DEPRESSION, BIPOLAR & ANXIETY - LIVING AS A LATTER-DAY SAINT, LDS
Episodes
Episode #285 - The Divine Gift
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere is much we can learn from and apply to our lives regarding the Savior's birth in Bethlehem.
Episode #284 - Can You Feel So Now
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSometimes the pruning we experience in life feels too much. But the Lord knows what he is doing and knows what we need.
Episode #283 - Trusting The Process
30 Nov 2025
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Send us a textSometimes through difficult waters we must trust the processes of the Lord as he has born the same yoke that we are wearing.
Episode #7 To Be Healed
16 Nov 2025
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Send us a textWhy would the Lord allow for an illness such as depression to continue? A discussion of what it means to be healed and the process heali...
Episode #17 To the Leaders
13 Nov 2025
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Send us a textMental illness is more common among church members than most leadership would think and the leadership of a ward is most likely to encou...
Episode #282 - The Harder We Try
09 Nov 2025
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Send us a textSometimes the harder we try the more difficult it gets.
Episode #281 - The Road to Emmaus
02 Nov 2025
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Send us a textOften our road to Emmaus is filled with perils, roadblocks, inclines and danger and like the disciples we can be traveling with the Lord...
Episode #231 - Simon Peter
26 Oct 2025
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Send us a textSometimes we find ourselves doubting that we can complete our foreordained mortal missions because we experience emotional and mental il...
Episode #280 Strange Roads & Spacious Buildings
20 Oct 2025
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Send us a textSometimes we find ourselves on strange roads with a yoke to heavy to bear.
Episode #279 Deafening Doubt in Depression-Anxiety
31 Aug 2025
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Send us a textDoubt is the enemy of faith and during depressive episodes the chemistry of the body pushes the individual to doubt everything from thei...
Episode #120 - Developing a Deepening Relationship with Christ
24 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textA relationship with the Savior and the Father is one of the most important aspects of conversion and mental illness feels like the perfe...
Episode #278 - Battling Social Anxiety
17 Aug 2025
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Send us a textOne of the more common sides of mental and emotional illness that often goes undiagnosed is Social Anxiety. It can be paralyzing to an...
Episode #197 - Spiritual Giants
10 Aug 2025
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Send us a textDeep spiritual reservoirs require difficult trials. Our trials are given in proportion to our spiritual nature.
Episode #277 - The Three Doctors
03 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAs we navigate the world of mental health, we will need significant amounts of help and aid. Three of those aids will come in the form...
Episode #276 - Patience
27 Jul 2025
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Send us a textPatience, while difficult to learn and apply, is the precursor to all other celestial attributes and is one of the pillars of celestial ...
Episode #165 - The Lies He Tells Us
20 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhile we often speak of the Savior and his healing methods it is important to recognize the methods of the Adversary and the Lies He Tel...
Episode #275 - Personality Disorders
06 Jul 2025
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Send us a textPersonality disorders will not deemed mental or emotional illness tend to run high in individuals with mental and emotional illness. T...
Episode #274 - A Messy Reality
29 Jun 2025
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Send us a textWhile I often talk about how the doctrine and principles of the gospel apply to our lives and our illness, the practical application can...
Episode #223 - Moving Mountains of Doubt
22 Jun 2025
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Send us a textI hope that you enjoy this episode. It has always been one of my favorites and perhaps one of the more relevant ones to my life.
Episode #273 - Talents & Mites
17 Jun 2025
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Send us a textWhat is functional capacity and what does it have to do with our illness?
Episode #1 What it is all about?
12 Jun 2025
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Send us a textThis podcast is an introduction to living with depression as a Latter-day Saint and an introduction to the author of the podcast. The ...
Episode #272 - Lot's Wife & Healing
08 Jun 2025
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Send us a textWe are not sure why exactly Lot's wife was told not to look back or why she did but the command to not look back has been part of t...
Episode #271 - Anger Addiction
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHave you ever thought of anger as an addiction? It is a terrible vice that can destroy your life and others. And we who suffer with ...
Episode #1001 - Norm Walda's Story
29 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThis is the first episode in our mid-week series highlighting individuals who suffer with mental and emotion illness and are working to ...
Episode #269 - The Catalyst to Charity, Hope and Patience
25 May 2025
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Send us a textHave you ever thought that there might be a celestial benefit to your mental and emotional illness?
