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The Connected Life

The Connected Life is a thought-provoking conversation about all the beautiful and messy ups and downs of life. Join Life Consultants Justin & Abi Stumvoll as they share vulnerable stories and practical wisdom that will lead you on a journey of connecting with yourself, others, and the world right in front of you. Their authentic, no-BS style will make you laugh, challenge you to dig deep, face your fears, and inspire you to love yourself and others more.

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The Connected Life
258: Failure-Life’s Friendly Mentor from 2023-12-11T08:01

For most of us the idea of failure is filled with a sense of dread. It’s often associated with shame, punishment, and disconnection. It often feels like is says something negative abo...

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257: Repairing Family Connections from 2023-12-04T08:01

Every family system comes with its own mess. Every sibling finds themselves playing a role whether it’s assigned to them or they unconsciously take it on. Through these roles pain is ...

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256: Divine Pivots in Life from 2023-11-27T08:01

We all have certain expectations of what our lives should look like both in the long term and the day to day. These expectations can often get us stuck in ways of living that leave us...

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255: An Eternal Perspective of Gratitude from 2023-11-20T08:01

When it comes to success and self-help books, gratitude is often identified as a foundational key to the achievements and wellbeing of any individual. It’s often suggested that gratit...

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254: Saying Yes to the Mess! from 2023-11-13T08:01

Creating a life of wholeness isn’t for the faint of heart. Choosing to foster change and development can feel like a lonely road. The process is difficult and the end result is never ...

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253: Fostering Faithful Friendships from 2023-11-06T07:01

We’ve all had friendships where we’ve hurt others and they’ve hurt us. This is an inescapable part of humanity. When our messiness collides friendships can break us in a way that caus...

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252: Experiencing Radical Love Through Safe Community from 2023-10-30T07:01

There are seasons in all of our lives where we feel so broken that we’re willing to do almost anything to stop the pain. For many of us, being willing to allow love to have an impact ...

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251: Eradicating Chaos and Creating Peaceful Lives from 2023-10-23T07:01

In a culture of achievement, productivity, and purpose, it’s possible to create a world where we’ve achieved our dreams, yet still feel like we’re missing out on life. The internal dr...

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250: Creating Clarity in Relationships from 2023-10-16T07:01

For many of us, when considering letting people into our lives, they’re either all in or all out. Progressively letting people into our hearts is rare and when we do gradually let the...

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249: Creating a Lifestyle of Success Pt2 from 2023-10-09T07:01

Many of us believe that creating a successful life is centered around outward goals and actions. Though this can yield favorable results, the end product can often feel empty and poin...

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248: Creating a Lifestyle of Success Pt1 from 2023-10-02T07:01

Success is often defined in the broader culture by enormous amounts of wealth, power, and notoriety. While this idea of success can feel tempting, it isn’t necessarily fulfilling to m...

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247: Rewiring Your Money Foundation-Pt 2 from 2023-09-25T07:01

In part two of this two part series Justin and Abi’s close friend, fellow Life Consultant, and clinical psychologist Ruth Outram joins the conversation once again.

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246: Understanding Your Money Foundation-Pt 1 from 2023-09-18T07:01

Money is a tricky topic for many people. Conversations around finances are often taboo and filled with shame and condemnation. If we have too little of it, we feel like a failure, if ...

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245: Relational Attraction with Doctor Ruth from 2023-09-11T07:01

Our attraction to others can often feel confusing and complicated. For many of us it’s easy to judge ourselves for the things we don’t understand about our desires. Without a better u...

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244: Setting a Foundation for Relational Repair from 2023-09-04T07:01

Can you imagine a world where you feel like a champ at fostering repair in conflict? When disconnection hits a relationship it can be really jarring. Without tools to reconnect we can...

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243: The Art of Curiosity from 2023-08-28T07:01

We all desire a life filled with healthy connections. Unfortunately, the way we relate to others stops us from having the fulfillment we hope for. Oftentimes we assume the intent of o...

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242: From Rags to Riches-A Tale of Triumphant Grace from 2023-08-21T07:01

As humans, we have an immense capacity to do damage to ourselves and the ones we love. The darkness of our decisions can leave our lives bankrupt and seemingly beyond redemption. With...

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241: Thriving Through Sickness with a Loved One from 2023-08-14T07:01

What if it was possible to experience happiness and deep connection to yourself and others in the midst of illness? If we’ve been alive long enough, there’s a good chance that we, or ...

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240: Hope for Your Future from 2023-08-07T07:01

What if it’s possible to experience and express life in a way that leaves a fulfilling impact on us and the ones we love the most? For many of us, life can feel like a painful and mun...

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239: Miracles and Emotional Health from 2023-07-31T07:01

Fostering an environment of love and connection within a community isn't easy. Creating a culture of authentic and powerful people requires a commitment to humility that can leave roo...

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238: The Power of Acceptance from 2023-07-24T07:01

What if our resistance to the inevitable was a root of unnecessary suffering and trauma? Often life has a way of delivering us circumstances that are different than we imagined. It’s ...

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237: The Price of Freedom from 2023-07-17T07:01

Many of us are unknowingly living in resistance to the healing process, and for good reason. Awakening to the reality of our lives feels uncomfortable and scary. Often times we fear e...

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236: Building a Thriving Family - Part 4 from 2023-07-10T07:01

For most of us, managing our emotions is often the most difficult thing we face in life. We all have tendencies to react in ways that don’t represent our intentions, or our heart towa...

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235: Overcoming Anxiety in Your Family - Part 3 from 2023-07-03T16:25

Anxiety is a universal human experience. Most of us are unequipped to know how to navigate and overcome it. Many of us learn at a young age how to dissociate, stuff the fear, and numb...

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234: Developing Emotional Resilience in Your Family - Part 2 from 2023-06-26T07:01

With the overwhelming demands of life, most parents can barely survive their own emotions, let alone navigate their children’s ups and downs. It’s natural to want to train a child to ...

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233: Creating an Emotionally Healthy Family - Part 1 from 2023-06-19T07:01

No family is without its messiness. Most homes have their cycles of intensity, silence, disconnection, and chaos. Emotions are either shut down or dominate the culture. But what if th...

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232: Finding Fulfillment Now from 2023-06-12T07:01

For most of us, fulfillment is something that hangs from a string, off in the distance, just out of our grasp. We wait  until the stars have...

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231: A Mother and Daughter’s Road to Repair from 2023-06-05T07:01

Every mother and daughter have their own unique story. The desire to have a healthy connection is universal but the reality of that kind of relationship is often different. For mother...

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230: Grace in Suffering from 2023-05-29T07:01

Physical sickness and pain are universally part of every human’s life. If we live long enough, we’re bound to experience our own sufferings or the sufferings of a loved one. Oftentime...

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229: Healing Your Body and Mind Through Safety from 2023-05-22T07:01

Most of us are unaware that our nervous system has a radical impact on the story we tell ourselves about our day to day experiences. Traumatic events have ongoing affects in our body ...

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228: How Our Theology Impacts Our Psychology from 2023-05-15T07:01

Rarely do we understand the far reaching affects of our spiritual beliefs on our psychological wellbeing. Under close examination, participating in any faith institution can have beau...

