Your Great Journey

Do you wonder what you need to be doing in your life now? What direction you should be heading? What opportunities you should pay attention to? When your conscious mind just can’t seem to find the answers you’re searching for, that’s when it’s time to turn to your subconscious and find purpose through meditation. Today we are sharing a life purpose meditation from the audiobook Why?: What Your Life is Telling You About Who You Are and Why You’re Here.

Today we are sharing an excerpt from the audiobook Why?: What Your Life is Telling You About Who You Are and Why You’re Here, written by Dr.s Matthew McKay, Sean Olaoire, and Ralph Metzner. This audiobook offers practical tools to help you gain knowledge and awareness of yourself at the deepest level, reveal your personal path in life, and begin living life to its fullest.

You can tap into the deepest parts of your mind and find purpose through meditation. Meditation can help you to discover your true desires and dreams. And the best part? Meditation comes with a whole heap of benefits—not just finding your purpose! Let’s take a deep breath and learn how to use meditation to align your actions with what truly matters to you.

“This audiobook allows the modern Western mind to explore the deep meaning of an ageless, universal truth: Earth is a place where souls are sent to evolve. Why? goes beyond philosophy and offers practical guidelines for mindfully participating in one’s own evolutionary process.” — Michael Singer, author of The Untethered Soul

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In this episode, Dr. Julie de Azevedo Hanks, author of the popular audiobook, The Assertiveness Guide for Women, offers great advice for how to practice self-compassion, a critical aspect of emotional well-being and resilience. Learn why self-compassion matters and how to strengthen it in your life. Dr. de Azevedo Hanks offers a practical exercise for cultivating self-compassion, which will help you learn to act in comforting and kind ways toward yourself so that you can provide yourself with the self-soothing and self-nurturing that you need.

The audiobook The Assertiveness Guide for Women: How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Transform Your Relationships, uses proven-effective strategies based in mindfulness, cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), and dialectical behavior therapy (DBT). You will learn to become more aware of your own thoughts and feelings and empower you to ask for what you need, set boundaries, and speak your truth for a more fulfilling life.

In this episode, Dr. de Azevedo Hanks helps us learn how to practice self-compassion and experience the comfort and self-nurturing that follow.

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In healing after a breakup, you might experience any or all of the five stages of grief. These stages may seem scary and disorienting, but there is light at the end of the tunnel! By learning to understand the feelings associated with grief and being gentle with yourself as you move through them, you can create a positive environment for healing.

Today we’re sharing an excerpt from Dr. Christina Hibbert’s inspirational audiobook Who Am I Without You? 52 Ways to Rebuild Self-Esteem After A Breakup. When going through a time that can leave you questioning your identity and losing self–esteem, look to Dr. Hibbert’s 52 techniques to help you become stronger and more confident. These cognitive behavioral therapy techniques will help you to begin to rebuild your self–worth and morale as you move forward in life.

In this episode, Dr. Christina G Hibbert sheds light on healing after a breakup, the five stages of grief, and how to be gentle with yourself as you go through them. 

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Meditation inevitably has its difficult moments. When confronted with anything unpleasant, our habitual response is often to push it away. But the way out of suffering is to be willing to meet your experience. Learning how to overcome challenges in meditation creates a chance for discovery and allows for the possibility of freedom.

Today we’re sharing tips to address the challenges and difficulties that come with a regular meditation practice from the audiobook, The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation: Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight. Whether you’re a seasoned meditator or just starting out, these tips on how to overcome common obstacles such as lack of motivation, difficulty focusing, and negative thoughts will provide valuable insights and advice for making the most of your meditation practice. Join us as we delve into the topic of overcoming difficulties in meditation, which can help you to cultivate a deeper sense of inner peace and well-being.

The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation audiobook offers a practical guide to building a strong meditation practice by unifying mindfulness, concentration, and insight into a single, integrated approach. New meditators who want hands-on skills they can easily put into practice will find the step-by-step instructions accessible and easy to understand. Experienced practitioners will find a complete and useful guide for deepening insight and cultivating the deeper stages of meditation.

In this episode, we offer advice to help you learn how to overcome challenges in meditation.

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Is there any way to know how to eat “just enough”? Though there isn’t a particular science behind it, intuitive eating offers a proven way to establish communication between your brain and your belly. Mindfully creating awareness of what your body says it needs is the first step to understanding what “just enough” is for you.

Today we are sharing an excerpt from the audiobook The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution: Proven Strategies to End Overeating, Satisfy Your Hunger, and Savor Your Life, written by Dr. Lynn Rossy. If you want to embrace exuberant health and truly enjoy your food, the easy-to-use strategies in this audiobook will show you how—one mindful taste at a time!

In this episode, Dr. Lynn Rossy addresses the tricky topic of intuitive eating and learning how to mindfully eat “just enough.” She emphasizes the importance of listening to your body over what the world or your brain has to say.

