Your stories have a profound effect on how you feel, but they have an even larger impact on how you live. The stories you tell yourself are literally helping to shape your future. It is important to notice them and to take control of them, if success and happiness are important to you. Learn more in this week’s podcast from A Decided Difference.

What is the one word that can make you feel frustrated and overwhelmed when you use it to try to motivate change? How could eliminating that word help give you the energy to actually change? Find out in this week’s podcast episode from A Decided Difference.

Feeling fear is normal, and it can protect you from real harm. However, irrational fear can come in many disguises that allow it to hold you back from taking needed action. In this week’s Decided Difference podcast, learn how to identify fear when it is pretending to be something else.

Do you need to look at your past and see how it may still be affecting you now? You can’t change the past, of course. No one can change what has already happened, but you can change how you explain the past to yourself. How much power will it have to determine the kind of person you become in the future? Dare to face your past with the help of this week’s Decided Difference podcast.

When you find yourself feeling powerless to change a situation in your life, it’s easy to get discouraged or even depressed. The trick is to do something. Anything! Even if the first step you take is in the wrong direction, it will change something. The main thing it changes is your sense of being stuck. Hear more about getting unstuck in this week’s Decided Difference podcast.

What happens when you do everything right, but things still go wrong? Can you feel better about the effort you are making, even if you are not getting the results you want? And how can you keep from falling into depression when life is filled with frustration or grief? Find encouragement in this week’s podcast from A Decided Difference.

There are an unlimited number of ways to drive yourself crazy. You can find them everywhere if you do not have clarity about what it takes for you to live a happy life. Learn how to say yes to yourself in this week’s Decided Difference podcast.

How is dealing with your emotions similar to sorting out your possessions? Both can give you clarity and peace of mind. Learn more in this week’s Decided Difference podcast.

Everyone has regrets, but how you choose to deal with them makes a difference. Will you allow regret to hold you back, or will you use it to make better decisions in the future? This week's podcast episode is all about how to handle regret.

Habits of negative thinking can make everything worse, and you may not even be aware that you have them. In this week’s podcast, LouAnn explores simple ways to change your thinking to feel happier and more optimistic.