Crystal Paine Show
259 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 days ago - ★★★★★ - 480 ratingsThe Crystal Paine Show is dedicated to helping you embrace life right where you are and take practical steps to get where you want to go. Crystal says, "My hope is that this podcast will serve as an inspiration to your week, a pause in your day to slow down and reflect a little, a looked-forward-to part of your weekly routine, a place where we can connect on a deeper level… and ultimately, my desire is that you come away from listening to each episode feeling motivated to bloom where you are planted and take intentional steps to move in the direction you are longing to go." Crystal is a wife, mom of 6, foster/adoptive mom, speaker, New York Times bestselling author, and online entrepreneur, best known for founding MoneySavingMom.com.
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207. How God Brings Beauty & Purpose to Your Story (with Anne Neilson)
April 25, 2023 10:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MBI am so honored to have Anne Neilson on today’s show! Anne has a brand new book out titled The Brushstrokes of Life: Discovering How God Brings Beauty and Purpose to Your Story, and she joins me today to discuss her life such as her general background, her family, how her childhood was a bit difficult and rocky, how she became interested in art, and more. Anne is very candid about how she spent a good portion of her life feeling unworthy of pursuing her dreams and touches upon how she has w...
206. How Do I Get My Spouse to Change Their Mind?
April 18, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MBI have been getting a lot of questions lately asking for advice on how to get your spouse on board with your budget plan and/or how to get them to stop spending too much money, so we decided to address that on the podcast today. I share some of the questions and comments that listeners have sent in and offer some advice, such as implementing what I call the three C-O-Ms - (1) compassion, (2) communication, and (3) compromise. When it comes to getting your spouse on board with an idea of y...
205. Trading Fear & Anxiety for Unshakeable Peace (with Katie Davis Majors)
April 11, 2023 10:00 - 34 minutes - 31.6 MBToday’s guest has deeply impacted my life, so it is such an honor having her on the show. Katie Davis Majors’ book Kisses from Katie had a profound impact on me when I read it years ago, and she now has a brand new book out, Safe All Along. Katie's story of moving to Africa right out of high school, starting a nonprofit (Amazima Ministries), and eventually adopting 13 girls while living in Uganda is incredible and you can't help but be moved in hearing it. And you would think she must have ...
204. Kathrynne's College Decision (+ a funny story!)
March 28, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes - 31.5 MBToday’s episode is a fun and informal one! And it actually took a turn down a path I hadn't planned and we just rolled with it. I honestly think I've never laughed this much while recording a podcast ever! I hope it maybe makes you laugh... or you can just laugh at us laughing so hard (I literally had tears streaming down my face I was laughing so hard!) In this episode, we not only share about Kathrynne's college decision and what led to that decision (and why she's going about things in a...
203. Kathrynne and Kaitlynn share about their trip to London & Amsterdam
March 21, 2023 09:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBOur two oldest girls, Kathrynne and Kaitlynn, returned to the podcast today to talk all about a recent trip to Europe, specifically London and Amsterdam! They share why they went on this trip, who they went with, what the highlights were, and some of the lessons they learned. We talk about them seeing Big Ben, stage productions of Newsies and Mouse Trap, a soccer game, how beautiful Amsterdam was, the food, visiting the Anne Frank house, and their canal tour. This was such a great, characte...
202. Disability and Discovering God’s Image in Every Person (with Laura Wifler)
March 14, 2023 09:00 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBHave you ever wondered how to talk to your kids about disabilities? Do you want your kids to not feel awkward around those who have special needs or disabilities, but you aren't sure how to interact or what to say and don't want to say or do the wrong thing? In this week's episode of The Crystal Paine Show, I have a really fantastic conversation about with Laura Wifler about this very topic. We not only share practical ideas of how we've appreciated others approaching and interacting with u...
201. It's Launch Day! Why I wrote The Time-Saving Mom
March 07, 2023 07:00 - 25 minutes - 23 MBToday is the big day - the release of my new book, The Time-Saving Mom: How to Juggle a Lot, Enjoy Your Life, and Accomplish What Matters Most! We're switching things up a little as Jesse interviews me! I touch upon what makes this book unique, what tools and resources are in the book, how it changed and developed over time, and so much more. I also, as promised last week, I also read more of the introduction from the book. It is my hope that this book helps others live with more intention...
