We all have injuries at different times in our life, maybe it’s physical, maybe it’s mental but at some point or another something happens and we have to decide if we are going to throw in the towel, go out to pasture so to speak or if we are going to get back on the race track again. We are built to sustain so much and we are also built to thrive. But being built for something doesn’t mean though you’re going to see it through automatically. It takes work, just like with that racehorse. There w...
Dec 09, 2022•12 min•Season 1Ep. 298
Have you ever heard someone maybe a historian or someone who studies human nature say “the only way to bring the country together is we have to have something big happen like a war” Like when 9/11 happened our country came together in a big way because we realized what’s important, what really matters and for a moment we through away our built in prejudices and just loved. It didn’t matter your political party, your race, your religion, or where you lived in the country. We were all Americans an...
Dec 05, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 297
Family can be such a source of joy and also a source of pain. Don’t we all know it? Regardless of the size of your family. In the book Ive been reading, Awareness I talked about it in episode 295 but in it the author talks about being so awake and alive that no one has the power to make you feel good or bad, you give no one that power. Your happiness lives and dies with you. Ok, that is very enticing but it also seems a little far off for me. I would love to get there. A good place to start and ...
Dec 02, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 296
heididawson.com Book I referenced in show: Awareness by Anthony Di Mello We all do it. Sometimes it’s worse than other times but we generally have preconceived ideas and lenses from which we view the world and they can be very very hard to overcome if we are living on autopilot especially. So we have this lens and it’s clouding our vision. When we realize this it’s extremely eye opening. If you’re awake you might ask where else am I allowing this lens to cloud my judgement? But that gets too mur...
Nov 28, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 295
Have you ever thought, man, Im not sure how I have made so many mistakes and have managed to stay out of too much trouble, or have managed to not totally derail your entire life? When you’re inspired to do something or you have a strong desire to call someone do it. It may not always turn out the way you want it to but at least you aren’t the reason things aren’t mended. Man, relationships are complicated aren’t they? The number one thing you can do to have better relationships in every single a...
Nov 25, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 294
Lover her or hate her, Taylor Swift has a real talent for creating songs that people connect with very strongly. I love her music, very often I run to it, so it inspires me very much. One of her latest songs that is a viral hit has the chorus that says “It’s me, Hi, Im the problem, it’s me. I hope this does what I think she intended and that is wake a lot of people up to the fact that we create so many of our own problems for ourselves. Sometimes we realize it while we are doing it and are able ...
Nov 21, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 293
Life is a series of happy times and also not so happy times. It’s that way for everyone. We all have both if we allow it. I say if we allow it because sometimes something happens and we let it suck us into a hole that we just cannot seem to climb out. If you’re stuck in a hole, don’t give up. It's ok to be sad, life can sometimes feel very unfair. Life can sometimes seem almost unbearable, I know. Life is completely unpredictable. We believe that someone will be around forever. And when they are...
Nov 18, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 292
Having confidence, feeling certain and being decisive are valuable traits and they are learnable. In fact there are ways even just in the way we carry ourselves that add to whether we feel confident or not. So, How about you? If you don’t feel confidence very often, could it be that your mind is telling you things aren’t going to end well so it holds you back from trying new things? Here’s the thing, we are creatures of habits, whatever we do regularly, become our habits. So if you consistently ...
Nov 14, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 291
If you don’t want to do something. Why are you doing it? I’m asking that because It’s really helpful to know your why. And if you decide to do something you don’t want to do, is there a way you can line up with that decision and actually embrace it and find a way to enjoy it? We live in a world that completely revolves around us. My world revolves around me and your world revolves around you. But there’s a little kink here because I live in a world where there are other people that live there to...
Nov 11, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 290
So my first question to you is this. Do you feel beautiful? Really think about that. Do you think of yourself as beautiful? Because if you don’t then keep listening and if you do also keep listening because you’re going to find new ways to up level and make yourself feel even better. Do you realize that from the moment you get up to the moment you go to bed, everything you think, do or say plays a role in how beautiful you feel or not? How often do you leave the house looking a mess? Praying you...
