Rise Up and Shine Podcast Ashley Dai Zovi and Claudine Sweeney

Is your happiness dependent on others or your circumstances? When life isn't playing by your expectations does it affect your mood? Most of us do this. Today we talk about how to experience more happiness even in the midst of unmet expectations or disappointments. Should we be happy 100% of the time? Absolutely not. But oftentimes, we can control how we feel more than we may realize. Listen in and learn how.

Have you ever paid attention to how often you talk yourself out of your feelings? We tend to distract, deny or suppress any negative or uncomfortable emotions that come up. Today we talk about why it is critical for our well-being to not only acknowledge our emotions but actually allow ourselves to FEEL our emotions. Believe it or not, it is vital for our mental, emotional and physical health. Tune in to learn why this is so important and how to feel all the feels amidst our busy lives.

There are times in our lives that we have things in our heart that need to said but can feel quite hard. Some of us have no problem saying hard things and some of us do anything to avoid saying hard things. Wherever you fall on the spectrum, saying hard things are a part of life and must be done in order to be our truest and most authentic self. Today we share our own struggles as well as tips that offer a different perspective on this topic which will hopefully take the pressure off and make saying "hard things" a little easier.

Do think of yourself as having good self control? Maybe you don't tend to overspend or overeat or react emotionally. These are all things you may be very good at resisting but how about doing the "good" things you ought to do? Like forgiving, being generous, or setting healthy boundaries? Today we dive into the topic of self-control and share tips on how to have more self-control in the do's and the dont's so you can be your best and live life to the fullest.

We know the type of life we want to live, but for many of us, it feels out of reach.
There are so many things we have to do to survive and so many people who need us…is there any choice but to just get by?
What we often can’t see is that, under the surface, we are being pulled into others’ expectations, the values of the culture around us and lies about how we need to look, what we need to achieve and what we need to acquire to be happy.
These things pull us away from our own values and drain our time, energy and resources – and it’s so subtle, that we think this is just the reality of life…the way things we have to be.
But you have the power to choose the life you want and to live a values-first life.
Listen in as we share practicals to help you live a life that is in line with your values.
When we live in line with our values and who God made us to be, somehow God multiplies our time, energy and resources, and we find we get even more than we can imagine in return.
For more resources visit, ClaudineSweeney.com or MindOverChaos.com