100xLife Podcast

Rob Dayton
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Welcome to the 100xLife Podcast! This is the place for anyone who desires to not just hear the words of Jesus but to live them fully. Together, we’ll explore what it means to experience the abundant life He promises, a life of purpose, growth, and transformation. Each episode is designed to inspire and challenge you to put in the work of following Jesus, equipping you with practical insights and encouragement to align your life with His teachings. Whether you're just beginning your faith journey or looking to deepen it, the 100xLife Podcast helps activate your next step toward the life you were created to live.

  1. 4d ago

    A Piece of Your Mind vs. the Peace of Christ | With Carmen LaBerge

    What if the thing that finally made God feel real to you wasn't a sermon, but a season of grief you never asked for? In this episode of the 100xLife Podcast, Rob Dayton sits down with Carmen LaBerge, host of the daily syndicated radio program The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge and a longtime friend of the podcast. Carmen holds a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary, but this conversation isn't about credentials. It's about what actually makes faith real. Carmen traces her story back to age fifteen, when she lost a close friend and then her father within the same year. In the middle of that grief, she describes an experience of God that's never left her: being held. That sense of being held is what allows her to walk into hard conversations and other people's pain without flinching. From there, the conversation moves into what it looks like to bring Christ into everyday conversations without sounding like a sermon, including Carmen's framework for evaluating her own thought life, and a candid conversation about how easily Christians drift toward the occult without realizing it. You'll Hear Carmen's story of losing her father at fifteen, and being "held" by GodWhy she says "your business belongs to God"Her daily practice of asking "where in the word are you today?"Her framework for evaluating your thought life: what, how, and why you're thinkingThe difference between "a piece of your mind" and "the peace of the mind of Christ"How Christians unknowingly drift toward the occultJournal Prompts Holy Spirit, show me a thought I'm having that is inconsistent with the mind of Christ.Holy Spirit, give me the prevailing thought you want me to have that is like Christ's.About Carmen LaBerge Carmen is a Christian media personality committed to getting God into every conversation. She lives with her husband, Jim, on a farm in middle Tennessee and hosts The Reconnect with Carmen LaBerge. She holds degrees from the University of Florida (BS/BA, 1990) and Princeton Theological Seminary (MDiv, 1993), and is the author of Speak the Truth: How to Get God Back Into Every Conversation. 📘 Speak the Truth by Carmen LaBerge → https://a.co/d/02109F1i 🌐 Carmen's Substack (most active here) → https://carmenlaberge.substack.com/ 🌐 All of Carmen's content → https://carmenlaberge.com/ Links 📘 100xLife Book → https://www.100xlife.com/book 🔥 Become a 100xLife Coach → https://www.100xlife.com/coaching 🚀 Take the 62 Day Challenge → https://www.100xlife.com/challenge Recommended Reading 📖 Imagine Heaven by John Burke → https://a.co/d/05iwZxU5 📖 Surprised by Joy by C.S. Lewis → https://a.co/d/0aiLgLdn

  2. Sep 1

    Nobody Outgrows Needing a Coach

    What if the reason your growth has plateaued isn't a lack of effort, but a lack of coaching? In this episode of the 100xLife Podcast, Rob Dayton makes the case that every single person needs a kingdom coach, and every single person is becoming one. Drawing on decades of his own coaching experiences, from a high school cross country coach to the coaching relationships built into the 100xLife process, Rob reframes discipleship itself as kingdom coaching, and explains why this relationship should never be a one-way street. Using the four R's from his book, retain, resist, refocus, reproduce, Rob walks through Jesus' parable of the sower to show why growth in following Jesus isn't a one-time achievement but a lifelong process. He makes a compelling case for why even the most seasoned pastors, teachers, and coaches still need someone coaching them, and why a coach who isn't being coached themselves doesn't actually believe in the process they're offering others. This episode also makes a direct, practical challenge: consider becoming a 100xLife Coach yourself, and consider who your own kingdom coach should be right now. You'll Hear Why Rob considers every good coach a "kingdom coach," whether or not faith is explicitly part of the relationshipThe four R's, retain, resist, refocus, reproduce, and how they map to the parable of the sowerWhy "refocus" might be the most overlooked and necessary of the fourWhy even renowned pastors and Bible scholars need a kingdom coachWhat near-death experience research reveals about why this world is so easy to get lost inWhy Rob believes coaching should typically be a paid relationship, not a free oneA direct challenge to consider becoming a 100xLife Coach yourselfJournal Prompt Holy Spirit, remind me of the kingdom coaches who have been in my life. What changed in me because of each of them?Who is coaching me right now? If no one, who is the best kingdom coach for me in this season?Links 📘 100xLife Book → https://www.100xlife.com/book 🔥 Become a 100xLife Coach → https://www.100xlife.com/coaching 🚀 Take the 62 Day Challenge → https://www.100xlife.com/challenge Recommended Reading 📖 Imagine Heaven by John Burke → https://a.co/d/00wOwPFQReferenced regarding near-death experience research and what it reveals about the clarity of heaven versus the "darkness" of life on earth Chapters00:00 Intro: Living the Words of Jesus00:36 Why Everyone Needs a Kingdom Coach03:17 What Makes a Coach a "Kingdom" Coach05:37 The Four R's and the Parable of the Sower08:22 Retain and Resist: The First Two R's10:58 Refocus and Reproduce: Finishing the Process13:39 Why the Process of Growth Never Ends16:11 Even Pastors Need a Kingdom Coach18:52 Finding (or Becoming) Your Kingdom Coach