Nov 07, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 289
I’ve heard this statement “How we do one thing is how we do most things.” several times in the past year and when I first heard it I wanted to disagree but the more Ive thought about it, it’s true. For example, how the outside of your home looks, is probably pretty indicative of how the inside looks. If someone doesn’t cut their grass or make the outside of their home look beautiful, they are not doing it on the inside either. Just like if someone goes out looking like they just rolled out of be...
Nov 04, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 288
Our emotions are run by our primitive brain and if we are living on autopilot, a lot of our decisions are made from our primitive brain as well. You will know how often you hang out there by the habits in your life. Do you avoid going to the gym when you don’t feel like it? Do you reach for comfort food when you’re sad? Do you hide in your house when you’re feeling anxious? It’s ok if you notice you’re doing some of these things, in fact it’s great that you are aware of it. But here’s the thing....
Oct 31, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 287
I have noticed a trend in our society, especially in America where some are trying to celebrate an “anything goes” lifestyle. Some people say “you can just show up however you want, wherever you want”. They say “people shouldn’t judge you on how you dress or how you present yourself’. And I gotta tell you, I just don’t buy into that and if you are really honest with yourself you know it’s not true, we love to make assumptions based on what people are wearing, the analalytics of my show tells me ...
Oct 28, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 286
Your life is created by the decisions you make every single day. What you eat, what you read, what you watch, who you hang with, and the biggest thing of all is how you decide to manage your thoughts. I say “decided to manage your thoughts” because it truly is a decision. This isn’t something we were taught in school, that we have to manage our thoughts, most of us for most of our life really never gave much thought to our thoughts, we just assumed we are our thoughts and our thoughts are us. Co...
Oct 24, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 285
There’s a big mind shift between expecting something good to happen verses praying something doesn’t go wrong. There’s a big energy difference between those two and when I say energy what I mean is your attitude and your mindset… from here on out when I say energy that’s what Im talking about your attitude and your mindset. And everyone can feel the difference Do you expect for this new diet to work or do you just hope you get past the first day? Do you expect for this new business to flourish o...
Oct 21, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 284
Have you ever been talking to someone and they say something and you immediately think you know what they mean because you have been through the same thing, or you have experienced something similar only to find out it didn’t mean the same thing to them that it did to you? Or maybe something happens and you jump to conclusions about what it means or what’s going on only to find out you’re wrong? We jump to conclusions about everything…what it means when someone doesn’t immediately text us back, ...
Oct 17, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 283
Ok, have you ever started something with the full intent on seeing it through but it quickly was forgotten to a shiny new object? Being able to stick with something is powerful.....but not always easy.. It’s so easy to just eat the cake, to just have the drink, to just skip the workout because it doesn’t seem like that one thing makes a difference but it does. It’s not about that one workout, or the one drink or the one dessert, it can’t be because that one workout isn’t going to show up immedia...
Oct 14, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 282
We don’t allow ourselves to be bored anymore. Did you know that when you are bored, it allows your brain to actually have the freedom to think and create from your own personal set of life experiences rather than what you are currently reading on social media or watching on Netflix? It also gives your brain a break. I liken it to sitting in a beautiful, minimalistic space that has only natural colors and no clutter, just very serene, my brain rests so well in a space like that, however I have a ...
Oct 10, 2022•8 min•Season 1Ep. 281
Maybe we made a big mistake or a few big mistakes and now we are having to deal with the consequences. Ok well…. Welcome to the world of being human. Your past doesn’t have to predict your future unless you live there, unless you dwell on it because it’s happened. It’s done. The only place the past lives is in your mind. And I know some of you will say well it lives in other peoples minds as well…..but I gotta tell you…Not really….not as much as you would think. They’re more worried about their ...
Oct 07, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 280
When you’re struggling with something, The first think I would want to know is it just your primitive brain trying to keep you in your comfort zone? Be prepared for that, it’s sneaky. If it really is a struggle….is why you’re doing it worth it? Maybe you know it will make you a better mom or wife or it makes you better as a person. That WHY will help you overcome struggle every time if it’s big enough. Finally How can you look at that struggle in a different way, knowing when you get on the othe...
