Positive Solutions 4 Life-Transforming Your Mind & Body from the Inside Out

Is being selfish bad? It often has a negative connotation to it. But is it really? What if being selfish actually brings out the best in you and in others?

In this episode, Gary Acevedo talks about his breakthrough process, Awakening Retreat, shares some keys to greatest and exercises to bring out your highest self.

Your thoughts, feelings and the words you choose to use are very powerful. They can be stagnant and nasty or they can be clean, fresh and light. We have that choice. Dr. Masaru Emoto was a Japanese researcher who tested this idea using water and rice. Peggy discusses some implications this has on our lives including our physical, emotional and mental health, how we interact with others and they wi...

Dr. Tom Ingegno, DACM talks about how he got into the field of integrative and functional medicine, brief insights into the history of eastern and folk medicine, and how modern medicine and research tried to prove it wrong and that it didn't work, but instead, proved how it works. Dr. Tom also discusses his book about cupping and encourages everyone to meditate a few minutes a day for improved hea...

Was it a bad day or a bad 5 minutes you milked all day? How often do we allow one incident, one thought, one event, one interaction to ruin our entire day? Listen in as Peggy describes some examples of bad moments and even a feeling we allow to last all day, what you are doing when you "milk" a bad moment all day and ways you can get out of it.

Imagine finally being able to let go of the past and move forward with genuine forgiveness. How would that feel? What could you do? In this episode, Katharine Giovanni discusses how to forgive people, places and things in order to truly live the life you are meant to live. Katharine has wrote the book on forgiveness entitled, "The Ultimate Path to Forgiveness: Unlocking Your Power". Which is a ste...

August is back to school month. Whether or not you have kids, August is really about getting back into a routine. Summer is slowly winding down and if you're like me the routine has been a little scattered and let's just say anything but routine. What routines do you have? In this episode, Peggy defines routine, discusses the benefits of viewing routines as little habits and breaking routines down...

Livin Good Daily: Your 21-Day Guide to Experience Real Health + Workbook by Dr. Livingood is a book and workbook that outlines Dr. Livingood’s 5 Step Formula to build health, be the solution for your health, and the health care of those around you.

Using an analogy of a bus to represent the many influences a person has in their life--from others to a person's own thoughts, feelings, and past experiences. Peggy challenges the listeners to examine who is on their bus and who is allowed to drive.

Risa August has been living with a pituitary tumor and rare disease for over a decade. This has turned out to be one of her greatest gifts. Shifting from being a perfectionist and being very independent not asking for help or showing weakness, her tumor allowed her to challenge her beliefs and shift her perspective to live a more full and expansive life.

If you are not getting the results you want, it might be harsh to say, but your results are self-inflicted. The results you are getting are based on your actions or inactions, that you have control over. In this episode, Peggy gives the meaning of self-inflicted as well as personal examples related to health and relationships, although this idea can be used for any aspect of your life--whether you...

In this episode, Jeremy and Peggy discuss their similarities of athletics and agriculture as well as their passion for personal development and mindset for both adults and kids.

It's time to celebrate!! It's my 100th episode and 1 year anniversary of Positive Solutions 4 Life podcast. Joining me today is Bobbie the Awesome Malatesta who is the one that helped me launch my podcast 1 year ago. She showed me the ropes and I ran with it.

Andrea is the human behind The Bold Life Design, a coaching & consulting practice centered around enabling bold leaders & high achievers to play big, own their story, & go after their most audacious goals for more purpose, impact & joy. As an Executive Fulfillment & Leadership Coach, transformational life and purpose coach, human-centric culture building consultant and intuitive eating dietitian,...

Doing hard things are good for us. It makes us grow. In this episode, Peggy talks about why it is good for us to challenge ourselves to do hard things. She will define what doing hard things is and what it is not, what happens when you avoid doing hard things, discuss reasons why you should do hard things and how to start taking action.

Angie Nichols, out of interest in trying to figure out the cause of fatigue and irritability that was not normal for her, she went on a journey to learn more about hormones, what they do, how they help women and affect all areas of their lives. In this episode, Angie discusses perimenopause, menopause, hormones and hormone replacement therapy including what it is, how it can affect women's everyda...

This episode is about defining freedom and independence. As the United States is celebrating its Independence Day on July 4th, Peggy discussed the definitions of freedom and independence, some freedoms Americans take for granted and how personal freedom is defined in Brendon Burchard's book, Motivation Manifesto.

Charles Perry is a license clinical social worker, has been a Mental health therapist for over 10 years working in a variety of different environments including an inpatient psychiatric unit, psychiatric ER, outpatient clinic, private group practice and in February 2020, he opened his own private practice. Charles specializes in helping men and women overcome anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder...

Have you ever felt that you were catching yourself coming and going? Or maybe stuck on a hamster wheel–doing the same things over and over with no end in sight. Or maybe you are in survivor mode–doing just what needs to be done right now to get through the day. I have felt this way a lot the past few months. We use words and phrases like this to describe our lives, but do we know what they actuall...

Michelle Dickinson is a Resilience Visionary, Workplace Resilience Trainer and Coach, TED speaker, and a bestselling author. She revolutionizes mental health by championing emotional well-being, self-reliance, and personal mastery. Through storytelling and practical strategies, she empowers individuals and educators to recognize their power to build habits and mindset in order to lead fulfilling l...

In this episode, Peggy describes the difference between being outcome and processed focused. Both have their good qualities and drawbacks. You need both outcome and process goals to be successful. Outcome goals to create the vision and Process goals to help you create the systems and habits of consistent action to get you there.

Tiffany O'Hearn is an Energetic Healer and 13 Sidereal Astrologer. She uses the energies of the client or group to guide her sessions to help her clients through clearing their programs, decisions, and traumas, using various healing modalities, including TFT (Thought Field Therapy). She conducts workshops and healing circles, is a public speaker, and future TEDx speaker.

Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there. We have all learned something or moments we remember from an influential adult male or two sometime in our life. Here are some memorable moments and things that I learned from my dad growing up...

This is a summary of the book, Walk the Talk, by Eric Harvey & Steve Ventura. In this book, they discuss the 5 key principles of walking the talk: 1. Words to live by are just words unless you actually live by them 2.You are what you do 3. Everything you do counts 4. The “Golden Rule” is still pure gold 5. Character is the key-- Character is an acronym that stands for the values of Commitment, Hon...

June is known as the month to appreciate the great outdoors as well as other notable days, weeks and month observations that coincide well with the great outdoors. Peggy does her best to list many of them and to explain some mental, emotional, and physical benefits of getting outside.