When you have to bite the bullet and purchase a new cell phone, your attempt to save money may lead to troubles you hadn't intended...

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2022/08/23/i-failed-but-you-can-save-money-and-skip-these-10-troubles/

This is a throwback to July 7, 2019, a post I wrote after giving the eulogy for my mother at her memorial service. In it I do share the eulogy I gave, but I also reflect on the final "shade of death" from Alzheimer's as joyous for believers in Jesus.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2019/07/07/the-final-shade-of-death-she-doesnt-have-alzheimers-anymore/

When we're tempted to look back instead of move forward or fear failing instead of pursuing progress, we must choose to do this instead. Conquer perfectionism.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2022/08/18/how-to-conquer-perfectionism-granted-my-advice-might-not-be-perfect/

This podcast is a throwback to May 29, 2019, two days after my mother died -- from Alzheimer's disease, if that's considered a cause of death. I called it "shades of death" because of the incremental mini-deaths leading up to the grand finale. All painful. All a great loss. Each one with a finality of its own luring me into the false sense of security that I was done grieving. I never was. And yet with this final shade of death, I knew my mother had gained more than this life can give. God is good.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2019/05/29/shades-of-death-when-you-lose-a-loved-one-to-alzheimers-disease/

This podcast is a throwback to April 4, 2012, when my seniors were completing their requirements for graduation, namely, their Capstone Projects, which had haunted them the past six months. (And haunted me, too, if I were completely honest.) On this day, six students were presenting their projects to a large audience -- and a group of judges. But I found watching them, I was able to grade myself, too.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2012/04/04/superfluous/

This episode is a throwback to April 3, 2022, when I was a college student -- and a full-time teacher, wife, and mother -- taking online classes for my master's degree. Lalla was someone I'd gotten to know in my online classes. We finally met in person, and it reminded me how much we can look forward to seeing God one day.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2012/04/03/finally-f2f/

This podcast is a throwback to April 2, 2012, when Charlie Sheen still had the notoriety to capture attention and my son was playing high school baseball. As I suggest in this podcast, the definition of winning is much broader than the number on a visible or unseen scoreboard. What's more, Charlie Sheen is NOT the epitome of the term. 

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2012/04/02/feel-good-baseball/

If you feel like a failure though you're giving it your all, these five spiritual truths will encourage your heart and direct your steps.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2022/07/05/5-truths-to-encourage-you-if-youre-feeling-like-a-failure/

This is a throwback to March 31, 2012. In this post, the sound of thunder and the smell of rain coming through the open windows lure me to stop the work and sit. There I sat and enjoyed memories of other splurges; this one all the more special because I did.

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2012/03/31/power-splurge/

You'd think by the time you're old enough to be a grandparent that you'd have this lesson engraved in your brain. Not so much. Why do we struggle?

This episode is also available as a blog post: http://saradagen.com/2022/06/28/the-lesson-i-learned-from-wrapping-a-gift-too-creatively/