Welcome to Episode 174 where we talk about how what is going on in your life today is directly affecting your future. In this episode we are going to get into how the things you do today DO and WILL impact your tomorrow, and good planning and living intentionally and on purpose means we take responsibility for all the big and the little things we do each day, each week, each month each year. We may not realize how they add up over time. Are all or at least most of these things in alignment with ...
Oct 18, 2022•19 min•Ep. 174
Welcome to Episode 173 where we explore how to identify our gifts and passions. In this episode we explore how early experiences help shape how well we can identify and embrace our gifts and passions. We talk about how we early in life many things can happen that made it hard for us to believe in what is special and important about us. We talked about how to take steps to not only identify what our unique qualities are, but also how to begin honoring them in our life by making changes so that we...
Oct 11, 2022•31 min•Ep. 173
Welcome to Episode 172 where we focus on using your gifts and your passions to find fulfilment. In this episode we begin talking about how this month’s episodes will be all about discovering, or maybe rediscovering our talents and passions, why it matters for us to really own them and utilize them in order to feel confident and fulfilled, and how to go about this process. So many of my clients over the years seem to organically turn toward their desire to find their purpose, and for the life to ...
Oct 04, 2022•22 min•Ep. 172
Welcome to Episode 171 where I interview results coach James Heppner and explore how he helps clients get clear about their life and where they want to be. In this episode we talk to James, who is a results coach and founder of Weekly Wins and Losses podcast and weekly global community call. He helps people in their journey to embrace all of life - both wins and losses equally. James helps you firmly establish the mental and physical courage needed to do difficult things while guiding you to act...
Sep 27, 2022•1 hr•Ep. 171
Welcome to Episode 170 where we get into how to get honest about how we use our voice and our behavior. Do they speak confidence…or not? In this episode we talk about how one of the aspects of feeling and being confident is being gut-level honest with ourselves about who we are, what we are choosing and where we are going. In essence, it’s about making friends with reality as I say, because denial, rationalization and avoidance will ONLY serve to harm our self-esteem - not bolster it. We discuss...
Sep 20, 2022•23 min•Ep. 170
Welcome to Episode 169 where we talk about how our inner voice is what dictates our outer one, and if we really want to feel grounded and authentic, we need to become better listeners to what is going on inside of us. In this episode we talk about how to be more confident and use our voice out there to ask for what we need, to express our thoughts opinions and feelings, and to assert ourselves, we need to listen and maybe heed the quiet voice on the inside that is trying to tell us something. Wh...
Sep 13, 2022•23 min•Ep. 169
Welcome to Episode 168 where we begin a new month dedicated to creating confidence, and/or regaining it if that’s what we need to do. In this episode we focus on how you can take this month and really get back to yourself, to get clear, and to make healthy decisions from there. To me, it’s really boundary work…setting limits out there with what is no longer serving us (or ahem maybe never did!) as well as within, where we take some much-needed time to just STOP, rest, practice self-care so the a...
Sep 06, 2022•18 min•Ep. 168
EP167 Letting Go of Your Need to Control Your Teenager is the Greatest Gift You Can Give Them Welcome to Episode 167 where we finish out our month about empowerment with my interview with Jim White, author and coach. This episode is my interview with Jim White. Jim is an author, coach, and founder of The Family Enrichment Academy. He has spent the last 40 years studying the topics of personal development, marriage, and parenting. More importantly, he has also spent those 40 years applying these ...
Aug 30, 2022•44 min•Ep. 167
Welcome to Episode 166 where we discuss how there are three ways we all communicate, according to Jim Rohn. We will be passive-aggressive, aggressive, or assertive. In this episode we talked about how to be empowered we must be assertive, which means standing in our truth while being calm, grounded and respectful of others at the same time. We discussed what assertiveness looks like and what is definitely is not, such as aggressive or passive-aggressive behavior. Assertiveness is all about findi...
Aug 23, 2022•26 min•Ep. 166
Welcome to Episode 165 where we talk about a foundational piece to empowerment: having healthy boundaries with ourselves and with others. In this episode we focus on how being empowered means understanding and practicing setting limits, as well as being able to set them with ourselves. We explore the different facets of boundary setting, where we first learn to have them (or not), and ways they are either respected or when and how they are violated. We also get into a big part of boundary work a...
