This season of Lifecast with Ryan Leak will feature a conversation about Ryan and some his closet friends have around Ryan's new book, Chasing Failure: How Falling Short Sets You Up For Success. Many people are taught to run from failure, but perhaps it's the very thing you need to succeed. This episode is a conversation around Chapter 1: Setting You Up To Fail. You can pre-order Ryan's book at any of your favorite online retailers or ryanleak.com. Oh, and Ryan would love to for you to be a part of his text community of people who will be getting weekly encouragements straight from his phone to yours. Text Ryan at 469-809-1201.

Regardless of what happens politically, relationally, or economically over the next 365 days, you're going to need God. And the peace of God can be found in discovering God's will for your life. Today's episode looks at the final of four questions that can be asked to help you discover God's will for your life and it's this: Destiny or Distraction?

Regardless of what happens politically, relationally, or economically over the next 365 days, you're going to need God. And the peace of God can be found in discovering God's will for your life. Today's episode looks at the second of four questions that can be asked to help you discover God's will for your life and it's this: How much space have we given the Holy Spirit to do work?

Regardless of what happens politically, relationally, or economically over the next 365 days, you're going to need God. And the peace of God can be found in discovering God's will for your life. Today's episode looks at the first of four questions that can be asked to help you discover God's will for your life and it's this:

What direction has God been pointing us in?

If you give God your attention, He'll give you his direction. 

Extraordinary people do consistently what ordinary people do occasionally. We all need daily habits if we're going to have an extraordinary year. The third habit is around encouraging someone every single day. 

Extraordinary people do consistently what ordinary people do occasionally. We all need daily habits if we're going to have an extraordinary year. The second habit is around growing our 'no'.

Extraordinary people do consistently what ordinary people do occasionally. We all need daily habits if we're going to have an extraordinary year. The first habit is around daily contentment.

As we close out this year, we wanted to recap what it means to take care of ourselves for 2021. We've looked at taking care of ourselves physically, mentally, and spiritually. Today's episode is what it looks like to take care of ourselves emotionally. 

4 Key Takeaways:

1. Be ok when others don't feel what you feel. No one has to subscribe to your emotional state.

2. Rejoice with those who rejoice. Mourn with those who mourn. You don't have to pick one permanently. 

3. Tracking our emotions by journaling allows us to revisit how we're feeling after situations have transpired and we've had time to process them. We can learn a lot from our past. 

4. Don't waste emotionally energy trying to fix other people. 

Have you ever had a moment where things were going ok, but deep down inside... you felt like there was still just something missing? What's often missing is something meaningful for our souls. Daniel Young is back again to talk to us about how to take care of our souls.

Self care has never been more important than now. Mental care is crucial for navigating life and a pandemic. Daniel Young is on today's episode to give us some insight as to how take care of ourselves mentally.