Oct 19, 2020 | Life Plan, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
We used to strategize our spiritual formation. We planned out message series, bible studies, and a step by step path for discipleship. That’s what we knew to do at the time. And it was good. But we were missing something big. Being intentional about our spiritual life...
Sep 2, 2020 | Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Personal Development, Relationships
The other day I (David) really offended someone. I said something that appalled them and they let me have it. We all like to think we’re grace-giving people. Then someone crosses an undeveloped part of our ego and, instantly, we’re personally insulted. We get...
Aug 4, 2020 | Breakthrough, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Spiritual Formation
We’ve been in a few prayer sessions, you probably have too, where someone breaks into a rant about something standing in the way of God’s plan. It’s usually a person, circumstance, or the evil one they’re sure is preventing our group from doing great things for God....
Jul 28, 2020 | Latest
There’s a kind of unspoken phenomenon we’ve experienced and we’ve seen it with others, particularly pastors, and it’s this: They rarely, if ever, take off their ministry hats…not on Christmas or at a funeral or a car wash, not with friends, relatives or...
Jun 24, 2020 | Church/Religion, Imperfection, Leadership, Life storms, setbacks
Like you, every day we’re scrambling to navigate the strategic and economic circumstances brought about by the pandemic. Everywhere, including the church, people are stressed over how to gain back momentum or to just stay afloat. Depending on who you read or listen...
Jun 17, 2020 | Imperfection, Marriage/Family, Parenting
I love dads! Why? I wouldn’t be here unless there was a dad I also love them because of the dad I had I also love them because I’m one I also love them because of the dad I’ve seen my sons grow into I also love them because of many of my friends over the years, who...
Jun 11, 2020 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Relationships
For years I (Caron) tried to get David to understand me. At times, I ached for him to comprehend the trauma and sadness of my childhood and how it affected me as an adult. I told him my stories. And he listened attentively with as much empathy as he was capable of...
Apr 20, 2020 | Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Pain/Suffering
If there’s one word that encapsulates the times we’re living in now, it’s uncertainty. And there’s nothing like uncertainty to make us question who we are, what we’re supposed to be doing and pretty much the whole point of our existence. The two of us know a bit about...
Mar 10, 2020 | Failure, Marriage/Family, Relationships
Staying faithful to my wife was a solemn promise I made to her before God. I utterly intended to keep that promise to the end of our days. I lived without a doubt that nothing could ever tempt me to do otherwise. I never went looking for ‘trouble’ and I thought I was...
Feb 26, 2020 | Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Relationships
We’ve had this happen. You probably have, too. You’re in the middle of a disagreement and both you and your spouse have shut down. Everyone’s made their case but no one’s budging. Maybe, someone has even left the room. Now what? Some couples pretend nothing happened....
Feb 4, 2020 | Clarity, Personal Development
We are all in some kind of denial about important parts of ourselves and, sometimes, if we’re lucky, we get a wakeup call. Ever said something like … I’m not late all the time. Just because I held back information doesn’t mean I’m deceitful. I’m not defensive....
Jan 14, 2020 | Career/Work, Clarity, Leadership, Life Plan, Personal Development
If you’re like me, (David) you’re always looking for better ways to actually follow-through with the purposes and plans God has for your life. I need all the help I can get in this area, so I want to pass on to you two great resources I use every day that make a huge...
Dec 18, 2019 | Clarity, Inspiration, Life Plan, Personal Development
Most every year, over the past 3 decades of my life, I’ve gotten away for a couple of hours, to review the previous year, before planning the new one. A Year-End Review is a simple process to complete the past so you’re able to bring forward, into the new year,...
Dec 18, 2019 | Ambition, Career/Work, Church Leadership, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Marriage/Family
Don’t you love top 10 lists? We do. They are intended to simplify our busy lives by identifying what are the essentials of something you don’t want to miss. Well, we have a top 10 list, comprised of our Top 5 blogs and Top 5 podcasts of 2019. These represent some of...
Nov 20, 2019 | Ambition, Church Leadership, Leadership, Post Shows & More
There are few things that fascinate us like the Tour de France. It is an annual multiple stage bicycle race that is primarily held in France, while also occasionally passing through nearby countries. It consists of 21 day-long stages, covering 2200 miles. This race...
