Reach Out And Share

There’s a sign above my door that says "just breathe, you’ll never live this moment again", and it means something different on a hard day than on a good one. After a few heavier episodes, this one is about hope. I bring together Emily Dickinson, a very dramatic Scarlett O’Hara, and the poster I hung at a Kentucky state job when I was nearly 40 and starting over. Together they show how hope and love carry us through life transitions, and why hope doesn’t have to be big to count. Find more at BetterThinking-BetterLiving.com.

Learn more at https://www.betterthinking-betterliving.com and follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/betterthinking.betterliving

Better Thinking Better Living. A Life Transitions Podcast, hosted by Tonya Shankle. Follow the show so you don't miss what's next.

This podcast is for educational and inspirational purposes only, not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health care.

Reach Out And Share

Some things you can’t think your way out of, and a show with “better” in the title twice is exactly where that needs to be said out loud. This one is for anyone moving through the kind of loss nobody really prepares you for, in all its loud and quiet forms, and the grief that refuses to follow a schedule. I make the case that heaviness and peace can live in the same breath, and that you don’t need fixing to move through it. Follow Better Thinking Better Living so you don't miss an episode. Links to website and contact below.

Learn more at https://www.betterthinking-betterliving.com and follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/betterthinking.betterliving

Better Thinking Better Living. A Life Transitions Podcast, hosted by Tonya Shankle. Follow the show so you don't miss what's next.

This podcast is for educational and inspirational purposes only, not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health care.

Reach Out And Share

Your house is spotless, your inbox is empty, and the one thing that actually matters is still sitting there untouched. Sound familiar?

My microphone sat on the desk for weeks before I recorded a single word. Long before that, it was college term papers. I was a creative writer at heart, stuck writing clinical, by-the-book papers that came back with B's no matter how hard I worked. So I cleaned.....and cleaned.

This episode looks at procrastination as a coping strategy and the feeling it's usually protecting you from. You'll hear why fear works more like a dashboard warning light than a stop sign, why being seen trying can feel scarier than failing, and the one question I keep coming back to whenever I'm standing at the edge of something that matters: which fear is louder, the fear of trying or the fear of never having tried?

If you're in the middle of a life transition and something you care about keeps getting pushed to tomorrow, this one is for you. And if someone you love has a microphone of their own collecting dust, send it their way.

Learn more at https://www.betterthinking-betterliving.com and follow me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/betterthinking.betterliving

Better Thinking Better Living. A Life Transitions Podcast, hosted by Tonya Shankle. Follow the show so you don't miss what's next.

This podcast is for educational and inspirational purposes only, not a substitute for therapy or professional mental health care.