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227: Childlikeness vs Childishness from 2023-05-08T07:01

For most of us adults it’s easy to find ourselves resentful, disappointed, and cynical. The childlikeness and pleasure that we once had seems to have been stolen through our suffering...

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226: Creating a Life of Confidence Through Connection from 2023-05-01T07:01

At the core of all humans there is a longing to belong and feel loved. To feel securely attached is to feel secure in love and connection. It’s easy for many of us to feel shaken and ...

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225: The Power of Accepting Reality from 2023-04-24T07:01

For most of us, certain realities of our lives seem easier to face when we turn our heads and deny their existence. The thought of accepting the truth of our current experience can fe...

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224: Buying Her with Abolitionist and Filmmaker Benji Nolot from 2023-04-17T07:01

Human trafficking globally is an estimated $150 billion a year industry. With estimates of 25-40 million people being trafficked at any given time, this business of modern day slavery...

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223: In One Year Things Will Be Different from 2023-04-10T07:01

Each of us have those times in life where we feel devastated to the core. Tragedy strikes and just getting out of bed feels impossible, yet seemingly triumphant. Sometimes it’s so tou...

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222: Identifying Goodness in Your Life from 2023-04-03T07:01

They say hindsight is 20/20. For many of us, it’s not always clear that we’re going to be okay, or that goodness is all around us, until we reflect on our past. The many things that s...

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221: The Distracted Life from 2023-03-27T07:01

It’s estimated that over 8 million adults and nearly 6 million children have ADHD. The chances are that someone you know has been diagnosed with this disorder. Unfortunately, the pote...

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220: I'm Sad, It Doesn't Make You Bad from 2023-03-20T07:01

For most of us, communicating our emotional experiences with those closest to us can be challenging, for them and for us. Often times when sadness or pain is communicated the message ...

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219: The Impact of Friendship from 2023-03-13T08:01

For many people friendship can be as anxiety educing as it is enjoyable and fulfilling. Every friendship comes with its ebbs and flows. For some of us, friendship is sacred and the ex...

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218: The Redeeming Power of Love from 2023-03-05T08:01

It’s easy to view the world at large as a place filled with monstrous villains out to cause us harm. However, woven into the fabric of each of our beings is the nature of love, regard...

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217: Subconscious Beliefs Keeping Us From Our Desires from 2023-02-27T08:01

Whether it’s friendships, marriage, parenting, business, health goals, finances, or faith, we all have areas where our subconscious beliefs are affecting the way we’re experiencing li...

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216: Help! My Brain’s Been Hijacked from 2023-02-20T08:01

Disorders like ADHD are prevalent all around us and often go undiagnosed. These disorders not only affect those that have them, but the people around them as well. If left undiagnosed...

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215: Fostering Love - A Story of Redemption from 2023-02-13T08:01

Sadly, there are many people that have childhood stories littered with cruel experiences. Those that are entrusted to care for the most innocent sometimes have ways of neglecting thei...

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214: Little Moments That Create Big Impact from 2023-02-06T08:01

The idea of making changes to our lives can easily paralyze even the best of us. Getting traction and creating momentum can especially feel overwhelming and confusing if we don’t know...

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213: What to do When Our Partners Don't Change from 2023-01-30T08:01

Long-term, romantic relationships are filled with many ups and downs. As humans, it’s easy to unintentionally hurt the people we love the most. When the difficulties become too much i...

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212: Creating a Lifestyle of Fortitude from 2023-01-23T08:01

For many, it’s easy to find ourselves living through cycles of life where we feel crippled not only by experiences, but also by emotions that are seemingly driving our lives. Navigati...

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211: Life After Loss from 2023-01-16T08:01

Every human has a story of tragedy. Whether it’s the death of a parent, the loss of a best friend, or a divorce that left them devastated, the examples are endless. Though not ideal, ...

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210: Stories of Fulfilled Dreams from 2023-01-09T08:01

It’s easy to believe that luck or hard work is the reason behind desires becoming a reality. However, the truth is much more complex and nuanced. In the pursuit of wanting something t...

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209: Keys to Get Vision and Live Inspired from 2023-01-02T08:01

As a New Year begins, reflecting on the past and thinking about our future is normal. For many people, it’s become popular to start the year off with vision boards, detailing many of ...

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208: The Abundant Goodness of Life from 2022-12-26T08:01

The world we live in can easily seem grim. For many of us, perceiving the cup as half empty is called being a realist, while viewing those that see goodness as nothing more than livin...

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207: Divorce, Disappointments, Desires, and Dreams Fulfilled. Pt 2 of 2 from 2022-12-19T08:01

Pursuing the desires and dreams we have requires that we’re active participants in our story, while understanding that we’re wildly out of control. The balance necessary to walk this ...

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206: Divorce, Disappointments, Desires, and Dreams Fulfilled Pt 1 of 2 from 2022-12-12T08:01

Life is filled with unwanted and unforeseen circumstances that can either bury us alive or catapult us into a destiny we never dreamed of. To those that say yes to the process, a life...

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205: The Journey of Connection as You Grow from 2022-12-05T08:01

Growing up children generally have an intense desire to be close to their parents. Even in some of the most difficult situations children long to be attached to the ones that created ...

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204: Making Sense of People from 2022-11-28T08:01

People can often seem confusing and leave us feeling baffled at many of their decisions. We can find ourselves defensive and angry with behavior that feels radically illogical and pai...

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203: The Power of Sharing Your Story from 2022-11-21T08:01

Many of us have learned through our experiences that sharing the depth of our stories leads to pain, disconnection, and betrayal. Because of this there are portions of ourselves that ...

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202: A Compassionate and Powerful Approach to the Holidays from 2022-11-14T08:01

It’s that time of the year again! Family, food, and festivities. If you you’re like most people, the holiday season is a mixed bag. The past and present are a rollercoaster of emotion...

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201: A Practical Tool to Conquer the Holidays from 2022-11-07T07:01

For many of us, the good and the bad of the holidays seem to happen to us. Emotional rollercoasters are common as we’re flooded with memories and faced with creating new ones. But do ...

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200: Becoming a Magnet for Love from 2022-10-31T07:01

It’s easy to go through life experiencing a sense of loss, disconnection, pain, and loneliness. The narrative we often tell ourselves about our story is one of lack. But, what if it w...

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199: Conquering 9 Common Fears from 2022-10-24T07:01

Fear is a universal human experience. Not one of us is immune to it. Often times we live in denial and tell ourselves that we don’t have fear while the effects of it are very present ...

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198: Offensive Love from 2022-10-17T07:01

As humans, most of our lives are spent seeking to prove we’re loveable. We invest countless amounts of time performing tasks, and pursuing accomplishments, for the sake of a notoriety...

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197: Cultivating Resilience from 2022-10-10T07:01

The storms of life can have a way of leaving us feeling small and fragile. Like a broken down shack ready to topple over, many of us keep our heads down in hopes that we’ll survive ou...

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196: Creating Connection from 2022-10-03T07:01:10

Connection isn’t something that just happens by proximity. Over time connection is something this is deliberately fostered through experiences and conversations that create a deeper k...

