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Magical Mornings

May 28, 2025 By Shauna

Today’s episode is to awaken your awareness of the world all around you, the world you are a part of. How do we do that? It’s all about crafting a magical, wonderful morning. Not just “I hit snooze five times and rolled out the door with mismatched socks” kind of morning – but the kind that makes you feel like a warm cup of joy with whipped cream and just a little sparkle of wonder on top.

Wonder of everything around you. Wonder of your life.

SHOWNOTES

Hello, beautiful humans! Welcome to A Journey to Awareness, I am Shauna Hoffman.

Whether you’re still snuggled under the covers or already sipping your favorite morning brew, or you’re listening to this in the afternoon or evening! I thought I would share my new morning rituals and see if you are ready to change up your life with your own morning splendidness that will ground you, wake up your senses and maybe even sprinkle a little magic on the rest of your day – one gentle laugh, one deep breath, one intentional thought at a time. This podcast is called a Journey to Awareness. So, today’s episode is to awaken your awareness of the world all around you, the world you are a part of.

How do we do that? It’s all about crafting a magical, wonderful morning. Not just “I hit snooze five times and rolled out the door with mismatched socks” kind of morning – but the kind that makes you feel like a warm cup of joy with whipped cream and just a little sparkle of wonder on top. Wonder of everything around you. Wonder of your life.

I started a new ritual a few weeks ago that has changed my day, my moods and my life. I decided that I would not wake up and look at my phone right away. As a matter of fact, I would put it away till after I enjoyed my new morning sunshine. OK, that wasn’t easy as that phone calls my name the minute, I open my eyes. But I decided to try something new. something out of the box for me. My own magic.

I decided I wanted to take my coffee outside and say good morning to the world! No matter how cold it was! I was going outside to start my day. I layer myself in clothes, beanie on my head, scarf around my neck and take my coffee and cookie outside to my patio to be greeted by everything I see and then greet it all back! Oh, if my neighbors could hear me, they would think I am crazy.

Good morning neighborhood. Good morning plants behind me. Good morning mountains, good morning bamboo. Good morning sliver of white moon still up in the sky. Good morning palm trees on the other side of the fence. Good morning magnificent date tree. Good morning magical mystery plant that we don’t know what you are. Good morning giant majestic towering tree in the distance. Good morning lovey doveys, (the two doves that visit me every morning.)

Next, I look at the Aloha sign we have on our fence and say to the world… “Aloha!”

Then I close my eyes, and I thank Gaia, Mother earth. All of a sudden, I feel a part of it. I don’t feel like I am this human on a mission to just be my lone human with human purposes all day. I feel like part of the world around me and I feel connected. Connected to something I didn’t even know I needed.

So today as I was staring at the sky, I said to myself, I want to share this with all of you! I love this line from the Rascals.

“It’s a beautiful morning… I think I’ll go outside for a while and just smile.”

Let’s play with a few ideas that might help you fall in love with mornings.

First, Morning Magic could Start the Night Before.
Okay, I know this is a bit of a cheat. But let’s be real – future you loves it when present you lays out your clothes, sets the coffee, or puts your journal by the bed. A little prep the night before is like giving your morning-self a warm hug. And who doesn’t like a good pre-wake up hug?

There is nothing that makes me smile more and makes it easier to get out of bed than knowing I already have my coffee ready to just turn on, brew and enjoy!

And can you Wake Up to Something Lovely?
Really, You don’t have to wake up to your phone blaring a techno remix of anxiety. Try waking up to a favorite song, or even better – a light that mimics a sunrise. Your body goes, “Ah yes. I am a plant. Thank you.”

Bonus points if the first thing you see is something that makes you smile. A picture, a quote, your dog’s face. Maybe your own sleepy face. It’s a good face! If you have a phone addiction and it’s right next to your pillow and you really have to look at it, then turn on the camera and look at your own face! Or have an app like the I AM affirmation app on it and soak up morning affirmations and nothing else! No news! No emails! Don’t start texting people or reading texts. I want you to ask yourself, is it really possible for you to honor yourself for maybe a half hour every morning to create wonder for yourself the rest of the day?

Or try this!
Before you scroll, before you open the floodgates of everyone else’s lives… jot down three things, or ask yourself these three things while your head is still on your pillow…

  • What is one thing I’m grateful for this morning?
  • What is one thing I’m looking forward to today?
  • I love this one… What is One thing I want to feel today?

It takes less than a minute, and suddenly you’re not just reacting to your day – you’re co-creating it. Like a life artist.

“Write it on your heart that every day is the best day in the year.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Oooh, This could be fun…Romanticize Your Coffee/Tea/Toast Routine.

This is your own rom-com moment. Make your coffee or tea like it’s a love letter. Add cinnamon. Froth the milk. What if you could stare wistfully out the window for at least 6 seconds?  Or like me, take your coffee outside onto your patio, or sunroom, or room with a giant window, or your roof! Someplace that connects you to nature. The way you do small things tells your brain, “Hey, we matter. This day matters.”

I personally start my day with Life Is Good Mugs! Nothing like drinking out of your favorite cup! I have 7 different Life Is Good mugs that I rotate out. Each is for a different day. My yoga one is for Sundays and meditation. My hanging in a lounge chair mug is for my Saturdays when my work week is over. My dog mug is for my dog rescue days. My sunshine one, or ladybug one, or daisy one is for all those days I am ready to embrace or maybe need some extra joy in my morning!

Oooh, I love this idea. Move Like You Love Yourself!
Stretch. Wiggle. Dance to one 90s song. I’m not saying you need to do a full cardio routine at 6 am, unless that’s your jam. But even five minutes of gentle movement can whisper to your nervous system: “All is well, gorgeous.” A little yoga! Go outside! Reach up to the sky and sun, stretch and salute the day.

Now I know – sometimes in our lives, it’s not so easy. When you’re walking through grief, anxiety, illness, burnout, or just the quiet weight of everything, the idea of a “magical morning” might feel… out of reach. And that’s okay. This isn’t about pretending things are perfect – it’s about creating small moments of care in the middle of the mess.

Let me repeat that.  This isn’t about pretending things are perfect – it’s about creating small moments of care in the middle of the mess.

A gentle stretch, a warm mug, a sticky note with a kind word – these tiny rituals won’t erase the hard stuff, but they do help soften it. They give your nervous system something steady. They remind your heart that it’s still allowed to hope. And sometimes, that’s all it takes to begin again.

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love.”  — Marcus Aurelius

Whether you are going through struggles or not at this time in your life, what if you had a Dash of Whimsy all around you? Something to jumpstart a tiny smile or a huge one?

  • Fairy lights in the kitchen? Yes.
  • A shower playlist to greet your day?”  I mean, why not?
  • A note on the bathroom mirror that says “You’re doing amaaaaazing.” Hell yes.
  • An aloha sign! A hummingbird bird feeder outside your window. A dream catcher.
    Sometimes the tiniest things are the sparkliest.
  • Say hello to it all!

Now let’s think about this for a moment. The truth is, “magical” doesn’t mean perfect. A magical morning can still include spilled milk, mismatched socks, or forgetting what day it is. But it’s magical because you showed up. With curiosity. With heart. With the intention to treat yourself gently. That’s where the magic lives.

Doing these small things in the morning doesn’t just make your morning better, it shifts your whole day. You’re calmer in traffic. You smile at strangers. You answer that email with a little more grace. You’re not pouring from an empty cup – you’ve already filled it a little. And people feel that. You feel that.

Suddenly your productivity doesn’t come from pressure, it comes from peace.
Your mood? Brighter.
Your posture? Taller.
Your relationships? A little warmer.
And your smile? Oh, it sticks around longer.

That one magical morning moment can be the domino that topples the whole day into goodness.

