Episode 39: Life is Happening FOR You, Not TO You
The Empowered Mind Podcast
Perspective is everything. Either you choose to see yourself as a victim of circumstances or you choose to believe that everything happens for a reason. Looking for the lessons and meaning in life experiences helps you find blessings in your challenges. Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
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Episode 38: The Secret to Controlling ANGER
The Empowered Mind Podcast
Have you ever did or said something stupid when you were angry and asked yourself “what was I thinking?” Well, you WEREN’T thinking, which is the point. When you’re angry the logical part of your brain shuts off. Learning how anger works is the secret to controlling it. Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
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Episode 37: Work Life Balance Does NOT Exist!
The Empowered Mind Podcast
People talk about the need for “work life balance” all the time, but the truth is that it doesn’t exist! No one else can tell you how to balance your life. If you are happy being a workaholic or a beach bum, go for it! REAL balance does not mean equivalent or equal; it means setting priorities, valuing your time, and being more deliberate about how you want to live your life. Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
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Episode 36: It’s Not That IT Doesn’t, Work, It’s That YOU Don’t!
The Empowered Mind Podcast
Truth bomb! When you tell yourself that something doesn’t work or what you want isn’t possible, it might be that you simply aren’t doing it right. We know, it can be frustrating when you see other people accomplishing the thing that you are failing at. But, don’t give up! Instead, take a self-honesty pill and ask yourself, have you REALLY tried everything? Did you put your all into it? What did THEY do differently? Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
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Episode 35: The Emotions We Want Are Not Nouns, They’re Verbs
The Empowered Mind Podcast
Happiness, purpose, confidence, and other emotional states are not things we either have or don’t have, they are something we DO. By thinking about these experiences we desire as a state of action or way of being we can take responsibility for creating them in our lives, right now. Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
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Episode 34: We Don’t See People For Who They Really Are
The Empowered Mind Podcast
Our minds like to fill in the gaps of what we don’t know by telling stories. When we meet other people we assume things about them based on the blueprint our mind finds that matches them to other people that we know. We can completely miss who someone really IS, even someone close to us, if we don’t step back and question our assumptions. Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
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Episode 33: Your Decisions Determine Your Destiny
The Empowered Mind Podcast
It is not fate or other people or outside circumstances that determines your destiny, it is the decisions you make that create your reality. Whether it is making the hard, life-changing decisions or the small daily ones that most people overlook as “insignificant”, the choices you make regarding what you do and how you respond to life will determine your life experience.
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Episode 32: If You Die Today What Dreams Die With You?
The Empowered Mind Podcast
If you were to die today, what gift will you regret not giving this world? What talents and ideas and love and experiences will you have failed to live? When you reach the end of your life and look back what will you regret NOT doing the most? Go do it now! Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
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Episode 31: You Don’t Want Happiness, You Want MEANING
The Empowered Mind Podcast
The ultimate end result that everyone is looking for is to be happier. But, reaching for happiness is a double edged sword because on the other side of it, when things aren’t going the way you want, there is unhappiness. But, when instead we search for MEANING, we can find it in any situation, even the most difficult or challenging. And the meaning we find in our pain often makes us feel more alive than the often empty contentedness of fleeting happiness. Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
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Episode 30: 3 Ways to Polish the Turd
The Empowered Mind Podcast
Sometimes life hands you a big turd. You don’t like it. You don’t want it. But it doesn’t have to hold you back. Find out the 3 powerful ways you can polish that turd and turn a curse into a blessing or find the greater meaning, purpose, or lesson within the pain. Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com.
info_outlineSometimes it can feel like if only this, that or the other thing happened, THEN you can be happy. But the truth is that: a) when you finally get there you probably won’t be happy, at least not for long, and b) there is no reason you can’t be happy in the meantime. Visit http://www.freedomorbustpodcast.com