August 27 – Staying Centered

The Daily Ripples Podcast · Aug 27, 2026 · 17m · transcript

Steffani opens with the practice she has to keep returning to: asking God to get in her head before she gets in her head. She's honest about the alternative — waking straight into coffee, dogs, kids, school, shoes, keys, wallet, and a phone full of notifications going off before the day has properly started — and how quickly that decides what kind of day follows. Pastor Mike picks up the thread and names the doom cycle for what it is, hours spent worked up over things no action of his can change, feeding fears he doesn't even recognize as fears, and time taken from being useful to somebody…