On The Trail

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Appreciation (Building Bounce: Ch 5) | S4E37 May 25, 2026

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Learning how to let yourself enter into the feeling of appreciation for five minutes or more helps your body relax and your mind quiet. For Christians, appreciation goes beyond only a brain exercise. It's an act of connection with God.

With that in mind, in this On the Trail episode, we discuss Building Bounce Chapter Five: Appreciation, where we unpack the joy-building tool G.A.M.E.S. for practicing appreciation, plus we dwell on the relational connection appreciation builds with God. G.A.M.E.S. stands for Gratitude (appreciation in the present), Anticipation (appreciation for the future), Memories (appreciation for the past), Experiences, and Singing.

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

🎁 FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

Access through the button that says "Free Discussion Guide" in the top description block for the book. This is also next to the "free webinar" button.

📖 BUILDING BOUNCE BOOK: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

🎨 LEARN MORE ABOUT STEFANIE HINMAN: https://www.bounceproject.org/

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👑 THE IDENTITY COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/identitycourse

🎓 SCHOOL OF MINISTRY: https://deeperwalk.com/school

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

🎧 GO DEEPER:

S1E30 - "Resilience: Appreciation" - https://deeperwalk.com/podcast/30-resilience-appreciation/
S1E31 - "Resilience: G.A.M.E.S." - https://deeperwalk.com/podcast/31-resilience-g-a-m-e-s/

Stay On the Trail toward a Deeper Walk with God with father-daughter duo Marcus Warner & Stephanie Warner. Listen in on conversations about important models and concepts that inform the way we live the Christian life. We talk philosophy, theology, and practical issues related to heart-focused discipleship. This podcast is presented by Deeper Walk International.

Quieting (Building Bounce: Ch 4) | S4E36 May 18, 2026

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The number one predictor of good emotional health is the ability to quiet. Quieting is about learning how to calm our bodies and minds once triggered and about learning how to practice being quiet without the regular need for distraction.

With that in mind, in this On the Trail episode, we discuss Building Bounce Chapter Four: Quieting, where we unpack tools such as the acrostics B.E.S.T. for quieting your body and D.R.E.A.M. for quieting your mind, plus we discuss four triggers for anxiety, God's design for rhythms of rest, and more.

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

🎁 FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

Access through the button that says "Free Discussion Guide" in the top description block for the book. This is also next to the "free webinar" button.

📖 BUILDING BOUNCE BOOK: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

🎨 LEARN MORE ABOUT STEFANIE HINMAN: https://www.bounceproject.org/

🎓 SCHOOL OF MINISTRY: https://deeperwalk.com/school

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

💝 TAKE A STEP CAMPAIGN: https://deeperwalk.com/donate/

📸 Follow OTT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onthetrail_podcast

🎁 FREE - 28 DAYS TO JOY CHALLENGE: https://4habits.org/

👑 THE IDENTITY COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/identitycourse

🎧 GO DEEPER:

"Quiet Your Body" - S3E5 - https://deeperwalk.com/podcast/5-quiet-your-body/
As mentioned in the episode: https://cogbtherapy.com/cbt-blog/positive-affirmations-for-anxiety-relief/

A Basic Brain Model (Building Bounce: Ch 3) | S4E35 May 11, 2026

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Time to pop the hood and get a look at our wiring! What has brain science to do with emotional resilience?

God has designed our brains to run on the fuel of joy, and joy is what is crucial to resilience. So, understanding how God designed our brains to operate helps us understand what we should develop in order to be as resilient as possible.

With that in mind, in this On the Trail episode, we discuss Building Bounce Chapter Three: A Basic Brain Model, where we unpack the Joy Elevator and the Narrative Engine to get context and clarity as we press deeper into developing emotional capacity.

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

🎁 FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

Access through the button that says "Free Discussion Guide" in the top description block for the book. This is also next to the "free webinar" button.

📖 BUILDING BOUNCE BOOK: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

🎨 LEARN MORE ABOUT STEFANIE HINMAN: https://www.bounceproject.org/

🎓 SCHOOL OF MINISTRY: https://deeperwalk.com/school

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

💝 TAKE A STEP CAMPAIGN: https://deeperwalk.com/donate/

📸 Follow OTT on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onthetrail_podcast

🎁 FREE - 28 DAYS TO JOY CHALLENGE: https://4habits.org/

👑 THE IDENTITY COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/identitycourse

🎧 GO DEEPER:

"FISH: The Other Half of Identity (Part 7)" - S1E13 - https://deeperwalk.com/podcast/13-fish-the-other-half-of-identity-part-7/
"Pain Processing Pathway (Series Compilation)" - S2E30 - https://deeperwalk.com/podcast/30-pain-processing-pathway-series-compilation/

How Much Weight Can You Handle? (Building Bounce: Ch 2) | S4E34 May 04, 2026

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Your emotional capacity is determined by how much emotional weight you can carry. Good news! You have the ability to grow this capacity, and your worth is not tied to your capacity.

