Personal Response Ability

We often talk about the idea of responsibility. We need to take “personal responsibility” for our lives and improve them on our own. The thing is, though…that sort of assumes we have free will. Research on how our systems work indicates we...

Finding Your Purpose in Dark Times

In my last episode, I talked about the importance of having a “something larger” to appeal to during difficult times. After my podcast, my boyfriend asked “but how does one go about finding their “something larger?” I promised I would think on it. A few days later, I...

Post Traumatic Growth:

Plenty of people have heard about post traumatic stress disorder. But did you know that stress is not the only possible side-effect of adversity and trauma? It turns out that some (roughly 50 – 70 percent of people, in fact) go through trauma and walk away...

Taking the Leap: Interview with Andrea Shoun:

In this episode, I had the privilege of interviewing Andrea Shoun. Andrea is a health educator, author, and network marketing team leader. She is also…quite simply…a phenomenal person. Anyone who meets her walks away feeling better than when they arrived. Anyone who...