Life Refreshed: Recent Episodes
Rion Robinson
“We don’t rise to the level of our goals, we fall to the level of our systems” – James Clear. A lot of us believe that once you set the goals, you’re good to go, but if you don’t set your systems properly and follow them. You’ll find yourself not making progress sooner than you think.
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Hope is an indicator that you need to move past your current situation. Hope is the evidence of that which you cannot see. Faith that you can get past whatever disappointment you’re facing and experience something better for your growth.
You need to put yourself out there! You may be great and have a lot of Value but if you’re not being seen, you can’t take advantage of that. Make connections, make yourself visible and your chances of success grow exponentially.
Creativity is not in short supply, we’ve just been around a long time. Things are almost always remakes and remixes of something else, but that doesn’t mean that creativity is dead or in danger.
We’ve seen most things, borrow from your surroundings, from what you watch and use those influences to make something brand new and exciting.
Learn from Picasso and be a great artist.
The best way to simplify is just to start with the number 0. Steve Jobs and his designers is one of the best examples of how keeping it simple can mean HUGE success. We tend to overcomplicate things and it’s real easy to get incredibly overwhelmed, if you’re able to take a breath and just break things down to their simplest components. Life will be a lot easier and you’ll be able to focus on what you need to do to be successful. Scripture Referenced:
To make room for growth you have to sacrifice something in order to make space for it. Keep 80%, replace the other 20. Improve
Would you believe me if I said that the principles of science are the key to unlocking your potential?
Change is painful, it’s hard and we typically hate it. In this pod we’ll talk about why it’s so painful and how we can learn to thrive in it and improve our perception of it.
Today we have our very first guest on the new show. His name is Caleb McCleskey. A Journalism major that runs his own podcast about life called The Joker’s Shadow. He gives us some insight on Fake news and accountability. Check out his podcast here:
Pride will isolate you and prevent you from reaching your goals. Foster a sense of humility that will allow you to absorb the necessary information you need to either shift your perspective or elevate your current self to the next step is. Otherwise your pride will kill most opportunities than it’ll give you.
By being Prideful, you’re essentially saying “I know more than God” and it is slowly killing your goals and potential. Humility is the true path to growth and to allow God to guide your path instead of taking it up on yourself is how we, as followers of God, can reach the true potential in our lives.
Everyone gets one gift. There’s no reason for you not to be able to harness that gift into a valuable skillset or even several.
Today we’re going to talk about Polymaths and why they’re important to our culture and the shift that occurs in the presence of polymaths and their abilities. Nikola Tesla, George Washington Carver, Leonardo Davinci… All people who had seemingly endless skills and understanding of the world around them. All of them also people who shifted the world and culture around them. Polymaths are some of the most influential people in our culture and there’s a thing or two we can learn from them.
Hello Everybody! Life Designed is shifting and moving up. Taking it’s steps one at a time. This will be the last Life Refreshed Podcast. Moving forward we will be “Shifts and Ladders”. Thought it was fitting, since in life we’re constantly going through shifts and the ladders those shifts bring. In Today’s episode we’re chatting about the ladders that present in our lives, the fears they can bring and what we can learn from them. Hope to see you next week on Shifts and Ladders.
There are a lot of shifts happening in our daily lives at any given time, but have you ever taken the time to think about why those shifts are happening? Whether it's cultural, personal or spiritual?
Let's talk about Shifts and the reason they happen in our lives.
You exchange based on what it is you value. Never put yourself on sale because you think people won't value you. Value doesn't come from an fixed scale, some people will value you as a person way more than others and Vice Versa.
Make sure you don't Trade in your relationship with God for other less valuable relationships in your life.
It's important for us to be uncomfortable accepting that value is abstract and you won't be equally valuable as a person to everybody.
Find the people that believe in your actual God Given value as a human being.
Those are the people that foster proper growth.
Scripture Referenced:
1 Kings Chapter 11 Verse 1
You exchange based on what it is you value. Never put yourself on sale because you think people won't value you. Value doesn't come from an fixed scale, some people will value you as a person way more than others and Vice Versa.
It's important for us to be uncomfortable accepting that value is abstract and you won't be equally valuable as a person to everybody.
Find the people that believe in your actual God Given value as a human being.
Those are the people that foster proper growth.
When you measure twice and cut once, you must be prepared to make the cut only once. Take the time to prepare and sharpen your axe before chopping down whatever it is you're struggling with. "Give me six hours to chop down a tree, I'll spend the first four sharpening the axe" - Abraham Lincoln.
