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Season 6 Episode 247 Date: 8/22/2024   Title: Meet Your Own Needs Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Come and enjoy today’s meditation. Today’s meditation focuses on our inner child’s needs. Take a pause, relax in your spot, and listen as Andrea guides you through to meet your inner child. Become curious as you meet your inner child to build trust and with this trust how you as an adult can meet their nee...

Season 6 Episode 246 Date: 8/20/2024   Title:Collect Your Checks And Gold Stars  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  It’s a solo episode with Andrea! Today Andrea continues the conversation about the importance of having a pause while going through the Plan To Recover Journal. Andrea talks about why we need to allow ourselves to pause and celebrate each step that we take in our recovery and self-discovery...

Season 6 Episode 245 Date: 8/15/2024   Title: How To Be A Good Noodle  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  It’s a Candid Conversation with Andrea and Gregory! Today they talk about why we need to check the boxes each day as we go through our Plan To Recover Journal. They talk about the importance about being consistency as we start to create new behaviors in these 90 days. They also talk about how streakin...

Season 6 Episode 244 Date: 8/13/2024   Title: “Perfect” Pause Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Join Andrea in today’s episode as she talks about the Did Do’s and creating that perfect pause. As we continue to journey through the Plan To Recover Journal, we’re focused on the Did Do’s section. Andrea talks to us about the importance of taking time for self reflection specifically looking at our identified...

Season 6 Episode 243 Date: 8/8/2024   Title: 60 Day Review What I Discovered   Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Congratulations on 60 days!! You’ve made it a total of 60 days!  Congratulations to you and this journey!  Today, we invite you all to take a moment to celebrate what you have accomplished through these 60 days. Andrea invites us all to take a moment to pause and celebrate! She also invites us...

Season 6 Episode 242 Date: 8/6/2024   Title: Imagination Is Preparation  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Join Andrea as she talks about the importance of imagination. This continued conversation from our recent episode of forecasting. Andrea explains how by utilizing our imagination we allow ourselves to prepare for future struggles and victories. We are allowing ourselves to plan for how we want to pr...

Season 6 Episode 241 Date: 8/1/2024   Title: A Shoutout To Our Younger Selves  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  How are you honoring your younger self? Not sure… Then join Andrea and Mary as they share how they honor their inner child. In this discussion they focus on the importance of honoring our younger selves in relation to self-compassion as we go through this 90 day challenge with the Plan To Reco...

Season 6 Episode 240 Date: 7/30/2024   Title: Tomorrow’s Forecast Calls For…  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  What's tomorrow's forecast? No, we’re not talking about the weather. We’re talking about manifesting and taking note of the positive changes for the next day. No, we’re not talking about pretending. There’s science to this! Check out today’s episode as Andrea teaches us about forecasting as we...

Season 6 Episode 239 Date: 7/25/2024   Title: Imagine Success Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Take a deep breath and release any tension as you exhale. Today, we share with you this Mindful Meditation to help focus on forecasting. During this meditation we will focus on our desired outcomes for the day, within the hour, and throughout the week. Take this time to focus on yourself and how you can achiev...

Season 6 Episode 238 Date: 7/23/2024   Title: Courage In Your Compassion Hey Direct Impact Nation!  We’re talking about compassion today, specifically self compassion! You may have noticed in your Plan To Recover Journal the self-compassion section. What do we write? Why is this important? In today’s episode, Andrea shares the importance of showing ourselves compassion especially in times when we...

Season 6 Episode 237 Date: 7/18/2024   Title: Hop Off the Struggle Bus  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Join Andrea and Mary to hop off that struggle bus! Today’s candid conversation focuses on the triggers section of the Plan To Recover Journal and how it relates to our struggles. Andrea and Mary share their insight on what makes hopping off the struggle bus so hard for us. They talk about the common...

Season 6 Episode 236 Date: 7/16/2024   Title: 3 Quick Steps To A Thorough Self-Inventory  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  We’re talking about the importance of self inventory and self reflection. As we work through our  journals, we are given the opportunity to self reflect by following three quick steps. We first take a look at our emotions; what are we feeling today. Second we reflect on our daily vi...

Season 6 Episode 235 Date: 7/11/2024   Title: 30 Day Review What I Discovered  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  YOU DID IT! 30 DAYS COMPLETED!  Today we’re reflecting on what we have learned in these past 30 days of working with the Plan To Recover Journal. In reflecting, we take a moment to accept the difficulties that come with changing behaviors and patterns. It’s tough and there are many feelings of...

