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Encouragement for You
Don Hawkins
Encouragement for You is a weekly podcast designed to give you Christ-centered encouragement to help you face life’s most challenging problems. Each episode features Don Hawkins talking with individuals who can address the specific encouragement needed for relationship challenges, mental health issues like depression and anxiety, achieving financial stability, and much more.
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Fear and Conflict
September 27, 2023 - 22 min
The very first human emotion after Adam and Eve disobeyed God was fear, according to Genisis chapter 3. Ever since that time, fear has been a dominant negative emotion. On this edition of encouragement for you, SAT-7 president Dr. Rex Rodgers joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how we can overcome our fears.
Fear is not the only negative human emotion that resulted from the fall of human race into sin. Another result has been conflict. During this upcoming segment, therapist and author Dr. Gary Oliver and host Don Hawkins discuss hot to deal with conflict. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
Are You a Distraught Person?
September 20, 2023 - 21 min
In our first segment Dr. Minirth joins host Don Hawkins to talk about how to deal with worry.
Dr. Tony Dyer spent decades in Christian ministry to young people and adults and wrote a major curriculum for young people. In our next segment he and host Don Hawkins address the question: are you a distraught person? Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
How to Make Your Spouse Feel Loved
September 13, 2023 - 20 min
For many years Dr. Greg Smalley and his wife Erin have conducted marriage and family seminars. In our first segment of Encouragement for You, they join host Don Hawkins to talk about how to make your spouse feel loved.
For many people today the stresses of life have left them feeling hopeless. Maybe you feel this way yourself. In this next segment of Encouragement for You, christian therapist Brad Fairchild and host Don Hawkins explore the subject of hope. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
Live, Love, Lead and Redeeming Sexuality
September 6, 2023 - 21 min
Former Chick-Fil-A CEO Dan Cathy has become a regular on this podcast because of his many years on Life Perspectives radio with Don Hawkins. He and special guest Mike Mills join Don to talk about one of Dan’s mottos: live, love, and lead.
Our world today seems to have done everything it can to distort and destroy Biblical sexuality. In this next segment of Encouragement for You, christian therapist and author Dr. Dan Allender joins host Don Hawkins to talk about redeeming sexuality. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
The Power of Perspective
August 31, 2023 - 25 min
For over 20 years, Encouragement for You’s host Don Hawkins hosted a live radio program titled Life Perspectives. On this episode of our podcast, Don talks about the power of perspective with christian phycologist Dr. Gary Oliver.
In our second segment host Don Hawkins talks with callers from across the country on how life is tough but God is good. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
Dealing with Anger
August 23, 2023 - 21 min
As we all know from experience, there are different kinds of anger ranging from irritation to outbursts of temper to long term bitterness. From his Years of experience Dr. Frank Minirth joins host Don Hawkins to talk about explosive anger.
In the second segment segment attorney Tony Cothren and host Don Hawkins discuss helping people with disabilities Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
The Impact Grandparents Have
August 16, 2023 - 23 min
Recently the Master Life Coach Training Institute introduced a 16 week course designed to train grandparents on how to use christian life coaching tools to influence their grandchildren away from devastating trends in today’s society. Here’s host Don Hawkins to introduce the discussion on grand-coaching.
In our next segment we’ll discuss hw common depression is in senior adults. Host Don Hawkins is joined by Don Sapaugh the CEO of Restoration Senior Living. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
Handling Job Loss
August 9, 2023 - 21 min
During his years as CEO of Chick-fil-a, Dan Cathy frequently spoke to audiences of all kinds on employment and job loss. During this segment of Encouragement for You, he talks with host Don Hawkins about how to handle losing your job.
Marshall Potter worked with the Everyday Steward division of Ronald Blue and Company. On the next segment of Encouragement for You he shares insight for handling finances during hard times. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
How to Steward Life's Challenges Well
August 2, 2023 - 26 min
Whatever your age or background you undoubtably have faced or are facing some of life’s challenges. That’s the topic host Don Hawkins discussed recently with life coach Rodney Love and Don’s grandson Chris.
Clinical Depression has been called the number one mental health problem in America today. The late Dr. Frank Minirth treated literally thousands of people during his years as a practicing psychiatrist. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
The Purpose of Life's Problems
July 26, 2023 - 19 min
For many years the late Dr. Robert Crummie served as the president of Carver Bible College in Atlanta. During that time he dealt with a great deal of adversity including the death of his wife. In this opening segment of The Encouragement for You Podcast he talks with host Don Hawkins about how to handle hard times.
Junie Felix served as a producer with host Don Hawkins on The Life Perspectives radio program. On this segment of Encouragement for You, the two of them discuss man’s problems God’s answers. Discover more Christian podcasts at lifeaudio.com and inquire about advertising opportunities at lifeaudio.com/contact-us.
Meet Your Host
Meet Your Host
Don Hawkins, the host and executive producer of the live Saturday evening call-in program Encouragement Live, serves as President/CEO of Encouragement Communications.
Don is a veteran of Christian live call-in programs. He was the original Host and Executive Producer of the Minirth-Meier Clinic, a pioneering broadcast combining Christian counseling in a live call-in setting. He also served 8 years as co-host and producer of the Back to the Bible radio broadcast, and hosted his own live weekday call-in program Life Perspectives for over 20 years.
Don has authored or co-authored over 20 books, including Never Give Up, Master Discipleship Today, How to Beat Burnout, Leadership Under Fire and Friends in Deed.
Don is a veteran of Christian live call-in programs. He was the original Host and Executive Producer of the Minirth-Meier Clinic, a pioneering broadcast combining Christian counseling in a live call-in setting. He also served 8 years as co-host and producer of the Back to the Bible radio broadcast, and hosted his own live weekday call-in program Life Perspectives for over 20 years.
Don has authored or co-authored over 20 books, including Never Give Up, Master Discipleship Today, How to Beat Burnout, Leadership Under Fire and Friends in Deed.