  3. Aug 25

    What Do You Do When God Doesn't Heal You? | With JD Fitz, MD

    What happens to your relationship with God when the healing you're praying for never comes? In this episode of the 100xLife Podcast, Rob Dayton talks with his brother-in-law JD Fitz, a retired physician, husband, and author of Finding Hope, about a season of suffering that started with a knee replacement and became a years-long journey through infection, amputation, failed surgeries, and the real possibility that he may never walk again. This conversation doesn't offer easy answers. JD speaks candidly about feeling isolated from God, the anger he never quite let himself feel, the depression that followed, and the slow, costly work of surrender that eventually opened into something he didn't expect, a deepened capacity for empathy, a renewed intimacy with each member of the Trinity, and a clearer sense of purpose than he'd ever had before his suffering began. Rob and JD trace the actual shape of that journey together, from crisis, to lament, to surrender, to a kind of purpose neither of them could have written down in advance. Along the way, they wrestle honestly with why some people are healed and others aren't, what it means to trust a Father who could heal you and doesn't, and how suffering, handled honestly, can become one of the clearest pathways into a deeper capacity to love. You'll Hear JD's story, from knee replacement to amputation to the ongoing possibility he may never walk againWhy he initially felt isolated from God, and what shifted thatHis metaphor for healing as "God's lightning," and why not every prayer gets struckHow Romans 5 and Hebrews 5 reshaped his understanding of suffering and obedienceWhy empathy, not answers, became the clearest fruit of his sufferingThe moment he realized his own prosthetic leg had quietly become a kind of golden calfWhy surrender, not acceptance, is the more accurate Christian posture toward sufferingWhat it means to build a "values-based obituary" instead of an achievement-based oneJournal Prompts Holy Spirit, remind me of a specific time I was suffering.Jesus, what did you teach me in this season of suffering? And how did this make me a better lover?From JD: In your current suffering, big or small, what are you being asked to surrender?About JD Fitz JD is Rob's brother-in-law and a retired physician who spent his career in internal medicine and hospital administration. He's the author of Finding Hope, which traces his journey through years of medical complications following a knee replacement and eventual amputation. 📘 Finding Hope by JD Fitz — https://a.co/d/0bjxPIta Links 📘 100xLife Book → https://www.100xlife.com/book 🔥 Become a 100xLife Coach → https://www.100xlife.com/coaching 🚀 Take the 62 Day Challenge → https://www.100xlife.com/challenge Chapters00:36 Introducing JD Fitz04:03 A Life With Little Suffering, Until Now06:13 A Cascade of Complications09:20 Isolation, Depression, and the Start of Writing11:16 Why Healing Doesn't Come for Everyone14:04 Rethinking the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in Suffering21:29 Discovering Empathy Through the Amputation25:02 What Love Requires: Curiosity29:42 Victor Frankl and the Search for Meaning33:04 The Fulcrum Moment: Surrender37:30 Is This a Golden Calf? Confronting What We Worship39:36 Journal Prompts on Suffering and Surrender

