Times like these can bring out the best in humans. There have been so many heartwarming stories I have heard and being circulated on the internet, softening or hearts and offering hope for humankind.   

As Fred Rogers shared, "look for the helpers" and I also believe we should look for the humor, kindness, and gifts. 

The suffering is real, but so is the hope and goodness available and present.  Perhaps this short chapter in all of our lives will inspire more kindness, compassion, patience, and generosity. I think this may be what spirit, source, GOD would ultimately want and hope for all of us living on this earth in this moment of time. 

This week, ask yourself what gift has this adversity brought me so far? Maybe the ultimate practice of patience and tolerance?  Perhaps finding comfort in boredom?  Maybe, it has helped you to explore your relationship with money and your spending habits? Or maybe, you have been forced to reconnect with nature or your partner and family members?   

Given the recent adversities facing our communities, our nation, our world, and even our universe, it all can feel so big. I liken it to trying to eat an elephant, or here at Kripalu, a bushel of kale!  How do you do either when they are so big? Simply put, ONE BITE AT A TIME! A perfect time to practice mindfulness—wouldn't you say?

Take 10 minutes and listen to this brief podcast. In it, I discuss how times of change can bring many opportunities and possibilities if we can shift the focus away from fear to LOVE.

In this episode Izzy explores what it means to practice mindfulness. You see, studies show that we as humans could have up to 60,000-70,000 thoughts per day. The problem is that 95% of these thoughts are the same thoughts we had yesterday and the day before. This type of thinking is a perfect recipe for living in a prison, a prison of our minds.

Simply put, mindfulness means, Present Moment Awareness. There are a million ways to practice mindfulness. And, although meditation may be the most powerful form of mindfulness, mindfulness can be practiced all day, every day. You can practice while walking, while eating a meal, in conversation (simply listening rather than trying to fix and save that person) or even while expressing your creativity (writing, singing, dancing, painting, etc.).

Join Izzy as she explores the idea of limiting beliefs and the importance of challenging these thoughts and beliefs that are no longer serving you, especially around goals or intentions that somehow have never come to fruition or realized. In this episode, she dives into what for many is the greatest obstacle—procrastination! Whatever you call it, put off, delay, postpone, ignore, or avoid... we all do it in one form or another.

Now, why do we procrastinate? Izzy explains the reason is that in some odd way, it is serving us. We put off doing that thing because there is a payoff. We are getting something from staying where we are.

This episode includes a guided reflection exercise you can use to begin uncovering what's really keeping you from achieving your goals.

To help support this process, she created a simple worksheet that examines the reasons why you have been procrastinating. This exercise has helped many of her clients shift and transform their lives by giving them the valuable personal insight they needed to move forward.

So many of us have goals, dreams, and deep desires that we long to achieve; yet year after year these intentions keep making a to-do list but never get done. How great would it feel to finally check them off and show the world that you did it?

Download your free worksheet here.

In this episode of Thought Provoking Questions, Izzy Lenihan explores the power of our subconscious mind and how our mind shapes our reality. She teaches that our thoughts are the most powerful tool we have for change. When we change our thoughts, we can change our life.

Izzy asks you as a listener, to explore your own personal beliefs and what beliefs could be preventing you from making changes in your life. She compassionately walks you through a practice to notice and then challenge these beliefs. Because until these limiting beliefs are challenged, they have the capacity to hold you back for years, sometimes a lifetime! 

Join Izzy Lenihan, life, career, and wellness coach as she explores what you have always known about your gifts, passion, and purpose.  You see, how we chose to spend time as a child may hold a clue as to who you are and what you do today, where you feel most fulfilled or perhaps what is missing from your life.

Join Izzy Lenihan, Life, Career and Wellness Coach as she explores change and growth within her life and offers insight on experiencing positive growth yourself. You see, change is inevitable, but growth, that’s optional! Life offers us abundant opportunities for growth. Particularly in some of life’s most challenging moments.

In this episode Life, Career, and Wellness Coach Izzy Lenihan discusses the ripple effect of kindness. She shares her insights on kindness, how it has changed her life and asks you to reflect on the role kindness has played in your life.

You see, kindness is a practice. It is not enough to have it as an intention, it also requires action.  The more you share kindness, the more you will receive it. And, if one of your deepest longings is to see and experience a kinder world… remember that kindness begins with you!