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“While you are correct that a heart at peace alone won’t solve your complex outer problems, those problems can’t begin to be solved without it.”  Another part talking about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  This week I share the chapters that help us identify how to get out of the box and go from a heart at war to a heart at peace.  I share more about Yusuf’s background and the person he met that helped him get his heart to peace.  In these chapters we learn the 4 steps to get us to a heart at peace. 

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 “Joining the youth in their hardships helps them because it helps us not to invite their hearts to go to war.”  We continue learning from the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  This week I begin to talk more about the process of getting our hearts to peace.  I also tell of the metaphor of taking off our shoes; a way to allow space for others to help their hearts get to peace, thanks to the camper Jenny.  Then I also share more about Avi’s story and how his heart was also able to change to peace.  ( Happy Mother’s Day coming up all you moms out there. )

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“It will serve neither ourselves nor our loved ones to think that we are better.”  This week I share more about The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  We are in part 5 and going over a review of what the book has shared so far.  In the story the parents are finishing their first day and I share a list of all of the things that the parents have learned so far.  With a little more clarification I share the importance of our way of being even if the behavior is the same.  I tell of the discussion during the story, clarifying a little more about causes of the different styles of justification.  As well as learning that we can begin to carry our boxes with us.  And at the end an invitation to ponder which boxes you carry and how it has invited a warring heart in your life.

For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep181 

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 “The more sure I am that I’m right, the more likely I will actually be mistaken.” This is the 4th episode where I am talking about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  Covering chapters 12 and 13, I share the 4 justification boxes or styles of justification that can be typical when our hearts are at war.  I share a few stories, one involving black beans and being wrong as an example of one of the justification styles. 

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 “A choice to betray myself is a choice to go to war.” This is part 3 is learning more from the Book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.  In this episode I cover chapters 8 through 11 of the book.  I share more about how our hearts can be in war and learn a new term, self - betrayal.  I share the childhood story of the character Yusuf and how that story helps show the idea of self betrayal as well as the resulting justification.  I also share the choice diagram which is in the book which we learn about in the book and how self-betrayal and justification take our hearts to war.

For show notes come to www.findingthefloor.com/ep179

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“The deepest way in which we are right or wrong, is in our way of being towards others.”  This week I continue telling you a little more about the book, The Anatomy of Peace by the Arbinger Institute.   I share a few stories from the book, Avi's story of mowing the lawn.    With these stories, I help illustrate how we begin to think of people, including our family members, as annoying or unreasonable. We then start to see them as objects and then because of that we begin to invite more war. I then share a collusion diagram.  The most important understanding is not just about our actions but our way of being towards one another.  

For more info and show notes:  www.findingthefloor.com/ep178

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 “I become an agent of change, only to the degree that I begin to live to help things go right….”  This episode begins a series sharing the principles from the book, The Anatomy of Peace written by the Arbinger Institute.  It is a fictional story that helps teach some principles.  We are going to have a handful of parts to this book and this week I will be sharing some of the things that I learned from chapter 1 through 4.  The book begins with a story of some families who are dropping off their children at a wilderness rehabilitation camp, called Camp Moriah.  There the directors spend a few days teaching the parents so they can help facilitate change when their children are done with the program.  In this part of the book, the main parts of change is to understand that we become agents of change when we spend more time on helping things go right rather than correcting and criticizing.  Then the first principle we learn is about having a heart at war or a heart at peace.  We learn about the crusaders and Saladin and which was more successful due to their heart being at peace despite being involved in a war.  

For show notes come by www.findingthefloor.com/ep177

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 “... even so in Christ, all shall be made alive.”  Happy Easter!  A quick easter message about the hope that we can gain from the resurrection of Jesus Christ.  I share the belief that we all made a choice before we came to this earth to follow our Heavenly Father’s plan. I then talk of  a few ideas about this wonderful, miraculous gift that all of us will be resurrected one day and be reunited with our bodies.  What a blessing and feeling of hope we can  hold onto because of the gift of the resurrection.  Take a moment to think about that this weekend as we all celebrate Easter!

For show notes go to www.findingthefloor.com/ep176

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 “The best thing about goals is you can start them anytime.”  How are your goals going?  In this episode I share how I have been doing in the first quarter of the year.  I also look back at many of the things that were not on my list of goals but that I accomplished over the past few months.  I also look and see where I can be better to schedule time to put my plans into place.  It is already spring and a great time to reset!

For more show notes and info come to www.findingthefloor.com/ep175

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 “It’s important to grasp that we don’t eat for protein, per se, but for AAs.”  This week is the third and final part as I talk a bit about the book, Forever Strong - A new science based strategy for aging well.  Written by Dr. Gabrielle Lyon.  In this final episode I share a little bit about nutritional science and then most of the time talking about protein and the amino acids that we get from protein that help to fuel our muscles, tendons, organs, and so much more.  Protein is good and Dr. Lyon is all about animal protein.  

For show notes for to www.findingthefloor.com/ep174

I would love to hear from you!  You can reach me at [email protected] or dm @findingthefloor on instagram.  Thanks for listening!!

Thanks to Seth Johnson for my intro and outro original music.  I love it so much!