There are over two billion Google searches for “happiness” and over four billion for “I want to be happy.” You can decide what that means if it means anything. According to Merriam-Webster, happiness ranges from a state of well-being and contentment to a pleasurable or satisfying experience. No wonder there’s a relentless pursuit of happiness….
Life is filled with opportunities that we overlook or miss (remember when Netflix stock traded for less than $10 a share?). Failure is one of the easiest sources of opportunity we miss. We look so long and hard at obstacles and what we lost that we fail to see the opportunities failure creates. We achieve…
You’re alive and have breath in your lungs because of two other human beings who, either intentionally or not so intentionally, made it possible for you to have the gift of life. Now, I’m not sure how you feel about your roots and how you got here. Maybe your story is cheery and optimistic because…
Whoever said, “Old habits die hard,” wasn’t wrong. We all go through seasons of life when we want to change certain things about ourselves and live a better life. We want to eat better, exercise more, procrastinate less, work less, worry less, have more passion and excitement, be more spiritual, or simply drink more water…
What are some things you’re relying on willpower to help you do or avoid today? Willpower. It’s an interesting word and an even more interesting concept. According to Merriam Webster, willpower is “the ability to control one’s own actions, emotions, or urges.” The Cambridge dictionary says it like this: “the ability to control your own thoughts and the way in which you behave”…
Life isn’t always easy. Okay… it’s hardly ever easy. It’s easy to avoid dealing with painful and uncomfortable thoughts and feelings. We procrastinate by overanalyzing, rethinking, over-thinking, second-guessing, or falling into passive-aggressive behaviors. These are a few common coping mechanisms we use to avoid facing problems that we know we’ll have to face sooner or…
Imagine getting a call out of the blue, inviting you to be part of an Olympic team. That’s exactly what happened to today’s guest, Zachary Penprase. He’ll share his love of baseball and how the trauma of being bullied in middle school affected his life. We’re going to find out how Zachary turned his life experiences around from being a guy that thought the world was against him to life coaching other people to their highest levels of success.
How do you overcome great failure after incredible success? Our guest today is Golden Globe nominee, Christopher Atkins, who overcame some incredible obstacles. Perhaps best known for his debut in the 1980 film The Blue Lagoon, Atkins had to learn how to balance success and failure, stardom and real life.
What are the fears that cause you to freeze in your tracks? Do you get anxious when you have to be in front of an audience? Today’s guest, the iconic singer Taylor Dayne is here to help us explore just that as she has sung in front of millions yet had to find a way to cope with agoraphobia.
Is it really such a bad thing to be shy? Shyness used to be seen negatively as an unpleasant emotional state related to loneliness or social anxiety, a perspective that is being questioned. If you consider yourself shy, you’re not alone because about 40 to 60 percent of all adults consider themselves shy, according to…
