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....
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
Feb 5, 2019 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Relationships
Years ago, someone gave David and me tickets to a hockey game. And I always think part of the fun of going to any live game is making a visit to the concession stand. So about halfway through all the slap sticking and body checking, I told David I wanted a drink. 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 9, 2018 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts
As I write this we’re waiting on test results for two precious women in our family who are having health issues. The symptoms appear serious for both. Waiting to learn what’s going on is excruciating. And all the possibilities of what could be wrong have kept me...
Sep 11, 2018 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Spiritual Formation
“Forgiveness is the name of love practiced among people who love poorly. The hard truth is all people love poorly. We need to forgive and be forgiven every day, every hour, increasingly. That is the great work of love among the fellowship of the weak that is the human...
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 14, 2018 | Breakthrough, Marriage/Family, Personal Development, Relationships
The other night we were doing some premarital coaching with a couple who have asked David to officiate their wedding. There are a hundred things we want to say to these two, to encourage them and to help them get the best start possible. But if we had to boil our best...
Jan 16, 2018 | Breakthrough, Career/Work, Church/Religion, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
-Do you ever get anxious, stressed or depressed? -Do you procrastinate or repeat habits you know aren’t good for you? -Has anyone ever said, “you’re in denial?” -Has an important relationship gotten stuck even after everything you’ve done to fix it? -Has...
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 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 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...
Jul 18, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Holiday stress, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Relationships
“In the madness, you have to stay calm.” Lupita Nyong’o Life has a way of amping our stress and stealing our peace. Here are a few of the ways we reclaim calm and work from our rest. 1) Tame the inner critic A good portion of our stress comes...
Jun 15, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
The other day I was heading into a public restroom, and I glanced down the hall to see a woman having one of those moments we pray never happen to us. Apparently, during the goings on of her visit to the ladies room she had inadvertently tucked the back of her dress...
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...
Mar 22, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
In our story, David and I both had seasons when we refused to accept circumstances that were beyond our control. The result of our inability to surrender to “necessary suffering” brought even greater suffering at a level we never thought possible. Our...
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 9, 2017 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
When we refuse to own our weaknesses we will be more focused on the failures of others. Psychologists call this projection. Apparently, we are only able to “read other people’s faults” because we know them so well- at a subconscious level- in...
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 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 9, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Relationships
” People who can’t control themselves control the people around them.” Dr. David Schnarch I used to joke about having “control issues.” I was aware that I was a perfectionist in some areas and I liked things to look a particular way....
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...
Jan 10, 2017 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Identity, Intimacy, Marriage/Family, Personal Development, Relationships
Along with being the firstborn in my family came a few perks and many responsibilities, one of which was babysitting my younger sisters. I got pretty good at being in charge. I liked being the boss, telling my siblings what to do. From my perch on the family tree, I...
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...
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 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 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...
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....
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 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...
Jun 15, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Loss, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
Once again we’re all asking what in the world can be done about the atrocity of terrorism? And now I’m asking myself what can I, an average, middle- aged, American woman possibly do about the horrendous murder of innocent people that suddenly put my...
Jun 14, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Inspiration, Leadership, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Recovery
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May 18, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Personal Development, Post Shows & More
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to identify and address the ONE issue most marriages stay stuck that often brings great disillusionment. Identifying the attachment styles operating in your marriage and learning how to accept and grow...
May 17, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Relationships
Almost every day we coach leadership couples who are just like we were. They really want a great marriage, they work hard at making it the best they can but something mysterious and unforeseen keeps tripping them up. They think the mystery lies somewhere in their...
Apr 19, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
Not long ago, I was asked to speak at a church and just before I brought the message the worship team led us in a song that featured a violin. Later, I learned that violin was being played by a girl named Mariana, who was one of the top young violinists in Romania. As...
Apr 13, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Stress, Wisdom
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to Rethink The Glorification of Busy. The busyness of our lives has led to unprecedented levels of exhaustion, stress, and vulnerability. Conventional wisdom tells us to the key to sanity is changing or...
Apr 6, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Over the course of my life, things have happened to me, people have done things to me that have frightened me, angered me and broken my heart. I had legitimate hurt worthy of comfort and understanding. Replaying the tapes of the wrongs that were done became my...
Mar 30, 2016 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Devotional, Failure, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless talks about how good news is birthed in harsh places. 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 you need...
Mar 23, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Devotional, Easter, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Good Friday, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to live through and actually cooperate with both little and big deaths or losses throughout our lives, so something even larger and more fulfilling can emerge from it all… and how the resurrection shows...
Mar 22, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Easter, Emotional Health/Healing, Imperfection, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
There is always one question that most compels and convicts me whenever I read about the resurrection of Jesus, and it’s this: “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” The scripture says two men that “gleamed like lightning”...
