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Seen by Everyone, Known by No One. Ian Simkins on Why the Image You Curate Is the Reason You're So Lonely
Episode 513
You've become very good at being seen. You know how to read a room, how to offer just enough of your story to seem open while keeping the deepest thi…
7 hours ago
Your Comfort Might Be Avoidance in Disguise. Jonathan Eckert on the Happiness Crisis, and Why Joy Grows Only Through Struggle.
Episode 512
Jonathan Eckert has spent more than three decades watching what happens to people, young and old, when comfort becomes the organizing principle of a …
1 week ago
The Real Reason You're Stuck Is Hiding in Plain Sight. Elevation Worship's LJ Mitchell on Why Hidden Reps Lead to Longevity and Character, and Why It's Time to Confront the Thing You Can't See
Episode 511
LJ Mitchell has spent a decade as the music director of Elevation Worship, and he joins me for a conversation that begins with performed faith and re…
2 weeks ago
How Healing Becomes an Idol. Toni Collier on Why We're More Obsessed With Healing Than Becoming Holy.
Episode 510
Toni Collier joins me for a conversation that started with one sentence she posted online, watched go viral, and could not fully explain: some of us …
3 weeks ago
Why Did We Trade Hard Truth for a TED Talk? Jacob Coyne on the Commercialization of Christianity and the Wilderness Where God Actually Builds You.
Episode 509
Jacob Coyne joins me this week with the credibility of someone who has lived on both sides of that gap. He built a platform of more than a million fo…
4 weeks ago
"Self-Help Culture Is The Truest Form of Satanism." Christa Black Singh on Manifestation, the New Age Counterfeit in the Church, Psychedelics, and The Trap of Christianity Light.
Episode 508
You set out to have more faith, not to practice witchcraft, so nothing about your prayer life ever felt like sorcery. You were quoting Scripture the …
1 month ago
You Made a god Out of Safety and Control. Dr. Alison Cook on Secure Attachment to God, the Certainty We Worship, and the Security Your Soul Was Built For.
Episode 507
You would never call it worship. You'd call it being responsible. But look at what you organize your life around, what you reach for the second the g…
1 month, 1 week ago
You're Not in a Rough Season. You're EMPTY. Dr. Chris Palmer on the Meaning Crisis Hiding in Plain Sight.
Episode 506
You said you were fine, but fine is not a spiritual condition—it's a managed one. Fine means you've stopped expecting anything, stopped reaching for …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Why We'd Rather Trick Ourselves Than Train Ourselves. Geoffrey Cain on What Steve Jobs's Wilderness Years Can Teach You About Failure, Ego, and Comeback.
Episode 505
You know the feeling. The world that once held shape around you — the role, the identity, the thing you built or pursued or believed about yourself —…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
SUMMER BREAK: Sex Addiction 101. Jay Stringer Unpacks the Anatomy of Sexual Addiction and Predicting Destructive Lifestyle Choices
Sexual addiction is often treated as a behavior problem. Stop the behavior. Remove the temptation. Try harder next time. But what if the behavior is …
2 months ago