Make Life Less Difficult
Hosted by Russ Watts · Lisa Tilstra
4.8from 43 ratings
- 294
- Episodes
- 19
- Transcribed
- 43
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2021
- First episode
About Make Life Less Difficult
"What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?" - mary anne evansThis quote summarizes my life purpose. Life isn't easy. It's complex, filled with the unexpected, and sometimes really hard. While life is full of challenges, I believe there are myriad things we can do to help make life less difficult for each other.On this podcast we'll share stories, struggles, and successes that help us know we're not alone. And knowing we're not alone is one way to make life less difficult.
- Publisher
- Lisa Tilstra
- Category
- education · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2021
- Latest episode
- 3 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
19 of 294 episodes have a transcript.
3 Oct 2026
Jessica Zucal: Embracing the Dark Passages
25 Sept 2026
Donna Moreno: Get off the Ladder and onto the Jungle Gym of Life and Work!
21 Sept 2026
Nick Reittinger: Failure, Cookies, Faith, and Recovery
Inside a recent episode
Graham Shelby: Telling Stories for Connection and Impact
Published 16 Sept 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] But I think that the rise of the internet, which in some ways the internet connects us, but in some ways it also divides us and isolates us. And especially now with AI even more, everything is artifice. There's so much that it's hard to know what's real and authentic that I think it creates a hunger for authenticity in people. And I think a person standing in front of an audience telling a personal story, connecting in that kind of primal way is something that a lot of people crave. And we find really satisfying, especially when it's done well. Yeah, yeah. Well, Graham, I have so many different questions popping into my head. […]
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- Jessica Zucal
- Donna Moreno
- Nick Reittinger
- Graham Shelby
- Nicole Anderson
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 31 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 12 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 45 / 100
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- Quality
- 57
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 85
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Who hosts Make Life Less Difficult?
Russ Watts host the show. Published by Lisa Tilstra.
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