Nov 12, 2019 | Church Leadership, Leadership, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
Do you ever wonder how much longer you can go on… doing what you’re doing? Do you ever wonder how much you’ve got left and whether or not you can last, in whatever God has called you to do? If you’ve ever wondered, then click play below. Listen to the Audio In this...
Nov 5, 2019 | Ambition, Church Leadership, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Pastors
15 years into being ministry leaders, we crashed. The elders of our church sat us down and said you need to sit on the sidelines for a season. We were worn out. exhausted. stressed. discouraged. Our souls felt numb. We went away to a friend’s mountain house and argued...
Oct 29, 2019 | Church Leadership, Church/Religion, Imperfection, Post Shows & More
We both used to idealize certain leaders and their churches. Especially the ones we thought had it all figured out. They had growing numbers flocking to their churches and conferences, so what they claimed, must be true. But the closer we got, not all was as it appeared.
Oct 22, 2019 | Ambition, Church Leadership, Church/Religion, Imperfection, Leadership, Pastors
Two years into college, I was done with the church. It was archaic and hypocritical. One Sunday, I watched as my friends were rejected and asked not to attend a service just because of their appearance. The church I’d grown up in was no longer relevant to me and to a...
Oct 1, 2019 | Ambition, Imperfection, Leadership
It’s all our pretending to be perfect that breeds inauthenticity in the church. Rich Mullins “I’m not used to hearing pastors talk so honestly about their lives. It’s refreshing.” This was a comment David got recently after speaking at a church. What people seemed to...
Sep 3, 2019 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Spiritual Formation
A while back, David Loveless talked with Paul Young. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Shack, Cross Roads, and Eve, and the Lies we Believe about God. His books have sold more than 24 million copies worldwide. A major motion picture of The Shack...
Aug 28, 2019 | Ambition, Career/Work, Identity, Leadership
What do you think is the most respectable sin in the Christian Community? But before we get to that… can I just remind you of what you intuitively know, but often forget? Your work is important but it isn’t who you are. “You’re not having a...
Aug 19, 2019 | Ambition, Church/Religion, Imperfection, Leadership
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss what you can learn from spiritual leaders who fail. We’ve all have heard about good spiritual people who have failed in some way. Often when we hear of it, we’re appalled or astounded or...
Aug 14, 2019 | Ambition, Clarity, Leadership, Spiritual Formation, Stress
Here’s a part of how I reduce my stress, at the beginning of my day, that you could possibly use to reduce your own. I woke up this morning and knew that I had a full day in front of me. I had strategy meetings, earlier in the day, with my peers at First Baptist...
Jun 18, 2019 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Leadership, Life storms, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
Wouldn’t you like to know how to make better sense of the confusing things of life, love, leadership, and the church? You can. There’s actually a blueprint! If you’re like us, so often what we think of life, God, and others, is based upon what our circumstances...
May 29, 2019 | Career/Work, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
Are you interested in moving from relentless weariness to a more rested soul? One of the things we’ve noticed about almost all leaders that we work with is that the constant demands of life, leadership, and relationships, that causes them to lose their joy in what...
May 21, 2019 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Career/Work, Emotional Health/Healing, Stress
“I’m not okay. I’m tired. I’m broken and exhausted. I just need some rest.” Those are the words of the former megachurch pastor, Pete Wilson as he resigned from his church. I get where Pete was coming from. I’ve lost count of the times I’ve said something like that....
May 6, 2019 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Have you struggled this past year with a relationship that needed a boost? One of the primary things that prevent any relationship from getting a boost is the picture you have in your head of how it is supposed to be. We all want relationships that are happy and...
Apr 24, 2019 | Assets, Leadership, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Do you ever wonder if the people who are currently encircling your life are the right ones? Often times, we have surrounded ourselves with the best people we know, but don’t realize who are the best people we need. Listen to the Audio We know how important it is to...
Mar 26, 2019 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss 6 ways you benefit from accepting feedback. “When you hear the same negative comment about you from several sources, it’s probably time to stop saying, “they just don’t get me” and time to investigate why...
