We share John’s moving journey with terminal liver cancer and how gratitude, faith, and family helped him shift from anger to agency. We explore identity beyond thoughts, mastering state with the triad, the power of framing, interdependence in relationships, and the true meaning of forgiveness.

• the goal of free, helpful tools for growth
• John’s diagnosis and the mental shift from anger to acceptance
• the impact of depression on loved ones and choosing grace
• support from family, faith, and Tuesdays With Morrie
• savoring small moments and rejecting materialism
• identity as awareness, not thoughts
• stories, bias, and editing your narrative
• mastering state with physiology, focus, and language
• framing reality to change perspective
• moving from dependence to interdependence
• authenticity, intent, and social masks
• letting go, internal forgiveness, and reclaiming control
• format update to longer, biweekly episodes

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A fast-paced highlights tour of core personal growth themes: reclaiming agency, the power of sleep, meeting the six human needs, patience as a superpower, reframing failure, the science of intrinsic motivation, the anxiety–avoidance loop, and real self-care. We share how to build support systems through vulnerability, hospitality, and boundaries while modeling growth instead of preaching it.

• focusing on your locus of control and honest agency
• sleep as foundational energy for mindset and action
• meeting certainty, variety, connection, significance, growth, contribution
• building patience to reduce reactivity and think clearly
• reframing failure to take more action
• cultivating intrinsic motivation by praising effort during effort
• breaking the anxiety–avoidance loop with graded action
• modeling growth, not preaching, in relationships
• using boundaries and expectations wisely
• defining self‑care as restorative maintenance

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The Sage Solutions Podcast and content posted by David Sage is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. No coaching client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. No Legal, Medical or Financial advice is being given. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast or website is at the user's own risk. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice, diagnosis, or treatment of a psychotherapist, physician, professional coach, Lawyer or other qualified professional. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical or mental health condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals for any such conditions. The opinions of guests are their own and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of the podcast.

A New Year highlight reel of practical tools for growth: why consistency beats intensity, how Stoicism and mindfulness work together in crisis, and how clear communication and love maps deepen connection. We share frameworks for conflict, daily priming, nature’s reset, and rational optimism.

• consistency as the engine of skill, strength, and self-trust
• core fundamentals: focus on locus, conscious perspective, lifelong learning, fill your cup
• stoicism clarified and applied to a real medical emergency
• the five love languages and love maps for clearer connection
• express expectations with warmth and specificity
• priming your day and the science of hydration
• service versus hospitality and the feeling that lingers
• argument vs debate vs discussion and when to use each
• walking and nature as mindfulness in motion
• replacing catastrophizing with rational optimism
• mindful Stoicism as a flexible toolkit
• humor and self-compassion as resilience builders

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The Sage Solutions Podcast and content posted by David Sage is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. No coaching client relationship is formed by listening to this podcast. No Legal, Medical or Financial advice is being given. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast or website is at the user's own risk. It is not intended as a substitute for the advice, diagnosis, or treatment of a psychotherapist, physician, professional coach, Lawyer or other qualified professional. Users should not disregard or delay in obtaining medical advice for any medical or mental health condition they may have and should seek the assistance of their healthcare professionals for any such conditions. The opinions of guests are their own and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of the podcast.