Podcast – University of Life

Pain is a Problem (and your brain loves problems)

Depression, Emotions, Life Advice, Podcast, Psychology, Thinking, Thriving, Traits, U of Life

Today’s podcast discusses the ups, downs, and outs of the problem of pain. Without problems to solve, life would get dull fairly quickly, but when you don’t know to address problems productively, then all you get from them is stress, anxiety, and depression. Adding one more secret ingredient changes everything, so listen up and find out what it is! With practice, you’ll develop the one character trait that makes life easier and more enjoyable, despite…

Are You Living an Inspiring Life?

Ambition, Enthusiasm, Happiness, Life Advice, Passion, Podcast, Success, The Meaning of Life, Thinking, Thriving

Today’s podcast asks whether you’re living an inspiring life, then explains how to do that by choosing the better of the two motivations (hint: I’m not referring to love and fear). You also get a story of walking with young pioneers in disappointingly pleasant weather and you’ll learn a little bit about self actualization.

P.S. one of the “family” groups spent much of their walking time solving riddles, so I made up a brand new one. See how quickly you can figure this out:

I carry life on my back between the stars,
I’ll fight you both ways, my arms against yours.
No matter how far you walk, or how fast you run,
We’ll never reach our next destination.

Click here for hints

Hint #1: what do you need to keep you alive? Hint #2: stars have rays shooting out from them. Hint #3: what’s the farthest you can ever see (not counting the sky)?

Click here for the answer

A handcart. It carries your survival gear. The wheels and spokes are like stars. Both ways = uphill and down. Our next destination is the horizon, and we’ll never reach it because it keeps moving farther away….

Pivotal Moments: Confidence

Ambition, Community, Confidence, Courage, Identity, Life Advice, Optimism, Podcast, Psychology, Success, Thriving

blondeprofilewind What moments have changed your life’s direction, for better or worse? What events shaped your future and turned you into the person you are now? Have you ever created major changes in life without some external impetus to force your hand?

What if you could change anything about your life right now? What would you change? Think it over!

One of the most important traits you can develop is confidence. It makes you more attractive. It gives you the courage to live your dreams. It smooths out dozens of small bumps in the road of life and helps you progress much faster toward your inherent potential.

With that in mind, here are a few stories of confidence-related pivotal moments to help you process the concept. PLEASE SHARE your own pivotal moments in the comments sections below! Everyone would love to hear and learn from them.

A Scout is…Confident?

I went to scout camp the summer before 9th grade, and sitting around the fire one afternoon, Coy started spitting watermelon seeds at me as he ate. Coy was one of the “cool” kids and I was not. After several seeds, something in me snapped – something small at first, then bigger. “If you spit one more seed at me,” I warned, “I’ll beat the crap out of you.” Coy calmly took another bite of melon, chewed, then spit a seed at me. Read more

Spirit & Peace

Adventure, Courage, Life On Earth, Optimism, Podcast, Spirituality, Thriving

Spirituality means many things to many people, yet most spiritual traditions have much in common regarding the experience of spirituality, even when beliefs and interpretations differ. One such commonality is the Principle of Peace. We live our lives much like a sailboat on the ocean. We may think we’re in control of our lives, yet most everything around us – the sky and sea shifting above and below – remains largely a mystery. Winds and…

Ruthless Self Love

Confidence, Happiness, Identity, Love, Podcast, Thinking, Thriving

Today’s podcast discusses overcoming self doubt and insecurity and features this quote from Don Miguel Ruiz: “Love is ruthless; it doesn’t feel sorry for anyone, but it does have compassion.”

We discuss how this reveals an important way to love yourself by not putting up with your brain’s silly doubting games and swap that in for unapologetic belief in yourself and devotion to your well being.

Kilgore Trout-Style Life Transformation

Energy Work, Happiness, Healing, Identity, Podcast, Success, Thinking, Thriving

The following software-translated transcript is rough – I’ll clean this up later:
Welcome to this university life and RapidEnergyHealing.com podcast. Today we’re going to talk about your true identity, Read more

Who Are You and Why Does it Matter?

Adventure, Expression, Happiness, Identity, Intuitive Connection, Podcast, Thriving, Traits

Today’s brief podcast discusses how to find out who you REALLY are and why it matters so much. This is seriously one of the most valuable lessons I’ve ever learned.

If you give this a try, I’d love to hear about your experience in the comments sections below!

Podcast: Beauty & the Beast

Love, Podcast

Host Shaun Roundy and guest Lori Jones discuss modern applications & lessons from Beauty and the Beast, with 9-year-old Sarah Barksdale telling the story.

Podcast: The 4 Standards

Balance, Happiness, Intuitive Connection, Podcast, Psychology, Success, Thinking

Here’s a new podcast introducing The 4 Standards and how to balance your life in 30 seconds per day: Prefer audio only? Here ya go:

Podcast: Good and Hard

Courage, Depression, Happiness, Healing, Identity, Optimism, Podcast

In our first University of Life podcast, we interview an extended family – a first-time mother, a survivor, a young cowboy, and an accidental jailor – about some of their most difficult experiences and seek to answer and explain the question “Is bad good?”

We’d love to make a habit of creating thought-provoking podcasts like this, so if you enjoy it or find it helpful, please say so in one of the comment sections below! Thanks! Your feedback matters!

A big thanks to Marilee, Kirsten, Chris, Preston, Emily, Tiffany and Jeri! You made it great.

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12 Twisted Steps to Make Forgiveness Fun

Forgiveness, Funny, Healing, Podcast, Thinking

If you prefer to LISTEN rather than read, here’s the podcast version of this article for you 🙂 Admit it – it’s hard to forgive those who have wronged you. What were they thinking??? What gives them the right??? HOW DARE THEY??? Worst of all, it doesn’t end there. Not only did they do you wrong, but now you’re left holding the bag, feeling angry and hurt and bitter, and now you’re supposed to forgive…