The Encouragement Blog

Encouragement, practiced daily.

This is the book brand's own home — short, honest notes from Nic Patterson and Mark Gai, coauthors of The Art of Encouragement and Deeply Planted, and cohosts of the Heart of Encouragement show. No slogans. The practice, in plain words.

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The Practice

Encouragement Is a Practice, Not a Poster

A poster says the right words once. A practice says them to a specific person, on a specific day, and then does it again tomorrow. Why encouragement belongs in the daily column, not the decoration column.

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About the books

The Art of Encouragement and Deeply Planted were written together by Nic Patterson and Mark Gai, out of a shared conviction: people grow when someone they trust keeps telling them the truth about what is possible — and keeps showing up to say it. The Heart of Encouragement show carries the same work in conversation. This blog is where the practice gets written down, one note at a time.