This week, we're talking about how to develop courage when your character is under fire and how to grow in discernment and wisdom. This is so important because courage without boundaries, without identity, and without wisdom or discernment might be reckless. So, the key to knowing how and when to pull the trigger and fight back against accusation? Wisdom and discernment. I'm so excited for you to lean into today's conversation with Madison Prewett, who is an absolute powerhouse of practical advice and sound wisdom. If you enjoy this episode with Madison, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 260: Self-Defeating Behavior, Living a Lie, and the Path to Inner Peace (feat. John Mark Comer) 258: Erwin McManus on Experiencing and Expressing Genius Episode Links: Madison's Website | Instagram | Buy Madi's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

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264: Courage When Your Character is Under Fire and How to Develop Discernment and Wisdom (feat. Madison Prewett)

Today, we're talking with Rebekah and Gabe Lyons about surrender, control, and your emotional health. Gabe and Rebekah each bring unique perspectives to the conversation around mental and emotional health, with Rebekah as an author, and Gabe as the founder of Q Ideas, an initiative aimed at engaging faith and culture in helpful, value-adding conversations. So, today is all about the fear of losing control of life, the loss of critical thinking skills in culture today, and so much more. If you enjoy this episode with Rebekah and Gabe, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 260: Self-Defeating Behavior, Living a Lie, and the Path to Inner Peace (feat. John Mark Comer) 259: Emotional Incarceration and How Men Win the War Within (feat. Jason Wilson) Episode Links: Rebekah's Website | Facebook | Instagram | Buy Rebekah's Newest Book Gabe's Website | Q Ideas Instagram | Gabe's Instagram Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

263: Surrender, Control, and Your Emotional Health (feat. Rebekah and Gabe Lyons)

Today, we're talking with my good friend, Jordan Raynor, about approval addiction, the dark side of discipline, and how to discern urgency. In fact, today, you'll learn that time management is not an exercise to achieve inner peace. Instead, because we have access to inner peace already, time management is an expression of the gift of peace we've been given. If you enjoy this episode with Jordan, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 261: The Illusion of Life Balance and How to Do What Really Matters (feat. Christy Wright) 260: Self-Defeating Behavior, Living a Lie, and the Path to Inner Peace (feat. John Mark Comer) Episode Links: Jordan's Website | Facebook | Instagram | Buy Jordan's New Book | Enter to Win a FREE trip to Israel Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.  

262: Approval Addiction, The Dark Side of Discipline, and How to Discern Urgency (feat. Jordan Raynor)

This week, we're talking about the illusion of life balance and how to order your life to do what really matters. For a lot of us listening today, we have a laundry list of "shoulds" that are weighed down by the feelings of guilt for not doing what we think we should be doing. But today, Christy Wright joins the conversation to teach why you don't have the right to say no. You have the responsibility to say no. If you enjoy this episode with Christy, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 257: Burnout, Managing Energy, and How to Live at Your Best (feat. Carey Nieuwhof) 254: Why You Need a Reset (feat. Lee Cummings) Episode Links: Christy's Website | Facebook | Instagram | Buy Christy's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

261: The Illusion of Life Balance and How to Do What Really Matters (feat. Christy Wright)

This week, we're talking about self-defeating behavior, living a lie, and the true path to inner peace. Have you wondered lately why your mind is under so much duress and why you keep returning to self-protecting, self-promoting reflexes in your day-to-day interaction with others? Well, according to today's guest, one of my favorite people, John Mark Comer, “The emotional/relational/familial/societal/political meltdown we’ve been living in for years now is daily proof of the fact that our mental maps are off, that we're drifting further and further into dangerous territory.” What’s the linchpin that’s inhibiting our ability to course-correct? That's what we'll explore with John Mark today. If you enjoy this episode with John Mark, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 232: Dr. Caroline Leaf on Cleaning Up Your Mental Mess 255: Triggered and Insecure? It’s the Thing Beneath the Thing. (feat. Steve Carter) Episode Links: John Mark's Website | Facebook | Instagram | Buy John Mark's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

260: Self-Defeating Behavior, Living a Lie, and the Path to Inner Peace (feat. John Mark Comer)

