A Conversation of Hope With Brett
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A Conversation of Hope With Brett
The Golden Ticket to Creating and Maintaining AMAZING Relationships in Your Life
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Today's episode centers on the idea that trust is the foundation of every healthy relationship, built through consistent, honest actions—not just big promises. He explains that trust grows in small daily moments, but even a single betrayal can quickly damage it and create doubt, fear, and emotional distance. Rebuilding trust is possible, but it requires accountability, humility, and long-term consistency rather than words alone. He also emphasizes that trust starts within—keeping promises to yourself builds self-confidence and integrity. Overall, the message is to actively protect and strengthen trust in all relationships because without it, nothing lasting can be built.
Mel Robbins | Two Habits to Change in Your Life
Ben Lionel Scott | Believe in Yourself
Joel Osteen | Make Room for Increase
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/joel-osteen-podcast/id137254859?i=1000760370712
Daily Healthy Lifestyle: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1coeDFfQP3wt1DX-nRvIi4Q0W9IJSB8Mr/view?usp=drivesdk
Welcome to A Conversation of Hope with Brett. This podcast is all about you. The mission to remind you that you are a masterpiece. To inspire you to dream again. To equip you with simple, actionable strategies for success. Strategies you can start using today to begin your journey towards the incredible life you deserve. He wants to remind you of the champions you were going to be. No matter your past or current struggles, Luck firmly believes that you're best painful and still head. He's grateful you're here and promises to give us all each week to help you create the life you were meant to live. So buckle up. Let's get started.
SPEAKER_02Welcome, welcome, welcome to a conversation of hope. I am so glad you tuned in today, and I have a jam-pack episode lined out that I truly believe you will really enjoy. I want to begin by reminding you, you have what it takes. You are more than enough. You're a champion whose absolute best days are straight ahead. Today, we're talking about the number one factor to having and maintaining an amazing relationship in your life for all your relationships. This is something so powerful that if it gets lost, it's hard and almost impossible to get back. It is something that must be treasured from day one in every relationship in your life. The number one factor in every great, healthy and thriving relationship is trust. If mistrust shows up in any area of your relationships, it taints the beauty of that relationship. Breaches of trust slowly disintegrate the foundation of the relationship. If someone makes a mistake in a relationship, a healthy relationship, that would mistake you'd have grace to discuss, fix, and move forward. If anything gets hidden from the other person or misconstrued, it can destroy a relationship. It's always best just to be honest and open and commit to not making the same mistake again. If you truly love the person that you're with, and I know y'all do, you don't want to bring bad situations into the relationship. You and I should only be focused on doing things that will strengthen our relationships and not bring them down. Alright, y'all. Let's get right into the heart of it. Trust is the invisible thread that holds every meaningful relationship together. You can't always see it, you can't always touch it, but you feel it in the way someone looks at you when you speak, in the confidence that they will show up when they say they will, and in the quiet peace that comes from knowing you are safe, valued, and understood. Trust is the foundation of every great relationship, whether it's a marriage, a friendship, a partnership, or even the relationship you have with yourself. And just like the foundation of a building, when it's strong, everything built on it can rise higher than ever imagined. But when it's weak or worse, when it cracks, everything about it becomes unstable. Let's talk about why trust matters so deeply and what really happens when it's broken. Trust is built in the small moments. It's not just the big promises, it's not just the grand gestures. Trust is built in the everyday choices, the consistency of your words matching your actions. It's answering the call when you said you would. It's choosing loyalty when temptation whispers otherwise. It's listening, truly listening when someone opens their heart to you. Every one of those moments is like placing a brick. One by one you build something solid, something dependable, something that can weather storms. And here's the truth. People don't need perfection. They need consistency. They need to know that who you are today is who you will be tomorrow. Because trust says you can count on me. Trust says I see you and I won't betray that. Trust says you're safe here. And when trust is present, relationships flourish. Communication becomes easier, walls come down, people become more open, more vulnerable, more real. There's freedom in trust. Freedom to be yourself without fear of judgment or rejection. But when trust is broken, everything changes. A single moment can undo