Latest Grow together Podcast Episodes
Episode 71: Shutting Down the Default Mode Network
Mettle Brain - January 28, 2022 18:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsToday's guest is Sarah Jenan. In this conversation we discuss mantra, specifically her experience with the Japji Sahib. Sarah also shares her experience with kundalini yoga. Sarah discusses her beautiful thoughts on mantra and the ability it brings to shut down the mind's default mode network. ...
M.M. Episode 70 The Fish Bowl
Mettle Brain - November 23, 2021 01:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsToday's episode is a short Monday Morning Musing. This is coming to you on the cusp of Thanksgiving. I give you this small labor of love this Thanksgiving holiday. I value the ideas in this so much and wanted to share them with you. I share an experience involving a broken fish bowl and some mov...
Episode 69: M.M. The Resilience of Hans Christian Andersen
Mettle Brain - November 08, 2021 16:00 - 9 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsToday's episode is a Monday Morning Musing with me, Heather Brockbank Miller. This is a short 10 minute episode on Hans Christian Andersen's rough beginnings. Did you know Hans Christian Andersen had four failed career attempts, and a horrible experience in school? These included: three failed a...
Episode 68: M.M. The Beauty Elevator
Mettle Brain - October 25, 2021 08:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsToday's episode is a 10 minute Monday Morning Musing with me (Heather Brockbank Miller). I share how I found what fed my spirit this last week. Surprisingly, my mind felt fine, my body felt fine, but my spirit might as well been out of gas. This is the 'Monday Morning Musing' on beauty. I found...
Episode 67: M.M. Keeping Running Your M.O.
Mettle Brain - September 17, 2021 22:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsWhen it comes to being true, be true to you! Don’t think it through, you know what to do, just do it too! This episode is a short 10 minute Monday Morning Musing sharing my opinions about being yourself and finding that clear lens. Today’s episode is another Monday Morning Musing on perspectiv...
M.M. Run your M.O.
Mettle Brain - September 17, 2021 22:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsWhen it comes to being true, be true to you! Don’t think it through, you know what to do, just do it too! This episode is a short 10 minute Monday Morning Musing sharing my opinions about being yourself and finding that clear lens. Today’s episode is another Monday Morning Musing on perspectiv...
Episode 66: Wisdom from The Henry Miller Memorial Library
Mettle Brain - August 16, 2021 15:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsMagnus Toren is the Director of the Henry Miller Memorial Library, which is tucked away in a spectacular redwood grove in Big Sur, California. Born in Sweden, we discuss a few highlights of Magnus's journey through life, including leaving Sweden for an epic seven years of sailing around the wor...
Episode 65: M.M. Cleaning the Doors of Perception
Mettle Brain - July 19, 2021 20:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn this episode I share my experience trekking in the Himalayas with my family and muse on this quote from William Blake: “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it is, infinite. For man has closed himself up, till he sees all things tho’ narrow chinks of his...
Episode 64: The Sound Conversation
Mettle Brain - July 05, 2021 21:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsToday's episode is with Chris Blum creator of the podcast, Spirited Soul. Chris shares sound baths on her podcast that she records in her home, episodes range anywhere from 10-30 minutes. Chris started the podcast when she could no longer give her sound baths baths in-studio due to the pandemi...
2020-2021 Student Body Officer Farewell
PCC Student Body - May 05, 2021 13:00 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsIt has been an absolute HONOR serving the students of PCC this year! In this episode, all the officers gather for some final thoughts. Keep GROWING TOGETHER!
Growing in Accountability
PCC Student Body - April 28, 2021 16:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsJordan talks with Dr. Adkins about the ministry of the Student Care office, which he oversees.
Growing in Dependence on God
PCC Student Body - April 21, 2021 16:00 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsChris chats with Senior chaplain Max Taylor about transitions in life, the book of Philippians, depending on God, and praying the Scriptures back to the God Who gave them to us.
Growing a God-Focused Mindset
PCC Student Body - April 14, 2021 15:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDiana sits down with Sarai Caldera and Olivia Bierbrodt to talk about keeping our minds focused on God and looking for the positive in every day (which, right now, includes cereal being BACK in Varsity!!!).
Growing in Patience and Joy
PCC Student Body - April 07, 2021 13:00 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsLearning to wait is not for the faint of heart! A joyful outlook makes it easier. Join Mia and Maddie Alcorn in looking at how to maintain a spirit of joy as we learn to wait only on God.
Growing In God's Love
PCC Student Body - April 01, 2021 18:00 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsJordan talks with Harrison Jones, PCC Junior, about his salvation testimony and the realization that God loves us!