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195: Life Lessons from 2022-09-26T07:01:30

The journey of aging extends an invitation to learn and grow from our victories, losses, sufferings, and celebrations. Not everyone surrenders to the process, but to those who stop re...

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194: Wild Courage from 2022-09-19T07:01:48

Courage has many expressions, but rarely is the act of vulnerably sharing our story branded as one of them. For many men, our story is held tightly to our chest, guarded by outward ac...

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193: Steamy Sex You Always Wanted from 2022-09-12T07:01:53

For some couples, the early stages of marriage can be filled with wild romps in bed and mind blowing orgasms. For others, it’s a Sunday morning church service, not too exciting, predi...

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192: Understanding Our Connections from 2022-09-05T15:24:04

Relationships have a way of bringing out the best and the worst of our humanity. Giving ourselves to others in these relationships can be scary. Behind some of the most difficult mess...

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191: The Disconnected Life from 2022-08-29T07:01:43

Being able to connect to our emotions is vital to the healing process, but what if not all disconnection is bad? In fact, what if balanced disconnection is actually part of a healthy ...

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190: Harnessing the Power of Influence from 2022-08-22T07:01:25

Not every person has an official position as a leader, but every person is an influencer. Whether we like to admit it or not, we are influencing one another every day through our emot...

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189: Secrets to Romantic Attraction from 2022-08-15T07:01:02

Romantic relationships are rooted in attraction. For many couples it’s easy to find themselves slipping in and out of attraction for each other. It’s easy to feel scared of connection...

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188: Finding Hope Beyond Healing from 2022-08-08T07:01:44

Tragedy, trauma, and loss can leave us feeling like we’re living a life of deficit. It’s easy to feel broken beyond repair and living a “normal” existence feels like nothing more than...

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187: Ownership: The Foundation to Reconnection from 2022-08-01T07:01:17

Disconnection can be rough, especially in relationships with years of history. For a lot of people it seems easier to sweep all the messiness under a rug. Eventually, however, the rug...

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186: The Path to Remembering Who We Are from 2022-07-25T07:01:32

Life can have a way of of bogging us down and leaving us feeling like the best of who we are is buried in the past. Through the messiness we experience, pain and loss have a way of ca...

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185: Having Successful Conflict from 2022-07-18T07:01:14

Conflict in relationships can be really messy. Sometimes it can be so difficult that circumstances leave the relationship beyond repair. But, what if conflict was an invitation to hea...

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184: Resolving Pain With a Father: A Live Healing Experience from 2022-07-11T07:01

One of the most common messages a man can inadvertently take from their father is the belief that we’re only valuable when we perform well. Through even the best intentions this lopsi...

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183: Repair: Creating an Atmosphere of Love from 2022-07-04T07:01:12

Confrontation with people we deeply care about can feel high stakes to say the least. In our anxiety it’s easy to unintentionally communicate in ways that suck the sense of love right...

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182: The Messy Journey to Repair from 2022-06-27T07:01:41

Whether we like to admit it or not, family matters to all of us and being honest with them can be difficult to say the least. Working through relational problems with our family can s...

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181: What Am I Feeling? from 2022-06-20T07:01:14

Masculinity sometimes has a way of getting a bum wrap for not caring or not being emotionally connected. For many men survival has been in learning how to shut up, keep your head down...

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180: Rejection and Redemption: A Live Healing Experience from 2022-06-13T07:01:55

Overcoming the loss of anything that matters to us can be incredibly difficult, especially when we’ve experienced loss before. Separating the past from the present can seem almost imp...

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179: 8 Keys to Life with People You Don't Like from 2022-06-06T07:01:27

We’ve all had times where we’ve had to interact with people we don’t like. These experiences can feel uncomfortable and frustrating, but often short lived. But what happens when we ca...

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177: Powerful and Compassionate Parenting from 2022-05-23T07:01:17

Most parents are trying their best to raise their kids. Since there’s no official handbook on parenting, each parent can find themselves overwhelmed and feeling like a failure from ti...

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176: The Power of Serving Others from 2022-05-16T07:01:54

Freely serving other people can be incredibly gratifying. For many of us service can have a history of pain because we’ve lost ourselves in others. Then there are some of us that are ...

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174: A Redemptive Love Story from 2022-05-02T07:01:18

The hope for finding love is something most of us can relate to. The desire to love and be loved is woven into our humanity. For many of us, dreaming of a fulfilling future can be sca...

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173: Showing Up to Life from 2022-04-25T07:01:21

For many people it’s easy to go with the flow of life. It’s much more difficult to show up and share what you feel or go against the grain and do what you want. But what if there’s an...

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172: Loving Those in Need from 2022-04-18T07:01

Every where we look, the world is filled with people in need. It’s easy to see the enormity of this need and to get overwhelmed. Some times it feels easier to turn a blind eye than to...

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171: Loving the Unloveable from 2022-04-11T07:01:21

Loving others can be difficult, especially the ones that can’t help but make a mess so bad they hurt everyone in their path. Getting past the anguish they inflict can sometimes feel i...

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170: The Messiness of an Affair from 2022-04-04T07:01:20

An affair is one of the most sensitive and painful subjects in a committed relationship. The effects of an affair spill over onto children, extended family, and friends. With so much ...

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169: The Power of Embracing Your Messiness from 2022-03-28T07:01:52

As humans, we are universally messy. Our actions and reactions are often times in conflict with what we want to do and who we want to be. It can feel much easier to ignore and deny th...

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168: Creating Long-term Friendships from 2022-03-21T08:01:01

As time passes, all of us go through stages of change, for the better or worse. In the midst of creating ups and downs for ourselves, being known and understood is foundational to dis...

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167: A Road to True Happiness from 2022-03-14T08:01:36

For most, there’s something surreal about a life of success and wealth. Driving our dreams is the idea that when we arrive at a specific destination we’ll be fulfilled. The details ar...

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166: The Power of Dependence from 2022-03-07T08:01:58

Separating ourselves from the nature of love leaves us feeling alone, in a state of fear and abandonment. This disconnection from love drives us to exhibit controlling behavior as we ...

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165: The Humanity That We All Share from 2022-02-28T08:01:47

In our broken pursuit of feeling valuable, humans have a way of adopting a system of judgment where we can rank one another better than or less than. This hierarchy is based on our pe...

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164: Codependency and Faith from 2022-02-21T08:01:50

It’s easy to lose the sense of who we are, and what we believe, for the sake of others in order to belong. We can find ourselves more concerned with following cultural systems, and th...

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163: Love Your Neighbor as Yourself from 2022-02-14T08:01

Neighbors can be difficult to love. They vote, believe, and talk differently. Their lifestyles might just contradict our entire value system. Our time with them, however, is limited. ...

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162: The Case for Emotions in Faith from 2022-02-07T08:01:10

Emotions tend to get a bum rap in faith communities. Often times the two are treated as mutually exclusive and emotions have the potential to be seen as enemies of faith. But what if ...

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161: Finding Connection in the Silence from 2022-01-31T08:01:31

In a noisy, media-driven world, filled with politics, drama, and plenty of expectations, it’s easy to stay focused on anything other than connection to our own heart. But what if it a...

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160: How to Prepare for Being Confronted from 2022-01-24T08:01

Getting confronted is rarely easy. Often times, confrontation can feel like it’s coming out of nowhere. Without the proper tools and understanding of how to respond, conversations tha...