Feb 20, 2019 | Breakthrough, Devotional, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
There seems to be a lot of mystery and debate around the idea of “finding yourself.” For us, finding our True Self basically means learning how to live from that invisible (but very real) place inside us where we were created in God’s image, that safe, love shaped,...
Feb 11, 2019 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Relationships
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to resolve almost any argument. Most couples argue. Many are taught what to say during those arguments… & that doesn’t seem to work more than 1 week. This week we’re releasing...
Dec 24, 2018 | Christmas, Imperfection, Spiritual Formation
If you’ve listened to The Live True podcast or read our blog this past year, we’d like to start off by saying a huge thanks! It’s a real joy for us to offer you resources entirely focused on helping you be more spiritually and emotionally healthy person, partner, and...
Nov 14, 2018 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Relationships, setbacks
In this podcast Episode 68, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to forgive the one who has hurt you. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True Podcast.” You can use this as a reference or reminder of key things you feel like...
Oct 25, 2018 | Uncategorized
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to forgive yourself when you’ve done something that has been destructive to yourself or to others. Maybe you’re wondering: “Is it even necessary to forgive yourself… especially if you think that God and...
Oct 16, 2018 | Career/Work, Identity, Imperfection, Leadership, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation, Stress
Here’s a part of how I reduce my stress, at the beginning of my day, that you could possibly use to reduce your own. I woke up this morning and knew that I had a full day in front of me. I had strategy meetings, earlier in the day, with my peers at First Baptist...
Sep 24, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to forgive life for what it hands us. The reason why we have to learn to forgive life for what it hands us is that so much of it is beyond our control. We have accidents, health issues, discouragement,...
Aug 28, 2018 | Uncategorized
Recently we got re-acquainted with what we consider to be the ultimate prayer of confession. In the past several weeks, we’ve written a series of articles on forgiveness. So we wanted to give you a powerful prayer that speaks to forgiving yourself, forgiving others,...
Aug 14, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, setbacks
How do you forgive the unforgivable when you’ve done something that has been destructive either to yourself and/or to others? One winter a father asked his son to help shovel the snow in their driveway. The son refused and went to hang out with his friends instead....
Aug 7, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, setbacks, Spiritual Formation
Written by Caron Loveless In the news today, a man in our area, an expert swimmer, was out in a lake and called for help. The jet skis and boat that tried to rescue him couldn’t reach him in time. They are still looking for his body. His wife was there when it...
Jun 27, 2018 | Relationships, Spiritual Formation
This summer, we’re all going to have some brand new opportunities- to love… and to love well. Here is some quick help: We know that God is all about relationships. To prove this, every single thing Jesus ever taught, according to him, can be summed up in...
May 24, 2018 | Intimacy, Marriage/Family, Post Shows & More
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss the value and practices of good sex in marriage. Our culture is obsessed with success and sex but it knows nothing about how to cherish a spouse in an intimate relationship. Cultivating a good sex life...
May 9, 2018 | Imperfection, Marriage/Family, Recovery, Relationships
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to experience the energizers of marriage. This episode focuses on the power of acceptance in a marriage. How often have you found your relationship deteriorating from the life-giving one that you...
May 2, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Personal Development
Caron and I, come from two completely different backgrounds, a fact, even as 20 and 21-year-old newlyweds, we fully anticipated might cause a little friction –now and then. We expected to fuss a time or two over how to spend money or Christmas or vacations. But, what...
Apr 25, 2018 | Intimacy, Marriage/Family, Post Shows & More, Relationships
In this podcast episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how the last number of years, they’ve spent much time coaching couples, in multiple places around the world, in various stages of the marital experience. Each one started off believing that simply...
Apr 16, 2018 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Marriage/Family, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Stress
Last year we threw a big bash for my dad’s 90th birthday. As you can imagine there was a lot of excitement and anticipation. But just before the three-day event started, I tripped over something on our back porch and tore a calf muscle. All I could think was “Noooooo!...
Apr 11, 2018 | Breakthrough, Devotional, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to live in freedom and joy, even when life doesn’t go your way. Jesus continues to teach us much about how to live each day with a YES toward life, instead of a NO. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief...
