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Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success & Happiness

The Living Hour

Need a free online life coach? Look no further than the most motivational self-help authors of the past. Inspiring readings from James Allen, Napoleon Hill, Hellen Keller, Booker T. Washington, Khalil Gibran, Marcus Aurelius, and more. With over 25 million downloads, we have been one of the most popular self-development podcasts since 2016. Listen to our inspirational podcasts every Tuesday and Thursday, and browse hundreds of uplifting podcasts in our archive.Buy our best-selling trilogy of books

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16:33

Why Choosing the Right Friends Matters

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/20

Listen to episode 1088 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Why Choosing the Right Friends Matters. Adapted from the book Friendship by Hugh Black.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: There is nothing so important as the choice of friendship; for it both reflects character and affects it. We are known by the company we keep. It is an in- fallible test; for our thoughts, and desires, and ambitions, and loves are revealed there. It also affects our character; for it is the atmosphere we breathe. It enters

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6:02

The Secret of Not Becoming "Old"

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/18

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, edited and adapted from Live and Grow Young by Arthur Edward Stillwell, published in 1921.. Gain access to more episodes (ad-free) by becoming our patron for as little as $3 a month.By becoming a patron, you'll also gain access to our entire archive of Inspirational Living podcasts, plus full transcripts. Learn about the benefits our patrons receive by going to https://livinghour.org/patron. Thank you.Podcast Manuscript: Just like the stars, you

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16:21

The Secret to Great Accomplishments

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/15

Listen to episode 1087 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Secret to Great Accomplishments. Adapted from Beginning Right (How to Succeed) by Nathanial C. Fowler.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: LIFE has three seasons: yesterday, today, and tomorrow. What you did yesterday overlaps into today, and what you do today is carried over into tomorrow. Which is the most important of the three? No single one of them, because any one by itself is incomplete.If you did your duty yesterday, the work of today

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16:01

The Way to True Happiness

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/14

Listen to episode 1086 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Way to True Happiness. Edited and Adapted from Marriage: a Lifelong Honeymoon by Bernarr Macfadden.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Life, from birth to death, represents an almost continuous struggle for happiness. When the new-born babe first becomes conscious of their surroundings, appropriate food and warmth are about all that are essential to happiness. But as the little one increases in size, their necessities multiply vastly

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6:48

The Source of True Self-Confidence (Our Sunday Talks)

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/11

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, edited and adapted from Invincible Power by John Henry Remmers, published in 1922. Gain access to more episodes (ad-free) by becoming our patron for as little as $3 a month.By becoming a patron, you'll also gain access to our entire archive of Inspirational Living podcasts, plus full transcripts. Learn about the benefits our patrons receive by going to https://livinghour.org/patron. Thank you.Podcast Manuscript: You are the master of your destiny

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13:09

Why We Misunderstand Ourselves (and Each Other)

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/08

Listen to episode 1085 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Why We Misunderstand Ourselves (and Each Other). Edited and adapted from Ourselves and Others by H. Clay Trumbull.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: We do not fully understand ourselves. We do not fully understand others. We think that others do not understand themselves. We are sure that others do not understand us. It seems to us that if we understood others better, we should find it easier to get along with them. It seems to us that if

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8:58

The Power of Kindness | Uplifting Podcasts

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/06

Listen to episode 1084 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Power of Kindness. Edited and adapted from “The Secret of Success; or, Finger Posts on the Highway of Life,” by John Dale.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: ONE of the great needs of the world is more kindness — the pure, natural, unaffected kindness of the heart. There are multitudes of people who are surrounded by all the comforts that wealth can bestow, and yet they carry with them hearts empty and starving for the simple kindnesses of

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How to Use Your Spiritual Gifts | Our Sunday Talks

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/04

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, edited and adapted from The Gift of the Spirit by Prentice Mulford, published in 1913. Gain access to more episodes (ad-free) by becoming our patron for as little as $3 a month.By becoming a patron, you'll also gain access to our entire archive of Inspirational Living podcasts, plus full transcripts. Learn about the benefits our patrons receive by going to https://livinghour.org/patron. Thank you.Podcast Manuscript: There is one spirit, one power,

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13:55

How to Make the Most of Your Time

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2026/01/01

Listen to episode 1083 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Make the Most of Your Time. Edited and adapted from Essays on the Meaning of Life by Carl Hilty.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: “I HAVE no time,” that is not only the most familiar and convenient excuse for not doing something; it is also, one must confess, the excuse which has in it the greatest appearance of truth. Is it a good excuse? I must admit that within certain limits the excuse is reasonable. But I shall try to show how it

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9:41

How to Conquer Melancholy on New Year's Eve

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/30

Listen to episode 1082 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Conquering Melancholy on New Year’s Eve. Edited and Adapted from an essay by Charles Lamb.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Everyone has two birthdays: two days, at least, in every year, which set us upon reflecting on the lapse of time as it affects our mortal duration. As we grow older, the custom of honoring our proper birthday often passes away and is left to children, who reflect nothing at all about the matter, nor understand anything in

