Episodes

“When you're taking on a new role as an actor, you do a lot of digging into what makes your character tick and what's not on the page that you need to know to bring that character to life. So, a lot of that translates to helping fiction authors create their own characters.” – Sarah Welch

“Failure is the number one way that I've become more successful.” – Christy Callahan

“Sometimes dreams can help us even in the darkest of times.” – Isa Adney

“If you're not thinking about the fifth quarter when your child is at the collegiate level, you're thinking about the wrong thing…You should be thinking about life after sports. How is this decision for us to go to this particular school going to affect my son or daughter once the ball stops bouncing or the whistle stops blowing.” – Marty McNair

“What you think is important to you now may be different in ten years. For example, humility may be more important to you later on. I think it's good to realize your perspective will change.” – Dr. Laura Gabayan

“One of the things I do take solace in is the fact that my mother passed away when I was 16, so she didn't have to bear witness to me going through…because I think it would have killed her just to see her baby in bracelets fighting for his life.” – Deon Patrick

“Voice is the most valued part of yoga. How you communicate and how you are received and heard as a student, as a teacher, as a divine human being. When your voice has not been heard, how does one open this channel? Yes, chanting for sure. Yet a deeper exploration has to be heard from within, a longing to be heard.” - Karuna

"If you're that person that you know you want more, you can do more, and you can be more, chase it because when you chase it, you're going to see the opportunities waiting for you." – Robert B. Foster

“Most people think that mentors don't get anything out of it, but if you've ever given someone a gift that they've unwrapped and they have really loved it, it's exactly what they wanted and needed, the joy that you feel—that's what mentoring feels like.” – Dr. Deborah Heiser

“Listen to that voice of intuition and prioritize it like never before.” – Joy Giovanni

“If you write for 15 minutes a day, you can get out about 250 words. In 200 days, that's 50,000 words. That's a book. So, where were you 200 days ago?” – Sam Bennett

“The stories can either bind us, or we can use them to create magic.” – Judy Koons

“The motivation that gets you started is going to leave. If you're just stuck by the feeling of, ‘Oh man, I want to feel motivated,’ you're not going to finish anything. You have to stay disciplined and committed.” – Craig Stilley

“The doctors said my son might never walk or talk, but today he made two baskets at his basketball game. He’s the passion behind what I do every day.” – Jeaneen Tang

“What you want to achieve is what you should be going for.” – Ken Williams

“I owed it to people in my family who were phenomenal individuals and to my own sense of pride to finish this book.” – Anya Gillinson

“Mindfulness doesn’t take much time, just that permission and willingness to take some time for yourself and love yourself enough to give yourself your own inspiration.” – Jenny Garufi

“When you are working on your own, you just have to make sure that you do the behind the scenes things that need to be done to create your own success.” – Lois Creamer

"The act of writing is a way for me to physically see what goes on in my brain. It's amazing what will be revealed to me when I read it back, and it's a way for me to check in on where my mind is at, where my heart is at, and my mental health in general.” – Kristina Smeriglio

"You can't put a price tag on peace of mind." – Julie Coraccio

“It’s a nice gift when inspiration drops out of thin air, but if you want to take your craft seriously, you need to take responsibility for creating your own inspiration by building your own habits and doing it consistently.” – William Klem

“I would much rather be someone who quits something that's not aligned than someone who spends 40 years doing a job that doesn't fill my soul.” – Alysia Lyons

“Anytime you have a negative emotion, it's coming from the meaning you're giving the events, not the events.” – Shelly Lefkoe

“If Jesus hadn't saved me that day, I wouldn't be here today, six decades later. He is really the only friend I ever had, the only love I ever knew.” – Andi Buerger, JD