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Win Today with Christopher Cook

Self-help and life-hacks help, but they will not turn the key to total life transformation that lasts. And creating a plan for sustainable transformation is what “Win Today” is all about. Each week on the podcast, we'll engage in thought-provoking conversations with world-renowned leaders, bestselling authors, and industry experts who will help you design your roadmap to wholeness from the inside out, so you will live at your best in your relationships, in your mental and emotional health, and in your personal and spiritual growth.
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Dec 30, 2020

In this week's encore episode, I’m joined by Banning Liebscher, the founder of Jesus Culture, and we’re talking all about the blind spots that keep us from our purpose and how to develop the courage to take responsibility for our calling.

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Dec 23, 2020

This week’s encore conversation is with Jason Vallotton, whose life resonates with the proof that you can win the war against your inner critic and against the lies that keep you from living fully alive. Most people go through life trying not to get hit. But that reactionary posture of avoiding pain is exactly what will keep you from living a strong and successful life in the here and now. So, in today’s conversation, you’re going to walk away with some practical strategies to win in your mental and emotional health and stop the up-and-down inconsistencies that I know you wish you could change if you had a plan. Well today, you’ll get that plan.

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Dec 16, 2020

Today's conversation is all about living with mental illness, how to set boundaries for your mental health, and how to quiet down a noisy world. Maybe you're here today, and your mental and emotional health is teetering. The first thing I want to say to you is that there is no shame to be had in what you're experiencing. The second thing I want to say is that today's conversation with my friend, Jamie Grace, is going to validate you right where you're at and give you the courage to move forward in health and wholeness.

If you enjoyed this episode with Jamie, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

197: Winning the War Within, Justice Warriors, the Danger of Avoiding Pain, and How to Live Fully-Alive (feat. Jason Vallotton)

215: Why Future-Tripping is Depressing and Why Transformation Destroys Self-Improvement (feat. Paul Young, author of “The Shack”)

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Dec 9, 2020

Death. Loss. Infidelity. Betrayal. Abuse.

How do you forgive what you can't forget? And when, after betrayal, hurt, infidelity, or great personal loss, you feel bitterness taking over your heart, how do you heal and move forward? This week, Lysa TerKeurst joins me to talk about a critical subject for all of us: forgiving what we can’t forget.

If you enjoyed this episode with Lysa, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

166: Narcissism (feat. Dr. David Strubler)

205: What to Do When You’re Numb, Exhausted, and Doing Things that Don’t Matter (feat. Jon Tyson)

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Dec 2, 2020

We're all infected with a spiritual disease. Its name is "shame." Whether we realize it or not, shame affects every aspect of our lives. In fact, shame causes us to hide. Yet God is not absent or separate from our hiding. He's with us in it. So why do we work so hard to believe He's not with us in our shame? Find out this week as we sit down with Dr. Curt Thompson, a renowned psychiatrist, whose insight on shame will help you identify your own pains and struggles and find freedom from the lifelong negative messages that bind you. It's time to embrace healing and wholeness as you discover and defeat shame's insidious agenda.

If you enjoyed this episode with Dr. Thompson, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

196: What You Need to Know about Trauma, and the Transformation from Trauma to Wholeness (feat. Dr. James Gordon)

201: Self-Medicating, Inner Healing, and the Abundant Life (feat. Carlos Whittaker)

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Nov 24, 2020

This week, the holiday season begins, and along with that often comes wonderful holiday gatherings. But in many cases, those family gatherings might be awkward. If you're headed into this week thinking, "I hate how politically charged family gatherings become. How do I dodge these situations?" or “I love my family, but they drive me nuts at holiday dinners," this is the conversation for you. But we can't ignore the reality that for some of you, you're hiding tears, thinking, "I am alone during the holidays, and really get depressed. I’d give anything to have a family dinner, even if it’s crazy." Joining us this week is my dear friend, Dr. John Delony, a regular co-host of "The Dave Ramsey Show." We're going to have some fun, but we're also going to equip you to step into this holiday season with confidence and empathy.

If you enjoyed this episode with John, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

151: Why Your Relationships Keep Failing and How to Find the Right People to Fuel Longevity in Life (feat. Dr. John Townsend)

212: How to Let Go of Guilt (feat. Valorie Burton)

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Nov 18, 2020

Have you thought to yourself, "I want my life to be impactful, but I don't know where to start?" Or maybe, "I'm afraid of wasting my life. I know I should be doing something other than what I'm doing right now. Where do I start to make the change?" Well today, bestselling author, John Bevere, joins us to talk exactly about how to know what you should be doing with your life and how to multiply your God-given potential.

If you enjoyed this episode with John, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

208: Lisa Bevere on The Cure for Systemic Fear and How to Experience Longevity in Life

214: Stop Hiding. Stop Playing Small. (feat. Sam Acho)

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Nov 11, 2020

Are you frustrated with life and your inability to create solutions for your everyday walk? Most of us tackle life using only two quotients: our I.Q. and our E.Q. But today's guest, Kris Vallotton, believes that in doing so, we are ignoring a deeper dimension, and that's spiritual intelligence. Because believers have the mind of Christ through the Holy Spirit, we have the capacity for brilliance; the capacity to leverage solutions for every area of our lives. And that's the conversation we're having today.

If you enjoyed this episode with Kris, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

125: Jamie Winship on Your Perception of Yourself. Is it a Lie? Or is it Truth?

216: It’s Time to Beat Cynicism, How to Wake-Up, and What Cancel Culture is Really Destroying (feat. Harris III)

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Nov 6, 2020

I want to continue to hammer this message of discovering and receiving our true identity. Now, perhaps more than ever, we're fed a steady diet of secular humanism, whose narrative points opposite of the Kingdom. Now, this isn't about waging war on people, but instead, standing up in the midst of the spirit of the age that seeks to distract you and discourage you from the purpose-filled, solutions-driven life you and I are called to live. So, joining us today is a new friend, Chip Ingram, whose life experience and wisdom is both refreshing and challenging.

If you enjoyed this episode with Chip, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

173: Jamie Winship on Living a Transformed Life in Your True Self

125: Jamie Winship on Your Perception of Yourself. Is it a Lie? Or is it Truth?

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Nov 4, 2020

More and more people are developing a cynical attitude toward life, especially after this year. But before we can wake-up to the uniqueness and wonder for which we were created, we have to deal with the inner critics and inner demons of cynicism. Why do so many people fall prey to cynicism? How do we wake-up the wonder in our lives? And why is cancel culture contributing to this diminished way of living? That's the conversation we're having this week with renowned illusionist, Harris III.

If you enjoyed this episode with Harris III, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

207: What to Do with Your Unwanted Pain and Why Pretending Keeps You from Transformation (feat. Nicole Zasowski)

205: What to Do When You’re Numb, Exhausted, and Doing Things that Don’t Matter (feat. Jon Tyson)

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Oct 28, 2020

In the words of today's guest, "Life is about being fully present and alive in the embrace of relentless affection, dealing with the world as it really is, not in a non-existent future trip." Wholeness is when the way of our person matches the truth of our being. It's exactly why future-tripping is so futile. Today, my dear friend, Paul Young joins us. Paul is the author of the iconic book, "The Shack," and his life has inspired me more times than I can count. So today, we're diving deeply into the experience of transformation from the inside out and why our beloved self-improvement tactics keep us from seeing the truth of who we are and from receiving love that compels us out of the self-inflicted prison of the soul we call "home."

If you enjoyed this episode with Paul Young, I'm sure you'll also enjoy:

197: Winning the War Within, Justice Warriors, the Danger of Avoiding Pain, and How to Live Fully-Alive (feat. Jason Vallotton)

160: “The Shack” Author Wm. Paul Young on Lies We Believe About God, Intimacy, Being Known, and Why the Unexposed Remains Unhealed

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Oct 21, 2020

Our greatest fear isn't that we're weak, but that we're powerful beyond measure. This week, NFL pro, Sam Acho, joins me to talk about how to stop hiding and how to stop playing small. In our conversation, you'll learn how to recognize and relinquish the masks we wear and why you, the real you, is worth getting to know. If you're tired of hiding or are dealing with a profound sense of rejection, this conversation, I believe, will be a catalyst to your freedom.

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Oct 14, 2020

Today, Lecrae’s here. And we’re diving head-first into his story of restoration after sexual abuse and trauma. I really believe you’re going to hear his story and then be able to superimpose the wisdom he shares upon your own journey to wholeness. I’m so glad you’re here and can’t wait to introduce you to a side of Lecrae you probably haven’t heard yet.

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Oct 7, 2020

Living with an overshadowing feeling of guilt is exhausting. Guilt drives our decisions. Guilt is a source of distraction. And in relationships, guilt shows-up as debt. How? Well, too often, we take far more responsibility than we should in a relationship. So, we may not have done something wrong, but we feel like we did, so we have to compensate. Today, we’re taking a thorough look at how to let go of guilt in your life with author, speaker, and coach, Valorie Burton, whose own relationship with guilt has given her both perspective and tools we need.

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Sep 30, 2020

Have you ever wondered why, as you look through your family, you can see common threads of both physical and emotional difficulties? Have you ever asked yourself why it seems your brother or sister, or even a parent, is triggered by the same situations as you? Well today, we’re talking about healing old wounds, generational trauma, and how to uncover and heal the roots of depression with my good friend, Dr. Christopher Motley. I can tell you, as someone who has dealt with both autoimmune issues and related emotional trauma, this conversation hit home.

