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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 • Derek Hughes

You Were Built For More Than Groceries And Emails

Two tiny shifts to lead you into a life that matters

Sep 5, 2025 • Derek Hughes

If You Really Trusted God, You Wouldn't Be Depressed

The toxic advice that deepens shame and how to let it go

Feb 2 • Derek Hughes

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 • Derek Hughes

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 • Derek Hughes

You’re not lost. You’re just missing a little nudge in the right direction

I feel unseen

You Were Needed. Then You Weren't.

The grief that has no name — and why you can't just move on.

May 11 • Derek Hughes

The Real Reason You Feel Judged All the Time

The tiny shift that ends the trial running in your head

Mar 6 • Derek Hughes

What If Your Prayers Are Just Anxiety With Religious Language?

The harder I prayed. The worse I felt.

Feb 13 • Derek Hughes

I Thought My Promotion Would Make People Take Me Seriously (I Was Wrong)

Stop building your worth on applause that fades

Jan 30 • Derek Hughes

I feel weary

The Hidden Damage of Always Looking on the Bright Side

What I found when I stopped choosing between hope and despair.

Jun 15 • Derek Hughes

Why Prayer Feels Like One More Thing You're Failing At

I was too ashamed to pray

Jun 5 • Derek Hughes

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 • Derek Hughes

I Was Following These Invisible Rules I Never Agreed To

The hidden pressure you’ve been carrying without realising.

Apr 6 • Derek Hughes

It's never enough

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 • Derek Hughes

You’re Still Letting That Voice Have The Final Word

How to recognise it (and stop letting it decide who you are)

Apr 10 • Derek Hughes

The Spending Trap That Slowly Empties Your Life (And What To Do Instead)

The strange realisation that changed how I spend money

Mar 13 • Derek Hughes

When Life Feels Hollow, This Is Usually What’s Missing

The most uncomfortable sentence I’ve sat with this year

Jan 23 • Derek Hughes

My life must count

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 • Derek Hughes

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 • Derek Hughes

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 • Derek Hughes

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 • Derek Hughes

A stronger faith

The Real Reason Hard Things Still Knock You Sideways

Your faith isn't failing. You've just been reading the promise wrong.

May 15 • Derek Hughes

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 • Derek Hughes

Why God Feels Silent (5 Hidden Reasons We Miss His Voice)

What if God has been speaking all along?

Mar 20 • Derek Hughes

I Finally Understood Why God Wasn’t Disappointed in Me

The day shame stopped sounding like God

Feb 9 • Derek Hughes