How to Keep Grinning Even if Everything Isn’t Great
If life doesn’t go the way you expected, how can you keep smiling? It isn’t easy, but it’s possible to find pockets of joy in the middle of even the toughest situations. In this episode, guest Kathy Carlton Willis talks about how she became God’s Grin Gal and how her own hardships gave her purpose in life.
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Take a Personal Retreat
This is for anyone who has ever wished they could escape from regular life for just a few days; a personal retreat is calling your name! A getaway with God is a time to pull away, refresh, and renew. But where does someone start? Author Letitia Suk makes a guest appearance to explain how her own personal retreat turned into a ministry of helping others plan their own getaways. We talk about how it has changed her life and the lives of others.
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Uncluttered: Free from Overwhelm
Is your schedule crammed? Your space full of too much stuff? Your soul overwhelmed with too much of everything? Author Courtney Ellis makes a guest appearance to talk about a simpler life based on the idea that less is more. Courtney is funny and witty and so honest about her own struggles in a way that encourages us to believe we can find the same freedom she has.
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Take a Break
Do you ever feel as if you’re always running and never have time to rest? When was the last time you took a day to refresh? I’ll use my own struggle as exhibit A for why a sabbath is important, and I’ll share some resources with ideas for how to give yourself a break.
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Sixty-two degrees and the warmest day of the year so far, so I’m letting some fresh air in. First day with open windows!
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Coming up Thursday on the Life, Repurposed podcast, I share my interview with author Jill Savage. We had a delightful chat about being empty nesters and her book "Empty Nest, Full Life."
Are your roots beginning to show? There could be a silver lining in growing older and turning silver. It could be a perspective change about how we think about challenges that are out of our control, or it might be the ability to laugh in the face of wrinkles and chin hairs. Either way, joy is where we look for it.
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There could be a silver lining in growing older and turning silver. It could be a perspective change about how we think about challenges that are out of our control, or it might be the ability toRemnants of fall cling to the spring trees waiting for the sun’s coaxing to bring the buds that give proof of new life. It looks dead, but life is just out of view. I think this is why I love spring. It is proof that looks can be deceiving, and hope is still there.
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