EP27 - Third Act Thursday || My Trip Back Home In this edition of Third Act Thursday I recount the anchor for my latest sobriety streak (of over 1100 days!) What propelled me to this decision, and what helped anchor it. As well as the wonderful events that happened immediately after making this decision and how those have continued to affect my sobriety in a positive way. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 21, 2022•13 min
EP26: What-If Wednesday || Solo Edition (Matt) Welcome to 'What-If Wednesday' where we What-If the positives, instead of What-Ifing the worst-case scenarios? Time for a positivity push-up!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 20, 2022•8 min
EP25 - Toastmaster Tuesday || Converting Energy The usual Toastmaster rules, and I am flying solo today! A 5-minute impromptu speech on Converting Energy: How did I replace/reposition all of the negative energy I was using to hide, support and maintain my addictive behaviour? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 19, 2022•10 min
EP24 - Mindshift Monday || Collapsed Distinctions "A collapsed distinction occurs when a person is not distinguishing between two emotions/beliefs/concepts. The collapse of the two emotions/beliefs/concepts is often a barrier to moving the person forward". Today, I discuss my own collapsed distinctions around my addictions and the behaviours and emotions I so powerfully associated with them. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Apr 18, 2022•8 min
Welcome to the Full Moon Event for April! 🌕 Today's Full Moon is the "Pink Moon" and is at its height at 1pm MST - which just so happens to be as we are recording!! Darci gives us the rundown, as usual :) Here is a good link for what this moon means: https://www.nylon.com/life/april-2022-full-pink-moon-libra-spiritual-meaning "April, famously the cruellest month, has actually been home to 2022’s most psychedelic astrology. Along with historic Jupiter-Neptune conjunction in the dreamy waters of ...
Apr 16, 2022•10 min
Reframing things is all about changing perspective. Megan has a great example of her reframing...we also discuss how the thought of death can snap you out of your funk. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 08, 2022•16 min
Megan has quite the story from 2019, after the birth of her twin girls. She had a case of post-partum depression that lasted over a year. She learned some life lessons the hard way and came out the other side a much healthier and happier person! More of her story to come :) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 07, 2022•10 min
Too often our brains like to steer us into the 'What-If' worst-case scenarios...What-If Wednesday is where we spend some time to 'What-If' the good stuff!! Today we jump into 'What-If-ing' our 2022 vacation plans!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 06, 2022•13 min
Toastmaster Tuesday: we each have 3 minutes to do an impromptu speech on the agreed-upon subject. The speech is marked on landing words, articulation and the ability to hit the time without going over! Today's topic: Core Values (and how they change as you age). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 05, 2022•19 min
MindShift Monday returns! Today's topic: Dealing with your Inner Critic!! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Apr 04, 2022•12 min
*from our Zoom LIVE Event from March 30th, 2022: As we enter spring and COVID seems to be winding down, there is a lot of accumulated uncertainty and anxiety over these past 2 years. There is a lot of anger and division amongst people right now. Carryover from the mask mandates, the vaccines, and everything else the pandemic brought. How many of you are feeling this uncertainty and anxiety coming out of these past 2 years? So tonight, we are going to get into some skills that you can use to ensu...
Apr 01, 2022•1 hr
Time, again, for 'What-If Wednesday'! What-If Wednesday allows us a chance to practice flipping that into a "Positivity Push-up", as Megan calls it. The human brain is a problem-identifier ..and the Reticular Activating System of the brain loves to find themes in your thoughts and what you are looking for and experiencing. So if you're focusing on the negative, you'll find more negative!! We each take a few minutes and 'what-if' the best case scenarios of our days ahead. It is interesting how ex...
Mar 25, 2022•13 min
Happy Spring Equinox Weekend!! This Full Moon is a 'Worm Moon' as you will start to see the earthworms starting to resurface, as well as the birds that then eat the worms! Darci and I prep our Moon Juice (RO water that is blessed and placed in our special 'Moon Juice Containment Containers') and get ready to place them outside for the Moon to see & supercharge! 🌕 #wormmoon #warrenmoon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information....
Mar 23, 2022•9 min
This edition of ReFrame Friday: Darci joins me from Canmore, Alberta! ...which was very much a change of plans for what is usually our family weekend. We discuss our ReFrame-age of said scenario!! Have a great weekend, y'all! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 11, 2022•11 min
Time, again, for 'What-If Wednesday'! What-If Wednesday allows us a chance to practice flipping that into a "Positivity Push-up", as Megan calls it. The human brain is a problem-identifier ..and the Reticular Activating System of the brain loves to find themes in your thoughts and what you are looking for and experiencing. So if you're focusing on the negative, you'll find more negative!! We each take a few minutes and 'what-if' the best case scenarios of our days ahead. It is interesting how ex...