Mar 8, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Imperfection, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
When the abstract paintings of Jackson Pollock were first introduced people said, that’s not art. It’s too weird, too chaotic. Everyone hated his work. No one would buy it. “What a mess,” they said. “My two year old could do that.”...
Mar 1, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Parenting, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Recovery
In this very emotional podcast episode, David Loveless interviews Francis Anfuso on how we can see further healing from wounds that initially came from our parents. Francis grew up in an extremely difficult home that people throughout the country thought would have...
Feb 24, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Leadership, Marriage/Family, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless interview the counselors, whom they met with for more than a year, and who helped get them through their worst nightmare. What does it look like to engage in the vital soul care that every person yearns for? What...
Feb 22, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Inspiration, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Relationships
What I’m about to share with you is deeply personal. This is the first time I’ve shared it publicly. And I’m a little anxious because once it’s out there, it’s out there. But I’m motivated. I believe what could come from it is...
Feb 17, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Stress
In this podcast Episode, we discuss how to observe both your true and false self in action. In our new book, Nothing To Prove, we unpack a framework of 3 steps, that we use daily in order to see progressive levels of growth and transformation in our lives....
Feb 15, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Stress, Wisdom
We have always been the kind of people who were zealous to grow and gain mastery in our attitudes, actions and relationships. We kept the latest books on our nightstand, in our brief case and on our Kindle. You could find us perched on the front row at cutting-edge...
Feb 10, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to use a specific tool that can bring personal clarity and see quantum internal shifts that give you the ability to dramatically improve your emotional, spiritual, professional and relational life. ...
Feb 9, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
It’s hard to imagine what life was like before X-rays, MRI’s and brain scans. Thanks to these incredible detection devices we can now know what ails us with pinpoint accuracy. Wouldn’t it be great to have a similar tool for our souls? A tool that can...
Feb 3, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Stress
In this podcast Episode 17, David & Caron Loveless discuss how to discover a primary root of your stress is not ‘out there’ but ‘in here.’ Most of us think that our stress comes from somewhere outside ourselves, and sometimes that’s true. But more often than not,...
Feb 1, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Relationships, Stress
Everyone likes to feel approved, get praised for a job well done or be on the receiving end of a sincere compliment. Where approval goes wrong is when we do or say things, often unconsciously, to gain admiration or applause in order to cover some sense of unworthiness...
Jan 28, 2016 | Assets, Breakthrough, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
In this podcast Episode, David Loveless talks about how to discover the wealth of your life worth statement. Most of us have have conformed to our cultural conditioning in which we’ve been told that our Net Worth Statement, is actually what we’re are worth. But it’s...
Jan 14, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Stress, Wisdom
In this podcast Episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss “When Enough Is Never Enough.” Many of us are always trying to achieve and accomplish more. There is great value in this and then there can emerge a dark side to it. To listen to the audio of this podcast,...
Jan 6, 2016 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Leadership, Marriage/Family, Parenting, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
How can you best connect with and inquire about the people in your life? In this podcast episode, David & Caron Loveless discuss the challenge that many of us seem to be bankrupt in, which is our ability to care for and be curious about others, through the...
Jan 4, 2016 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Inspiration, Leadership, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation, Wisdom
So, how did we do? WordPress.com just sent us their “annual report” for youlivetrue.com and here are some of the cool things they told us about your preferences in 2015: * The Live True blog was viewed about 17,000 times. The Sydney Opera House...
Dec 28, 2015 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
Learn how to use 9 simple questions to review the end of the year, or even your life. In this podcast Episode, David Loveless talks about the most important hour you can spend this month, and why he has done it every year, for more than 3 decades. To listen to the...
Dec 7, 2015 | Assets, Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Inspiration, Intimacy, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Recovery, Spiritual Formation, Stress
The following is an excerpt from our new ebook that is available beginning today. This book is a a very candid, behind the scenes look, at the journey of transformation that we’ve been on the last several years, and the things we’ve learned that can help...
Dec 1, 2015 | Assets, Breakthrough, Devotional, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
To connect and be close to God is really the most natural thing in the world. Unfortunately, religion has often made it complicated and un-natural. Here is just one of five simple ways you can use to bring an extraordinary God into your ordinary day. Meeting God...
Nov 9, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
I am always surprised when I meet a truly humble person – first, because it is such a rare event. But, what I’ve noticed just getting around them is I feel instantly drawn in. Maybe, this is because, for a few minutes, at least, their calming presence...
Nov 4, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Pain/Suffering, Post Shows & More, Relationships
Why is saying we’re sorry; asking forgiveness; admitting we’re wrong, so painfully difficult? 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 you need to pay attention to...
Oct 21, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation, Stress
To listen to today’s podcast, simply click on the “play” button on the podcast player above OR if you’ve already subscribed to “The Live True Podcast” then the episode can be accessed through either your Apple or Android device, in your podcast app. Here is a brief...
