Motivation and Encouragement

By Debbi Sinclair and Athena Basham

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A podcast to help you in everyday life. Debbi and Athena will motivate, encourage, and teach you tips and tricks on how to get things done and be a happier person.

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Episode 33 - 6 Ways to Deal...

08.07.2017

You know that person in your life – a co-worker, a friend, a family member – who overreacts to things, and insists on taking you along for the ride? Whatever happens to them, they will add a layer of drama ...

Motivation and Encouragement episodes:

08.07.2017 Episode 33 - 6 Ways to Deal with Reactionary People You know that person in your life – a co-worker, a friend, a family member – who overreacts to things, and insists on taking you along for the ride? Whatever happens to them, they will add a layer of drama ...
07.30.2017 Episode 32: Accountability Partners, Part 2 - THE RESULTS In Episode 30, Debbi and Athena looked at accountability partners – one of the most effective (and fun) ways to transform yourself from a goal avoider into a goal achiever. Since then, they’ve been putting this technique to the test, ...
06.30.2017 Episode 30: 5 Reasons Why an Accountability Partner Will Help You Meet Your Goals Take a moment to do a quick mental inventory of your goals - nothing formal, just whatever pops into your head when you stop and spend a minute thinking about it. What comes to mind? That ten (or more) pounds ...
06.26.2017 Episode 29: Ways to Increase Your Happiness and Positivity That Don’t Cost Anything We all want a happier, more positive life. Too often, though, we try to get there by buying something: new clothes, the latest tech, a big vacation, a new car. Once that shot of adrenaline wears off, though, we’re right ...
06.04.2017 Episode 27: 5 Ways to Stop Being So Hard On Yourself When something goes wrong, do your thoughts and judgments about yourself go immediately to the negative? Do you knock over a glass of water in a restaurant or trip on a crack in the sidewalk and feel like it’s really ...
05.21.2017 Episode 26: Dealing with Toxic People Is there somebody in your life – a romantic partner, friend, family member, co-worker – that’s just no good for you? In this episode, Debbi and Athena talk about the toxic people in our lives and how to deal with ...
05.15.2017 Episode 25: Failure Equals Learning Do you hate to fail or make a mistake? Today Debbi and Athena talk about why failure is actually good for you and makes you a better person. After all, if we didn’t fail, nothing would ever be invented or ...
03.20.2017 Episode 23: How to Deal With a Breakup We've all been there: broken-hearted, alone, and feeling like we're never going to get over it. In this episode, Debbi and Athena talk about the things that hold us back and give you 5 tips - and a killer quote ...
02.26.2017 Episode 21: Sex and Dating in 2017 The internet has made meeting people to date easier than it’s ever been. Whether you’re looking for a lifetime relationship or something more casual, just open an app or sign into a website and a world of potential partners is ...
02.17.2017 Episode 20: Dealing with Uptight People When was the last time you had to deal with a really, really uptight person? Someone so rigid in their thinking that it made them difficult to be around or work with? Maybe it was a friend, significant other, boss, ...
02.09.2017 Episode 19: Uncomplicate Your Life: How to Live a Simpler and Happier Life Could your life be less hectic? YES! There are things you can do to uncomplicated your life, be more authentic, increase your happiness and decrease overwhelm. Debbi and Athena discuss simple things that you can do now (or stop doing), ...
02.03.2017 Episode 18: 5 Ways To Change Your Mindset, Be Happier and Feel Less Anxious Athena and Debbi talk about five simple actions that you can take right now to be happier and less anxious. Take some deep breaths. Ho you are breathing affects your mindset and how you feel. Deep breathing stimulates the parasympathetic ...
01.27.2017 Episode 17: Loving Yourself = Being Kind To Yourself We’ve all heard the phrase, “you have to love yourself”, but what does that really MEAN? And why is it so important? Debbi and Athena get into why loving yourself is critical for your happiness and for your relationships. Recorded ...
01.17.2017 Episode 16: I Almost Died! (The Best Things In Life Are Not THINGS) “On December 6th , I almost died. I mean, if I didn’t get to a hospital, I could have died, in terrible pain, at home, never knowing what was actually happening inside me.” Athena Basham It’s human nature to take ...
12.27.2016 Episode 15: The Five Ways We Self-Sabotage Our Lives (and How to Stop!) Do you sabotage yourself? Yes, of course you do – we all do it. Do you procrastinate? Are you terrible at time management? Are you constantly saying that you want to do something important but never get around to doing ...
12.18.2016 Episode 14: How to Stay Focused in a Scattered World Modern life sure throws a lot at us! With our busy schedules and competing priorities, plus the incessant distraction of email, texts, and social media, it can feel like we simply have too much to accomplish in too little time. ...
12.09.2016 Episode 13: The Benefits of Humor: Raise Your Vibration and Lighten Up, Already! Sometimes you just need to laugh and be silly. Laughing decreases stress, raises your vibration and is actually good for your health. No one wants to be around a Grumpus. Athena and Debbi get into the health benefits of humor ...
12.01.2016 Episode 12: Taking Inventory: Are You Where You Want To Be In Life? Who am I? Where am I going? Who will be with me on this leg of the journey? These are some of the questions that Debbi and Athena discuss today. Life is a journey and everyone is busy. At least ...
11.23.2016 Episode 11: If You Never Give Up, You Never Fail: A Q&A About Finding Love For Women Over 40, Debbi’s Life-Changing Personal Growth Seminars and Athena’s System for Finding A Good Man. Athena and Debbi ask each other questions about dating and relationships, since they both have experience dating and getting married after the age of forty. Debbi and Athena talk about what methods they used to meet and date single guys. ...
11.09.2016 Episode 10: The Flavors Of Life: Tips To Live A Juicy Life We don’t know how long we are actually going to be here. (Like, how long we’re going to be alive on this planet!) We all tend to sleep-walk through parts of our lives instead of paying attention to the moment. ...
11.09.2016 Episode 9: Negative Self-Talk: Why We Do It And How To Stop It Now How you talk to yourself is critical to how you feel and has so much to do with how happy you are. Sometime we don’t realize how badly we talk to ourselves. Athena and Debbi discuss the four types of ...
11.09.2016 Episode 8: Change That Bad Attitude! Your attitude is a choice. You decide how you react to the situations and circumstances in your life. You can go through your day grumpy and unhappy or you can grab these awesome actionable tips and instantly feel better. Recorded ...
11.07.2016 Episode 7: Difficult Blessings: From Heartache to Happiness Prosperity and growth come from the strangest situations. Debbi and Athena share times when they’ve gotten knocked down in life, proceeded to panic, but then got back up – better than before. Great good coming from perceived tragedy? Yes! Sometimes ...
10.24.2016 Episode 6: 7 Reasons Why You Cannot Compare Yourself or Your Work to Others It’s your life, not someone else’s life. Only you know what is best for you. It’s exhausting because you can’t please everyone. Stop worrying about what other people think, because you can’t control it. Life is too short to be ...
10.24.2016 Episode 5: Change Your Attitude and Improve Your Life 6 tips for banishing negative self-talk and becoming your own cheerleader. How you talk to yourself is critical to raising your vibration, which affects your happiness and your success in life. Stop the negative self-talk. Stop complaining. Be around positive ...
10.24.2016 Episode 3: Debbi and Athena Get Personal Debbi and Athena talk about their origins and the problems that they’ve overcome. They also reveal how they met. It’s not all serious, don’t worry. Recorded January 22, 2016
10.24.2016 Episode 1: Picking a Focus for the Year Debbi and Athena pick words to focus on for the year instead of resolutions. You can achieve higher levels of success in life by claiming a word or focus for the month, quarter and year. Recorded January 8, 2016