Scripture Referenced
Ecclesiastes 10:10
With the New Years, comes the New Year Resolutions. In theory these are great, but there's a catch to them. You have to plan out how you want to achieve those resolutions. A lot of people don't put intentionality on how they will be achieving their goals and without that intentionality, the whole thing kind of falls apart.
You can't just say you want to do or be something, you have to put in the work and pay the cost of acquiring that thing or version of yourself.
That's why we measure twice and cut once. We make sure we have our goals listed and plan out how we'll achieve those goals and then we cut. Once.
Scripture referenced:
Luke 14:25-35
I told y'all more interviews were coming and so here we are! This week I sit down with my good friend and life coach, Rick Kinartail.
He's one of the main reasons I've been able to refresh my life in the way that I have, a huge source personal development, a pool of wisdom and a delightful human being to have a conversation with.
Bless your week with this pod as we explore our thoughts on why people don't understand their purpose or go through their life without taking full responsibility of control over their lives.
Merry Christmas!
I thought I would end the CTRL+Alt+DEL series last episode but then something occurred to me. The combination of those three buttons are used to close out, or reboot the systems and processes on your computers.
And rebooting allows your computer to properly allocate resources and make sure to close out the things that are dragging your systems down. People need that too, every time that we grow or we "reboot" even though at the core we're the same person, we're allowing our systems (relationships) to reassess how everything is working and make sure that we're closing out things that are slowing us down or harming our progress.
We need to reboot. As potentially painful as it is, without that crucial part in the process we'll eventually stagnate.
Take control of your life, find the alternate routes that can benefit you, Delete the things that are working against you and reboot to make it all stick.
Bless your morning with this podcast as we discuss how to live a life refreshed.
Bless your morning with this pod as we discuss the final part of our CTRL+ALT+DEL. Learning when to delete hard feelings after a disagreement is essential to living a comfortable and Godly life.
God says you've to forgive 7 times 77, that's a lot of forgiveness but the people around deserve it... And so do you. Erasing those emotional debts, when you feel that people have wronged you and you hold that negativity in your heart it affects way more than you think.
Everything from your emotional well being to the healthiness of your relationships suffers. Erase and start anew, it'll feel good.
Scripture Referenced:
- Matthew Chapter 18 Verse 15:35
Bless your morning with this pod as we discuss our next installment in the CTRL+ALT+DEL series.
The Alt button, a button that when pressed down changes the function of the other keys in the keyboard. You always want to make sure that you're not taking unnecessary alternate routes to the people around you.
Much like control, the more of it you try to take, the less people will support you and the lonelier your trip throughout life will be.
Scripture Referenced:
- Ecclesiastes Chapter 4 9:12
- John 17
Bless your morn with this pod as we discuss why it's important when to take control of a situation and when you're losing it
Scripture referenced:
Genesis Chapter 2: 18-25
We've talked a lot about how to live a lean life, and it all culminates in the idea that we need to do let go of our baggage in order to live a comfortable & fulfilling life.
We just have to internalize that we are not our baggage, our identity is not attached to the things we carry and that often times we have to let go of the things that we're carrying in order to be able to move forward.
Bless your morning with this pod as we discuss letting go of our baggage.
Show notes:
- Erika Badu - A Bag Lady
- 1 Samuel 10:20-24
Today on Life Refreshed, we dive deep with YouTube sensation Dr. Mike Diamonds. From fitness tips to personal growth stories, Dr. Mike shares the gems behind his success. Don’t miss this illuminating conversation that promises to motivate and inspire
Today on Life Refreshed, we dive deep with YouTube sensation Dr. Mike Diamonds. From fitness tips to personal growth stories, Dr. Mike shares the gems behind his success. Don’t miss this illuminating conversation that promises to motivate and inspire
To keep with the theme of our last episode, fear and response, let's talk about one of the most common reasons we're scared of growth. The Change Curve.
The Change Curve is what happens when a challenge presents itself, at first it is ridiculously hard, once you're over the initial challenge change occurs, maybe after mourning the version of you had to let go in order to change. You grow very quickly.
You experience it in almost any situation, whether you're trying to live a lean life physically, emotionally or spiritually. Anything you want to achieve requires some change of self.
Bless your morning with this pod as we discuss The Change Curve and what it means to grow. (and also introduce next week's guest.)
Fear and anxiety are not inherently a bad thing. Fear and our response to it exists to keep us alert and to protect us from danger. We just can't let it consume us, we have to transform it into purpose.
Bless your morning with this pod as we talk about the purpose that fear plays into our lives and why it's a necessary part of life.
Shownotes:
- 2 Timothy 1:5-7
- Genesis 1
The last installment of our Living a Lean Life Series. How to live a lean life physically, You can live a lean life spiritually, mentally, emotionally and relationally but if you don't take care of your vessel, your body. It's all pointless.