Season 6 Episode 234 Date: 7/10/2024   Title: Direct Impact w/ Dana Diaz Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Dana S. Diaz is a wife, mother, and author of the best-selling book GASPING FOR AIR: THE STRANGLEHOLD OF NARCISSISTIC ABUSE. In addition to her life-long experience with narcissistic abuse, Dana's education in journalism and psychology at DePaul University in Chicago gave her the ability to accurate...

Season 6 Episode 233 Date: 7/9/2024   Title: Feeling or Fact? Hey Direct Impact Nation!  How do we know the difference between feelings and facts? Is there a difference? Join Andrea today as she explains how feelings are facts. She explains how we can project and verbalize our feelings as factual. But how do we discern our feelings and facts? Being able to allow ourselves to listen to the importan...

Season 6 Episode 232 Date: 7/4/2024   Title: Add A Little Bit of Spice… Neurospicy Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Join Andrea and Mary as they talk about the spice of life- neurospicy! In this episode, Andrea and Mary look at the aspects of perfectionism and procrastination, relating to others in group, and difficulties with task initiation. As they share personal experiences with neurodiversity, they...

Season 6 Episode 231 Date: 7/2/2024   Title: Too Many To Dos And No Motivation? Hey Direct Impact Nation!  We’ve got a lot to do today! Let’s look at the some the daily prompts of the Plan To Recover Journal, specifically the To Do section. It can be intimidating with the many things we may have to accomplish but let’s get curious about what may be blocking us in wanting to accomplish these goals....

Season 6 Episode 230 Date: 6/26/2024   Title: Channeling Your Internal Wisdom Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Take a nice deep breath and as you slowly breathe out through your mouth slowly release any tension you may have. Today we are taking some time to pause and unlock the wisdom within us. Andrea leads today’s meditation to help us access our Wise Mind. Set this intentional time for yourself.    G...

Season 6 Episode 229 Date: 6/25/2024   Title: 6 Top Healthy Habits You Need In Your Life  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  We’re moving along in the Plan To Recover Journal. Today Andrea focuses on our exploration in this recovery and self-discovery journey. First we want to make sure we focus on only three behaviors. Andrea helps us identify what these three behaviors could be by exploring a few main c...

Season 6 Episode 228 Date: 6/20/2024   Title: Who’s In Your “Campaign”? Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Join Andrea and Mary in today’s conversation where they talk about who are you taking on in this recovery and self-discovery journey. Andrea and Mary look at different characters and how they engaged others in their journey like Samwise Gamgee and Harry Potter. They explore the vulnerability that com...

Season 6 Episode 227 Date: 6/18/2024   Title: Check Please! Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Today’s episode is all about the Daily Check In section of the Plan To Recover journal. Why is this section important? Check ins help us do some self reflection and gain accountability as we go through these 90 days. Important reminder is to not overload yourself. Take some time to listen to this episode and lea...

Season 6 Episode 226 Date: 6/12/2024   Title: Direct Impact with Nicole Christina  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Nicole Christina is a psychotherapist of more than 30 years, specializing in eating disorders in midlife women. She's also the host of Zestful Aging, a multi award winning podcast that considers the many issues that accompany aging. She strives to bring optimism to aging and interviews gue...

Season 6 Episode 225 Date: 6/11/2024   Title: Who’s Your Samwise Gamgee? Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Who’s your Sam Wise? Who’s that ride or die that you can count on? Who’s holding you accountable in your journey? Andrea talks about the importance of having a Sam Wise in your life and how they help us in our journey of self-discovery.    Get your Plan To Recover Journal TODAY! https://www.lightnin...

Season 6 Episode 224 Date: 6/6/2024   Title: Let’s Talk Sleep  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Join Andrea and Gregory as they talk about sleep and sleep hygiene. They explore what may make us want to delay sleep and most importantly why we need to create a bedtime and wake up routine. Let’s start to get curious about sleep and our routines.    Get your Plan To Recover Journal TODAY! https://www.lightn...

Season 6 Episode 223 Date: 6/4/2024   Title: Wake Up and Wind Down  Hey Direct Impact Nation!  Want to start a routine or fine tune some habits? Check out today’s episode where Andrea guides us with how to create and start goals and a routine to fit these goals. Andrea share how she’s incorporated the journal in her life and how routine has benefitted her.    EASY Acronym: https://episodes.castos....