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159: Redemption: The Hope for Justice (Part 3 of 3) from 2022-01-17T08:01

Coming face to face with the attacker that left your daughter for dead should bread feelings of hatred and revenge. But what happens when love and compassion echo louder than the scar...

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158: Finding Beauty in Pain (Part 2 of 3) from 2022-01-10T08:01

Without miraculous intervention, tragedies have a way of devastating people beyond repair. Most people would be overcome by hopelessness after being told that the likelihood of their ...

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157: The Healing Power of Compassion (Part 1 of 3) from 2022-01-03T08:01

Choosing to get honest with ourselves about the reality of our upbringings can often times feel incredibly difficult. The implication that our families are imperfect means that there ...

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156: Vital Steps to Dreaming for Your Future from 2021-12-27T08:01

Dreaming for life is so often ineffective that most people find themselves hopeless and disappointed, and for good reason. People’s approach to dreaming can be haphazard and lofty. Bu...

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155: Christmas Nostalgia from 2021-12-20T08:01

For most people, Christmas is laced with nostalgia. Moments of goodness reminding us of the beauty and joy of being a child. For some it can be a bit more difficult, but goodness is w...

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154: The Hope of Christmas from 2021-12-13T08:01

If we’re all honest with ourselves, we’ve all, at some point or another, felt unloveable. In this state of being, it’s easy to feel alone, sad, and even hopeless. Life can seemingly d...

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153: A Fulfilling Approach to Christmas from 2021-12-06T08:01

Christmas, like many holidays comes with a mixture of emotions and experiences. For some it can be a sad and difficult time, while for others it be one of the most exciting times of t...

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152: A Practical Guide to Self-Care from 2021-11-29T08:01

Self-Care is often misinterpreted as a shallow, selfish, narcissistic romp rooted in endless spa days, trips with your friends, buying a ton of needless material junk, and gorging you...

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151: Rewiring Our View of God from 2021-11-22T08:01

At a young age, through nature and nurture, we find ourselves being wired to relate to the world in ways that aren’t always freeing. For many of us, we operate out of the extremes of ...

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150: 10 Signs of Wholeness from 2021-11-15T08:01

The emotional health journey can sometimes feel like being trapped on a hamster wheel while the sounds of children chanting, “Are we there yet?!” echo out in the background. But what ...

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149: The Power of Disconnecting from 2021-11-08T08:01

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Social media has woven itself into humanity in a way, that since its inception, an entire generation can now say they have never known a life without...

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148: Connecting to Your Story from 2021-11-01T18:03:25

Each of us has a story. This story is the collection of our experiences that shape our beliefs and decisions. Knowing and understanding our story is the first step to compassion and h...

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147: Understanding the Child Within from 2021-10-25T07:01

Before we were ever adults, we were children. In the purity of our experience we’re alive with awe and wonder. Through years of pain, that lack the adequate nurturing and understandin...

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146: Learning to Nourish Your Soul from 2021-10-18T07:01

The human soul has basic necessities. When we’ve been starved long enough of the things we need an inner war ensues as we ravenously gorge to feed the aching hunger within. Only throu...

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145: How to Approach Decisions from 2021-10-11T07:01

On average, we make 35,000 decisions each day. For some, decisions are seemingly made quick and easy with little thought behind them, leaving a trail a problems resulting from the lac...

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144: The Power of Embracing Change from 2021-10-04T07:01

Change comes with many unknowns and emotions. For some, change is the perceived savior of their circumstances, while for others, it’s the villain of their story. Regardless of what it...

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143: Finding Empowerment and Healing through Triggers from 2021-09-27T07:01

Faces of people screaming and college campuses littered with safe spaces are often the things that come to mind when someone makes mention of triggers. A sense of some villain offendi...

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142: Parenting in a Powerful Way from 2021-09-20T07:01

There’s no definitive manual on how to raise children. Often times parents find themselves feeling overwhelmed and out of control. More discipline, or more rewards, is the usual appro...

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141: The Pathway to Freedom from 2021-09-13T07:01

What if resolve and reconnection after years of pain, misunderstandings, and disagreements was possible? What if the relationships that matter the most, yet have been the messiest, co...

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140: Letting Go of Your External Battles from 2021-09-06T07:01

Life occasionally has a way of dealing us one blow after another until we’re lying face down in a pool of our own blood and tears. No matter how hard we try, changing our outward circ...

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139: Shamelessly Owning Your Part of the Story from 2021-08-30T07:01

Every great story of fiction has a protagonist and an antagonist, a villain and a hero so to say. But real life isn’t quite that cut and dry. Just like a coin, every story has two sid...

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138: Making Sense of Relational Messiness from 2021-08-23T07:01

We all do things to the people we care about the most that we wished we hadn’t. Often times we avoid looking back because the past is riddled with blame, shame, regret, and condemnati...

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137: Brutal Beginnings for Newlyweds from 2021-08-16T07:01

Getting married and starting a new life together can be brutal for anyone. Navigating how to surrender your life to a partnership of give and take is difficult as it is. But, for an e...

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136: Stepping Back in the Church from 2021-08-09T07:01

The institution of the church has a history of feeling unsafe and judgmental for many people. Like any system, it has humanity’s thumbprint of messiness all over it. But sometimes the...

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135: Finding God Outside of Church from 2021-08-02T07:01

There comes a time for all of us when everything we know is challenged. Our world is shaken and the foundation that we’ve stood on for a lifetime begins to crumble below us.

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134: Restoring Humanity in Religion from 2021-07-26T07:01

Religion has a way of stripping individuals of their humanity and demanding perfection through performance. This behavior is detrimental to everyone involved.

In thi...

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133: Shedding Light on the Mystery of Singleness from 2021-07-19T07:01

Being single is great when you want in to be that way, but when you’re looking for a long term commitment, it can start feeling difficult real quick. Though there can be many reasons ...

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132: Becoming the Captain of Your Own Life from 2021-07-12T07:01

Fear can be debilitating for anyone, but it’s nothing more than the barrier between us and the destiny of who we were created to be. Having it is not the problem but being unwilling t...

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131: Thriving After Shipwrecks and Sufferings from 2021-07-05T07:01

It’s easy for any of us to go through some of life’s biggest storms and to feel like it’s the beginning of the end, or that there’s no way we’ll ever recover. However, every great sto...

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130: Building Connected Masculine Friendships from 2021-06-28T07:01

Developing camaraderie amongst men can be as simple as creating a common goal that requires a collective group to band together in order to achieve it. Be it building a house, playing...

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129: The Redemption of What Wasn't from 2021-06-21T07:01

Whether we understand it or not, family plays a vital role in experiencing a life of stability and confidence. For many of us, our family of origin can be messy, painful, and sometime...

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128: Grieving the Loss of What Wasn't from 2021-06-14T07:01

It can be easy to find ourselves consumed with regret and paralyzed with pain when we contemplate the dreams and desires that never panned out the way we dreamed they would. Without p...

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127: The Children We Won't Have from 2021-06-07T07:01

Most of us have an idea of what we think our life should look like. Our education, job, friends, family, and marriage are just a few aspects that we think have to turn out a certain w...