My granddaughter said to us at 3 years old, “It’s going to be a great day today, Gigi!” Out of the mouths of babes. So now my husband and I turn to each other when we wake up and say, “It’s going to be a great day today!”

Buddha says,
“Each morning we are born again. What we do today is what matters most.” — Buddha

Oh, beautiful listeners, I hope you got a lot to think about from this podcast. And if you know anyone who would benefit from hearing it please share.

I hope that you take loving care of yourself. Wake up gently! See the beauty all around you. Connect with Gaia, mother nature.

I hope you see the beauty in yourself both inside and out. I hope you drink lots of water, eat nourishing foods, have lots of fun and surround yourself with loving beings.

Thank you for letting me in your life this week and I look forward to popping back in again next time.

 

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Anxiety, Burnout, Connected, Create, Gaia, Good Morning, Grateful, Grief, Happiness, Illness, Life is Good, Love Yourself, Magical, Magical Morning, Matters, Mood, Nature, Nervous System, Peace, Relationships, shift, Smile, Walk, Wonder

Expect The Unexpected

May 1, 2024 By Shauna

Expect the unexpected is a way to encourage staying adaptable or flexible in any situation. The first step in staying flexible is to have an open mind! I like to point to a painting in my office and tell my clients not to frame the painting yet! Keep painting! Life is not static. It is also about embracing spontaneity!

Think about it. Expectations are static. But life is far from static. Having an open mind, being flexible is how you use your creativity, your problem-solving skills and your instincts in any situation that arrives to take the next step. Good or bad!

Are you ready for the unexpected? Listen in…

SHOWNOTES

Hello and welcome, I’m Shauna Hoffman. Many of you know this, and some of you don’t know. I own another business called Whodunit. It started as a mystery theater company turned into a mystery cruise company, turned into a giant event cruising business. I have been lucky enough to cruise over 200 times in my life, all over the world. And our Whodunit motto is, “expect the unexpected”! So I thought, what a perfectly fun motto and life hack I have been living for the last 40 years to talk about today.

To expect the unexpected can be anything! The unexpected could be some amazing gift that you receive, or a relationship you never expected to have, or you win the lottery! Or the unexpected could be a glitch in your life, or something went wrong in your day. The unexpected can either be looked at as a good thing or a challenge. Well, I want to kind of look at it today just as the unexpected. Neither good nor bad!

OK, this motto goes right along with living in the present. It means that you stay exactly where you are and expect that you never know what’s gonna happen next. I guess it could also be, expect nothing and see what comes. Or, expect that you will be able to handle whatever comes. Good, bad, challenging, fun, crazy, miraculous.

Expect the unexpected is a way to encourage staying adaptable or flexible in any situation. The first step in staying flexible is to have an open mind! I like to point to a painting in my office and tell my clients not to frame the painting yet! Keep painting! Life is not static. It is also about embracing spontaneity!

Think about it. Expectations are static. But life is far from static. Having an open mind, being flexible is how you use your creativity, your problem-solving skills and your instincts in any situation that arrives to take the next step. Good or bad!

So how do you take the next step and stay flexible? First you breathe. Then you assess. Then you have to gather all of your mind skills and awareness of the situation to look forward, not back, to change or adjust your plan. Even the best, unexpected events still need us to adjust our day or our thoughts or our emotions or our future.

There is a skill, or perception or attitude that I try to embrace in these moments. It’s maintaining a positive attitude. If I can do this even in the worst circumstances I can remember that I am a resilient person. I always get back up.

This is not so easy for everyone.

OK, this is going out to my listeners who may have depression or anxiety or be Type A personality, who feel more comfortable when they can control a situation. Embracing expect the unexpected will be most difficult for you. Anxiety comes from the inability to control the situation in your mind. And in order to stay open enough to expect the unexpected and be resilient you have to let go of the idea that you can control everything in your life. And for so many of you, this is the biggest challenge. The hardest part for this kind of personality is keeping a positive mindset. And how the heck do you do that if a new situation is making you feel fearful or nervous or anxious?

