Episode #6 | Personal Growth & Transformation | How to Create Sustained Change In Your Life

Welcome to Episode 6 of the Urban Amish Show! In this episode I'm joined by my wife of 21 years, Mary June to talk about how to implement sustained change in our lives. Lasting change that leads to personal growth, transformation, and a stronger foundation on which to build our future. 

We both know what it's like to try and fail to change our habits and our thinking, and we also have learned what it takes to make these changes stick. 

One of the changes I want to make in my life is to create and publish these episodes on a more regular schedule. For as long as I've known that I have something to say, I've also faced resistance in my creative endeavors. Some of you will know what I'm talking about. We can be our own worst critic and our own worst enemy, trapped by what Stephen Pressfield calls "Resistance". 

One thing Pressfield says about Resistance in his excellent book "The War of Art" is that resistance can be used as a navigational beacon. Resistance is so resolutely opposed to us producing what we are called to produce that we can actually reverse engineer it, and use it as a navigational beacon, letting it point us towards our calling. The thing we are most afraid of is the thing we must face in order to move forward. 

I've certainly found that to be true in my life. 

Let's face it. It's impossible to hide the fact there is a three month gap between episodes #4 and #5 of this show. That's resistance. 

But the only way through our fears and our resistance is, well, through them. So here we go. 

In this episode, Mary June tells the story of how she was violently attacked in an attempted robbery, and how she used that fear and trauma as fuel in her personal journey. How she confronted that fear and moved towards love, into greater service for those around her, training for a marathon and raising tens of thousands of dollars to support a cause very dear to her heart. You won't want to miss it. 

As your host, my role is one of a 'player / coach'.  I'm on this adventure with you, and I'm paying attention to what works and what doesn't, and I report back to you, hopefully giving you some valuable insights that you can use to improve your own health & fitness, your marriage, your parenting, your career, or whatever it is you're working to improve in your life.  

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