Your breath can agitate or calm. Of course you breathe naturally, but with just a bit of effort you can develop a tool to help you find calm in your storms. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.

From the news to your own life, things can get to be too much to handle. Lately that seems more likely than ever. Wars, crises, personal problems all add up to go beyond our ability to cope. Here are some ideas to help. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.

Deferring maintenance is a sure way to breakdown. And not just with our cars, houses, or machinery but with you! Go too long and the cost of repair is much higher. Listen up for maintaining your unique self. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.

If you find it easy to relax, you don't need this podcast. But if you drive yourself so hard that you never let down, then you need to learn to relax. If you struggle with the anxiety so common to so many now, then you need to learn to relax. Our personal lives plus the wars and weather crises in the news fuel fear and worry. But you can learn to do something about it. Listen for a different way. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, though...

Wonder is all around and in us. It's good for you! I challenge you to find ways you might invite more wonder into your life. Why? Because it deepens your insight, expands your experience of your world, and might make you a better person! Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.

Are you staying busy and keeping up with your social media? Are you keeping everybody else happy? If so, you are probably out of touch, living life on autopilot, unaware of yourself and your impact on others. Are you out of touch? This episode helps you see if you are, and tells you what to do about it. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.

Everyone loves the holidays and everyone gets stressed. Take some time to settle down. Use some skills that are built into your system to grab a few moments away from the tension. Listen to this brief podcast and give yourself a break! Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.

When you see the sky it can reveal lots of things. it can be blue sky happy weather, dark sky ominous precipitation coming, or the smoke of a tragedy nearby. What do you see in your life? Are you looking? Once you see it, how do you understand and respond to it? This episode explores all this with some encouraging answers! Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.

It is our expectations of life that get us in trouble! If you didn't go into situations expecting things to go your way you wouldn't get so upset when they often don't. Expectations are a disease that we all have to varying degrees. Controlling dictator types are the worst, but you have it too, even in small things. We want family to behave certain ways, our work to go our way, even the weather to please us. It's all a set up for frustration and resentment. But we can do something about...

When you watch someone die on your phone it is traumatic. When we learn shocking news almost continually we get overwhelmed. It shouldn't be this way, but it is. How to manage? How to not lose your mind or your emotional balance when the world is so crazy? When we are wounded we need healing. We can't go on collecting wounds and ignore the urgent care we need. There's no cure for this, but there is help. Send us Fan Mail Support the show Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment...