On Finding Peace
Life is sometimes difficult, but even so, it is always possible to find inner peace. Our podcast co-hosts Chris & Missy cover topics of daily living which cause us stress and anxiety, guiding us on how to change our perspective and to learn how to live in the moment.Chris is a national speaker, author, and counselor for more than 20 years. He is the founder of Lifesjourney Life Coaching, LLC, providing life coaching, business coaching/consultation, and keynote speaking focused on improving one's inner-life, encouraging us to live in the moment to find our inner peace. Missy is a coach, an author, and founder of The Phoenix Program, helping you shift your perceptions and be reborn to share your greatness with the world. Please consider "buying us a coffee" to support this podcast, and to get extras for yourself!
Episodes
July 20, 2022 • 38 mins
In this episode, Missy and Chris are tackling the concept of verbal processing. Communication is key to any healthy relationship, but how each person processes verbal communication affects the overall value of the communication. Is the difference gender related? Can we even ask that question today?
The hosts ponder the origins of verbal processing back to cave people and wonder if how we internally process verbal communication has...
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June 21, 2022 • 25 mins
In this episode, Chris and Missy talk about flexibility in life. How best can we daily be flexible and why even try? The simple answer: flexibility offers inner peace and less stress.
When we "go with the flow" instead of fighting against the current we reduce our stress since we are no longer striving to control that which we can't control in the first place. Flexibility has everything to do with letting go of control and getting...
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May 26, 2022 • 30 mins
In this episode, Missy and Chris explore the power of words, and how we can use them to change our lives for the better. Words are incredibly powerful. They can shape our perception of the world and ourselves, and influence the way we interact with others.
Our self-talk – the things we say to ourselves inside our own heads – is particularly important, as it can have a big impact on how we feel about ourselves and our lives. Fortun...
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May 10, 2022 • 29 mins
In this episode, Missy and Chris are talking about staying grounded. Many of us feel overwhelmed by life and aren't sure what to do to again find our inner peace. We talk about ways that we maintain our peace when life is just too busy and chaotic.
Missy shares her wisdom about "staying in my own lane" and Chris shares his approach of "not caring". Listen to find out what Chris means by that! The bottom line, the hosts agree that w...
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March 11, 2022 • 37 mins
Being emotionally available is not easy for everyone. In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about what it means to be emotionally available and why some of us struggle with this.
Emotions are our guidance system in life, yet the unknown of the future causes us anxiety, in turn causing us to close off emotionally. Missy and Chris talk about the emotional walls we put up, recognizing that walls both keep things out and keep things i...
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March 5, 2022 • 35 mins
Addiction is typically associated with substances, but many of us deal with daily addictions other than substances. Missy and Chris share with us some daily addictions we may have and how we can learn to cope with them.
If you are coping with substance addiction this episode is helpful, but obtaining professional treatment for your addiction will give you the opportunity for a new life.
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February 19, 2022 • 31 mins
In this episode, Missy and Chris turn to the wisdom of Gary Chapman from his work "The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate".
Finding inner peace involves relationships; relationships with both self and others. Missy and Chris share with us their love languages and the issues they see in relationships when people don't know their love language.
The ideas we talk about revolve around communication ...
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December 1, 2021 • 35 mins
Find Peace Of Mind Through Progress Not Perfection
To find peace of mind we need to change our perspective to "progress not perfection". Many of us seek to have a perfect life, feeling like a failure when we fall short. In our search for perfection, we miss the journey, or the progress, along the way.
In this episode, Missy and Chris speak about their journey and search for perfection as they learned to change their perspective wh...
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November 14, 2021 • 32 mins
Judgement
Judgement is what we do on a daily basis. We are constantly judging ourselves and others based on how we feel we or they should be. Therefore, judgement is all about perspective and our expectations.
Using the word "should" sets up an expectation that may or may not be reasonable. So when we judge, we are taking our perspective, combining it with our expectation, and placing it on others. This is unfair to us and them as...
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October 27, 2021 • 31 mins
Support
Do you feel supported by others? There are times in our lives when we wish we were supported more, or better, especially by our loved ones and friends. How does this happen, that those closest to us aren't always our best supporters?
Support from others, according to Missy and Chris, is all about expectations. Our expectation of how we "should" be supported, and our loved one's expectation of how well they feel they are sup...
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October 13, 2021 • 32 mins
Love changes everything!
In this episode, we discuss how love, our life force, gives us freedom while taking away feelings of conflict. The lack of conflict combined with the presence of love leads us to inner peace and happiness. As Missy states: "Love is not a feeling but a decision."
The listener challenge is at the 30:05 mark where we are challenged to discover how we choose love in our daily life. Share with us your reflectio...
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September 8, 2021 • 32 mins
Releasing My Guilt
Guilt is a powerful emotion that tends to hold us back from not only moving forward but also from feeling our inner peace. Guilt is a feeling from the past, yet we live in the present. We can't change our past, but we can influence our present.
In this episode, Missy and Chris share how they, and how they guide their clients, through the feelings of guilt into a place of release and peace.
The listener challeng...
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August 6, 2021 • 31 mins
Taking Care of Yourself
Taking care of yourself is vitally important to living with inner peace. Yet, so many of us don't take the time in our busy schedules to take care of ourselves. Missy and Chris are in the same boat. The busyness of their lives makes it difficult to care for themselves, yet they make it happen. As stated in this episode "if my glass is empty I have nothing to give."
Listen in to learn how Missy and Chris take...
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July 8, 2021 • 28 mins
Leaving the Past
In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about the relationship we have with our past. What is the purpose of the past and how does it influence my future? They talk about the importance of acknowledging the past, yet not dwelling there. They provide stories of their own struggles with the past, guiding us listeners to learning how we can make sense of our past to peacefully live in our present.
The listener challeng...
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June 7, 2021 • 32 mins
The Value of Now
What do a dog and a caterpillar have to do with the value of now? Listen to this episode to find out. The value of now, or the importance of living in the present, is what Chris and Missy are discussing in this episode. We hear this message all the time, yet many of us still struggle with living in the moment. This is why Missy and Chris share their tips on how they daily practice living in the moment and how doing...
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May 24, 2021 • 30 mins
Belonging
Belonging. So many of us struggle with the feeling of not belonging. In this episode, Chris and Missy share with us their views on belonging, providing tips to us in our quest to belong. Belonging is similar to wanting someone to care about us. Part of our challenge is to learn how to move outside of yourself in your desire for belonging.
The listener challenge is found at the 24:00 mark. Missy challenges us to reach out...
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May 12, 2021 • 29 mins
Forgiveness As A Path To Inner Peace
Forgiveness is not always an easy thing for us to do. In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about the meaning of forgiveness and its relationship to inner peace. Without forgiveness, we won't feel at peace. But how can we forgive? Does it mean absolving the other of their wrong? What if the other person won't accept my forgiveness? These questions and more are answered through life examples from...
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April 29, 2021 • 30 mins
Turning Things Inside Out
Turning things inside out is a discussion on how our thoughts create our circumstances. Missy and Chris share how our thoughts cause our emotions which eventually turn into our actions. Changing our perspective on how we view life will therefore change how we feel and act. Listen in as they share how they do this on a daily basis.
Of course, there's another listener challenge found at 27:40. We're challe...
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March 17, 2021 • 28 mins
Quarantine Lessons Learned One Year Later
Quarantine, however it was implemented for you, has lasted over a year. In 2020 many of us were told that our life would be changed for about two weeks, then back to normal. These two weeks feel a lot longer! What have we learned over the course of this year? What has become our new normal, and how are we coping with that?
Missy and Chris talk about their lessons from their experience over...
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February 19, 2021 • 30 mins
Comparing - is the grass greener over there
Comparing tends to be part of our human nature. But comparing ourselves to others takes away our inner peace. In this episode, Missy and Chris talk about ways in which we tend to compare ourselves and demonstrate how that comparison takes away our inner peace. They share with us their tips for not comparing, instead, to being happy with what we have. Easier said than done, yet possible.
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