years of building one lie, one betrayal, or one broken promise, and suddenly doubt enters the room. Where there was once confidence, there's now questioning. And where there was once peace, there is now anxiety. Where there was once openness, there is now guardedness. Because when trust is broken, it doesn't just damage the relationship, it changes the way people see everything. They start asking questions they never had to ask before. Are you telling me the truth? Can I believe you? Is this gonna happen again? And even more painful than the questions is the emotional shift. The heart that was once open begins to close. The person who once leaned in begins to pull away. The connection that once felt effortless now feels heavy. Why? Because trust is tied to safety. When trust is broken, people no longer feel safe. And when people don't feel safe, they protect themselves. They build walls, they become cautious, they hold back parts of themselves that they once gave freely. It's not because they want to, it's because they have to. Now here's something important. Breaking trust doesn't always come from malicious intent. Sometimes it comes from carelessness, sometimes from selfishness, and sometimes from fear, sometimes from not realizing the weight of our actions until it's too late. But regardless of the reason, the impact is real. Because trust once broken is not easily restored. Rebuilding trust is possible, but it's not quick and it's not easy. It requires humility. It requires accountability. It requires consistency over time. Not just words, but actions that prove true change has truly taken place. You can't demand trust back. You have to earn it back. And the person who was hurt, they have a journey too. They have to decide whether they are willing to open their heart again. They have to wrestle with fear, with doubt, and with the memory of what happened. They have to choose slowly, carefully, whether to believe again. And that takes courage. Because trusting again after being hurt is one of the bravest things a person can do. But let's take this even deeper. Trust isn't just about others, it's also about the relationships that you have with yourself. When you break promises to yourself, when you say you'll do something and don't follow through, when you ignore your values or settle for less than you deserve, you begin to lose trust in yourself. And that loss can quietly affect every area of your life. You hesitate more, you doubt your own decisions, and you question your worth. Because deep down you're no longer sure you can rely on you. And that's why integrity matters so much. Integrity is doing what you said you would do, even when no one is watching. It's aligning your actions with your values. It's becoming someone that others can trust and someone you can trust. Because the strongest relationships are built between people who trust themselves first. Now here's the powerful truth I want you to hold on to. Trust is fragile, but it's also powerful. When you choose honesty over comfort, you strengthen it. When you choose loyalty over convenience, you strengthen it. And when you choose consistency over excuses, you strengthen that trust. But when you protect trust, when you treat it like the precious, irreplaceable thing that it is, you create relationships that can withstand almost anything. So ask yourself, are you building trust or slowly breaking it? Are your words aligned with your actions? Are you showing up in a way that makes people feel safe, valued, and respected? If trust has been broken, whether by you or someone else, what are you gonna do about it? Will you take responsibility? Will you do the hard work of rebuilding? Or will you walk away and leave the foundation cracked? Because at the end of the day, every relationship you care about will come down to one thing, and that's trust. Without it, nothing lasting can be built. With it, almost anything is possible. So guard it, honor it, fight for it, because trust isn't just a part of a great relationship, it is the foundation. Wow, everyone, oh my goodness, that was powerful. Trust, trust, trust. Guard it, guard it, guard it. Let's make sure that we're guarding our relationships and ensure that we do not do anything that can break the trust in our relationships. I only want vibrant, healthy, and flourishing relationships for you in your life. All right, y'all. Buckle up. Cause we're heading into the laugh zone. It's officially joke time. Why did the tomato turn red? Because it's not a salad dressing. Everybody, let's get ready for some great stories. I lined out two amazing ones for you this week. The first one Moving Company offers free moves to domestic violence victims in eight states, and they've completed thousands of them so far. Getting out of an abusive relationship is vital. Yet packing up and moving out is even more daunting. But thanks to Meathead Movers, it's much easier and doesn't cost a dime to leave a spouse or a partner behind and start a new future. For twenty five years, California's largest independently owned moving company has been helping in domestic violence in their state by offering their moving services for free to those who need it. Even better, they launched a coalition that attracted eight other moving companies in the United States to join them in their