Feb 19, 2018 | Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Imperfection, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss why all of us have heard about good spiritual people who have failed in some way. Often when we hear of it, we’re appalled or astounded or discouraged because we somehow believed they were superhuman...
Jan 10, 2018 | Career/Work, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how the one skill you must have for success at work and relationships. This skill has been called the meta-skill of the 21st century. Critical qualities for spiritual progress and life success- things like...
Dec 26, 2017 | Ambition, Assets, Clarity, Imperfection, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
Most every year, over the past 3 decades of my life, I’ve gotten away for a couple of days, at the end of the year, to review the previous year, before planning the new one. One of the primary values of doing a “Year-End Review” is having a process to complete the...
Nov 14, 2017 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast episode, David & Caron Loveless continue their interview with Ian Cron, the co-author of the best-selling book: “The Road Back To You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery.” What you don’t know about yourself can hurt you and your...
Nov 7, 2017 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless interview Ian Cron, the co-author of the best-selling book: “The Road Back To You: An Enneagram Journey to Self-Discovery.” What you don’t know about yourself can hurt you and your relationships―and even keeps...
Oct 17, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to grow receptive when you feel most resistant, to what is happening to you, to others, or in your circumstances. Someone has said, “What we resist persists.” Resistance is a pretty good sign...
Oct 12, 2017 | Ambition, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
The other day someone on Twitter put out this question, “What do you think are the most common self-inflicted wounds?” They were targeting leaders but I think it’s a great question for all of us to ponder. Here were some of the replies: –...
Oct 5, 2017 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Identity, Imperfection, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless interviews Chris Heuertz concerning his book: The Sacred Enneagram- Finding your unique path to spiritual growth. Chris is the author of multiple books, a speaker, Enneagram coach, non-profit consultant, and anti-human...
Sep 20, 2017 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Leadership, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless continue with a Part 2 discussion around how to be happier with WHO you are and WHAT you have by relaxing the comparison and competition games of your compulsive mind. To obtain a FREE copy of our newest Ebook “8...
Sep 6, 2017 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation, Stress
Have you ever said something like this? “I don’t know how much longer I can go on like this?” If you have, then we want to share with you 8 simple rhythms to replenish your life. Years ago, whenever I (David) felt tired, my mind would push my body...
Aug 30, 2017 | Ambition, Assets, Career/Work, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Stress
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to be happier with WHO you are and WHAT you have by relaxing the comparison and competition games of your compulsive mind. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True...
Aug 16, 2017 | Assets, Career/Work, Clarity, Identity, Life Plan, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless interviews Alan Briggs on what it means to recognize the unique set of God given skills and talents you have and how to unleash genius and that creativity that can make a difference in your world. They provide several ways you...
Aug 8, 2017 | Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
We most often expect to find personal spiritual transformation, in moments of peace, love, and joy. While that is true- it is also true that God is present and at work, in the times we feel most resistant. Someone has said, “What we resist persists.”...
Aug 1, 2017 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Career/Work, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
How many times have you said something like: “I don’t know how much longer I can go on like this. ” How many times have you felt like the load of family or work were about to collapse your life? I’ve said that countless times in the past … but not anymore. In recent...
Jul 24, 2017 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Life Plan, Painful thoughts, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to live in the happiest time zone each day, and how it can free you from the stress and resentments of life. There are only 3 time zones that you can live in. Find out which zone you spend most of your...
May 30, 2017 | Assets, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Some years ago, I found myself working crazy hard, making what felt like near blood sacrifices in all my relationships and responsibilities but getting little appreciation or reward for my effort. After a long season of feeling underappreciated a subtle attitude of...
May 24, 2017 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Imperfection, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In our interview today, David Loveless continues his conversation with Paul Young. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Shack, Cross Roads, and Eve, and the Lies we Believe about God. His books have sold more than 24 million copies worldwide. A...
May 3, 2017 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Devotional, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In our interview today, David Loveless talks with Paul Young. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers The Shack, Cross Roads, and Eve, and the Lies we Believe about God. His books have sold more than 24 million copies worldwide. A major motion picture of...
Apr 17, 2017 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In today’s Podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless talk about how self-awareness is one of the key attributes of highly successful people. Having self-awareness allows us to grow in the ability to identify what’s working and what isn’t in our...