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126: Key Ingredients for a Success Cocktail from 2021-05-31T07:01

Many people believe that “success” just happens to a select lucky few, or for those that simply keep their head down and work hard. But what if success has ingredients like a cocktail...

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125: Healing Pain, Shame, and Sexual Addiction from 2021-05-24T07:01

In part two of this two part episode, Abi and Justin sit down again with friend and fellow Life Consultant Laura Duncan. Together they take a deep dive into the pain and shame that is...

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124: Pornography is not the Problem from 2021-05-17T07:01

In a world culture that has instant access to pornographic material it’s realistic that so many people, both men and women, would use, or have addictions to this type of content. For ...

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123: How You Attach to the People in Your Life from 2021-05-10T07:01

Are you a turtle or a hailstorm? The way we attach to one another is critical to understanding our behavior and connection in relationship. Through our childhood experiences we learn ...

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122: Renovating Your Life from 2021-05-03T07:01

House renovations can be daunting. They come with blood, sweat, and tears you didn’t know you had the capacity to shed. They’re expensive and time consuming, and, for anyone doing it ...

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121: Contagious Courage: A Live Healing Experience from 2021-04-26T07:01

The pathway to healing and freedom isn’t easy, and it certainly doesn’t happen alone. When our process is walked out openly and vulnerably, within community, our bravery has the power...

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120: The Power of Facing Your Fear as a Family from 2021-04-19T07:01

Being honest with our family can sometimes feel more scary than any other people in our lives. The people that we care about the deepest are the ones we feel most terrified of being r...

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119: The Top Secret Truth to Transformation from 2021-04-12T07:01

People oftentimes wonder what the quick fix is to experiencing change in their lives. Although there is no magic pill, there is a fundamental component to the transformation process t...

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118: An Intimate Look into the Healing Process from 2021-04-05T07:01

Humans are naturally messy. The healing process is no different. For parents, It can be difficult to take an honest look at how their pain and actions have affected their children. Co...

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117: Hearing God for Your Future Pt2 from 2021-03-29T07:01

Life has a way of throwing us curve balls. For most of us, it’s a rarity to be prepared for these unforeseen circumstances when they hit our lives. Many of us can find ourselves devas...

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116: Hearing God for Your Future Pt 1 from 2021-03-22T07:01

Throughout history people from all walks of life have believed that they could gain insight into their future, as well as others futures through one means or another.

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115: Reconstructing Your Faith from 2021-03-15T07:01

For every bit of deconstruction of one’s faith, there must be a reconstruction of something, otherwise the end result will only be demolition.

In this episode Abi ta...

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114: Loving Yourself in Religion from 2021-03-08T08:01

The message often conveyed through religion is one of self-deprecation and unworthiness. A system of principles based on caring for others without regard for oneself leaves many peopl...

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113: Deconstructing Your Faith from 2021-03-01T08:01

The journey to deconstruct one’s faith can be filled with beauty and pitfalls. Some will find themselves reconstructing what was torn down, while others will leave their lives demolis...

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112: 6 Key Phases of Faith from 2021-02-22T08:01

As humans we were designed to be progressively growing, evolving, and maturing. The process for this to happen can often look messy and feel very disrupting, especially in relation to...

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111: Misconceptions We Learned From Religion from 2021-02-15T08:01

Like anything else, religion is filled with rules and ideologies that we adopt as the truth we should live by. If we spend enough time in any system, we will all eventually be faced w...

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110: Faith and Emotional Health from 2021-02-08T08:01

For many, faith and mental health simply don’t mix. People either have strong spiritual practices that lack practical understanding of the human condition or they lack any type of spi...

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109: Eradicating Performance in Your Faith from 2021-02-01T08:01

Since the beginning of time, religion has been a universal thread throughout humanity. Though varying immensely in its expression from culture to culture, the sad but common bond of p...

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108: The Beginnings of Faith from 2021-01-25T08:01

Faith can be a touchy subject for many people. For some, faith is what miraculously saved them from their deepest darkness. For others, it’s the source of some of their greatest pain....

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107: A Behind the Scenes Look at Pornography with Benji Nolot from 2021-01-18T08:01

In today’s society, the moral compass regarding pornography points in many directions. In a world that has become progressively sexualized, the normalization and acceptance of pornogr...

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106: Creating a Lifestyle of Intentionality from 2021-01-11T08:01

Life has a way of passing us by if we’ll let it. In the end, many  people find themselves feeling regretful for what they didn’t do and what...

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105: An Awakening of Acceptance from 2021-01-04T08:01

New Year’s resolutions are often about making a change, but rarely are they about simply desiring more freedom. Our need for change can often be rooted in shame and only further exace...

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104: Hindsight is 2020 from 2020-12-28T08:01

2020 has been a rollercoaster ride for the entire world. It’s been a year that has shaken many to the core. In all the craziness, some times it’s hard to see the light. Often times it...

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103: A Fundamental Key to Living a Connected Lifestyle from 2020-12-21T08:01

Granting access to the parts of our lives that feel too painful or messy to look at can be incredibly difficult. It’s easy to feel scared and powerless to what’s hiding behind locked ...

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102: Busting Down the Barriers Blocking Love from 2020-12-14T08:01

For many of us, it’s easy to believe we have all the answers and that we have it all together. Behind this barrier we seemingly feel safe. We convince ourselves that we’re aware and i...

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101: Restoring Sexuality with Paul Young from 2020-12-07T08:01

Sexuality is often a subject shrouded in shame or minimized into absolute irrelevance. As a formative part of the human condition our views and expressions of sexuality have a deep im...

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100: Connecting to Yourself, Others, and God: Live-Celebration from 2020-11-30T08:01

It’s time to celebrate. The Connected Life is 100 episodes old! We’re like an expensive fine wine, aged to perfection. We’re here to answer questions live as we dive into a discussion...

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99: A Guide to Political Discussions During the Holidays from 2020-11-23T08:01

Holidays have a way of evoking a lot of emotions for the good and the bad. 2020 has been a unique year like none other in our nation’s history. Some people have spent a large portion ...

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98: Conquering Life Through a Can-Do Attitude from 2020-11-16T08:01

Life is full of obstacles, and some of them can feel daunting and impossible to overcome. It’s easy to feel powerless to the pursuits set before us. But, even the most outlandish goal...

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97: Dreaming Like Royalty from 2020-11-09T08:01

For many people, hopes and dreams can feel more like a fantasy than a reality. Often times, the things we long to do and experience can feel lofty and unrealistic. If we do pursue goa...

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96: Two Vital Keys for Every Relationship from 2020-11-02T08:01

We’ve all had our moments of believing the worst about someone and building a laundry list of complaints about them. These unspoken judgements are often riddled with misunderstandings...

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95: Creating a Lifestyle of Fun from 2020-10-26T07:01

The idea of fun has been commercialized and monetized into extravagant, costly getaways and material possessions. People spend years saving up so they can have fun only to pay for exp...

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94: Discovering Purpose in the Nothingness from 2020-10-19T07:01

There are times in life that seem like nothing is happening. We lack vision and clarity for our future. We feel as though our hopes and dreams are being dashed to pieces. Here in this...

