The Renew Your Mind Podcast

It’s okay to have hopes and expectations, but that does not mean everything will go our way. And when it doesn’t… we feel disappointed. Feeling disappointed isn’t a comfortable feeling, or one we wou…

Calling yourself lazy is sabotaging you!  This topic references the excellent book, The Science of Stuck by Britt Frank. She challenges us to consider, maybe there is no such thing as lazy or unmotiv…

Enjoy a Top 3 all time episode!  Procrastination is popular!!! Wish you had a handle on it? Learn how to think differently so that you stop procrastinating on things you want to get done. In this epi…

Living in your calling and living life of peace is not always easy, but it can be simple by deciding to agree with who God says you are and what He says is true. Time to stop lying to ourselves and f…

People pleasing can be a beautiful gift if you come from a healthy place, or it can exhaust you if it comes from an unhealthy place. How to tell the difference and how to shift to stay away from endi…

When we react, we aren’t in the driver seat of showing up as our best self. Responding is something we can do and feel more in control, and we are more likely to appreciate how we behaved in a situat…

Facing challenges and the uncomfortable emotions that come with them is the way to emotional maturity, self-discovery, and growth! Meet Diana’s friend Faith Hehling who has embraced self-reflection a…

Diana answers listener question, “How do I avoid gossip in the workplace?” She also answers how we decide if it is gossip and explores options on how to navigate it while respecting your own values.

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A time to love and hate, speak up and be silent. This is the last episode in the Ecclesiastes 3 series. There is a time to hate. When is it? How do I decide when to speak and when to be silent What b…

Meet the Founder of Five Words In, a community for creatives, my long-time friend, Brent Stromme. This is a man who lives in the moment and pours creativity and encouragement into the people around h…

There is a time to search and a time to give up on searching. There is a time to embrace and a time to not embrace. Contrary to what we’ve been taught, it’s okay to give up sometimes. It is also okay…

Grieving isn’t just about losing people, there are many times we need to grieve that we shouldn’t ignore. And let’s not spend too much time on navigating the negative without taking time to celebrate…

There is a time for everything under the sun. Even a time to tear down things that are not working to make room for building up things that are healthy, feel better, and honor who we were created to …

There is a freedom no one can ever take away, except for you. You can. You can spin in thoughts that keep you captive within your own mind, or you can dismantle those lies and step into true freedom …

Diana has a meaningful converstation with her friend, Kimara Ellefson, about what it means to live a life of becoming more of who your are and more of who God created you to be every day. They also c…

Continuing in Ecclesiastes 3, let’s talk about a time to plant and a time to uproot. It means more than working with plants. There is a season to plant live-giving things, like new habits and new tho…

There is a season for everything in life. We can resist the uncomfortable stuff and create more suffering for ourselves, or we can embrace it and find the beauty of growth. Ecclesiastes lets us know …

You have the power to coach yourself to feel better. One of the most powerful ways to do this is to ask yourself questions! In this episode Diana shares some of the most common questions she uses in …

Reading is linked to success in adults and children in study after study, but how can we help our struggling and/or reluctant readers into more passionate and proficient readers?  In this bonus episo…