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- ABC's of Accountability
Welcome in to the Friday Refresh brought to you by Team Ben and Travis for St. Jude Marathon Weekend.
We still need sponsors. Help us reach our goal here: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=5816464&fr_id=164588&pg=personal
ABC…easy as 1…2…3
Have you ever tried to start something new? Turn over a new leaf? Get into a different routine?
Maybe it is a new study plan.
Could be a new workout regiment.Or simply a different diet.In that case, “Easy” might be a little over stated. Generally change isn’t so simple. But today, let’s think about my ABCs of change.
Links mentioned in this episode:- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B., Kim C.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
4 min - Good Worth Remembering
Welcome in to the Friday Refresh brought to you by Team Ben and Travis for St. Jude Marathon Weekend. We are still trying to reach our goals. HELP US!!! Go to https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Heroes/SJMMW?pg=personal&px=5816464&fr_id=164588. I need about $300 to hit my goal. Help me out today!
Cooler air.
VIbrant colors.Shorter Days.Sweaters and Jackets.The smell of the drying leaves on the ground.Pumpkin Spice everywhere - like it or not.They all can only mean one thing in my mind: Hunting Season is here.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B., Kim C.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
5 min - Are You An Edwin or a John?
Welcome in to the Friday Refresh…brought to you by Team Ben and Travis for St Jude Marathon Weekend. Go to https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Heroes/SJMMW?pg=personal&px=5816464&fr_id=164588 to donate toward our team and help battle childhood cancer.
Are you an Edwin or a John?
Edwin was one of the most famous actors of his time— having played in many Shakespearean plays and others in the Washington DC area. He was a face almost everyone would recognize. As he was waiting for a train he noticed that a young man fell into the space between the train and the walkway they were standing on—just as the train began to move. It would have surely crushed the young man, whose name was Robert.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B., Kim C.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
4 min - The Weakest Part
This episode is brought to you by www.benandtravis.com!
What is the weakest part of the human body? Don't let it be your mind!
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B., Kim C.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
6 min - What Does Your Footprint Look Like?
Welcome in to the Friday Refresh brought to you by our St. Jude Marathon Weekend Run. I’ve almost reached my goal of $4000 but still have a few hundred to raise. I would love your help. Go to Benandtravis.com for more details.
If you have every been into hiking or camping you have probably heard the phrase “leaving your footprint” — and its generally not about what the sole of your boot or tennis shoe looks like. In that context it is usually in reference to what you leave behind when you have gone through a place. Leaving your footprint is not always considered to be a positive thing in the camping and hiking world. A common phrase might be “take only pictures, leave only footprints” but more modern ethics encourage leaving as few footprints as possible. Pack out what you bring in and avoid altering the landscape through your travel and stay.Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B., Kim C.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
5 min - Why So Negative?
Welcome into the Friday refresh brought to you by St Jude marathon weekend fundraiser. Thanks to all you who helped and donated and played in the Stayin Alice disco dodgeball tournament last weekend. I have less than $1000 to raise for my race so go to https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR?px=5816464&fr_id=164588&pg=personal to donate.
Have you ever wondered why we tend to focus more on the negative things in life?
Why is it that sadness and worry and anger seem to weigh so heavily while memories that are much more joyful and happy and peaceful seem a little harder to recall and seem to weigh much less?It is what psychologists call Negativity Bias.
Negativity Bias is an innate psychological tendency to emphasize negative experiences over positive ones.
It influences our perception of events, often making us dwell more on bad experiences, like criticism or failure.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B., Kim C.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
6 min - Sitting is the New Smoking
This episode is brought to you by the Tony "Pop Pop" Rogers Stayin' Alive Dodgeball Tournament for St. Jude (www.benandtravis.com/dodgeball)!
I had never heard this phrase until I was sitting in a teacher inservice class earlier this week. Apparently it has become a catchy warning that is being repeated by medical and mental health professionals. What it means is this: Sitting down for too many hours each day hurts your body in serious ways -- just like smoking. While it is true that sitting isn’t as deadly as smoking has proved to be, if sitting all day most of the week, it can certainly lead to a myriad of health -- and mental health -- concerns. Slow blood flow, higher disease risk (such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and high blood pressure), weaker muscles, and weight gain are among the possible risks.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B., Kim C.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
4 min - Her Mother and I
This episode is brought to you by the Stayin' Alive Dodgeball Tournament for St. Jude! Register you or your team at benandtravis.com/dodgeball!
