To The Heights

Send us Fan Mail Do you constantly feel like you don't have enough time, money, or resources? This perpetual state of "not enough" might be a scarcity mindset that's creating unnecessary stress in your life.  Sharon Murphy explores the prison of scarcity thinking and how it manifests in three primary areas of our lives. She shares her personal struggle with time scarcity, revea...

Send us Fan Mail Our focus creates our reality and has a profound impact on our experience of the world. What we choose to pay attention to shapes not only our thoughts but our emotions, actions, and ultimately the results we get in life. • Mental blinders can both help us achieve our goals and prevent us from seeing the complete picture • What we focus on grows—positive attention breeds positive...

Send us Fan Mail We all create unspoken operating manuals for the people in our lives that establish our expectations of how they should behave, think, and act. These unexpressed expectations become the source of frustration, resentment, and relationship problems when others don't follow rules they never agreed to. • Our manuals often contain "shoulds" – assumptions that others shou...

Send us Fan Mail What's the real difference between courage and confidence, and which do you actually need more of? In this illuminating exploration, life and mindset coach Sharon Murphy unravels a common misconception that holds many of us back from living fully. Courage isn't an emotion but a choice available to all of us—the decision to take action despite uncertainty or fear. Meanwhi...

Send us Fan Mail What's the difference between things you accomplish and things that remain perpetual dreams? The answer lies in one powerful word: commitment. Drawing inspiration from Father's Day reflections and my mother's 84th birthday celebration, this episode explores what true commitment looks like in our lives. We all know people who demonstrate unwavering dedication – wheth...

Send us Fan Mail We explore the deeper meaning behind our surface-level desires and how to recognize what truly lies beneath our wants for more time, money, relationships, or possessions. • Understanding how our external desires often mask deeper needs for peace, freedom, security, and contentment • Examining how our individual strengths and tendencies shape our approach to planning and uncertaint...

Send us Fan Mail Sharon Murphy explores how to navigate life transitions, from major milestones to daily shifts that challenge our mental energy and emotional wellbeing. • Life transitions require significant decision-making, which exhausts our brains • Our brains register unknowns as threats, making transitions feel uncomfortable • Change in identity is one of the hardest aspects of transitions t...

Send us Fan Mail Do you constantly tell yourself that certain tasks are "too hard"? From waking up early to putting down your phone, we label countless everyday activities as difficult when they're simply uncomfortable. This mindset creates unnecessary barriers in our lives, preventing us from taking actions that could lead to meaningful growth and positive change. As a certified li...

Send us Fan Mail Our words carry significant weight, especially the ones we use in our own thoughts. The language patterns of "I have to," "I need to," "I should," and "I can't" create feelings of powerlessness and anxiety in our daily lives. • Feeling overwhelmed or anxious often stems from our thoughts, not our circumstances • These feelings typically...

Send us Fan Mail Have you ever stopped to consider how your expectations shape your reality? From the standards we set for ourselves to the unspoken rules we create for others, expectations function as powerful forces that determine our happiness, relationships, and life outcomes. In this episode, we dive into the three dimensions where expectations exercise their greatest influence. First, we exa...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we talk about what's possible in your life.  About why we don't consider the possibilities available to us and how our thinking and perspective can change when we are presented with new possibilities.  When our thinking and perspective change, we change our lives, because what we think is possible drives the decisions we make in every area of our...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode we talk about the importance of pursuing excellence in our lives.  How this differs from trying to achieve perfection and how this pursuit should be something we strive for in every area of our lives.  Not because we desire to be the best in everything, but because it's been placed on our hearts from God that we are called to greatness and that to use...

Send us Fan Mail On today's episode I share about the recent pilgrimage my daughter and I made to Portugal and Spain where we did The Camino for nearly two weeks.   I share about some of the challenges we faced and the lessons learned in the planning, executing and navigating of our trip.  I discuss 4 main points or takeaways that I believe are important for each of us to take into our daily...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking family, which is part 2 of our series on happiness.  Understanding that what family means for all of us can be different, we take a look at how God created us for family and that within the context of this relationship we are to help each other grow in holiness as well as get to heaven.   Even when it's challenging, which it will be, we're called...

Send us Fan Mail Today we wrap up our 4 part series on Happiness.  We talk about how finding work that is meaningful and has purpose in your life is essential to happiness.  I stress the fact that this doesn't mean it must be your full time job as sometimes family situations and needs aren't able to support that.  However, doing work that has meaning and purpose can be done part time or...

Send us Fan Mail In part 3 of our 4 part series on happiness, we talk about the importance of investing in friendships.  I talk about the friendship that we witnessed when Mary visited her cousin Elizabeth and how it required Mary to think about the needs of her friend before those of her own.  I talk about the importance of committing to our friendships even when life is busy and we feel we don&a...

Send us Fan Mail Today we begin a 4 part series where we take a closer look at the 4 pillars of Happiness as outlined by Dr. Arthur Brooks.   The first topic is faith.  Why is our faith important and what are some practical daily practices we can use to grow in faith.  Next we talk about obstacles to continuing with our daily habits of prayer and faith works.  How the enemy uses tactics of distrac...

Send us Fan Mail Today we dive into habits.  What they are, why their important in our pursuit of happiness and holiness and why we find it difficult to create new habits.   We discuss why it's difficult to stick to new habits and the neuroscience behind that and that every habit is driven by a reward.  Without the reward, there would be no habit.   We dive into what to do when we are in the...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talk all about happiness.  How to be happy & holy, which is the focus of what I do.    This work - seeking happiness while striving for holiness is for all.  Young, not so young, men and women alike.   We dive into beliefs we have about happiness and how it fits in with our Catholic faith and striving for holiness.  We discuss what happiness is and the 4 pilla...

Send us Fan Mail In todays episode we dive into mindset - what it means and why it matters.  We discuss how in order to make real change in your life, you must become aware of the impact your thoughts and emotions have on your actions.   To experience real transformation, from the inside out, which is the goal of anyone on their journey to the heights, you must learn to take captive thoughts that...

Send us Fan Mail In this introduction episode I tell you a little bit about myself as well as what you can expect in this podcast.   I give the origin of To The Heights along with the importance of elevating your thinking to elevate your life and that when we change our perspective, everything changes.  I discuss how awareness, ownership and freedom are the phases we'll go through as we journ...