One Life with Donny Raus

Life happens outside your comfort zone. I am going to take it one step further and add, "outside your habitual patterns".  Habits are good, until they aren't. They turn bad when they cut us off from new experiences. You wouldn't plan a vacation, only to look forward to your return home, would you? Never! So why do you do that with your day? Your life is composed of your days. ...

If you've ever traveled for an extended period of time, you know it could be hard establishing the routines to get you productive in your day. The beauty of having your routines "scrambled", is you get to re-establish your routines, letting go of the things that didn't add value to your life. When facing this challenge, it helps to first establish a keystone routine. This is th...

We've all beat ourselves up for not behaving a "certain way", but what if the excessive behavior was actually a way of realigning? What I want you to realize is that engaging in negative self talk doesn't fix a behavior, it reinforces it. When you allow yourself to go through the motions, you naturally realign or hit a breaking point, where the only option left is to correct.

Who's vision for your life are you living? When you awake in the morning are you filled with emotions of excitement or dread? It is so easy to get caught in the habitual patterns of day-to-day living, falling prey to the "should's" of society. However, if you take a moment to check in, being brutally honest with yourself, you may realize that you've veered off the path. Co...

Anxiety is the byproduct of fear and uncertainty.  When feeling anxious, what are triggers leading you to feel this emotion? One of the things that helps is sharing your feelings with friends. Doing so not only releases the "pressure", but also allows us to realize we're not alone and that there may be fault in our thinking. In this episode I share a strategy on how to deconstruct a...

Time... Time is our most valuable resource and each of us have been given equal. The problem is that few people consciously decide how they want to spend it. As a result, they forfeit their rights, and as a result, allowing others to spend it for them.  A passionate life doesn't happen by chance. It is a choice and must be seized! It starts with first understanding why you're playing the...

Are you choosing a sub-par experience of life, because you're more worried about the thing you'll be giving up, rather than what you'll gain? If so, you may be stuck in a cozy prison.  Before you can get out of the cell, there are a few questions we must first address... The answers are your "key" to the cell. Once armed, you must decide, will you serve a life sentence or...

What do you like? Do you even know? Sometimes when we spend so much time with our heads in the sand (a metaphor for work), when we come up for air, we have a hard time remembering what exactly it is we did for enjoyment. In today's podcast I address that very question from a friend of mine, giving a framework to start to rediscovering life and what brings her joy.

 We all experience trauma at some point in our lives. Sometimes, that trauma can hold us captive, preventing us from moving forward in our lives. It is almost as if it has us preserved in amber. Luckily for us, these traumas can be transformed, but only when we decide to let the skeletons out of the closet. Doing so allows us to shine a bright light on them, so that we can reframe and give them a...

What are the promises you made to yourself, that you keep putting off? What are the lies you tell yourself, that prevent you from taking action towards the life of your dreams? We tend to think that we have all the time in the world to do the things we want to do, when the truth is that our time is finite and that we're not guaranteed a single moment outside of now. The time to make good on t...

Do you ever get triggered by people, whom you don't even know? If so, as it was with me, you may be projecting your past onto your present. This is done with people, situations, experiences, and even things. When we understand that the mind is just a memory bank of past experiences, we can go back to find the "record" that is triggering this response within us. Doing so gives us mor...

Whatever we do, there's a reason for it. We just may not be conscious if it. There is tremendous power in setting an intention before you perform a task. Doing so acquaints you with that which what you want, while also presenting you with a map on how to get it. While setting intentions is good, if we're not careful, we may actually do ourselves some harm. It could be as harmless as taki...

Life is full of experiences, many of which are beyond our control. With that said, things aren't always going to go that way. When that is the case, we get to choose one of two options: we can play the victim of our story or we can play the hero. Could it be that easy? Yes. In this episode I will show you that theres a fine line separating the two. It is up to you to choose the more empowerin...

If we want to live full, rich, happy lives, there's one thing we must avoid at all costs and that is the act of comparison. You may have heard the saying, "comparison is the thief of joy", that is because  each time we compare ourselves or what we have, we are turning a blind eye to the blessings in our life, choosing to instead focus on what we believe to be lacking. If we would on...

Show me a person's room and book case and I will tell you about the person. Each day we're being primed by things like the news, social media, and even our loved ones. This priming impacts how we respond to our the world and our days. What if we could set ourselves up to feel good and go after our goals, without any conscious effort. If you did that at the beginning of each day, what kin...

What would you go for, if you knew that by doing so, you would inspire those around you? Sometimes we hold ourselves back because we fear separation, we fear loosing connection and love. What if that was only a story in your head? What if by doing so, you would actually inspire those around you to reach for new heights? The were my thoughts, that was until I saw effect my actions had on others. Th...

Who do you want to become? An importantly question that we seldom ask ourselves. Once you've got the answer to that, what goals can you set that will take you to/develop you into the person you wish to become? So many people, including yours truly, set goals and take action without every really pausing to look ahead and ask, "where will this take me?" Aware of this, we get to take a...

Your "WHY" is the driving force behind every action. It is so powerful, that millions of people spend their entire lives lives searching for it, failing to realize it was under their noses the entire time. Everything we do has a why. Said differently, everything we do has a purpose. The reason so many are unaware of this controlling force, is that they've been unconscious in choosin...

What if I told you that you were under a spell. Don't worry, you're not the only one. We are all under a spell, many in fact. These spells are the beliefs we hold and stories we tell ourselves, which shape our daily experiences and ultimately our lives. However, not all spells are created equally... Some spells are constructive and others destructive. The only way to experience more of l...

What if you could identify the emotional state where all decisions flow from alignment? What I'm referring to is inspired action. Inspired actions are the impulsive actions that result from an inspired state. These actions come from a place of abundance, excitement, and possibility, as opposed to fear, uncertainty, and scarcity. They have the ability to catapult you faster and further towards...

Ever get stuck in indecision, unsure of which action to take? What if I told you that regardless of the action, the one you choose it's the right action. How could this be? The reason it is so, is because the moment we decide, we create forward momentum. Right or wrong, the one thing decisive action gives us is contrast. "Do I like where this has taken me or do I want to change?" Th...

How does it feel when you receive a heart felt compliment from someone? Good doesn't it? Now imagine how they feel as a result of receiving one. One of the byproducts of giving such a compliment is that it causes us to take a step back, acknowledging the journey up until this point. Not only that, but both parties benefit, because it feels good to make others feel good! The key take away is t...

What if you can have everything you desire without the struggle? I believe that very often we set goals for our life, while also adopting a rigid framework as to how to get it. The problem having preconceived notion as to how things need to unfold, is that it doesn't allow us to see the shortcuts that will get us there faster. It's important to note that the path of least resistance that...

Do you ever say you want something, but then partake in actions that are contrary to what you're trying to achieve? If this is you, don't beat yourself up over it... We all do it and for different reasons. Sometimes life just throws too much at you and as a result, you take the path of least resistance, veering off course. Or perhaps, you never slowed down long enough to question some of...

Do you beat yourself up over a goal you've yet to achieve? What if it was the journey that you were after the entire time, not the goal? A worthy goal is one that forces us to grow in order to attain it. As a result, it was never about the goal in the first place, but rather who we become in the process. In this episode, I tell the story of a friend of mine who was being very hard on himself...