A Decided Difference

Would you like to feel better and stronger right away? Try removing just one specific word from your vocabulary and watch the change happen. It isn't magic. It's a Decided Difference.

When you do things that make you happy, you have more energy to do all kinds of things. Building joyfulness into your schedule gives you something to look forward to and makes life worth living. This week's podcast from A Decided Difference will help you find your own personal happiness.

The world is beginning to return to "normal," but that doesn't mean you have to go back to the way things used to be. You can continue to use your head to find creative solutions, as you have done throughout the pandemic, but let your heart take the lead as you decide how you want to live in a post-pandemic world. There have been positive aspects to the experiences of the past year and a half, and you can benefit from remembering them. This is the last new podcast episode for two months, as LouAnn takes a sabbatical. She will present a "best of" series through the months of June and July. If you have suggestions about which episodes to include in the "best of," email them to [email protected] on or before June 4.

Your mind may be full of pollutants deposited there by other people, by your own interpretation of past events, or by expectations you don't even know you have. Like polluted air and water, polluted thoughts can make you sick. Fortunately, also like polluted air and water, polluted thoughts can be filtered to remove the bad stuff. Learn how to create a healthier mental environment in this week's podcast from A Decided Difference.

Your surroundings can help make or break your mood, so why not take control of them as much as you can? In this week's podcast from A Decided Difference, LouAnn has thoughts about environment and how to use it to your advantage.

The stories that run in the background of your mind can have a profound impact on the choices you make and how satisfied you feel with your life. Uncovering your foundational stories can change the way you think, and that can be literally life-changing. Learn to tell yourself better stories in this week's podcast from A Decided Difference.

What does it mean to fail? How you view failure may determine not just how you feel, but what you do in the future. In this week's podcast, LouAnn explores the BS surrounding failure and offers some ideas for healthy thinking about an event that happens to all of us.

The times when you feel least like doing anything may be the most important times to do something. When you are feeling blue, taking any action, even a small one, can help lift your mood. Hear more in this week's podcast from A Decided Difference. This is an affiliate link to the book Designing Your Life, on Amazon. By buying through this link, you help support my work at A Decided Difference at no extra cost to you. Thank you! https://amzn.to/2QmJ23g This is the link to Bill Burnett's TED Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SemHh0n19LA" rel="noopener" target="_blank

Not every decision will carry life-altering weight, but a few of them will. When it comes to basic decisions about who you are and how you want to live, you belong at the top of the list of priorities. After all, you are the one who has to live your life. Please, don't let yourself down.

When I named this endeavor A Decided Difference, I believed that making big decisions and allowing them to guide your choices was very important. Now, eight years later, I believe it more than ever. In this podcast episode, I examine the power of deciding.