The Strong Within Affirmation Podcast

July 2nd-#183 Smiling Sundays

I create confidence

There’s a lie we tell ourselves over and over again… we go out looking to find things. We go out looking for strength, looking for answers, looking for ourselves…and I think it’s good to pursue after something…but it was never about finding something but more in creating something.

Every time we go up to speak in front of people we don’t just wish for it to happen, but we work to create the confidence we want, every time we go to a job interview we don’t wish for it to go well but we create the confidence to show up, and when we go after a dream we don’t just hope and wish but we create the confidence to pursue it with our hearts fully.

Confidence isn’t something only a lucky few people are given and the rest of us just fake it.  Confidence is not the opposite of the lack of confidence…it is just the choice to step up and show up the best way we can.  When we prioritize what matters to us, and then we work to make each of those interactions important we become more impactful.

Life is about a series of events, not everything crammed together at once. We focus on everything at once and make ourselves nervous instead of saying how can I create the greatest impact in this moment. That takes the pressure off of us to be perfect, and it puts us in the moment to be fully engaged.

Today work not to find your confidence, but know that you create confidence by showing up. So show up, and pivot away from focusing on failing and pivot towards succeeding, by shining your beautiful amazing self… the more you do this, then the more confidence will become a natural by product to everything you put your attention upon.

I create confidence.

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

July 1st 2017-#182 Synergy Saturday

I am worth the effort

A life student of mine came up with this affirmation when we were working together on helping to love herself, and it really resonated with me.    When I’m working with my life students, I work to help them believe what they say…because we can say anything under the sun to try to help us change, but if we don’t believe it…it won’t matter what we say.

You are worth the effort, you are worthy of going after what is important to you, you are worthy of having the people in your life you deserve, you are worthy of having your dreams and desires fulfilled…but that only happens by knowing you are NOT worthy to just have it… but that you are worthy to put in the EFFORT towards having it.

Let me say that again…this is important so pay attention…of course you are worthy of anything…but you are NOT worthy of just having something…you are worthy to put in the effort towards having it.

People get affirmations confused with positive thinking. It’s more than that, affirmations are the having a conversation with your subconscious. The reason we need to say them all the time is not to be repetitive and beat it into us, but it’s about getting past the consciousness, to have a conversation with the subconscious.  It is about getting to the root of who you are…and then helping to change the beliefs that are no longer serving you.

So I want to remind you that you are worthy, you are worth the effort…and when you put 100% focus on making your dreams your reality by saying and KNOWING you are worth the effort…then you will start to see magic happen in your life.

And not magic by things happening as out of luck, but that you put the work into believing and following thru with action to allow yourself to achieve what you have always deserved.

Where we get our efforts and our dreams confused is by thinking just because I’m worthy… things should come easy to me… and they will once you practice the habit of being intentional about everything you think, say, and do. But we have to learn how to believe differently…and then put action upon those beliefs.

Your wants are your consciousness, and your subconsciousness is who you are.  When you understand this principle, you’ll begin to see the beliefs that you’ve created… are the things that are keeping you from being who you have always been meant to be.

I am worth the effort

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

June 30th-#181 Fantastic Fridays

I am willing.

Affirmations are about the natural progression of belief.  Meaning where most of us start is with a belief that something isn’t possible.  So to overcome that type of belief, we must go through a natural progression of changing our beliefs gradually. If we try to change our beliefs too fast, we won’t believe what we say, and if we don’t believe in what we say, I don’t care how many times you say what you wish… you will never make it a reality.

I created a natural progression of steps helping you to get yourself over any impossible obstacle through what you say.  The first step is the belief that it CAN be done, so we begin the process of overcoming impossibility thinking with the words I CAN.  That type of possibility thinking helps us to shift just enough to begin traction. 

The next progression in overcoming your impossibility thinking is to look to the future of putting the work into your hope.  So we go from “I CAN” to “I WILL”.

It is the future progression of us being willing to put the work into that hope and belief to make something happen. 

And finally to reach our goal we must be willing to see the truth of the present moment. We are willing to hope by saying I CAN, we are willing to put in the future work by saying I WILL…now we must be in the present moment knowing we are already at the destination by saying “I AM.”