Aug 16, 2022•26 min•Ep. 165
Welcome to Episode 164 where we focus on one of the biggest aspects of empowerment: owning our choices and thus owning our life. In this episode we focus on how being empowered means complete ownership of the self, especially keeping ourselves and others in a place of choice and taking full ownership of our choices. We explore the pieces of that ownership from our feelings to our behaviors, to our decisions, resulting in more confidence and emotional maturity. Our relationships become healthier ...
Aug 09, 2022•27 min•Ep. 164
Welcome to Episode 163 where we are going to spend some time talking about one of the core concepts of the show, and that is Personal Empowerment. We started out the podcast defining this, yet it’s been awhile and time for a great refresher. This month as you get ready for this current season to wind down and the new one to begin, let’s take some time to focus in on what it truly takes to feel, look and be empowered to be the person you were always meant to be. In this episode we explore all the...
Aug 03, 2022•17 min•Ep. 163
Welcome to Episode 162 where we explore wrap up the month about attachment, and how to learn to let go. In this episode we finish out this month which has been all about attachments we have to people, places, and things, and how the deeper we connect ourselves, and allow that person, thing or situation we are attached to influence our daily life, the unhealthier our relationships and we ourselves become. We look at what really needs to happen if we want to begin letting go of what has actually b...
Jul 26, 2022•28 min•Ep. 162
Welcome to Episode 161 where we explore what your personal attachments might be, and how to begin the process of letting go. In this episode we look at areas of attachment and ask you to think about some you may be caught up in trying to control lately…around people, events or the process. We explore how most attachments are fear-based, as we are afraid of negative outcomes if we let go and stop trying to influence what happens. Grief work is the answer as we work on letting go and coming to acc...
Jul 19, 2022•19 min•Ep. 161
Welcome to Episode 160 where we focus on the book The Five Levels of Attachment by Don Miguel Ruiz, Jr. In this episode we focus on Don Miguel Ruiz Jr's book, The Five Levels of attachment and we look at how the more attached we become to something or someone outside of ourselves, the more we lose touch with who we really are. We discuss some of the many costs to our health, our relationships, and even our communities the more enveloped and entrenched we get into the nouns outside of ourselves. ...
Jul 12, 2022•25 min•Ep. 160
Welcome to Episode 159 where we begin a new month all about freedom that comes from being able to let go. In this episode we talk about how freedom is what we are seeking from anxiety, feeling depressed, stuck, disappointed in ourselves and overwhelmed. We need a Way Out. We want to feel better, and for our lives to BE better. True freedom means being able to let go, detach in love and to learn how to grieve what is instead of through to persuade twist and contort reality into what we want it to...
Jul 06, 2022•20 min•Ep. 159
Welcome to Episode 158 where I have a conversation with Dr. Eddie Capparucci, a PhD and certified addiction counselor, about men who struggle with sexual addiction and lack of emotional agility. Eddie is an author and therapist who specializes in the treatment of sexual and pornography addiction. He is the creator of the Inner Child Model, which has been endorsed by many leaders in the sex addiction field. This therapy focuses on identifying childhood pain points that still haunt those who strug...
Jun 28, 2022•49 min•Ep. 158
Welcome to Episode 157 where we focus on some of the qualities seen in a confident, loving man that feels good about who he is, and can be open and connect with others and with life. In this episode we focus on the confident man, one who is strong yet allows himself to be vulnerable and therefore genuine. He can connect with others, share his feelings in healthy ways and be emotionally present for others when they do the same. He is one who has done the work of healing whatever pain has created ...
Jun 21, 2022•26 min•Ep. 157
Welcome to Episode 156 where focus on how men can struggle to be open and assertive in their relationships. In this episode we focus on how men’s childhoods can set them up to avoid vulnerability and instead to cope via passive aggressive behavior in order to stay away judgment and conflict. Of course, that is exactly what they end up embroiled in because they are not stepping up confidently and being strong dads and partners. They are letting themselves down with their inauthenticity and theref...
Jun 14, 2022•24 min•Ep. 156
Welcome to Episode 155 where we talk about how this month we will be focusing on men and how they struggle in relationships. In this episode we get into the topics that will be helpful for men to focus on such as owning feelings, looking at how early experiences have shaped them, and finding healthier coping skills. We also explore how society and families can greatly impact a man’s ability to have healthy self-confidence and connection with others. Key Elements: Look at how society and childhoo...
