Feel Good Thoughts

Goodmorning,

Today on this Feel Good Thoughts Podcast I have one of the most energetic, positive people that I know. He is an international speaker, has been Young Australian Of The Year, spoken in 36 countries and reached around 1.5 million people in live events, is the founder of Speakers Institute and is the author of 6 books all around the topic of Bounce Forward... I am with Sam Cawthorn.

To begin todays podcast, Sam shares his story about what inspired him to write his book 'Bounce Forward' and about how he learnt from a crisis in his life to bounce forward.

We also chat about how it is a new year and many people are setting new year resolutions. Sam shares a fantastic idea around choosing one specific word which you can grow into and go deep in and learn more about.

Have a great day!

Joey

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Goodmorning,

Happy Monday!! Today I want to share with you some tools that you can consider when practicing peace in your daily lifestyle.

There are 5 Components When Practicing Peace:

1. Find a Sacred Place

Find a quiet, sacred place in which you can do your practice. It may be outdoors at a park, beach or in your backyard. Or it may be indoors in a place in your house. Find a place you resonate with that you can call your sacred place of practice. It is important to find this place so you know that when you go to your sacred place this is the place where you have peace, serenity and love.

Create your own sacred place by choosing somewhere that is a place where you feel at peace. For me, I am a real beach girl so I have a sacred place at the beach that I go to in the morning. It is a meditation rock where a lot of people go to meditate and practice yoga at sunrise. It is absolutely stunning.

 Why do I love to meditate at sunrise?

Just as the sunrises, there is a sense of real peace and quiet in the air. It is very tranquil. I like to go the beach and watch the sun peak through the horizon up over the ocean into the sky. When I watch the sunrise, I sit in stillness and observe the nature around me; I listen to the waves, I can hear birds chirping and it really is a peaceful, beautiful way to start the day feeling relaxed, centered, grounded and at peace.

With every sunrise it is an opportunity to start fresh, each day is a new day. It is your opportunity to shine bright like the sun. Start the day with a clean canvas and paint it as colorfully as you like. It is a new day with the chance to start new.

Believe it or not the days when I choose to wake early and watch the sunrise and meditate I feel more awake and energized throughout the day. I feel like I have so many more hours in my day, it is very productive. The secret is to get to bed early to ensure you have enough rest to be motivated to wake early.

2. No Technology

Once you have found your sacred place, make it a ritual to have no technology whilst you practice. If you are beginning your day with meditation practice, then try not to check your emails, social media, watch tv or turn on the computer before your practice. Keep your thoughts clear and alert from your morning awakening because once we check emails, thoughts are in reaction mode, we start to think about that person we need to get back to, we think about what our boss needs us to do and we build moments of stress and reactions which in turn builds action to want to be wired with emails, social media and technology. Therefore by not clocking into any forms of technology we are able to be clearer with the practice.

3. Honor

Honor yourself in the knowing that this time you have allocated just for you. There is no need to feel like you have to rush or be somewhere else. Allocate the time when you know this time is set aside just for you to be. When you take the time to do your practice, be patient, be nurturing, be loving to you and know that this is your time to just be. I like to start my meditation practices with an intention, such as;

Happy Weekend!

Today I want to share the thought around 'decisions shape direction!'.

When making a decision YOU need to make a choice and once you make a choice things will change. And your choices will have a impact on the direction in which you want to go.

So, it is really important to ensure to make healthy choices which will work positively in the direction of where you want to go.

Sometimes decisions can be really tough because you're not sure on which way to go. But what is more challenging? Making a decision or staying stuck in the mud and not moving anywhere without a decision at all?

I want to share with you this two step process I consider when making a decision;

Think about all the variables: What will happen if you make the decision, what will happen if you don't. What choices do you have around the decision and what healthy choice will you decide when moving forward.

Tune into today's Feel Good Thoughts Podcast #40 where I share more about how decisions shape direction.

Have a great weekend!

Joey

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Goodmorning and HAPPY MONDAY!!

Start this week in a nurturing and nourishing way by taking care of you. YES that's right, it is time to take care of you because YOU are responsible for your own happiness and your own health.

When you are able to nurture and nourish yourself, you fill up your cup full of goodness. And when your cup is filled and it begins to overflow with the positivity, happiness and love you feel, it makes it easier to share this with others.

So, today, start the day in a positive way by doing whatever it takes to take care of you. It may be by starting the day with some self compliments.

Complimenting yourself at first may feel a little strange but we are awesome at complimenting others so why not compliment yourself. When you give yourself positive reinforcement and praise you are allowing yourself to feel good. What compliment could you give yourself right now? Or think about this...

Light and happiness,

Joey

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The inspiration for today's Feel Good Thoughts Podcast, has come from one my listeners Suzanne and the topic for today is ‘Keeping The Heart Happy’.

And I want to start with this inspiring feel good thought today which is;

And the reason why I live with JOY naturally is because I make the choice to choose happiness every single day.

