Positive Solutions 4 Life-Transforming Your Mind & Body from the Inside Out

Choose Joy

What do you think of when you think of joy?
What brings you joy? What brings you pleasure? Delight? Happiness? Makes you feel good?
 
In this episode, I share eight ways you can bring more joy into your life including:
1. Appreciate and Savor Big and Small Moments
2. Get Outside
3. Connect with Others
4. Give Back
5. Add Color
6. Do your Hobby
7. Experience New Things
8. Take Care of Yourself
 
Henri Nouwen says, “Joy does not simply happen to us. We have to choose joy and keep choosing it every day.”
Make a Joy List and do something each day that brings you joy and happiness.
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF

Compassionate Communication with Kathy Ziola

Do you wish that you could communicate better with others? Or that others would understand you more? Do you want to get your needs met in your relationships? You can! With skills learned through the Nonviolent Communication or Compassionate Communication model.
 
In this episode, Kathy Ziola, a certified trainer with the Center for Nonviolent Communication, discusses the four key components or curiosities of Nonviolent / Compassionate Communication: Observation, Feelings, Needs, Requests. She also talks about the importance of empathy in communication and provides the listeners with how compassionate communication looks like with an impromptu role play exercise with Peggy.
 
Communication is key in any relationship. We all are just trying to get our needs met. If we start with the facts, acknowledge our feelings, understand the need we have, and can ask for what will meet our need in a respectful, empathic way, communication and the response to it will be much improved.
Often conflicts arise at the level of strategies, which are the actions we take to meet the need we have. There are many ways or strategies to getting our needs met. Getting curious and having positive intentions and assumptions can improve the chances of our needs being met.
 
Connect with Kathy Ziola here:
https://nvctrainingsource.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@communicationworks1284/ https://www.instagram.com/kathyziola/ https://www.facebook.com/comworksconnections
 
FREE OFFER: Receive a free booklet and a series of compassionate moments meditations when you sign up to stay in touch with Kathy Ziola.
Just click this link: https://lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/tD6xSoo/freegifts
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF

Feeling Blah: Part 2

Last week I talked about feeling blah. There is more to feeling blah than taking care of our physical being and managing the day to day life. It can be a result of deeper, unnoticed factors.
In today's episode, I will share 5 subtle yet powerful reasons that may be contributing to that drained, uninspired feeling of blah including:
1. Holding back or playing small
2. Not Speaking Your Truth
3. Not Asking for What You Need
4. Feeling Emotionally Detached
5. Not Knowing Why
 
If you’re experiencing that “blah” feeling, it’s important to acknowledge not only how you are taking care of yourself, but also these deeper more subtle causes that may be influencing your mood.
Are you holding back or playing small?
Are you speaking your truth?
Are you asking for what you need or want?
Are you emotionally detached?
Do you know why you are doing what you are doing?
 
The key to breaking free from this blah state is to reconnect with your authentic self, voice your truth and your needs, shine your light, feel the day and find the deeper meaning and purpose in what you do. By taking small steps toward embracing who you truly are, you will soon find that spark of passion and energy you’ve been missing and you will start living with more vibrancy and joy.
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF

Breast Health with Jessica Baladad

One in eight women will get breast cancer. Ninety percent of people who get breast cancer have no genetic predisposition. These are numbers you cannot ignore. You can take charge of your health. Be an advocate for health.
 
In this episode, Jessica Baladad shares her story of being diagnosed with Stage 2B breast cancer at age 33. She has used her experience to advocate for breast health, developing an app called, Feel For Your Life and the 5 best things you can do for your health.
Find a doctor who will advocate with you.
Do self exams.
Get Screened.
Understand your breast density.
Talk to your doctor about your genetic predisposition to cancer and disease.
 
The Feel For Your Life app has tools and resources she wishes she had before, during and after diagnosis. In the app, it shows you how to do a self breast exam, it has a track and monitor program with prompting questions, monthly reminders and Breast Friend AI tool. This AI tool takes the medical jargon from exams, scans and test results and puts them in terms you can understand as well as questions you can ask your doctor. All for FREE.
 
Connect with Jessica Baladad here:
https://www.feelforyourlife.com/meet-jessica https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicabaladad https://www.instagram.com/jessica.baladad/?hl=en https://twitter.com/jessica_baladad?lang=en https://www.facebook.com/JessicaBaladad01/
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF

Feeling Blah?

Have you ever been in one of those funks where you just are feeling off or blah? A period of time lasting a few days to a few weeks, that it’s hard to get motivated to do much? Or the enjoyment of doing things isn’t there? Or it just seems like you are going through the motions? Doing the same thing day in and day out? Is it ground hogs’ day on repeat? Is it the winter Blues? Or something else?
 
