Escape from Dark Places: Guideposts to Hope in an Age of Anxiety & Depression by Ambra Watkins
We have no Great War. No Great Depression. Our Great War’s a spiritual war… our Great Depression is our lives. Chuck Palahniuk
This is a remarkable and fascinating read. It is fresh perspective on how we can help others heal and overcome anxiety and depression – Escape From Dark Places. Ambra shares her personal experience as she had to learn how to help heal her son who visited a very dark place. Not surprisingly – he is not alone.
It is said that one in four young adults suffer from a mental illness that is diagnosable. The other stats she discovers are also alarming. She realises that even with all the variety of therapies that exist, there still seems a lacking improvement among all people as it relates to anxiety and depression. Why? That is the journey she takes us on within the pages of this book.
The best partnerships aren’t dependent on a mere common goal but on a shared path of equality, desire, and no small amount of passion. Sarah MacLean
We need to move away from the idea that within dependancy there is weakness and only in being independent are we stronger or greater. The world is a wonderful place and I realise that my dependancy on those that I love, those that I look up to and those that I wish to seek advice from make it an even more wonderful place.
If I tried to walk this path alone I don’t believe I would make it as far as I desire to go. Its ok to rely on others. Our ability to succeed, to excel, to exist with great peace and happiness are amplified in the hands of others.
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” Aristotle
Enjoy this thought. Peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
“The way we spend our days is the way we spend our lives.”
Finisher of over 120 ultra endurance events in 17 countries, Travis Macy is a speaker, author, coach, and professional endurance athlete. He is the author of The Ultra Mindset: An Endurance Champion’s 8 Core Principles for Success in Business, Sports, and Life.
He holds the record for Leadman, an epic endurance event consisting of a trail running marathon, 50-mile mountain bike race, Leadville 100 Mountain Bike Race, 10k road run, and Leadville 100 Run, all above 10,200′ in the Rocky Mountains.
In this episode we discuss what it takes to become an endurance athlete and indeed how these same principles can be applied to all our lives to maximise our success. We discuss his book, Ultra Mindset, principles for daily life such as how to embrace fear, rewrite stories we tell ourselves, and master the art of seeking help, among others.
Travis enjoys helping people make the most of life and is happy to share all in this interview. Enjoy and as always, peace, passion and purpose.
“Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” Jim Rohn
Being disciplined in life matters if you want to live a life of your own design. If you don’t love what you do, if you are not happy in your current field, state, or circumstance then perhaps its time to discover something new. When you do approach it with great discipline and you will turn dreams into reality.
If I wasn’t self-discipline I would be able to achieve those things in life that I desire to achieve. I still slip, I still let myself of the hook but as I evolve I continue to improve.
Today I share my thoughts on why disciplines matter and some techniques that may be beneficial in helping you build your discipline muscle.
Enjoy! Peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
“You can get everything in life you want if you will just help enough other people to get what they want.” by Zig Ziglar
Jeff McManus grows things. As the Director of Landscape Services at the University of Mississippi, he grows plants…he grows people… he grows ideas. Jeff is a problem-solver, understanding that doing more with less is a 21st century mandate.
In Jeff’s primary line of work he realized that growing the people were critical to growing the plants. Understanding that all humans either strive for or have within them the innate elements of Greatness, Resiliency, Opportunity and Wisdom, Jeff developed his GROW-theory into an impactful management and professional development leadership program for his staff.
In this episode we discuss how to promote and grow others and develop a strong culture through great leadership. Many of the takeouts in this episode can be transferred to each of our lives individually to develop and create a life with greater passion and purpose.
His message rings true for any industry leader or manager looking to grow a high-performance and dedicated workforce. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did and would love to receive your feedback. Until next time, peace, passion and purpose.
The Gratitude Diaries How a Year Looking on the Bright Side Can Transform Your Life by Janice Kaplan
What does it take to live with gratitude? Surprising very little, other than a dose of of awareness. Being grateful is not something new and the theory of it has been around, as far as I can tell, for aeons. Great philosophers of the past speak on why being grateful is a divine way to live life with greater fulfilment and happiness.
Janice Kaplan decided one New Years Eve that she was going to dedicate the entire year to being more grateful for everything in her life. Simply becoming more aware of all that she has and expressing gratitude for them. What she learns and discovers she share in her book and New York Times bestseller.
“Find yourself in the service of others.” Gandhi
If we can practice being in greater service and aim to give back as much as possible will we raise the quality of our own lives.
In this episode I share my thought on why in service to others will we benefit greatly in life and also aim to inspire and encourage you to become more aware on how you can start doing more today.
Offer great value and you will receive great value.
Peace, passion and purpose.
Summary
Rob Scott is dedicated to helping people succeed. He has spent the last decade of his life working with thousands of people, shifting their identities, and showing them how to evolve their consciousness to get incredible results across all areas of their businesses, their health, their relationships, and their lives.
In this episode we discuss what it means to have massive breakthroughs of more money, more health, more time and quite simply, more happiness and fulfillment. He has a couple of podcasts online and another one on the way, well worth listening to.
Rob is literally living the dream, deeply present, loves his partner, loves his work and thankfully, he is really successful at it.
I really hope you enjoy this chat and all the wonderful take outs. Would love to know what you walked away with so please let me know below in the commnets.
Until next time, you know the drill, peace, passion and purpose.
“The mind is described as being like a drunken monkey bitten by a scorpion and, just as a monkey leaps from branch to branch, so the mind leaps from one thing to another, constantly distracted.” Yogi Word or Wisdom
In this episode I share my thoughts on doing what you must do. Staying authentic and on purpose with who you truly are and to living the life you truly desire. Your divine law is how you wish to live. Act or SIN against this that you will fall off track in life.
I review why its important to stay aligned with your purpose and how to create more awareness of your divine law.
Enjoy this and leave your comments and thoughts below.
Peace, Passion and Purpose.
Summary
“Live well today and live well tomorrow.” Roger Whitney
Known as the Retirement Answer Man, Roger helps people manage time to create a meaningful financial life and to work toward independence. As a financial planner and retirement guru you may be thinking he is all about saving now for tomorrow but contrary to this he is more about balance- how to have more today and tomorrow.
Roger Whitney has for 24 years expertly guided countless individuals and families to financial freedom and retirement. In this episode we discuss the ins and outs of money, investing and living a life with balance without sacrificing tomorrow. Importantly also we chat about how we can create a life that we don’t want to retire from.
Achieving financial freedom is more than investing! Financial freedom requires lots of continual little “right” decisions about priorities and time and resource allocation. It requires consistent quality, on-going attention and knowing the key questions to ask. Not easy!
Everyone can work towards financial freedom! I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did and until next time, peace, passion, purpose and happy retirement.
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