Everything we’ve ever obtained began with knowing we already are there. We may not have the goal yet in the physical realm, but we are allowing the outer world to catch up to our internal reality.  We are letting reality catch up to our mind… so we say things like I AM STRONG, I AM ABLE, I AM FOCUSED, I AM WILLING…I AM ALREADY THERE…I will just put in the work now to manifest it into the physical.

So let me recap how to get over impossibility thinking… we must first look towards the possibility of us being able to overcome the obstacle, then we must look at the future aspect of what we are willing to think about and do to make it a reality, and the final step is knowing you are already there...that the present moment is the culmination of you realizing that you are just allowing the outer world to catch up with your mind as you embody the energy and person you’ve always been created to be. 

I CAN, I WILL, and I AM.

I am willing…to do whatever it takes to make my goals my reality.

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

June 29th-#180 Thoughtful Thursdays

I am able.

The word able can also mean capable of, susceptible of, fit for, tending to, or given to… Everything I ever finished, started with I am able.  For the beginning of anything always begins with the end in mind…the question that we ask ourselves…can I do this?  And when we answer that question with I AM ABLE, we begin telling a future of beautiful endings.  The future can be a magnificent destination when we’re willing to look at the truth of what’s possible, and with the right focus… I AM ABLE becomes a sentence that can move mountains.

You are like a piece of construction equipment, and with those two words…I AM ABLE… starts the belief and work as you understand that you can excavate yourself out of tough situations; you can push, demolish, or move the obstacles that you thought were in your way at any time; you can shift worlds by changing people’s realities, and you can change your future to be exactly what you need it to be.  One of my favorite Chinese proverbs says…If you want to know the future, take a look at what you’re doing right now.

I AM ABLE…so then I WILL.

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

June 28th-#179 Wisdom Wednesdays

I work to serve the greater good

I wanted to say I work to serve the GREATEST good, but actually I’m not looking for perfection, it doesn’t exist. I’m looking to keep my eyes open to what may not seem like the obvious choices.  I think of Jesus, he said I didn’t come here for the saints, I came her for the sinners.

So I will continually keep my eyes alert to find the people who might get overlooked. I will keep my mind searching and asking questions of deeper importance. I will work to not just show up to the party of life…but to attend my life with a consideration and intention like never before, as I’m a lookout for those who need someone to notice them.

It’s easy to see when someone is happy and feeling good, but it’s another thing to notice the small differences and sadness in people on their harder days.  Let us look to find the good in people always, but let us look to find the days and the times when others are struggling so we can be the light they need to help them through their tough times.  The world has enough A-Holes as it is… it doesn’t need another.  You and I are the light this world needs. We didn’t come here just for the saints, we came here for the sinners, the broken, and the hurting…we came here to make this world more beautiful…because when we make other lives great…we make our world around us more beautiful as well.

I work to serve the greater good

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

June 27th-#178 Tag Me Tuesdays

I work to see both sides.

I work to see both sides of the argument, not just mine. I work to find friends and people who have different views than mine. Not because I love to argue or fight, but the people who see differently than me are always the ones who help me grow the most. They challenge me, and they help me to think differently or learn how to talk about what truly matters to me with a better argument.

We like to avoid confrontation, oh boy do I know that... I would rather swim with crocodiles than argue with people… but that’s because I’ve looked at arguments as something that’s bad rather than seeing it is a discussion of ideas, opinions, and beliefs. Confrontation when done effectively is just communication on harder points. It’s about two or more parties talking about what they think, and working to express themselves in healthy manners, and to see the other person’s point of view as well.

I will look to stay true to who I am, and I will look to see the other person as a human not an enemy. I let go of us vs. them mentality and know that we all have come from different places.  I work to understand people not to belittle them or tear them down, and I work to find collaboration with people… life is so much better when we’re combined and not separated.

I work to see both sides.

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

June 26th-#177 Mindful Mondays

The only position I’m focused on, is one of enlightenment.

I don’t get caught up in things. I work to find the deeper meaning behind it all. I focus on experiences and growth.  I work to find what is truly important in my life, and I find ways to put more of my attention upon it. I work to build my close relationships up, I work to let my secondary and tertiary relationships know they matter, but I focus on the essential few instead of trying to do everything by focusing on the trivial many.