200. Why We Stopped Fostering
February 28, 2023 12:00 - 28 minutes - 25.7 MBIn this week’s episode of The Crystal Paine Show, Jesse and I share why we made the decision recently to close our home (at least for the next year or two) to fostering. It was a really difficult decision to make — and it wasn’t the decision we were expecting to make right now. But we spent a lot of time praying and had a lot of conversations and are grateful for the clear direction God gave us and the peace we have. While the need for foster families is so great right now, we also know tha...
199. Raising Amazing Kids (with Monica Swanson)
February 21, 2023 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBI loved getting to have this conversation with Monica Swanson, an experienced mom of four boys who has so much wisdom to share! Her new book is called Raising Amazing: Bringing Up Kids Who Love God, Like Their Family, and Do the Dishes Without Being Asked -- I mean, I'd buy the book just to have someone share how to get your kids to do the dishes without being asked! :) In this episode, I asked her to share more about this book, we talk about her book Boy Mom, too, and how she has fostered ...
198. How to Identify What's Keeping Us Stuck (with Megan Hyatt Miller)
February 14, 2023 12:00 - 33 minutes - 30.9 MBI have a lot in common with this week's podcast guest -- and we have many mutual connections! Author of Mind Your Mindset: The Science That Shows Success Starts with Your Thinking (which she co-authored with her father Michael Hyatt) as well as C.E.O. of Full Focus, Megan Hyatt Miller joins me this week to share about how our mindset impacts all areas of our life. She talks about how she got into her business, what it’s like working with her dad, and the story behind this book and how perso...
197. 4 Things We've Learned After 18 Years of Parenting
February 07, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 30 MBWe had a big milestone happen recently: our oldest child, Kathrynne, turned 18 and is officially an adult!! Today, we reflect on the last 18 years of parenting and four important lessons we've learned. If I could go back, I would work less and chase numbers and business growth a whole lot less, I'd be more present and take time to really notice and celebrate the small things, I'd stop trying to fix my kids and just walk with them, and I'd worry a lot less about what other people think. I h...
196. Discovering Hope & Healing After Brokenness (with Toni Collier)
January 31, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27 MBToday’s guest Toni Collier is the founder of Broken Crayons and is also the author of the new book Brave Enough to Be Broken: How to Embrace Your Pain and Discover Hope and Healing. Toni shares her journey, discussing how her life took a turn for the worse when she was a child. She defines what brokenness means to her and how that led to her getting counseling and seeking change. Toni discusses her belief in the importance of hope, arguing that it’s not pain that causes the most damage to u...
195. A Faith That Will Not Fail (with Michele Cushatt)
January 24, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBMichele Cushatt returns to the podcast today to talk about something that we didn’t get to dive into last time - her personal story and journey! Michele has a brand new book coming out in March called A Faith That Will Not Fail: 10 Practices to Build Up Your Faith When Your World Is Falling Apart, and if anyone knows what it’s like for your world to fall apart, it’s definitely Michele. Michele dives into her journey and talks about all of the devastating loss that she has endured throughout...
194. 6 Lessons We've Learned from 20 Years of Marriage
January 17, 2023 12:00 - 29 minutes - 27.1 MBJesse and I celebrated a milestone anniversary recently – twenty years of marriage! In some ways, it feels like it hasn’t been that long, and in other ways, it feels like we have been married even longer than that, and we thought that we spend today discussing the biggest lessons that we have learned over the past two decades. The last few years have stretched us more than ever. Walking through foster care licensing, fostering 6 precious kids of differing ages, saying goodbye to the beautif...
193. The Long-Awaited Adoption Day (all the details)!
January 10, 2023 11:00 - 24 minutes - 22.7 MBAs promised in last week’s episode, we are giving more detail today about the newest addition to our family whom, after fostering for 21 months, we have officially adopted! We have been referring to him as Baby D on social media and on the podcast, but we are now finally able to reveal that his name is David, and we touch upon the Biblical significance of his name and how it coincidentally (given that his mom named him) follows our pattern of boys’ names. In this episode, we share a lot of...
192. Our Goals for 2023
January 03, 2023 12:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBWelcome to the very first episode of 2023! As a way of ushering in the new year, we thought that it would be appropriate to share our goals for 2023! My new book The Time-Saving Mom is coming out in March, and I also have six children, all of which is already a lot, so I have gone about setting realistic and specific goals for 2023 in a way that is challenging me but not overwhelming me. I also want to be sure that my goals all correlate with my values and what I want to be able to accompli...
