Today’s podcast is a solo round where I talk about joy and how to find some in a world that seems so negative and full of sadness. 

I want to say that this is what worked for ME to find some peace. You may not want to isolate yourself from social media or you may wish to watch the news. You do what works for YOU.

I know that for me to do my best work in this world I need to stay in happy and in a state of joy. It doesn’t mean I’m burying my head in the sand (!) it means when I listen to the drone of negativity, it stops me from being a productive force in this world. For me to be the helper I can be, I need to leave those details to someone whose calling it IS to listen and act.  For me, my strength is found here.  Be sure to join us inside our facebook group at www.TheArtofLivingBig.com

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today’s podcast is brought to you by the infinite soul project where you learn how to shift your energy and manifest the change you want in your life. We’re gonna dive into your brain and the scientific reasons why you get more of what you focus on and help you consciously create some miracles for yourself. You can find out more at infinite soul project calm. Welcome to the art of living big. My name is Betsy Pake entrepreneur, author and personal success coach. This is the show that brings you stories and small ideas to help you live a big life. I hope this once a week podcast will inspire you, motivate you and encourage you to think differently about what could be possible for your life. Thanks for spending some time with me today. Now let’s go live big morning, everybody. Happy Monday. This is a quick solo round, I wanted to talk to you quickly about something that I have done over the last couple of weeks, that has really made a huge, extraordinary improvement in my life. Now, it might not be something that you can do or want to do or willing to do. But I wanted to share it with you because it might give you some food for thought. Alright, so I’ve talked down here before just about the political climate. And you know how we think so much differently from our friends, how can that be possible. And what I found for myself was that I was getting really focused on all of the negative conversation. So for example, if I would turn on the news, I would get like really hyper focused on the negative message, or I would hear somebody talk, but I would be really keyed in to noticing the negative words or the negative tone. And when I was on social media, or especially Facebook, because I have always spent a lot of time on Facebook, it’s sort of my home, that’s where my friends are all my college friends, all people I’ve worked with over the years. And I found myself, like finding these conversations and reading all the comments. And for me, I get really in tune with that kind of stuff. Now. I saw some memes on Facebook, that’s like, Hi, I’m Jane, and I’m an adult. So I can be friends with someone that thinks, you know, a Trump supporter or a Hillary supporter or whatever it was, for me, it was really so much more than that. It wasn’t about me, not wanting to be friends with people. Because the negativity was coming from both sides. It was really about me wanting to protect myself from the negativity. So I found that for me, I was getting really, really keyed into it really hyper focused on it. And it was really starting to shift the way I thought about things and about what I thought was was possible for my life. Now, again, I’m gonna say it again, just because it’s coming into my mind, but I am I very much tune in to people’s feelings. And I take them on. Now, in some respects, that can be really great. And in some respects, it can really bog me down.