Live Well. Finish Strong.

Is YOUR TRIUNE BRAIN the key to your problem? How you define a problem shapes your solution. Let’s talk about the role the brain plays in some of our life challenges.

YOUR TRIUNE BRAIN! So what? Why are we talking about this? How does this get me more real freedom and lasting change? I have found that understanding the TRIUNE BRAIN has helped me personally and has helped me help others. Stick around you might learn something.

Your TRIUNE BRAIN! (cont) Understanding our 3-part brain is super helpful in accepting where we are, how we got here, and growing where we need to grow.

Your Triune Brain! We are all about real freedom and lasting change around here. You cannot be a serious student of change without keeping up with the cool realities of how your brain works. #chipperchats #thinkspots

Your have a plastic brain. That’s how science descibes your brain’s ability to be rewired. You mean I can change the way I think, believe, and act? YES! I want some of that. #chipperchats #thinkspots

Crashing the thresholds of your life. A threshold is the line between entering/beginning and leaving/ending. All of us have at least one area of life where we’re stuck at a threshold. Let’s crash it today.

4 critical questions. You’re at a crossroads whether you realize it or not. A crossroad is an opportunity to make choices. You’re always facing choices that will affect the remainder of your journey.

COMFORT IS NOT YOUR FRIEND! There’s more! You know it deep in your soul. You want it in every area of your life. One of the biggest barriers between you and the life you could have is COMFORT. Grab life by the throat and make it give you what God wants you to have.

Where are you RIGHT NOW? What one word describes where you are in your life’s journey? I have a suggestion.

Train your brain! Is your brain working for you or against you? Let’s talk about it.

Is your “wanter” working? It takes courage to admit and ask for what you want. Why is “wanting” so important in our journey toward Gods best?

Enduring authentic happiness. What is it? How do you get it? How do you keep it? Let’s figure this out together.Enduring authentic happiness. What is it? How do you get it? How do you keep it? Let’s figure this out together.

It’s not them! Stop giving your joy and peace away so cheaply. Make it hard to rock your boat!

STOP + LOOK + LISTEN > WRITE IT DOWN. You can hear God's voice. He wants you to. This is part of a series I taught about a decade ago at my church. Put it into practice and the adventure begins. 

ABC’s OF MANAGING EMOTIONS cont. It really is this "simple" - BTFA=R. (I didn't say easy.) Let's get this. It isn't what we know that changes us. It's what we do with what we know.

Focus on HABITS rather than OUTCOMES. You can’t directly control other people or circumstances, but you can develop skills that reduce the impact those people and circumstances have on you.

More on managing your emotions. This is one of the most important skills to practice and make a regular part of your life. Outside events (A) don’t cause you were emotional consequences (C) – – – your beliefs about yourself (B), usually expressed in words, determine your emotional state. Let’s do this. Please share these posts and help me get the word out. Comments help also.

Why dogs don’t get stressed out? Have you ever thought about that. Here’s what we’re gonna talk about today – – “if you didn’t think, could you feel stress?”

Morning Encouragement @SeacoastChurch: Are you going to survive the challenges this year has brought or are you going to thrive as you go forward into all that God has for you? Let’s bypass religious performance-driven busyness and learn to R&R in The Father‘s love!

The ABC’s of managing your emotions. Most people feel helpless and hopeless when it comes to managing their feelings as they roll through life and all that it throws at them. It does not have to be that way. Here’s some ideas to help along the way.