The Joy Within

Do you ever feel like something is eating away at you, but you can’t quite put your finger on what it is? If so, there’s a good chance it might be fear. Fear likes to hide from us in all sorts of ways, and today, we’re going to uncover the 7 most common, hidden faces of fear. T   his is Part 1 of our Fearless series. If you want to go deeper, register for aFearless 2025 - a free, small group works...

It's mid-December, which means if you haven't started to think about your goals for next year, it's time to get on it.   But, in order to be successful with our goals, we have to clarify and trust in the goals that are right for us - NOT the goals we "think" we "should" have. In today's episode, I share how we often fail in our goals because we don't clarify the right aims, we don't trust in them,...

On today's episode, I fess up to a recent challenge I've been having and how, by allowing my point of focus to slip, I've created a more negative experience for myself. Then, I outline the framework and strategies I use to make a shift, so we can apply our focus to feel happier and more peaceful, even when faced with a negative situation.   To access the additional exercises and strategies I menti...

Today I want to share a frame - a way of thinking - believe is absolutely crucial right now. We have never been more divided, and as the holidays approach I know being with family can bring up a lot of opposing beliefs.   This episode will help you to increase your compassion and understanding for those who might be on the other side of the table this year...especially when you disagree with every...

No one deserves to suffer from stress. Last time I shared the belief that helps me to stay centered and calm no matter what life throws at me, but developing a new belief can take time. If we want to beat stress, we also need real-world strategies that work immediately. So, today I want to give you a more practical plan - a 30 day roadmap - you can start using immediately to step back from stress...

I don't know about you, but I've had a crazy couple of weeks, but despite everything that's going on, I don't actually feel stressed.   In today's episode, I share how ONE belief has completely changed my relationship with stress, allowing me to stay calm, centered, and focused, even when life gets a bit hectic.

The Law of Control tells us that we tend to feel happy and empowered to the degree to which we feel we are in control of a situation.   This means the game of empowerment becomes: how do we stay in control, even when life doesn't go according to plan, or chaos appears everywhere around us?   In today's episode, I share the 7 key principles that have helped me to understand and apply this. Through...

I think one of the biggest problems we all face is something I call Unconscious Unhappiness.   It's the fact that most of the time we don't even know whether or not are thoughts are negative. We just let them slip by - hiding just beneath our conscious awareness. These thoughts cause us to feel down, or upset, but so long as we aren't aware of them, we can't take action to change.   In today's epi...

There is a secret to outrageous joy. If you can master just this one skill, you will be able to look beyond your thoughts and experience the inner peace and well-being you deserve.

Today I want to share a simple practice I use to cultivate a deep sense of inner peace and well-being, and to be able to bring that sense of peace forward with me into each day.   And I say that quite deliberately, because when I was earlier on in my journey, for years, I would often take time to relax, to meditate, and I'd feel peaceful.   But it wasn't until I started this simple practice that m...

One of the challenges I've faced on my journey is knowing I "should" be present...but beating myself up whenever I'm not. Today, I share the mental reframe that solved this problem for me. It's about thinking of "being present" not as an end goal, but as a dance within ourselves. Rather than feeling self-critical whenever we're out of alignment, we can see not being present as an essential part of...

Have you ever felt excited about something in one moment, only to find that feeling of elation soon crashes down into feeling stressed and overwhelmed?   In today's episode, we dive into the fine line between excitement and overwhelm. We'll cover how you can become aware of what this line is, how it feels for you, and then use a few simple strategies to manage it for yourself - so you can stay exc...

Today, I want to encourage you to be really vulnerable with yourself. Confront your biggest point of shame, what you think of as your greatest weakness - and then begin to see that "weakness" as your greatest strength, the very seed that empowers you to become a better version of yourself.

In today's episode I talk about the remarkable power of praise and how we can use it to lay the foundation for unlimited happiness and success, in pretty much every area of our lives.   This is something I believe is incredibly important and yet it’s something we so often neglect - and I actually think we often get it backwards. We'll explore how we can flip our mindset about praise, so we can mak...

Let's face it: some moments are worth more than others.   If we know this, we can use those high-leverage moments to activate a deeper sense of peace within us, and make it much, much easier to come back to that peace throughout the day.   In today's episode, I share how you can use the first few moments of your day to virtually guarantee you'll have a good day, no matter what.

There's a problem with positive thinking. It's one of the most powerful tools we have to raise our energy and shift into a better mood...but most of the time, we don't use it correctly. When we try to think positively, but stay feeling down or upset, positive thinking actually works against us. In today's episode, I talk about how to make this practice work for you by focusing on the little shifts...

In today's episode I share a simple trick I use to help me identify and reframe negative thought habits.    It's called inversion thinking, and it's a really great process for instantly flipping the frame of reference you use. Today's episode is 2 parts in 1. First we'll apply inversion thinking to identify bad thought habits. Then we'll use it to flip our thoughts into a better-state.   These wer...

When was the last time you stopped to acknowledge your fears? In today's episode, we look at how our negative emotions point to some of our deepest fears, and a simple process you can use to move beyond that fear, so you can live a life of peace, joy, and well-being.

In today's episode, we talk about how we can use a simple framework to feel more at peace, even if you're feeling trapped in negative thoughts or regretting past actions. We talk about how a lack of peace isn't caused by a past situation, but by reliving thoughts about that situation, the importance of accepting you won't always feel peaceful, and how you can learn to become peace, until peace bec...

In today's episode, I share how following my resonance - paying attention to my inner energy - has reshaped the way I live my life, and allowed me to create flow by drawing a clear connection between the events I experience and the way I feel.

In today's episode, we talk about a really easy strategy you can use to raise your energy - and actually choose deliberately the mood you want to be in. In order to use this strategy, you only have to know one simple fact, which is that our mood is a reflection of whatever thoughts we are repeating to ourselves in that moment, and the longer we repeat a thought, the more we begin to take on the en...

In today's episode, we talk about how you can follow a simple path to an entirely new level of consciousness, just by creating mini-moments of space throughout the day. I call it: Enlightened Awareness, and it's available to each and every one of us, anytime we choose.

In today's episode, I share the single, most important principle that has enabled me to virtually eliminate stress from my life. By focusing on this one idea and combining it with a few simple strategies, you can put a stop to stress before it spirals into a major problem in your life.

Whenever you go after a big goal, it's normal to get a bit stuck staring at the absence of it. But, what if there were a simple shift that could flip your perspective? What if you could see the "not-having" of your goal as part of the goal itself? That's the shift I use to stay excited and motivated, even when reaching my goal feels distant or out of reach.

In today's episode, we talk about how to use zero-based thinking to let go of some of the old energy you might be carrying with you.   This is perfect if you want to move from an old version of yourself - old beliefs, old identities, or old knowledge - that is no longer serving you, and make the space you need to grow into that next version of yourself.