Your Personal Power Pod

Text us! There are three powerful 'P's that affect how your life unfolds: Procrastination, Persistence, and Perseverance. These are concepts we all face in our journey toward personal and professional success, and how you choose to navigate them impacts everything in your life. In today’s episode of Your Personal Power Pod, we talk about the three P’s and how to work with them so you can...

Text us! Human connection and being seen and appreciated are at the heart of all meaningful relationships. It’s a basic human need to be acknowledge and validated.  If this happens for you when you are young it will help you create a strong self-image and healthy self-esteem, and when it doesn’t, it can cause you to feel insecure, unsure of yourself, and not be able to claim your personal power. ...

Text us! Human beings usually crave connection with each other. Whether it’s with family, friends, colleagues, or even with yourself, the need to belong and be understood is universal. However, sometimes you intentionally or unintentionally create barriers that keep others out, and other times you make the effort to reach out and connect. In today’s episode of Your Personal Power Pod, we look at t...

Text us! When you feel worthy you have an internal sense of being valuable, good enough and deserving of love and belonging from yourself and others.  When you feel worthy you know you’re a good person, respect yourself and expect respect from others. When you don’t feel worthy, you feel like you don't deserve respect, attention, or love, and that you have to constantly do things to earn it. ...

Text us! Today on Your Personal Power Pod, we’re excited to be talking with Broadcasting Pioneer Patricia Smullin, President and Owner of California Oregon Broadcasting, Inc., which is the longest, continuously operated independent broadcast organization in the West.  It was founded by her father in the 30’s, and is based in Medford Oregon. During her career in Television Patsy has been in front o...

Text us! There are many powerful forces that shape your life and how it unfolds, and two of those are motivation and validation. Motivation is the driving force behind human behavior that causes you to act in ways that help you achieve your goals. It’s the process that starts, guides, and keeps you doing goal-oriented behaviors.  Validation is the process of acknowledging and accepting your own or...

Text us! Just like nature, your life moves through different stages. From the innocence of childhood to the wisdom of old age, each stage offers unique challenges and opportunities. The choices you make and how you choose to navigate each stage will determine how your life unfolds.  In today’s episode of Your Personal Power Pod, we look at the stages of your life and how you deal with them will af...

Text us! These days we are all busy, with things constantly coming at us from a variety of places, and feeling stressed is a normal response when you have too much going on.  However, when you start struggling to cope, are flooded by emotions, become short tempered and angry, and have trouble functioning, you are probably overwhelmed. We looked at this topic a couple of years ago, but because so m...

Text us! English is an interesting language.  We have many words that sound the same, and some are even spelled the same, yet they mean totally different things.  In order to be able to effectively interact verbally and in writing, it’s important to understand words and the power they have to communicate feelings and thoughts.  When you can do this well, people will always understand and be recept...

Text us! The team from Your Personal Power Pod is excited to be bringing you Season 5 of our podcast!  This season we will have new exciting episodes for you, many of which have been inspired by your suggestions.  We want to thank you for continuing to take this podcast journey with us, and look forward to hearing your comments and thoughts in the coming months. In today’s Episode we’re looking at...

Text us! Just a reminder that the team at Your Personal Power Pod is taking the month of July off so we can create exciting new episodes for you when we begin our 5th Season in August.  In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of your favorite episodes from the past three years. In today’s episode we’re looking at how you act with people.  Do you talk about yourself and make sure they know everythin...

Text us! Just a reminder that the team at Your Personal Power Pod is taking the month of July off so we can create exciting new episodes for you when we begin our 5th Season in August.  In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of your favorite episodes from the past three years. In today’s episode we’re looking at what you believe. Have you ever really paid attention to what you believe, or do you j...

Text us! Revisiting Episode 21 – Dealing With Conflict. Just a reminder that the team at Your Personal Power Pod is taking the month of July off so we can create exciting new episodes for you when we begin our 5th Season in August.  In the meantime, we’re revisiting some of your favorite episodes from the past three years. Today we’re looking at dealing with conflict.  Unless you’re a hermit, you...

Text us! The team at Your Personal Power Pod is excited to let you know that in July we are celebrating the 3rd anniversary of this podcast!  We want to thank you for taking this personal power journey with us, and be sure you know that we’ll be taking the month of July off to create great new episodes for Season 5, which will begin in August.  Between now and then we will be revisiting some of yo...

Text us! Today we're reaching back into the archives to talk about a topic that runs through everything we discuss on Your Personal Power Pod:  Personal Power!  Knowing where yours lies and understanding how to claim it will make a difference in every part of your life.   (Originally aired July 30, 2021)

Text us! When you love someone, it means you feel an intense, deep affection for them.  We all express and receive love in our own unique ways.  When you know how the important people in your life express and receive love, and let them know how you do it, you and they will be able to feel loved and appreciated and your relationship will be strong. When you don’t know these things, there can be mis...

Text us! When you’re shy it means you feel uncomfortable, self-conscious, nervous, bashful, timid, or insecure around people.  You might also experience physical sensations like blushing, feeling speechless, sweating, rapid heartbeat upset stomach, shaky or breathless. When you are shy it can affect how you feel and behave in social and professional situation, especially when you[re around strange...

Text us! We often talk about doing what makes your heart sing.  What we’re really talking about is doing what gives you joy and happiness.  What is the thing that lights you up when you think about it.  The thing that puts a spring in your step, a song in your heart, and a twinkle in your eye.  Or the thing that brings you comfort, or that makes you lose track of time while you’re doing it. When y...

Text us! Is your life going the way you want it to?  Do you have enough money, a clean safe place to live, food to eat, satisfying work, and loving people in your life?  Or are some of those things not what you hoped they would be?  Many people don’t realize that how your life unfolds is usually up to you.  The goals you set, the choices you make, and the ways you choose to move ahead. In today’s...

Text us! Each of us comes into this world with a unique set of talents, strengths, and weaknesses. Your talents are the natural capacities you were born with to behave, create, think, or feel in a certain way, and that enable you to perform well in specific areas. When you work to develop these, they become your strengths. Weaknesses are things that don’t come naturally to you, and that you might...

Text us! Today on Your Personal Power Pod, we’re excited to be talking with world-renowned children’s book author P.K. Hallinan.  For over 45 years P.K. has been writing and illustrating wonderful children’s books, focused on supporting and empowering young people in many ways.  Over the years he has sold almost 12 million books, and his driving force has always been to help all people be the best...

Text us! How do you act and feel when you’re with a group of people?  Are you energized, excited, talkative and outgoing, quiet, a good listener and observant, or a little bit of both? Being an extrovert, introvert or ambivert are examples of three different personality types. Most people are not 100% one of any of these, but more often act on a continuum, and draw energy from different settings....

Text us! When you are stuck it means that you are unable to move from a particular position or place, are at a loss for ideas or vision, or feel powerless to change a situation. You can be stuck in a relationship, a career path or work setting, a pattern of behavior, a physical place, trying to make a large of small decision, and a wide number of other situations. At times being stuck can be OK, b...

Text us! When you criticize you are expressing a negative opinion or evaluation of a person, a decision, a point of view, a piece of art, a situation, or any other number of things. When this is done in a positive manner, criticism can be constructive and helpful. However, when it is done in a hurtful way it can be negative, controlling, and cruel. In today’s episode of your Personal Power Pod, we...

Text us! Self-respect is the way you show you appreciate and love yourself just as you are. Usually, when you have strong self-esteem, you will also have strong self-respect, and when you exhibit this, other people will usually respect you too. It is not dependent on success or performance, but is a positive view of yourself and your worth, based on the unique person you are. In today’s episode of...