Your Great Journey

Sometimes, finding the strength to accept things can feel impossible. But there are simple techniques from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (or "ACT"), that can help you find peace and learn to practice acceptance, even in the midst of chaos. These tips are from the audiobook, "Things Might Go Terribly, Horribly Wrong: A Guide to a Life Liberated from Anxiety", by Dr. Kelly Wilson and Troy Drufrene. Discover the power of ACT and find peace in the midst of chaos.

This episode address some of the common causes of fatigue so that you can finally stop feeling tired all the time. Thankfully, most of the reasons for a lack of energy are fixable and require simple lifestyle changes. With helpful direction from the sleep experts who wrote the popular audiobook, ”Goodnight Mind: Turn Off Your Noisy Thoughts and Get a Good Night’s Sleep”, you too can wake up on the right side of the bed.

It can be hard to shake off thoughts that make you feel scared or anxious, especially when you’re convinced that it's necessary for your well-being. The good news is that you can take control of your thoughts and break free from this cycle of negativity. We want to help you get started by sharing a powerful mindfulness exercise from the audiobook, ”Don’t Let Your Anxiety Run Your Life” , written by psychologist Dr. David Klemanski and Joshua Curtiss. The post A Mindfulness Practice to Stop Negative Thinking appeared first on Your Great Journey.

Are you an introvert struggling to keep up with the fast-paced, extroverted world around you? Do you feel drained after spending time in social situations? If so, it’s crucial that you learn how to make time for yourself to recharge and replenish your introverted energy. Stay tuned for an excerpt from the popular audiobook, ”The Awakened Introvert: Practical Mindfulness Skills to Help You Maximize Your Strengths and Thrive in a Loud and Crazy World” , by Dr. Arnie Kozak. This excerpt will share the key to restoring your inner peace and energy. The post Learn How to Make Time for Yourself appeared first on Your Great Journey.

You can tap into the deepest parts of your mind and find purpose through meditation. Meditation can help you to discover your true desires and dreams. And the best part? Meditation comes with a whole heap of benefits—not just finding your purpose! Today's excerpt is from the popular audiobook ” Why?: What Your Life is Telling You About Who You Are and Why You’re Here”. Let’s take a deep breath and learn how to use meditation to align your actions with what truly matters to you.

Dr. Julie de Azevedo Hanks, author of the popular audiobook ”The Assertiveness Guide for Women: How to Communicate Your Needs, Set Healthy Boundaries, and Transform Your Relationships”, offers great advice for how to practice self-compassion, a critical aspect of emotional well-being and resilience. she shares s a practical exercise for cultivating self-compassion, which will help you learn to act in comforting and kind ways toward yourself so that you can provide yourself with the self-soothing and self-nurturing that you need.

After a breakup, you might experience any or all of the five stages of grief. These stages can be scary and disorienting, but there is light at the end of the tunnel! By learning to understand the feelings associated with grief and how to be gentle with yourself as you move through them, you can create a positive environment for healing. In this episode, we’re sharing an inspiring excerpt from Dr. Christina Hibbert’s inspirational audiobook, ”Who Am I Without You? 52 Ways to Rebuild Self-Esteem After A Breakup.”

Whether you're a seasoned meditator or just starting out, meditation inevitably has its difficult moments, but learning how to overcome challenges in meditation creates a chance for discovery and allows for the possibility of freedom. Today we’re sharing tips to address the challenges and difficulties that come with a regular meditation practice from the audiobook, "The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation: Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight.”

Is there any way to know how to eat “just enough”? Though there isn’t a particular science behind it, Intuitive Eating offers a proven way to establish communication between your brain and your belly. Mindfully creating awareness of what your body says it needs is the first step to understanding what “just enough” is for you. In this episode, we’re sharing Dr. Lynn Rossy's tips from the popular audiobook, "The Mindfulness Based Eating Solution (Proven Strategies to End Overeating, Satisfy Your Hunger, and Savor Your Life.”