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13:15

An Inspirational Christmas Sory

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/28

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, edited and adapted from The Crown of Individuality by William George Jordan, published in 1909. Gain access to more episodes (ad-free) by becoming our patron for as little as $3 a month.By becoming a patron, you'll also gain access to our entire archive of Inspirational Living podcasts, plus full transcripts. Learn about the benefits our patrons receive by going to https://livinghour.org/patron. Thank you.Podcast Manuscript: The world’s attitude

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14:24

An Inspirational Christmas Sermon

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/25

Listen to episode 1081 of the Inspirational Living podcast: An Inspirational Christmas Sermon. Edited and adapted from All These Things Added by James Allen, published in 1903.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: THE mountain bends not to the fiercest storm, but it shields the fledgling and the lamb; and though all people tread upon it, yet it protects them, and bears them up upon its sturdy bosom. So it is also with the meek among us, who compassionately bend to shield the lowliest creature, and, though

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17:18

Keys to Friendship & Character | Success Podcasts

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/23

Listen to episode 1080 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Keys to Friendship & Character. Edited and adapted from “On the Threshold” by Theodore Thornton Munger.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: There are many turning-points when the question of success or failure is decided again and again. Life is a campaign, in which a series of fortresses are to be taken; all previous victories and advances may be thrown away by failure in the next. Nearly the last of these is companionship; if one wins the

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9:58

Your New Life Begins Today! | Uplifting Podcasts

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/21

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, edited and adapted from Creed of The Dauntless by Frank B. Whitney. Gain access to more episodes (ad-free) by becoming our patron for as little as $3 a month.By becoming a patron, you'll also gain access to our entire archive of Inspirational Living podcasts, plus full transcripts. Learn about the benefits our patrons receive by going to https://livinghour.org/patron. Thank you.Podcast Manuscript: “At sunrise every soul is born anew.” So rise today

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Living in Joy & Without Regrets | Happiness Podcasts

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/18

Listen to episode 1079 of the Inspirational Living podcast: Living in Joy & Without Regrets. Edited and adapted from Thoughts are Things by Prentice Mulford.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: THE tendency of many people after they are a little "advanced in years" is to look backward with regret. The "looking" should be the other way — forward. If you want to go backward in every sense (mental and physical), keep on cultivating the mood of living regretfully in your past life. It is

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16:24

The Greatness that Comes from Within

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/16

Listen to episode 1078 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Greatness that Comes from Within. Edited and adapted from The Rhythm of Life by Charles Brodie Patterson.Podcast Excerpt: Our work tells the story of our inner life. If it is the work of a Michael Angelo, a Leonardo da Vinci, a Beethoven, or a Wagner, then such work must be a true expression of that person’s highest self. There is no way for you to attain lasting greatness save through the development of your own innate powers and

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The Divine Place of Love | Our Sunday Talks

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/14

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks, edited and adapted from Invincible Power by John Henry Remmers, published in 1922. Gain access to more episodes (ad-free) by becoming our patron for as little as $3 a month.By becoming a patron, you'll also gain access to our entire archive of Inspirational Living podcasts, plus full transcripts. Learn about the benefits our patrons receive by going to https://livinghour.org/patron. Thank you.Podcast Manuscript: True Friendship is one of the rare

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17:35

How to Create a New Consciousness

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/11

Listen to episode 1077 of the Inspirational Living podcast: How to Create a New, Spiritual Consciousness. Adapted from the book The Rhythm of Life by Charles Brodie Patterson.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Life is a state of consciousness. The visible world is a mirror of what humanity has felt and thought and done; but it is not a prophecy of what you shall be, for what you shall be is written into the soul of you, and only as you learn to express your own soul-life can you enrich the world in

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The Key to Happiness | Inspirational Podcasts

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/09

Listen to episode 1076 of the Inspirational Living podcast: The Key to Happiness. Edited and adapted from The Simple Life by Charles Wagner, published in 1901.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: DO you find life enjoyable these days? For my part, on the whole, it seems rather depressing, and I fear that my opinion is not altogether personal. As I observe the lives of my contemporaries, and listen to their talk, I find myself unhappily confirmed of the opinion that they do not get much pleasure out of

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God is Within You | Our Sunday Talks

Inspirational Living: Life Lessons for Success &... ·

2025/12/07

Listen to a sample episode of Our Sunday Talks,edited and adapted from Little Builders by Dorothy Grenside, published in 1916.Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: I want you to understand that I really mean it when I say that God is everywhere and within you. He is not tucked away in some great far-off Heaven, so that you wonder if your prayers can climb so high. He is not living only in a church, to which the people go to find Him once a week. He does not merely listen to you when you say your prayers,

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