Do you find it hard to be your authentic self? Do you find it difficult to be honest with yourself and others? Do you struggle with miscommunication in your relationships? Do you feel anxious during conversations? All of these indicate a need to balance the throat chakra. Healing exercises help activate the throat chakra to restore the ability to listen to and express yourself honestly.

Every good (hero) story follows the same script ... doesn't matter what culture, what audience, what genre ... this episode is about the first two steps in that story ... the back story of the hero and the desires of the hero... He/She is going to leave his current situation to find something .... that he or she is after ...

Story Telling ... almost all successful people know how to tell stories ... not (only) fictional ... but real life stories ... they now how to captivate their audience... We all have an audience ... We all need to learn how to tell our stories ...

The 6th human need is the need for contribution... it's a need we all have but we are not always able or willing to fulfill it. If there is one need that can be linked to 'life satisfaction' it would be the need for contribution.

The 5th human need is self growth / self development. The question is how do you shape this, how do you make sure that you grow in all the (important) areas of your life?

The fourth human need is the need for connection, we are born wired for connection, it's in our DNA, as strong a need as food, water and warmth.

Most people feel very insignificant ... sad as that is. How can we then fulfill the need of feeling significant?

Jean Can you tell me how to motivate someone to eat healthier? asked someone ... motivating someone to start to do something and motivating someone to keep doing it are two different things. I'll address them both in this episode

The second human need is the need of uncertainty or variety in life. Variety is the spice of life is coming saying, it variety doesn't only make life more interesting but it is a strong human need that needs to be fulfilled, hopefully in a healthy way.

We all have a need for certainty, but what is a healthy level of certainty?