Our guest today, Jason Wilson, is a prolific coach to many men, young and old, across the nation. He says, "Strength depends on the physical ability of the body, but power is based on the spiritual rule over the body." For decades, Jason Wilson was losing the war within—the internal battle that many men wage daily but were never taught how to win. As a result, he could not combat his toxic thoughts and emotions. Instead, he was conquered by them and communicated without composure—hurting those he loved and himself. This went on until he renewed his mind by releasing years of past trauma. His life and relationships were transformed when he learned how to master his emotions and express them with self-control. In the process, Jason became a better husband, father, and leader. And today, you'll hear from Jason and learn how to do the same. If you enjoy this episode with Jason, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 255: Triggered and Insecure? It’s the Thing Beneath the Thing. (feat. Steve Carter) 250: Louie Giglio on The Battle for Your Mind Episode Links: Jason's Website | Facebook | Instagram | Buy Jason's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

259: Emotional Incarceration and How Men Win the War Within (feat. Jason Wilson)

Do you remember that at a young age, we had to be taught to color inside the lines? We had to be taught to think inside the box, too. But our natural instinct was to think outside the box. To express an innate genius through our lives. But here's the catch: genius is not transferrable. You could spend your life with Picasso and never become a great painter." But with Jesus, his genius is dramatically the reverse. His genius, it would seem, is contagious. Why? Find out this week with our guest, Erwin McManus. If you enjoy this episode with Erwin, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 253: How to Make Sure You’re Dealing with Blind Spots, Hopelessness, and Why Emotions are a Bad Compass (feat. Daniel Harkavy) 241: How to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork and the Benefits of Non-Achievement (feat. Michael Hyatt) Episode Links: Erwin's Website | Facebook | Instagram | Buy Erwin's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

258: Erwin McManus on Experiencing and Expressing Genius

257: Burnout, Managing Energy, and How to Live at Your Best (feat. Carey Nieuwhof)   Overwhelmed. Overcommitted. Overworked. That’s the false script many people, maybe you, and definitely I, adopt to be successful. Does this sound familiar? Slammed is normal. Distractions are everywhere. Life gets reduced to going through the motions. To be candid, it's wildly familiar to me. And I don't like it. If you're tired of living that way, hold tight. This week, influential podcast host and thought leader Carey Nieuwhof joins us to talk about burnout, managing energy, and how to live at your best. If you enjoy this episode with Carey, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 237: Jon Acuff on The Surprise Solution to Overthinking 241: How to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork and the Benefits of Non-Achievement (feat. Michael Hyatt) Episode Links: Carey's Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Buy Carey's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

257: Burnout, Managing Energy, and How to Live at Your Best (feat. Carey Nieuwhof)

After 35 years in business and leadership at the top of Chick-fil-A, Dee Ann Turner knows a few things about culture, about hiring the right candidate, and about coaching people to win their interview, land the job, and crush their career. And that's exactly where we're headed today. If you enjoy this episode with Dee Ann, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 237: Jon Acuff on The Surprise Solution to Overthinking 227: Flipping the Script of Your Life, Healing Burnout, and How to Win the Day (feat. Mark Batterson) Episode Links: Dee Ann's Website | Facebook | Instagram | Buy Dee Ann's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

256: Win the Interview, Land the Job, Crush Your Career (feat. Dee Ann Turner)

This week, we're talking about the thing...beneath the thing. The deeper issue. The root cause of the surface-level pain and anxiety you're experiencing today. This week, Steve Carter joins us and he will teach all of us how to identify and deal with the issues beneath the issues in life, how to recognize an over-extension of pleasure that serves as a dysfunctional tool for coping with pain, and why most people miss what's really keeping them stuck. If you enjoy this episode with Steve, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 245: John Eldredge on Healing the Masculine Soul and the Trauma of the Global Pandemic 241: How to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork and the Benefits of Non-Achievement (feat. Michael Hyatt) Episode Links: Steve's Website | Facebook | Instagram | Buy Steve's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

255: Triggered and Insecure? It's the Thing Beneath the Thing. (feat. Steve Carter)

