On Finding Peace

Barriers to Happiness: A Step-by-Step Guide to Overcome Them This episode is about unlocking the keys to lasting happiness 🗝️🌈 True contentment isn't about fleeting moments of joy, but about overcoming both inner and outer challenges with a positive mindset and proven methods. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. #Happiness #PersonalGrowth #Mindfulness #Gratitude #MentalWellbeing Click here...

Want to boost your emotional strength and resilience? Tune in to our latest podcast episode where we explore practical tips from Chris Shea’s article, "10 Mindful Resilience Practices to Boost Your Emotional Strength." Learn how simply labeling your emotions can calm your brain and how embracing imperfections can be incredibly freeing. Plus, we'll share tips on creating a mindful morning routine t...

Tired of feeling like chronic pain is running your life? Join us in this podcast episode as we explore Chris Shea's powerful blog post, "Finding Peace Amidst Chronic Pain: A Personal Journey of Acceptance and Resilience," and discover practical strategies for not just managing pain, but thriving despite it.  Tune in and discover how to navigate the river of chronic pain and find moments of joy alo...

Finding Spirituality Leads to Peace and Hope Find your path to inner peace through Spiritual Hope. It's more than just wishful thinking, it's a deep-seated belief in something greater, guiding us towards resilience. Daily practices like journaling, visualization, and nature connection can help nurture this profound hope. Dive into this soulful journey with us. Click here to read Chris' article for...

In this episode, Missy and Chris are tackling the concept of verbal processing. Communication is key to any healthy relationship, but how each person processes verbal communication affects the overall value of the communication. Is the difference gender related? Can we even ask that question today?  The hosts ponder the origins of verbal processing back to cave people and wonder if how we internal...

In this episode, Chris and Missy talk about flexibility in life. How best can we daily be flexible and why even try? The simple answer: flexibility offers inner peace and less stress.  When we "go with the flow" instead of fighting against the current we reduce our stress since we are no longer striving to control that which we can't control in the first place. Flexibility has everything to do wit...

In this episode, Missy and Chris explore the power of words, and how we can use them to change our lives for the better. Words are incredibly powerful. They can shape our perception of the world and ourselves, and influence the way we interact with others. Our self-talk – the things we say to ourselves inside our own heads – is particularly important, as it can have a big impact on how we feel abo...

In this episode, Missy and Chris are talking about staying grounded. Many of us feel overwhelmed by life and aren't sure what to do to again find our inner peace. We talk about ways that we maintain our peace when life is just too busy and chaotic. Missy shares her wisdom about "staying in my own lane" and Chris shares his approach of "not caring". Listen to find out what Chris means by that! The...

Being emotionally available is not easy for everyone. In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about what it means to be emotionally available and why some of us struggle with this.  Emotions are our guidance system in life, yet the unknown of the future causes us anxiety, in turn causing us to close off emotionally. Missy and Chris talk about the emotional walls we put up, recognizing that walls bot...

Addiction is typically associated with substances, but many of us deal with daily addictions other than substances. Missy and Chris share with us some daily addictions we may have and how we can learn to cope with them.  If you are coping with substance addiction this episode is helpful, but obtaining professional treatment for your addiction will give you the opportunity for a new life.  If you l...

In this episode, Missy and Chris turn to the wisdom of Gary Chapman from his work "The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate".  Finding inner peace involves relationships; relationships with both self and others. Missy and Chris share with us their love languages and the issues they see in relationships when people don't know their love language.  The ideas we talk...

Find Peace Of Mind Through Progress Not Perfection To find peace of mind we need to change our perspective to "progress not perfection". Many of us seek to have a perfect life, feeling like a failure when we fall short. In our search for perfection, we miss the journey, or the progress, along the way.  In this episode, Missy and Chris speak about their journey and search for perfection as they lea...

