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), to uncomplicated your life. Sometimes simpler is better!

Recorded January 17, 2017

For more information:

• Debbi’s life coaching services and personal growth seminars:

Committed2Growth.com

• Athena’s book, Bring Him Closer, 7 Easy Steps to Meeting the Man of Your Dreams Using the Law of Attraction, and upcoming online course:

BringHimCloser.com/courses

Athena and Debbi talk about five simple actions that you can take right now to be happier and less anxious.  

1. Take some deep breaths. Ho you are breathing affects your mindset and how you feel. Deep breathing stimulates the parasympathetic nervous system, which guides the body from stress to relaxation.

2. Write down three good things that happened today, or that you noticed.

3. Even a forced smile when you are stressed or flustered can decrease stress and make you happier. This fact was proven in a study titled, “Grin and Bear it: The influence of manipulated positive facial expression on the stress response. This study was published in the Journal of Psychological Science.

4. Take a walk outside or move around inside. Just five minutes of cardiovascular exercise can boost your mood. Once you get moving, your brain releases serotonin, dopamine and norepinephrine. These hormones make you feel happy.

5. Listen to music. Music affects the brain’s neurons that produce serotonin, a key chemical that affects your mood. In a recent study published in The Journal of Positive Psychology, music was successfully used to improve the moods and boost overall happiness of study participants in just two weeks.

Recorded January 13, 2017

For more information:

• Debbi’s life coaching services and personal growth seminars:

Committed2Growth.com

• Athena’s book, Bring Him Closer, 7 Easy Steps to Meeting the Man of Your Dreams Using the Law of Attraction, and upcoming online course:

BringHimCloser.com/courses

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 January 21, 2016

For more information:

• Debbi’s life coaching services and personal growth seminars:

Committed2Growth.com

• Athena’s book, Bring Him Closer, 7 Easy Steps to Meeting the Man of Your Dreams Using the Law of Attraction, and upcoming online course:

BringHimCloser.com/courses

“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 things for granted. You get comfortable and things continue on. You think things will never change…

But your situation could change at any time. When s**t gets real, you don’t think about your possessions. You don’t think about your “things”.

This podcast is about what really matters in life. Sometimes you have to be reminded about what is really important and dear in life. Oh, and yes, Athena tells the story about exactly what happened to her on December 6, 2016.

Recorded December 21, 2016

For more information:

• Debbi’s life coaching services and personal growth seminars:

Committed2Growth.com

• Athena’s book, Bring Him Closer, 7 Easy Steps to Meeting the Man of Your Dreams Using the Law of Attraction, and upcoming online course:

BringHimCloser.com/courses

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 it? 

These are just a few examples of self-sabotage. Everyone does it at some point and some of us do it a lot. These behaviors hold us back from accomplishing what we really want to do. They hold us back from living the life we really want to live. 

But why do we do it? As Debbi states, "you don't do anything without a payoff." 

In this episode, Athena and Debbi talk about the five different ways we sabotage ourselves and how we can put a stop to this common but happiness-stealing behavior.

Recorded May 20, 2016

For more information:

• Debbi’s life coaching services and personal growth seminars:

Committed2Growth.com

• Athena’s book, Bring Him Closer, 7 Easy Steps to Meeting the Man of Your Dreams Using the Law of Attraction, and upcoming online course:

BringHimCloser.com/courses

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.

* Do you feel like you’re constantly busy, going as hard as you can all day long, but not making any progress on the things that really matter to you?

* Does your to-do list seem just as long (or longer!) when you finally go to bed at night than it was when you started the day?

* Do you wish you could look back at the end of the day (or week, or month), and feel a sense of satisfaction, knowing you took action on what was most important and that your efforts are bringing you closer to achieving your goals?

In this episode, Debbi and Athena give you five tips that will help you take control of your day and cut through the noise so you can focus on what’s truly important to you.

Recorded October 24, 2016

For more information:

• Debbi’s life coaching services and personal growth seminars:

Committed2Growth.com

• Athena’s book, Bring Him Closer, 7 Easy Steps to Meeting the Man of Your Dreams Using the Law of Attraction, and upcoming online course:

BringHimCloser.com/courses

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 and laughing. Athena recommends her favorite funny movies and her favorite cult-comedy YouTube hit series. Debbi talks about the benefits of humor in a relationship. Athena admits to her love of silly and inappropriate humor. Athena is in awe of Mark’s ridiculous heater joke. Wait, so who is Mark? Listen and find out! It doesn’t get much better than this, folks.

Recorded May 28, 2016

For more information:

• Debbi’s life coaching services and personal growth seminars:

Committed2Growth.com

• Athena’s book, Bring Him Closer, 7 Easy Steps to Meeting the Man of Your Dreams Using the Law of Attraction, and upcoming online course:

BringHimCloser.com/courses

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 once a year, take INVENTORY of your life and see how you are doing. Debbi created the acronym PEST, for checking in with the Physical, Emotional, Spiritual and Transitional areas of life. Don’t let life just happen. Even a little bit of adjusting the sails on your sailboat can get you to where you are trying to go.

Athena admits to being in the medical field, but not going to the doctor (not taking care of the Physical aspect). Debbi reveals that she is super-healthy and has gotten a clean bill of health on all her recent health exams. Athena decides not to procrastinate and make some appointments, since Debbi tells her it’s better to know what’s going on than to worry about something because you don’t have the information you need.

This episode may be just what you need to get moving on something that you need to take care of!

Recorded May 18, 2016

For more information:

• Debbi’s life coaching services and personal growth seminars:

Committed2Growth.com

• Athena’s book, Bring Him Closer, 7 Easy Steps to Meeting the Man of Your Dreams Using the Law of Attraction, and upcoming online course:

BringHimCloser.com/courses

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. Athena starts asking questions her coworkers submitted, but only asks one before she gets sidetracked. (More Q&A’s to come!) 

Athena asks Debbi about life coaching and the life changing personal growth seminars that she teaches. Athena reveals the most important thing that she learned from Debbi’s seminars, which was a game-changer for her. For more information: Committed2Growth.com. 

Debbi asks Athena about her book, which is part of her online course, Bring Him Closer: 7 Easy Steps to Meeting The Man Of Your Dreams Using The Law Of Attraction. Athena shares why she wrote the book and created this online course. This course is opening soon. For more information: BringHimCloser.com/Courses.

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.

This is an episode about strength, appreciation and enjoying the little things in life. It’s the little things that make us happy.

Debbi talks about Committed 2 Growth, the personal development seminars she teaches in Sacramento, California. Athena gives tips to be present and fully enjoy all the “flavors” of life. This episode is about not taking things for granted and appreciating your life.

Recorded May 28, 2016