LifeBlood

LifeBlood

A Human Wellbeing and Flourishing podcast, featuring professionals and subject matter experts, released daily. Get Better, Live How You Want.

  1. 15 hr ago

    Number Your Days: You've Only Got So Many of Them

    LifeBlood: There are only about 50 Saturdays in a year. An 80-year life contains roughly 4,000 weeks. Your kids will only believe in Santa for a handful of Christmases. There will be a finite number of dinners with your parents, years when your body is at its strongest, and seasons when you have the energy to build something meaningful. Psalm 90:12 tells us, “Teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.” The Stoics called it memento mori. Martin Heidegger explored Being-toward-Death. Different traditions arrive at a similar truth: accepting that life is finite can help us live it more intentionally. This episode explores what it means to number your days as a parent, child, competitor, entrepreneur, and human being…and how to develop a healthy relationship with mortality without turning your life into an anxiety-producing countdown. The goal isn't maximum utilization. It's intentional allocation. Time isn't something you have. Time is your life. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  2. 4 days ago

    The Fiction of Instant:Why Everything Takes Longer than We'd LIke

    LifeBlood: We've been sold the fiction of instant. Next-day delivery. Food on demand. Buy now, pay later. Endless entertainment at our fingertips. We've engineered waiting out of more and more of our lives…and somehow started expecting everything else to work the same way. But the things that actually matter don't. You can't DoorDash a great marriage. You can't Amazon Prime financial freedom. You can't download wisdom, microwave mastery, or overnight-ship character. A strong body, meaningful relationships, financial independence, mastery, purpose, and a life you're proud of all require time. And that's the paradox: meaningful things take time, but we don't have time to waste. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  3. 18 Sept

    Raising Strong Sons and Daughters: Preparing Them to Holdout When Necessary

    How do you raise children who are strong enough to stand alone? Someday, your son or daughter may find themselves in a room where everyone else believes one thing—and they believe another. You won't be there to tell them what to do. So how do we raise independent thinkers who can recognize what's true, decide what's right, trust their instincts, and have the courage to act on their convictions? In this episode of LifeBlood, George Grombacher talks about raising strong sons and daughters, why obedience cannot be the ultimate goal of parenting, teaching children how to think instead of what to think, allowing kids to experience consequences, developing courage through small acts of bravery, and giving them principles that matter more than popularity. We also explore an important distinction: raising independent thinkers doesn't mean raising contrarians. Automatically disagreeing with the crowd is just another way of letting the crowd control you. The goal is conviction with humility. Raise children who can belong without surrendering themselves—and who are strong enough to stand alone when it matters. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcast Find George G’s books herehttps://amzn.to/3R2gIhH Learn more at GeorgeGrombacher.com. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  4. 16 Sept

    How to Find World Peace: It's Easier Than You Think

    LifeBlood: World peace feels like one of humanity’s biggest and most impossible challenges. But what if we’ve been starting in the wrong place? Mother Teresa is widely credited with offering a remarkably simple answer when asked what someone could do to promote world peace: “Go home and love your family.” This episode explores the order of operations for peace…why it begins with the individual, moves into the family, spreads through communities, and only then has a chance of changing the world. You may not be able to stop a war, heal political division, or fix humanity. But you can forgive someone. You can become a better spouse or parent. You can raise good children, become a good neighbor, strengthen your community, and bring peace to the small part of the world entrusted to you. World peace starts at home. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  5. 11 Sept

    The Right Person to Lead: How to Stop Electing Morons

    LifeBlood: Who is actually the right person to lead? The smartest person? The strongest? The most empathetic? The toughest? The most experienced? Maybe we're asking the wrong questions. Modern politics seems increasingly designed to select for fundraising, charisma, tribal loyalty, outrage, attention, and the ability to win elections. But none of those things necessarily correlate with wisdom, judgment, courage, economic literacy, or the ability to govern. And with enormous fiscal challenges facing the United States, vibes aren't getting us out of this one. This episode explores what we should actually select for in our leaders: character, intellect, wisdom, practical experience, courage, humility, communication ability, and demonstrated competence. Maybe the first thing we need to do is take off our political jerseys and stop treating elections like sporting events. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

  6. 9 Sept

    What's the Way Forward? How to Take Action in Uncertain Times

    LifeBlood: What’s the way forward? For starters…it’s forward.You cannot change the past, reclaim lost years, or undo what happened to you. You can forgive, learn, accept reality, determine your next best move, and start moving. This episode explores why victimhood is a losing strategy, why maintaining the status quo isn’t enough, the importance of gateway actions when you feel lost, and our responsibility to steward and strengthen the things that matter. Good things require good people to continually invest in them. The future is being built whether you participate or not. Want to say “Thanks!” You can buy us a cup of coffee.https://www.buymeacoffee.com/lifeblood George’s newest book is available! Get your copy of You’re Money Isn’t the Problem- You Are here: https://amzn.to/4uDYFRz  Feeling busy but unfulfilled? The Meaningful Few helps you identify what truly matters, eliminate distractions, and live with intention and clarity. Learn more here: https://www.mymeaningfulfew.com/  Thanks, as always for listening! If you got some value and enjoyed the show, please leave us a review here:​​https://ratethispodcast.com/lifebloodpodcastYou can learn more about us at LifeBlood.Live, Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram, YouTube and Facebook or you’d like to be a guest on the show, contact us at contact@LifeBlood.Live. Stay up to date by getting our monthly updates. Copyright LifeBlood 2026.

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A Human Wellbeing and Flourishing podcast, featuring professionals and subject matter experts, released daily. Get Better, Live How You Want.

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