This month, Paul talks with psychiatric nurse practitioner Frances Robbins about about anxiety and depression.
Remember, both problems are treatable. You do not have to suffer.
Read MoreWhat are the stories we tell ourselves about ourselves? Are they true? And do they get in our way?
This month, Paul talks with Tokyo-based executive and life coach Sarah Furuya about the steps we can take to have more fulfilling work and personal lives.
Read MoreDuring this 2.5 minute audio excerpt from an hour-long radio interview, Zen Buddhist priest Rev. Taka Kawakami explains how life is in the present moment.
He says that people often get excited thinking about the future. We think that we will be superhuman tomorrow, but that we are only regular today. So we put things off. With that attitude, we let life slip past us.
Read More"Doctor! Doctor! It hurts when I do this!" "Then don't do that."
That sounds simple, right? Well....
In this short vlog, Paul Crouse talks about clearly seeing the things that we all do to sabotage ourselves, and choosing to change that behavior. Because If we don't, we'll keep on doing the same things over and over again, and never get where we want to be.
Read MoreWorry is focusing your attention on your fears repeatedly. It is a habit; a form of conditioned thinking.
Worry is a waste of time and energy. It does absolutely nothing to change what you are worried about.
It is also destructive. It causes a great deal of stress, which is unhealthy physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Worrying simply reinforces the fear you already have in your life. Fear is paralyzing and keeps you away from living your life to the fullest.
The good news is that you can stop worrying if you choose to.
Read MoreWould you rather be walking on a beach right now? Or doing something else? Do you feel stuck?
Choose to change. Even if you feel like you have no choice, you always do. You have a free will. You you want to live a better life, you can -- but you have to choose to do it.
Read MoreChallenge yourself to do things that you would not normally do to break your pattern of living on autopilot — and lessen the probability that you will become a grumpy old person.
Once a week, you should do something that gets you out of your comfort zone. Something that makes you feel uncomfortable, like sleeping on the other side of the bed or not drinking coffee for 24 hours.
Once a month, you should do something even more uncomfortable, like eating raw octopus or not using your mobile phone for an entire day.
And once a year, you should do something very, very uncomfortable — like listening to entire Justin Bieber CD or skydiving -- if you are afraid of heights.
This is a great way to break our habitual, conditioned thinking patterns, as well as open us up to greater variety of life experiences.
Read MoreTake a break from thinking for a little bit today.
We are taught that thinking is good and that we can solve all of our problems by thinking about them. To be thoughtless is considered to be an insult.
Yet, we can get lost in our thoughts. Often, the same thoughts go around and around, and make us crazy. Sometimes we think we know everything.
For today, lets try something different. Instead of trying to bend the world to fit our thoughts, let try to just be. Empty yourself of thoughts through simple meditation.
Read More(This is a new recording with improved audio quality and without the jarring bell at the end. Thanks to everyone for their feedback. Life is about progress, not perfection, right?)
Feel calm, centered and energized with the Chakra Meditation.
Listen to this sixteen minute guided meditation in the audio player, or download it to your phone or other device. Click "Read More" below. The audio player at the bottom of the page, with the download button on the right hand side.
You will be guided to open and activate your chakras (energy centers of your body) and then sit in silence.
Read More“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Today, I would like to teach you a very simple and powerful meditation you can do to empower yourself. It is called the Diamond Heart Meditation. With this meditation, you will consciously share the love in your heart with everyone and everything.
This is a very powerful meditation that can change your life. It will show you that you have an unlimited power source from within yourself. By sharing this love energy, your vibes will be tuned higher and your energy will shift. You will become brighter and your darkness will melt away.
Read MoreWorry is focusing your attention on your fears repeatedly. It is a habit; a form of condition thinking.
Worry is a waste of time and energy. It does absolutely nothing to change what you are worried about.
It is also destructive. It causes a great deal of stress, which is unhealthy physically, mentally, emotionally and spiritually.
Worrying simply reinforces living of your life in fear. Fear is paralyzing and keeps you away from living your life to the fullest.
The good news is that you can stop worrying if you choose to.
Read MoreOn my journey from the depths of alcohol abuse two decades ago, and from the work I do helping people improve their lives, I have found that the path of true success and happiness comes by looking inward and strengthening yourself from the inside out.
Today, I am going to briefly talk about what “going inward” really means and what you will find when you get there.
Read MoreIn the Chinese martial art of tai chi, there is a maxim that states: “The chi flows where the mind goes.
Your attention focuses your life energy. Being aware of your thoughts and how you focus your attention is an important step in creating the life you want for yourself.
Read MoreAre you in control of your mind, or does you mind control you? An addiction is giving your God-given power to a material substance. The way to overcome addictions it to take back control of your thinking.
In today's blog post, we learn how our addictions become our "gods".
Read MoreI held my older brother in my arms as he died. He had drunk himself to death. He was in a hospice because of liver failure that night. He was only 45. His last breath is forever burned into my mind.
That could have been me. I quit drinking 17 years earlier, when I was in my late twenties.
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Paul Crouse Radio Show #19 with Katherine Arati Maas - "Recovery, Healing and Taking Care of the Soul."
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