Mar 03, 2022•10 min
Time for the 2nd installment of TOASTMASTER TUESDAY!! RULES: -3 minutes to improv a speech on a subject. -Avoid the use of landing words (such as "uh" and "like"). -Stay within the time parameters! TODAY'S SUBJECT: 'What I wanted to be when I grew up.' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2022•18 min
Mindshift Monday's subject? Breath and proper breathing! Taking 3-5 abdomen breaths can change your state very quickly and effectively. We live in a world where we are in a mild (or more than mild) stress response all day long, that traps our breath in our chest. Let's get into why this is and how to fix it! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2022•14 min
Welcome to ReFrame Friday!! Darci and I go through some 'language games' we like to call "Action Language : Words to Get You UnStuck" We start with Soft Talk Keywords & Soft Talk Goal Setting, then go to 'Should Detox'! 'Should' to 'could' to 'can' to 'can, because' !! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2022•32 min
Last week we talked about the 3 acts of the Hero’s Journey. Act 1: The Calling: People who are feeling unhappy and unfulfilled with their jobs, feeling of an unlived life inside them. There is a movement in the world right now called “The Great Resignation”. People are betting on themselves more than ever. There are a lot of people disenchanted with the 9-5 pm day job routine, and they are working on their own businesses. There is a huge influx of entrepreneurs coming out of the pandemic. Why do...
Mar 03, 2022•5 min
EP9 : What-If Wednesday || Fear or Excitement? Welcome to the 1st edition of 'What-If Wednesday'! The human brain is a problem-identifier..and the Reticular Activating System of the brain loves to find themes in your thoughts and what you are looking for, and experiencing. What-If Wednesday allows us a chance to practice flipping that into a "Positivity Push-up", as Megan calls it. We each take a few minutes and 'what-if' the best case scenarios of our days ahead. The theme that came up was how ...
Mar 03, 2022•20 min
WELCOME TO TOASTMASTER TUESDAY!! RULES: -5 minutes to improv a speech on a subject. -Avoid the use of landing words (such as "uh" and "like"). -Stay within the time parameters! TODAY'S SUBJECT: 'What advice would you give your 12-year-old self?' Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2022•27 min
EP7 - Mindshift Monday || 'Be, Rather Than Do'' I had some cool revelations during my meditation this morning: Be, rather than Do Explore, rather than Achieve Respond, rather than React. I was having this constant thought pattern of "You have to get up and start doing things!!" Around 25 min in I decided to just observe this energy. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2022•8 min
Welcome to the 1st edition of 'Soundbath Sunday'! I am playing 'The Inner Calling' composed by Music of Wisdom - Licensed from https://meditationmusiclibrary.com/.' "As humans, we're often surrounded by negative vibes. We can be exposed to the negativity that makes us irritated and affects our overall wellbeing to the extent that it starts interfering with our routine. If you're going through such an ordeal, no need to worry because we have one of the best solutions for your troubles; sound heal...
Mar 03, 2022•23 min
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Mar 03, 2022•7 min
When You Change the Way You Look At Things, The Things You Look At Change. - Wayne Dyer Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Mar 03, 2022•18 min
EP3 - Third Act Thursday The ‘3rd act’ of someone’s life is generally regarded as the period where someone enters retirement. I want to talk about the 3rd Act as a period in our Hero’s Journey where we are coming out of a stage of growth and discovery - we have done some soul searching, we have made some changes and we are ready to return to everyday life - better than ever before! A simplified view of the Hero’s Journey breaks it into 3 stages or acts : 1) The calling. The feeling there is more...
Mar 03, 2022•7 min
Apologies for the lack of 'LIVE' with this event - I was experiencing tech issues... Darci and I discuss what tonights full moon is, theme-wise : its name, and what it represents (hint : its a LEO full moon, I am a Leo! Boom!) We also discuss 'Moon Water' : what it is, how we are going about making and presenting our Moon Water. And then I play a song by Neil Young at the end - 'Out on the Weekend'. Enjoy! 🌕 ps- next Full Moon we will be LIVE, I promise! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy f...
Mar 03, 2022•20 min
Welcome to Episode 1 - MINDSHIFT MONDAY !! I am joined by Megan McLaren as we discuss the topic of "Problems Are A Sign of Life" - how to manage stress and anxiety, as well as how we view problems. It is all about finding better quality problems in your life; it is also about breaking down what are 'top priority, urgent problems' and starting with those in order to relieve any unneeded stress. We start the episode by revealing each of the daily themes for our 7-days-a-week Daily Show... And, bec...
Mar 03, 2022•23 min
