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Send us Fan Mail https://mercyisnew.com/wp-content/uploads/Litany-of-Humility-.jpg We explore why humility sits at the root of spiritual growth and how pride quietly fragments our lives. Practical tools, scripture, and real habits show a path toward character that influences home, work, and community with integrity. • defining virtue as habit and vice as distortion • culture of self-promotion cont...

Send us Fan Mail We explore how fast, confident decisions reduce anxiety and create momentum, from the chaos of new-parent choices to the pressure of big life moves. We break down six practical skills to defeat decision fatigue, stop stalling, and choose from hope rather than fear. • modern choice overload and why time feels faster • decision fatigue from constant micro choices • the high cost of...

Send us Fan Mail Resolutions fade when they’re built on pressure instead of purpose. We offer a calmer way to start 2026: five simple questions that reveal what to release, what to keep, what to learn, what to explore, and what to create more of. Rather than chasing another crowded checklist, we guide you to a reflective reset that aligns with your values, faith, and season of life. We begin by na...

Send us Fan Mail We explore how old home videos exposed the tiny choices that shape family memories and identity. As holidays approach, we choose presence over perfection and practice small habits that turn chaos into connection. • series focus on who you are across hustle, waiting, and memory • cozy family night triggers a home video deep dive • forgotten details reveal mood, tone and micro-momen...

Send us Fan Mail We explore how waiting is a neutral space shaped by our thoughts, from holiday lines to life’s bigger delays, and how Advent invites expectant joy over impatience. Practical reframes and preparation steps turn delays into growth in relationships, home, work, and faith. • waiting seen as neutral time shaped by thought • examples from checkout lines, traffic, and a four-hour theme p...

Send us Fan Mail We open a three-part December series by naming the holiday hustle and offering a path to peace. We reframe stress by shifting thoughts, set kinder boundaries with family, and build simple practices that protect joy, gratitude, and presence. • emotions arising from thoughts rather than events • replacing have to and should with choose to • trying on supportive thoughts for calm and...

Send us Fan Mail We explore ten unexpected places where thanks took root, from back surgery and Wisconsin winters to thrift choices, long road trips, and a peaceful goodbye at a father’s bedside. The conversation invites you to pan out, reframe hard memories, and practice deeper gratitude with intention. • lessons from back surgery on compassion and health • rhythms and beauty of Wisconsin’s four...

Send us Fan Mail We explore why life’s messiness catches us off guard and how shifting expectations and practicing surrender build true resilience. Stories from family, work, health, and finances ground a simple two-part framework to move through hardship without blame, guilt, or panic. • redefining hidden expectations about “how life should be” • common stressors across family, work, money, and h...

Send us Fan Mail We explore how play opens the heart, wonder opens the eyes, and awe opens the soul, weaving stories, science, and faith into a simple path back to joy. Practical steps help us slow down, laugh more, and meet God in ordinary beauty. • laughter on the lake and the freedom of aging lightly • clear definitions of play, wonder, and awe • how play leads to wonder and wonder matures into...

Send us Fan Mail We reflect on a missed moment with a student and uncover how assumptions, vague labels, and fast advice block real connection. Practical scripts show how clarifying questions deepen understanding at home, at work, and in faith conversations. • the problem with assuming shared definitions • how labels replace facts and distort meaning • simple clarifying questions that open people...

Send us Fan Mail Ever try to shame yourself into a habit only to feel stuck and tired? We explore why guilt can force short-term compliance but rarely creates the deep, steady motivation that sustains prayer, health, and order. Drawing on a faith-centered lens and practical psychology, we unpack how curiosity and acceptance become catalysts for lasting change—and how that same posture can transfor...

Send us Fan Mail We explore why overwhelm is a thought problem, not a schedule problem, and how to shift into calm through mindset, boundaries, and simple tools grounded in faith and practicality. We share reframes, stories, and steps to help you choose the next right thing with peace. • defining overwhelm as an emotion created by thoughts • personal story of survival mode and powerlessness • hidd...

