Let the Adventure Begin with Chris Denker

I wrote a book! It's true! 

Now I actually self-published my book, Slices of Life from the Little Blue Desk, in May 2019, but I wanted to talk about it this week for three reasons:

• I wanted to share a little about the book.
• I wanted to talk about what pushed me to do something challenging.
• I want to challenge you to do something that will push you beyond your comfort zone. (Hey, if I can do it, then anyone can do it!).

If you want to buy a copy of my pride a joy, you can get your copy HERE. 

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

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It's been a heavy week, but I want to know, where you are finding peace in love? Maybe it's in a sunrise, a kindness someone shows you, a message at church, an uplifting social media post. 

This week I'm talking about how to deal with a heavy week and some ways to get back on track. 

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

If you haven't rated the podcast, I would appreciate a positive rating and review. That's how others learn about the community we are building, one listener at a time. 

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In this episode, I chat about a debate a friend and I had over which was more important, happiness or contentment. I explore what I discovered when I figured out that contentment is key. 

I chat about contentment in four ways:

• Contentment is stable, while happiness is fleeting.
• Contentment provides inner peace.
• Contentment provides a deeper sense of self-satisfaction.
• Happiness is a byproduct of contentment.

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

If you haven't rated the podcast, I would appreciate a positive rating and review. That's how others learn about the community we are building, one listener at a time. 

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When we think about self-care, we are often reacting to fatigue and burnout. What if we were proactive instead? In this episode, I chat about being proactive in all four areas of health: physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual. 

It's time to build a self-care toolkit so we can be proactive with our self-care.

In this episode I talk about:

• Episode 155
• Metro Sports Plus
• Let the Adventure Begin (Go to the Choosing to Eat Better page.)

I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode.

There's a lot of noise in the world these days vying for our attention. What if we thought of ourselves as a lighthouse, a beacon of light for ourselves?

In this episode, I chat about how we can be like a lighthouse by asking ourselves how guidance, safety, hope, and resilience work in our lives. I'm asking a lot of questions in this one, so buckle up! :)

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

If you haven't rated the podcast, I would appreciate a positive rating and review. That's how others learn about the community we are building, one listener at a time. 

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As someone who has been in a classroom for more than 50 years, I love the start of the new school year. In this episode, I talk about what makes it so magical and how we could all do ourselves a favor and treat each day like it's a fresh start. 

Join me for this fun chat and hear the excitement in my voice. Seriously, you can't see me but I was smiling from ear to ear the entire episode. :)

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

If you haven't rated the podcast, I would appreciate a positive rating and review. That's how others learn about the community we are building, one listener at a time. 

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Recently, my Calm app meditation was about how we respond to change, so I wanted to chat about it in this week's episode.

Specifically, we can respond to change by letting ourselves feel the emotions, we can have a balanced perspective, and we can cultivate a positive attitude (or at least one that is open-minded and hopeful).

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

If you haven't rated the podcast, I would appreciate a positive rating and review. That's how others learn about the community we are building, one listener at a time. 

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As an avid reader of author James Clear's weekly newsletter, I was struck by one of his ideas, chasing your desired lifestyle. So, we are diving into what that might look like for us.

I'm chatting about five ideas to consider:

• Slower days instead of nonstop stress
• Setting and committing to boundaries that protect your peace
• Holding conversations where you feel safe and what they look like
• Rest without guilt
• Not keeping up with anyone

If you're interested in James Clear's newsletter, check it out here.

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

If you haven't rated the podcast, I would appreciate a positive rating and review. That's how others learn about the community we are building, one listener at a time. 

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This week I'm tapping into one stanza from Mary Oliver's poem, "Sometimes." In it she says:

Instructions for living a life:

• Pay attention.
• Be astonished.
• Tell about it.

It's really quite simple, and yet we make living a life more complicated than it needs to be. 

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

If you haven't rated the podcast, I would appreciate a positive rating and review. That's how others learn about the community we are building, one listener at a time. 

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I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode.

Multitasking is a lie. The human brain was not designed to do more than one "thinking" activity at a time. What we are actually doing is task-switching, and we're not doing a very good job of it. In this episode, I talk about why that is, and I challenge us all to adopt the methodology of "chop wood, carry water." 

In this episode, I also talk about two stories I've written recently:

• "To Teach or Not to Teach"
• "What I've Learned from Writing 400 Stories on Medium"

If you give one or both a read, I would love to connect on your thoughts. Leave a comment and I promise to get back to you. 

If you're new to the podcast, thanks for taking 10 minutes or so out of your day to listen to a 57-year-old Midwesterner chat about topics that come top of mind when it comes to adventures in physical, intellectual, emotional, and spiritual health.

I hope you'll stick around. And, if you're a friend of the podcast already, thank you so much for your continued support. I'm so grateful for you!

If you haven't rated the podcast, I would appreciate a positive rating and review. That's how others learn about the community we are building, one listener at a time. 

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I would love to hear your thoughts on this episode.