

Rhythms for Life
Rebekah Lyons and Gabe Lyons
Are you managing stress or is your stress managing you? What practical steps can you take each day for sustained emotional, spiritual and relational health? In the Rhythms for Life podcast, authors, speakers, and founders of THINQ Media, Gabe Lyons and Rebekah Lyons, invite listeners to journey with them and expert guests into transparent conversations brimming with practical advice. From artists, nutritionists and psychologists to thought leaders, advocates and entrepreneurs, listeners will meet expert guides that will help them keep stress and anxiety at bay and pursue everyday moments of abundance by establishing four life-giving rhythms: rest, restore, connect, and create.
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Oct 12, 2022 • 48min
LONELY: Dr. Chip Dodd & Max Lucado
Dr. Chip Dodd joins us to explore the feeling overwhelming our population—loneliness. In this episode, you will understand why God gives us this emotion and how it can be directed to seek deeper relationships with ourselves, others, and God. Max Lucado, pastor and author of Help is Here, joins us to reveal who the Spirit is, how he can empower us to become more joyful, and how this can help us overcome loneliness when we draw closer to God. Purchase Max Lucado’s new book Help is Here. Purchase The Voice of the Heart: A Call to Full Living by Chip Dodd.Learn more about Dr.Chip Dodd.Download the "Emotional Health Guide" and access the weekly teaching on video from Dr.Chip Dodd. Register now for the Emotional Health Retreat, Nov 17 & 18 in Franklin, TN!This season of Rhythms for Life is sponsored by the Christian Standard Bible. Find a copy you’d like at discount at Lifeway.com using the code R4L to save 40% Off. Click HERE start your free 2-week trial with prep dish today.

Oct 5, 2022 • 48min
HURT: Dr. Chip Dodd & Danielle Strickland
We all experience hurt in our lives, and how we respond to this feeling can lead to either resentment or freedom and healing. In today’s episode, Dr. Chip Dodd helps us understand how the feeling of hurt is a catalyst to all the other feelings. Understanding how to respond when hurt can change the trajectory of our closest to relationships. We’ll also hear from Danielle Strickland, author of The Other Side of Hope, on how to avoid the cynicism that can develop from hope and instead, allow hope to heal us from past hurt.Purchase Danielle Strickland’s newest book, The Other Side of Hope, today.Purchase The Voice of the Heart: A Call to Full Living by Chip Dodd.Learn more about Dr.Chip Dodd.Download the "Emotional Health Guide" and access the weekly teaching on video from Dr.Chip Dodd. Register now for the Emotional Health Retreat, Nov 17 & 18 in Franklin, TN!This season of Rhythms for Life is sponsored by the Christian Standard Bible. Find a copy you’d like at discount through this link.Click HERE start your free 2-week trial with prep dish today.

Sep 28, 2022 • 29min
The Eight Feelings with Dr. Chip Dodd
In the first episode of the Emotional Health season, Gabe and Rebekah Lyons are joined by counselor and expert counselor Dr.Chip Dodd to learn about the 8 primary emotions-anger, hurt, fear, loneliness, sadness, shame, guilt, gladness, that we all experience. Together, we’ll learn how we experience these feelings, what they do when they come and how we can have a healthy response.Purchase The Voice of the Heart: A Call to Full Living by Chip Dodd.Learn more about Dr.Chip Dodd.Download the "Emotional Health Guide" and access the weekly teaching on video from Dr.Chip Dodd. Register now for the Emotional Health Retreat, Nov 17 & 18 in Franklin, TN!This season of Rhythms for Life is sponsored by the Christian Standard Bible. Find a copy you’d like at discount through this link.Click HERE start your free 2-week trial with prep dish today.

Aug 10, 2022 • 42min
Fortify Your Marriage: Gary Thomas
Every marriage faces seasons of setbacks and disappointment, but how we respond to these challenges determines the long-term outcome of our marriages. With ideas from his upcoming book, Making Your Marriage a Fortress, Gary Thomas, joins us to give practical insight and advice on how to build a marriage that can withstand life's storms whenever they get thrown at you.This marriage and parenting series is brought to you by Aro. Aro is offering RFL listeners a $25 discount by using code RFL at checkout AND a free six-month subscription for a limited time. Order your Aro today at goaro.com and use the promo code: RFLARO GIVEAWAY: Until August 31, Aro is offering the chance to win a three-night getaway to Bolt Farm Treehouse, a luxury mountaintop retreat that, just like Aro, helps people reconnect with nature, their people, and their purpose. To register for a chance to win, text RFL to 66866.Pre-Order Gary Thomas' upcoming book, Making Your Marriage a Fortress: Strengthening Your Marriage to Withstand Life's Storms, releasing October 4.RETREAT GIVEAWAY: Enter to win the Couples Retreat, October 21-24 at Lost Valley Ranch. To enter, visit rebekahlyons.com/giveaway.

Aug 3, 2022 • 40min
Disciple Your Children Well: Sarah Cowan Johnson
Parental involvement is the most influential predictor of a child's spirituality throughout their lives. 50% of Christian high school students will walk away from their faith after graduation. How do we parent our kids in ways that lead to lasting faith? Sarah Cowan Johnson joins us to share research and ideas from her latest book, Teach Your Children Well, around creating intentional discipleship in your kids throughout their stages of growth.This marriage and parenting series is brought to you by Aro. Aro is offering RFL listeners a $25 discount by using code RFL at checkout AND a free six-month subscription for a limited time. Order your Aro today at goaro.com and use the promo code: RFLGIVEAWAY: Until August 31, Aro is offering the chance to win a three night getaway to Bolt Farm Treehouse, a luxury mountaintop retreat that, just like Aro, helps people reconnect with nature, their people, and their purpose. To register for a chance to win, text RFL to 66866.Buy Sarah’s new book, Teach Your Children Well: A Step-by-Step Guide for Family Discipleship.

