Dr. Kathy Gruver's Your Daily Pause, Meditations and podcasts

E38 How to Use the Love Languages for Self Care

The 5 Love Language is a concept discussed in a book by Gary Chapman that can be use to understand and provide love to others with whom you have a relationship. Understanding your love language preferences, and those of others allows you the option of showing love in the way the other person most appreciates.

But can you use the 5 love languages: 1. physical touch, 2. words of affirmation, 3. quality time, 4. receiving gifts, and 5. acts of service for self care. Absolutely and we explain how. When you are feeling a little blue, anxious, or just need to feel a little love, you can apply these techniques by yourself to soothe and reduce stress.

For more detail about the 5 love languages, check out Gary's book.

The 5 Love Languages: The Secret to Love that Lasts, by Gary Chapman https://www.amazon.com/Love-Languages-Secret-that-Lasts/dp/080241270X/ref=sr_1_17

E37 How to Use Affirmations More Effectively

You've probably heard about affirmations. Heck, some of you have even tried them, but may not think they work since you may have fallen into some common traps. In this episode we will discuss some common mistakes people make when writing and saying affirmations, so you can improve your effectiveness and change your life. We discuss the length of time, frequency, and method for doing affirmations that will increase their effectiveness and truly impact and change your life.

E35 Healing Ourselves to Become Whole, Perfect and Complete with Peter Bedard

Our guest this week, Peter Bedard knows a thing or two about healing. In fact, Peter has healed himself of everything from chronic anxiety to arthritis, asthma, fibromyalgia, depression, sciatica, and he's died before and come back to a body wracked in pain, a mind trapped in fear, and a spirit broken. Peter has developed a tried and true process for creating your own path to wellness ... Convergence Healing ... which he shares on this episode.

We all have pain (physical, emotional, etc...) that needs healing and here are practical steps for how you can start your healing process.

You can learn more about Peter at: www.ConvergenceHealing.com and find his book, "Convergence Healing, Healing Pain with Energetic Love" published by Enliven Books/Simon & Schuster on Amazon, Kindle, and at your neighborhood bookstore as well as the audio book through Amazon, Audible, and iTunes.

Recorded - 2019-06-14 Published - 2019-08-15 E36 Managing Emotions and Having Compassion for Yourself

As humans, we are emotional beings. That means we always need to be aware of the emotions we are feeling and learn how to manage them intelligently. Sometimes "the show must go on" and we have to compartmentalize in the short-term, but eventually we have to deal with our emotions. If we don't deal with our emotions it will eventually show up negatively in our business and personal life.

In this episode we explain how to push through the pain and have compassion for yourself. We actually get personal and explain how we have gone through managing some tough emotions and how you can too.

Recorded - 2019-07-19 Published - E34 Unlocking the Potential of Podcasts in Your Business with Brad Dalius

Podcasts are one way of getting yourself and your message out into the world. You can do that to fuel a hobby, special interests, or even run your business. In fact, podcasts are on target to soon be a $1 billion industry.

We are joined by Brad Dalius, a fellow podcaster with years in terrestrial radio and podcast experience, who discusses how you can start a podcast for yourself or your business ... the things to be successful and the mistakes to avoid.

You can listen to Brad's podcast "Motivators in Motion " at https://motivatorsinmotion.com/ and be sure to check out the episode where he interviews Kathy Gruver :)

It's just a fact of life that we will encounter negative people. Inevitably as we try to stay positive and keep our energy levels up, somebody comes along to suck out our energy with their negativity.

Fear not. In this episode we discuss some practical ways to deal with negative people in our lives. The answers will surprise you.

The key to getting every day started off right is having a good morning routine. If you are showing up for work already exhausted before the day even starts, perhaps it's time to think about incorporating a positive morning routine to get you through the day feeling relaxed and confident. In this episode we share our morning routines and give you some practical advice for how you can develop and practice your own morning routine that'll make you a champion.

In several episodes we've referenced values and figured it was about time to show you an exercise for how to determine your top values. Until you are in alignment with your values in what you think, feel and do, you will continue to feel exhausted and unproductive. Focusing on on three top values helps you put everything in perspective and improves your communications, productivity, and feeling of accomplishment.

Check the expanded show notes for the link to download the values exercise cards so you can complete the exercise yourself. It will change your perspective and change your life.

http://www.motivationalinterviewing.org/sites/default/files/valuescardsort_0.pdf

Stories are compelling, statistics are not. When it comes down to it, we all love a good story. We can even get spell-bound as we read a book, or watch a movie, but probably don't realize you are living your own story. Since we are writing our own future, we have a lot of literary license over visualizing and living the story we want to hear. How do you want the next chapter of your life to go?

We are joined by James Hazlerig, a hypnotist and story teller, who uses hypnotic storytelling to help his clients quit smoking, release fear, manage stress, and live happier lives. You can learn more about James at: http://hypnoticstorytellingcourse.com/

In our attempt to be seen as helpful sometimes we say yes too often, which leads to feeling overwhelmed and stressed. Every yes is saying no to something else. Every no is saying yes to something else. Not sure whether to say yes or no? No worries. Here's some easy ways to decide and move on, so you are not stuck in fear or guilt over which choice to make.