  4. Aug 18

    You Can Have More of God Than You Think | With Holly Malmsten

    Have you ever wondered if there's more of God available to you than you're currently experiencing? In this episode of the 100xLife Podcast, Rob Dayton sits down with longtime friend Holly Malmsten to revisit the early days of Santa Barbara House of Prayer, including Holly's story of sensing two angels in the space, and Rob's own angelic encounter from that same season. But the real center of this conversation is what comes after. Rob and Holly dig into a truth they've both independently arrived at, that there's no ceiling on how much of God we get to experience, only the limits we've unknowingly placed in our own minds. They talk about what it means to be fully aligned with Jesus in spirit, soul, and body, why so many of us operate from emotion or craving instead of our spirit, and how something as simple as breath can bring the whole being into agreement with his love. This is a rich, unhurried conversation between two people who've spent years learning just how much more of God is actually available. You'll Hear The origin story of Santa Barbara House of PrayerHolly's experience sensing two angels present in that spaceRob's own angelic encounter, and the question that convinced him it was realWhy there's no real limit on how much of God we can experience, only the ones in our own mindsWhy love, not theology, reveals God's nature working in usWhat it means to be fully aligned with Jesus, spirit, soul, and bodyHow breathwork can bring the body into alignment with God's loveJournal PromptAsk God: tell me how connected I am to you. Then choose one member of the Trinity to answer, and journal the response in the first person, describing just how connected you already are. About Holly Malmsten Holly was part of the founding community of Santa Barbara House of Prayer, where she led a healing ministry for several years. Her teaching on alignment and identity in Christ helped shape much of the material that would later become the 100xLife book. Links 📘 100xLife Book → https://www.100xlife.com/book 🔥 Become a 100xLife Coach → https://www.100xlife.com/coaching 🚀 Take the 62 Day Challenge → https://www.100xlife.com/challenge

  5. Aug 11

    How Coaching Others Changed How They Follow Jesus | With John Van Lenten + Jim Johnson

    What if teaching someone else how to follow Jesus is the fastest way to grow your own faith? In this episode of the 100xLife Podcast, Rob Dayton sits down with two 100xLife Coaches from Santa Barbara, John Van Lenten and Jim Johnson, both longtime friends who recently led groups through the summer challenge. John and Jim share what they call "the practical side of abiding," the idea that following Jesus isn't a burden, but the actual blueprint for a life of health, freedom, and joy. They talk about why going through the same material again and again still uncovers new layers, how forgiveness and obedience are now backed by modern science, and how coaching others has kept their own faith sharp and accountable. The conversation also turns toward something Rob has been thinking about deeply, that love may be the one thing we actually carry into eternity. Drawing on the book Imagine Heaven and near-death experience accounts, the three wrestle with what heaven might actually be about, and how that reshapes what matters most here on earth. If you've ever wondered what it looks like to lead others through a process that changed your own life, this episode offers an honest, encouraging look at what that involves. You'll Hear Why John and Jim describe coaching as "the practical side of abiding"How the metaphor of being "a room in the Father's house" reframes obedienceWhy practicing the words of Jesus is showing up in health and psychology researchWhat keeps John and Jim coming back to the same material, and still finding new depthWhy coaching has kept both men more accountable in their own faithHow the idea that "love is the only thing we take to heaven" reshapes what matters nowWhat resources are available for anyone considering becoming a 100xLife CoachAbout John Van Lenten and Jim Johnson John and Jim are both 100xLife Coaches based in Santa Barbara, leading journey groups through Influencers and guiding others through the 62-Day Challenge. Interested in Coaching? 🔥 Become a 100xLife Coach → https://www.100xlife.com/coaching Links 📘 100xLife Book → https://www.100xlife.com/book 🚀 Take the 62 Day Challenge → https://www.100xlife.com/challenge Recommended Reading 📖 Don't Waste Your Life by John Piper 📖 Imagine Heaven by John Burke