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93: From Crappy to Happy from 2020-10-12T07:01

Let’s all face it, life can sometimes feel like a rollercoaster. For some it’s a series of high highs, and low lows. Others live in low lows and rarely see the light of day. Then ther...

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93: From Crappy to Happy from 2020-10-12T07:01

Let’s all face it, life can sometimes feel like a rollercoaster. For some it’s a series of high highs, and low lows. Others live in low lows and rarely see the light of day. Then ther...

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92: Creating Victory Over Our Body Battle from 2020-10-05T07:01

The battle with our bodies is often a tumultuous one. A majority of culture would universally acknowledge some form of a personal body battle for women. Men, however, are often shroud...

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91: Justin’s Surprise Birthday Interview from 2020-09-28T07:01

It’s Justin’s birthday and what better way to celebrate than for Abi to hijack The Connected Life and spring a series of questions on her lover about his life.

Some ...

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90: A Surefire Solution to Feel Connected from 2020-09-21T07:01

For some of us, it feels safer to live a life so self-sufficient that we don’t ever need anyone. For others, we need people so much we can become a vampire, draining the life out of t...

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89: Unearthing, Understanding, and Eradicating Shrouded Shame from 2020-09-14T07:01

Hidden in the recesses of our programming is a haunting voice driving our lives. Whether we acknowledge and understand it or not, this voice is very real and universal to all of human...

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88: Connecting to Eternal Power from 2020-09-07T07:01

True power has a source. In our humanity, disconnected from this source, we are limited to a dimly lit life. We struggle to get by, mostly just surviving. We live normal and uninspire...

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87: Redefining Justice-The Path to Healing from 2020-08-31T07:01

The subject of injustice is a fiery one. We’ve all experienced forms of injustice in our lives. Justice being served is a necessary part of righting wrongs. But when asked to define w...

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86: Finding Hope in the Present from 2020-08-24T07:01

Hope is a necessary component to experiencing a life fully lived. Looking at what didn’t work out for us, or imagining a future that has yet to happen can often lead to a sense of hop...

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85: The Power of Celebrating Yourself from 2020-08-17T07:01

Some people believe that celebrating yourself can lead to arrogance and pride. Often times people feel awkward and out of place when the spotlight shines on them, especially if they’r...

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84: Restoring Our Childlike Wonder from 2020-08-10T07:01

For most of us adults, we find ourselves struggling to connect with creativity. We lose the ability to dream and create from a place of joy and happiness. The evolution of growing up ...

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83: The Power of People Centered Purpose from 2020-08-03T07:01

For many, an end goal is the engine driving our lives and has a way of becoming our sole purpose. Along the way we can find ourselves being willing to do some pretty uncaring and unlo...

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82: Making Your Dreams a Reality from 2020-07-27T07:01

Learning how to trust our inner voice, especially when it comes to the dreams and desires of our heart, can sometimes be difficult. Often times we are met with unforeseen delays, obst...

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81: Creating an Anti-Affair Plan from 2020-07-20T07:01

Building trust in a relationship can take years and requires immense vulnerability. When we’ve given our hearts to another human, the cost of betrayal can be so high that few truly bo...

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80: Rebuilding From Rubble with Paul Young from 2020-07-13T07:01

With so many unknowns, life can feel great one moment, and in the next, our world can feel like it’s crumbling all around us. Sometimes the chaos and mayhem happens to us, and sometim...

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79: Tub Talk- The Naked Truth About Marriage from 2020-07-06T07:01

Marriage is a lot of things to a lot of people. For some, it’s the answer to all our problems or the source of them. To others, it’s just a contract between two roommates until they’r...

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78: The Journey to a Dream Fulfilled from 2020-06-29T07:01

In this moment in history so many people are faced with mounting unknowns. As people are suffering the loss of jobs and businesses, many are asking the questions, What do I do now? Wh...

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77: Seeking to Understand: A Time to Listen from 2020-06-22T07:01

The current conversation around race can be confusing and seems to have many pitfalls. Politics and ideologies often muddy a much needed, and necessary, conversation. Hidden behind th...

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76: Finding a Firm Foundation in Trying Times from 2020-06-15T07:01

The world is truly faced with unprecedented trying times. After an outbreak of a global pandemic, filled with uncertainty, we’re now face to face with battles in our streets and unres...

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75: Building Bridges Through Compassion from 2020-06-08T07:01

The world is stricken with grief and seemingly more divided than ever before. Injustices caught on camera strike our humanity to the core. With the instability of Corona, the painful ...

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74: Recalibrating Your Relational Role from 2020-06-01T07:01

We all play a role in relationships. This role we play evolves in our childhoods as we take on very specific identities within our families. Some of us were the “responsible kid”, oth...

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73: 12 Green-lights to Relationship from 2020-05-25T07:01

Red flags are all the rave in relationship advice, but what about green lights? What are key signs to look for when choosing a friend or mate? Understanding DOs can be even more criti...

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72: Sorry-The Cuss Word of All Cuss Words from 2020-05-18T07:01

As humans, we have a tendency to make mistakes and be messy. If we spend any depth of time in relationship with one another, we’re bound to create painful moments for the ones we love...

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71: What Are All These Feelings? from 2020-05-11T07:01

It’s easy to feel out of control and barraged by emotions. Sometimes it’s unclear what we’re feeling, or why we’re feeling it. The truth is, emotions are an energy pulsating in us and...

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70: The Dog is Not Our Problem from 2020-05-04T07:01

It’s easy to find ourselves having complete meltdowns over seemingly trivial things. Without proper investigation, we can end up shaming ourselves, or turn against the ones we love th...

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69: Becoming Empowered in Relational Conflict from 2020-04-27T07:01

For many of us, the villain in our story is very clear and if they would change, we would be just fine. Relationships often find themselves in never-ending cycles of finger pointing a...

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68: Stop Playing the Game from 2020-04-20T07:01

We all play games in relationships, whether or not we’re aware of it. These games can keep us in limiting cycles that affect our ability to live a life of intimacy and connection.

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67: From Falling Apart to Falling Together from 2020-04-13T19:00

This week we’re having an unscheduled interruption. Since the world is already topsy-turvy why not? Not to fret though, next week you’ll get part two of our two-part episode, Shatteri...

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66: Shattering the Secrets that Shame Us Pt 2 from 2020-04-06T19:00

Secrets have a way of trapping us in pain. However, often times we believe that it’s more painful to share our experiences, than having to to get real and honest about them. Unfortuna...

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65: Shattering the Secrets that Shame Us Pt 1 from 2020-03-30T07:01

We all have our secrets. Behind those secrets, no matter how big or small, lurks the voice of shaming accusation. The singular goal of this voice is to suffocate our humanity until th...

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64: Thriving through Corona from 2020-03-23T07:01

For many of us, the world has gone topsy turvy. Fear and panic rule the news and social media. Uncertainty about jobs and future plans are all up in the air. Kids are out of school an...

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63: The Journey to Healing-Finding Your Fight Pt 4 of 4 from 2020-03-16T07:01

All of us go through seasons of life where we feel like we got knocked down, and some times knocked out. Many times we can feel as though we lost our fight along the way. But what if ...