In this On the Trail episode, we discuss Chapter Two: How Much Weight Can You Handle? This chapter unpacks an overview of A & B Trauma, Life Model's Stages of Maturity as they relate to handling emotional capacity, and more.

Join us for part two of the Building Bounce book study! Building Bounce explains the theory behind growing emotional resilience and provides practical tools you can use in a variety of settings, such as growing your own emotional capacity, parenting your children in ways that build joy, and helping others who live low-joy lives learn the skills that grow joy.

The goal of this series is to help you grow your emotional resilience so you can thrive on your deeper walk with God. For this series, we want to direct you to the DIY Book Club Kit for this book. You can use this for personal reflection, with a book buddy, or in your group for discussion. Link in below.

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

🎁 FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

Access through the button that says "Free Discussion Guide" in the top description block for the book. This is also next to the "free webinar" button.

📖 BUILDING BOUNCE BOOK: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

🎨 LEARN MORE ABOUT STEFANIE HINMAN: https://www.bounceproject.org/

💝 TAKE A STEP CAMPAIGN: https://deeperwalk.com/donate/

🎓 SCHOOL OF MINISTRY: https://deeperwalk.com/school

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

📸 Follow On the Trail on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/onthetrail_podcast

🛤️ FREE - A DEEPER WALK VIDEO STUDY: https://deeperwalk.com/heart-focused-discipleship

🎁 FREE - 28 DAYS TO JOY CHALLENGE: https://4habits.org/

👑 THE IDENTITY COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/identitycourse

The Secret to Emotional Resilience (Building Bounce: Ch 1) | S4E33 Apr 27, 2026

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Life is hard. We all get overwhelmed at times. But some people seem to bounce back from their upset emotions faster than most. Are they just born happy? Or is there a secret to building emotional resilience that anyone can learn?

It's time for our next book study! While many topics we cover on this podcast are about repair, this topic could be thought of as construction.

Building Bounce explains the theory behind growing emotional resilience and provides practical tools you can use in a variety of settings, such as growing your own emotional capacity, parenting your children in ways that build joy, and helping others who live low-joy lives learn the skills that grow joy.

In this On the Trail episode, we discuss Chapter One: The Secret to Emotional Resilience. This chapter unpacks an overview of three practices that help us grow our resilience: Appreciation, Beliefs, and Connections.

The good news is that wherever you are starting this journey, growth is possible. People used to believe we were victims of the wiring in our brains. We now know that our brains can be rewired. We want to help you learn how to train your brain by building habits that increase your ability to bounce back from the hard things in life.

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

🎁 FREE DISCUSSION GUIDE: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

Access through the button that says "Free Discussion Guide" in the top description block for the book. This is also next to the "free webinar" button.

📖 BUILDING BOUNCE BOOK: https://deeperwalk.com/building-bounce/

🎨 LEARN MORE ABOUT STEFANIE HINMAN:

https://www.bounceproject.org/

https://www.traumahealingcenterkc.com/aboutus

🎓 DW SCHOOL OF MINISTRY: https://deeperwalk.com/school

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

💝 PAY IT FORWARD: https://deeperwalk.com/donate/

📸 Follow On the Trail on Instagram!

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🛤️ FREE - A DEEPER WALK VIDEO STUDY: https://deeperwalk.com/heart-focused-discipleship

👑 THE IDENTITY COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/identitycourse

GO DEEPER:

"Resilience: VCR" - S1E34 - https://deeperwalk.com/podcast/34-resilience-vcr/
Taming the Amygdala (Part 1) - S1E50 - https://deeperwalk.com/podcast/50-taming-the-amygdala-part-1/

The Exchanged Life (An Easter Series, Part 3) | S4E32 Apr 20, 2026

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Jesus Christ takes our sin and gives us His righteousness. This great exchange is the foundation of the Christian life.

He erases our debt, and fills our spiritual bank account. We die to a life that ends in death, and we are raised to a life that endures for eternity.

In this episode, we talk about the exchanged life, what it is, how to walk it out, and how to enter into it if you are ready to receive Jesus Christ as your Savior and King.

