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In today’s episode, I’m chatting with Sean McCool about tech-straction and psychological pacifiers.  Sean is an award-winning marketing consultant, a coach for entrepreneurs over 40, and a fellow podcaster. I enjoyed being on his show, Persuasion by The Pint, a few months ago! In this interview, Sean shares his historical perspective and lessons on technology, […]

Episode 69: Tech-straction and Psychological Pacifiers With Sean McCool

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We’re just a couple weeks away from Lent, and I have a few interviews coming up that will help prepare our minds and hearts for the season of fasting, including today’s interview with Wendy Speake.  Wendy is the author of many books including The 40-Day Sugar Fast, The 40-Day Social Media Fast, and the book […]

Episode 67: Fasting For Spiritual Growth With Wendy Speake

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Episode 67 of The AMPLIFY Show features author Wendy Speake.

After switching to a Light Phone II to help disconnect more from the Internet and social media, I started searching online (the irony, I know!) for a camera solution, since the Light Phone does not have one.  That’s when I came upon this article that powerfully explains a theory of replacing the heart – our […]

Episode 66: The Replacement Of The Heart Through Technology With Marc Barnes

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The AMPLIFY Show Episode 66, with guest Marc Barnes

Today’s episode of The AMPLIFY Show is one of my favorite topics: how to take back your time. That’s the topic of Christy Wright’s latest book, Take Back Your Time: The Guilt-Free Guide to Life Balance. In this interview, Christy talks about her definition of balance, five tactical steps to achieve life balance and how to […]

Christy Wright joins The AMPLIFY Show to talk about balance and taking back your time.

Happy new year friends! In today’s episode of The AMPLIFY Show, I’m going to chat a bit about planning for the new year. I’ll tell you what I’m doing differently this year and how I’m going into 2022 with a different perspective. That includes an update on two months of being without social media and […]

Episode 64: Resolutions, Habits, & Quitting Social Media in the New Year

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Last night my kids and I watched one of our favorite Christmas movies, The Polar Express.  We love reading the book throughout the season and find it especially cool that it takes place in our town of Grand Rapids.  The kids always forget this detail and then squeal with surprise when they hear the elf […]

Belief, Grief & The Polar Express

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Today I’m back with another “Best of The AMPLIFY Show” interview, and I love that today’s interview is one of our most popular out of more than 60 now; it’s my interview with Anthony Ongaro, author of Break The Twitch.  Anthony’s book and our interview dive into the actual addiction or “twitch” of our devices. […]

I’ve been sharing some of our most downloaded episodes of all time here on The AMPLIFY Show, and this week is my interview with author Kim John Payne.  He’s well known for his best-selling book Simplicity Parenting, which is my favorite parenting book and one I’ve reread multiple times. He has worked with children and […]

Episode 62: Best of The AMPLIFY Show: My Interview With Kim John Payne

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