Episode #268 - Foreordination, Destiny & Trials
22 May 2025
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Send us a textHave you ever wondered if God truly knows everything. Omniscience can be a difficult concept alongside agency but the two can live tog...
Episode # 267 - The Healing Process
04 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhat does it mean to be healed? In my experience with healing and mental illness, healing is far more about the process than the desti...
Episode #266 - Learning Happiness
27 Apr 2025
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Send us a textCan one be happy and suffer with mental and emotional illness? The answer to that question depends upon you.
Episode #265 - The Power of Silence
20 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen the Lord is silent is when I most listen in my life. I have found that silence brings blessings given time and effort.
Episode #264 - Spiritual Healing
06 Apr 2025
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Send us a textWhat does it take to be spiritual healed? And what do our trials have to do with it.
Episode #263 - Faith to Move Mountains
23 Mar 2025
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Send us a textWhat does it take to develop faith to move mountains?
Episode #262 - Why We Don't Receive Revelation - Laying Aside Sin
17 Mar 2025
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Send us a textThere exist many good reasons why our communication with our Father and Savior gets interrupted.  Yes sin is always a hinderance. B...
Episode #261 - Premortal Identity
09 Mar 2025
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Send us a textWhen we consider identity and seeking out our personal identity, we should always consider our premortal identity our true nature
Episode #260 - Tomorrow
02 Mar 2025
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Send us a textWe often get lost in the idea of tomorrow without realizing the consequences.
Episode #259 - LGBTQ+ Issues & Covenant Desire
18 Feb 2025
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Send us a textLGBTQ+ Issues & Covenant Desire
Episode #258 - Repentance & Mental Illness
09 Feb 2025
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Send us a textRepentance is such a different process when you live with mental illness.
Episode #257 - Who Are You?
03 Feb 2025
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Send us a textWhile the world wants to define your identity, the Lord already has.
Episode #256 - Spiritual Practicality
26 Jan 2025
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Send us a textSometimes we just need to hear it from a practical sense.
Episode #255 - WHY???!!!>>...
19 Jan 2025
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Send us a textWhy? Why must we suffer?
Episode #254 - Between Faith and Fear
12 Jan 2025
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Send us a textWhat does is mean to have faith? What does is mean to fear? Have you ever thought that fear might be reduced to the emotion we feel ...
Episode #253 - Mirrors
05 Jan 2025
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Send us a textWhen you look in the mirror what do you see? If you do not see what the Lord sees then you are projecting a false image of yourself, a...
Episode #252 - A Journey of a Thousand Miles
29 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textIt is often that revelation and miracles are not seen or recognized until long after they have occurred. Such is the case with the sto...
Episode #251 - The Devil's Playground
22 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThere exists two major forces inspiring Lucifer's dictatorship. The first is fear. And the second is contention. Both work in...
Episode #250 - In Defense of Emma Hale Smith
16 Dec 2024
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Send us a textThis week seemed appropriate to bring back Emma to our memory. She was and is a valiant servant of God. I believe that she was valia...
Episode #249 - Mortality and the Anti-Christ Within Us
09 Dec 2024
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Send us a textThe mortal natural man within our body chemistry is a powerful force that is necessary but can be turned against our spiritual nature. ...
Episode #248 - Choices
24 Nov 2024
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Send us a textFinding the Savior in our daily walk
Episode #247 - The Work of Happiness
18 Nov 2024
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Send us a textThis week's episode is one of my favorites recorded in 2022.
Episode #246 - The Prodigal
03 Nov 2024
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Send us a textWe can all feel like the prodigal son or daughter and yet we find that both the older brother and the prodigal were wrong in their perce...
Episode #245 - The Character of Christ
27 Oct 2024
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Send us a textWhen we understand the character and nature of Christ, we come to understand ourselves and the power of the atonement to change our natu...
Episode #244 - That Guilty Feeling
20 Oct 2024
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Send us a textGuilt is a primary emotion of the body that allows it to maintain habit formation but it can also be a terrible obstacle to mental and e...
Episode #243 - Broken Vessels & Eternal Life
13 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textGiven that mental health awareness month is upon us. It is important to understand that we are children of God and Christ and broken v...
Episode #242 - Spiritual Origins & Mortal Shells
06 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMortality can be a difficult place for someone suffering with mental and emotional health issues. It can very much feel as though your...