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62: The Journey To Healing-Justin's Sadness Pt 3 of 4 from 2020-03-09T07:01

Suffering and sadness are an unavoidable part of the human experience. The gift of suffering is that it illuminates humanity in a unique and special way. Although no one can truly und...

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61: The Journey to Healing-Revelations From Pain Pt 2 of 4 from 2020-03-02T08:01

We have two options when we go through hard things; see the pain as an invitation into wholeness, or get stuck in hopelessness, fear, and heart ache.

For part two of...

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60: The Journey To Healing-Abi's Sickness Pt 1 of 4 from 2020-02-24T08:01

We’ve all gone through valleys of despair or suffered painful seasons. Those of us who choose to ignore it and push forward are often praised for being strong. Unfortunately, ignored ...

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59: The Ebbs and Flows of Friendship from 2020-02-17T08:01

Man’s best friend is supposedly a dog, but what if it could be another human being? Humanity gets a bum wrap because often times we don’t understand ourselves, others, or the friendsh...

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58: Relating Powerfully to Your Partner's Family from 2020-02-10T08:01

In-Laws, whether we love ‘em, hate ‘em, or fall somewhere in between, as long as we’re married, they’re here to stay. We can all become immune to our own family’s deficiencies. Someti...

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57: How to Master and Win at Dating Pt 2 of 2 from 2020-02-03T08:01

Do you want to get married? Get ready to date! But believe it or not, the goal of dating isn’t marriage, it’s for us to become who we were made to be and learn how to treat humans the...

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56: How to Master and Win at Dating Pt 1 of 2 from 2020-01-27T08:01

The days of arranged marriage and courtship are a thing of the past. If you want to get married in todays world you have to date. With the age of the internet and phone apps, dating h...

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55: Keys to Becoming a Great Friend from 2020-01-20T08:01

In order to truly feel alive and happy, friendships are a vital part of life. Unfortunately, there’s not many “how to” guides on friendship. We definitely know when we don’t feel like...

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54: Vision- The Key to Relational Momentum from 2020-01-13T08:01

In a world saturated with self-help books, finding strategy on how to cast vision for your dreams is amply easy. And that’s a good thing, because without vision our life gradually was...

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53: Breaking Barriers and Building Bridges to Connection from 2020-01-06T08:01

We all want to feel connected to the world around us. The desire for connection is encoded into the fabric of human existence. We can deny that we have this desire to ourselves, and t...

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52: How to Win in the New Year from 2019-12-30T08:01

Every year is marked by the unexpected. Some years are filled with the celebration of babies, marriages, adventures, and opportunities we’ve never dreamed of. Some years are filled wi...

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51: Becoming Loving and Powerful During the Holidays from 2019-12-23T08:01

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, holidays can be messy! It’s easy to get disconnected, frustrated, and overwhelmed during the holidays. This time of year stirs up all kind...

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50: Spirituality and Boundaries Pt 2 of 2 from 2019-12-16T08:01

Leadership is messy! For both those leading and those following. It can be a rough ride on each side of the coin and we’ve all had our fair share of aches, pains, and problems no matter which si...

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49: Spirituality and Boundaries Pt 1 of 2 from 2019-12-09T08:01

We’ve all had people with authority and ...

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48: The Power of Living a Life of Generosity from 2019-12-02T08:01

Tis the season for generosity! Generosity is contagious and in any book, or teaching, on success and wealth, generosity is foundational and fundamental. Generosity comes in many different forms ...

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47: Creating a Lifestyle of Thanksgiving from 2019-11-25T08:01

The holidays can be filled with all kinds of emotions and unexpected experiences. For some, the...

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46: 7 Steps to Overcoming Breakups and Betrayals from 2019-11-18T08:01

Breakups and betrayals can be brutal! As humans we’ve all had these experiences, whether it’s with our parents, siblings, extended family, friends, boyfriend, girlfriend, or spouse. T...

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45: The Lifelong Journey to Great Sex Pt 2 of 2 from 2019-11-11T08:01

In part one of this two part episode, Justin and Abi took an honest look at the hurdles Joey and Kelley Feste faced in their formative years of marriage.

Here, in pa...

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44: The Lifelong Journey to Great Sex Pt 1 of 2 from 2019-11-04T08:01

We all have varying experiences of marriage. For many of us, we didn’t have the best examples growing up. For others, marriage looked like land of the happy people where nothing was e...

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43: Understanding and Embracing Your Season from 2019-10-28T07:01

We’ve all been through tough seasons of life that felt like they would never end. Many of us are terrified we’ll get stuck, or even worse, that the best seasons will end as quickly as...

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42: The Healing Power of Nurture-The Mother Series Pt 5 from 2019-10-21T07:01

All of humanity have what we call core needs that must to be met. Nurture is one of those needs and one that initially, and primarily, gets met by our mothers. But what if you had a m...

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41: Stumbling Blocks to Connection-The Mother Series Pt 4 from 2019-10-14T07:01

Mom’s are an intricate part of the fabric of our lives. Our bond with them is woven into the interactions with our most intimate connections, whether we’re aware of it or not. Moms ar...

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40: The Courage to Own Your Life-The Mother Series Pt 3 from 2019-10-07T16:59:29

Having the courage to take ownership for our life, and the mistakes we make, is difficult for many of us. Justin’s mom, Barbara, had to decide between taking ownership for her failing...

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39: Courage, Confrontation, and Compassion-The Mother Series Pt 2 from 2019-09-30T07:01

The relationship between a parent and a child is a special one. If you’ve ever been a parent or a child, then you know how easily things can get messy! Continuing...

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38: Facing the Reality of Our Childhood: The Mother Series Pt 1 from 2019-09-23T07:01

For many of us, parents can be a sensitive subject. As children our desire is to be loved and nurtured, but for some, that doesn’t always feel like the reality of what happened. When ...

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37: Understanding a Woman's Sex Drive from 2019-09-16T07:01

For many people, understanding a woman’s sex drive could be considered more valuable than a diamond mine! A woman’s sex drive can even seem as mysterious to a woman as it is to a man. Often time...

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36: Breaking Horses and Building Hearts from 2019-09-09T07:01

It takes real guts to ride a 1,500 pound enraged bull, but the world of Professional Bull Riding is a full of gritty men ready to risk it all! In this episode Justin is joined by former Professi...

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35: Justin and Abi's Victory Over Suicide from 2019-09-02T07:01

For many of us, we carry secrets that seem too dark for anyone to understand. We carry this heaviness until is crushes us or we explode. Here in this darkness, crippling lies slowly wear us down...

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34: Creating a Lifestyle of Adventure from 2019-08-26T07:01

For most of us, we want to feel inspired day to day and we often dream of living a life full of adventure. Unfortunately, the reality is often a life that feels boring and uninspired. The hurdle...

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33: Overcoming Trauma from 2019-08-19T07:01

Self-sufficiency and the victim mentality often keep us from experiencing true freedom. It’s all too easy to fall into the trap of self-protection when people in our lives hurt and di...

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32: On the Road to Restoration: Surviving Family Vacations from 2019-08-12T07:01

For most of us, family vacations can be a tricky time to navigate. They’re often chock full of triggers and past pain that hasn’t been resolved. Often times, it can be difficult to le...