Send us Fan Mail We explore the quiet ways spiritual warfare shows up in daily life and how to respond with truth, intention, community, and hope. We name four common tactics—deception, diversion, division, and discouragement—and offer practical, faith-filled counters to each. • the Four D’s of spiritual warfare and why awareness matters • how subtle lies distort identity and God’s character • pra...

Send us Fan Mail We draw a clear line between self-doubt that questions ability and self-judgment that attacks worth, then offer tools to break both cycles. We share a simple framework—pause, identify, replace—to help you build courage, practice compassion, and take steady action. • difference between doubt (ability) and judgment (identity) • how they show up as procrastination, perfectionism, and...

Send us Fan Mail We explore why peace feels scarce in a fast world and how to build lasting inner stillness through prayer, mindset, and simple daily choices. We share practical tools for family conflict, future uncertainty, and perfectionism, and invite you to choose one practice this week. • defining peace as more than calm circumstances • scripture’s promise of unshakable peace • common peace s...

Send us Fan Mail We explore one of the simplest yet most powerful principles for living a meaningful life: showing up consistently for yourself and others. The quality of our relationships and personal growth depends not on grand gestures or perfection, but on our willingness to be present when it matters most. • Showing up means being present - it doesn't require perfection or having everyth...

Send us Fan Mail We explore the balance between creating and consuming in our lives, examining how modern lifestyles often tilt toward overconsumption and the resulting impacts on our fulfillment and growth. This episode challenges listeners to evaluate their own balance while offering practical strategies for incorporating more intentional creation and mindful consumption. • Creating means bringi...

Send us Fan Mail We explore how our relationship with the future shapes our present and discover ways to find purpose in every season of life. The key is balancing present awareness with purposeful vision for tomorrow, rather than constantly waiting for the next phase to bring happiness. • Your perspective changes as you "climb the mountain" mentally, emotionally, and spiritually • Small...

Send us Fan Mail Sharon Murphy, certified life and mindset coach, explores the transformative power of living in the present moment and how it creates a foundation for peace and purposeful action. • Being stuck in the past or anxious about the future robs us of our power in the present • Like a hiking map that marks "You Are Here" rather than where you've been, our focus should be o...

Send us Fan Mail Are you trapped in stories from your past? That painful conversation from years ago, the mistake you can't forgive yourself for, or even those "better times" you wish you could return to? This episode dives deep into how our thoughts about past experiences—both traumatic and wonderful—can keep us from fully experiencing our present lives. When we continuously revisi...

Send us Fan Mail Do you start enthusiastic projects only to abandon them weeks later? Feel repelled by rigid schedules despite knowing structure helps achieve goals? You're not broken—you're wired differently. This episode challenges the one-size-fits-all approach to discipline that dominates personal development culture. For those who thrive on variety, spontaneity, and excitement, trad...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever desperately wished for a do-over in life? That childhood plea of "I want a redo!" still echoes in our adult lives when we fall short of our expectations. While true redos aren't possible, something more powerful is: the reset button. Just as IT professionals suggest restarting your device when things malfunction, we too can restart our minds, habits, a...

Send us Fan Mail We explore how dreaming is a divine gift that many adults have abandoned, and why reclaiming this ability is essential for living our fullest lives and discovering our God-given purpose. • Most of us naturally dreamed as children but lost this ability through criticism or practical advice from well-meaning adults • When we stop dreaming, we tend to become cynical and critical of o...

Send us Fan Mail We explore the true meaning of success and why we need to redefine it according to our personal aims and values, not society's standards of wealth and prestige. • Success by definition is simply "the accomplishment of an aim or purpose" • Society associates success with certain jobs and titles (doctors, lawyers, entrepreneurs) • We don't typically use "suc...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever found yourself paralyzed by indecision, perpetually worried, or constantly overwhelmed? These emotions might not be what they seem. They could be protective shields keeping you from experiencing deeper, more uncomfortable feelings. In this revealing episode, I share my journey discovering how the simple phrase "I don't know" became my default response...