You have to take care of yourself and your body. Get good rest, eat good food, have balance between the things that feel good but aren't good for you and the things that are actually good for you.
Bless your morning with this podcast as we finish exploring how to live a lean life.
Scripture referenced:
Genesis Chapter 2 Verse 2 - 3
The last segment of my Living a Lean Life Series, relationships also carry a weight that can become a baggage if not managed properly, but it's not necessarily the quality of your relationships but rather your emotional management of them.
Love unconditionally, forgive abundantly and live your live without the weight of resentment. Essentially, the way God has a relationship with you.
Bless your morning with this pod as we explore how to live a lean life.
Shownotes:
- James Chapter 5:16
- Corinthians 13:4-7
Welcome to part four of our series about what it looks like to live a lean life! Our emotions can get the best of us and an unhealthy emotional mindset can greatly affect our growth and lead us astray.
Our feelings are a huge part of our lived experiences and we have to learn how to manage those in order for us to have control of them and not be dragged down by the weight of unmanaged and untamed emotional reactions. In other words, we live a lean emotional life.
Bless your morning with this podcast as we explore the importance of our emotional well being and how it affects our growth as individuals.
Part 3 of our "Living a Lean Life" Series, today we're talking about the mentality of living a lean life and how we're likely to revert back to filling our lives with the unnecessary baggage if we're not careful to not slip back into the mentality of an "Unlean" life.
If we are not ready to internalize the concept of a lean life, it might not take and we'll be victims of our old ways again.
Shownotes:
- Romans Chapter 12:1- 2
Welcome to Part II of Living a Lean life, in this small series we’re exploring how we as people weigh ourselves down and put ourselves at a disadvantage as we move towards Growth. Bless your morning with this pod and let’s think about the things we can let go in order to keep moving forward.
The Story of the Young Rich man says that it is easier for a camel to walk through the eye of a needle than a rich man enter the gates of heaven.
While that is a great lesson in humility and letting go of your riches for the betterment of the community around you, it can also provide great insight into the emotional riches or weight that we carry. Sometimes in order to live a lean life and grow, we need to learn that we're not only hoarding materialistic things, but also experiences and trauma.
In order for us to experience all that God has to offer, we have to make ourselves lean and live a life that is not held back by the weight of our experiences, good or bad holding us back.
Bless your morn with this podcast as we discuss what it means to live a lean life.
- Scripture referenced
- Matthews Chapter 19 Verse 16-26
Back again after a little break with the second part of Evolve of Repeat. In this pod we further discuss the idea of learning from the obstacles you face or repeating your victimhood and how it can bring comfort by manner of predictability in your life.
Bless your morning with this pod.
Shownotes:
- The Big Bang Theory (All of it)
- The Hero Within By Donald Miller
- The David and Goliath Story
In life, the more we are exposed to situations and obstacles. We have two real options. Evolve, which is to say adapt and change yourself or your point of view in some way to overcome said obstacle, or repeat your failures over and over again.
This episode was supposed to be called "The Power of Exposure Pt. III" but the idea of evolving and repeating felt more relevant. Bless your morning with this pod as we discuss why we need to evolve or be forced to repeat things we may not want to repeat.
Material Referenced.
- The Mountain is You by Brianna Wiest
- The David and Goliath Story
Welcome back to another episode of Life Refreshed, today we're going to continue exploring the power of exposure.
Often we have a piece of knowledge but we don't know how to make sense of it until we're exposed to something that demands we make use of that knowledge.
Bless your morning with this pod as we conclude our two part series on how powerful exposure can be.
Scripture Referenced:
- Hosea 4:6
Being exposed to something new marks the ending of the version of you that wasn’t exposed to that new thing. Exposure marks an ending so that there can be a new beginning and a new version of you. The power of exposure is one that gives you the ability to keep reinventing yourself and growing. […]
Would you rather live a stewarded life or life lived purposelessly?
That's the pain that comes with knowledge. In ignorance one can absolve themselves from responsibility, but once something is learned it is our responsibility to act upon it.
Knowing is hard, knowing means you have to take accountability. And like Neo, sometimes knowing means having to face something painful whether you want to or not.
Bless your morning with this (bridge) pod as we talk about the pain of knowing.
Scripture referenced:
- Romans Chapter 12
One of the best ways to shatter your ego is to surrender yourself to the person you're trying to serve is surrendering your will to theirs while you're serving them.
This is especially important while we're serving God, if we're unwilling or unable to surrender our wills to his, like Saul did, our ego will disallow us from trusting him and reaping the greatness that he can impart into our lives.