In this episode, I will share with you the 10+ areas of my life I evaluate when I am feeling blah or off to see how I am taking care of myself and how those same aspects are the solution for feeling more alive, more connected, more energized and more productive.
The areas of my life I evaluate when I am feeling blah:
• Sleep
• Exercise
• Food
• Hydration
• Breathing
• Thoughts
• Plan for the day
• Mindfulness
• Meaningful activities
• Stress level
• Sunlight
 
How are you doing in taking care of yourself? Did you find an area or two that you could make a small shift in that could help you feel better physically, mentally or emotionally? What is one area where you could take a little better care of yourself?
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF
 

It's All in Your Hands with Jayne Sanders

Are you struggling to feel deeper and more consistent joy and fulfillment? Want to know your life's purpose and what is getting in your way of achieving it? It's all in your hands. Get your hand analyzed by Jayne Sanders.
In this episode, Jayne shares how she found her life's purpose after decades of trial and error through a tele-seminar on hand analysis. She shares how Scientific Hand Analysis provides a blueprint to who people are and why they’re here on the planet, their gifts and tripping points, and answers to their big why questions.
Jayne Sanders is a MASTER Scientific Hand Analyst featured in a FORBES article about her work. As a hand analyst, she can reveal your purpose, special gifts, and blind spots, then guide you into the inspired meaning and action to take to make your life even better.
 
Connect with Jayne Sanders here: https://www.purposewhisperer.com/
SPECIAL OFFER: Reach out to Jayne Sanders on her website, mention you heard her on this podcast and receive a discount on your hand analysis!
 
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF

5 Love Languages

As Valentine’s Day approaches, love is in the air. What is the secret to love that lasts? According to Gary Chapman, it’s knowing your love language as well as your partner or spouse’s love language.
 
In today’s episode, I will explain the 5 Love languages related to couples in relationships from his book, The 5 Love Languages: The Secret To Love That Lasts.
The 5 Love Languages according to Gary Chapman are:
Words of Affirmation
Quality Time
Receiving Gifts
Acts of Service
Physical Touch
Learning the right love language is key to helping your spouse or partner feel loved AND you will reap the benefits as you will also feel loved in return. The need to feel emotionally loved is universal. To feel loved is a primary human emotional need.
When your emotional love tank or bank account is full, you act differently. It is as important in a marriage to keep your love tank full as it is to keep your gas tank full of gas or having money in your bank account. It keeps you going.
So this Valentines Day, understand not only your primary love language but also your spouse or partner’s primary love language then act on what would fill their love tank or love account. If you do, your love tank or love account will be full. Your life will be positively transformed.
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF

Teens & Social Media with Donna C. Moss

Are you worried about your teen and the effects being on their phones and social media have on them?
If so, listen in as Donna C. Moss talks about a simple solution to this that will improve your teen's mood, sleep, and school performance.
Donna also talks about how structure and having a hobby can help both parents and teens live a better life.
 
Donna C. Moss has 30 years’ experience helping adolescents, young adults, adults, and families (including children of divorce) with stress, panic, anxiety, loneliness, parenting, and a host of other issues. She has her own private practice and is the Clinical Supervisor at Solace House USA.
 
Check out Donna's course here: https://www.donnacmoss.com/
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
 
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF

Moms Eat First--Book Summary

Moms Eat First by Kathy Sullivan is about Moms being aware of how often they put the needs of others ahead of their own, operating on autopilot, going through each day without prioritizing themselves and what is important to them.
She starts out the book with 20 life lessons she has learned over the years. All of which are very relatable. I myself have learned many of these over the years, some, multiple times.
Then she goes on to list 5 key principles to prioritize yourself and create the change in life you desire. The 5 key principles to prioritize yourself are:
Reflection is the key to self-preservation
Rediscovering possibilities is essential to feeding your soul
It is never too late to reset priorities based on what is important to you
Amid adversity you can reclaim power through choice
Peace prevails when you release what you can't control
With all these principles, the author provides a number of reflective questions and space for you to journal about them that will help you gain the clarity you need to recognize, proclaim and take action towards living the life you desire.
It is not merely a book of information, this book, Moms Eat First, is part workbook. It gives you the space to reflect, rediscover, reset, reclaim and release what doesn’t serve you and what will help you live the life you desire.
Listen to Kathy Sullivan's interview on Positive Solutions 4 Life Podcast here: https://peggyatpositivesolutions.podbean.com/e/moms-eat-first-with-kathy-sullivan/
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF
 

Your Heart's Voice with Renee Greene Murphy

Everyone has a voice inside them, your intuition or conscious, that helps them choose the right thing to do, that is there to guide and protect you.
In this episode, Renee Greene Murphy, a former school counselor, talks about her award-winning book, "Your Heart's Voice", her inspiration to finish it, and how this book, along with her journals are making an impact in the schools by providing an easy way to teach social emotional skills, problem solving and making good choices.
"Your Heart's Voice" is a children's picture book about intuition, problem solving, recognizing feelings and making good choices. She states, intuition is like a muscle, the more you use it (listen to it) the stronger it gets.
 
Connect with Renee Greene Murphy and get a copy of the book and journal here: https://reneegreenemurphy.com/
 
Connect with Peggy Meyer here: https://positivesolutions4life.com/
 
Get a copy of the book, The Strength to Shift: http://bit.ly/3ZRh8xF