Pretty Little Prisons

Pretty Little Prisons

We all experience some aspect of confinement in our lives, it could be situational or long term. The ability to create a new arch and escape the loops that threaten happiness can make the difference in feeling defined vs. confined by the life we lead.

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June 9, 2024 4 mins

Releasing the connection to the popular definition of success in the material world and centering on one's own personal concept or philosophy of success is ascendance. Going beyond what limits or inhibits us, this is where we break free from the pretty little prison of public perception. Embrace the undefined.

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The collective experiences of losses and lessons create resistance in our lives. When we learn to rise above the resistance, we escape the prison (or confining aspects) of that which threatens to hold us down. This episode is about being the pilot, the plane and the protagonist of your life.

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October 29, 2022 13 mins

Staying trapped in the state of Doubt is much like a prison. Today's episode focuses on ways to elevate from a state of doubt into belief.

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October 8, 2022 17 mins

Weight. It is carried on the inside and the outside, how do we deal with it? How can we achieve a sense of weightlessness instead of feeling weighed down by everything that draws down on human existence? What can we release to achieve freedom?

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August 27, 2022 10 secs

So the saying goes: "Wherever you go, there you are. " The only prison you never escape is YOU. So how can we deal with ourselves in order to create a "kind mind"? The best home is the one you give yourself. Create a beautiful space to nurture.

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Perspective can become a pretty little prison, keeping you stuck in a comfort zone and never growing beyond it. This breakout season 3 podcast focuses on the power of shifting perspective.

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Process can be another pretty little trap that becomes a prison, especially processes without a finite end date, such as healing. How one deals with processes that are indefinite so psychological paralysis doesn't set in is the key to living with an empowered, mobile mindset.

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The invisible bars of uncertainty, we all face them at one point or another in this human life. This episode discusses the alternatives in finding a way forward, a way that gives us more of a freedom experience vs. escaping into another situation that may leave us feeling trapped again.

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Is it the mountain inside of you or on the outside of you that is in the way today? Today's episode focuses on overcoming the mountains we face, and the mountains we create, and how we can shift perspective to assist forward movement in our lives.

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Obsessing about your latest work in progress or experiencing writers block? This episode brings our first ever guest interview with accomplished author, podcaster, editor, director and illustrator Karina Kantas of "Behind the Pen" for some keen insights on how to escape the confinement arcs that occur in the creative process. Link: https://linktr.ee/karinakantas

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Do you feel trapped by the choices you make? This episode discusses the trap of free will. Reward, consequence or stalemate...whatever it may be, making choices can create a confinement arch that we must learn to effectively deal with.

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Though often perceived as the roots that foster strength, traditional roles and family values can also present a set of confinement arcs or a perceptual prison. This episode focuses on reframing the thought process to focus on healthy experiences.

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What is your pretty little addiction? Online scrolling? Happy Hour? Retail therapy? Food? Wine? Happy Hour? Golf? Procrastination? Be it a person, place, practice or thing, sometimes the reward value comes with a risk factor if it begins to eat away at one's quality of life, personal freedom or level of empowerment. Sometimes event that we perceive as good, in excess, might involve a level confinement. Are you trapped in an addicti...

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March 5, 2022 9 mins

In Buddhism, it is lust, the relentless drive to fulfill our never-ending cravings that produces dukkha (suffering). Like a vicious cycle, instead of making us happy, fulfilling our desires only drives us to fulfill other bigger, more complex desires when we realize that we were not completely satisfied. It is only when we can have the right views about the nature of reality that we can become free from this cycle of suffering.

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February 25, 2022 13 mins

Stuck in your own thoughts? It's easy to get caught in mental traps like memories, whether pleasant or unpleasant. This episode discusses tips on how to break free from the constraints of the mind and effect change in your life.

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February 23, 2022 11 mins

It has often been said that "Home is where the heart is." So what happens when we don't feel at home in a home? This episode discusses the various confinement arcs experienced in daily living, and how we might break free from any unhealthy aspects of the home environment.

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Loss, Grief and pain are powerful forces to be reckoned with in this life. They can be a consuming, persistent energy that we are challenged to overcome if we ever want to experience happiness again. How we choose to adapt and respond can take us into that gleaming horizon, but first we master survival.

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February 3, 2022 10 mins

One of the most obvious confinement arcs we experience is the past. How we choose to operate in the present, freed from the confines of the things that shaped our past is one of the keys to liberating the self from repeating history.

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February 3, 2022 7 mins

One of the most obvious confinement arcs we experience in this human life is having to live by a set of rules. Be they the internal rules we set to govern ourselves by or how we live life inside the set of societal rules we are born into, how we choose to reconcile ourselves with that and choose the lifestyle that supports a sense of freedom vs. confinement may be one of the most valuable things we do.

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Stereotypes and prejudices are everywhere (even in today's so-called modern society), creating yet another confinement arc that challenges us to either stand up and speak out or remain silent and accept that things can or will never change. Being the referee in your life and flagging this type of social injustice is the least one can do.

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