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Today on The AMPLIFY Show, I’m welcoming back Kim John Payne, a counselor, researcher, and the author of eight books about children.  He was one of the first guests on this show, and I highly recommend going back and listening to that interview in Episode 6 if you like this one! Last time, we talked […]

Episode 72: Simplicity Parenting, Family Values, & Building Emotional Resilience With Kim John Payne

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I’m sure we’ve all wondered what our last words will be, but do you ever think about the possibility that your words might be the last that someone else hears?  In Episode 70 of The AMPLIFY Show (70, can you believe it?), I share my thoughts on the significance of last words, including the unexpected […]

Episode 70: Last Words and Learning Through Hard Seasons

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In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Sean McCool about tech-straction and psychological pacifiers.  Sean is an award-winning marketing consultant, a coach for entrepreneurs over 40, and a fellow podcaster. I enjoyed being on his show, Persuasion by The Pint, a few months ago! In this interview, Sean shares his historical perspective and lessons on technology, […]

Episode 69: Tech-straction and Psychological Pacifiers With Sean McCool

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In this episode of The AMPLIFY Show, I interview Kaylene Brown, creator of Magnify 90, a 90-day spiritual journey for women. This episode comes just in time as we head into Lent. If you’re looking to grow deeper in faith and to journey into the desert of spirituality and asceticism, then you’ll love this episode […]

After switching to a Light Phone II to help disconnect more from the Internet and social media, I started searching online (the irony, I know!) for a camera solution, since the Light Phone does not have one.  That’s when I came upon this article that powerfully explains a theory of replacing the heart – our […]

Episode 66: The Replacement Of The Heart Through Technology With Marc Barnes

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The AMPLIFY Show Episode 66, with guest Marc Barnes

Today’s episode of The AMPLIFY Show is one of my favorite topics: how to take back your time. That’s the topic of Christy Wright’s latest book, Take Back Your Time: The Guilt-Free Guide to Life Balance. In this interview, Christy talks about her definition of balance, five tactical steps to achieve life balance and how to […]

Episode 65: Take Back Your Time With Christy Wright

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Christy Wright joins The AMPLIFY Show to talk about balance and taking back your time.

When I quit consuming as much social media and digital entertainment, I found I had more time to read. Here are the 52 books I read this past year.   If you want to listen to the podcast I recently did on this topic, head on over here to listen.  If you had told me […]

Happy new year friends! In today’s episode of The AMPLIFY Show, I’m going to chat a bit about planning for the new year. I’ll tell you what I’m doing differently this year and how I’m going into 2022 with a different perspective. That includes an update on two months of being without social media and […]

Episode 64: Resolutions, Habits, & Quitting Social Media in the New Year

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