Bless your morning with this pod and let's find out how to shatter the ego by surrendering.
Verses Referenced:
- Acts chapter 9 verses 1 - 19
Being of service to somebody requires you to shatter your ego. You cannot be of service and think you're better than the person you're serving.
If you want to serve God or your fellow men, you must humble yourself by following the example that Jesus set while washing his disciples feet.
It is a great act of strength to humble yourself, rid yourself of the ego in order to provide or be of service to somebody. Bless your morning with this pod as we discuss how to shatter the ego.
Scripture Referenced:
- Philippians 2:5-11
- Galatians 5:13-14
- John 13:1-5
This week we're diving into the Ego, where our sense of identity comes from. Ego is incredibly important to form your personality and who you are but it will inevitably lead you astray.
When you're operating under Ego, there is no real empathy. It's all disconnected attempts at sympathy because you'll think you'll know better than everybody around you, and what people need better than they do.
Bless your morning with this pod and let's talk about how and why it's important to shatter your Ego with humility.
Referenced Scripture:
- Proverbs 16:18
- Proverbs Chapter 1 - beginning
- Proverbs: 15:25
- John 1:22-24
- Ephesians 2:8-9
Sympathy may feel like a method of connecting to the humans around you, but it truly isn't. Unlike empathy, sympathy often creates a level of separation between you and the person struggling.
"Sympathy is a way to stay out of touch with our own emotions and make our connections transactional."
Brené BrownSympathy is not inherently problematic, but it often ends up casting judgement on the person we're sympathizing with. Bless your morning with this pod and let's talk about what sympathy separation is and why it can help your relationships to do empathetical work in place of sympathy.
Referenced Scripture:
- Hebrews Chapter 4 v.14
- John Chapter 1
- John 3:16
Last week we talked about the "Both/and" mentality and the advantages of not limiting your identity. Today we're talking about the self-sabotage of the "Either/or" mentality.
Oftentimes we hold ourselves back in order to make identity easier to communicate or categorize without realizing how much it's affecting our personal growth as well as our growth in the path of God.
Bless your morning with this pod and challenge the fixed mindset so many of us are trapped in.
True greatness exists in the grey areas of life. We as a culture should learn to embrace the "Both/and" mentality instead of the Zero-sum approach that has become commonplace in today's culture. In order to become the best version of ourselves and be able to have a great relationship with God, we need to embrace the multitude of things that we can be as people and not limit ourselves. In this episode we discuss the importance of the "Both/and" mentality and how it can bring you closer to a relationship with God.
Bless your morning with this pod!
Part 2 of my Religion Vs. Relationship series, today we're defining what a genuine relationship with God can look like and why religion will often get in the way of your relationship with God. God can see inside the heart, rituals and tradition don't mean much if you're not communicating with God. Prioritize your relationship with God and learn how to talk to him and embrace him from the heart.If you haven't heard part 1, make sure you check it out before listening to this episode! Let's bless your morning with this Pod!
Quoted Scripture:
- Romans 10:9
- Second Corinthians Chapter 5
- 1 Samuel Chapter 16
Having religion in your life is not the same as having a relationship with God. This is part 1 of a series discussing why I am a Relationships man and not a Religious man and what the difference between the two actually is. Bless your morning with this pod!
References:
- The Ten Commandments
How much risk does it take to start something? With entrusted vision comes necessary action in order see it come to life. Action is one of the most challenging things to do as it is the key to unlocking desired outcomes. This podcast will help you understand why action is so important and how you can get moving on what you see
It is challenging in these days to see and understand vision for ones life. It’s not that we don’t have vision, but most times it isn’t clear enough to see! This podcast will help you get clarity back for you!
This podcast is the first of 2023! In order to full maximize this new year, you must uproot victim mentality. In many cases, life has taught us not to attempt again. Listen to this pod! It will bless your life!
This podcast concludes the meaning of relationships lesson. What are you willing to be safe with the multitudeOR are you willing to allow yourself to be completely seen by a chosen few. Listen in!
We are continuing our teaching about relationships. We lay a foundation for the types of relationships in this podcast. This quality is so important to starting and maintaining any relationship. Listen in to find out!
There are a few things that matter in this world. One of those things that matter are relationships. Understanding relationships is key to creating and developing a refreshed life. Take a listen!
Many people think that progress is a smooth transition. Unfortunately, every shift, every change requires a payment method called pain to move forward. This podcast will help you get some perspective to the pain that your may be experiencing in your life.
