Start Your Day Positive

Finding Your Purpose, Is Lebron Plotting His Next Move? and What Tops the Back To School List in 2025

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories (Lebron's possible big move!)
✅ Today in History 
✅  Is back-to-school shopping as exciting as it used to be?
✅ Finding Your Purpose - Purpose Produce Resilience - A FREE Book for you - Rick Warren's "Daily Hope Devotional"
 
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🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Northeast Factory Direct

'Coolcations' Travel Trend, Waiting on God and Throw a Get 'R Done Party

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories
✅ A New Vacation Trend - "Coolcations"
✅ Today in History -
✅ Throw a "Get 'R Done" Party
✅ Waiting and praying for God to step in from our FREE Devotional "Daily Hope" from Rick Warren
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🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Universal Windows Direct

The Best Customer Service Ever, The Surprising Origin of a Famous Song, Following God When You're Uncertain

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories 
✅ Best customer service ever
✅ Today in History
✅  Enter to Win a $50 gift card to your favorite restaurant - Wyatt Works Whistle While You Win
✅  A conversation with Father Bob Stec on the heart behind the FREE Christian Music Festival called The FEST
✅ Faith Means Following Even When You Don't Know Where - A FREE Book for you - Rick Warren's "Daily Hope Devotional"
✅  Join us at "The Fest" this Sunday. Stop by, say hi at our "Start Your Day Positive Booth", and enter to win a $100 MASTER PIZZA gift card.
 
 
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🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Universal Windows Direct

Finding Strength in the Struggle, Young Men Leading the Way Back To Church, How to Stop Oversharing

n This Episode:✅ Top News Stories 
✅ Today in History 
✅ Back to church - Young men are turning to church and Bible reading
✅  Finding strength in struggle - We talk to Master Pizza owner Michael LaMarca about staying positive through tough circumstances.  
✅ How to Stop Oversharing- Communications expert Tommie Jo Brode joins us to give some help with this question. You can pick up a copy of Tommie's new book, Authentic Workplaces on Amazon or at TommieJoBrode.com
✅  Enter to Win $200 is house cleaning services from Squeaky Clean NEO. Just listen for the keyword.
✅  Join us at "The Fest" this Sunday. Stop by, say hi at our "Start Your Day Positive Booth", and enter to win a $100 MASTER PIZZA gift card.
 
📲 Follow Sara on Instagram @saracarnes4
📲 Follow Len on Instagram @lenhowser
 
🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Northeast Factory Direct

How "In God We Trust" Became Our Motto, The Bobblehead Boom and The Beauty of Giving Books

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories
✅ Bobbleheads are Back! Why Everyone’s Collecting Them Again
✅ Today in History - How "In God We Trust" became our National Motto. 
✅ The Beauty of Giving Books. Savannah Guthrie’s New Book "Mostly What God Does is Love You" and a Beautiful Gift Idea
✅ Answer today's STUMP DAY Question - win 2 dozen cake pops from DaisyPops!
✅  Join us at "The Fest" this Sunday. Stop by, say hi at our "Start Your Day Positive Booth", and enter to win a $100 MASTER PIZZA gift card.
📲 Follow Sara on Instagram @saracarnes4
📲 Follow Len on Instagram @lenhowser
 
🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Universal Windows Direct

Does Corn Sweat Make It Hotter? The Best Universal Questions, One of the Most Watched Events in TV History

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories 
✅ Today in History 
✅ What is Corn Sweat? Does it Make It Hotter? The Science Behind Midwest Humidity
✅ How to Ask Universal Questions People Love to Answer (and Hear)
✅  Join us at "The Fest" this Sunday. Stop by, say hi, and  enter to win a $100 MASTER PIZZA gift card
 
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🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Northeast Factory Direct and Universal Windows Direct

Gift Giving for Kids Birthdays Made Super Easy, Who Invented the Hamburger and Thanks to VBS Workers Everywhere

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories 
✅ Today in History 
✅  Thank you to VBS and kids ministry workers everywhere
✅  Stuck with no idea? Gift giving made easy
✅  Why doing the opposite of what you think can really pay off
✅ How to get a FREE copy of Rick Warren's devotional, "Daily Hope"
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🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Northeast Factory Direct

Hulk Hogan's Strong Faith in Jesus, No More Price Matching at Target and Join Sara in Tackling Len's Olympic Quiz

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories - Hulk Hogan passes away. We share a beautiful clip about Hulk's faith in Jesus
✅ Today in History
✅  Win a $50 gift card to your favorite restaurant - Wyatt Works Whistle While You Win
✅ Target changes and clarifies its take-back policy
✅ Sara's up to the challenge of Len's Olympic Quiz...see how you do!
✅ A FREE Book for you - Rick Warren's "Daily Hope Devotional"
 
 
 
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🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Universal Windows Direct

The Coolest Reason to Consider Going EV, Be More Respected in Your Conversations and Pepsi Steps Up in the Cola War

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories 
✅ Today in History 
✅Thinking about an electric car? Charging up may soon be your favorite reason!
✅ Starbucks' new Fall menu is more than just pumpkin spice, we have the latest
✅ How to Be More Respected - Communications expert Tommie Jo Brode joins us to give some help with this question. You can pick up a copy of Tommie's new book, Authentic Workplaces on Amazon or at TommieJoBrode.com
Her book is 50% off on her website from July 23-27
✅  Win $200 is house cleaning services from Squeaky Clean NEO. Just listen for the keyword.
📲 Follow Sara on Instagram @saracarnes4
📲 Follow Len on Instagram @lenhowser
 
🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Northeast Factory Direct

The Do Good Mobile Celebrates a Barber Changing Lives, Baking Soda to the Rescue and Get Ready for Avatar 3

In This Episode:✅ Top News Stories 
✅ Today in History 
✅ The Do Good Mobile visits someone doing good for Texas flood victims
✅   A simple trick to eliminate campfire odor
✅ STUMP DAY - win 2 dozen DaisyPops! 
✅ Help Texas flood victims through Hands To America
 
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📲 Follow Len on Instagram @lenhowser
 
🎉 Special thanks to our sponsors:Universal Windows Direct