mission. The program they launched, hashtag move to NDV, has inspired over 200 businesses to pledge free services for domestic violence survivors, from moving to self-storage and even security companies in three California cities that will send a guard during the move. Last year alone, Meathead Movers completed 106 domestic violence related moves for free, including eight emergency moves in the cities they serve. Founded by brothers Aaron and Evan Steed, the company is a powerful example of how businesses can create tangible community impact through service. These moves became very personal to us, Aaron said. They made all the employees so proud and became part of our mission statement. Aaron's compassion inspired the owner of a local moving company in Fort Worth, Texas, to reach out and ask how they could do the same. Today that company, Veterans Moving America, works with shelters to provide moving services to survivors in Fort Worth, creating a Texas size rippled effect in their own community. How it works, the moving companies are advised to work with local domestic violence prevention shelters that will screen victims who are requesting a move. This is to ensure the victim, whether male or female, is supported throughout the transition and to keep movers safe. What's good about this? They can be vetting the request for help, supporting the women or men with counseling, and making sure when we went in that the proper restraining orders were in place or police were on hand if necessary, explained Aaron. These women are completely abandoning their life as they know it and trying to rebuild from scratch. And businesses are rallying together for them, says Aaron. We want them to know what people in the community that we all have their back. We want to do this in communities all over the country. And that sense of doing good becomes contagious, inspiring employees and communities to take part in the meaningful acts of kindness. Wow, you all, that is absolutely spectacular. People helping people, like we always talk about. There's just think about a moving company making such a big difference. It doesn't matter what you're doing, there's something that you can make a difference in, somewhere, some area. Powerful. All right, next story up. Toddler safe after German Shepherd tracks her for hours in the cold, dense woods. A volunteer and a seven-year-old German Shepherd have been hailed as heroes finding a lost toddler amid plummeting temperatures. In Dorchester, New Hampshire, temps passing 40 on route to an expected 20 degrees Fahrenheit when a mother called 911 to frantically explain that her two-year-old daughter and the family dogs were missing. A hole where a wooden fence joined a metal wire fence told of a clever canines and curious child in tow. At 315 PM on October 10th, the word went out to fire and rescue state and local police and volunteer teams, and soon ninety people were scouring the deep woods looking for the child. Everyone dropped what they were doing and came over extremely quickly, knowing the temperatures were dropping. They are all volunteers doing this on their own time, and the sheer output and pouring of support was incredible. One man who showed up though made off with the headlines. Jeremy from Concord, almost 40 miles away, arrived with Freya, a train sent tracking dog, to lend a hand, a heart, and a nose to the search. While Corson and Freya hunted, the two family dogs returned, worrying the rescue teams that time was running out. There were no more warm bodies or good company for that little toddler, and the sun was going down as well. On the brighter side it meant that they were likely looking in the right area. The dog and the handler are very much a team, said Corson. We do the human part of it, figuring out how the wind moves and how to move through the area, and the dog provides the nose. She brought us right into it, and that she did. At about eight PM, while Freya went along the nose to the ground, Corson heard a voice respond as he called out the toddler's name. They found her and she was very happy to be seen, thinking Corson was her father. At home, the mother was overwhelmed and broke down. All the rescuers were relieved and there was a sense of elation in the air. The toddler declared she was ready for night night, though the parents agreed it was wise to take her to the hospital and check her for hyperthermia and other injuries. Corson was extremely proud of his dog and brought her a brand new ball as a reward. The comment section was amass with praise for the man and his dog. What a wonderful story. The bond between the dog and the handler is amazing. While others admitted it reaffirmed their love for one of the most famous of all working dogs. Wow, everybody. Once again, that guy was 40 miles away when the call came out that a toddler was missing, dropped everything, got in the car, and headed out to take care of that, and actually made a huge difference. So let's all think about that. Golden rule, how can we do unto others as we want done to ourselves? There's so many great things we could do to help other people out. All right, y'all, let's head into my recap of my top three episodes of the week. Number one, two habits to change your life by Mel Robbins. Stop waiting to feel motivated, she says. Act before