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Finding Happiness When Life Feels Uncertain EP 110 Jun 20, 2025

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Life has a way of throwing curveballs when we least expect them. Economic uncertainty, health scares, relationship upheavals, career transitions—sometimes it feels like the ground beneath our feet is constantly shifting. In these moments, happiness might seem not only elusive but almost inappropriate. How can we find joy when everything feels unstable?

The truth is, happiness during difficult times isn't about pretending everything is fine or forcing toxic positivity. It's about cultivating a different relationship with uncertainty itself and discovering sources of joy that aren’t based on our current circumstances.

Hear 3 ways to embrace joy, hope and happiness no matter your circumstances.

What to Do When You Feel Stuck EP 109 Jun 19, 2025

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Uncertainty is an inevitable part of life, whether you're making a career change, dealing with a family relationship, deciding on a major purchase or wondering how to manage a health concern. We can't eliminate uncertainty but we can develop better ways to move through it.

Here are four powerful questions that can help you find clarity and confidence when the path ahead feels unclear.

1. "What do I actually know for certain?"

2. "What's the worst realistic outcome, and could I handle it?"

3."What information would actually help me decide?"

4. "What would I advise someone else in this situation?"

Start Now, Perfect Later EP 108 Jun 18, 2025

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Ages ago I picked up the book “The Courage to Start” A Guide to Running for Your Life by John Bingham. It’s written to encourage the never-runner or the aspiring runner to get started despite the doubts, fears and insecurities that someone who’s never felt they could be a runner let stop them.

The courage to start – is that moment when you finally allow yourself to think, maybe I can do this. Maybe I can be a runner or an artist or a writer or a person who travels the US in a camper with permission to stop anytime you feel like it. Maybe you can – fill in phrase for yourself as you listen.

Our Work is Our Resistance EP 107 Jun 17, 2025

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This is a podcast about hope – not politics so in this episode I’m using the term resistance in this context: it’s how we put positive live affirming energy into the a world where the hate and despair seem to grab all the headlines.

Hope and the Work of Resistance

Hope isn't passive. It's not just wishful thinking or blind optimism. Hope is a verb. It's something we do—especially when the odds feel stacked against us. And one of the most powerful ways we express that hope is through our work.

Whether you're building a business, raising a family, organizing your community, making art, or simply showing up to do your job with integrity that is resistance.

Because in a world that often tries to grind us down, choosing to keep going, to keep creating, to keep caring, that’s revolutionary.

What Kind of Person Do You Want to Be? EP 106 Jun 16, 2025

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Recently I had the chance to meet up with 2 friends that I seldom get to see in person. We are connected by a common belief in the goodness of humanity and a desire to be people who are choosing love over hate and hope over despair.

This past week, after hugs and how are you’s one of made the comment about how hard it is to be hopeful these days. The news is depressing, and the direction things seem to be heading isn’t much better.

Then one of them shared this quote

“I don’t know what to do, but I do know what kind of person I want to be.”

She explained that this wasn’t her original quote but something she’d heard Brian McLaren say.

It made me see things with a new perspective. No matter what’s happening around us, we can all decide the kind of person we want to be can’t we?

Brian McLaren

Changing Your Perspective When Hope is Hiding Out EP 105 Jun 13, 2025

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Some days we just need a quick way to quite the chatter in our heads, or at least change the subject. Today I’m sharing four mantras that can offer gentle hope during difficult times - feel free to use these or create your own.

Having some go-to thoughts that support you will always be better than the endless loop we often get stuck listening to.

My own mental chatter isn’t usually too terrible, but it’s often boring things like “I need to make a list of ….. or what ever task that I’ve been avoiding.

Swapping out those thoughts for one of these always helps me go from distraction and procrastination to focus and action, even if it’s taking a break to clear my head and get some fresh air.

A shift of perspective always does me good and I hope it helps you too.

Atomic Attention: How Tiny Choices Create Big Life Shifts EP 104 Jun 12, 2025

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"What you trade your attention for is what your life becomes." James Clear

I realize that if you are listening to this, you’ve given a few minutes of your attention to this podcast, and I hope that you find it worth your time – thanks for that.

What your trade your attention for – so many times we don’t even realizes that what we’re doing. A half hour scrolling social – is that the attention choice you want your life to reflect?

Maybe some days – often we trade our time and attention out of obligation and sheer habit. Doing what we’ve always done.

If your life is reflecting back what you want to see, then carry one, but if you’d like to see a shift in some of those things, then think about how you can be curious about your attention choices.

Hear 3 ways to shift your attention.

Today IS Someday: A Hopeful Reminder to be Intentional EP 103 Jun 11, 2025

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We’ve all said it—“Someday I’ll start the project.” “Someday I’ll focus on my health” “Someday I’ll chase that dream.” But here’s the truth: Today is someday. The future we imagined starts now, not later.

Hope isn’t just wishful thinking. It’s built on intention. It’s what happens when we decide that the things we want are worth showing up for—even in small ways. Every step we take with purpose becomes a quiet act of belief in what’s possible.

So if you’ve been waiting for the right time, consider this your invitation.

Be intentional with your words.

Be deliberate with your energy.

Start small, but start today.

Art as Resistance - How Embracing Creativity Sustains Us EP 102 Jun 10, 2025

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In times of struggle, when the world feels heavy or unjust, or if you’re just having one of those days when the easy things feel hard and the hard things feel impossible - creativity becomes more than self-expression—it becomes an act of resistance.

When It's Hard to Have Hope EP 101 Jun 09, 2025

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It’s hard to hold on to hope when the images on our screens show military vehicles rolling through our cities, not to protect us, but to intimidate. When peaceful protesters, people simply asking to be heard and seen, are met with force. When the response to unity and justice is tear gas, rubber bullets, and silence from those in power.

Hope can feel naive in moments like these. Fragile. Foolish, even. But hope isn’t about pretending things are okay. It’s about refusing to accept that this is the best we can do. It’s recognizing that our neighbors matter, people we don’t know personally deserve the same respect and dignity that we want for ourselves and the people in our lives that we love and cherish.

After all, everyone is someone’s son or daughter.

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