Motivation and Encouragement

What's Motivation and Encouragement about?

Download our free app to listen on your phone

Motivation and Encouragement episodes:

Episode 33 - 6 Ways to Deal with Reactionary People

Episode 32: Accountability Partners, Part 2 - THE RESULTS

Episode 30: 5 Reasons Why an Accountability Partner Will Help You Meet Your Goals

Episode 29: Ways to Increase Your Happiness and Positivity That Don’t Cost Anything

Episode 27: 5 Ways to Stop Being So Hard On Yourself

Episode 26: Dealing with Toxic People

Episode 25: Failure Equals Learning

Episode 23: How to Deal With a Breakup

Episode 21: Sex and Dating in 2017

Episode 20: Dealing with Uptight People

Episode 19: Uncomplicate Your Life: How to Live a Simpler and Happier Life

Episode 18: 5 Ways To Change Your Mindset, Be Happier and Feel Less Anxious

Episode 17: Loving Yourself = Being Kind To Yourself

Episode 16: I Almost Died! (The Best Things In Life Are Not THINGS)

Episode 15: The Five Ways We Self-Sabotage Our Lives (and How to Stop!)

Episode 14: How to Stay Focused in a Scattered World

Episode 13: The Benefits of Humor: Raise Your Vibration and Lighten Up, Already!

Episode 12: Taking Inventory: Are You Where You Want To Be In Life?

Episode 11: If You Never Give Up, You Never Fail: A Q&A About Finding Love For Women Over 40, Debbi’s Life-Changing Personal Growth Seminars and Athena’s System for Finding A Good Man.

Episode 10: The Flavors Of Life: Tips To Live A Juicy Life

Episode 9: Negative Self-Talk: Why We Do It And How To Stop It Now

Episode 8: Change That Bad Attitude!

Episode 7: Difficult Blessings: From Heartache to Happiness

Episode 6: 7 Reasons Why You Cannot Compare Yourself or Your Work to Others

Episode 5: Change Your Attitude and Improve Your Life

Episode 3: Debbi and Athena Get Personal

Episode 1: Picking a Focus for the Year