We all have a particular journey in life, lessons to learn, and a path that leads us to those lessons. Before I came across personal development, and the art and science of maintaining your mindset, food was my medicine. It still is the foundation of my lifestyle, and being nimble in thought, feeling, and action is the #1 skill I …
It’s one thing to perform optimally for the task at hand, but what does it actually mean to consistently perform your best? Working with top level athletes and understanding how their belief, thoughts and behaviors affect their performance is what Dr. Stan Beecham is all about. Dr. Stan Beecham is a sport psychologist and director and founding member of the …
I’ve noticed something and I’m curious if you have too… Is it just me or is everyone wearing a tracking device these days? Yes, wearables have a definite upside. They can help you stay accountable, increase gains, and record way more data than we can manually. BUT have we switched out the reward of happy hormones and flow for better …
With all the stress and distraction that comes with our modern lifestyles, it’s becoming increasingly important to have a variety of tools at our disposal to reduce the feeling of stress and access more confidence on demand. My guest today has a series of books outlining strategies to do exactly that… in one minute. Tony Wrighton is an NLP (Neuro-Linguistic …
There’s no doubt that the mindful use of language can be soothing for our emotional state and those we speak with. My guest today began to synthesize her system of Conscious Communications with one major goal at her collection agency… to have the person on the other end of the phone happier. Mary Shores tested this system in an environment …
I think we all have that one topic we geek out on the most. For me… it’s emotions. Our emotional life, how we respond to our environment and our behavior has the ability to make our life a blissful experience or a living hell. To date, there are countless books on how emotions happen, BUT is there another way emotions …
Could there be a potential down side to positive thinking? If you’ve tuned into the show before, you’ve heard me have many conversations with leaders and authors on the benefits of positive thinking, imagination, and other methods characteristic of the self-help and positive psychology movement. On some level I think we know that pushing away or even suppressing seemingly negative …
If you have spent any time in the personal development space at all, you’ve heard about this place… your comfort zone and all the magical benefits of getting out of it. Yes, as you’ll hear my guest talk about today, there are the benefits of growth and learning (among others) that come with stretching beyond what we think is possible, but …
We are all on some level seeking answers. We search for answers to common every day problems or challenges, as well as the bigger more existential answers like why are we here, and what is the meaning of life. Brian’s book, The Wow of The Now and a lot of what he teaches came at the perfect time for me. …
We’ve heard from different spiritual disciplines about the benefits and transcendent states possible with a quiet mind. But how do you make that practical? My guest today has a deep fascination with human behavior and why we do what we do. Over the past 20 years, through his private practice and clinical work, Dr. Kevin Gilliland has distilled some important …