This week on the podcast, we're talking about why you need a reset in life. But today's conversation is more than practical; I believe it's going to be a spiritual deposit. From time to time, I like to invite friends, spiritual leaders, who will help us pause to receive perspective and wisdom about the bigger picture of what the Lord is doing in us and in the world. We need it. And that's exactly the conversation we're having today with my friend, senior pastor of Radiant Church, Lee Cummings. If you enjoy this episode with Lee, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 249: The Danger of Deception and Bitterness and Core Values that Will Shape Your Life (feat. Henry and Alex Seeley) 246: Christine Caine on Drifting in Your Purpose, Deconstruction, Irrational Fear, and Why She Almost Quit Episode Links: Lee's Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Buy Lee's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

254: Why You Need a Reset (feat. Lee Cummings)

Blind spots. We all have them, but the challenge is that we can't see them. So the task before us to is employ enough self-awareness and emotional maturity in order to seek wisdom from others about those blind spots so we can grow through them. Joining us today for this personal coaching conversation is a renowned executive coach and author, Daniel Harkavy. Also today, we're going to explore the issue of hopelessness and why emotions make a pretty poor compass for life. If you enjoy this episode with Daniel, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 241: How to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork and the Benefits of Non-Achievement (feat. Michael Hyatt) 237: Jon Acuff on The Surprise Solution to Overthinking Episode Links: Daniel's Website | Facebook | YouTube | Buy Daniel's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

253: How to Make Sure You're Dealing with Blind Spots, Hopelessness, and Why Emotions are a Bad Compass (feat. Daniel Harkavy)

This week, Ben Higgins, ABC's "The Bachelor," joins the conversation to share his experience with shame, guilt, and isolation. This week, we'll also talk about why singleness, according to Ben, is not a disease that needs to be cured. If you've felt stuck in any of your relationships, you'll want to buckle-in to this one. If you enjoy this episode with Ben, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 251: Emotional Unavailability, Rejection, and Why You Can't Heal Yourself (feat. The Bachelorette's Desiree Hartsock Siegfried) 247: How to Predict Happiness in Marriage and Why Attraction, Chemistry, and Compatibility Aren’t Enough (feat. Gary Thomas) Episode Links: Ben's Facebook | Instagram | Buy Ben's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

252: The Bachelor's Ben Higgins on Shame, Guilt, and Isolation, and Why Singleness is Not a Disease to be Cured

Have you ever been in an emotionally unavailable and closed-off relationship? And in that relationship have you over-extended yourself to such a degree that the return on your investment was "crumbs of affection"? This week, we're talking about how to heal from rejection. You see, behind rejection is often underlying roots of unworthiness and abandonment. And that's the deep dive we're taking with ABC's The Bachelorette, Desiree Hartsock Siegfried. If you enjoy this episode with Desiree, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 230: Rejection in Relationships, Sexual Shame, and Why You Shouldn’t Kiss Dating Goodbye (feat. Kait Warman) 247: How to Predict Happiness in Marriage and Why Attraction, Chemistry, and Compatibility Aren’t Enough (feat. Gary Thomas) Episode Links: Desiree's Facebook | Instagram | Buy Desiree's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

251: Emotional Unavailability, Rejection, and Why You Can't Heal Yourself (feat. The Bachelorette's Desiree Hartsock Siegfried)

For many people, stress, anxiety, and overwhelm are running full tilt right now. And as such, there's a common belief that there’s no way out. But this week, the founder of the Passion movement, Louie Giglio, joins us to talk about the root issue: the battle for your mind. If you enjoy this episode with Louie, I'm sure you'll also enjoy: 241: How to Free Yourself from the Cult of Overwork and the Benefits of Non-Achievement (feat. Michael Hyatt) 244: Destiny’s Child’s Michelle Williams on Checking In with Yourself, How to Not Live from Your Wounds, and Her Life-Threatening Battle with Depression Episode Links: Louie's Website | Facebook | Instagram | YouTube | Buy Louie's New Book Subscribe to #WinTodayShow on YouTube. Join the conversation wherever hashtags are welcome using #WinTodayShow.

250: Louie Giglio on The Battle for Your Mind

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