  6. Aug 4

    50 Years in Men's Ministry Taught Him This | With Bob Johnson

    What if serving other people isn't a burden, but the thing that actually sets you free? In this episode of the 100xLife Podcast, Rob Dayton talks with Bob Johnson, a man who recently completed the 100xLife Challenge and has spent decades building men's ministry, from the early days of Influencers in Bakersfield to gatherings that now draw over a thousand men into the mountains each year. Bob shares his story candidly: a ten-year detour chasing baseball and softball around the world, an altar moment in 1989 that changed everything, and decades since spent building men's community rooted in service, honesty, and freedom. He and Rob dig into what actually galvanizes men, not performance or machismo, but the freedom to stop hiding, to be real, and to serve instead of posture. The conversation moves through some of the most memorable moments of Bob's ministry life: cleaning toilets before ever being handed a microphone, the difference between having to serve and getting to serve, and a simple but piercing insight about Holy Spirit that reframes prayer entirely. Along the way, Bob and Rob connect the dots between freedom, servanthood, and Rob's own recent revelation that everything in creation exists for one purpose: inviting us to choose love, and giving us a place to practice it. Bob has now become a 100xLife Coach himself, and shares what excites him most about bringing this process to the men in his life, including a group he's launching in January. You'll Hear Why Bob says freedom, not effort, is the real key to lasting transformationWhat actually gets grown men to open up and be honest with each otherThe story of choosing to clean toilets instead of taking the microphoneWhy "you get to" changed Bob's whole posture toward serving othersA piercing insight about why the church often treats the Holy Spirit like "Uncle It"How Rob's new thinking on love as the purpose of creation lines up with Bob's own journeyWhat "AI: Available and Intentional" means as a simple, doable practice of evangelismWhy Bob calls the process, not the destination, the actual pointJournal Prompts If I could bring one thing from heaven to earth right now, in my imagination, what would it be? What am I most excited about?Holy Spirit, how do I put that into practice? How do I partner with you in bringing that aspect of heaven I'm most thrilled about to earth?About Bob Johnson Bob has spent decades in men's ministry, including foundational years with Influencers, and now serves as a 100xLife Coach. He's currently preparing to launch a new coaching group in January. 🌐 Influencers → https://influencers.org Interested in Coaching? Bob is one of a growing number of 100xLife Coaches bringing this process to the men and women in their own communities. If this conversation stirred something in you, you can learn more about becoming a coach yourself. 🔥 Become a 100xLife Coach → https://www.100xlife.com/coaching Links 📘 100xLife Book → https://www.100xlife.com/book 🚀 Take the 62 Day Challenge → https://www.100xlife.com/challenge Chapters 00:36 Introducing Bob Johnson 01:14 Bob's Story: From Baseball to the Altar 03:18 What Influencers Taught Him About Men's Ministry 09:06 What Made the Jesus Movement Attractive 10:25 What Actually Galvanizes Men 16:11 Freedom as the Foundation for Servanthood 19:29 The Toilets He Remembers More Than the Talk 23:08 Imagining Heaven Brought to Earth 33:00 Available and Intentional: Evangelism as a Lifestyle 38:56 Becoming a 100xLife Coach 47:04 Closing Journal Prompt

  7. Jul 28

    It's Not Good to Be Alone | With Jacob Reeve

    What if the thing making your marriage, your prayer life, and your walk with God feel stuck isn't a lack of knowledge, but a lack of wholeness? In this episode of the 100xLife Podcast, Rob Dayton sits down with longtime friend and ministry partner Jacob Reeve, founder of The Wholeness Method, for a wide-ranging conversation that moves from the wild early days of planting a house of prayer in downtown Santa Barbara to the science and theology behind what actually makes a marriage thrive. Jacob shares the story behind the name House of Prayer, a vision he couldn't ignore even when it cost him key partners, and reflects on fasting as a discipline that trains what he calls the anti-sin muscle, the part of the brain that grows every time we tell our body no. From there, the conversation turns to identity, aloneness, and why God's first "not good" in Scripture was about a person having no one else. The back half of the episode gets practical. Jacob unpacks the four traits of the top 20% of marriages, the eight intimacy blueprints he's studied across more than a thousand couples, and why nervous system regulation, not just communication skills, is often the missing piece in resolving conflict well. This is a conversation about wholeness in the fullest sense: body, soul, and spirit, aligned and working together, so that love has somewhere real to land. You'll Hear The vision that led Jacob to name a ministry "House of Prayer," even when it meant losing early partnersWhy fasting is really about exercising authority over sin, not just self-disciplineHow the "anterior mid-cingulate cortex" backs up an ancient spiritual practice with modern scienceWhy God's first "not good" in creation was about aloneness, not sinThe four traits shared by the top 20% of thriving marriagesWhat nervous system regulation has to do with real intimacy and conflict resolutionThe eight intimacy blueprints Jacob has identified after studying over 1,000 couplesWhy vulnerability, not agreement, is what actually creates safety in relationshipsJournal Prompt Holy Spirit, where are you calling me to be congruent in my spirit, soul, and body so that I can practice wholeness? About Jacob ReeveJacob is the founder of The Wholeness Method, a ministry focused on individual, marital, and relational wholeness through the integration of biblical counseling, nervous system science, and practical tools for intimacy and communication. He and Rob co-led House of Prayer in Santa Barbara for over a decade before Rob's move to Bend. 🌐 The Wholeness Method → thewholenessmethod.com Links 📘 100xLife Book → https://www.100xlife.com/book 🔥 Become a 100xLife Coach → https://www.100xlife.com/coaching 🚀 Take the 62 Day Challenge → https://www.100xlife.com/challenge

