How To Make Sure Your Life Doesn't Suck

A white girl and a black guy talk about race and racism from the inside-out.

In this episode, I talk to Rob Cook (bio below) about race and racism and how his view of both has been changing and evolving throughout his life, from when he was growing up in the housing projects of Birmingham, Alabama through his time in the US Air Force to the moment he came across the Inside-Out understanding of 3 Principles.

FROM ADDICTIONS AND YEARS OF THERAPY TO PEACE OF MIND - a conversation with psychotherapist and transformative coach Jason Shiers

I have started a series of conversations with people from all walks of life who talk about the impact of the Inside-Out understanding/3 Principles in their lives by sharing their BEFORE (what were they struggling with and what did they do to find help) and AFTER (why the Inside-Out was such a game-changer to them and how it impacted their lives)" stories.

In this episode, I'm speaking to psychotherapist and transformative coach Jason Shiers, who spent years training to become a therapist only to leave it all behind after he came across the Inside-Out understanding/3 Principles. He also spent seven years in therapy in an attempt to solve his problems, he then believed stemmed from his childhood trauma - losing his dad in an accident at the age of 5.

In this episode, I talk about the importance of keeping the balance between the information/advice we receive from others and listening to our own intuitive guidance.

I also talk about our uniqueness and why it is important to find our own "groove" in how we deal with anything or go about things (I use "writer's block" as an example).

Thank you for watching :-)

Finding your authentic self and living your authentic life - a chat with author Chris Brock

In this episode of "How to make sure your life doesn't suck" Chris and I cover quite a range of topics he talks about in his book "Shine Manifesto: Find Your Authentic Self, Life Your Authentic Life".

Here are some of them:

- how our society and culture shape who we are and our beliefs about life, what's right and what's wrong

- what happens when we compare ourselves to others

- random acts of kindness and their ripple effect

- fear of criticism and the "what will people think"

- the need for approval and much more.

Chris Brock is a writer and photographer (among many other things) :-)

In this interview, I am speaking to Johnny Swanson, an Army Vet who shares with me how after years of suffering from PTSD, anxiety and insomnia and his multiple attempts to find help through therapy and self-help books (to no avail), he came across the inside-out understanding I talk about in the book "How To Make Sure Your Life Doesn't Suck".

He will be sharing with you his story and the AHA moment that fundamentally changed the way he sees his life and himself.

More importantly the moment he was finally able to experience peace of mind for the first time in his life.

In this episode, we talk about how the inside-out understanding transformed the way he sees life and himself, his struggles and mental health prior to his life-changing aha moment, what happens when our relationships to our thoughts and feelings changes and we're longer attaching too much importance to them, the trap of "positive thinking" and much more.

DEALING WITH CRITICISM / NEGATIVE FEEDBACK

In this episode, I will be talking about:

Criticism, other people’s opinions, negative feedback or comments, etc. from the inside-out perspective

Why the inside-out understanding allows us to see anything that’s said or written differently and how it changes the way we react or respond

Why you should listen to Alan Alda’s interview with Sarah Silverman? It’s available on the Clear + Vivid with Alan Alda podcast

LET'S TALK ABOUT SPIRITUALITY - MY TAKE

In this episode I will talk about:

Why the ideas I had about what it means to be spiritual stopped me from considering myself a spiritual person.

Is spirituality a woo-woo or is it common sense?

What truly matters?

Why we should embrace all things intangible even though they cannot be measured or rationally explained.

Why paying more attention to our internal lives enriches and changes our external lives

In this episode, Dr. Maggie G. talks about the importance of staying true to ourselves and why paying attention to the two words "want" and "should" can serve as a brilliant clue and a way to check-in with ourselves whether we are following our true desires.

Welcome to the "How To Make Sure Your Life Doesn't Suck" podcast.