There is a phrase that I’ve dreaded saying for quite sometime. It is 4 simple words…yet very difficult to say. Dad daughters try to be courageous but these four words cause an aging father to dig deep to get them out.
Her Mother and I.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Rhonda F., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
3 min - Ain't Getting Any Younger
It seems that every day I get another reminder of my age.
Sometimes it’s at the gym trying to keep up with adults 20-25 years younger than me.
Sometimes it’s a meme about how old people were in movies, or what year certain classic movies about old times would be portraying if they were made today.
Or the age of the men who signed the Declaration of Independence. Hint: the biggest majority were younger than me.
One today said “when you realize the old timers that trained you are gone and you are now the old guy doing the training.”
While that’s not entirely true, there are definitely more younger folks in ministry and I feel the pressure of answering things from the “older and wiser” position. While I’m older, I’m not sure I feel wiser.
Links mentioned in this episode:
- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Rhonda F., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
4 min - Be the Good
Help Ben meet his St. Jude fundraising goal of $4000 here: https://fundraising.stjude.org/site/TR/Heroes/SJMMW?pg=personal&px=5816464&fr_id=164588
A week like this week always seems to put things in perspective for me. I’ve spent the last week working in a town called Munford. Most of you have probably never heard of Munford, Alabama. It’s a fairly small dot on the map and on your GPS you have to zoom in a little to get it to show up. It’s not far from Oxford which more of you might know simply because of the interstate between Birmingham and Atlanta. Munford lies between Oxford and Talladega which I’m sure even more have heard of simply because of racing. And yes I said Talla-dig-ah and not Talla-day-ga because I learned that’s how the locals say it.Links mentioned in this episode:- http://www.benandtravis.com
- http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis
- http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis
- Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books
- Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4
Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-old-fashioned-dislike/id1643163790Co-Producers: Justin B., Doris C., Rhonda F., Scott K., Mary H., Scott B.This podcast is hosted by ZenCast.fm
4 min
About The Friday ReFresh
From the publisher's feed
Hello and welcome to the Friday ReFresh, a Ben and Travis podcast. I’m Ben from Ben and Travis and I have been working as a minister for 23 years and as a counselor for the last 10 years. I recognize that there are a lot of things in our world that impact different people in different ways. Working in counseling I’ve learned that there are a lot more things that can rock our world that I never knew existed. Many of those things are hidden struggles that others may never know about — or at least they don’t know about until something comes along and quite literally “opens up a can” of past trauma or hidden struggles.
So I invite you to come along with me on this journey of exploration and understanding through this podcast which offers short episodes and hopefully informational and motivational material to help you as you prepare for the last day of the week. Not every episode will be about a mental health struggle but there will certainly be weeks that are. Sometimes we will just hope to give you a boost as you close out the week. However, there are some rules of engagement here though - some understanding that I want you to have before you agree to go on the journey.
1. Keep An Open Mind - Some of the things we talk about here may be new territory. It may be like one of those movies like Journey to the Center of the Earth where you see things that seem hard to comprehend. I know there were a lot of things that were hard for me to grasp at first and has certainly been hard to relate to others. So think of it like Journey to the Center of Your Soul.
2. It’s an Ever-Changing Landscape - The counseling field is something that seems to change all the time so understand that I may say some things that may be different than what you might have been taught in the past. It may also change as I record these over time. It is also true that various theories of counseling reveal different techniques for dealing with things so I will likely be sharing things from a wide variety of therapeutic mindsets.
3. No Two Experiences are the Same - Just because we share a thought about anxiety or depression doesn’t mean it will apply to every person who hears and so this is certainly not a replacement for good person centered counseling - but you may very well find some helpful tips for various things you may face.
So, do you think you are good to start that journey? I hope so. Travis and I hope through this short podcast, along with the weekly Helping, Healing, Humor Podcast and our website to bring a better understanding of mental health to all people but especially to the church. It is a part of us that has been ignored for far too long. I hope that even in this short little podcast to help us have a little more understanding.