191. Highlights from 2022 + Some BIG News!
December 20, 2022 12:00 - 25 minutes - 23.6 MBWelcome to the very last episode of the podcast before we move into 2023! It has been a really eventful 2022, so we are spending this episode taking a look back at 2022, reflecting on the big events of the year, including finishing my next book and giving birth to Micah. We talk about how we have two teenagers who are preparing for college, how this year has provided a lot of opportunities for me to talk about foster care, what challenges we have faced this year, and so, so much more! You ...
190. Helping Kids Thrive in Mind, Body, and Spirit (with Jodi Mockabee)
December 13, 2022 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBToday’s guest is Jodi Mockabee, author of the book The Whole and Healthy Family: Helping Your Kids Thrive in Mind, Body, and Spirit! I appreciate how Jodi addresses things holistically and has a lot of wisdom and experience to bring to the table. Jodi is the mother of five children ranging from the age of ten to sixteen, and she bases the book on all of that experience that she had, capturing parenting methods that have worked for her as well as ones that haven’t worked so well. She discus...
189. It's Okay to Be a Beginner
December 06, 2022 12:00 - 26 minutes - 24.6 MBAs we are approaching the end of the year and preparing to move into a new one, let's talk about being a beginner. This topic was inspired by a pep talk Jesse gave to me a few weeks ago as I was starting a new workout program and was sort of bemoaning how much of a beginner I felt. His words of encouragement were so motivational to me and I wanted him to share more in this episode of the podcast. If you are in the process of starting something new, starting over, or thinking of starting som...
188. Good Boundaries and Goodbyes (with Lysa TerKeurst)
November 29, 2022 13:00 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBToday’s guest on The Crystal Paine Show is someone who has been on the show before and you all loved that episode. So when the opportunity came up to have her back on the show one more time, I jumped on it, especially when I saw the title of her new book, Good Boundaries and Goodbyes: Loving Others Without Losing the Best of Who You Are! In this episode, Lysa TerKeurst discusses where she gets her ideas for her books, primarily her struggles and what they show her she needs to improve and w...
187. Loving Someone Well Even When We Disagree (with Michele Cushatt)
November 22, 2022 14:00 - 31 minutes - 29 MBDisagreements and differences in opinion often result in tension and division in relationships. But does it have to be this way? In this week's episode of The Crystal Paine Show, I sit down with Michele Cushatt, one of the authors of the brand-new and much-needed book Come Sit with Me, a book all about how to love well, in spite of differences and/or disagreements. We recorded this episode the week of the midterm elections and I felt it couldn't be more appropriate. Michele talks about how...
186. A Crazy Travel Story
November 15, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBWe took a super quick 28-hour trip to Wilkes-Barre, PA for my friend Jamie’s mom’s funeral a few weeks ago. If you follow me on Instagram, you’ve heard parts of our crazy travel experience, but since it sparked so many conversations and messages online, I thought we should share the whole thing together in this week's podcast episode! (See more pictures from our trip here.) A few takeaways from our trip: ::We never got the opportunity to meet Jamie’s mom, but it was so special to hear fami...
185. Every Moment Holy (with Douglas McKelvey)
November 08, 2022 11:00 - 33 minutes - 30.3 MBThis week's podcast is a conversation with Douglas McKelvey -- a screenwriter, songwriter, and author of several books including Every Moment Holy -- a book of prayers for every day life. In this episode I share how Every Moment Holy and the prayers in it have impacted me and I get to ask him the questions I've always wondered. Doug shares the story behind why he wrote this book of prayers, how he decided which topics to tackle, and where he found the inspiration. I love how he challenges u...
184. A Life Update + Prepping Our Hearts for Advent (with Ruth Chou Simons)
November 01, 2022 13:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MBToday’s podcast episode is a bit different than usual! Ruth Chou Simons came in studio a number of weeks ago to record an episode, but we had a bunch of issues getting it recorded (listen to the episode for the funny story!) and ended up doing an Instagram live and Facebook live and then pulled some of the audio from that for this episode. Jesse and I also give some life updates at the beginning of the show and talk about books we’re reading + what’s saving my life. In my conversation with ...
