The Strong Within Affirmation Podcast

May 13-#133 Synergy Saturday

I utilize collaboration, not competition.

I’m so good, that I don’t have competition. I’m not looking to beat anyone. I’m looking to better everyone.  I look to connect with the right people, so I have better flow and energy as we collaborate and help each other become better.  The problem with competition is people try to find out what the other person is doing and then beat them at their game.  I don’t set my sight on silly games of comparing what others are doing—I’m playing my own game and rocking it like no other.

No one can do what I do, no one can say what I say, no one can know what I know, and no one can do it with as much heart as me.  I focus on collaboration, and I build myself up and those around me as well.  I don’t fear others, I embrace others, and I make the world a better place through partnership instead of competition.

How can you stop competing today, and start collaborating more?  How can you play your own game and rock it like no one else?

I utilize collaboration, not competition.

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

May 12-#132 Fantastic Fridays

I’m not the victim, I’m the victor.  I am the master of my life.

Life is hard because we’ve made it so.  We’ve forgotten that what we focus on we create, so if we focus upon stress we’ll not only create it but attract it.  If we focus on hate and anger it will occur naturally in our lives.  Changing old patterns can be hard, but remembering how we want to feel will keep us in line to create the things we want for our lives.  Focus with purpose as you remember you are not the victim but the victor. 

Life is not happening to you, life is responding to you.  So, let’s give life something better to respond to as we change our thoughts, words, and actions to higher vibrational frequencies.

Ask yourself this question right now, when things go wrong what do I focus on first? Do you react to the stress, or do you think about it and then respond how you like? Do you think you have no control over the situation and it’s just your luck and you get upset, or do you take another look and ask yourself how do I want to feel about this? 

When you can become aware of how you react to stresses in your life, you can then begin taking a different path if necessary.  While life can seem hard, change doesn’t have to be hard, it’s just about noticing what you’re doing and pivoting from the things that are keeping you stuck in the same places.

I’m not the victim, I’m the victor.  I am the master of my life.

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

May 11-#131 Thoughtful Thursdays

I am not meant to live up to your expectations. I have a higher goal.

We can spend so much time in our lives worrying about what others think about us.  The thing is, our expectations of ourselves should be higher than what others wish of us.  I’ve found that not everyone has the same expectations for me, and sometimes their expectations are more for them than they are for myself. That’s why I will not live my life to only please others, but I will live my life to be the highest expectation of myself. I have higher standards and expectations of myself because I want to make my life matter.

I will give to…AND serve others…to the best of my ability, but I can only fill someone else’s cup up when I have taken the time to fill mine. When I do this, everyone benefits.

There’s a quote that I love that says, “it’s not my fear that you aim your goal too high and miss, but that you make your goal too low and achieve it.”

I break down my bigger goals by setting small achievable habitual goals that help me reach the higher expectations and plans I’ve set for myself. I continually aim towards the heavens, and I shoot my personal arrow hard every time to become the person I want to be.  My courage takes me through my fear…as I know that courage is just the daily act of trying, while being ready to fail and get back up.  And that is why I succeed in achieving whatever I set my mind to, I’m committed to the goal no matter how long it takes.

I am not meant to live up to your expectations. I have a higher goal.

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

May 10-#130 Wisdom Wednesdays

My goals show up more frequently when I’m focused on what I want.

There are no coincidences in life, when you have opened your eyes to the truth of how the world works. Some say fate dictates everything, but what if we were to turn that argument upside down and say, “YOU are that fate—what you think, what you say, and what you do will ultimate attract what you project into the world.”  So if you focus on the negativity of not getting what you want, on things being luck that come into your life, or that you don’t have any choices in life and you’re doomed as your options disappear.  Well… that will always be your outcome then.  However, if you focus on ease, strength, calmness, and that it’ll always work out—then it will be so.  Fate isn’t left to the gods, it’s in your hands right here right now.

What if you were to stop deciding not to decide, and to know you are in control…that you have choices. Options might disappear, but your free will… never will. The only way you’ll get stuck is by forgetting that your choices are actions, and not things or options that come and go.  So how can you remember that you always have the choice to choose, that maybe things might be taken away, but you will always find a way to continually focus on what you want.

My goals show up more frequently when I’m focused on what I want.

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

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder so I will share my beauty with this world.

We all have a wonderful purpose to share with the world.  We look at beauty as something physical, but what if you were to view every expression of your life as something miraculous that you’re sharing?  That every word, every thought, and every action is a poetic license to share the amazing story of the person you are.  At the end of your life, will you be wishing for your unfulfilled dreams or will you be cherishing your memories that you took a chance on?  Fulfillment comes from doing what you wish…today.  Be bold in every movement of your life, as it’s not just another moment, but another chance to put your life pen upon this world.