  8. Jul 21

    You Don't Need a Pulpit to Be the Light | With Andrew Steier

    What if the way you see a stranger in the grocery store says more about the condition of your heart than anything you'd admit out loud? In this episode of the 100xLife Podcast, Rob Dayton sits down with Andrew Steier, founder of Always Going, an evangelism ministry built around one simple but radical idea: you don't have to bring a pulpit into everyday life to be a light in it. Andrew calls it overflow evangelism, the practice of loving God so fully that love naturally spills out into ordinary moments, whether that's the grocery store, the mall, or a Sunday morning at church. Rob and Andrew dig into why so many Christians live like they're avoiding a cosmic kill joy rather than walking in the freedom Jesus actually offers. They talk about calibration, the daily practice of returning to God's truth instead of drifting into old patterns, and why self-denial, done rightly, doesn't cost us anything. It fills us. This conversation also gets personal. Rob opens up about his own struggle to find joy in church, and Andrew walks him through a reframe that applies far beyond Sunday mornings: church isn't a place to be served. It's a place to practice. If you've ever caught yourself judging a stranger, feeling drained by community instead of filled by it, or wondering how to actually live out your faith in the mundane moments of an ordinary day, this episode offers a practical, hopeful way forward. You'll Hear What overflow evangelism means and why it starts with loving God first, not serving others firstWhy self-denial, rightly understood, is freedom rather than sacrificeHow to use everyday errands like grocery shopping as a training ground for loveWhy paying attention to the stories you tell about strangers reveals the condition of your own heartHow Andrew coaches his own kids through hard decisions using peace as the measure of the right choiceWhy church attendance often defaults to consuming instead of contributingHow practicing mercy, patience, and grace inside the church prepares you to extend it everywhere elseA simple, honest journal prompt for uncovering your own default posture toward peopleJournal PromptSit somewhere with a lot of people around you. What stories are you automatically writing about them? Are they stories of love, or stories of judgment? About Andrew Steier Andrew is the founder of Always Going, a ministry that equips believers, leaders, and churches to live on mission and share the gospel with confidence in everyday life. Through workshops, church partnerships, and speaking, Andrew helps Christians move from feeling like evangelism is an obligation to experiencing it as a natural overflow of their relationship with God. 🌐 Always Going Ministry → https://alwaysgoing.org 📘 Always Going Book → https://alwaysgoing.org/product/alwaysgoingbook/ Links 📘 100xLife Book → https://www.100xlife.com/book 🔥 Become a 100xLife Coach → https://www.100xlife.com/coaching 🚀 Take the 62 Day Challenge → https://www.100xlife.com/challenge Chapters00:36 Introducing Andrew Steier03:11 Escaping the "Cosmic Killjoy" Mindset04:01 What Is Overflow Evangelism?05:30 Why God Designed Us as Spirit, Soul, and Body09:14 How Do You Expand Your Capacity to Love?11:13 Calibration: Reprogramming the Brain to Love13:36 Why Self-Denial Is Actually Freedom16:21 Transforming False Beliefs About God24:56 Loving Your Neighbor at the Grocery Store32:02 What If 30% of a Room Lived This Way?34:09 A Counseling Session for Rob: Finding Joy in Church41:56 Church as a Place to Practice, Not Just Attend45:55 This Week's Challenge: What Stories Are You Writing?49:54 Where to Find Andrew's Resources

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Welcome to the 100xLife Podcast! This is the place for anyone who desires to not just hear the words of Jesus but to live them fully. Together, we’ll explore what it means to experience the abundant life He promises, a life of purpose, growth, and transformation. Each episode is designed to inspire and challenge you to put in the work of following Jesus, equipping you with practical insights and encouragement to align your life with His teachings. Whether you're just beginning your faith journey or looking to deepen it, the 100xLife Podcast helps activate your next step toward the life you were created to live.

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  • Creator
    Rob Dayton
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    141
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    ©2024 100xLIfe Inc, All rights reserved
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    100xLife Podcast

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