On The Trail

Dec 16 2024 127 ep. 34 mins 41
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Stay On the Trail toward a Deeper Walk with God with father-daughter duo Marcus & Stephanie Warner. Listen in on conversations about important models and concepts that inform the way we live the Christian life. We’ll talk philosophy, theology, and practical issues related to heart-focused discipleship.

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How to Be Yourself: The Holiday Edition

Dec 16 2024 26 mins  
Your true self is the person God designed to live on the fuel of relational joy. In our final episode of 2024, we are here to have a jolly R.A.R.E. time as we consider what it looks like to be our true selves during the holidays. We've got strategies to keep in mind for remaining relational and living with joy, we're going to pray for you, and there may be a surprise Santa Hat appe

Strategies for Triggers in the Holidays

Dec 09 2024 26 mins  
What does it look like to be me when the holidays are difficult? This two-part holiday series strategizes how to "act like myself" during the press and potential triggers of the holiday season. In part one, we're specifically addressing two common reasons for why this can be difficult and making some plans for how to remain ourselves despite relational pain or pecking order issues.

Pockets of Pain

Dec 02 2024 25 mins  
Does it ever feel like you have a powder keg inside you? Hit the wrong button, and negative emotions erupt inside. Or perhaps you've seen this in a loved one and find yourself in a "button dance" to avoid pressing each other's buttons. In this episode, we're looking at the relationship between beliefs and wounds. When our hearts are wounded, it's easy to believe lies that take root

Double-Sided Beliefs

Nov 25 2024 25 mins  
My true identity is who I am in relationship to God. God is the definer of my identity. Because of this, any hole in my sense of identity is also a hole in my view of God, and any hole in my view of God is going to affect how I see myself. When we need a breakthrough in the area of beliefs, it's probably related to a lie we're believing. So, this week, we're also looking at two kin

Unleash Your Beliefs

Nov 18 2024 21 mins  
Our emotions can't tell the difference between a truth and a lie. Many breakthrough strategies have to deal with beliefs at one level or another. For the next three episodes, we'll be looking at this engine of the Breakthrough Model. This week is all about the power of beliefs to drive our emotions and behavior. Sometimes we can't even picture what doing something looks like, and t

Quiet Your Body

Nov 11 2024 23 mins  
Part of being aware of our body is knowing how to quiet.We quiet our minds by replacing toxic thinking with good thinking. We quiet our bodies by changing our body chemistry and calming our amygdala. In this week's episode, we're looking at four practices that can help us quiet our body when we feel stressed. We can remember these as B.E.S.T. practices for quieting: Breathe in a bo

Be Aware of Your Body

Nov 04 2024 19 mins  
How can the BODY affect our breakthrough journey? In this series, we are exploring five areas where we often need a breakthrough. The first of these five engines that drive our emotions is the body. This engine functions like a two-way street. Sometimes emotions affect our body. Sometimes our body affects our emotions. If we have a physical issue, we probably need a physical soluti

Maturity & the Brain

Oct 28 2024 24 mins  
How can the brain affect our breakthrough journey? To continue this Breakthrough! series, we're talking about our God-given identity and maturity development by looking at three keys of brain function and five levels of maturity. For instance, the brain craves the fuel of ____. (If you filled in the blank with “JOY,” you may have listened to our series on joy. If not, check out

Five Engines That Drive Our Emotions

Oct 21 2024 22 mins  
In this episode, we are introducing the core paradigms of the Breakthrough! series: Three Levels of Breakthrough and Five Engines that Drive Our Emotions.When people are in search of a breakthrough, it's usually at one of three levels of need, and each need has its own solution:LEVEL 1: Relieve pain by focusing on symptoms. LEVEL 2: Repair damage by focusing on root issues. LEVEL 3

Breakthrough!: Growth Models

Oct 14 2024 20 mins  
And we’re back! Sabbatical is over, we are together again in a new studio, and we're celebrating our 100th new episode with a new season! (Can you sense a theme here?) Season Three is kicking off with a series all about Breakthrough! In this episode, we're looking at growth models. Growth models are crucial because they determine which solutions we believe are essential to transf