The first thing you have to do is let go of the idea and expectations that you had of the situation in the first place That situation has changed or it can change at a drop of the hat and there is no going back. While you’re in the situation and trying to manage it, you can’t start playing over all the things you did wrong. Instead you face forward and you open your mind to use all of that creativity and insight we talked about. Stay in the moment you are in and figure out how to take just one step. One step towards handling the situation.

Now here is a whole ‘nother way to think about expecting the unexpected. I always thought my husband worried too much about some thing that was going to happen while we made plans. His answer to me was, a “I’m not worrying. I am preparing for anything that could happen in this situation.” Well that made a lot of sense and I understood that his emotions weren’t wrapped up in preparing for it. He really wasn’t worrying. He was just preparing. So check yourself and see if you’re worried about something that is coming up in your life? Or are you preparing for it? And then be ready to throw everything out the window. Because if you have prepared for it, then it is not unexpected! And this whole episode is expect the unexpected!

Obviously, there are going to be times when the unexpected is something really difficult or heartbreaking, a loss of someone or something profound. Those are probably some of the most unexpected things that happen in our life. So for those situations keeping a positive mindset is very difficult. And I wouldn’t expect it of you. But the tools that you have in that situation are the ones that will help you get through. First you get support from everyone in your life that can be there for you. Next you prioritize your own self-care and mental well-being as you try to navigate this unexpected event. Being adaptable! Realizing that as a human, you really are adaptable even when you feel like you cannot move. Remembering that you have the power and eventually the strength to move forward with the support of your friends and family or professionals and do it with self-care. Eventually, you will have a change in perspective. A Course in Miracles is a spiritual book of psychology and it says that a miracle is a change in perception. You might not have that as you are in the situation but eventually your peace will come from a change in perspective and perception around the unexpected that happened in your life. In times like this, because I study the course, I just sit down and close my eyes and ask for a miracle. I am asking for a change in perception. One that will bring me just a little bit of peace.

OK now let’s have some fun and talk about the mindset behind expecting the unexpected and being ready for wonderful, amazing, miraculous, fun, wildly entertaining things to show up in your life. Things that you never expected. This is the mentality that people have when we say that they look at life with their glass half full instead of glass half empty. Admittedly, I am one of those people. I am always waiting for the miraculous to show up in my life each day. I wake up in the morning and I think to myself what is today going to bring me? I know what I have planned for the day, but the universe works in mysterious ways and my motto is expect the unexpected. So what is the unexpected gonna bring me today? Try it right now! You know what the rest of your day is supposed to be. Now say to yourself, “I expect the unexpected! I can’t wait to see what today will bring me!!”

Our minds are programmed! And believe me when I say that you can reprogram them! You can reprogram yourself to think positively instead of negatively. You can ask yourself how thinking negatively is helping you in your life and instead you can say, I choose another way. And then start practicing, practicing, practicing every day to look at the world with your glass half full. Then wait for that thing that is going to fill it all the way up!

My mom was a holocaust survivor. She was in Auschwitz from the age of 11 to 13, after her family was all killed. Yet my mom was one of the most joyous and positive people I have ever known. I used to say, “Mom you wear rose colored glasses”. And her answer to me was, “I know, I put them on.” Wow,v that said it all! She could’ve looked at her life as a glass half empty. Instead, she not only looked at it as half full, she looked at it as overflowing.

And thankfully, that is what she taught me!

I think for my mom it came from one word. Gratitude. She had so much gratitude for her life and that she survived, that it kept her looking forward in her life instead of looking back. It kept her staying in the moment instead of living in the past. And it kept her appreciating everything in her life instead of seeing what she no longer had.

To expect the unexpected means that you look for the silver lining in everything that happens in your life. It is also looking towards each moment in your life and knowing that you deserve wonderful things to happen to you.

Wow! Let me say that again! It is looking at each moment in your life and knowing that you deserve wonderful things to happen to you! I love the words, I deserve!

