88 episodes
Be Encouraged Jay Close
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- Health & Fitness
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5.0 • 8 Ratings
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Be encouraged to live each present moment. These short episodes can be like a mini-retreat on being present to your life. Jay Close is encouraging you to "Be" as an alternative to constant Doing and thinking. You may become more peaceful and contented. You may get more in touch with yourself and God. Life is difficult. And we are overwhelmed by life's demands. But you were created with peace inside you. You only find it when you take regular time to look for and experience it.
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Your Calm Bank
Life takes a lot out of us. So like the bank, we have to have deposits we have earlier put in so we can withdraw them when we need to. I'm talking about the ability to stay calm when things are irritating or taxing. The "calm bank" can be built up so withdrawals don't leave you bankrupt, or stressed out or chewing somebody else out!
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Despite the Worry, Feel the Joy
This meditation is to get in touch with the part of yourself that struggles to find joy when bad things have happened.
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Be Still and Really Know
Can you really know anything in this age of "fake news?" Can you know yourself or anyone else? An ancient verse says we can know when we get still. Listen in to learn more...
An archive podcast from the first season of Encouraging Being.
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I Want This Fixed!
You want things that are wrong fixed. Everybody does, to some extent or another. Let's talk about it. What do we do with our natural desire for problems to get solved when so often they don't get fixed, or they take longer than we want them to take.
Here are 5 reasons why, and a meditation to experience.
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Walk in the Park again
You can notice the small and the large,; you can focus on whatever you choose. It may seem that your mind takes you away or the world decides what you will pay attention to at any given moment.
But exercise your ability to choose. It will settle your mind, create some calm. Just notice. Don't worry about doing it perfectly because you won't. But you can see, you can know what is right here now in your experience. And it will be good to see it!
This is a revisit to an earlier episode.
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Holding onto Clutter
What about keeping things, or letting them go? Which should we do? Everybody needs to hold on sometimes, but other times let go. Letting go might need a bigger place in life, and this episode explores why and how.
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Customer Reviews
Morning or lunch refocus
I like to listen to Jay on a morning walk or lunch break. The podcast is simple enough to not be overwhelming but not predictable. Gives you something to think on that you can always relate to no matter your stage in life.
It’s a good pause in your day.