you feel ready. Mel emphasizes that motivation is unreliable. Most people think they need to feel like changing before they act, but Mel teaches the opposite. Your brain is designed to protect you from discomfort. That means hesitation, procrastination, and excuses. They're normal. Sometimes we think it's only us, but they're normal for everybody. If you wait till you feel ready, you may wait forever, she says. Use a countdown like her famous one, five, four, three, two, one, and then just move on it. Or an immediate action trigger to interrupt overthinking. Every time you act despite resistance, you build self-trust. You prove to yourself I can do hard things even when I don't feel like it. Here's a big takeaway: success is not about motivation, it's about moving before your excuses can take over. Number two, she says, focus on systems, not goals. Mel says one of the biggest mindset shifts for lasting transformation. Goals set direction, but systems create results. A goal says, I want to get healthy. A system says I want I walk every morning, I drink water first, and I Prepare meals ahead of time. Here is why systems win. Goals are temporary. Systems become a lifestyle. Small daily habits compound into massive life change. Mel reinforces the idea that improving just a little each day creates extraordinary results over time. Link to the full episode as always is in the show notes. Number two. Believe in yourself by Ben Lyeland Scott. Ben says your belief in yourself sets the ceiling for your future. Success always begins internally, long before the world sees the results. Ben says too many people live beneath their potential because they allow fear, doubt, past failures, or other people's opinions to define them. Greatness is not reserved for a select few. It belongs to those willing to trust themselves, stay disciplined, and keep going when life gets hard. Self-belief is a choice. You may not control your starting point, your setbacks, or your circumstances, but you do control your mindset. Every successful person had moments of uncertainty, rejection, and failure. But what separated them was their refusal to quit on themselves. They always believed their future could be better than the present. Overcoming the voice of doubt is a must for success. Fear can often be the biggest obstacle between where you are and where you are called to be. Courage is not the absence of fear. It's acting despite the fear. Believing in yourself means moving forward even when confidence feels shaky. Motivation can spark you, but discipline sustains you. Real belief in yourself is shown through consistent, focused, and refusing excuses even when results are delayed. Setbacks don't define you, they develop you. Link to the FOL episode is in the show notes. Increase requires big thinking. Many people pray for increase, bigger opportunities, stronger relationships, financial breakthroughs, or greater influence, but often they are stuck because of limited thinking. God may be ready to do something bigger, but if your mindset, your habits, or your expectations are too small, you can unintentionally limit what he wants to give you. True increase starts in your thinking. Joel says too often people settle in routines, disappointments, or past failures and unconsciously shrink their expectations. Instead of thinking this is as good as it gets, I'll always struggle. Opportunities never come my way. Shift your thinking to God has more in store. New doors are going to open. I'm preparing for overflow. Remove what no longer belongs in you. Remove the old hurts, the bitterness, the limiting beliefs, the fear of failure, the guilt from past mistakes. If you're believing for financial increase, start managing what you have now wisely. If you're praying to have a family, start preparing your heart and your home for it. If you want to have new opportunities, improve your skills and be ready. Expect great things to happen. God did not create you to barely get by. Alright, y'all. Once again, link to full episode in the show notes. Challenge of the week. Let's all, including me, review all the relationships in our lives and ask ourselves, is there anything I am doing that might be eroding a relationship of trust? If so, let's change that today and work hard on it, rebuilding the trust in that relationship. Once again, I only want healthy, thriving relationships for you in your life. And now you and I both know trust is the key component. All right, I want to close out today's episode the way we started it, reminding you you are enough. You have what it takes, and your absolute best days are straight ahead, champion. You are loved and appreciated, as my dad would tell everybody he saw. You are loved and appreciated, he would say. Thank you, thank you, thank you for being a part of our great community as we roll to one million. Have an epic day, an amazing week, and God bless.
SPEAKER_00Brett wants to remind you that you are loved and appreciated. If you found value in this episode and know someone who could use a little hope in encouragement, please like, share, and comment. Be sure to check out the show notes for links to Brett's not great podcast of the week. Until next time, wishing you and your family an incredible week. And ultimately, a great life. Because you, you, you deserve it.