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Sep 23, 2020

If there’s one thing that will cripple our potential and hold us captive to the “what ifs” of life, it’s fear. This week, we’re getting under the hood and learning how to change the narrative of fear that imprisons so many of us. Joining us is Nik Wallenda, world record-holding tightrope walker, who’s known for his daring walk over Niagara Falls and the Grand Canyon on a two-inch wire with no support.

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Sep 16, 2020

Are you feeling behind in any area of your life? If so, there is a process of transformation that will refocus and refuel your joy and your sense of personal purpose. And that’s the conversation we’re having today with Morgan Snyder. Traveling this path of transformation isn’t cheap. It isn’t easy. And it isn’t quick. But it is worth it.

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Sep 9, 2020

Because of normalized anxiety in our culture today, many people are making choices from a place of emotional deficit. And while we can take steps to mitigate these surface-level responses, we must get to the root of the issue, to heal a systemic problem, caused by fear. The underlying problem? Fatherlessness and motherless-ness.

Fathers and mothers, biological and spiritual, leave an inheritance of intellectual, spiritual, and character/integrity capital to two generations following. But because we don’t understand this void for what it really is, we continue to chase surface level, symptomatic cures.

Joining us today is New York Times bestselling author, Lisa Bevere, who’s going to share about the cure for systemic fear and how to experience longevity in your life.

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Sep 2, 2020

Somehow, the unthinkable happened in your life: job loss, infidelity in your marriage, the loss of a parent far too early in life, the betrayal of a friend.

Beyond the shock, grief and the sense of profound loss hits in an unpredictable way. And as we move through grief, not only does life change, but we are changed in the process. And while a fatalistic view of life isn’t helpful or even hopeful, we cannot ignore the fact that in this life, we will experience loss and pain. And that’s what we’re going to explore with marriage and family therapist, Nicole Zasowski. Today’s focus isn’t about how to look on the bright side or how to search for the silver lining in the cloud. It’s how to leverage the unwanted pain in your life in a way that will lead you to emotional freedom and transformation.

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Aug 26, 2020

Have you ever been at a place in life in which you’ve been energized, doing the things that have brought fulfillment to you and added value to others, and then, seemingly out of the blue, you feel like you hit a wall? You probably know comes next:

Exhaustion.

Overwhelm.

Confusion…to say the least.

Well in today’s conversation with Levi Lusko, he’s going to teach you how to get out of your own way, adjust your thinking, and create new sustainable rhythms that will equip you to take back your life.

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Levi’s Website | Instagram | Twitter | Buy a copy of the book on Amazon! | Buy Jennie’s book on Amazon, too! | “Hey, It’s the Luskos” Podcast

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Aug 19, 2020

There’s a chance that right now, you’re distracted and discouraged by what’s not happening in your life, and depressed by what you think should be happening in life right now. You feel like your hands are tied, and you’re even exhausting yourself by doing things that don’t actually matter in the long-run. But in the midst of this, there is a way to combat the numbing that’s keeping you down. And that’s exactly what we’re talking about with Jon Tyson this week.

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Aug 12, 2020

A lot of us feel stuck in our day-to-day routine, without the proper tools to effect change. So in today’s conversation with my good friend, NBA performance coach, David Nurse, you’re going to get a behind-the-scenes look at the strategies and tools David uses with world-class athletes to achieve peak performance on a regular basis. His central key is to make mindset pivots that allow you to shift your perspective by incremental yet powerful degrees. I believe today’s conversation will help you find your genuine rhythm in your unique identity as you pivot and go toward your purpose.

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Aug 5, 2020

We all have a unique story that’s certainly filled with moments of chaos and confusion, as well as success and joy. But the key to longevity in life, as you’ll hear in today’s conversation with Sam, is whether or not we’re actually willing to partner with God through every season, not simply the moments that make sense from our perspective. We often get in our own way, because of fear and because of our justice-demanding “should-be this way” desires. But what if there was another way? What if there was a way to live-out your greater story, not after you bring closure to the struggles in your life, but actually in the midst of them…today. That’s where we’re headed with my good friend, Sam Collier.

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Jul 29, 2020

This week on the show, we’re talking all about how your emotions affect your body and why it’s critically important to be aware of the connection between your thoughts, emotions, and overall wellness in your body. And joining us today to talk about this subject is my friend, Dr. Christopher Motley.

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Jul 22, 2020

In today’s conversation, you’re going to learn how to elevate your thinking, renew your mind, and live in your true identity in such a way that the very same situations you face, people you work with, and experiences you have each and every day will now have solutions you didn’t previously know could ever exist. This conversation could very well change your life without any of the circumstances in your life directly changing. As you think, in your heart so are you.

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