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#210 Part 2- Mindful Breath Meditation Sep 30, 2022

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This meditation accompanies episode #210 The Beauty of a Mindful Life.

Listen to part one first. Then use this meditation on a daily basis to bring more calm awareness into your life.

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#210 Part 1 -The Beauty of a Mindful Life Sep 30, 2022

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What are your thoughts about mindfulness?

Sound like a hippie buzz word?

What if I told you that mindfulness is the foundation of a healthy lifestyle?

Wait… does that mean you get to avoid food programs and exercise?

Well, no.

But, when you begin practicing mindfulness, you become more aware of the signals your body sends to you around food, sleep, exercise, and stress.

You also become more aware of your thoughts about these aspects of your life, and once that happens, you're faced with a decision…own your behavior choices or try to lie to yourself.

The later choice rarely works out well because you always know when you're lying to yourself.

In this two-part episode I'll tell you more about what the practice of mindfulness is. Meaning you don't have to run off to India and stay in an ashram for a month to figure it out.

You also don't need to spend 30 minutes a day in meditation to live more mindfully.

I'll offer you simple ways to incorporate more mindfulness (aka awareness) into your life and I'll explain why that's so important to a healthy lifestyle.

In part two I give you a mindfulness meditation practice to get you set up for success in just 15 minutes.

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#209 Stop Trying Sep 23, 2022

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What comes to mind when you think about living a year without trying?

Does it sound like giving up, or does it sound like deciding to go all in or step out?

The important thing missing from "trying" something that's important to you is commitment.

The smallest shift in language can create a big shift in energy and the life you decide to create.

In this episode, I'll tell you how "trying" and two other thought errors can be major roadblocks to becoming the person you want to be and to living the life you want to live.

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How to Eat Without Fear and Guilt After Breast Cancer (Free Download)

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#208 Sometimes it's OK to be Over it Sep 16, 2022

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You know the feeling…you're tired, maybe dealing with a cold, a long week, too many appointments, needs, demands and you can feel it inside of you, you're so over it.

You've known for a while that things need to dial back and slow down.

You can feel you've been suppressing emotions but know there's no holding back. It's here, it's real, you're done.

What if you let that be OK?

In this episode, I'll tell you how it could help you to take better care of yourself if you allow yourself to get over it, instead of OK with it.

You'll hear about what happens when you give yourself space to be over cancer, over treatments, appointments, scans, and obligations.

At the end of the day, you get to decide what works in your life and how.

But sometimes you have to get over it to see it.

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#207 The Awesome and Scary Step of Living Outside of the Box Sep 09, 2022

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Think back to when you were diagnosed with breast cancer. Did a story come to mind of what that meant and what your life would look like as a result of it?

What about your thoughts on turning 40, 50, or starting a business, or traveling to an exotic location? All of those stories create boxes that we easily get stuck in.

We find ourselves living our lives and managing our healing by our collection of other people's thoughts on what life experiences should look like.

But, what if you didn't?

What would be different if you threw out all the boxes created by you and everyone who's given you a box throughout your life?

Scary to think about? I know.

In this episode, I'll tell you about the importance of doing things your way when it comes to making life choices and why it's never too late to start doing things for the first time.

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The Survival Paradox

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The Metabolic Approach to Cancer

#206 Supporting Your Body's Ability to Heal Sep 02, 2022

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Do you find it hard to believe you have the power to support your ability to heal? Sometimes people tell me they feel like they're in denial if they try to adopt this mindset.

Other times I hear that you don't need to focus on healing if you don't have cancer anymore. In this episode, I'll give you my take on both of these points.

I'll help you understand why choosing to believe in yourself is far from being in denial and how your body, mind, and heart are nearly always working to heal from something.

Your role isn't to make healing happen, but to be to support its ability to happen.

This episode will empower you to create a new loving, healthy relationship with your body, mind, and heart.

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The Survival Paradox

Radical Remission

Milk and Honey

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#205 How Much More Can You Take? Aug 25, 2022

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There are times in every life when it feels like the universe is throwing every curveball your way.

Challenges pile on top of each other and you find yourself feeling emotionally drained and physically exhausted.

These are the times when you typically ask, "How much more can I take?"

But what if that's the wrong question?

What if there was a question you could ask that would give you more options, relieve some of your pain and help you move forward in life?

In this episode, I'll tell you what that question is and how, by switching out these two questions, you can change your life from one of exhausting challenges to one of managing difficult times with a full chest of tools to support you.

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The Hidden Brain

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#204 Self Coaching 101- Your Brain is Only Human Aug 19, 2022

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One of the biggest pitfalls we come across when working on changing our mindset to support our wellness and happiness is the false expectation that our brain will suddenly change.

Once you decide to let go of fear adopt healthier habits, release anger, or make any other change in your life, it's likely that your brain will fight you all along the way.

Expecting anything different can result in a lot of frustration.

Worse yet, when your brain and thoughts don't suddenly change on their own you can end up, giving up on what you want for your life.

The good news is, that things don't have to go that way.

In this episode, I'll help you understand how to accept the way your brain works, stop fighting it, and make an intentional choice to stop letting your thoughts lead you to places you don't want to go.

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#203 Embracing the Gift of Life Aug 12, 2022

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There are times when life feels like a grind.

You hear sad things; the fridge breaks down at the same time as the washing machine.

You get a breast cancer diagnosis when you're planning a dream trip.

You save some money and then get an unexpected bill for that amount.

This is the thing, there's good and bad every day, all the time in life.

I remember a mentor of mine asking me one time, "Will you focus on the 5-10% of someone's personality you don't like or the 90-95% of the good things they have to offer?"

The same goes for life.

Will you see the gift in it while you process the challenges, or will you focus on the challenges and miss the beauty of the gifts?

In this episode, we'll dig into the gift of life with a real perspective that includes sadness and loss.

Then I'll leave you with an exercise in seeing the gifts in your life and the gift you are to others.

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