Original Air Date: Jan 5, 2021*. Today, I chat with y'all about how I feel the New Year has doubled the size of my to-do list.  I don't know if I'm the only one... If I'm not, I believe in you.  I believe you can rise to the challenge and I know you need to be kind to yourself.  Whatever resolution or goal you are reaching for this year.

Original Air Date: Jan 3, 2021*. I’m going to be here every day.  

I’m going to be here on the days when you are tired and the days when you want to take on the world.  I’m going to be here when you are happy and when you are depressed.  I’m going to be here when you are motivated and when you are thinking about quitting.

I'm here.

I’m also going to be here when you are questioning.  When you’re like ya know Ray, I don’t know if I want this thing anymore... I'll be here to ask you those questions when no one else will.

 Are you tired and frustrated with it?  Are you bored? Or did you find out it was something you always thought you wanted but some things have changed? Did you realize it was associated with an expectation you always felt you needed to live up to?  Did you realize it was a dream the world sold to you and not something you truly wanted?

I’ll be here on those days too.

This year, in 2021, I’ll be here. 

I won’t let you forget yourself.  I won’t let you forget the goals you are setting, and I will also be here on the days when you don’t feel like it.  When you need a break.  I encourage those.  

But I’m making it my job this year to show up for you, show up for this podcast, and keep YOU curious and keep YOU in the direction of finding the life YOU actually enjoy living.  That’s my job this year.  

And, I’m going to be here for you.

You deserve peace.  You deserve joy.  You deserve to have someone in your corner on the days when you feel like there isn’t anyone.

And, I’ll be right here.

Original Air Date: Jan 2, 2021* 1)  Arnold Schwarzenegger Leaves the Audience SPEECHLESS | One of the Best Motivational Speeches Ever

   https://youtu.be/1bumPyvzCyo

2)  I CAN DO IT - Powerful Motivational Speech Video (Featuring Lisa Nichols)

     https://youtu.be/tj7utbR4rMc

3)  Inky Johnson -- "It's Not Just About You." (Motivational Video)

     https://youtu.be/zeWg73GzVbc

4)  Oprah was a Prisoner of Her Own Past | Oprah Winfrey Inspirational Documentary | Goalcast

     https://youtu.be/bKzXoBfntDo

5)  Seth Godin's Advice Will Change You - One of the Greatest Interviews Ever | Seth Godin Motivation

     https://youtu.be/dsBNSUTCt70

In today's episode, I share five Youtube videos that helped shift my perspective of what I was capable of.  

The stories I share with you today are stories I listened to over and over in the past year that helped me understand most successful people weren't born successes and their roads were rarely easy.  I hope these stories inspire you as much as they've inspired me.

Original Air Date: Jan 1, 2021 *. Good morning!  Happy 2021! 

In today's episode, I read some of the comments my podcast listeners shared on my social media pages when I asked them what their word could be for 2021.  What they wanted to feel.

I also share some of the questions I asked myself in 2020 that helped me sustain/return to a feeling of peace in my every day life.  These questions may help you retain yours throughout the year as well.

Original Air Date: Dec 31, 2020* Hello everyone on the last day of 2020!  What a year.  Did you ever think it would end?  I didn't... lol

On today's episode, I ask y'all if you've ever heard of setting a feeling for the year instead of a goal?  I wasn't always familiar with this concept.  It was introduced to me in 2017 by Sally Hope, my kundalini yoga teacher.  

The premise is instead of/or alongside with a goal or manifestation we are trying to call in or work towards in the New Year to also consider setting a feeling.  A tone.  Using a word to guide your year instead of/or with a goal.  That year my word was "Surrender."

That word taught me a lot.  It taught me how to let go when I did all I could do.  It helped me recognize the control I had in some areas and where some things were just out of my control.  

You don't have to pick a word this year, but if this concept is new to you and you'd like to try it, I'd say do it.  I've actually had more success and better years picking words/feelings than goals and manifestations.  

Best of luck with your New Year!  I'll talk to y'all again in 2021!

Original Air Date: Dec 30, 2020*. Today I share some mean comments I've been getting about my podcast and I'm just curious on your opinions and what you would say to these people.

Original Air Date: Dec 29, 2020*. Today I quote GaryVee yet again and what I got from his quote about perfectionism.  I also talk about a response he gave yesterday when one of his followers asked him, "What was your biggest success of 2020?" 

He responded, "That my friends and family stayed well and they are still alive."

I talk a little bit about this perspective coming from someone who pulls in millions of dollars a year through his company.  His response helped me reframe and remember what internal success I achieve this year and it was a big one.

Original Air Date: Dec 28, 2020*. There are a lot of people in the world who grow up believing their life can only be what it's always been.  In a longer episode today, I interview my sister about how she used to think this way.  We dive into how a trauma she experienced when she was 12 years old began coloring and shaping her adult life into an existence she wasn't happy or fulfilled with.  

We talk about how it was important it was for her to surround herself with people who were executing their dreams and we dive into how important her faith was, and still is, on her journey.  

I hope y'all enjoy the episode.

Original Air Date: Dec 27, 2020*. Today I share a pep talk by Will Smith on failure, how we should seek it out and need to get comfortable with it if we ever want to be successful. 

I do not own the rights to this audio by Will Smith.

The link for this speech: https://www.instagram.com/willsmith/

Original Air Date: Dec 26, 2020* I start today's podcast off with the quote: "A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle."

This podcast is about not being afraid to promote other people's work.  I also talk about how if you haven't started your own podcast, your own blog, or your own business because "someone out there is already doing that" then I ask you to reconsider and start whatever it is you are thinking.

I share on my podcast today how the podcast "Coffee Talk" inspired me and helped me realize I had things I wanted to share every day like Christy Mae Campbell does on her podcast.  Check her podcast out and let me know if we sound the same, talk about the same things, and are exact replicas of each other.  

I can't speak for her but the ultimate compliment to me is: "I started something because I saw you doing it and it helped me realize I could, too."