With today being the last today of suicide awareness month, it was a strong motivation for me to finally resume podcasting. In this episode I want to share the recent emotional struggles I've been having and hopefully it helps some of you talk

Discussion or Distraction?

May 10th, 2021 31m 14s

When someone is overwhelmed by life and their negatives, it's not easy to know what to say to help them. Asking them questions is a lot more effective than telling them what to do, and it all starts with this question. Essentially, do you want

Positive Thought Anchors

May 4th, 2021 1h 6m

This episode is similar to my episode about Mental Souvenirs, since it involves attaching thoughts and memories to things in the world. This is something we all do already especially with music. Whenever you hear a specific song, it can trigger

Learning From Everything

Apr 26th, 2021 1h 9m

The ability to learn from everything everyone and every moment is easily what has helped my mental health journey have such progress. Since this is so important to me, I split the episode into two parts. The first part explains the concept and

Avoid Comparing Yourself to Others

Apr 19th, 2021 52m 50s

A large contributor to depression and unhappiness is caused by comparing ourselves to others, but we can never know the full details of another person so how could we accurately compare? This episode explains how harmful comparisons can be, and

The Expectation Gap

Apr 12th, 2021 27m 28s

The expectation gap is the distance between what you expect to happen, and the reality that comes. The larger the gap, the more disappointment and failing will be felt and we need to be able to avoid this unnecessary pressure. In this episode I

Consumerism With A Purpose

Apr 5th, 2021 48m 20s

This episode pairs greatly with the previous episode about Leaving things better than you found them, because when you buy from a company that means you are supporting their methods. Most company's methods involve single-use plastics and other

Leaving Things Better Than You Found Them

Mar 30th, 2021 35m 42s

There are many things that we can all leave better than we found them, such as people or stores or a park. This episode has many examples of ways to make things better around us and the key to it is to aim low. Even tiny improvements each day s

Saying 'Sorry' Too Much

Mar 22nd, 2021 52m 8s

Saying sorry too much leads to low confidence and an increasingly debilitating burden-mentality. Learning to be selfish with your sorries is not an easy task but it will be one of the more important things you can do for yourself. Realizing the

You Are Loved

Mar 15th, 2021 40m 35s

In this episode I hope to help change your perception of love so you can realize that love is everywhere. Then I will explain the 3 different ways that you can feel loved in your life, and with an open mind you can start to genuinely believe th

MEOW Your Mind

Mar 8th, 2021 52m 7s

MEOW your mind. Minimalize, Externalize, Organize, and Win. Cut out the irrelevant thoughts by getting those thoughts out of your head. Write them out or talk them out to make it easier to process and organize the productive thoughts. Then fina

Placebo and Nocebo Effects

Mar 1st, 2021 45m 9s

You may have heard of placebo effects and how beneficial they can be for healing, but nocebo effects are equally powerful but with negative results. This episode will be using these two effects to prove how powerful our beliefs and mindset can

Choices with Adversity

Feb 22nd, 2021 27m 59s

This episode discusses 4 different choices that we all have in the face of adversity, and I hope to inspire you to begin choosing. Once you accept that you cannot control everything that happens to you, you'll begin to realize that you can only

Where Does Your Focus Go?

Feb 15th, 2021 42m 14s

The most important aspect of focus to realize, is that you have a choice. We can all choose what we focus on which leads to different lifestyles and behaviors. In this episode I describe three errors that we all make with focusing and how to ad

Genuinely Mutual Connections

Feb 8th, 2021 1h 13m

Giving the best of yourself to those who don't return the feelings, is one of the easiest ways to burn yourself out. Friendships, relationships, and even brief connections with strangers all can and should be mutual. In this episode I talk abou

Embrace the Chaos

Feb 2nd, 2021 35m 48s

Chaos might mean many things to many people, but it isn't necessarily bad. It involves means change. Change to your plans and change to your future, and change is essential for growth. So let's use these two strategies in this help to embrace c

Rule #32, Enjoy the Little Things

Jan 25th, 2021 35m 6s

I love getting to quote one of my favorite movies while talking about mental health! Hopefully this episode helps you see the beauty and positives all around you. Focusing on the random good moments in your day will go much farther than you wil

Live Intentionally and Masterfully

Jan 18th, 2021 44m

Living with intent involves making every thought and action you do a deliberate action with purpose and a goal in mind. Without a realistic and motivating goal to work towards, you will find yourself on autopilot and just not making any progres

Live in the Moment

Jan 11th, 2021 26m 31s

Welcome to the final part and main focus of my 2021 intro trilogy! One of the most effective way of thinking is to 'control what you can control' and realize that the past and future are out of your control. This episode is all about the benefi

Hope for the Future

Jan 4th, 2021 27m 14s

This is part 2 of my present-minded trilogy and dedicated to having hope for the future. More than that though, it's about creating realistic hope that we can achieve and begin taking the steps towards that future. Creating a hopeful future beg

Learn From the Past

Jan 1st, 2021 1h 59m

This episode is a special summary of my past 32 episodes condensed in one episode to help you all start 2021 with as much emotional intelligence as possible! You have so much power and control over your life and the quicker you realize that, th

Choosing Your 2021 Mindset

Dec 22nd, 2020 34m 56s

You may feel like you have no control over your thoughts, but by choosing where you put your focus you can begin to alter your mindset. As with many other episode topics, the power and the choice is in your hands. So I hope this episode finds y

Thought Provoking Questions

Dec 14th, 2020 44m

Thought provoking questions are the most effective way to create meaningful and memorable conversations. In addition to that, asking ourselves these same deep questions takes us on a journey of self discovery. The tough questions, like "Are you

Mental Souvenirs for Christmas

Dec 7th, 2020 59m 20s

Souvenirs are strong connections to past memories and with this episode I hope to help show the importance of what memories we attach to gifts we give and recieve. Mental souvenirs are simply objects that you attach loving thoughts to, like a r

A Contract of Self-Growth

Nov 30th, 2020 1h 19m

As I've continued to improve my stickynoteSundays, I've been realizing the power of written messages to ourselves and the power of self-promises. The beauty of this resource for growth is that it is so customizable and beneficial whether you wa