Are you a worry wart? Do you spend time worrying about things you have no control over? Do you worry about not just yourself, but others too? In this week’s episode I’ll talk about worrying and how 99% of what you worry about never happens. Listen for 7 minutes, stretch your mind and learn how to have more peace in your life.
#33 Change your Mind-Change your Life
This weeks quote is from the song Your Life is Now by John Melloncamp. It’s a reminder how if we stop playing victim and change our mindset, we can change our lives. Your mental health is just as important as your physical health but why do we not workout our minds like we do our bodies? Listen for just 8 minutes and see how you can begin to think differently, once you are aware of what you are thinking about.
#32 Learn from every experience vs being a victim
‘When you replace ‘Why is this Happening to me?’ with ‘What is this trying to Teach me?’, Everything Shifts”. This week’s episode talks about how we can learn to use moments of frustration, when we think or say out loud “Why is this happening to me?” to our benefit and once we dive into what the circumstance is that creates this response in us, we can then figure out the lesson we should be learning.
#31 Are you a Product or Prisoner of your Past?
“We are products of our past, but we don’t have to be prisoners of it”-Rick Warren. Do you use circumstances from your past as excuses for your life now? Listen to this weeks episode and learn how not only is this hurting you, but how you can move forward and Let Go of a past that is no longer serving you.
#30 Is it wrong or just different?
How do we find peace when we disagree with others? This week's quote is from a book I am reading by Deborah Hanlon. It is "As we begin to Grow, we begin to think Less of something as being Wrong and have more Understanding of things being Different". Listen and learn how to stretch your mind and think about things a little differently. I'll challenge you to think about this throughout your week and hopefully you will learn we don't always have to be right to be happy.
#29 - Abundance is always present
“We don’t create abundance, abundance is always present. We create limitations”. Do you agree with this statement? In this weeks podcast I talk about abundance and encourage you to stretch your mind and think about this quote. Abundance is Everywhere, but why do we not realize this? Listen and explore how we can change our mindset and learn to tap into the abundance that is all around us.
#28 When we Forgive We Heal
“When we forgive we heal, and when we let go, we grow”. How often do you forgive and not forget? In this weeks episode I talk about why we may be unwilling to “Let Go” and the benefits of doing so.
#27 Enjoying Our Own Company
Do you like to be alone? Do you enjoy your own company? In this week’s podcast I discuss how freeing and empowering it is to like our own company and why some of us may not like to be alone.
#26 Attitude & Effort
The Two Things in Life You have Total Control Over: Your Attitude and Your Effort-Billy Cox.
Do you ever stop to think about this? Do you often blame others if you are in a bad mood? In this week’s podcast I encourage you to take out your Mental Mat and really think about this quote and start to see how true it really is.
#25 Worrying about Others
Do you worry about other people in your life a lot? Do you feel sad, mad, angry depressed when you do this? This week's quote is "A lot of what weighs you down isn't yours to carry" and I discuss why this is so important to understand. We can live a more peaceful life when we learn how to recognize when we are doing this and learn how to stop doing this.
#24 Indecision
Indecision is the Enemy of Progress. How often are you not able to make a decision? Do you allow your indecisiveness to get in the way of what you really want? Take out your Mental Mat as we explore why we do this and how we can become more decisive.
#23 Be Where You Are
"Be Where You Are", this is what a friend said to me recently when I had my head in my phone. Get out your mental mat and listen to this weeks episode and see if you can relate and learn how we can become more present in our lives.
#22 Failure IS an Option
Failure IS an option, for it is only by learning from our mistakes that we grow and succeed. This weeks Mind yoga Quote I came up with myself and I discuss the need for failure if we want to succeed.
#21 Silence vs. Having Last Word
"Silence is so much more powerful than having the last word". Do you agree or disagree with this quote? In this weeks podcast I'll discuss how silence can often be more powerful than having the lsat word. I'll talk about the Ego and how much of an influence it plays in our desire to have the last word. Bring out your Mental Mat and learn to stretch your Mind!
#20 Do you have an Open Mind?
"People Generally See what they are Looking for, and Hear what they Listen for" Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird". This week we will talk about having an Open Mind vs having a preconceived notion. How often do we let what someone else says about someone dictate our thoughts on them? Do we do this with other circumstances in our life? Bring out your Mental Mat and listen for five minutes--Open Minds Welcome and Encouraged!
#19 The Importance of Feeling Rooted
"To Be Rooted is Perhaps the Most Important and Least Recognized Need of the Human Soul" -Simon Weil. This week I'll talk about the need to be rooted and how important it is to try to live a balanced life, how to recognize when you are not and what you can do to help yourself become more balanced.
#18 Communication Problems
"The Single Biggest Problem with Communication is the Illusion it Has Taken Place. A great quote by George Bernhard Shaw that got me thinking about our many forms of communication and how it seems with all these various options to communicate we still are lacking in communicating effectively. Listen to this weeks 5 minute episode to stretch your Mind and think about this more.
#17 Do you Run Your Day or does your Day Run You?
How often do you let the day get away from you? Do you find at the end of the day you didn't get anything you wanted to get done-done? We can either Run the Day or let the Day Run us. In this week's episode we take out our Mental Mats and think about how we can take charge of our day.
#16 Music-It's Good for Your Soul
Music--it brings us laughter, it brings us tears. In this week's podcast I discuss how listening to music can bring back memories we haven't had in years.
#15 Being Thankful for What We Have
Life is Happier When we are Thankful for what we have and do not dwell on what is missing. How often do you wish for more than you have right now? Are you truly thankful for all you do have? We can get everything we want and still not be happy. In this week's episode we'll explore why this is. Get out your Mental Mat and Listen for a few minutes. I think you will be glad you did.