Right now, I want you to say this to yourself, I deserve wonderful things in my life.

I deserve magical things to happen to me today.

I deserve happiness, joy, fun, and miracles!

Then, after you turn off this podcast today, I want you to write a full page of everything that you deserve in life! And remember, you may not believe it yet, but this will be the beginning of reprogramming your mind and putting on your rose colored glasses!

I love this quote by Rhonda Byrne
There is a truth, deep down inside of you that has been waiting for you to discover it, and that truth is this… you deserve all good things life has to offer.

So today if you are going to expect the unexpected, I hope you expect all good things that life has to offer.

My beautiful listeners, please be good to yourself, drink, lots of water, surround yourself with loving beings, get lots of rest, go out and have fun, and expect the unexpected!

Thank you for letting me into your life this week and I look forward to popping back in again next time

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Life Hacks When Shit Happens

March 27, 2024 By Shauna

I love that this season is called The Rhythm of your life. Because right now my rhythm keeps changing. I think the rhythm of my life is taking me in one direction then out of the blue a whole ‘nother song starts playing in my circumstances, in my life and eventually in my soul. So where am I going with this? I’ve just been thinking a lot about what happens when everything you expect to happen in your life changes. It’s what some would call the direction in your life. But for me it’s not like I am in a car going one direction and it changes. What it is for me is when I think I’m absolutely at peace in my life and all of a sudden something doesn’t feel right. Like my heart rhythm is not in sync with my present life circumstances or choices. Sometimes it’s not the circumstances but the people involved in the circumstances in my life. And sometimes it’s not a nice subtle message it’s a what the hell, earth shattering wake up call! And seriously… who doesn’t just love those?

SHOWNOTES:

Hello and welcome back to season two of A Journey to awareness., I’m Shauna Hoffmann. I love that this season is called The Rhythm of your life. Because right now my rhythm keeps changing. I think the rhythm of my life is taking me in one direction then out of the blue a whole ‘nother song starts playing in my circumstances, in my life and eventually in my soul. So where am I going with this? I’ve just been thinking a lot about what happens when everything you expect to happen in your life changes. It’s what some would call the direction in your life. But for me it’s not like I am in a car going one direction and it changes. What it is for me is when I think I’m absolutely at peace in my life and all of a sudden something doesn’t feel right. Like my heart rhythm is not in sync with my present life circumstances or choices. Sometimes it’s not the circumstances but the people involved in the circumstances in my life. And sometimes it’s not a nice subtle message it’s a what the hell, earth shattering wake up call! And seriously… who doesn’t just love those?

So, when the world turns upside down and your expectations of people, or an event, or your health or your life gets massively turned upside down this is the moment that you can feel that the rhythm in your mind body and soul drastically changes. It feels like your heart IS THE POUNDING DRUM and your brain is like a million cymbals crashing. And the hardest part of all of this is that you can’t seem to quiet it all down to catch your breath, to make sense of something that seems impossible to make sense of.

These changes can be something seemingly small, like a job issue, or someone saying something negative about you, or missing a plane to see those you love. Or a bad date with someone you were hoping to grow a relationship with. Or, it can be bigger, like a fight with a friend, or family member, or you didn’t get the promotion you wanted, or job you were dreaming of or a heartbreaking break up. Or It could be something paramount like the loss of something or someone you love; your beloved animal, your partner, your parent, your home. Or biggest, when you find out you have an illness that you never expected and your reality gets turned upside down.

There is no telling how each of us process these kinds of unexpected life happenings. And sometimes there is no depth of difference in our reactions to the big ones or the small ones. Our physical reactions of heart beating fast, shallow breathing, blood pressure rising. Our emotions; sadness, loss, heartbreak, anger. Our inability to control the situation is one of the hardest things to make sense of. This dreadful feeling of being out of control and our inability to actually comprehend what is happening.

