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April 27, 2020
#108 The 3 Ways Of Living
Ultimately there are three ways to do life. It is possible to remain in one of these ways for your entire life or to mix between them on a weekly or even a daily basis. The three ways are: trapped, transactional, and transfo…
April 9, 2020
#104 Increasing your capacity to do MORE with LESS stress and strain
I know this sounds crazy but I see it all the time! There are literally ways that we can accomplish more in less time and with less stress and strain. You’ve probably already experienced this in your life when you realized t…
April 7, 2020
#103 How to Fill Your Life With Hope and Happiness
Are you feeling hopeful and genuinely happy? Is your home filled with hope and happiness? Too often we only feel hope and happiness when things are going our way but begin to feel hopeless and unhappy the moment anything goe…
April 3, 2020
#102 Baby steps are for babies, not for you
And of course they produce baby results. So please tell me why so many capable adults are still taking baby steps! We are living far below our potential in our capacity. And yet we are obsessed with taking baby steps. Why?! …
March 18, 2020
#99 This Crisis is YOUR Chance
Every crisis is an opportunity and this one is yours! We can see this as a problem or is a privilege. We can sit in our house killing time, sedating ourselves with entertainment, or we can use this time to lift ourselves wit…
March 17, 2020
#98 You Get To CHOOSE How You Respond To This
Even in the midst of all the craziness and chaos you and I still get to choose how we respond! Calm or chaotic Prepared or panic Certain in the midst of the uncertainty Abundant or scarce Thoughtful or fearful We have the po…
March 13, 2020
#97 Facing fears and coping with anxiety in times of uncertainty
Are you worried about coronavirus? Are you stressed about missing work or economic fallout? Are you wondering how to talk to your kids about all the craziness? Are you facing your fears and are you ready to replace your fear…
March 12, 2020
#96 The 6 Core Human Needs
There are six core things that every human needs. When these are missing or not met, it leaves a void in our lives. Then we begin feeling unfulfilled and frustrated and unmotivated. The six human needs can actually be applie…
March 5, 2020
#95 What it means to be a REAL man
With so many misconceptions about what it means to be a real man, and so many men living far below the standard, we all need to put forth the greatest effort to help boys and men be real men! "At each moment in man's life, h…
March 1, 2020
#94 Why does my life suck?
Have You Ever Asked Yourself, "Why Does My Life Suck"? Honestly, because we suck at it!
Feb. 26, 2020
#93 The state of your brain determines the state of your life
If we don’t understand how the brain works, we don’t understand how life works. New brain scanning technology is revolutionizing what we know about human performance and how the brain is affecting our bodies and our lives. B…
Feb. 18, 2020
#91 Life Changing Lessons From Thailand
There’s nothing quite like an international adventure to be a pattern interrupter, a wake up call, and a reality check. It’s when we are exposed to new and different things, and to wonderful people that we remember to think,…
Feb. 9, 2020
#90 Will You Be Broken or Beautiful? Picking up the pieces of your life.
What will you do with the broken fragments of your life? Each of us experiences many things in life that feel broken and irreparable. That gives us a choice. We can amass a pile of rubbish or erect a pillar of beauty! You an…
Feb. 5, 2020
#89 Living In Joy
It’s TOTALLY possible, though still surprisingly rare, to live in real joy day by day. The kind of joy that permeates your being and radiates through you and from you; that feeling—no, more than a feeling—that flows through …
Jan. 24, 2020
#86 Everything you do has a cost!
Very few people accurately do the math to figure out what their choices and actions are costing them. In fact, most people are completely unaware that every thought, every word, every choice, every action, and every habit ha…