Episode #241 - Grace, Mercy & Covenant Protection
29 Sep 2024
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Send us a textWhen we partake of covenants and live the gospel, we will find grace, mercy and protection, but it is very important to remember just ho...
Episode #240 - Anxiety Disorders & Sharing the Gospel
22 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAnxiety and sharing the gospel may seem like incompatible ideas. And yes anxiety certainly causes issues. Many individuals see their w...
Episode #239 - How Do I Know?
15 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textThe path of the disciple is marked by our relationship with the Savior. Often we look for the divinely appointed steps of exaltation, ...
Episode #238 - The Path of Discipleship
08 Sep 2024
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Send us a textWe so often in our lives want to define our personal path of discipleship and then tell the Lord what the blessings should be. Yet tha...
Episode #237 - The Balm of Gilead
03 Sep 2024
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Send us a textIs Medication really right for me? What to consider and what medications are available?
Episode #236 - Can You Feel So Now
25 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textAre you on the path? Are you in good standing with the Lord? Are you enough and can you feel it? So often these questions cause us dee...
Episode #235 - Joy - Happiness and Mortal Chemistry
12 Aug 2024
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Send us a textWhat is joy? What is happiness? So often in the church we talk about ideas such as joy and happiness but have a limited idea as to w...
Episode #234 - Bad Days
05 Aug 2024
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Send us a textWe all face bad days and troubling moments. That is no secret. But do we understand their purpose in the celestial realms and trials...
Episode #233 - Perfectionism - Faith Crisis
28 Jul 2024
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Send us a textPerfectionism is a very unique coping mechanism built to calm our personal anxieties.  However, it can be an often is problematic to ...
Episode #232 - The Second Mile
21 Jul 2024
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Send us a textSo often in life the answer to our problems in life or when we are seeking blessings is do more, serve more, be more. The difficulty wit...
Episode #230 - Faith and Fear
01 Jul 2024
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Send us a textFaith can be a troubling subject when you suffer with mental illness. It is important to understand what faith is, what fear is and ho...
Episode #229 - Job
17 Jun 2024
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Send us a textFaith that brings forth miracles is certainly a foundational faith but remaining faithful without seeing the miracle and even in the fac...
Episode #228 - Pornography, Addiction and Mental Health
25 May 2024
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Send us a textPhonography addiction is a sensitive subject, and it is one of the least understood from the perspective of mental health. Individuals...
Episode #227 - Intrusive Thoughts
12 May 2024
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Send us a textIntrusive thoughts and emotions are a significant problem within mental and emotional illness. This is especially true for members of ...
Episode #226 - Returning From a Mission Early - Navigating Emotional And Mental Health
28 Apr 2024
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Send us a textReturning home from a full-time LDS mission early is one of the more difficult trials one will face. Not only must you navigate a new ...
Episode #225 - Love Me
21 Apr 2024
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Send us a textWe all wonder at times whether the Lord loves us. We wonder if our relationship is growing. Many times we desperately seek and hope ...
Episode #224 - Unclean
14 Apr 2024
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Send us a textAs the lepers cried out during Christ's day so do others whose fate is similar to the lepers. Addiction affects more than the per...
Episode #222 - Deep Desires - Infertility-Single Life-Divorce
31 Mar 2024
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Send us a textFor many members and individuals blessings such as marriage, children and a loving spouse have not yet materialized. It can be a deepl...
Episode #221 - The Enemy of Our Souls
24 Mar 2024
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Send us a textWhen we can see Lucifer’s attacks for what they really are and how he works, when we are suffering from emotional and mental health is...
Episode #220 - Applying the Power of the Atonement
17 Mar 2024
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Send us a textIn preparation for Easter, I would like to return to one of my favorite episodes. When we better understand the nature of the Atonemen...
Episode #219 - Emotional Exhaustion
10 Mar 2024
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Send us a textSo often in this world of pressures, priorities and pledges to succeed, we find the wreckage of the emotionally exhausted individual. ...
Episode #218 - HeartBreak
03 Mar 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHeartbreak or the loss of a close emotional connection is one of the most common ways in which mental and emotional health issues arise ...
Episode #217 - An Epidemic of Perfectionism
27 Feb 2024
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Send us a textThere is a social crisis through out the world and within the church. We are becoming a society of perfectionists. And anxiety and perfe...
