ThriveologyPodcast – Thriveology

Part 1. Over the years, I have tried to learn to thrive.  And I have tried to teach others how to thrive… even getting other experts to do the same. But today, just for a moment, let’s assume you DON’T want to thrive.  In fact, you want to… well, do the opposite of thriving!  You want to […]

World got you down?  Maybe even looking down?  It can feel overwhelming, like you just need to keep plodding ahead, keeping your head down. But often, that is just the time we need to look up. To the sky. Physically and metaphorically. When I am feeling a bit overwhelmed and flustered, when it seems there […]

There are days when you just wish that something would change.  The same ol’ same ol’ just seems to roll along.  And then there are the days you wished that things wouldn’t change.  What happened?  How did things turn upside down? One simple word to explain both situations:  Life. If you don’t find that comforting, […]

“How did I end up here?,” my client asked.  He told me that for so long, he thought he was headed in the right direction.  Now, he thinks maybe it was the entirely wrong direction. I asked him, “Did you course correct along the way?”  He looked at me rather quizzically.  So, I elaborated, “If […]

Over 40 million people.  Every year.  That is the number who suffer from insomnia, in the United States alone.  It’s just a little “missed sleep,” right?  Maybe a little cranky in the morning, but nothing that a cup of coffee can’t fix. Right? Wrong. First, insomnia is incredibly frustrating.  When you want to sleep, but […]

How’s your life going? The way you want?  Or not quite?  Do you want to “level up” and play a bigger game?  Have a bigger life? In this episode of the Thriveology Podcast, I chat with David Wood, successful-entrepreneur-turned-life-coach.  Nope, not a business coach (although he does some of that), but a life coach.  Helping […]

We have a sectional couch.  My spot is right in the corner.  I can sit one way, stretch my legs out the other way.  And my dog, Ziggy, settles in right beside me.  Why do I tell you that?  Well, when I am crammed into that corner, you might say I am “balanced.”  No way […]

Your subconscious mind is constantly active, constantly scanning your world.  It controls our choices and actions, emotions and feelings.  Scanning for threats, it is relying on old scripts and patterns. And that is why our subconscious is often running us, not the other way around.  It is running our lives, not working as a tool […]

Did you know that repetitive dieting and relentless exercise can actually break your metabolism?  Your body has an amazing capacity of adjusting to circumstances around you.  If you simply drop your caloric intake, your body will assume there is a famine… and will reduce your metabolism. If you take part in “chronic cardio,” endless cardio […]

I’ve rolled and been rolled, tapped and been tapped.  My journey into jiu jitsu continues! Since my last post on lessons I have learned in jiu jitsu (LIFE lessons — not just jiu jitsu moves and techniques), I’ve continued on my journey.  The first time I posted, I was just a few months into my […]

We can fail in so many ways.  Often, it is just a matter of stumbling through, not looking for a better path.  We forge new paths to failure.  That is often “life on automatic.” If someone has succeeded, though, they leave a trail.  The more people who succeed that same way just make the trail […]

What is “reality”?  Is it “out there” or in us?  Or more importantly, is there something about us that creates our experience of reality?  And if so, can we somehow find a way to “re-write” reality in a way that shifts it to more of what we want and less of what we don’t want? […]

Life is a fairly constant flow of goodbyes and hellos.  Sometimes, those goodbyes are incredibly painful.  The death of a loved one, the loss of a relationship, the loss of a job or role.  All can be painful. And sometimes, those goodbyes feel like the end of the story.  But many times, there is more. […]

Do you find yourself a bit rebellious?  Maybe you just don’t want to be told what to do.  Or maybe you just want to find your own voice.  I think we all have some rebellious place in there.  That rebellion can serve us or keep us stuck. Ilana Kristeva tells me she was born rebellious. […]

Many times, life just kind of, well, hits us.  We have a major transition. Or we just hit a plateau.  What if you know there is more… you just can’t get there?  That’s when we have to find our “untapped strengths.” Angela Stillwell is the “Vulnerability Warrior.”  Why?  Because she discovered that struggling with tough […]

What if your “future self” can help your “current self?” And maybe even help you make sense of your “past self!” In this episode of the Thriveology Podcast, I chat with Valerie Lemme about her journey from painful childhood and struggling adulthood to thriving. Valerie discovered that by accessing her Future Self, she could move […]

My friend tells me, “Aging ain’t for sissy’s, but I ain’t ready for the alternative!” It happens to every single one of us who are fortunate enough for it to happen.  We get older.  Moment by moment, day by day, year by year… and hopefully, decade by decade. Personally, I am planning on being around […]

An Interview with Rachel Kaplan. How are you with your emotions? This isn’t a question on whether you are “in touch with your emotions” or not.  It is how you process the emotions. Some people have, well, “emotional diahrrea.”  Emotions just dump wherever and whenever. Others have “emotional constipation.”  They just can’t get them out.  Emotions get...

An Interview with Lorraine Hoving. It’s never too late!  Until it’s too late! We all have an expiration date!  But up until then… there is time.  But don’t take up too much time not getting there.  The sooner you do, the better your life will be, for as long as it goes on. Isn’t that a dichotomy?  It’s never too […]

An Interview with Nada Hogan. Life can turn in an instant:  a phone call, a letter, a knock on the door.  Everything you thought you knew, everything that was “normal” is pulled apart and thrown upside-down. In that heart-stopping moment, you know life will never be the same.  And sometimes, it can feel like life isn’t just changed… but over. […]

An Interview with Marie-Elizabeth Mali. What happens when you do all the right things:  get the degrees, marry the “right person,” and think you are living your dream… only to discover it is someone else’s dream? You may just push on.  You may just run away.  Or you may stop and realize that YOU are the one who needs to […]

The Engaged Life Series. Over the last 2 episodes, we have been talking about YOUR Engaged Life. How to build a life of passion, purpose, and presence. Amplifying that life through gratitude, spirituality, and awe. Here’s the thing… not to be a downer here… you and I, we are going to die.  Someday. Likely, you don’t know when that […]

The Engaged Life Series. In the last episode of the podcast, I started a series on living The Engaged Life.  We continue that series in this episode. If you have focused on living those 3 P’s of Passion, Purpose, and Presence, you can amplify your Engaged Life with attending to 3 areas.  All 3 come from within you.  You […]

The Engaged Life Series. Do you ever that you are “playing small”?  That there should be more to life?  More for YOU to do in life?  More your life should be about? That life you are thinking about… that is the Engaged Life.  Living with more engagement, more depth, more meaning… more purpose. Over the years, this has been […]

I bet you hear it as much as I do.  You may even say it.  “I’m so stressed!”  The malady of the modern age.  Stressed out, exhausted, and frustrated. But what IS stress? As much as we toss that term around, sometimes almost as a badge of honor, you may not think about what that […]