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31: Creating and Keeping the Romance Alive from 2019-08-05T07:01

We’ve all been guilty of venting about the negative things that happen in our lives and rarely verbalizing the positive aspects. This can be especially harmful when it comes to romanc...

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30: Creating Rules to Live By from 2019-07-29T07:01

For most of us, life is experienced through a lens of traditions and rules established by family and culture at large. Rarely do we stop to question why we do what we do. Many traditi...

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29: Beginning a Healthy Relationship from 2019-07-22T07:01

We all have triggers around emotions, money, and other people's behavior… and we’d like to blame them for how they affect us. But truth is, that our triggers are our responsibility. Listen

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28: A Blame Free Life-Style from 2019-07-15T07:01

Blaming, shaming and complaining, sound like a familiar experience to you? The list of people in our lives who behave this way is endless, but often times we’re just as guilty.

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27: Redefining Dating from 2019-07-08T07:01

For many people, dating is a game to be played with a singular goal in mind, winning. The game is one of proving we can get someone or get someone to choose us. This often leads to needless tug ...

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26: Ending the Gender Battle from 2019-07-01T07:01

In order to have successful relationships with the opposite sex, whether in dating, marriage, or friends, we can’t be at war with those we want to love.

For many of ...

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25: 6 Keys to Successful Dating from 2019-06-24T07:01

For many people dating can be vulnerable, scary, and feel as though there are no clear rules on “how to” do it right. But like anything in life, there is a lot of gray space when it c...

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24: Finding Life in Grief with Laura Duncan from 2019-06-17T07:01

As humans, tragedy and loss are unavoidable. Because of this, pain is a universal part of life. For most of us, we feel lost in a sea of these painful moments that we have no tools to...

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23: How Our History Shapes Us Pt 2 of 2 from 2019-06-10T07:01

For most people, conversations...

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22: How Our History Shapes Us Pt 1 of 2 from 2019-06-03T07:01

In this incredibly raw and exposing episode Justin opens up the doors to his personal life like never before!

During a live recorded counseling session Justin speaks...

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21: Redefining Your Weakness from 2019-05-27T07:01

For many people the word “weakness” is repulsive. Being “weak” is seen as a flaw in our humanity. Having an area of “weakness” is seen as unacceptable.

For the major...

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20: Finding Connection Through Clashing Cultures from 2019-05-20T07:01

They often say men are from Mars and women are from Venus, but what if all humans, regardless of gender, came from their own planet, much like a gathering of Star Wars characters.

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19: Sex, Sex, and More Sex: Creating a Sex Life You Love from 2019-05-13T07:01

Sex is for men right? Men need it, want it, and are driven by it. Women are subjected to it, put up with it, and mostly dislike it, right? But what if we’re all wrong about sex. What ...

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18: Looking Back to Move Forward from 2019-05-06T07:01

Have you ever found yourself trying to move forward in life only to feel like you’re bashing your head into a wall? Have you ever had hurdles in marriage, finances, friendships, or career that y...

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17: Learning to Have Realistic Expectations of Yourself from 2019-04-29T07:01

Every person is different and because of this we all have a different capacity. Sometimes it seems like everyone is conquering the world, while all we’re doing is dropping the ball. F...

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16: 6 Keys to Winning a Woman's Heart from 2019-04-22T07:01

How does a man win a woman’s heart? What does a woman really want in a man? Does he have to be the smartest? Maybe the richest? A Zach Efron lookalike? An Alpha Dog? Often times men f...

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15: The Power of Adding Fun to Your Life! from 2019-04-15T07:00

Fun is a messy art form meant to be the color in an otherwise gray life. For most people fun doesn’t seem conducive to being a productive adult. In reality, often times the missing sp...

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14: A New Approach to Parenting with Pietze Duffield from 2019-04-08T07:01

Parenting is simple, right? Just follow the instruction manual that comes with your kid and you’re good to go. Yours didn’t come with a manual? Surprise! None of them do.

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13: Anger- The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. from 2019-04-01T14:09:02

Have you ever "Hulked out"? Have you ever seen someone "Hulk out"? Somewhere inside all of us is a little person with the potential to become a big scary green monster. Anger is one the most com...

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12: Abi and Justin's Explosion from 2019-03-25T07:01

Candid talk about an aggressive and angry mini-explosion between Justin and Abi? Sounds like a dose of reality TV drama to me!

What do you do when assumptions, judgm...

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11: Your Story’s not Finished: Finding Miracles in the Mundane. from 2019-03-18T07:01

What do you do when your world feels like it has fallen apart and nothing in life is what you imagined it would be? How do you still trust that everything will work out when the circu...

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10: Shattering Shame and Creating Connection in the Bedroom Pt 2 of 2 from 2019-03-11T07:01

Hop back into bed with us as we continue our two part conversation about Sex!

Sex is a beautiful and important connection point within relationships! So what happens...

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9: Foundations for a Great Sex Life! Pt 1 of 2 from 2019-03-04T08:01

Have you ever wondered how to have a good sex life? Good, us too. Culture bombardes us with a lot about sex, unfortunately it's full of conflicting viewpoints, unrealistic expectation...

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8: Redefining Success: Married Life Year One Pt 2 of 2 from 2019-02-25T08:01

Success is seemingly defined by culture as doing a lot, and doing it well. Because of this, so many of us feel the pressure to be going somewhere or doing something "...

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7: Facing Our Greatest Fears: Married Life Year One Pt 1 of 2 from 2019-02-18T08:01

Road Trip!!! Get ready as we begin to explore the first year of Justin and Abi’s marriage! Beginning with the first two stops of a completely unorganized road trip, w...

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6: The Battle with Our Bodies: Diving Deeper into the Root of The Problem. Pt: 2 of 2 from 2019-02-11T08:01

In this second part of a two part series, Abi and Justin are joined by Abi’s childhood best friend Pietze Duffield as they dive deeper into the poverty mindset and many of the other r...

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5: The Battle with Our Bodies: Winning the War with Weight. Pt: 1 of 2 from 2019-02-04T08:01

For many of us, one of the biggest battles in our lives is with the person in the mirror. As a culture we are in a never-ending war with our looks and our weight.

In...

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4: Learning Surrender and Trust as a Lifestyle. Pt: 3 of 3 from 2019-01-28T16:43:51

From eight months of “Fading” to three weeks of Dating, and then "BAM" engaged! Tune in as we share the wild ride of how we learned to listen to our intuition and let surrender, wisdom, and trus...

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3: The Process of Choosing Each Other. Pt: 2 of 3 from 2019-01-21T06:00

How does “Never ever will I date you.”, turn into Justin officially asking Abi out? Tune in to this juicy episode where we learn how to manipulate people into choosing and loving you… Wait, no…n...

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2: Never, Ever, Will I Marry You! Pt: 1of 3 from 2019-01-14T07:00

Pull up a chair for the first half of an epic love story! No, not a storybook fairytale, but a real-life, full of messy ups and downs story of how two people (after a looong process) ended up to...

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1: The Disconnect in Creating The Connected Life-Intro from 2018-12-25T17:00

In this vision casting Connected Life episode, Justin and Abi openly share about the disconnecting meltdown they experienced while gearing up to record the first episodes of The Connected Life. ...

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