What are you doing to share something beautiful with the world today?  Think of it less as giving something big, sometimes that can seem too daunting, but if you think about every conversation, every thought, every connection, and every action as a chance to share your miracles with the world…not only will the world get brighter, but you’ll remember how amazing your gifts are… and the other great thing is you’ll be connecting with others better and experiencing their wonderful gifts as well. 

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I will share my beauty with the world today.

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

May 8-#128 Mindful Mondays
I am above any problem that comes my way.

We look at problems as things that are bothersome.  A problem is the chance to elevate one’s self to a better position.  What if you were to pivot from looking at a problem as… well, a problem?  And to look at it as a chance to become better.  Those who excel, those who are winners, and those who persevere… look at life as a chance to keep winning—to keep getting better.  Be above the problem, take the higher ground, and see it as a great learning experience of building your strengths.

So what problems are you dealing with, and ask yourself “what strength, is this problem helping me to build?” When we look with better perspective on things, our problems disappear and become building blocks to our better selves…I am above any problem that comes my way.

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

I decide my fate to be beautiful.

Do you identify yourself as the victim of your problems, or do you identify yourself as the Universe?  Meaning are you only seeing a portion of the true you or the real you that is part of everything.  When we look to define ourselves as ONLY our voluntary actions then we take away our true power.  We give ourselves an excuse to hand over our power and take the easier road of becoming the victim, and thus believing the illusion of us not being in control of ourselves. 

When you define yourself & lie to yourself, by saying you are ONLY the small voluntary processes you think you are—then you’ll only be seeing part of the whole picture of the amazing infinite you.

But when you can define yourself as the involuntary and voluntary process, when you can define yourself as the works or the mechanism in congruence with the system, you will see that you were never separate from the system.  You will see that you were always exactly where you decided to place yourself.  So if you are to play a game, stop playing the game of disguising yourself from your power and playing the victim, and play the game of life by understanding you are exactly where you decide to be …in every moment.  Decide your fate to be beautiful…it’s always been up to you.

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

God is always giving me what I need

After every struggle, and the dust has settled, I’ve seen why I needed to go through those struggles. I have seen that the gifts that were given to me weren’t just by chance but were put there by purpose.  It may seem like coincidences to those who aren’t paying attention to how the world works, but it’s happened too many times in my life to be a coincidence.

I’ve been given larger amounts of money as gifts, or it coming into my life unexpectedly, and something has happened to help me allocate that money purposefully.  Take for example new tires, this has happened to me 3 times, so I know it’s not a coincidence.  I received a certain amount of money and my tire would blow out, or it’s raining and I am sliding around, so I take it into the shop to have it checked on.  The funny thing is the tire malfunction would happen a week or less after I received the money; and the money I received was close to, if not the exact same amount, of what I needed to replace my tires.

The universe is always providing what I need. I only need to step out of the way and allow it to help me more readily.  The reason I struggle less now, is because I step out of my own way and focus on abundance and allow the universe to help me more readily.

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

I will live in love rather than fear

It’s said that there are only two decisions we make when choosing a direction.  We can either choose our life choices based on fear or choose it based on love. I focus on abundance and not lack.  I don’t look towards the things that scare me and avoid them, but I take a hard look at them and ask why I am afraid of them.  When I look to understand my fears, I can then decide whether I’m avoiding them because I’m not meant to go there, or to see if I’ve just been too afraid to commit to my dreams.

I choose to chase after what I love, I choose to work to understand what I fear, and I choose to make better decisions as I make my life matter.  I make better choices because I’m aware of why I’m avoiding them or pursuing them in the first place.

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

I will speak my truth. I matter

I am worthy, I matter, and I’m meant to take up my own space on this earth.  I won’t apologize for being me, I won’t apologize for being a beautiful creation, and I won’t make excuses for who I am because my footprints in this world are meant to be here.

I will be kind in speaking my truth, but I will not make excuses for the actions I choose that are meant to make the world a better place. My truth isn’t put out there haphazardly. I am deliberate in living my truth, so it’s less about speaking and more about showing.  I am working on becoming more aware in all my actions so that I live the life I want.  I am working on being the person I have always been created to be, so I can help those who feel lost know—that they make a difference in this world and they can still come home.  Their home, being the safe place within themselves that lets them know it’s ok to share their authentic self with the world. That they don’t have to go far, they just have to remember who they’ve always been and make the choice to stop fighting the games they are playing and come back to being the person they have always been—worthy of sharing their most authentic self.

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