If you're like me, you've been heartbroken a time or two. Maybe you're divorced and like me, have found yourself with few options with regard to healthy partners. In this episode, I walk you through my own experience of getting to know myself first as a means of better understanding the limitations we need to place upon ourselves, our time and emotional energy and investment as opposed to the levels of tolerance we should have for inevitable disappointments when they do occur. 

Are you perpetually discouraged? Do you constantly deal with fear and a sense of failure, lack, and or deprivation? Today I discuss the shift of mindset that you can and should allow yourself to move into as a means of dealing with this feeling. You might be surprised at how easy it is! Take a listen. 

There is so much power in being present in a conversation with someone. It can be difficult to allow others to speak freely without interjecting into the dialogue personal accounts, "one ups", or comparisons. We may often find it difficult to not try to "fix" other people and their problems as they present them to us. Most of the time, when people share their experiences, problems and stories with us, they want to be heard instead of judged and nothing more. In fact, when the narrative is a huge life event or problem, people almost never expect that the person listening has some magical ability to fix the problem, yet we may feel compelled to try anyway. Todays episode challenges all of us to engage in active listening while being mindful of our own tendencies to overshare, one-up and "fix" unimaginable problems. Holding space, being present without judgment, is sometimes, the best medicine there is. 

So often we can get consumed with our emotional response to a situation or condition that we allow it to determine our course of action. The problem with this is that emotional states do not tend to evolve in these conditions but instead repeat and reiterate themselves when we consistently remind ourselves about it in negative affirmations. You have the power to move differently by implementing logic into these scenarios. You have the power to choose to move differently.  Listen in and I'll tell you how!

We all have been there. Conflicting opinions, challenging poor behaviors and habits when talking to loved ones. We want them to do better but they tell us things and stories that we don't agree with and we feel compelled to challenge and judge the behaviors and opinions of those we are attempting to communicate with. When we actively listen, we are not being inauthentic but instead we are sharing space and time and challenging thoughts and ideas in validating, safe and caring ways. More often than not, we can get caught up in the desire for them to hear us, as opposed to providing the space for them to share openly. 

We hear about it all the time. "You need to heal." ...but what does that entail, exactly?  Healing is a journey to newfound wellness in your spirit. Healing is breaking down barriers and toxic ways of thinking to grow into a sense of healthy wellness that allows room for joy to grow.