Episode 057: “The Words We Rely On”

The words we use to define ourselves, others, our goals, and the world around us can either help us navigate life in healthy ways, or limit our growth and happiness. How can we tell the difference? Well, that is the question JD and Ashley tackle this week! Listen to their ideas and personal accounts of both liberating and limiting words and see if any similar “words” reveal themselves to you. 

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Episode 056: A New Year’s Worth of Thoughts 

On this special New Year’s Day episode, JD and Ashley ring in 2025 with a broad and often humorous conversation about goals, why the calendar is so weird, and how our approaches to the new year can either help us or hinder us in our pursuits. They go far beyond the standard (and limited effectiveness of) resolutions and instead stress the importance of….several other things! Take a listen and start your new year off with some renewed staying power of your own! 

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Episode 055: It’s A Christmas Show!

It's a special Christmas Day edition of the show! Spend part of your celebration day (on Christmas, or any day) with Ashley and JD as they discuss some of their favorite Christmas moments, traditions, and lessons. Along the way, there is a lot of laughter, sharing of memories, and learning more about one another. It's yet another example of the power of connection and gratitude to better connect us with ourselves and with others. So cue up the show with your favorite holiday drink, activity, and people and enjoy! 

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Episode 054: The Art of Failing Forward

Ashley and JD welcome their friend, Chris Wolf (hear him howl!), to the show to discuss his remarkable and inspiring story of how he built a fantastic life for himself after doing his best to wreck it earlier in life. What lessons did he learn and apply to generate his turnaround? How can we each apply those lessons ourselves? Whatever our answer, we have more choice in our choices - and our present and future - than we tend to admit!

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Episode 53: When Is Enough Enough? 

The holidays can be a tricky time for us to navigate expectations of ourselves and from others, whether we enjoy the holidays or not. This week, Ashley and JD address these challenges in a number of areas, all with the goal of helping us see when and how we can trust ourselves to decide - and act on - “enough is enough.” 

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Episode 052: Emotional Landscaping 

With the holiday season in full swing, it’s a time for preparations and reflections. JD and Ashley take this week’s episode to discuss the interplay between the externals that we often focus on with the internal emotional landscapes that we don’t always realize we can shape, nurture, and grow. This gives us more agency and capacity to navigate those externals in ways that help us better connect with ourselves and others. If that sounds like a holiday goal you’d like to pursue, take a listen and try out some of JD and Ashley’s suggestions!

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Episode 051: Gratitude Continues On….

With Ashley’s birthday and Thanksgiving Day on back-to-back days this year, it’s a good opportunity to reexamine why gratitude and reflective perspective are so necessary and healthy in our lives. This is a practice that can sustain us every day of the year, with or without the celebrations that sometimes go with them. Take the next hour to “join in” on this conversation about one of the most important practices we can develop. 

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Episode 050: How the &$@! Do I Stay Alive?!?

As Ashley and JD navigate a massive power outage in their hometown, they take time this week to reflect on the “forced pauses” that sometimes happen in life; how do we respond to them? What can our responses tell us about who and where we are, and about what we can work on and give ourselves credit for? Whatever our answers are, such pauses are important to lean into and embrace. Being in the dark - literally and figuratively - doesn’t need to stop us from living life and growing!

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Episode 049: “Little Things Always Win Out” 

In times of big change, big uncertainty, and big feelings, we can get overwhelmed fast. What’s the best way through that? As JD and Ashley discuss today, it’s a (perhaps counterintuitive) shift to focusing on the Little Things around us and within us. Join them for a look at how little things have helped them navigate their own Big Things, and learn and laugh with them along the way! And be sure to check out the links to the books / writings they mentioned in today’s episode! 

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Episode 048: “All Of This Is True” 

The day after the general election is a day full of emotions for everyone, which range across the spectrum. JD and Ashley address this in this episode, exploring how we can better listen and observe the “how” and “why” that others have arrived at their beliefs and emotional responses. What are we not hearing? Not seeing? And how can we move forward towards a better sense of community despite our different ideas and experiences? 

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