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50. Five-Minute Focus: How to Get Back to You
Getting back to you starts with looking at past achievements, removing the guilt and removing the shame. Learn from your past achievements and remember to never beat yourself up.
49. Five-Minute Focus: How to Find Your Why
Among our friends and family, we all do things for different reasons. At our job, we all work for different reasons. And in life, we all respond in different ways and for different reasons. Sometimes these reasons are good, sometimes these reasons are bad, and sometimes our reasons just don’t make plain sense. The reminder today is simple: always be analyzing your reasons.
48. Five-Minute Focus: How to Stop the Self-Imposed Guilt Trips
Throughout your life, you have been groomed to believe that motivation is reliable. That in order to stay on track to be your best self, you just have to be always motivated. This thinking couldn’t be further from the truth. Motivation is not the true engine of behavior change and the first step is to stop with the self-imposed guilt trips.
47. Five-Minute Focus: The Forever Belief that Your Life Can be Different
To rally past the pandemic, think about what you can do today that will make an impact tomorrow. Rediscover your purpose and believe again that everything can be different. It will be different. Hope is sometimes all you need.
46. Five-Minute Focus: The Secret of Self-Control Revealed
By definition, self-control is the ability to regulate one’s emotions, thoughts, and behavior in the face of temptations and impulses. If you are someone with great self-control, you never cave and in the face of challenges you always exhibit positive restraint. However, do those who exhibit greater willpower (self-control) just have a more accessible brake that they pull?
45. Five-Minute Focus: How to Feel Happier Right Now
It is not happiness that brings us gratitude. It is gratitude that brings us happiness. We have to remember that in times of unhappiness, gratitude gives us more vitality, energy and enthusiasm.
44. Give Us 15 Minutes, and We’ll Give You More Energy
Reiki is a Japanese stress reduction technique that can help declutter your internal energy. Guest Caroline Woolard talks with Jeff and Rachael about how Reiki can help you slow down, relieve stress and reduce pain.
43. Five-Minute Focus: How to Get Off the Treadmill
Even when life throws us pitches that are unexpected, it is possible to hit them out of the park.
42. Five-Minute Focus: The Reason Life Sends You Curveballs
Even when life throws us pitches that are unexpected, it is possible to hit them out of the park.
41. Five-Minute Focus: The Power of Believing in Your Purpose
Have you ever achieved anything in life without believing that it was possible? Have you ever NOT had to push for something that was worth it? When something is worth it, no challenge is insurmountable. All you have to do is believe and push.
40. Five-Minute Focus: How to Notice the Greatness in Your Everyday Life
“Look at what’s right in front of you. What happens day in and day out that truly makes your day great? By taking notice, acknowledging and living with recognition, your life just becomes that much better.
39. Five-Minute Focus: How to Banish Your Self-Doubt
What are you trying to change about yourself or your life just so that you can please others? Why is it so important to YOU? Are you only trying to change so that others are accepting of you?