I wanted to make an announcement that we will be going live on Tuesdays & Fridays at 9:30pm EST, now on Spreaker. You can listen in by going to our page at spreaker.com/show/lifelive. We also have the ability to chat just by simply pressing the Chat icon on our page. If you have an Apple IOS or Android device you can download the Spreaker Podcast Radio app to listen and chat as well. I'll take questions or topics you'd like to hear about and discuss. You can find our episodes on Spotify, iTunes, Google Play Music, Podomatic and Spreaker. Until our next episode, take care of yourself.

In this Episode 16 I talk about building emotional walls. Since doing the past 2 episodes of Heartache it made me think about going through relationships and losing someone you love (or like a whole lot) that we begin to build walls to protect us from getting hurt in the future. And while building walls to protect ourselves is a natural instinct we also have to be careful about how tall and thick we make our walls. If you've built walls like I have, they'll prevent you from experiencing many things in a relationship because you try to protect yourself. And when you find a person you really want to open up to and experience a relationship with, it can be very difficult because you aren't able to fully express and experience it. You'll find out that these walls are preventing you from truly being happy. I hope some of my examples and talking through this can give you a little more insight. It's perfectly fine to have walls, we all want to protect ourselves but be aware of how they could preventing you from being happy.

In this Episode 15 I pick up talking about Heartache but focus less on relationships and more on loved ones. Loss is very difficult and many times unexpected. Losing someone close to you can bring you down or even depressed and angry. I've lost many people in my life ranging from cancer to suicide and it's never easy. What I have realized is that if you can understand your feelings it can make things easier during these unfortunate circumstances. Think back to the times you had with them, listen to the songs you listened to together or movies or tv shows or coffee or whatever it might be. While loss is heavy on the heart, I hope that you look back and laugh and appreciate the experiences you've had. That person was in your life for a reason and I hope you appreciate the journey.

In this episode 14 of my podcast/audio vlog I touch back on heartache and being yourself. In this Part 1 I spend more time on being yourself after a breakup or loss of a friend. In Part 2 I will focus more on heartache from love loss, family loss and friend loss. But in this Part 1 I wanted to spend more time talking about being yourself. Many times during a breakup we want to change who we are because we think we were broken up because of who we are, what we like, what we wear, or whatever the case may be. The truth is, changing who you are to please other people isn't an answer or a solution. This causes you to build walls, lie to yourself and become someone you aren't meant to be. Don't let what someone else does or says ever change who you are. I hope you learn to be happy with yourself and love who you are.

In this Episode 13 I talk about how important it is to be yourself. Listening and learning who you are and embracing it regardless of what others think. Your life is on a path that you may not know about and by changing yourself to avoid pain, ridicule, popularity or what ever the case may be, you care diverting off of your path and may lose who you are supposed to be.

You are you and it's beautiful so I hope you learn and embrace being you.

Believe it or not life has a cycle. Every day has a cycle but it's harder to see what's in front of you at the moment and appreciate it. In this episode I talk about how life is constantly changing and while something may seem like the most important thing in your life right now, just might not be. Think about it, what was important for you last year or 3 years ago...is it just as important to you now? How much time did you spend thinking about it only to realize days, weeks, months later that it wasn't all that important?

It's key to remember that things change and while something terrible might be going on today, tomorrow it could very well be in the distant past.

Not everyday can be your best and everyday won't be but finding a simple thing throughout the day can make things a little brighter. It may sound silly but it honestly can work. Think about when you were a kid and something completely surprised you and made you laugh or smile. Maybe being at the zoo watching an animal poop for the first time. Disgusting, I know but as a kid small surprises like this could make your whole day and I think we lose that as we get older, things begin to pile up or get in the way of good thoughts. So I think it's important to think of something special or an outrageous thought to make you smile.

In this episode 10 I talk about changes in your life and what drives you to make them. If you are wanting to change something about yourself, the clothes you wear or the car you drive, I think you're making them for the wrong reasons. If being picked on is making you second guess your looks or physical possessions then you aren't living for you. The most important thing you can do in finding your self is doing things for yourself. What if you could snap your fingers and change the things you want to so that you are bullied, ridiculed, mocked or made fun of, it's not the right thing for you. You end up living your life based on other peoples perspective of you and you end up loosing who you are. Your life should come from you and forget about all of the things that others are saying. Because doing something for your own happiness is only when you'll find true pride.

I talk about the importance of finding out who you are and how not understanding yourself makes it easy to build walls. Building a wall to shield your feelings from what others are saying. But what you have to remember is that the negative things people say aren't genuine. People are lashing out to be negative directly, they are projecting their insecurities. For me, by building walls it turned me into a negative person to myself and everyone around me. It prevented me from living life because I was worried every second of every day what people would think about me, and I missed out on a lot of things in life. I hope through this you learn to make moments in life that make you happy. Moments that you can look back on that make you smile.

In this Episode 8 of my audio vlog I talk about being overwhelmed. Until now I've focused on those who are experiencing depression or suicidal thoughts at a young age. I wanted to talk about those who are older and overwhelmed with work expectations, family expectations and more. Life is an amazing experience and it generally takes an event to make up snap out of our daily grind and appreciate what is around us. The most important thing in our lives is ourselves but we don't take the time to focus on that. I hope I can help someone who is experiencing an overwhelming time in their lives.