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

⭐️ DID YOU PRAY WITH US? WELCOME! SOME THOUGHTS: https://tinyurl.com/S4E32Prayer

🎁 EXCHANGED LIFE BLOG POST: https://deeperwalk.com/an-easter-devotional-the-exchanged-life/

🏘️ HEALTHY COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: https://deeperwalk.com/product/healthy-community-conference-2026/

🎓 SCHOOL OF MINISTRY: https://deeperwalk.com/school

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

💝 PAY IT FORWARD: https://deeperwalk.com/donate/

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👑 THE IDENTITY COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/identitycourse

❤️‍🩹 THE FREEDOM COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/freedomcourse

The Tough Love of Jesus (An Easter Series, Part 2) | S4E31 Apr 13, 2026

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Over and over throughout Holy Week, we see Jesus doing the hard thing because He loves us.

Jesus Christ was never bolder or more clear about His true identity than in the final days before His death on the cross.

He loves us enough to get in our face and call us out when we are on a path that is heading to destruction. The words and actions of Jesus may seem harsh, but in reality they were loving.

Jesus was the king of tough love. But tough love isn’t for the tender-hearted who desperately want to please the Father. Tough love is for the hard-hearted who need to be broken before it’s too late.

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

🎁 HOLY WEEK BLOG: https://deeperwalk.com/a-holy-week-devotional/

🏘️ HEALTHY COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: https://deeperwalk.com/product/healthy-community-conference-2026/

🎓 SCHOOL OF MINISTRY: https://deeperwalk.com/school

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

💝 PAY IT FORWARD: https://deeperwalk.com/donate/

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Behold, the King (An Easter Series, Part 1) | S4E30 Apr 06, 2026

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Palm Sunday wasn't just marketing for Jesus. It was an offer to accept Jesus Christ as King.

Our Messiah—our King—is one to whom we swear allegiance because we trust Him. To be saved by faith is not just accepting the gift of eternal life. It is trusting Jesus Christ enough to follow Him and obey even when we don’t understand where He is taking us and why the journey is so hard.

This doesn’t mean we have no doubts or that we need to have perfect faith before we can be saved. It means that, despite our doubts, we affirm the ancient declaration: “Jesus Christ is Lord.”

For the next three episodes, we'll be lingering in the Easter season with thoughts on Jesus the King, the nature of "tough love" and how Jesus wielded it during Holy Week, and the incredible exchange that He offers through His death and resurrection. If you want to sit with some of these thoughts, you can find three related blog posts at Deeper Walk's website (linked).

Join us as we explore the significance of the Easter season, delving into Jesus' kingship, the rejection He faced, and what allegiance to King Jesus means for us today.

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

🎁 PALM SUNDAY BLOG: https://deeperwalk.com/a-palm-sunday-devotional/

🏘️ HEALTHY COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: https://deeperwalk.com/product/healthy-community-conference-2026/

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

💝 PAY IT FORWARD: https://deeperwalk.com/donate/

📸 Follow Deeper Walk AND On the Trail (NEW) on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/deeperwalkinternational/

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🕊️ THE SPIRIT & SCRIPTURE COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/spiritcourse

🎂 HAPPY BIRTHDAY RARE LEADERSHIP!: https://deeperwalk.com/product/rare-leadership-book/

The Word Picture Approach to Prayer (Jumpstart Your Prayer Life, Part 6) | S4E29 Mar 30, 2026

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We don't interact with people as they are. We interact with people as we imagine them to be.

How does the devil want you to see your situation? How does God want you to see your situation?

To close our Jumpstart Your Prayer Life series, we're looking at The Word Picture Approach as a means of exposing the devil's lies and attuning to God's perspective. This approach was inspired by friend and former Deeper Walk board member Daryl Anderson, and we have found it so helpful throughout our years of ministry. The Word Picture Approach is a useful tool for personal reflection when seeking God and when praying with others.

Our goal with this series is to encourage you to deepen your prayer life and explore various approaches to your relationship with God. Throughout this series, we have walked through three approaches to your prayer time that we hope you find useful and refreshing. You can start practicing with the free "Listening Prayer Starter Kit" (linked).

Thank you for joining us – father-daughter duo Marcus Warner and Stephanie Warner – on the trail to a deeper walk with God!

🎁 FREE LISTENING PRAYER STARTER KIT: https://deeperwalk.com/landing-pages/listening-prayer-starter-kit/

🕊️ THE SPIRIT & SCRIPTURE COURSE: https://deeperwalk.com/spiritcourse

🏘️ HEALTHY COMMUNITY CONFERENCE: https://deeperwalk.com/product/healthy-community-conference-2026/

🙏 PRAYER MINISTRY REFERRALS: https://deeperwalk.com/ministry-referrals/

💝 PAY IT FORWARD: https://deeperwalk.com/donate/

📸 Follow Deeper Walk AND On the Trail (NEW) on Instagram!

https://www.instagram.com/deeperwalkinternational/

https://www.instagram.com/onthetrail_podcast