Apr 4, 2017 | Clarity, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
Every happy sailor knows “how to take what the wind hands you” and say YES to it. If you don’t, you suffer because of it. Over the years, I’ve gotten to do a lot of sailing on the ocean, often for days at a time. More often than not, during...
Mar 13, 2017 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Identity, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
If religion or others have put a “beat down” on you, then listen to part 2 of our interview with Richard Rohr. If you’ve been taught or believed that God still needs you to keep improving and He’ll never be fully satisfied with you, then listen...
Mar 1, 2017 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Failure, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
We all have people in our lives who have helped us to see our relationship with God in such a way that we are radically changed. The man David is about to interview -Richard Rohr -is one such person for us. We were first introduced to his writings a number of years...
Feb 22, 2017 | Ambition, Career/Work, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Stress
Your work is important but it isn’t who you are. “You’re not having a heart attack. It’s stress.” A doctor said this to me at least once every decade of my life starting in my twenties. Lying there in the hospital after multiple tests I...
Feb 15, 2017 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
David Loveless & Caron Loveless share today a very simple pattern that can help YOU immediately pinpoint where you are on your spiritual path. It can also help you understand what’s up in from of your life journey. This pattern can also help YOU find...
Feb 14, 2017 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Personal Development, Recovery, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
The fullness of life comes through many small deaths. Richard Rohr For much of my life, I had this unspoken belief that the older you get the easier your life will be. I walked around thinking the hard times like grad school, hands-on parenting, keeping the family and...
Feb 1, 2017 | Ambition, Career/Work, Church/Religion, Identity, Imperfection, Leadership, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
What do you as a leader… in your home, work, or ministry, when you’re required to appear to be more than you are? How can you lead others well when your own soul feels like it’s about to cave in or become totally numb? Join us as we go...
Jan 12, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Marriage/Family, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
There is a ‘power dance’ that happens in most relationships: within a marriage, family, church, and at work. In this podcast episode, we talk about how to claim your own sacred sense of worth in every relationship, and on every occasion. The ‘power...
Dec 26, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Life Plan, Personal Development
Most every year, over the past 3 decades of my life, I’ve gotten away for a couple of days, at the end of the year, to review the previous year, before planning the new one. One of the primary values of doing a “Year-End Review” is having a process to complete the...
Dec 20, 2016 | Christmas
Here are 5 quick and easy ways you can use, as you move toward having a meaningful Christmas day… no matter what the circumstances of your life. The Christmas season can distract us all from what we most truly want. So, we’ve learned it helps to have a simple...
Nov 30, 2016 | Ambition, Assets, Breakthrough, Career/Work, Clarity, Identity, Life Plan, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless interviews Will Mancini about the difference between a job that you get paid for VS a Life Call of what you were made to do and how to integrate those 2 things in your everyday life. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief summary...
Nov 28, 2016 | Christmas, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Holiday stress, Life Plan, Personal Development
Reinvent Your Holiday, Reinvent Your Life: Four Powerful Questions to Ask Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Guest Post by Will Mancini For too many people the joy of the holiday is as hollow as your neighbor’s snowman lawn inflatable. Take your pick of the holiday...
Nov 21, 2016 | Assets, Devotional, Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
It’s always a bit challenging to inspire honest gratefulness when it’s officially assigned on the calendar. Still, some of us need prodding to acknowledge the goodness in our lives, especially when we’re feeling stressed, depressed or distracted. As...
Nov 8, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Personal Development, Relationships
One of the big issues we regularly see with leaders and couples who come to us for coaching is how challenged most of us are at actually feeling and expressing our emotions in a healthy way. I’m not talking about mismanaged emotions like rage but the inability to...
Nov 2, 2016 | Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Parenting, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how our family of origin affects marriage and what systems they create, that you need to know. Each of our family systems significantly impacts the way we learn to relate. They set up our relational patterns...
Nov 1, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships
In a few weeks, I get the honor of officiating at the wedding of a couple Caron and I have been counseling. It has me reflecting on countless ceremonies I’ve conducted over almost four decades and on all the love-struck couples everywhere who get impacted by one...