Jul 27, 2022 • 35min
We Are Only Human: Kelly Kapic
With ideas from his newest book, You're Only Human; Kelly Kapic joins Gabe & Rebekah to explore the theology behind seeing our human limitations as a gift rather than a deficiency and, how we can model this in our marriages and relationships, and we can find freedom in the fact that we can not do it all. This marriage and parenting series is brought to you by Aro. Aro is offering RFL listeners a $25 discount by using code RFL at checkout AND a free six-month subscription for a limited time. Order your Aro today at goaro.com and use the promo code: RFLGIVEAWAY: Until August 31, Aro is offering the chance to win a three night getaway to Bolt Farm Treehouse, a luxury mountaintop retreat that, just like Aro, helps people reconnect with nature, their people, and their purpose. To register for a chance to win, text RFL to 66866.

Jul 20, 2022 • 33min
Launching Kids Well: Jennie Allen
As parents, we are always looking for ways to engage our kids and raise them so they can go out into the world. Jennie Allen, the founder, and visionary of IF: Gathering, and Theoloaby, shares how they created an intentional family culture that prioritized relationship, commitment, and trust to launch their kids well. This marriage and parenting series is brought to you by Aro. Aro is offering RFL listeners a $25 discount by using code RFL at checkout AND a free six-month subscription for a limited time. Order your Aro today at goaro.com and use the promo code: RFLGIVEAWAY: Until August 31, Aro is offering the chance to win a three night getaway to Bolt Farm Treehouse, a luxury mountaintop retreat that, just like Aro, helps people reconnect with nature, their people, and their purpose. To register for a chance to win, text RFL to 66866.

Jul 13, 2022 • 38min
Honoring Each Other’s Strengths: John & Lisa Bevere
Authors and founders of Messenger International, John & Lisa Bevere, join Gabe & Rebekah to share practical advice and wisdom from their 40+ years of marriage. John and Lisa help us understand how to support and celebrate each other's strengths, how they've overcome profound moments of tension and doubt, and how they've fallen more in love with each other than the day they married. This marriage and parenting series is brought to you by Aro. Aro is offering RFL listeners a $25 discount by using code RFL at checkout AND a free six-month subscription for a limited time. Order your Aro today at goaro.com and use the promo code: RFLGiveaway: Until August 31, Aro is offering the chance to win a three-night getaway to Bolt Farm Treehouse, a luxury mountaintop retreat that, just like Aro, helps people reconnect with nature, their people, and their purpose. To register for a chance to win, text RFL to 66866.Lisa's newest book, Fiercely Loved: God's Wild Thoughts about You is abvailable now!The Rhythms for Couples Retreat is October 21-24. Register now at rebekahlyons.com/rhythmsretreat

Jul 6, 2022 • 46min
Raising Confident Kids: Willie & Korie Robertson
Willie & Korie Robertson join Gabe and Rebekah to talk about raising confident kids, priorities in marriage and parenting, why they chose to raise their kids in close proximity to extended family and how this impacted their kids. This marriage and parenting series is brought to you by Aro. Aro is offering RFL listeners a $25 discount by using code RFL at checkout AND a free six-month subscription for a limited time. Order your Aro today at goaro.com and use the promo code: RFLGIVEAWAY: Until August 31, Aro is offering the chance to win a three night getaway to Bolt Farm Treehouse, a luxury mountaintop retreat that, just like Aro, helps people reconnect with nature, their people, and their purpose. To register for a chance to win, text RFL to 66866.Thanks to Pine Cove Summer Camps for supporting the Rhythms for Life podcast. Pine Cove is excited to announce they’re opening a NEW overnight youth camp in Georgia, the Pine Cove Springs. Spots are still available for summer 2022! Check out pinecove.com/springs and use the code: RHYTHMS250 for $250 off a first-time overnight, youth camp registration at the Pine Cove Springs!The Rhythms for Couples Retreat is October 21-24. Register now at rebekahlyons.com/rhythmsretreat

Jun 29, 2022 • 43min
Let's Talk About Sex: Dave & Ashley Willis
Dave and Ashley Willis, hosts of the Naked Marriage Podcast and authors of the Counterfeit Climax, join Gabe and Rebekah to talk about how you can find freedom and pleasure within your marriage. In this episode, we’re going there and talking about porn and how to walk through that when a spouse struggles with this addiction, God’s original design for sex, and what it looks like to have honest conversations about sex to your spouse.This marriage and parenting series is brought to you by Aro. Aro is offering RFL listeners a $25 discount by using code RFL at checkout AND a free six-month subscription for a limited time. Order your Aro today at goaro.com and use the promo code: RFLGIVEAWAY: Until August 31, Aro is offering the chance to win a three night getaway to Bolt Farm Treehouse, a luxury mountaintop retreat that, just like Aro, helps people reconnect with nature, their people, and their purpose. To register for a chance to win, text RFL to 66866.Thanks to Pine Cove Summer Camps for supporting the Rhythms for Life podcast. Pine Cove is excited to announce they’re opening a NEW overnight youth camp in Georgia, the Pine Cove Springs. Spots are still available for summer 2022! Check out pinecove.com/springs and use the code: RHYTHMS250 for $250 off a first-time overnight, youth camp registration at the Pine Cove Springs!The Rhythms for Couples Retreat is October 21-24. Register now at rebekahlyons.com/rhythmsretreatLearn more about the reading curriculum So Happy To Learn, here.