Oct 19, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Leadership, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Several months ago, I was driving to meet a leader who had initiated lunch with me. And, while I was on my way, I started thinking about the possibilities that might come from our getting together. I thought there might be some mutual benefit to a potential...
Oct 12, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development
These days we spend a lot of time coaching and counseling people who are trying to grow through some area of their life that is not working. Their work world or personal life is not moving as fluid as they’d like and they’ve come to us to figure out...
Oct 8, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Leadership, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Spiritual Formation
To listen to today’s podcast, simply click on the “play” button on the podcast player above, OR if you’ve already subscribed to The Live True Podcast then the episode can be accessed through either your Apple or Android device in your podcast app. (If...
Oct 6, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Painful thoughts, Personal Development, Recovery
Listening to the voice in my head has caused me a lot of suffering. You know the voice I’m talking about. Throughout the day it shows up, uninvited, and hijacks your thoughts. The voice dishes out color commentary about you and other people or situations....
Sep 30, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships
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Sep 23, 2015 | Breakthrough, Leadership, Personal Development, Post Shows & More, Recovery, Spiritual Formation
Today’s brand new, inaugural “Live True Podcast” is on “Why Live True?” It’s a conversation around: Why we’ve chosen the name “Live True” and what it means for your life and ours What has transpired in David &...
Sep 16, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Intimacy, Marriage/Family, Relationships
My husband, David, and I have a ton of things in common. We both like sports. We both enjoy being in nature, hiking or biking or just reading together at the beach or by a lake. We both love challenging conversation around big ideas. We appreciate just about every...
Sep 10, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Stress
Like a lot of people, I’ve been detoxing my life. More and more I’m “going green” in my food, cosmetics & cleaning supplies. And, I was just starting to feel proud of myself until I learned there’s one thing that could totally wipe out even the best...
Aug 20, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Life storms, Loss, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Recovery
If you don’t mind my getting a little personal… or even if you do mind, I’m going to anyway. Let me get personal about me and my story… and then I want to get personal about you and your story. I’ve got something extraordinary to celebrate. Caron and I are...
Aug 4, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Marriage/Family, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
Awhile back, Caron and I spent some time looking at our life stories. You’d think as long as we’ve known each other we’d have the details down by now. Yeah, the main events had been told and retold for years. But, in telling our stories we had...
Jul 27, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Relationships, Stress
This week we want to repost a blog we’ve gotten a lot of emails and comments on. Stress is a HUGE issue for so many of us and I wish someone had told me years ago about these three hidden stressors. Let us know what you think....
Jul 22, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Inspiration, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
True confession: I’m a quote hoarder. I underline, dog-ear, highlight, copy and paste other people’s wisdom several times a day. I keep 3×5 cards in my purse and scribble quotes in the dark at the movies. I say, “Ooooh that’s a good one.” A lot. And I’ve...
Jul 14, 2015 | Breakthrough, Church/Religion, Clarity, Personal Development, Relationships, Unity
Lately, the news has been a barrage of “tribal warfare.” * Gay vs Straight court rulings * Confederates vs the Union * North Korea vs South Korea * Republicans vs Democrats * Jews vs Arabs * Russia vs just about Everybody And, I would probably be remiss,...
Jul 8, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
Everyone of us wrestle with the routines of life. There is something that screams out: “I’m tired of this grind!” Well today, I’m glad to introduce you my good friend- Michael Thompson. He writes terrific stuff each week and I recently saw this blog he wrote on “The...
Jul 2, 2015 | Breakthrough, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Life storms, Pain/Suffering, Personal Development, Spiritual Formation
Several years ago, I was honored to share the platform at a “Better Man” event with Kennan Burch. It was there I first heard his captivating story and a powerful metaphor that has encouraged me so many times over the last few years. Kennan has since become a...
Jun 22, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Personal Development, Stress
Recently I read a great blog post, by Michael Hyatt, on one of my favorite subjects & I think, one of yours… Especially since it’s summertime. We hope, like us, you’re doing all you can to get outdoors, even more. Hopefully this will further...
Jun 16, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Emotional Health/Healing, Failure, Leadership, Life storms, Loss, Pain/Suffering, Recovery, Relationships, Spiritual Formation
I’ve spent some time in the desert. One August friends loaned us their home in Palm Desert. Daily temperatures were around 114 degrees. When I went looking for a tennis partner I was told no one played past 11:00am. Just breathing was a chore in that kind of...
Jun 11, 2015 | Breakthrough, Clarity, Leadership, Marriage/Family, Personal Development, Relationships
Our last blog was a sweet little take on 8 Ways to Give Better Feedback. Getting good at giving feedback is a significant life skill we can all use whether we’re an employer, parent or …a heat-seeking HOA president. (more on him below) Giving feedback is...