183. A Love-Stretched Life (with Jillana Goble)
October 25, 2022 13:42 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBI was so excited about doing this podcast interview. Jillana and I have so many overlapping connections and passions: she lived in Guatemala (where our little boy is from!), she's a foster mom, she's adopted from foster care, she has teenagers, she has an ongoing relationship with a birth mom, and she has a child with special needs. We could have talked for hours, but I limited myself to just around 30 minutes for this episode -- and it's packed with goodness! We dive deep into what it look...
182. Start with Hello: Simple Ways to Build Community (with Shannan Martin)
October 18, 2022 13:16 - 32 minutes - 29.9 MBHospitality can be defined in so many different ways which makes it a very broad topic, but author Shannan Martin joins me today to talk about it and what it means to be a good neighbor. Her book Start with Hello covers how to create a sense of community with our neighbors, even if we are introverted. Shannan argues that we are all hungry for community even if we don't quite realize it, and she offers great advice on how to start creating that sense of community. Shannan offers ways to ca...
181. What is Kathrynne doing after high school?
October 11, 2022 13:19 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB"What is Kathrynne doing after high school?" Jesse and I have been asked this over and over again -- and Kathrynne has been asked this even more! These questions sparked today's conversation -- about how easy it is to put pressure on others unknowingly and to spend so much of our lives thinking about, planning for, looking forward to, and worrying about the future that we miss the beauty of the here and now. We'd love to hear your feedback after you listen to this episode! In This Epis...
180. Why You Should Read Aloud with Your Kids (with Jennifer Pepito)
October 04, 2022 17:02 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MBThis week's podcast episode is on a topic that is very close to my heart... because it's something that so deeply impacted me! When I was growing up, my mom read aloud to us almost every single day and I have so many fond memories of the time we spent gathered together -- often working on some type of sewing handwork -- while she read us a few more chapters from the book we were currently reading aloud. To this day, I recall so many stories from those books and often am inspired in my ever...
179. An Interview with Jesse
September 27, 2022 14:11 - 31 minutes - 29 MBI thought that it would be fun to sort of turn the tables around a little bit and interview Jesse, who just recently had his forty-second birthday! Jesse has a lot of wisdom to share. He's walked through a lot in his life -- including being born prematurely, his parents divorcing at an early age, losing his mom to cancer when he was young, and two major brain tumor surgeries. And that was all just before he turned 15! In this episode, he shares some of the biggest life lessons he has lear...
178. From Street Kid to Foster Dad (with Peter Mutabazi)
September 20, 2022 13:30 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBI loved this conversation with Peter Mutabazi -- a single foster dad who has such a heart for kids. In this episode, he shares a little about his heartbreaking but also inspiring story of being abused by his dad as a boy and finally making the decision to run away -- having no idea where idea where he would go. He ended up living on the streets near a bus station for a few years until one man walked into his life and changed everything. You will want to not only listen to what he shares o...
177. Setting Healthy Boundaries for Your Family (with Rachel Norman)
September 14, 2022 01:58 - 38 minutes - 35 MBAre you tired or feeling overwhelmed as a mom? In this episode, Rachel Norman shares what she has learned about setting healthy boundaries. Rachel is a mom of five and the author of If Mama Ain’t Happy: Why Minding Healthy Boundaries Is Good for Your Whole Family. As Rachel shared about what boundaries are to her, I had some aha moments in my own life as she has a very different perspective on the word “boundaries” than I’ve thought of before. I hope this conversation encourages you to ret...
176. An adoption update + how to follow through with your goals
August 30, 2022 19:53 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MBAfter 17+ months of fostering D, lots of court dates, and much due diligence on the part of DCS to make sure there was no biological family who could take care of him (his mama loves him so much but cannot care for him due to all his ongoing medical needs), the judge granted TPR last week and his case will be officially moving to adoption once the 30-day appeal period is up. We have been busy getting extensive paperwork filled out from all his therapists and specialists and doctors (he’s c...
175. Raising Emotionally Strong Boys (with David Thomas)
August 23, 2022 13:28 - 33 minutes - 30.7 MBDo you struggle with kids who get easily irritated or have angry outbursts? If so, you don't want to miss this episode of The Crystal Paine Show where I interview David Thomas, therapist, dad of three, and author of Raising Emotionally Strong Boys: Tools Your Son Can Build On for Life. In this episode, he shares some of the biggest struggles boys are dealing with right now and how we can best walk with them through these. He gives so much practical advice and strategies you can start usin...
