{"podcast":{"title":"The Friday ReFresh","slug":"the-friday-refresh-7027987","podcast_index_feed_id":7027987,"rss_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/the-friday-refresh/rss","website_url":"https://the-friday-refresh.zencast.website","image_url":"https://podcdn.zencast.fm/download/Podcast%2Fartworks%2F9448%2Flarge%2F84dcc6630fa06536f280f6632536db9ef88ab7dacbeb6b854c26350540502182%2F0Mnnl2csumYUiMTnSaUFhKXE8H2SmzvErUNkz6Gf.png","author":"Ben and Travis","episode_count":99,"summary":"Hello and welcome to the Friday ReFresh, a Ben and Travis podcast. I’m Ben from Ben and Travis and I have been working as a minister for 23 years and as a counselor for the last 10 years. I recognize that there are a lot of things in our world that impact different people in different ways. Working in counseling I’ve learned that there are a lot more things that can rock our world that I never knew existed. Many of those things are hidden struggles that others may never know about — or at least they don’t know about until something comes along and quite literally “opens up a can” of past trauma or hidden struggles. So I invite you to come along with me on this journey of exploration and understanding through this podcast which offers short episodes and hopefully informational and motivational material to help you as you prepare for the last day of the week. Not every episode will be about a mental health struggle but there will certainly be weeks that are. Sometimes we will just hope to give you a boost as you close out the week. However, there are some rules of engagement here though - some understanding that I want you to have before you agree to go on the journey. 1. Keep An Op…","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friday-refresh-7027987"},"episode":{"title":"Look Up","slug":"look-up","published_at":"2025-02-21T11:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friday-refresh-7027987/look-up","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friday-refresh-7027987","url":"https://the-friday-refresh.zencast.website/episodes/look-up","audio_url":"https://media.zencast.fm/the-friday-refresh/51ba3232-3cbc-484d-b8ed-4796b544f98b.mp3?source=feed","summary":"Welcome in to the Friday Refresh brought you you by the Adventures of Ben and Travis and the WorryCoaster children’s book. Written by myself and Travis Creasy and expertly illustrated by our friend and brother, Jacob Hennigan. It is a feel good story of how to overcome anxiety and fear with a section in the back for parents, youth workers and teachers with helpful hints to keep the conversation going. Go to BenandTravis.com/books for more information. Challenge Youth Conference (www.cyconline.com) weekend is back again. For over 25 years this conference has taken place in the Smoky Mountains. For many years now it has been in the LeConte Center in Pigeon Forge and there have been close to 14,000 attendees some years. Our congregation will have over 40 in attendance this weekend and other congregations will have 100. Travis and I get to do some crazy activities and videos to get the event started and then we also participate in S.W.A.T. (Skits With A Truth) team. Most people who have attended, whether adults or teenagers, have found the weekend to be encouraging in their faith and they often leaved challenged to live a bold life for Christ. The speakers this year include Chris Miller, Lonnie Jones, Brad Montague, Craig Evans, and David Shannon. All men who will challenge listeners to live to a higher standard. The theme this year is Look Up! An easily relatable theme when in the smokies mountains of East Tennessee. Links mentioned in this episode: http://www.benandtravis.com http://www.facebook.com/groups/benandtravis http://www.patreon.com/benandtravis Reframing Hope Book https://www.benandtravis.com/books Helping. Healing. Humor. with Ben and Travis: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/batify/id1457601152?mt=2&uo=4 Good Old Fashioned Dislike podcast: https://podca…","meta_description":"Welcome in to the Friday Refresh brought you you by the Adventures of Ben and Travis and the WorryCoaster children’s book. Written by myself and Travis Cr…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":235,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-friday-refresh-7027987/episodes/look-up/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-friday-refresh-7027987/look-up.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}