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Your Life Isn't Yours to Control—Here's Why That's Good | Episode 508
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Who’s holding the pen to your story and how much of it is really yours to control? We sit with that question and follow it where it leads: childhood memories of learning to write, the messy first drafts we all live through, and the uncomfortable reality that the biggest outcomes in life aren’t fully in our hands.
From my perspective as a believer, I share why I see Jesus as the author of my life, and how that belief changes the way I think about control, fear, and the clock that keeps moving whether we’re ready or not. We talk about life’s clear arc birth, living, and death and why reflecting on mortality can be healthy when it pushes us toward meaning instead of rumination. If you’ve ever felt stuck between your plans and what life hands you, this conversation gives language to that tension.
Then we get practical: procrastination is a habit that steals possibility, and urgency is a gift when you use it well. I connect that urgency to our work at Voices for Voices, built on my mental health, mental illnesses, trauma, and recovery, and I share what it means to cross 500 episodes without a big corporation behind us. What keeps it going is belief, mission, and people like you.
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Chapter Markers
- 0:00 Welcome And Quick Ways To Help
- 0:59 The Author Of Your Life
- 3:29 What Kids Teach Us About Stories
- 5:25 Faith Control And The End Of Life
- 15:37 Urgency Beats Procrastination
- 18:28 500 Episodes Built On Belief
- 23:01 Gratitude And Share The Show
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