This episode is about unlocking the keys to lasting happiness 🗝️🌈 True contentment isn't about fleeting moments of joy, but about overcoming both inner and outer challenges with a positive mindset and proven methods. Happiness is a journey, not a destination. #Happiness #PersonalGrowth #Mindfulness #Gratitude #MentalWellbeing

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This episode is packed with actionable insights and is perfect for anyone looking to navigate life's challenges with more grace and ease. Give it a listen and let us know your biggest takeaway!

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Tune in and discover how to navigate the river of chronic pain and find moments of joy along the way!

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Find your path to inner peace through Spiritual Hope. It's more than just wishful thinking, it's a deep-seated belief in something greater, guiding us towards resilience. Daily practices like journaling, visualization, and nature connection can help nurture this profound hope. Dive into this soulful journey with us.

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The hosts ponder the origins of verbal processing back to cave people and wonder if how we internally process verbal communication hasn't evolved too much over the millennia. Is there a right or wrong way to process? Is it a learned behavior from childhood? 

The "answers" from the hosts aren't conclusive, but they agree that for communication to take place, each person needs to understand and respect the process of the other. What are your thoughts?

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When we "go with the flow" instead of fighting against the current we reduce our stress since we are no longer striving to control that which we can't control in the first place. Flexibility has everything to do with letting go of control and getting out of our own way. 

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Our self-talk – the things we say to ourselves inside our own heads – is particularly important, as it can have a big impact on how we feel about ourselves and our lives. Fortunately, we have the power to choose our self-talk. We can choose to focus on the positive or the negative. We can choose to believe in ourselves or to doubt ourselves. It’s up to us. 

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Missy shares her wisdom about "staying in my own lane" and Chris shares his approach of "not caring". Listen to find out what Chris means by that! The bottom line, the hosts agree that we need to learn to control what we can control while avoiding what we can't control. 

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Emotions are our guidance system in life, yet the unknown of the future causes us anxiety, in turn causing us to close off emotionally. Missy and Chris talk about the emotional walls we put up, recognizing that walls both keep things out and keep things in. It's our responsibility, or "my response" to either wall off or share our emotions. 

Missy reminds us that emotions are "energy in motion", challenging us to reflect on how we can change our behaviors, in action, to effect a healthy emotional response to life. There is no right or wrong when it comes to emotions, but Missy and Chris share a bit about themselves in the hope that you can learn from them and so create your own inner peace. 

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If you are coping with substance addiction this episode is helpful, but obtaining professional treatment for your addiction will give you the opportunity for a new life. 

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Finding inner peace involves relationships; relationships with both self and others. Missy and Chris share with us their love languages and the issues they see in relationships when people don't know their love language. 

The ideas we talk about revolve around communication skills, expectations, and trust. Check out Chapman's book here.

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To find peace of mind we need to change our perspective to "progress not perfection". Many of us seek to have a perfect life, feeling like a failure when we fall short. In our search for perfection, we miss the journey, or the progress, along the way. 

In this episode, Missy and Chris speak about their journey and search for perfection as they learned to change their perspective while being true to themselves and living in the moment. Peace of mind is found when we stop using "should" as we live in the progress of the moment. We need to refocus our thoughts away from "good" or "bad", reflecting rather on "healthy" and "not healthy". 

The listener challenge is found at the 24:30 mark and Missy challenges us to go for a week and look at everything as perfect in the moment. Remember, that inspired action leads us to our perfection.

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Judgement is what we do on a daily basis. We are constantly judging ourselves and others based on how we feel we or they should be. Therefore, judgement is all about perspective and our expectations.

Using the word "should" sets up an expectation that may or may not be reasonable. So when we judge, we are taking our perspective, combining it with our expectation, and placing it on others. This is unfair to us and them as our expectations of others may not be their expectations for themselves. Living this way takes us away from our inner peace and happiness. 

Missy and Chris talk about their opinions on judging others and share how they avoid judgments so to live in inner peace. 

The listener challenge is located at the 22:27 mark. Missy challenges us for the next 2 weeks to sit in our awareness of what we're judging and how it makes us feel. 

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Do you feel supported by others? There are times in our lives when we wish we were supported more, or better, especially by our loved ones and friends. How does this happen, that those closest to us aren't always our best supporters?

Support from others, according to Missy and Chris, is all about expectations. Our expectation of how we "should" be supported, and our loved one's expectation of how well they feel they are supporting us. We need to self-define support as that influences our expectation of support.

By eliminating the "should" and accepting each other as we are in the present moment, we may realize that we are supported! Yet, maybe not in the way we "expected".

The listener challenge is found at the 27:50 mark when Missy challenges us to find a way that we can support another person. For it is in giving that we receive. 

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In this episode, we discuss how love, our life force, gives us freedom while taking away feelings of conflict. The lack of conflict combined with the presence of love leads us to inner peace and happiness. As Missy states: "Love is not a feeling but a decision."

