Overcoming Summer FOMO: Episode 805
The Boundless Show
Focus on the Family
4.7 • 772 Ratings
🗓️ 6 July 2023
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Don’t feel left out this summer, plus a conversation on self-control, and breaking up with a friend who isn’t good for you.
Featured musical artist: All Sons & Daughters
Roundtable: Left Out of Summer Fun?
You’re going about your summer and having a good time — until you discover some of your friends planned an event but didn’t invite you. Now that you think about it, a lot of things seem to be happening without you…at least if Instagram has anything to say about it. How do you respond? This week we talk about what makes us feel left out and how we can craft a contented summer regardless of who’s doing what.
Culture: Learning Self-Control (Part 1)
You started the year with good intentions, but they were short-lived. Now more than halfway through 2023, all of your goals, resolutions, and “I’ll do betters” have fallen by the wayside. Fortunately, author Drew Dyck is here to help. He’s consulted both the Bible and brain science to find out why self-control is so hard, but also how we can strategically build the muscle to help us form good habits that will go the distance. In part one of our conversation, Drew extols the virtues of self-control, explains why willpower isn’t enough by itself, and how a conversation with his wife helped him take some personal inventory.
Your Future Self Will Thank You: Secrets to Self-Control from the Bible and Brain Science
Inbox: When a Friend Isn’t Good for You
You’re noticing that a friendship isn’t bringing out the best in you, and you’re wondering: Is it time to cut ties? Counselor Kari Aho weighs in.
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| 0:00.0 | Friends, it is that time of year when people contact you and ask you to bless them as we are in the Christmas season and heading into a new year with a monetary gift. |
| 0:12.2 | And you know what? |
| 0:12.8 | I'm just going to go ahead and do that on behalf of Boundless. |
| 0:15.8 | This is Lisa Anderson, host of The Boundless Show. |
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| 1:01.8 | Well, hey, everyone, and welcome to this week's episode of The Boundless Show, Lisa Anderson, here with you, as usual. |
| 1:16.1 | And as I often like to do, here is a little preview of what is coming up later on the show. |
| 1:21.4 | For our inbox, how do you break up with a friend who isn't good for you? |
| 1:25.6 | One of our counselors is going to answer that. And then for our |
| 1:28.6 | culture segment, author Drew Dick has a book called Your Future Self Will Thank You. It is all |
| 1:34.1 | about building better habits to hopefully drive you towards the biblical virtue of self-control. |
| 1:41.0 | So you're probably thinking, I don't want to hear about that. That sounds very |
| 1:44.7 | discouraging and depressing. Well, you know what? Just listen in. You might learn something. |
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