Do you believe we all have complete freedom? Complete. Freedom. When Viktor Frankl (Man's Search For Meaning) said that even when the Nazi's were torturing his body, he still had ultimate freedom to choose, what did he mean? Was he simply an exceptional human being with something special about him that no one else has? And If we all have this capacity, how do we tap into it every day?

My guest is Kara Stamback, whose work is based on Three Principles Psychology; we will talk about what ultimate psychological freedom means and just how accessible it is.

Kara Stamback, M.S., is a teacher, counselor, consultant and facilitator in principle-based psychology. She is an Associate at www.pranskyandassociates.com

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Has what you hoped you do with your life been relegated to a beloved (or disappointing) daydream fantasy? A pot of gold at the end of a all too infrequent rainbow?

No matter what we tell ourselves or how sensible the reasons sound, there's no mistaking the feeling of an unfinished, unfulfilled desire. A life populated by our little and large disappointments is like sleeping on a lumpy mattress, you are tossing and turning all the time. What small steps - or large ones - could make a difference to you, and open up parts of your life to more ease and comfort - whether you are in the process of going for a big dream or not.

Oh yeah, and you don't need to fix yourself or be in a good mood to get started. 

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What you talk about builds the house you live in. Ever catch yourself saying "Oh, I'm not good at that"?

I've had many clients tell me they can't manage this or that based on having never really tried it. We bust right through those to incredible new places.  How?  Because they are just lies. They are lies that we install as the windows in our house. Through these lies we view the world outside: a limited place of ever decreasing possibility.   It doesn't have to be this way.

To get the exercises and book list from today click here

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L.A.'s original Get Up Girl Margalit Ward and I talk about how to stay on track with any type of goal, resolution or heart's desire. Margalit shared her six steps to busting procrastination and we sure had fun along the way.

Say goodbye to piled up bills and not getting to the gym!  (or, yunno, get back to me on that)

To get started ask:

1. What am delaying?
2. Why?
3. What do I want to happen?
4. What can I commit to cleaning up that's doable and by when?
5. How will I hold myself accountable?
6. How will I acknowledge myself when I've done it?
   

Margalit Ward and Shannon Bindler (both ICF certified coaches) are the dynamic founders and leaders of Get Up Girl, one of LA's most popular women's empowerment programs. Their network, community and coaching programs can be found on www.getupgirl.org.

Write me with the answers to your questions if you like - and let me know how it goes :)

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Who decides what's possible for you at any given time?  Are 'impossible dreams' just fantasies or are they challenges?  And if they are challenges, what would it take to do something you are yearning to do?

I look at the limits of our beliefs, the barriers of perfectionism and striving and the works of Gay Hendricks (The Big Leap), Michael Neill and Barbara Sher. 
 
What's impossible comes straight from how we think and what we decide.  In this show I explore how to shimmy right over those limits.

Interesting in doing more?  The reading list and suggested practices are here in Ideas and Tips

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Lynne Klippel, author of Overcomers Inc  and I talk about true stories of hope, inspiration and courage from her book.  We all have days when we'd rather just stay under the covers, and then we have days we wish we weren't born at all.  No matter what the circumstances, it helps to know that others have made it through similar tough times and come out the other side. 

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We tend to think that safety comes from retraction.  A closed stance feels protected; an open stance seems exposed.  But the opposite is actually true.  Resistance does not protect us from the world around us, and as those things happen anyway, resistance keeps us from adapting and having a creative response to whatever is happening.

I talk about five ways to cultivate an attitude of growth: self-observation, questions, openness/listening, knowing our stories, and seeing the ways we are connected.

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Talking with Asha Praver about crisis, real strength, higher awareness and coping with change...
Taught by a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, Asha Praver is Spiritual Co-Director of the Ananda Palo Alto Community. She invites us to discover the power to go deeper, to find compassion for ourselves and others and open to possibility, even at the worst of times. Today's uncertainty can be an invitation to care for yourself in new ways and build new strength. Asha shows us where to look for the courage we need..

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Does it feel different to be looking forward to a year ahead rather than counting the days to the end?  There's a subtle shift, isn't there?  Whether you believe a new year is a total clean slate or just another day - it still seems like like change is afoot somehow.  

Or maybe that is just me!!

I spent New Year doing something I've never done before: December 31st I was alone on a reflective retreat. On the show I share with you what I did, what I packed and what I learned and how you can apply 5 principles of change to any change in your life.

1. Close Out by choosing consciously and releasing
2. Spend time in gratitude by making lists of what you appreciate and where you got it right
   
3. Forgive and Release.  No matter how hard you try, it is impossible to be grateful and depressed - Robert Holden from his perpetual calendar
4. Open to the New.  Don't just reset your system, get the upgrade.
5. Visioning & Goalsetting.  Do it so it works, don't just create another TO DO list.  (To avoid the 'goals-of-death' you can always contact me for some coaching).
   

The Eight things I took with me that I mention in the show are all listed with the links included in my blog post The Old, the New and the Unknown

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