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All too often, we look at the scale to drive our health goals and not at a values-based weight loss method. Pushing too hard to reach milestones can mean a departure from who you really are or even ignoring what truly matters to you. Weight loss with self-love is possible! Don’t let the numbers and goals replace what makes you, you! Instead, find liberation in letting your values drive your weight loss.

Today we are sharing a helpful excerpt from the audiobook The Diet Trap: Feed Your Psychological Needs and End the Weight Loss Struggle Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy by Drs. Lillis, Dahl, and Weineland. Getting stuck in a weight loss rut or trying one fad diet after another can be discouraging. But thankfully, The Diet Trap offers a new perspective on what it means to focus on your health. Using the techniques of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), this audiobook offers proven strategies that will help you conquer weight loss with self-love.

In this episode, listen to Drs. Lillis, Dahl, and Weineland share what it looks like to embark on a values-based weight loss journey while staying true to yourself.

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Most of us struggle with some kind of habit we’d like to break. But the good news is that no matter what your bad habit is, you have the power to change it!
Understanding how the mind works can help rewire your brain and break bad habits — without using willpower! Today we’re talking with Dr. Amy Johnson, author of the best-selling audiobook, The Little Book of Big Change: The No Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit. Dr. Johnson shares her own story about breaking bad habits and offers advice that will help you to stop your bad habits in their tracks.

In this episode, we’re sharing a conversation we had with psychologist and life coach Dr. Amy Johnson. Dr. Johnson is the author of the audiobook, The Little Book of Big Change: The No Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit. This audiobook offers a number of small changes you can make in your everyday life that will help you break bad habits. If you want to understand the science behind your habit, make the decision to end it, and commit to real, lasting change, this audiobook will help you to finally take charge of your life—once and for all.

Dr. Amy Johnson is a master life coach who works with clients worldwide through coaching programs, workshops, and retreats. She has devoted much of her coaching practice to helping people end unwanted habits. Dr. Johnson has been a regularly featured expert on The Steve Harvey Show and Oprah.com, as well as in The Wall Street Journal and Self magazine. Visit Dr. Johnson’s website here.

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Often, people who have been abandoned or betrayed by those they trusted have trouble letting go of their pain. Today, anger management expert Dr. Ronald Potter-Efron addresses this issue. He explains the “HEALS” method, a powerful program that teaches you how to let go of resentment.

In this episode, we share an excerpt from Dr. Ronald Potter-Efron’s audiobook, Healing the Angry Brain: How Understanding the Way Your Brain Works Can Help You Control Anger and Aggression. This audiobook can help you short-circuit the anger cycle and learn to calmly handle even the most stressful interactions. This fascinating, scientific approach to anger management will yield long-term results, helping you develop greater empathy and put effective conflict resolution skills into practice for years to come.

In this episode, Dr. Ronald Potter-Efron explains a few key steps in learning how to let go of resentment using the “HEALS” method.

Ronald T. Potter-Efron, MSW, PhD, is a psychotherapist in private practice in Eau Claire, WI. He specializes in anger management, mental health counseling, and the treatment of addictions. He is the author of the audiobooks Healing the Angry Brain: How Understanding the Way Your Brain Works Can Help You Control Anger and Aggression and Rage: A Step-by-Step Guide to Overcoming Explosive Anger.

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All too often, we perpetuate the forbidden food myth by telling ourselves that we should be ashamed of the foods we enjoy. But according to Dr. Lynn Rossy, author of the audiobook The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution, eating should be enjoyable. Today Dr. Rossy offers practical advice to help you leave restrictions behind, and bring curiosity, trust, and your favorite food to the table.

Today we are sharing an excerpt from the audiobook The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution: Proven Strategies to End Overeating, Satisfy Your Hunger, and Savor Your Life, by Dr. Lynn Rossy. This unique, whole-body approach will encourage you to adopt healthy eating habits by showing you how to listen to your body’s intuition, uncover the psychological cause of your overeating, and be more mindful during mealtime.

In this episode, Dr. Rossy focuses on breaking the forbidden food myth by reminding us that we don’t need permission to eat what feels good.

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When learning how to improve concentration in meditation, there is often a struggle to find enjoyment and pleasure in the process. It is normal to experience this feeling along with the discomfort that sometimes comes with heightened emotions and even memories of meditating. By learning to accept and work with the intensity, more opportunities to understand and withstand strong experiences present themselves. By respecting yourself and listening to your feelings, it is possible to grow and find pleasure in concentration!

Today we’re sharing an excerpt from The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation: Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight. In this insightful audiobook, Richard Shankman helps you fit together the sometimes confusing puzzle pieces of meditation while helping you to strengthen your overall practice. With Shankman’s gentle guidance, it doesn’t matter how experienced you are with meditation—you can learn how to deepen, or even begin, your journey with mindfulness and meditation.

In this episode, Richard Shankman suggests helpful, kind, and aware mindsets to adopt when learning how to improve concentration in meditation.

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