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Encouragement for Real Life

Encouragement for Real Life

The place to find real encouragement for your real life right now.

We know real life is a mixture of blessings and blunders, celebrations and sadness, excitement and apathy. It’s a combination of memory-making moments and moments we’d rather forget. It’s a blend of triumphs and failures, happiness and heartaches, and hope and discouragement. And some days we could use a little extra encouragement for our real lives right now.

You'll find that here, all in about 15 minutes each week. So, you can listen as you’re driving the kids to school, or as you’re getting ready in the morning, or with whatever your day consists of. The episodes are short enough to fit into your real life.

Included are life-impacting stories, helpful life tips and tricks, timely inspiration, Biblical insight, and a fresh perspective, combined with a light-hearted tone to encourage your heart and put a lift in your step.

More than a pep talk and more than a fun place to plug in to, the Encouragement for Real Life podcast not only lifts your spirits, but it equips you to be a light in this world. To shine bright wherever God has you. And to be a blessing in the lives of others.

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The next episode of Encouragement for Real Life, called 260. Life Does Not Have to Be Perfect to Be Good will be released on July 21, 2026 at 09:00 AM.
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259. When Time Feels Like It's Moving Too Fast
A fresh perspective on the passing of time.
/ 28 min
258. How Is Your Heart? A Mid-Year Check-In
We're half-way through 2026, and we're asking a different question today.
/ 35 min
257. Waiting While Trusting God with Pamela Henkelman
A conversation of hope, waiting, and trusting God in the process.
/ 35 min
256. What Most People Don't Know About Me
This may surprise you!
/ 29 min
255. When I Struggled to Forgive Myself
Sometimes the hardest person to forgive is ourselves.
/ 30 min
254. The Thoughts I Still Struggle With (Even Now)
Hope for those of us who still struggle with some thoughts.
/ 24 min
253. How Did I Get Here?
The first of the Stories I Don't Always Tell.
/ 26 min
252. Back to the Basics with Rev. John Louk
This will encourage you especially if you're feeling weary or overwhelmed.
/ 47 min
251. 4 Small Choices That Shape Your Life
These small choices may surprise you!
/ 23 min
250. The 10-Minute Reset You Can Use Anytime
This reset can not only impact the moment, it can impact your life!
/ 26 min
249. 5 Simple Shifts That Actually Make a Difference
Use these shifts to feel more grounded, peaceful, and connected to God in your day.
/ 38 min
248. There Is Power in the Wait with Marcia Cramer
How to trust God in times of waiting and uncertainty.
/ 33 min
247. You Were Made for More Than Settling for Less
God has more for you.
/ 22 min
246. You Were Made for More Than Running on Empty
You no longer need to live this way.
/ 25 min
245. You Were Made for More Than Just Getting Through the Day
If you're tired of existing and are ready to truly live.
/ 23 min
244. How to Love Your Mornings with Jennifer Dukes Lee
You may be a morning person without knowing it!
/ 39 min
243. 10 Things That Help You Feel Like You Again
If you're tired of not feeling like yourself.
/ 30 min
242. 10 Things You Are Allowed to Be Bad At
Letting go of the desire to be perfect at everything.
/ 23 min
241. 10 Things You Can Stop Doing the Hard Way
Why are we making life harder than it needs to be?
/ 31 min
240. 10 Things That Are Not Actually Emergencies
Our lives are not on fire. We can stop living like they are.
/ 33 min
239. What Matters Most with My Oldest Brother, Marty Gorkow
Need encouragement today? This is for you.
/ 30 min
238. What We Do Not Want Anyone to See
We're freeing ourselves from the stuff we keep inside.
/ 30 min
237.  What We Are Carrying that No One Knows
This isn't ours to carry alone.
/ 33 min
236. What We Think but Do Not Say
What are the thoughts you carry but never say outloud?
/ 30 min
235. Staying Close to Jesus with LuEllyn Rozeboom
You and your faith will be encouraged in this guest episode!
/ 35 min
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