Hey friends, welcome to the Rhythms for Life Podcast where each week we talk about four rhythms

that help you reduce stress and anxiety and take charge of your emotional health. Rest,

restore, connect, create. These ideas come from Rebecca's best-selling book,

Rhythms of Renewal, trading stress and anxiety for a life of peace and purpose. So grab your

copy, invite your friends and let's live in rhythm.

Welcome back I'm Rebecca and I'm Gabe and Mary Christmas. Mary Christmas, this is our

our last episode of 2021. It has been an incredible year. Yes, thank you, thank you, thank you.

Yeah, we love you guys and so thankful for you participating because we feel like when we have

these conversations and invite guests on that we know it goes far beyond just us and that person,

but you're listening, you're sharing it with your friends and family and we've just really felt

that encouragement from you this year as we conclude the year. So thanks for being part of Rhythms

for life. We know this year has been another tough year for a lot of people navigating all kinds

of new circumstances but have been encouraged by how much confidence people have had the state of

the world right now where we see a lot of fear going forward and we see a lot of people pushing

back on that fear and saying I'm not living by fear. I'm going to live differently. That's what

this is about. Yeah, I think I'm looking back on this year and just reflecting on some of my greatest

joys is coming back week after week with Gabe and just having these conversations that a lot of

times we're kind of navigating the unknown and that's kind of part of life and that's why we have

faith. It's this thing where we step forward and things we hope for but things we actually can't see

and to do this as a community has been my greatest joy. I mean truly I would have never dreamed

a decade ago that I would get to write and teach and get to talk to you guys and get to know you

and meet you on the road or meet you online or meet you through emails or meet you at retreats

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