by WillBowen | Mar 20, 2019 | JumpStarts
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Ginger was a dog who showed up at our home one day and took up permanent residence. Ginger had obviously been abused in the past and was always nervous and anxious. She would cower whenever you went to pet her out of fear that you might hit her....
by WillBowen | Mar 19, 2019 | JumpStarts
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS There is a sad truth about dogs. Back when scientific experiments were often quite cruel, in one study dogs were placed into cages that were randomly electrified painfully shocking the dogs. (I told you it was cruel.) The researchers found that...
by WillBowen | Mar 18, 2019 | JumpStarts
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Hedonic adaptation explains why our first bite of pizza always tastes better than your last. If it didn’t, we might continue eating nonstop. Hedonic adaptation also helps us put life’s pain and struggles into perspective because over time even the...
by WillBowen | Mar 15, 2019 | JumpStarts
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS Mark Twain humorously observed that there are 2 types of people, those who divide people into types and those who do not. I’ve always thought this was super funny given all the ways we attempt to slice ourselves into categories. Personally, I HAVE...
by WillBowen | Mar 14, 2019 | JumpStarts
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS There’s a great scene in of the first seasons of Saturday Night Live wherein the restaurant serving, “cheeseburgers, cheeseburgers, cheeseburgers” burns to the ground. And, John Belushi’s character who loses everything in the fire, is asked, “What...
by WillBowen | Mar 13, 2019 | JumpStarts
VIDEO AUDIO SYNOPSIS A few decades ago something happened to me that test the power of my belief system to the limits and in that test I learned something. Want to hear an AMAZING story of faith? Then, check out this video. Faith is like a super power but it only...