Jun 07, 2022•19 min•Ep. 155
Welcome to Episode 154 where we finish up the month by focusing on how when we STOP looking out there for who we are, to feel ok about ourselves or to feel accepted, and we BEGIN to create more balance in our lives and get rid of some of the chaos. In this episode we So today we wrap up the month focusing on the larger concept of looking out there for who we are instead of going within to find that persona and honor them as best we can by making sure our insides match our outsides. Balance is mo...
May 31, 2022•23 min•Ep. 154
EP153 Stopping the All or Nothing: How Our Binary Beliefs Create Stress Welcome to Episode 153 where we talk about how we can add a lot of stress to our life by staying in black and white thinking, as well as being rigid to play it safe and not take risks. In this episode we explore how we can create a lot of stress for ourselves by staying in the rigid all or nothing, perfect or horrible thinking, which keeps us from taking healthy risks in our life and seeing possibilities. It often goes hand ...
May 24, 2022•26 min•Ep. 153
Welcome to Episode 152 where we add on to the idea of how doing TOO much can be an easy distraction from feeling and facing things we don’t want to contend with. In this episode we talk about how for so many of us, piling on too much to do, keeping too many things going on at one time not only creates chaos and stress, but can also conveniently keep us from sitting in feelings we are avoiding. We explore where this coping skill may come from, ways to begin sitting in the truth, and the richness ...
May 17, 2022•21 min•Ep. 152
Welcome to Episode 151 where we talk about how one of the biggest ways we can create chaos in our life is if we struggle with people-pleasing. In this episode we talk about a common and insidious struggle that so many people have – people pleasing behavior. At its core it is fear-based impression management, that has some hidden costs that are important to look at and can certainly create lots of imbalance in our lives. It is a longstanding coping skill learned in childhood, and yet can be chang...
May 10, 2022•26 min•Ep. 151
Welcome to Episode 150 where we explore how the stress in our lives can cause longstanding problems, and how this month we will explore the causes and the cures. In this episode it’s all about how to figure out what is crazy in your life right now, some of the typical culprits, and how to get grounded and create and maintain some much-needed balance. Sometimes it’s obvious to us why life seems like it’s spinning, such as a crisis or huge change. Yet more often we can become slowly accustomed to ...
May 03, 2022•19 min•Ep. 150
Welcome to Episode 149 where we look finish out this month about change by talking about the need to let go of what no longer works for us. In this episode we finish out the month all about change, by focusing on what we need to let go of in order to move forward. From old, limiting beliefs to old habits and fears, we explored how we may be holding onto things without realizing it. Until we are truly ready to let go, we won’t be able to embrace the new and sustain those changes we so badly want....
Apr 26, 2022•25 min•Ep. 149
Welcome to Episode 148 where we look at how important boundaries are if we want to change things in our life, especially our self-discipline. In this episode we focus on an important aspect of self-love, and that is self-discipline. Loving ourselves enough to say no to what isn’t working in our life and saying no to hurting our health, draining our energy, and sabotaging good things for ourselves. Learning to practice boundaries and following through even on one change can be empowering and life...
Apr 19, 2022•25 min•Ep. 148
Welcome to Episode 147 where we take a hard look at how no matter what we SAY we want to do, we can sabotage the very steps we need to take to move forward, and there are valid reasons why we may do this. In this episode we get real about the ways we can hold ourselves back from what we say we want…the healthier habits and the steps toward our big goals that are just waiting for us to begin and maintain. We talk about how old, limiting beliefs, lack of boundaries and lack of healthy support can ...
Apr 12, 2022•31 min•Ep. 147
Welcome to Episode 146 where we interview Life Coach Tabatha Perry, MSW all about her strategies for helping you make small edits that can change your life. In this episode we are talking to Tabatha Perry, who is a life coach who helps you change your life, one small “edit” at a time. With her background in social work, Tabatha is all about the logistics of how to empower others to make important life changes. She loves to give practical advice and will offer simple ways for you to edit your lif...
Apr 05, 2022•41 min•Ep. 146
Welcome to Episode 145 where we talk about how assertiveness is actually made up of several aspects that all work together. In this episode we talk about how assertiveness is actually a package of things that all work together so we can stand in our truth, speak our truth, and live our truth all while being calm, considerate and consistent. Assertiveness is not just a skill, and it’s not just one thing either. It’s multi-layered and multifaceted, and I believe all the parts are necessary and wor...
Mar 29, 2022•23 min•Ep. 145
