My friend, Oliver, was visiting this week in Michigan and we started talking about family. We are both in pursuit of work-life balance, if there is such a thing, and it got us thinking about how we spend our time on what matters most. For both of us that is our families. 

Listen in as we talk about family in the 21st century and parenting practices. Oliver is one of the most creative high school teachers I've ever met! He's been awarded countless teacher of the year awards and he's a sought-after educator. Learn how he's taken his creativity for life and applied it to his family. 

Melissa is the author and creator of A Bible & A Girl, a faith-based social media network. Her ministry is primarily focused on sharing the gospel online. She resides in Florida with her husband Braxton and their two cats Oliver & Olivia.

In this episode, I get to talk with Melissa, about her social media ministry with all of its challenges and opportunities and what led Melissa into this avenue of outreach. She connects her ministry with her testimony and explains why it's essential to have a Biblical perspective of God. A clear message from this episode is what we believe about God definitely has an impact on our life.

Be sure to check her out on Instagram at @unmistakablymelissa for daily inspiration and clarity on Bible topics. You can also find her on YouTube by searching A Bible & A Girl. For more information about Melissa and her ministry, you can visit https://www.thebiblegirl.com/. 

Without knowing it many of us go through life unaware of our day-to-day experiences. Many call this mental absent-mindedness "auto-pilot". Socrates would probably refer to this as the unexamined life. Too much happens to us at any given moment which makes it difficult to be mindful of all that we're experiencing. In this episode, I sit down with my friend Jon Daniel to talk about the importance of mindfulness. 

He shares his own story of when he was kicked out of his undergraduate program with a GPA of 0.8 and recently went back to that same school and graduated with a 4.0 to receive a master's degree in clinical mental health! His story is inspiring as it challenges us to be mindful of the negative thought patterns we form and what we can do to retrain our minds to think positively.