All too often, we look at the scale to drive our health goals and not at a values-based weight loss method. Pushing too hard to reach milestones can mean a departure from who you really are or even ignoring what truly matters to you. Weight loss with self-love is possible! Don’t let the numbers and goals replace what makes you, you! Instead, find liberation in letting your values drive your weight loss. This excerpt is from the popular audiobook, "The Diet Trap: Feed Your Psychological Needs and End the Weight Loss Struggle Using Acceptance and Commitment Therapy".

No matter what your bad habit is, you have the power to change it. Understanding how the mind works can help you to rewire your brain and break bad habits — without using willpower! Today we’re talking with Dr. Amy Johnson, psychologist and author of the best-selling audiobook, "The Little Book of Big Change: The No Willpower Approach to Breaking Any Habit". Dr. Johnson shares her own story about breaking bad habits and offers advice that will help you to stop your bad habits in their tracks.

Often, people who have been abandoned or betrayed by those they trusted have trouble letting go of their pain. Today, Dr. Ronald Potter-Efron, anger management expert and author of the audiobook "Healing the Angry Brain," addresses this issue. He explains the “HEALS” method, a powerful technique that teaches you how to let go of resentment.

All too often, we perpetuate the "forbidden food" myth by telling ourselves that we should be ashamed of the foods we enjoy. But according to Dr. Lynn Rossy, author of the audiobook The Mindfulness-Based Eating Solution: Proven Strategies to End Overeating, Satisfy Your Hunger, and Savor Your Life, eating should be enjoyable. Today Dr. Rossy offers practical advice to help you leave restrictions behind, and bring curiosity, trust, and your favorite food to the table.

When learning how to improve concentration in meditation, there is often a struggle to find enjoyment and pleasure in the process. It is normal to experience this feeling, and in this episode, Richard Shankman, author of the audiobook The Art and Skill of Buddhist Meditation: Mindfulness, Concentration, and Insight suggests helpful, kind, and aware mindsets to adopt when learning how to improve concentration in meditation.

In a world filled with trouble, we can all benefit by learning how to practice loving kindness meditation. With a focus on sending the love in your heart to those near and dear to you, as well as those it might be more difficult to extend kindness to, loving kindness meditation helps us to cultivate self-compassion and recognize the interconnectedness of the world. This excerpt is from the popular mindfulness audiobook, MBSR Every Day: Daily Practices from the Heart of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction

In this episode, you’ll learn how you can access the power of meditation for personal growth, self-healing, to release anxiety, and to live on purpose. Our guest is David Gandelman, a spiritual teacher, author of "The 7 Energies of the Soul," and founder of Meditation School. David’s mission is to awaken souls on their path of growing into being human, and living an enlightened and purpose-driven life. Dive deeper into your meditation practice — David makes learning to meditate easy and accessible!

When your mind has free reign over your feelings, it becomes difficult to find an awareness of the present moment. Thought patterns with a tendency to drag you into spirals of worry are all too common and can appear without a moment’s notice. Thankfully, there is relief to be found in the mindfulness techniques of learning to mind your thoughts and harness the power of the five senses. This episode offers an excerpt from the popular audiobook, MBSR Every Day: Daily Practices from the Heart of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction .

Your talents are the innate skills that nature gave you to realize your uniqueness, and they are clues that can help you to find your purpose in life. You have been gifted with a unique combination of talents that equip you to walk through life with purpose. This excerpt from the audiobook Why?: What Your Life is Telling You About Who You Are and Why You’re Here will help you to develop confidence and identify your uniqueness.

If you struggle with controlling your emotions and overreacting, it can be helpful to understand how the brain processes emotion. Today, Dr. Judith Siegel, author of the audiobook "Stop Overreacting", takes us through the most relevant aspects of brain chemistry and functioning, and demystifies the role of your mind in overreacting.

Though experiencing heartbreak is a time of grieving, it does present a new opportunity to create the life you desire. Dr. Christina Hibbert, author of the audiobook Who Am I Without You? 52 Ways to Rebuild Self-Esteem After A Breakup, shares her thoughts on healing after heartbreak. What do you want your future to look like? Focusing on this question can help the healing process.