I will make mistakes, but that’s because I’m pushing myself and trying things I didn’t think I could do before. I put myself out upon that ledge, not to escape what is in front of me but to follow and chase after what is truly important to me. What I fear is not the road sign saying turn around, I see that sign as the map that is telling me what truly matters to me.  For all the scary things were important because they mattered, and losing something that mattered can sound frightening, but if I don’t go after what I fear then I will lose what matters.

So I go into my fear, I forgive myself for my past mistakes, and I believe in my future by knowing it will be amazing if I keep going after what matters right now.

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

June 25th-#176 Smiling Sundays

I choose life

In life we have two choices…to show up kicking and screaming, or we can show up and show out.  We go about our lives complaining about all the things we HAVE to do, all the places we HAVE to be that we don’t want to be, and all the things in our lives that annoy us.

In this social media world I find it astonishing how much complaining goes on.  That people think others want to hear about how bad their life is all the time.  How they complain about the smallest things any chance they can.  I’m not downing anyone as I have my bad days and moments. I have my times where I focus on my self-pity, but the more I keep my attention there, the more I make it my home…and even something that is uncomfortable…if you place your butt there and call it home, you will find solace and peace being in your own hell.

In this life we have the choice to make our lives and our surroundings heaven, or we can decide to make it hell.  Today when you get up, what if you were to not focus on the places you HAVE to be, but the place your GET to be.  Even if you are in a place you don’t want to be…you still chose that place.  So let us stop playing the victim and love the choices we make, and complain less about what is wrong in your life.

I can guarantee when you do this, that even if your physical situation doesn’t change…your attitude will… and that will make all the difference in creating your heaven.  Today choose life, choose to show up and show out today, choose to enjoy the places you are in your life…because in the end you have chosen to be there.  So let us stop playing the victim, and let us focus on loving the moment we’re in, and let us be excited for the amazing things ahead.

Today I choose life.  And I am going to live a damn good one.

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

June 24th-#175 Synergy Saturdays

I am a bearer of God’s Unconditional Love

I share a great love with the world. I work to let people know they matter. I work to let people know that they are cared about. I let people know that they are beautiful…no matter what they think is broken within them.  I don’t see people as broken or damaged, I see them as figuring things out. I see people as working through their problems.

I will believe in people more than they believe in themselves.  Sometimes that’s all that is needed is an extra boost when all their cards are on the table and nothing seems to go right. And no matter how much someone tries to hurt me, I’ll remember it’s never about me but about what they’re going through. I’ll always protect myself of course, but I’ll be such a wonderful beam of unconditionally love that the world will never be the same again…Not because I was so great but because I helped others to see WHY they are so great.

I am a bearer of God’s Unconditional Love

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide

June 23rd-#174 Fantastic Fridays

I allow my body and brain the rest it needs

I don’t overwork, I put 100% effort into what I’m doing at the moment. I don’t need to work countless hours to try to keep up, as I work more on being efficient in the things I put my attention to.

The most efficient people I see, figure out what is important and put their maximal attention and effort upon that thing to finalize it.  I work to give my best effort, but I also put all my mental energy not ONLY in doing something, but in finishing it.

I put all my effort into making everything I touch beautiful, but I put all my effort into relaxing when I need and want it.  I allow and give my brain and body the rest it needs to be at 100% for when I tackle any task.

My life is a great work of art, and I focus on what is important. I don’t waste time, but I maximize my life and energy.  A good life is not in laying out on the beach all day…most people say that’s what their dream life is. But I know better, most people want to make a difference in what they do, in what they pursue, and with the people they choose to have in their lives.

I will focus on the essential few instead of wasting time on the trivial many… And when I’m done…

I give my body and brain the rest it needs, when it needs it.

Thanks for listening.  I'm sending great energy your way as we become Strong Within together,
Personal Development Life Coach-
Chris O'Hearn

Contact info- email: [email protected]  phone:865-219-3247

Music by: Basematic-Zest
Location: Knoxville, Tennessee USA but available worldwide