Your Next, Best Step

Episode 112: Red, White, and Worn Out

You love the cookout. You really do. So why are you the one stacking plates while everyone else sinks into a lawn chair? If the planning and the cleanup always seem to land on you, this episode is for you. In Episode 112, you'll learn: * See the hidden shape of hosting work — the part that starts days before and ends long after the last guest leaves *  Meet the one woman in Scripture who would completely understand your kitchen  * Walk away with a simple three-part adjustment for the next gathering, without giving up the parts you love Scripture: Luke 10:38–42 (NIV) Research note: Allison Daminger's research on the cognitive labor of running a household (American Sociological Review). Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.

BONUS: Who Are You Really Performing For? (YNBS 111)

At the next gathering, notice the audience in the back of your mind keeping score. Here is what the research says about that feeling, and why the real room is kinder than the one in your head.  Join us for the latest episode “The Freedom You Actually Need This Summer’ (Ep 111) where I share the one word in Galatians 5:1 that reframes the whole weekend, and the single thing worth setting down before Saturday. Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.

Episode 111: The Freedom You Actually Need This Summer

This weekend the whole country celebrates freedom, and a lot of us will spend it proving, pleasing, and performing through a backyard full of people, then wonder why a holiday about freedom leaves us feeling everything except free. If a day off has ever failed to feel like one, this episode is for you. You will understand why an open calendar and a long weekend do not deliver the freedom you are hoping for.  You will see the named pattern underneath the urge to prove and please, and why it is more common than you might think.  And you will leave with one obligation you can set down before the cookout even starts. Scripture: Galatians 5:1 (NIV) Research note: On socially prescribed perfectionism, the perception that the people around us expect us to be perfect (Hewitt and Flett, 1991), a pressure researchers have tracked rising over recent decades (Curran and Hill, 2019). Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.

BONUS: Your Phone Is Not the Villain (Do This Instead) (YNBS 110)

Your phone is not the enemy of your summer — it is just very good at reaching you first. One small way to give the moment in front of you a fair shot.  Join me for the latest episode of Your Next, Best Step: “A Little More Wonder, a Little Less Wi-Fi” where we walk through one small daily practice that helps you notice more and scroll less, without adding one more thing to your to-do list. Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.

Episode 110: A Little More Wonder, a Little Less Wi-Fi

You will pass a hundred small wonders today, give or take. Most of them get intercepted somewhere between your eyes and your attention, usually by a screen about the size of your hand. This summer can be different. In this episode of Your Next, Best Step, you will discover why the ordinary moments of summer hold more than you think, how a fifteen-minute practice studied in people your age changed their everyday mood and worry, and a gentle way to meet God in the parts of your day you have been walking right past. Scripture: Psalm 8:3-4 (NIV) Research note: References the “awe walk” research from Virginia Sturm, Dacher Keltner, and colleagues, published in the journal Emotion (2020). Ready for your next step? FREE 5-Minute Daily Reset (instant download): YourNextBestStep.com  [https://YourNextBestStep.com] Weekly encouragement + practical tips: YouTube @CoachJanetJ [https://www.youtube.com/@CoachJanetJ] Instagram: @janetjjaecks [https://www.instagram.com/janetjjaecks/ ] If this episode resonated with you, please follow/subscribe and share with a friend who needs their next step.   One small step. One day at a time.