Have you ever heard that is a power in a pause? Great speakers use it for articulation and others use it to create peace. This episode will teach you how to use it properly in your life. Listen in.
We have made it to the conclusion to the Heart Issues lesson! It has been an amazing lesson to go through. More importantly, the tools that you need to guard your heart from heart issues can be found here! Listen in!
We are continuing with Heart Issues Part II! We are moving from the mindset to the “heart set”. How do you even measure what is in the heart of a person? Find out in this podcast.
We are in new teaching about the posture of our hearts. You may not realize this, but all of the issues we have or experience flow from our hearts. Our hearts need a check-up and this is the first of multiple-part series around the issues of the heart. You don't want to miss this!!
Hope is easy to speak about, yet challenging to walk out. In this podcast, we talk about how our hope is pressure tested and the process that we go through in pursuit of its authenticity. Take notes on this one!
Hope is an amazing gift to many of us. The problem is no one's really educated us on how to properly apply and examine where we place it. Listen to this podcast! I know it'll bless you as we learn how to manage and evaluate our hope.
As much as we have issues with it, the Internet is needed. It connects to the world and other information. This connection seems very easy to maintain until you have an issue. Just like our internet connection can be disrupted, the calling and purpose for our lives can be scrambled by life's challenges and changing circumstances. Listen to this episode to get back on track!
Everyone loves a great story. We love to connect with characters in stories because we see ourselves in them. In our lives, we have the ability to choose what character we will play. Make sue that you choose the right one!
*Referenced book in the podcast: Hero Within by Donald Miller - Link here
After you have established your identity, what do you do next? This episode is about disciplined decisions. A decision is God's greatest gift to man. Listen to understand the power of making a choice!
We are in Anchored Identity Part III and it is the last piece of the foundation that we are working to set for this year and beyond! "Whose you are" is critical to our anchor. This podcast will bless you!
Continuing from Part 1, when life derails your plans on who you set your goals to be what is left? Better yet, who is left? This podcast will help you in assuring that you have your identity properly tied to the unmovable.
Welcome to 2022!! We are 5% into the year with goals, visions, and resolutions for the year. Take a listen for the first podcast of 2022 and the first few steps to a life refreshed.
https://rionrobinson.com/podcast-player/5212/anchored-identity-part-1.m4a
Welcome to 2022!! We are 5% into the year with goals, visions, and resolutions for the year. Take a listen for the first podcast of 2022 and the first few steps to a life refreshed.
https://rionrobinson.com/podcast-player/5212/anchored-identity-part-1.m4a
Are you looking to refresh and renew all aspects of your life? Through the Life Refreshed Podcast hosted by Rion Robinson, you will receive exactly what you’ve been looking for.
What keeps us from being completely real with one another? During the COVID pandemic, I have learned quite a bit about what is required for an authentic refreshing of one's life, starting with mine.
“We don’t like feeling weak and we don’t like feeling vulnerable. It’s uncomfortable, it’s scary, and revealing our weaknesses is risky because not everyone is going to accept them.”
Exercise: Think of the most vulnerable places in your heart - the weak spots and deep wounds that you carry and trigger you. Reframe your response by being willing to be vulnerable.
Resources and Links:
Brene Brown - How Vulnerability Can Make Our Lives Better
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This is the first of many pieces of content coming to you during this unforgettable moment in history #quarantinedcontent. What a time to be alive! How was COVID-19 changed your life? I think that this pandemic surfaces many things that we have ignored due to our busy lives. Check this podcast out for some direction!
This podcast is about one of the most important qualities that every person should have is trust. We all know this, but it is very challenging to gain and retrain. Listen to the Part 1 of this podcast.
Enjoy!
It’s critical to have the correct mindset order to create the best results in our lives. The internal work isn’t complete until we address the power of challenging and correcting (if necessary) our minds. The podcast helps to address those challenges and how to begin to over come them! Enjoy.
This is the first interview of Life Refreshed Podcast with my guest, Naydimar Rivera. She is originally from the country of Puerto Rico and moved to the States about a year ago. With such a life transformational move, Naydimar was awaken to a new perspective about herself. This conversation can apply to all of us at some point in our lives. Take a listen!
The first step in refreshing is to determine what you value. This is the hardest step to develop because it requires us to narrow the scope of our lives and determine that is most important in our lives. Once you understand yourself, you are one step closer to a transformed life.
Many of us don’t really know what refreshing looks like. For the first episode of the Life Refreshed podcast, we are going to explore what refreshing even looks like and what creates that experience in our lives. Check out this first podcast!
Welcome to Life Refreshed Podcast! This is our Teaser podcast. Just to give you an overview of what to expect.
Enjoy!