174. Teaching Your Kids to Set Goals
August 16, 2022 13:19 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBChristina wrote in and asked: "I was wondering if your older children set their own goals and if they do, what does that process look like? I have a 9 and 6 year old and I would love to help them define small and large goals for themselves but I'm not sure how to translate my personal and business goal setting process to something that is exciting for younger children." In this week's episode of the podcast, we share some of our thoughts on helping our kids set goals, inspired by Christina...
173. Our Fitness, Family, & Personal Goals for the Fall
August 09, 2022 21:37 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBSince it's the beginning of a new school year for us, Jesse and I sat down and shared some of our new mid-year goals that we each set for our fitness, family, and personal lives. If you need a little inspiration to set some new goals or to get back up on the goal-setting wagon if you've fallen off since January or are just curious what we are prioritizing for the next few months, be sure to listen to this episode. In This Episode [00:34] - Welcome to another episode of The Crystal Paine ...
172. Micah's Birth Story
August 02, 2022 21:01 - 37 minutes - 34.6 MBThis is the podcast episode so many of you have been waiting for! We not only share about Micah's birth -- which ended up being my easiest, least-eventful, and quickest birth of all of my births -- but about some of the unexpected events leading up to the birth and the eventful day of the birth (including a toddler poop explosion and half the family leaving for a baseball tournament!) Jesse and I didn't talk about what we were going to share ahead of time, because I wanted this episode to ...
171. My Unexpected Hospital Stay
May 31, 2022 19:23 - 31 minutes - 28.4 MBIn the middle of May, I went in for what I thought was just a routine weekly ultrasound, but there were some significant concerns about the baby’s movements/activity. Within an hour, they were prepping me for the very real possibility of a c-section that day. (Starting steroid shots, no eating/drinking, admitting me to the hospital, etc.) I was by myself and it felt very surreal. So many things to process all at once. So many details to try to work out. And so much concern for our sweet ba...
170. Making Sabbath Rest a Priority (with Bob & Linda Lotich)
May 17, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MB“Start where you are.” Such a short statement but it has such a huge impact. In this episode of The Crystal Paine Show, Bob and Linda Lotich, authors of their new book Simple Money, Rich Life: Achieve True Financial Freedom and Design a Life of Eternal Impact, talk about how they’ve made Sabbath a priority in their home and lives and how to just start where you are. In this age of busyness when we all have a lot on our plates, is Sabbath rest even possible? If so, what would that look li...
169. Helping our teens deepen their relationship with Jesus (with Angela Perritt)
May 10, 2022 19:51 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBI hear from so many moms who ask for suggestions on how to help their teens develop a closer relationship with Jesus. So I'm excited to have Angelia Perritt joining me in the studio for this conversation. She has three daughters and she just released a beautiful new bible called, Young Women Love God Greatly Bible. In this week's episode, we start by talking about how we can cultivate a relationship with Jesus ourselves as moms. Angela and I discuss some practical ways for us to study the...
168. Helping your kids fight less & get along better
May 03, 2022 13:57 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBLast week on the podcast, we mentioned our daughters going to prom and how they wanted to go with their dates together. We talked about how their relationship has developed and some of the different seasons they have walked through. A number of people wrote in and asked how our daughters developed such a close relationship. Well, it definitely wasn't always like that! In fact, the girls are SO different than I never, ever expected they'd one day be best friends. For years, they were consta...
167. How I Found Time to Write a Book
April 27, 2022 18:53 - 39 minutes - 36.4 MBToday’s topic is fresh on my mind because I just turned in the second round of edits for the manuscript of my next book. It comes out in early 2023 and I’m so excited about it! In this episode, we “pull back the curtain” on publishing and share what I’ve learned about writing books, the mistakes I’ve made, and how I found time to write this book. Whether you have dreams of writing a book one day, are a published author, or need some inspiration to tackle a big project, I hope you find th...
