Steadfast Life: The Podcast

Responsibility is not blame - responsibility is your ABILITY to respond, it is taking ownership of reality instead living within the fantasy of what SHOULD be.

Responsibility and Freedom are directly proportional - the more responsibility you take in your life, the more freedom you experience.  When that responsibility is connected to being hurt or offended, we call it forgiveness.

Forgiveness is about CHOOSING to let go of the IMPACT of an event.  It’s offering yourself the opportunity to regain the energy that’s wasted when you hold on to the hurts, the slights, and the pains of the past.

• Not about pretending something didn’t happen
• Not about pretending there was no pain
• Not about pretending that there aren’t times when people are cruel on purpose

It IS about letting go of the impact on us

“As long as we hold onto the myth that not forgiving is protection, then we’re frozen in place.” - Dr. Lee Baucom...

Discomfort is the currency for growth and relationships are no exception.  The first step to accessing that growth is to resist the temptation to buffer that discomfort - in a relationship, buffering can be exceptionally damaging.  If you're concerned about anxiety, resentment, or disconnection, these next 15 minutes could change the whole game.

The ability to do what you say you're going to do breaks through the dam that is holding back your potential.  How many times have you given up on your plan, or failed to make a plan a plan at all?

Whether you are pursuing an increase in performance in your health, your business, or or your relationships, it all begins with your relationship with YOU.

Consistency is path to Self-Trust.

Find out more at TRUST U

This isn't new to you - you've already had events in your life that made you feel as if everything was course, there's too much uncertainty, I'm isolated, I am limited, and this is going to hold me back.  If you had to do that time over again, how would you want to come out on the other side?  What does that teach you about the way you want to show up now?

If you ever felt like you're just trying to survive terrible circumstances - take the time to check this out.  I promise, I'm not going to tell you that terrible stuff isn't terrible ...but I'm going to show you that there is MORE to the story than the terrible you're staring at.

 When you've done this work for a bit, you learn that you have a lot of say of what emotions you live from, but shouldn't we be feeling the emotions that are a natural part of life?  That's a big yes and it can get a little complicated - so let's un-complicate it!!

The lesson to hold on to our value rather hand it over to others might be the most difficult, yet important lesson we learn in life.  Sometimes those moments where our worth seems to be stomped on and thrown away can be the most empowering when we are willing to take 100% responsibility for the wisdom they offer.

Whit Mentions: GET OUT OF THAT PIT by Beth Moore

It's the question that reveals your thinking - Is perfection unattainable ...or is everything always perfect?  Who decides?  And what is the danger of simply believing it's all been perfect up to this point?

Dive in - let's find out!!

There is a MASSIVELY underrated skill in sports that coaches refer to as "EYE DISCIPLINE" - this is the skill of being in charge of where you are looking and it can be the difference between victory and defeat.

What if when you boil it all down, anxiety is simply the inability or unwillingness to imagine being OK?  What if imagining the future going well is a skill?  What if the secret ingredient to that skill is the belief that even if whatever comes next does NOT go as expected, you're still OK?

Would you want that skill?

Then let's get to work because skills require practice