Judgement Judgement is what we do on a daily basis. We are constantly judging ourselves and others based on how we feel we or they should be. Therefore, judgement is all about perspective and our expectations. Using the word "should" sets up an expectation that may or may not be reasonable. So when we judge, we are taking our perspective, combining it with our expectation, and placing it on others...

Support Do you feel supported by others? There are times in our lives when we wish we were supported more, or better, especially by our loved ones and friends. How does this happen, that those closest to us aren't always our best supporters? Support from others, according to Missy and Chris, is all about expectations. Our expectation of how we "should" be supported, and our loved one's expectation...

Love changes everything! In this episode, we discuss how love, our life force, gives us freedom while taking away feelings of conflict. The lack of conflict combined with the presence of love leads us to inner peace and happiness. As Missy states: "Love is not a feeling but a decision." The listener challenge is at the 30:05 mark where we are challenged to discover how we choose love in our daily...

Releasing My Guilt Guilt is a powerful emotion that tends to hold us back from not only moving forward but also from feeling our inner peace. Guilt is a feeling from the past, yet we live in the present. We can't change our past, but we can influence our present. In this episode, Missy and Chris share how they, and how they guide their clients, through the feelings of guilt into a place of release...

Taking Care of Yourself Taking care of yourself is vitally important to living with inner peace. Yet, so many of us don't take the time in our busy schedules to take care of ourselves. Missy and Chris are in the same boat. The busyness of their lives makes it difficult to care for themselves, yet they make it happen. As stated in this episode "if my glass is empty I have nothing to give." Listen i...

Leaving the Past In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about the relationship we have with our past. What is the purpose of the past and how does it influence my future? They talk about the importance of acknowledging the past, yet not dwelling there. They provide stories of their own struggles with the past, guiding us listeners to learning how we can make sense of our past to peacefully live in...

The Value of Now What do a dog and a caterpillar have to do with the value of now? Listen to this episode to find out. The value of now, or the importance of living in the present, is what Chris and Missy are discussing in this episode. We hear this message all the time, yet many of us still struggle with living in the moment. This is why Missy and Chris share their tips on how they daily practice...

Belonging Belonging. So many of us struggle with the feeling of not belonging. In this episode, Chris and Missy share with us their views on belonging, providing tips to us in our quest to belong. Belonging is similar to wanting someone to care about us. Part of our challenge is to learn how to move outside of yourself in your desire for belonging.  The listener challenge is found at the 24:00 mar...

Forgiveness As A Path To Inner Peace Forgiveness is not always an easy thing for us to do. In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about the meaning of forgiveness and its relationship to inner peace. Without forgiveness, we won't feel at peace. But how can we forgive? Does it mean absolving the other of their wrong? What if the other person won't accept my forgiveness? These questions and more are...

Turning Things Inside Out Turning things inside out is a discussion on how our thoughts create our circumstances. Missy and Chris share how our thoughts cause our emotions which eventually turn into our actions. Changing our perspective on how we view life will therefore change how we feel and act. Listen in as they share how they do this on a daily basis. Of course, there's another listener chall...

Quarantine Lessons Learned One Year Later Quarantine, however it was implemented for you, has lasted over a year. In 2020 many of us were told that our life would be changed for about two weeks, then back to normal. These two weeks feel a lot longer! What have we learned over the course of this year? What has become our new normal, and how are we coping with that? Missy and Chris talk about their...

Comparing - is the grass greener over there Comparing tends to be part of our human nature. But comparing ourselves to others takes away our inner peace. In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about ways in which we tend to compare ourselves and demonstrate how that comparison takes away our inner peace. They share with us their tips for not comparing, instead, to being happy with what we have. Eas...

Resolutions And Our Expectations Resolutions are popular at this time of the year, yet many of our best intentions fall short as time progresses. Missy and Chris share their resolutions and how they are keeping them. They provide daily tips for you to practice, but first, you need to examine your expectations. The listener challenge is found at the 26:26 mark. This challenge is about celebrating y...