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I feel weary
I feel unseen
My life must count
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Welcome to A Little Nudge
You don’t need more hustle. You need a nudge toward what matters.
Oct 3, 2025
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Derek Hughes
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You Were Built For More Than Groceries And Emails
Two tiny shifts to lead you into a life that matters
Sep 5, 2025
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Derek Hughes
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If You Really Trusted God, You Wouldn't Be Depressed
The toxic advice that deepens shame and how to let it go
Feb 2
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Derek Hughes
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The Real Reason You’re Still Angry (And How to Let It Go)
Someone hurt you. Here’s how to stop letting them win.
Jun 2, 2025
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Derek Hughes
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How I Stopped Worrying About My Future (An Easy Tactic Anyone Can Use)
The real reason you don't need to worry
May 16, 2025
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Derek Hughes
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You’re not lost. You’re just missing a little nudge in the right direction
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I feel unseen
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You Were Needed. Then You Weren't.
The grief that has no name — and why you can't just move on.
May 11
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Derek Hughes
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The Real Reason You Feel Judged All the Time
The tiny shift that ends the trial running in your head
Mar 6
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Derek Hughes
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What If Your Prayers Are Just Anxiety With Religious Language?
The harder I prayed. The worse I felt.
Feb 13
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Derek Hughes
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I Thought My Promotion Would Make People Take Me Seriously (I Was Wrong)
Stop building your worth on applause that fades
Jan 30
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Derek Hughes
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I feel weary
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How To Feel Close To God Again (When Trying Harder Isn't Working)
You're not doing prayer wrong (you're just carrying too much)
Apr 17
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Derek Hughes
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I Was Following These Invisible Rules I Never Agreed To
The hidden pressure you’ve been carrying without realising.
Apr 6
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Derek Hughes
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Why You Feel So Disconnected (The Answer Isn’t What You Think)
The easiest reset you’re not using (it takes 5 minutes)
Apr 3
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Derek Hughes
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5 Tiny Practices To Carry You Through A Hard Season
How to walk through darkness without losing yourself
Mar 27
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Derek Hughes
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It's never enough
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You Can't Outrun Restlessness by Setting a Better Goal (I Spent Years Trying)
What the next milestone won't fix — and what quietly does.
Apr 27
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Derek Hughes
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You’re Still Letting That Voice Have The Final Word
How to recognise it (and stop letting it decide who you are)
Apr 10
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Derek Hughes
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The Spending Trap That Slowly Empties Your Life (And What To Do Instead)
The strange realisation that changed how I spend money
Mar 13
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Derek Hughes
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When Life Feels Hollow, This Is Usually What’s Missing
The most uncomfortable sentence I’ve sat with this year
Jan 23
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Derek Hughes
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My life must count
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Your Failure Isn't The Whole Story. But It Feels Like It.
When I failed at something I believed God called me to.
May 27
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Derek Hughes
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5 Reasons Why The Life You Actually Want Is Still Out of Reach
It's not too late. (But it's later than you think)
Apr 20
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Derek Hughes
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The Fear That You Wasted Your Life (And What To Do With It Now)
How to stop rehearsing the life you didn’t choose and start tending the one in front of you
Feb 27
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Derek Hughes
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Stop Expecting So Little From Your Life (Grace Has Bigger Plans)
The ordinary morning that opened a life I didn’t even know existed
Dec 12, 2025
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Derek Hughes
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A stronger faith
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The Real Reason Hard Things Still Knock You Sideways
Your faith isn't failing. You've just been reading the promise wrong.
May 15
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Derek Hughes
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I'm More Present Than I've Been in Years. Here's the Unglamorous Reason Why.
What my actual daily rhythms look like — and why I'm sharing them.
Apr 13
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Derek Hughes
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Why God Feels Silent (5 Hidden Reasons We Miss His Voice)
What if God has been speaking all along?
Mar 20
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Derek Hughes
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I Finally Understood Why God Wasn’t Disappointed in Me
The day shame stopped sounding like God
Feb 9
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Derek Hughes
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