Oct 26, 2016 | Ambition, Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
In this podcast Episode 38, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to engage in healthy ambition, that enhances everyone VS unhealthy ambition that steals and destroys various parts of people’s lives. George Baker has said: “I am one of those people who is so...
Oct 12, 2016 | Ambition, Career/Work, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Marriage/Family, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
In this Podcast Episode 37, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to discern whether the ambition that you have and those around you, is healthy or not. While ambition has become one of the most prized characteristics of our western culture the dictionary still...
Oct 11, 2016 | Ambition, Career/Work, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Marriage/Family, Personal Development, Quotes
In our quest to grow healthier souls we realized we needed to take a hard look at the role “ambition” has played in our lives. We were surprised to learn that the word “ambition” comes from the Latin word ambitio that literally means “to...
Oct 4, 2016 | Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to respond to the question: “How are you doing?” We believe that a part of spiritual and emotional health begins when we’re able to name which cycle of life we are in… and that the categories of winning...
Sep 28, 2016 | Leadership, Personal Development, Relationships, Stress
By Caron Loveless I’m a can-do person and, in years past, I hated saying “no” to people. If you asked me to lead something, be somewhere or care for someone my automatic response was often, “Sure, I can probably make that happen.” It...
Sep 22, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to overcome the one thing that hijacks our peace and is the single greatest destroyer of relationships. Listen to the Audio Here is a brief summary of today’s episode of “The Live True Podcast.” You can...
Sep 19, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
“An expectation is a resentment under construction.” Anne Lamott People don’t treat us like they should. Circumstances don’t turn out like we plan. Co-workers don’t come through like they promise. Friends aren’t there when we need...
Sep 8, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
“From the moment we wake up to the time our heads hit the pillow, we live out of a story we’ve come to believe about ourselves. This storyline thrives in our minds subconscious which is why we’re often unaware of many of our own self-defeating patterns of behavior....
Sep 6, 2016 | Quotes
Rethink your need for control today. Notice if it’s getting in the way of loving people that show up in your thoughts or on your calendar.
Aug 31, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Stress
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to benefit from becoming more aware and getting a better handle on the types of undesirable thinking that plague us regularly. Probably one of THE most helpful insights we’ve been given in recent...
Aug 29, 2016 | Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
By David & Caron Loveless Even though you have thousands of them every day you are not your thoughts. And the more you can learn to observe and question your thoughts the healthier and more successful you will become. Here are ten negative thinking patterns we...
Aug 17, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this new podcast episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how seeing resistance in life, is your pathway to growth. Right at the point of our most resistance, to what life seems to be bringing us, is a beautiful place to see God. It is there God is inviting us...
Aug 15, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
By David & Caron Loveless We most often expect to find God in moments of peace, love, and joy. While that is true- it is also true that God is present and at work, in the times we feel most resistant. Someone has said, “What we resist persists.”...
Aug 8, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Written by David & Caron Loveless “A humble self-knowledge is a surer way to God than deep learning.” Thomas A Kempis At first glance, this advice seems all wrong-headed. How can knowing ourselves be a truer way to God than deep, investigative study of...
Aug 2, 2016 | Breakthrough, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
God is all about relationships. And to prove it, every single thing Jesus ever taught, according to him, can be summed up in just two commandments: #1) Love God #2) Love others as you love yourself As you love yourself… Many of us have heard (or given ) what...
Jul 27, 2016 | Career/Work, Leadership, Personal Development
While there are no perfect leaders, here are ten qualities we see time and again in leaders of healthy teams, businesses, and churches. 1) They Invite Feedback Healthy leaders are able to welcome observation and feedback from those they lead without feeling personally...
Jun 28, 2016 | Assets, Career/Work, Leadership, Life Plan, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless interviews Brandon Schaeffer around what it means to build a better life, using practical tools and strategies that develop our life and business the way Jesus would. Listen to the Audio Brandon is the Executive Director of Five...
Jun 21, 2016 | Assets, Career/Work, Clarity, Leadership, Life Plan, Post Shows & More
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless interviews Dan Miller, the New York Times Bestselling author of: “48 Days To The Work You Love.” They talk in-depth about how to become who God designed you to be. Listen to the Audio Dan Miller is President of 48 Days that...
