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  • #111: Press Reset – Make Today Day 1




    Do you want to reset a habit? Make today your new Day 1.
    You get to make it up! Leave behind the shame, guilt and judgment for having “fallen off the wagon.” In this episode Cara talks about how to reset and recommit to a habit that has slipped away, one that would make a big difference in how you feel or perform. Using her own process of renewing her podcast show, she offers three simple steps: 1) Identify 2) Do One Thing Today 3) Commit for Tomorrow.  The great news is that there’s always another Day 1 for us to start anew. Get ready to make today great. For more on how to design your life around Flow.
    Mentions and More

    * Morning Coach with JG Gossinger 
    * The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller

    Love this podcast? Leave a review and help more folk wake up, show up and live in flow. 
    15 min
  • #111: Press Reset-Make Today Day 1




    Do you want to reset a habit? Make today your new Day 1.
    You get to make it up! Leave behind the shame, guilt and judgment for having “fallen off the wagon.” In this episode Cara talks about how to reset and recommit to a habit that has slipped away, one that would make a big difference in how you feel or perform. Using her own process of renewing her podcast show, she offers three simple steps: 1) Identify 2) Do One Thing Today 3) Commit for Tomorrow.  The great news is that there’s always another Day 1 for us to start anew. Get ready to make today great. For more on how to design your life around Flow.
    Mentions and More

    * Morning Coach with JG Gossinger 
    * The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller

    Love this podcast? Leave a review and help more folk wake up, show up and live in flow. 



    15 min
  • #110: When Needy is Creepy and How to Stop Neediness

    Being needy feels creepy—in our bones. Learn how to notice and move past expecting.
    How does it feel to be needy? Do you feel creepy when you expect, want, hope someone will do something for your benefit? What does it feel like in your body? In this episode Cara explores this provocative phrase she first learned from master coach Rich Litvin. She describes her own experiences of feeling needy and how awfully inauthentic it feels to want others to "do" or "give" you something.

    As Rich Litvin wrote, "If you’ve got this sense of extreme need in your mind, your behavior and your communication is going to push the person away. That’s because neediness is creepy."

    Mentions and More

    * Master Coach Rich Litvin
    * Watch this video to get an idea of what "needy" looks like

     

    Photo by Yuriy Kovalev on Unsplash
    17 min
  • #110: When Needy is Creepy and How to Stop Neediness

    Being needy feels creepy—in our bones. Learn how to notice and move past expecting.
    How does it feel to be needy? Do you feel creepy when you expect, want, hope someone will do something for your benefit? What does it feel like in your body? In this episode Cara explores this provocative phrase she first learned from master coach Rich Litvin. She describes her own experiences of feeling needy and how awfully inauthentic it feels to want others to "do" or "give" you something.

    As Rich Litvin wrote, "If you’ve got this sense of extreme need in your mind, your behavior and your communication is going to push the person away. That’s because neediness is creepy."

    Mentions and More

    * Master Coach Rich Litvin
    * Watch this video to get an idea of what "needy" looks like

     

    Photo by Yuriy Kovalev on Unsplash
    17 min
  • #63: Move The Ball Forward
    What are you doing to move the ball forward in your life? In this episode Cara uses a football term to talk about habits and patterns and how what we do today affects the quality of our lives ten years from now. She shares how she deals with anxiety and how her daily body-mind practices move her ball forward. Cara gets right down to the details of our unhelpful and unconscious habits and how you may be moving your ball backward instead of forward.

    Mentions and More:

    Episode #36: What are your Non-Negotiables?
    Episode #25: What's Working. What's Not

    Blog : What's Working. What's Not

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    12 min
  • #109: This Moment Is Your Life. Don’t Miss It.

    Life is happening. Your life is happening. Right now your life is in process.
    Moments are coming and going, never to return again. No matter what you’re doing or not doing or what you’re saying or not saying, this moment matters as much as any other you’ve lived.
    This moment is your life. If you miss it, you miss your life.
    When you show up and allow yourself to experience whatever is happening, you tap into your full spectrum of senses and you shift from doing to being, from thinking to experiencing.
    Wake up in this moment and you feel fully alive.
    If you feel like your life is speeding by, you'll want to listen to this episode. Find out how to notice when you're missing moments and how to wake up and be here now.
    15 min
  • #109: This Moment Is Your Life. Don’t Miss It.

    Life is happening. Your life is happening. Right now your life is in process.
    Moments are coming and going, never to return again. No matter what you’re doing or not doing or what you’re saying or not saying, this moment matters as much as any other you’ve lived.
    This moment is your life. If you miss it, you miss your life.
    When you show up and allow yourself to experience whatever is happening, you tap into your full spectrum of senses and you shift from doing to being, from thinking to experiencing.
    Wake up in this moment and you feel fully alive.
    If you feel like your life is speeding by, you'll want to listen to this episode. Find out how to notice when you're missing moments and how to wake up and be here now.
    15 min
  • #108: Returning To Center
    Return to center and you'll move in the world feeling “just right.”
    What does it feel like to be centered, why does it matter and how do we get there? In this episode Cara explores shares how she taps into her natural state of clarity and calm. She describes her process as  "touching home base" or returning to center. Explore your center and how easy it can be to return to it when life knocks you off. Finally, learn how mini-wins—simple, common sense strategies—can shift you back to your natural state everyday.



    Related episodes and blogs:



    * #90: Why Being Stable is Sexy
    * #67: Be The Guardian Of You

     




    * For more on my teachings read  On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up and Shine 
    * My new course on Insight Timer for only $5: 10 Strategies for Living in Flow
    * Join me April 28-31 at Kripalu Center for Harness The Power Of Flow: Exploring optimal states through yoga, meditation and nature
    15 min
  • #108: Returning To Center
    Return to center and you'll move in the world feeling “just right.”
    What does it feel like to be centered, why does it matter and how do we get there? In this episode Cara explores shares how she taps into her natural state of clarity and calm. She describes her process as  "touching home base" or returning to center. Explore your center and how easy it can be to return to it when life knocks you off. Finally, learn how mini-wins—simple, common sense strategies—can shift you back to your natural state everyday.



    Related episodes and blogs:



    * #90: Why Being Stable is Sexy
    * #67: Be The Guardian Of You

     




    * For more on my teachings read  On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up and Shine 
    * My new course on Insight Timer for only $5: 10 Strategies for Living in Flow
    * Join me April 28-31 at Kripalu Center for Harness The Power Of Flow: Exploring optimal states through yoga, meditation and nature
    15 min
  • #107: When Simple Is Profound

    We are not equipped for the speed of the 21st century. Simple practices can show you how to adapt.
    Meet Johnny Gillespie—a master mechanic of body and mind with decades of experience teaching simple ways to move and breathe more efficiently and live with more integrity and joy. In this episode we talk about morning routines, essential practices for healthy living and, of course, living in flow. Tune in for a delightful conversations between old friends chock full of laughter and ah-ha's.



    Related episodes and blogs:



    * Blog: Winter Got Your Down? Move Around.
    * #91: Get Out Of Your Head. Live Body First
    * #8: Move Your Body. Train Your Mind. 

     




    * For more on my teachings read  On The Verge: Wake Up, Show Up and Shine 
    * My new course on Insight Timer for only $5: 10 Strategies for Living in Flow
    * Join me April 28-31 at Kripalu Center for Harness The Power Of Flow: Exploring optimal states through yoga, meditation and nature
    29 min

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Start your day steady and ready. Sparked delivers daily bursts of motivation from author and performance coach Cara Bradley. Through quick, powerful messages, real stories, and proven tools, you’ll…