Be Encouraged

It may not feel like it, but we have lots of choices when it comes to how we live our lives. There are invitations to good and bad things all the time. First we must recognize they are invitations we…

Home is a powerful, dear word that represents something we all need. Explore in this episode what home is for you. Discover some deeper senses of home in your life, that you already have and that you…

Catching a beautiful sunrise, or any moment is noticing something that can never be repeated. Often, we are in a fog of thoughts and plans and miss the beauty right now. And the bad times across the …

Something is in the air, and it's not good. There is a level of overwhelm people are feeling that has side effects. We become defensive; we pull away. 
Inspiring anyone to do more right now is a losin…

Are you better at holding on or letting go? We really need to be able to accept and give to live life well. Breathing is a good image of the rhythm we need: Pull in, push out. Receive, give. Hold on,…

Humans can be negative. Our culture is negative much of the time. This can result in being against things, maybe a long list of things. 
Some have described this time as one of outrage. People find th…

Is it just children who do things to get attention? Or do adults need attention to live happy, healthy lives? Do people around you freely get your attention? 
This episode is about giving attention to…

Being aware of your life includes everything. Like a toddler noticing a butterfly, adults can enjoy and related to nature too. It's all around you. Is nature the enemy (think mosquito control, traps …

Innocent children have a wonderful way of looking at the world. And they are in the present moment far more than adults. We can learn a thing or two from them!

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Dogs have a great way of looking at the world. And they live in the moment. We can learn from them, and experience from them some great qualities. 

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Thoughts are always with us. We can't stop them. Or can we? 
First it helps to realize, as some people say, their "mind is always buzzing." The thoughts fly at them and energize, stress, and confuse. …

This episode could be called the Parable of the Creek Drain. From the story of doing the wrong thing with a drain into a creek we learn being in this moment is sometimes correcting past mistakes. Whe…

Most of us like to hold ourselves together emotionally; we don't want to break down. 

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Be Encouraged podcast is practical, in the moment, thoughtful encouragement.

Waiting. No one likes it.
But we all have to wait sometimes, lots of times during life. 
Rushing on in our minds just makes us unhappy, dissatisfied, grumpy. 
How can we wait well?
Find out in this episo…

Do you find sudden change easy or hard? Are you headed, in some aspect of your life, in a way you just need to repent of and turn around? 
Or have there been times that you went along, and you should …

To be in the moment can make you especially honest; you have to face what is actually here, right now, instead of what you want to be happening. If you tell someone else what you experience and it cr…

A rich awareness can happen when we see more than the obvious. A street may be made of asphalt or concrete but either way, it is more than the materials it is made of. 
All that is around us holds dee…

Just hold on! And we do. We hold on to lots of tension. 
This tension is in our heads and gets into our joints and muscles. It makes headaches, and it makes bodies ache. 
What do you do to relieve tens…

Nature has lessons for us humans. We're different than animals, of course. But we can learn a thing or two from them. Sometimes their behavior reminds us of ourselves. 
Do you let the first impulse dr…

There are many noises in our world, literal noises, and things that create noise in our hearts. What is noise to you? Have you thought about it? 
Don't let the noise throw you off course. Check out th…