Isn't it amazing when we think that we all have the gift of choice, we can choose how we feel.

Today I want to share with you about how you can create a happy heart by simply choosing JOY and choosing LOVE and making the conscious decision daily to keep the heart happy.

But it begins with...

Honoring your feeling. When your are not happy, seek some happiness by doing one thing that you LOVE and think about the last time you were happy and tap into that energy.

Know your own happiness - Don't compare to what makes someone else happy. Know what makes YOU happy!

Know what's important to you - because what is important to you, makes you happy!

Look for the lessons in situations – When times are challenging and the heart is feeling like it needs some strength, begin by looking for the lessons. When we seek lessons we seek appreciation, opportunity and growth which leads the heart back towards happiness.

So, there are a variety of ways of which we can keep the heart happy but it all really begins with YOU... seeking the choice to choose happiness, joy, positivity and love.

Light and happiness,

Joey

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Today's Feel Good Thought is all about replacing the words 'I should' with 'I choose'.

I want to start by sharing what is the difference between I should and I choose.

When I use the words 'I should'... I feel like I am obliged to do something, I feel like I should do it! It is almost like a decision to do something is based on an external influence.

However when I change the words to 'I choose'... it is more empowering, loving and I feel like I am making a decision based on what I want to do within. The choice then becomes mine.

Tune into today's podcast to hear more about this thought of using the words 'I Choose'... And remember to make your own choices today by beginning your sentences with 'I choose'...

Have a fab day!

Joey

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Happy New Year and welcome back to the first Feel Good Podcast of 2016. I hope you had a fantastic break over the Christmas and New Year period and are ready to ROCK 2016!!

In today's Feel Good Thoughts Podcast #36 I share some thoughts around setting New Years Resolutions and why intentions are just as important as the actually resolution.

Here's why...

A resolution is something you would like to achieve, where a intention is something in which you intend to do. Therefore it is equally important to have your resolution along with your intentions on how you will achieve what you desire.

Click the play button above to tune in to find out more about how to set intentions for the year ahead.

Love and light,

Joey

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In today’s podcast I share with you the Feel Good Thought of Acknowledge and Allow and how you can incorporate these words when going though a challenging situation.

Throughout the podcast today, learn about the process of a acknowledge and allow and how you can incorporate these words to help you to recenter energies and feel calmness.

Click on the play button above to listen to the podcast about acknowledge and allow.

Have a beautiful day!

Joey

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Good afternoon,

Only a few more days until Christmas and I have someone special on today's podcast show who is going to share with us how to create some stillness amongst this busy time of year. Tom Cronin is the founder of The Stillness Project and also an amazing meditation teacher. Tom holds regular meditation classes in Sydney in which I really love and thought it would be amazing for him to share with us more about the importance of stillness.

How do people find stillness and clarity at this busy time of year?

Tom shares with us how you can create an effective timetable in your day to help you to be more present in each moment and also with seeking some calmness in this busy time of year.

Some key components to consider when seeking to be more present are;

Phone time; Stay focused on the task at hand by putting the phone aside or away.

'Meditation can be like... Putting your phone into the powerpoint and starting to reboot it's energy'

If we were to do a bit of stillness each day, how long should we do it for?

In the podcast Tom shares with us more about what stillness is and the importance of breathe and mantra meditation.

Ensure to tune into the Feel Good Thoughts Podcast #32 by clicking on the play button above to hear the entire podcast.

**You can also find out more about Tom's meditation courses and programs at TheStillnessProject.com and TomCronin.com.

Have a beautiful day,

Joey

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Goodmorning,

Today I want to share with you the importance of incorporating daily rituals.

Daily rituals are activities that you enjoy and benefit you towards helping you to feel good. I enjoy doing daily rituals in the morning each day to help me start the day in a positive way.

I find that taking some time out for you to do things that you love in the morning, really help with providing a solid foundation for the day ahead.

I know that even if I just take 15 minutes in the morning for some rituals time, it can make all the difference with feeling good and starting the day in a positive way.

Some of my morning rituals are;

- Watching the sunrise

How do you find the time to do morning rituals?

1. Wake up earlier in the morning; Even if you begin with waking up just 15 minutes earlier to take some time to start your day with mindfulness and positivity, this can make all the difference. I usually try and wake up an hour earlier to dedicate that time just for me.

2. Go to bed earlier; Try to go to bed earlier at night, so it is easier to wake up earlier in the morning.

3. Social Media free time; Replace social media moments in the morning with mindfulness moments. Ie. Whilst you eat breakfast or are enjoying a cup of tea in the morning, use that time to focus on setting some intentions for the day ahead or think positive thoughts and have some quiet time for you where you can be mindful without any technology.

4. Consistency Is The Key; Once you start doing the morning rituals on a regular basis, it makes it much easier to keep doing them. Be consistent and enjoy the benefits that morning rituals provide.

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