Living Deliberately with Shira Gura

This week, I continue on with the story I began last week. Now only will you hear how I got CLEAR so I was able to move forward, you will hear a sincere apology to my husband. Getting unSTUCK and Getting CLEAR is never about putting someone else down in order to make you look good. But in last week's episode, I am afraid I missed my intention and so I publicly share that process with you as well....

This week I'd like to share with you a story about my garden. Or, shall I say, a garden project that I wanted to create. But, the truth of the matter is, the story has little to do with the garden and has almost everything to do with my relationship with my husband. The situation didn't go as I would have liked it and in this week's episode I share with you how I got unstuck. www.shiragura.com

Tune in to this week's episode where I interview Ayelet Kagan. Ayelet is a 28-year-old woman originally from Israel and has been living in Germany for the past few years studying and performing opera. She recently enrolled in The 6-week Emotionally Equipped Journey. In this interview, she shares her experiences about the Journey specifically related to the impact it had on her mental health. www.s...

Setting boundaries is an essential tool for living the life you want to live. Setting boundaries is something you do for yourself as a way of protecting yourself. Boundaries are not about controlling another person and they are not meant to be created as a way to manipulate other people. They are about setting clear limits so others know where you stand on things. Tune in to this week's podcast ep...

Have you ever been in a situation where someone is disrespecting you?  What do you do? How do you act? Tune in to this week's Emotionally Equipped for Life podcast to learn more. www.shiragura.com

For whatever reason, it is often easier to commit to other people than it is to commit to ourselves. We get stuck in lots of thoughts and emotions ( it's not important, missing it for one day is no big deal, no one will notice , etc.) which not only leads us to inaction, it leads us to not fully respecting ourselves. Tune in to this week's episode to learn more about how you can create more self-r...

After the recent war, the Muslim woman from the village down the road from the community where I live requested a gathering. Women only. To meet one another. To emote. To share from our hearts. To find commonalities. And to simply start a dialogue of peace. Those of us present believed there is no other way. At that meeting I got stuck on shame and embarrassment, but got unSTUCK when I made an imp...

Do you know what you need to be to go from "non-runner" to "runner" to "national champion"? You need to be emotionally equipped! Tune in to this week's Emotionally Equipped podcast to hear from Israeli national marathon champion (mother of five young children), Beatie Deutsch, and how she gets herself unstuck during challenging runs and emotionally challenging races. www.shiragura.com https://www....

We are given opportunities to appreciate every day. We often think the only things we should appreciate are the things we are grateful for. And yet, we can also learn to appreciate the things we may not necessarily grateful for at first glance. Because even in those places (and sometimes especially in those places) exist the most opportunities for growth and learning – and therefore, can be things...

This month, I invite you to practice being appreciative. At the latest gathering of the Emotionally Equipped Circle, one of the participants asked me if there is a difference between practicing gratitude and practicing appreciation. Tune in to this week's podcast episode to hear my response and to explore where you may want to challenge yourself to practice being more appreciative in your life thi...

I have been podcasting for nearly four years. My show has more or less been a solo show. Yet a couple of days ago there was something tugging at me to interview my 19-year-old daughter before she enlists into the army. Tune in to hear how learning and practicing my self-help tools supported my daughter to be emotionally equipped and empowered during the extremely challenging situations she had to...

Last week's episode was dedicated to understanding the concept of quasi-pleasures.  This week, tune in to learn more about how decreasing (or eliminating) the number of quasi-pleasures in your life can lead to creating pure joy in your life and in your relationships. The doors to the 6-week "Emotionally Equipped Journey" are now open! Be sure you are signed up to my newsletter to learn more detail...

There are two ways to experience joy in your life. One way is with what I call "quasi-pleasures." In this week's episode, I share what "quasi-pleasures" are, how they are incredibly abundant in our lives today, and in which ways they can (and do) affect us. If you're looking to experience more joy in your life, tune in to this week's episode! www.shiragura.com

My father-in-law passed away this week. The death was actually a tragic one. And still, I found pockets of joy during this time. Tune in to learn more and get inspired as to where you may be able to find joy during tumultuous events in your life. Sign up for the unSTUCK Challenge!

Far too often we get into the habit of living our lives in certain ways without giving it too much thought. In a way, we walk around half a sleep, even if knowing that "waking up" would actually improve our lives in countless ways. One way to get out of the habit of being yourself is to question everything. While it can be scary to do so, I do believe more often than not, the benefits of doing so...

You are in for a treat today. While I had plans to share my weekly episode with you, a good friend of mine reached out to me with an epic situation she experienced yesterday and she told me how she used The unSTUCK Method and The CLEAR Way to help her through it. She said it would be a great story for the podcast and I welcomed her to share her story with joy! I hope you enjoy Esther's story about...

According to Google, tradition is the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation.  I am sure you have lots of traditions in your life. Many of them have probably been passed down to you generation to generation, and others may have been traditions you created on your own. The question is, at which point do you keep a tradition, just for the sake of keeping it, even when it no...

When you learn about the mind, you realize something curious: that the mind often innocently works against you. You would think that your mind should be working for you, and in a way it does - when it keeps you safe and out of harm's way. But often when the mind is doing that, what it's also doing is keeping you back from evolving and living to your truest potential. So rather than depending on yo...

Being emotionally equipped means possessing simple and practical self-help tools that have the power to efficiently and effectively support a person in coping with emotionally challenging life situations. Are you emotionally equipped? Tune in to hear more and join me over on Instagram to continue the conversation. https://www.instagram.com/shiragura/

Life is like a jigsaw puzzle. We're always in the process between unknowing and knowing. And even when the puzzle is complete, the truth is, we simply start all over again with a new puzzle. The question is: Who are you being in the process? Tune in to learn more and get emotionally equipped and inspired with the jigsaw puzzle you are currently working on in your life.

In celebration of my 200th episode, I decided to go a little vulnerable on this episode. Instead of teaching about self-love, I decided to share a story of where and how I recently had to get myself unSTUCK from self-loathing and instead deliberately choose to love myself. So many people fall into the trap of self-resentment. It's far too easy to believe we aren't good enough, we aren't perfect en...

In this week's podcast episode, I share with you a new tool I've been working on behind the scenes with my husband for about a year. This is a tool that has powerfully supported our marriage and therefore, I wanted to share it with my podcast listeners. This tool is different from my other self-help tools (The unSTUCK Method and The CLEAR Way) in that it is meant to be used by both parties involve...

Do you ever feel held back by things you want to do or goals you want to achieve? There's a name for this. It's called "self-sabotage" and there's a simple reason why this may be happening to you. It has to do with your feelings. The good thing is, it is possible to live a life without self-sabotage, if you know how to avoid it. In this episode I teach you 3 simple, but power ways to do so. Below,...

In any and every relationship, you have the choice to be loving. No matter what the circumstances are around you, no matter how other people are acting, and no matter how other people are being, you can choose to be loving. You don't have to let other people determine the way you want to show up in the world. How you show up in the world is always your choice. Tune in to this week's episode to lea...

So many people have a fear of being self-expressed. Which makes a lot of sense. It's only natural to want to be liked - and when you are self-expressed it exposes you to the possibilities of people creating negative opinions of you. The problem is, when you don't allow yourself to be self-expressed, your emotions get bottled up inside of you - until at some point you can't hold onto those feelings...