Oct 03, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 279
You’ve had a long day, you deserve that drink Just skip working out today, you’ve got too much going on Don’t apologize in person, just shoot ‘em a text Do you feel like you fight these internal thoughts all day long? So does everyone else. The difference between people who succeed and those who don’t really boils down to how well they manage these “well meaning” thoughts are brain likes to send us. You do control your brain and it will fight you every time you try to step out of your comfort zo...
Sep 30, 2022•9 min•Season 1Ep. 278
Are your workouts helping your longevity or just the way you look in your clothes? As we get older, we want them to do both! That requires us being open to learning new things, which means we are constantly having to step up our game. Our life is being created as we grow and pivoting when you learn something new is part of that process, there’s no shame in realizing the course you are on isn’t the best for you long term, so you change it.
Sep 26, 2022•7 min•Season 1Ep. 277
Have you ever told someone they did a great job, but in the back of your mind, there were some things you could have helped them improve? Most of us want to feel good and we want other people to feel good too. So they will often only give you positive feedback and leave off the things that could make you better. It makes everyone feel good, but it’s not making you better. That’s why it’s important when you’re trying to improve, to ask for honest feedback with what you did well and what you can i...
Sep 23, 2022•6 min•Season 1Ep. 276
I love to be inspired. Don’t you? We all like to be inspired. But have you ever given any thought to the idea that not only can you be inspired, you can also be the source of inspiration for others and probably are. Have you ever thought about the people you inspire? It’s kind of funny to think that way, because most of us don’t think of ourselves as “inspiring”. But what if you are? What could you be inspiring people to do? Maybe you’re at the gym every day before work and you inspire others to...
Sep 19, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 275
Have you ever had a professional tell you something couldn’t be done, and you felt like it should be able to be done, so you were skeptical? How about having someone tell you something isn’t available only to find out that it is in fact available, for whatever reason, they didn’t have the correct information. This happened to me 3 times this week. Just this week! I feel like it’s something that just can’t be ignored. Covid restructured things in our world where it seems like it’s harder to get g...
Sep 16, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 274
We beat ourselves up, thinking we have no willpower, when really we just have some emotions we are afraid to feel. You don’t have a willpower problem, you have a brain that is constantly wanting to protect you with comfort and distraction. Awareness of that fact of your brain is powerful. Because guess who is in charge of that brain as soon as you are aware of what’s going on? You are! So I think we should all stop telling ourselves we have a willpower problem. I think we should all realize it’s...
Sep 12, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 273
Life is full of difficult times. How we navigate those difficult times determines our future. Everyone has them regardless of who you are. Everyone. And just like anything, there will be varying levels of difficulty. Hopefully none of us will have to experience the pain that Eliza’s family has experienced. Or the families of the victims of the shooting what they are experiencing. That’s, in my opinion, as bad as it gets. The families in these tragedies will have to heal and it’s going to take ti...
Sep 09, 2022•13 min•Season 1Ep. 272
Is there someone trying to hold you back either intentionally or unintentionally? It could be a well meaning parent, like mine. a not so well meaning boss, like Erika Royal’s. It could be advice from someone who has no idea what they are talking about like what happened in my husband’s story. When you are trying to do big things, when you’re trying to better your own life… You have to remember to rely on your own gut, your own intuition. Sometimes people simply don’t want to change and you’re ch...
Sep 05, 2022•10 min•Season 1Ep. 271
Relationships are the best aren’t they? And sometimes they are also the worst…and most of the time, the ones we have are both. Come on, you know it’s true because we’re human and we have natural human reactions and varying ideas of how things should be. A lot of that has to do with how we are brought up. Out of all the people in the world, outside of our blood relatives, we pick a few that we’re like “I like you” “let’s hang out”. And if it’s your partner then you even decide you’re gonna live i...
Sep 02, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 270
We don’t need everyone else’s eyes on us to feel seen. Everyone else is worrying about their own life. Look around…it’s true and that’s ok and that’s how it’s meant to be. It’s my job to take care of my own thoughts and my own internal world. No one can do that for me. I just have to acknowledge that what I’m doing is my best and make sure every day that that’s what I’m putting forward. My best. Give these two a follow on Instagram. They put out a great message...... Dr. Amen Instagram handle: @...
Aug 29, 2022•11 min•Season 1Ep. 269
