Be Encouraged
by Jay Close
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A Pause Could Tame Your Noise
A Pause Could Tame Your Noise
About this podcast
Be encouraged to live each present moment! Listen to any of these short episodes for a mini-retreat on being present to your life.
"Be" is an alternative to constant Doing and thinking. You can become more peaceful. You may get more in touch with yourself and God.
Life is difficult. And we are overwhelmed by life's demands. But it's better when you take regular time to look for and experience this moment.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 128 episodes
- A Pause Could Tame Your Noise · 9 min · Season 4 Episode 28Where did we get the idea that our moments must be filled with constant activity or noise? If you choose quiet or being still you are lazy or weird. The world and our own heads…
- Focus on Just. One. Thing. · 11 min · Season 4 Episode 27What if you just did one thing at a time? And you really paid attention? Do you ever wish you weren't so distractable? The antidote is to pay attention, to one thing at a time…
- Difficult People? Cut Them Off! · 12 min · Season 4 Episode 26Some people, relatives included, make your life difficult. Why not just cut them off? They may be toxic or they may just take a lot of effort. Your life might be easier without…
- Breathe · 8 min · Season 4 Episode 25Your breath can agitate or calm. Of course you breathe naturally, but with just a bit of effort you can develop a tool to help you find calm in your storms. Send us Fan Mail…
- When LIfe Is Too Much! · 10 min · Season 4 Episode 24From the news to your own life, things can get to be too much to handle. Lately that seems more likely than ever. Wars, crises, personal problems all add up to go beyond our…
- Deferred Maintenance · 10 min · Season 4 Episode 23Deferring maintenance is a sure way to breakdown. And not just with our cars, houses, or machinery but with you! Go too long and the cost of repair is much higher. Listen up for…
- How to Relax · 13 min · Season 4 Episode 22If you find it easy to relax, you don't need this podcast. But if you drive yourself so hard that you never let down, then you need to learn to relax. If you struggle with the…
- You Should Wonder · 9 min · Season 4 Episode 21Wonder is all around and in us. It's good for you! I challenge you to find ways you might invite more wonder into your life. Why? Because it deepens your insight, expands your…
- Out of Touch with Yourself · 11 min · Season 4 Episode 20Are you staying busy and keeping up with your social media? Are you keeping everybody else happy? If so, you are probably out of touch, living life on autopilot, unaware of…
- Relaxing Through the Holidays · 7 min · Season 4 Episode 19Everyone loves the holidays and everyone gets stressed. Take some time to settle down. Use some skills that are built into your system to grab a few moments away from the…
- Look Out for a Better Life · 9 min · Season 4 Episode 18When you see the sky it can reveal lots of things. it can be blue sky happy weather, dark sky ominous precipitation coming, or the smoke of a tragedy nearby. What do you see in…
- Frustrated Expectations · 8 min · Season 4 Episode 17It is our expectations of life that get us in trouble! If you didn't go into situations expecting things to go your way you wouldn't get so upset when they often don't…
- Daily LIfe Trauma · 8 min · Season 4 Episode 16When you watch someone die on your phone it is traumatic. When we learn shocking news almost continually we get overwhelmed. It shouldn't be this way, but it is. How to manage?…
- Catching the Moments · 8 min · Season 4 Episode 15We are often so hurried or preoccupied that we miss the sacred when it is right in front of us. What if we noticed more? You might see more if you slow down just a bit, looked…
- Living with an Obstructed View · 9 min · Season 4 Episode 14Wouldn't you like your view to be clear? Who wants obstructions in the way when they are trying to see? It is the same in life as in windows, we want to see what we are looking…
- Go Ahead! Make a Decision! · 8 min · Season 4 Episode 13Your life will be ruined if you choose wrong, right? It all hangs on each choice. Is decision making easy or hard for you? Do you fear making the wrong decisions? You might be…
- Boxes · 8 min · Season 4 Episode 12Consider the joy of a box that holds useful things. We are like boxes ourselves, containers holding things. Sometimes we hold little, sometimes just right, often we hold too…
- Emotionally Overwhelmed? Do this. · 10 min · Season 4 Episode 11The bucket of your life that is always pouring out. Lately it is not getting enough to refill it. Self-care isn’t keeping up with your sacrifice of time and attention on others…
- Entertaining Thoughts · 9 min · Season 4 Episode 10Have you noticed that your thoughts come and go all day? Each of us has our own internal running monolgue. Sometimes thoughts seem to chase and torment us. Other thoughts delight…
- It's Okay to Interrupt · 13 min · Season 4 Episode 9If you don't have the skill of interrupting you need it! Your life and contentment depends on it. Consider why and how to interrupt in your inner life so you can "take your…