The listener challenge is at the 30:05 mark where we are challenged to discover how we choose love in our daily life. Share with us your reflection and how you acted on this. 

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Guilt is a powerful emotion that tends to hold us back from not only moving forward but also from feeling our inner peace. Guilt is a feeling from the past, yet we live in the present. We can't change our past, but we can influence our present.

In this episode, Missy and Chris share how they, and how they guide their clients, through the feelings of guilt into a place of release and peace.

The listener challenge is found at the 27:00 mark where Missy challenges us to let ourselves fall apart and feel what we feel in the present moment. Share with us your reflections.

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Taking care of yourself is vitally important to living with inner peace. Yet, so many of us don't take the time in our busy schedules to take care of ourselves. Missy and Chris are in the same boat. The busyness of their lives makes it difficult to care for themselves, yet they make it happen. As stated in this episode "if my glass is empty I have nothing to give."

Listen in to learn how Missy and Chris take care of themselves on a daily basis. Also, the listener challenge is back! Find it at the 29:00 minute mark as Chris challenges us to "live our best life" for 10-15 minutes each day. Share with us how you do it!

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In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about the relationship we have with our past. What is the purpose of the past and how does it influence my future? They talk about the importance of acknowledging the past, yet not dwelling there. They provide stories of their own struggles with the past, guiding us listeners to learning how we can make sense of our past to peacefully live in our present. 

The listener challenge took a vacation this episode but will return rested and refreshed. Share with us your topic suggestions for future episodes. 

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What do a dog and a caterpillar have to do with the value of now? Listen to this episode to find out. The value of now, or the importance of living in the present, is what Chris and Missy are discussing in this episode. We hear this message all the time, yet many of us still struggle with living in the moment. This is why Missy and Chris share their tips on how they daily practice living in the moment and how doing so has changed their lives.

The listener challenge is located at the 28 minute mark where Missy encourages us to observe nature, the creatures big and small, observing what they do. Simply focus on the moment. Let us know how it works for you, and send us your pictures of the nature you observed.

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Belonging. So many of us struggle with the feeling of not belonging. In this episode, Chris and Missy share with us their views on belonging, providing tips to us in our quest to belong. Belonging is similar to wanting someone to care about us. Part of our challenge is to learn how to move outside of yourself in your desire for belonging. 

The listener challenge is found at the 24:00 mark. Missy challenges us to reach out to someone who is nothing like you and try to form a friendship through dialogue and learning about each other. Let us know how you did in the comments. 

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Forgiveness is not always an easy thing for us to do. In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about the meaning of forgiveness and its relationship to inner peace. Without forgiveness, we won't feel at peace. But how can we forgive? Does it mean absolving the other of their wrong? What if the other person won't accept my forgiveness? These questions and more are answered through life examples from our hosts.

The listener challenge is found at 25:55 where Chris asks us to share how we forgive and let go. We can learn from our listener's experiences. 

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Turning things inside out is a discussion on how our thoughts create our circumstances. Missy and Chris share how our thoughts cause our emotions which eventually turn into our actions. Changing our perspective on how we view life will therefore change how we feel and act. Listen in as they share how they do this on a daily basis.

Of course, there's another listener challenge found at 27:40. We're challenged to take a back seat so as not to be in the movie of life, but rather to watch the movie so as to turn things inside out and begin to heal. Share with us your experiences.

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Quarantine, however it was implemented for you, has lasted over a year. In 2020 many of us were told that our life would be changed for about two weeks, then back to normal. These two weeks feel a lot longer! What have we learned over the course of this year? What has become our new normal, and how are we coping with that?

Missy and Chris talk about their lessons from their experience over this past year and what they've learned from it all. Both of them have taken away positive aspects of this new life, encouraging you to do the same. Chris created an infographic on the new normal, click here for it.

The listener challenge is located at the 23:55 mark. In this challenge, we're asking you to try the Kylego exercise. Missy explains Kylego, but you can find more info by clicking here.

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Comparing tends to be part of our human nature. But comparing ourselves to others takes away our inner peace. In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about ways in which we tend to compare ourselves and demonstrate how that comparison takes away our inner peace. They share with us their tips for not comparing, instead, to being happy with what we have. Easier said than done, yet possible.

The listener challenge is located at the 27:55 mark. The challenge is to reach out to people in your field, or your neighbor, and thank them for their use of their giftedness without judgment or comparing. Let us know how it goes for you.

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Resolutions are popular at this time of the year, yet many of our best intentions fall short as time progresses. Missy and Chris share their resolutions and how they are keeping them. They provide daily tips for you to practice, but first, you need to examine your expectations.

The listener challenge is found at the 26:26 mark. This challenge is about celebrating yourself. Share with us what you are celebrating!