166. Raising Teens: Answering your burning questions
April 19, 2022 12:46 - 36 minutes - 33.9 MBI used to be afraid of having teenagers. The thought of raising kids into adulthood felt like such a huge and overwhelming responsibility. I worried I would totally mess things up, miss the mark, and make mistakes. But then Jesus radically transformed my heart. He opened up my eyes to how deeply I am loved by Him and helped me move from chasing after others’ approval to resting in His love — and it changed everything about the way I parent. I don’t have to parent out of fear of the fu...
165. Wisdom from a mom of 14 (with Nicole Homan)
April 12, 2022 09:07 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB“Home is for learning and not for perfection.” In this week's must-listen-to podcast episode, Nicole Homan -- author of They Call Me Mama -- shares lessons she's learned as the mom of 14 kids. She tells the story of their unexpected journey to growing their family to 16 (14 kids + parents), what it's really like to have such a full house, how she finds time for quiet, mantras that carry her through, the pain of failed adoption, and how to have the courage to say yes to God's call -- even ...
164. How to Stop Fearing the Future & Live in Hope Today (with Nicole Zasowski)
April 05, 2022 13:57 - 31 minutes - 28.9 MBI found Nicole Zasowski through her book, What If It’s Wonderful? Release Your Fears, Choose Joy, and Find Courage to Celebrate and it hit me in some really deep places. I didn't expect a book about celebration would have me uncovering such unexpected things I need to process through in my life. In her book and this podcast episode, Nicole shares her story of having five miscarriages and how those struggles caused her to stop hoping and just constantly live in fear and dread of the unknow...
163. What We Wish We Have Known Before Having Kids
March 29, 2022 12:51 - 22 minutes - 20.9 MBIf we could go back and tell our 23-year-old and 24-year-old selves something when we had our first child, what would we say? In this episode, we share some candid thoughts on What We Wish We Had Known Before Having Kids. We discuss how I went into parenting thinking I could control our kids and I've had to learn the hard way that I can't control the outcome or choices of our kids -- especially as they are getting older. We also share about how we wish we had known that loving our kids was...
162. Making Time for Romance When You Have Kids
March 22, 2022 19:28 - 34 minutes - 31.8 MBIf there was one question we are asked to answer the most often, it's likely, something along the lines of, "How do you prioritize your marriage when you have kids?" In this week's podcast episode, we share some of our best suggestions to make time for romance when you have kids. We share things we have learned, what works for us, and how we've improved our communication over the years. We also talk about some exercise-related things that are saving our lives, what we are currently readi...
161. Unexpected Lessons from Down Syndrome
March 15, 2022 13:36 - 34 minutes - 31.2 MBA little over a year ago, we started fostering Baby D. In this episode, Jesse and I reflect on what we have learned and how we have grown this past year -- especially as it relates to parenting a child with Down syndrome and special needs. We share things we wish we had known, how our perspective has changed, and how we've seen God's faithfulness over and over again. We talk about the gift that this sweet boy has been in our lives and how he has taught us to slow down, savor life, and cele...
160. 5 Things I Do Every Morning (Part 2)
March 08, 2022 23:22 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MB"What does your morning routine look like right now?" "How are you able to fit in the 5 things you do every morning?" We got a number of questions and followup responses to the episode we recorded recently on 5 Things I Do Every Morning, so we did a followup episode this week answering your questions and sharing more details on what our morning routine looks like right now. Also on today's episode, I talk about my mixed feelings on a book I finished, Jesse shares about something that he d...
159. I got caught in the comparison trap!
March 01, 2022 14:53 - 26 minutes - 24.2 MBRecently, I was scrolling on my phone and came across the social media account of someone I used to follow years ago. They are in a similar niche as me and back when I followed them, they had a lot fewer followers than me. But in the last few years, their account has clearly blown up and they had hundreds of thousands more followers than me. Plus, as I was scrolling through their account, I saw that they had super high engagement numbers and interaction. Instead of being immediately excit...
158. When you feel hurt and offended...
February 22, 2022 13:52 - 36 minutes - 33.3 MBHave you noticed how in this modern age of social media, people are so easily hurt, upset, and offended? I know that I’ve fallen prey to knee jerk reactions when scrolling online. In this episode, Jesse and I talk about this book I’m reading by Brant Hansen called Unoffendable: How Just One Change Can Make All of Life Better. Hansen challenges us to ask the question, “How would it change my life if I chose not to be offended by others?” Some of you may be thinking, “But how do I even do ...