I'm thrilled we get to journey together here today. Speaking of journey, one year ago today, on August 9, 2021, I hit publish on the first official episode of the Encouragement for Real Life Podcast. What a journey it has been! So, it's fitting...

Do you ever become distracted throughout your day? Maybe the notifications on your phone ding while you're concentrating at work. Or maybe your thoughts snatch you from your present moment. Or you just can't seem to get focused or stay that way?...

It's RAGBRAI week in Iowa, but if you're not from Iowa, you might not know what RAGBRAI is. RAGBRAI stands for the Register's Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa. (The Register is the Des Moines newspaper.) It's an annual event, with the...

It's been said you and I are only as limited as our beliefs (Jennifer Ho-Dougatz). And if you think about that for a moment, it's so true, isn't it? So often it's our beliefs--our limiting beliefs--and what we tell ourselves that hold us back...

Are you finding yourself in a season of waiting? Have you been praying for something, yet God seems silent? Do you desire for a certain situation or circumstance to change, yet nothing appears to be changing? I think we all know how it feels to...

Would you describe your life is complicated? Or would you call it complex? You know, I wonder if at times we each think our lives are that way? Yes, life can be complicated because we are each living a real life. But does it have to be so...