Episode #216 - Sexual Abuse and Assault - Healing and Hope
18 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSexual abuse and assault are perhaps the most heinous type of sin perpetrated upon the innocent victim. The wounds can run deep and ca...
Episode #215 - I Don't Know. And It's OK
12 Feb 2024
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Send us a text"I Don't Know. And It's Ok" I one of the most difficult lessons we learn in this life.
Episode #214 - Why We Doubt
04 Feb 2024
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Send us a textDoubt in the gospel, doubt in ourselves, doubt in our emotional day to day experience is terribly unnerving. Doubt is an emotion and w...
Episode #213 - Healing By Degrees
28 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textHealing is such a personal topic. Each of us desires healing and restoration but healing does not generally come from a dramatic mirac...
Episode #212 - Mortality, the Perfect Plan?
14 Jan 2024
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Send us a textWhen you suffer with mental illness, it can be very difficult to see mortality as a perfect plan of exaltation? And yet what else coul...
Episode #211 - Why Don't I Feel Forgiveness
07 Jan 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWhen we suffer from mental health problems, it can be very difficult to feel forgiven. That is the nature of the illness. Depression...
Episode #210 - Resolutions & The Suicide Peak
31 Dec 2023
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Send us a textKeeping yearly resolutions can be tough for anyone but when you suffer from an illness that effects your desires, motivations and intent...
Episode #209 - You Will Meet Him
24 Dec 2023
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Send us a textYou will meet him one day.
Episode #208 - Suicidal Ideation
19 Dec 2023
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Send us a textSuicidal ideation is by its very nature not sin. Suicidal thoughts are one of the ways the body elevates emotional issues to the foref...
Episode #207 - Why We Don't Get Answers
11 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSometimes we may feel that our Father in Heaven is not answering our questions and concerns. Sometimes there are good reasons for it.
Episode #206 - A Mission to Fulfill
05 Dec 2023
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Send us a textYou have a mission to fulfill in this life. While you might have difficulties and disadvantages the Lord knows you and can most certai...
Episode #205 - The Atonement of Jesus Christ
26 Nov 2023
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Send us a textWhen we more fully understand the Atonement of the Savior, we can come to rely more fully upon its effects in our lives.
Episode #204 - How Do We Know?
21 Nov 2023
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Send us a textHow do we know if we are on the path to celestial life?
Episode #203 - Alone in the Chapel
12 Nov 2023
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Send us a textHave you ever felt alone? Have you ever felt excluded? Have you ever felt isolated as thought no one understands you? You are not ...
Episode #201 - Pride
30 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textI know that we don't talk about pride much when we discuss mental health but in reality it is one of the major roadblocks in our he...
Episode #200 - Overthinkers Anonymous
22 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textLet's face the fact that we tend to overthink problems when we suffer with mental health. The question is what do we do about it.
Episode #199 - Trust
14 Oct 2023
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Send us a textWhen you suffer with an emotional illness and mental health challenges it can be difficult to trust your emotions. This causes persona...
Episode #198 - Thoughts & Dreams
09 Oct 2023
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Send us a textWhile our thoughts and dreams may not mean anything, it is important to understand how the Lord works with our thoughts and dreams, espe...
Episode #196 - The Origins of Peace
24 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textSo often in this world we are told where peace is to be found. However, there is only once source of true peace.
Episode #195 - Pivoting & Planning
17 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textMental Illness can and does cause life chaos where the only thing that is certain is that your illness is going to get in the way. Our...
Episode #194 - Angels & Ordinary Lives
03 Sep 2023
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Send us a textYou might be surprised to know just how often the Lord comes to those with Ordinary Lives and just how often the angels from beyond the ...
Episode #193 - Psychological Warfare
27 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textWe are in a war, there is not doubt of that. The daily war we fight rages on as we work to find our footing in the loose moral soils o...
Episode #192 - Inner Desire - What Do I Truly Want?
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Send us a textOur deep inner desire represents our true core emotions. They are who we are and what we become. It is important to understand how t...
Episode #191 - Living in the Present
14 Aug 2023
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Send us a textThe Lord has said "Be Ye Therefore Perfect". I believe that the Lord did not intend for us to use that statement as a form o...
Episode #190 - The Guilt Gap
06 Aug 2023
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Send us a textWe as human beings create a strange problem. We struggle to match our perceived capacity with our true capacity. And in so doing we ...