Episode 73: Wisdom From The Desert - A Place To Become Rather Than Avoid

The Carlos Whittaker Podcast

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Society & Culture, Personal Journals

5 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2025

⏱️ 22 minutes

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This week I’m coming at you from the Arizona desert! And I’m accidentally thriving. Now, I never would’ve thought that as someone who loves the mountains and a cool breeze could actually enjoy being surrounded by sand and cacti in 100 degrees. And it’s got me thinking. What if everything we’ve been taught about deserts, spiritually, is wrong? What if these dry seasons in our lives aren’t actually seasons we have to survive but are actually something sacred? Maybe the desert is a place of becoming rather than a place to avoid. . . . . . Order your copy of my new book Reconnected HERE: ReconnectedBook.com Let’s keep in touch! Sign up for my newsletter to be the first to hear ALL my updates. https://app.e2ma.net/app2/audience/signup/1987227/1965424/ Interested in advertising with us? Reach out here. Book me to speak HERE: https://www.carloswhittaker.com/events . . . . . HIYA HEALTH: Receive 50% off your first order at hiyahealth.com/HUMANHOPE NIV APPLICATION BIBLE: Find out more at NIVApplicationBible.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	One of the things that I'm grateful for about what we did with our kids is when each of them turned 10 years old and they began to get an allowance, they had to use that allowance to buy their toiletries, their clothes, and have extra spending money. This was my wife's idea. But we really had a hard time tracking all of that, even though it was a great idea.
0:22.6	Listen, Acorns Early is a smart money app and debit card for kids that helps them learn the value of money.
0:30.6	Acorn's Early Chores Tracker helps kids learn the value of a dollar.
0:35.6	That's right.
0:36.6	All you got to do is set up chores in the app.
0:40.2	You can set up a payment amount and you can tick off the chore and they get their dollars.
0:44.8	That's right.
0:45.7	Acorns early lets parents pay allowances automatically so you don't have to run around looking for cash, dollars, quarters, whatever it is.
0:55.0	Kids can spend what they earn with their very own debit card.
0:58.8	They're going to love that new sense of freedom.
1:00.7	I promise you it's going to be amazing.
1:02.8	So listen, I want you to know that I believe in Acorns Early
1:08.7	because it is going to take some of that pressure of teaching about money off your
1:14.0	shoulders. Head to AcornsEarly.com slash Carlos or download the Acorn's Early app to help your kids
1:22.6	grow their money skills today. Acorn's Early card is issued by Community Federal Savings Bank, member FDIC,
1:31.1	pursuant to license by MasterCard International. T&Cs apply. Monthly subscription fee starting from
1:38.0	$5 per month unless canceled.
1:43.7	Welcome to the Human School podcast.
1:47.0	We're your host, Carlos Whitaker.
1:51.0	It's somewhere that you probably would never imagine I would want to be.
1:57.0	If you're watching on Spotify or YouTube, you see me walking through what seems like a desert.
2:07.0	Because actually, that's where I'm at.
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