Episode 63: M.M. That Parisian Chair
Mettle Brain - March 29, 2021 23:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsToday's episode is a short 13-minute Monday Morning Musing on soaking up all the goodness in your life through sincere gratitude. I share a metaphor involving a certain Parisian chair that showed me how easy it is to pine for something you already have but lack the awareness to see it. In this ...
Growing Alongside Others with Differing Opinions
PCC Student Body - March 24, 2021 14:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsChris and Dassah talk about how to interact with others whose opinions differ from your own, regardless of generational tendencies. Speaking the truth in love, even in areas of disagreement, opens the door to relational learning.
Growing in Isolation and Loneliness
PCC Student Body - March 17, 2021 15:00 - 11 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsBrother-sister team Jordan and Mia discuss life during quarantine, a recent experience for both of them. Find perspective and HOPE in this unique, timely episode.
Growing by Seeking After God
PCC Student Body - March 10, 2021 17:00 - 18 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDassah and Mia talk about the knowledge of God we can gain through diligent search and study of His Word on a daily basis.
Episode 62: M.M. Life Learnings from Wil Wood
Mettle Brain - March 05, 2021 23:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsToday's episode is with the ever charismatic Will Wood. Wil is a family man and business owner. He owns the shop Love to Cook with his wife Lauren Wood. Wil discusses his life learnings both personally and professionally. Wil is honest and open about his health: his journey with ADD, two very ...
Growing in Your Personal Relationship with God
PCC Student Body - March 03, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsYou asked to hear more about prioritizing your daily walk with God, and this episode discusses that! We don't know everything, but we're sharing what works for us personally. God's mercies to us are new every morning. Choose to start your day with Him!
Growing through Difficult Circumstances
PCC Student Body - February 25, 2021 21:00 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsDoug Carragher from Wound Spirits Ministries shares his experience with PTSD and how God has enabled him to use it in helping others through difficult circumstances.
Episode 61: M.M. The Animals and the Cala Lilly Paradox
Mettle Brain - February 19, 2021 21:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsIn this episode I discuss a little about life with three different animals: rabbits, a bird, and our miniature golden doodle Little Ann. I also share a piece I've written called the cala lilly paradox about unrecognized growth. Support the show (http://www.mettlebrain.com/contact-1)
Growing through Silence - Chris and Jordan
PCC Student Body - February 17, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhy do we try to fill every second of our lives with noise? What if God is trying to tell us something and all the music, hangouts, conversations, and other noise we keep constantly on in the background is making it tough for our souls to hear it? Embrace the silent moments of the day. Join Chri...
Growing through Silence
PCC Student Body - February 17, 2021 15:00 - 12 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsWhy do we try to fill every second of our lives with noise? What if God is trying to tell us something and all the music, hangouts, conversations, and other noise we keep constantly on in the background is making it tough for our souls to hear it? Embrace the silent moments of the day. Join Chri...
Growing Through Daily Steps
PCC Student Body - February 10, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsGrowth is a daily process and can't be done in our own strength. Daily choices to love God and love other people are the ingredients needed for a healthy, joy-filled life. Where do you find yourself as we enter a new semester? Are you willing to share what God is doing in your life with someone...
Growing Through Daily Steps - Jordan and Diana
PCC Student Body - February 10, 2021 15:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 25 ratingsGrowth is a daily process and can't be done in our own strength. Daily choices to love God and love other people are the ingredients needed for a healthy, joy-filled life. Where do you find yourself as we enter a new semester? Are you willing to share what God is doing in your life with someone...
Episode 60: M.M. Inner Marriage
Mettle Brain - February 01, 2021 08:00 - 19 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis episode is a Monday Morning Musing on some interesting ideas from poet and author Robert Bly and Jungian analyst Marion Woodman. The poet Antonio Machado wrote, “All things die, and all things live forever; but our task is to die, to die making roads. Roads over the sea.” Woodman and Bly u...
Episode 59: M.M. Tending to Your Garden
Mettle Brain - January 17, 2021 23:00 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis episode is a short 10-minute Monday morning musing with me, Heather Miller. I read a poem by Antonio Machado called, "The Wind, One Beautiful Day." It goes like this. The wind, one brilliant day, called to my soul with an odor of jasmine. 'In return for the odor of my jasmine, I'd lik...
Episode 58: M.M. New You 2021
Mettle Brain - January 01, 2021 07:00 - 13 minutes ★★★★★ - 19 ratingsThis is a short 10 minute 'Monday Morning Musing' on three key grounding ideas to keep in the front of your mind as you pivot in new directions this 2021 year. First, find peace amidst the continual battle with the entropy of life. I share my own struggle with accepting the reality that yes, the...
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