The Wisdom Coalition - Improve your mindset and be more positive

“Shame is a signal,” says our guest Dr. Abbie Maroño, who is a scientist and a practitioner in the field of human behavior. She says we need to understand what our personal shame is telling us, and use that message as a teacher to show us how to live the life we want. Dr. Abbie has a fascinating way of reframing shame as a source of strength we can use for empowerment. In this episode, Kim and Nancy of The Wisdom Coalition also tal...

Does the thought of cleaning out your closet make you cringe? It does for most of us! But our guest says you need to uncover the emotional reasons you feel this way. 

Declutter coach Gina Morton works by going into peoples’ homes and closets or even working virtually to help them declutter. She says our clutter says a lot about who we are and reducing it can help us be our best selves. She tells us how! In this episode, Kim and Nan...

Do you think you’d be happier if you had more money? Research shows you probably wouldn’t be, and the addiction to money that many of us have actually makes us unhappy!! We speak with researcher Jeff Golden https://reclaimingthesacred.net/, who told us that while the US is one of the richest countries in the world, it’s not one of the happiest. In his book, Reclaiming the Sacred: Healing Our Relationships with Ourselves and the Wor...

What is the automatic negative thought that plays in your head in response to a stressful situation? One effective way to manage stressful situations is to bring a coping thought to mind. In this episode, Kim and Nancy of The Wisdom Coalition https://www.thewisdomcoalition.com/, outline exactly how you can define your automatic negative thoughts, and how you can create coping thoughts using a wonderful tool from positive psychology...

What significance does complaining have in your life? Is it taking away from your sense of joy and peace? Complaining can be a poison if we let it take over our outlook. In this episode, Kim and Nancy of The Wisdom Coalition https://www.thewisdomcoalition.com/, outline the latest research into the power of limiting how much you complain every day. Kim and Nancy outline exactly what a complaint is and how you can raise your awarenes...

“Adoption is a trauma and the victim is expected to be grateful,” says our guest Janet Sherlund, author of, Abandoned at Birth: Searching for the Arms That Once Held Me. She talks about the grief and longing that can haunt children and adults who have been adopted. Sherlund outlines what she wants the world to know about how adoptees feel, the biology of belonging and how adoptees can build a strong sense of self despite their feel...

“Your greatest creative project is to become yourself,” says our guest Jacob Nordby, www.jacobnordby.com co-founder of A Writing Room Collective, Jacob shares strategies from his latest book, The Creative Cure: How Finding and Freeing Your Inner Artist Can Heal Your Life. He says each of us is creative, and creativity is the essence of our humanity. Norby shares how we can use creativity in dynamic ways to  cultivate inner peace. H...

What have you emotionally subscribed to that isn’t bringing you joy or adding value to your life? Our guest, Julio Vincent Gambuto https://www.juliovincent.com/ , says you can take back control of your life by cleaning out and clearing out what you no longer need to subscribe to. Gambuto is the author of, "Please Unsubscribe, Thanks!: How to Take Back Our Time, Attention, and Purpose in a World Designed to Bury Us in Bullshit". In ...

Do you like routines? They have a place in our lives to offer us comfort and stability, but experts say we should try to find some novelty in our routines to enrich our lives and our outlook. Novelty is anything that you experience as new, which can expand your brain and your thinking. In this episode, Kim and Nancy of The Wisdom Coalition https://www.thewisdomcoalition.com/, reveal the science which says we should pause and look f...

Plant the seeds now so you can harvest happiness later, says our guest Lisa Cypers Kamen, MA,  https://harvestinghappiness.com/ , a lifestyle consultant who explores the science of happiness. Lisa says, “Where we focus our attention is usually where we find ourselves.” She gives tips from her book, Are We Happy Yet? Eight Keys to Unlocking a Joyful Life. Join us for a discussion based in positive psychology that will have you harve...

How would you like to feel better and live longer? Dr. Torkil Færø. a general practitioner and emergency physician, has been blowing up the best seller list in Norway for more than 66 weeks with his book, The Pulse Cure https://thepulsecure.com/ . He says our heart rate variability can tell us all kinds of things about our health, “Our body whispers and we are hard of hearing.” With the Pulse Cure, he says, we can hear loud and cle...

“Our body image houses our story,” says Body Image Therapist Deb Schachter https://debschachterlicsw.com/, who has been recognized as one of Boston’s leading clinicians in the areas of body image and eating disorder recovery. She has co-authored a book with former Olympic athlete Whitney Otto http://whitneyottocoaching.com/  called Body Image Inside Out: A Revolutionary Approach to Body Image Healing https://bodyimageinsideout.com/...

Every action has a reaction. How are you reacting to other people? Do you assume they have the worst intentions or the best intentions? Kim and Nancy take a look at the power of a generous assumption based off of a recent blog they wrote: 

https://www.thewisdomcoalition.com/post/the-power-of-a-generous-assumption . Learn how this concept can help YOU have a better day based on how you react to other people. Your thoughts and actio...

“We all have this voice of self-doubt, this loop of self critical thoughts,” says our guest, Tara Mohr https://www.taramohr.com/, leadership coach and author of Playing Big: Practical Wisdom For Women Who Want to Speak Up, Create, and Lead. Tara explains how we can break that destructive loop of self doubt with our thinking and our attitude. She helps people define their own self-doubt and understand how to prevent it from crushing...

“Our inner child is the person inside of us that deep down we feel we truly are,” says our guest Ramaa Krishnan, founder of the Full Bloomed Lotus Center for Self-Awareness www.fullbloomedlotus.com, and author of, The Yoga of Self-Love: The Sacred Path to Wholeness and Healing Through Inner-Child Work. Ramaa helps people understand how we have internalized other people’s opinions of us, and how that impacts everything we do. Ramaa...