you the unexp...

God is moving, and the whole world is watching. The world witnessed thousands descend upon a small university’s campus last month. What started as a small gathering with college students quickly spread to a multi-week-long gathering with people eager to seek God. In this special release of the Rhythms for Life Podcast, Grant Skeldon, Director of Next Gen at Q Ideas , joins Rebekah for a conversati...

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Megan Hyatt Miller, CEO of Full Focus and author of  Mind Your Mindset , joined us for the first episode of our new season, Overcoming Adversity, to share how she overcame one of her greatest fears. Using neuroscience, Megan gives us practical tools to rewrite the narrative in our minds to overcome our fears and succeed in all areas of our lives.  Pre-order Rebekah's new book, Building a Resilient...

We all enter a new year with habits and patterns we need to break in order to live a full life. On this special edition of the Rhythms for Life Podcast, Gabe & Rebekah welcome Neal and Carly Samudre, authors of Start from Joy , to help us break patterns and cultivate a life filled with joy as we head in to the new year! Purchase Start from Joy:Trade Shame, Guilt, and Fear for Lasting Change, a Lig...

As we conclude our Emotional Health Series and prepare for the new year with new goals and aspirations, we want to learn how to stop living reactively, feeling emotionally exhausted, and being pulled in multiple directions. Glenn and Holly Packiam, authors of The Intentional Year , join us to share how implementing rhythms into their year made space for more time together and led to freedom and a...

In the final episode of the Emotional Health series with Dr. Chip Dodd, we’re talking about the final of the eight feelings, gladness. Gladness is not about being happy or getting what we want. Gladness is about having a deep desire and being willing to walk through pain in pursuit of this desire. Gladness comes because of our willingness to feel the other feelings: hurt, lonely, sad, anger, fear,...

The Emotional Health Series continues this week with the feeling of guilt. Guilt is the emotional and spiritual gift that allows us to feel and accept that we’ve done something wrong. Guilt tells us that we have broken boundaries and we’ve done something wrong. Dr. Chip Dodd joins us to help us understand what guilt is and how we can be set free through this feeling. Following the interview with D...

Shame is the emotional and spiritual recognition of the potential to faith and to do harm and to love. In today’s episode, Dr. Chip Dodd helps us understand how the feeling of shame can lead to conviction. We’ll also hear from Nona Jones, author of Killing Comparison: Reject the Lie You Aren't Good Enough and Live Confident in Who God Made You to Be on how shame can make us addicted to others appr...

We tackle fear in this episode of our Emotional Health Series with Dr. Chip Dodd. Fear is the feeling that allows us to experience risk, trust, dependency, collaboration, and wisdom; it helps us realize our need for help. For many of us, fear equals weakness and makes us doubt and distrust one another. In our fear of feeling fear, we become fretful and overly controlling in any risk we take. Follo...

Our Emotional Health season, presented by the Christian Standard Bible, continues with the feeling of anger. Dr. Chip Dodd joins us to discuss how anger is the most important feeling we experience because it is the first step to authentic living and shows our yearning and hunger for life.  Following the interview with Dr. Chip Dodd, Levi & Jennie Lusko, authors of The Marriage Devotional , join us...

Our Emotional health session continues focusing on the feeling of sadness. Sadness is the feeling that speaks to how much you value what is missed, what is gone, and what is lost. Chip Dodd joins us again to break down the feeling of sadness, what it means to process it, and how we can learn to honor our sadness. Then, Melissa Zaldivar, author of  What Cannot be Lost , joins us to discuss sadness...

Dr. Chip Dodd joins us to explore the feeling overwhelming our population—loneliness. In this episode, you will understand why God gives us this emotion and how it can be directed to seek deeper relationships with ourselves, others, and God. Max Lucado, pastor and author of Help is Here, joins us to reveal who the Spirit is, how he can empower us to become more joyful, and how this can help us ove...

We all experience hurt in our lives, and how we respond to this feeling can lead to either resentment or freedom and healing. In today’s episode, Dr. Chip Dodd helps us understand how the feeling of hurt is a catalyst to all the other feelings. Understanding how to respond when hurt can change the trajectory of our closest to relationships. We’ll also hear from Danielle Strickland, author of The O...

In the first episode of the Emotional Health season, Gabe and Rebekah Lyons are joined by counselor and expert counselor Dr. Chip Dodd to learn about the 8 primary emotions-anger, hurt, fear, loneliness, sadness, shame, guilt, gladness, that we all experience. Together, we’ll learn how we experience these feelings, what they do when they come and how we can have a healthy response. Purchase The Vo...