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In this episode, Missy and Chris embrace the holidays as they give us the daily tips we can use to stay stress-free while sharing a memorable holiday with family. They talk about finding wonderment, changing perspective, being kind to yourself, and so much more. 

The listener challenge is found at the 8:05 mark. This challenge can be worked on with all family members, even if you're separated due to COVID. Let us know how it worked out!

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Overdoing. Who doesn't feel that they're overdoing it at times. In this episode Missy and Chris share their solutions by guiding us to change perspective on our view of work itself. It may not be that we're doing too much, we may be perceiving what we're doing in an unhealthy way. 

The listener challenge (25:30) asks us to weave our creativity and passion into our work, and to share with us your results. 

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Illusions are a part of our life. Many of our thoughts about ourselves and our future are actually illusions we tell ourselves. Missy and I share with you how we are the creators of our thoughts so we can create new thoughts if we don't like the one's we're telling ourselves. Therefore we are empowered!

Of course there's a listener challenge at the 25:30 mark. We challenge you to go 1 week noticing when you judge anything or anyone, then say to yourself "just like me". Share with us how the challenge goes for you.

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On this episode Missy and Chris talk about relaxing. Many of us don't take the time to relax, yet we know how important relaxing is. But how can we fit relaxing into our hectic days? Missy and Chris share how they, as busy professionals, take the time for self-care and find even 5 minutes to relax and recharge. Listen for their tips. 

There's a listener challenge found at the 24:34 mark, check it out and share with us how you completed the challenge. 

Also, let Missy and Chris know of any topics you would like them to talk about. 

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Expanding your awareness is Missy and Chris' topic for this episode. Often times our stress and anxiety are produced when we stop being aware of who we are and of our surroundings. In this episode Missy and Chris talk about how they have become more aware, guiding you to a similar awareness. 

There's a listener challenge at the 27:00 minute mark asking you to share with us how you can keep your life as simple as possible. 

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Perspective. This one word makes a world of difference in how we feel and act. Missy and I talk about how we can change our perspective so as to view ourselves and the world differently. In changing our perspective we can learn to become our own best friend and to see the world in a more positive view. 

Our listener challenge (29:50) asks us to think of something we're struggling with and to look for another possibility of dealing with it. Share with us your results. 

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In this episode Chris and Missy, while talking about having fun in life, encounter an assassin bug! No one, not even the bug, were harmed, but the encounter helped to make the point that we need to find fun and happiness in everyday moments. 

The listener challenge is found at the 28:30 mark with Chris asking us to share the craziest thing you do that makes you happy. Leave your comments on their social media pages or Patreon page. 

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In this episode Chris and Missy celebrate our uniqueness, giving us tips on how to appreciate who we are so we can find our inner peace. They focus on finding our passion and in not comparing ourselves to others. As Missy states: "strive for excellence not perfection".

Of course, there's a listener challenge, focused on sharing our passion at the 27:30 mark. 

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In this episode Chris & Missy talk about ways we can fully experience our experiences. How often do we miss the moment as we worry about the past or fear the future? In our current experience of quarantine, what are we feeling and experiencing in the present moment? What do we do with these feelings and experiences? We talk about all of this in the episode. 

Of course, there's a LISTENER CHALLENGE! Check it out at about the 20:40 minute mark.

We look forward to your responses here or on our websites. -Chris & Missy

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On this episode, Missy and I talk about "Connection Through Service". During this time of isolation and social distancing, what can we do to maintain a connection to others. We don't simply discuss ways to actually get in touch with people, rather, practical tips on connecting to others on a deeper level, leading us to happiness and inner peace. Of course there's a listener challenger found at the 15 minute mark. Use the #listenerchallenge and #onfindingpeace when you post how you are doing the challenge. -Chris

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In our latest podcast episode, Missy and I share with you our frustrations and anxieties over life at this time, while also explaining positive things you can do to lessen your anxiety. Of course, we have a LISTENER CHALLENGE found at 18:55 minutes and we would love to hear from you as you do your challenge. - Chris & Missy

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In this episode, Missy and I speak about trust and surrender, what it is and how we define it. We talk about trust and surrender in relation to self and control; how do we trust and surrender to self? In so doing we will find inner peace and happiness.

There's also another listener challenge (25:42)! Let us know how the challenge works out for you. -Chris & Missy

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In this episode we meet our co-host and give a challenge to the listeners. Our new co-host, Missy, is an author and life coach who shares the same passion as I for guiding us to change our perception to find peace. In this episode we discuss what "willingness" means to us and its importance in making life changes. In the the last few minutes of the episode (29:30) you'll hear our listener challenge. Do the challenge then share with us your experience. - Chris

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From all of us at Lifesjourney, we wish you a peace-filled holiday season! - Chris 

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This is the first episode of the revamped podcast, and in the beginning of the episode I talk about the changes and ask for your input.

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I look forward to your input as to how you cope with family stress this time of the year. Check out my website for ways to get in touch with me.  -Chris

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