It’s how we deal with it when the unexpected becomes our new reality that will make or break us. And it is truly the self awareness of each thought, fear, answer, body message that will guide us to the tools we have gained in our lives to navigate what feels like the unnavigable. And the tools we need to survive.

I’m a sailor and one of my favorite quotes is from Jimmy Dean. It’s a powerful reminder that we cannot always control our situation but we can control our response to them.

“I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.”

So how the hell do we do that? Big or small life changing circumstance, or just the unexpected messing with our lives. What do we do when shit happens?

We take a deep breath and we try to change our sails to find the wind again.

Here are some ways to try.

This first one is probably one of the hardest to do but the one that will give us the quickest mindset change, relief of the confusion and a path to healing. It’s acceptance. This one is easier to do for some of the smaller circumstances and unexpected events and much harder to do with some of the major storms that happen in our lives.

Let me clarify something. Acceptance isn’t always accepting the circumstance itself. But it’s accepting your feelings around them. It’s OK to feel disappointed. It’s OK to feel upset. It’s ok to feel heartbroken or even just broken. It’s OK to feel.

But the first healing comes from accepting and acknowledging the reality of what’s happening. You allow yourself to feel the feelings around it. So it’s not necessarily about accepting the circumstance, but looking at yourself and accepting this new reality. One you never planned for.

Then it’s about accepting all of the feelings that you have around this new reality.

Wow that’s hard. We so want to change the reality of something. But this is acceptance. Not necessarily making peace with it. But accepting the reality.

Next you need to somehow calm down the pounding drumming and the cymbals crashing in your body. The symptoms that are reverberating through every cell of your body.

The best way to do that is to merely take a breath. Pause and take a nice deep breath. Sometimes when you do that, you find peace. Sometimes when you do that, the tears finally flow, the anger dissipates, and a whole new set of emotions take place. Not to mention it’s the first step to being able to think more clearly. And when we can think more clearly, we can find a way forward.

Your next tool to healing is to find some kind of support. A friend you can talk, a therapist that can help you work through what’s happening, a family member who might be experiencing the same thing. It could be a priest or rabbi or minister who can help you see a different approach to healing. Support groups! The most important thing with finding support is that hopefully it’s the kind of support that acknowledges where you’re at and is there for you. Maybe they give you a new perspective, or maybe they just listen. But know that your healing is on your own time. So don’t let anyone try to make you feel like you should quickly get over anything. We all heal on our own. Often times our family or friends mean the very best. And often it’s hard for them to see you hurting. But just know that if the support doesn’t feel right, it’s OK to find it somewhere else?

There are so many tools and steps that will help you heal but I think one of the most important is to focus on what you can control in your life right now. When these things happen to us we feel ourselves spinning out of control. It feels like we are in a hallucination. Can this really be true? All you can do is center yourself and put all your concentration on the things you can control!

So here is a tool that seems obvious. But sadly it’s the farthest from our consciousness. Self care.
Practicing self care in these times is loving yourself instead of being angry at life. This means taking care of your body, your mind and your spirit. Exercising, eating right, getting sleep, reaching out for help, finding a way to escape the things that are bringing you sadness or anger, caring for yourself instead of caring about the circumstance. Wow those are big asks. I guess I want you to understand that the more you focus on the circumstance the more you feel out of control. The more you focus on a way out, your healing, the more peace you will find. And your rhythm will change.

I think this next, and last one is probably the hardest. Because when we are deep in the surprise or shock or sorrow of something that has happened and is drastically throwing our rhythm off, it is hard to do what I’m going to ask you to do.

It’s to learn from the experience. Every thing that happens to us in our life is an opportunity for learning and for growth. If you can, reflect on what you can learn from this situation, and how it can actually help you in your life now, and in the future. It will start changing your rhythm.

This whole podcast came for me from an experience that I had this weekend where I had huge expectations about a work event that I was going to. Add to it that it was one that was going to cost me quite a bit of money. And… out of my control, it didn’t happen the way I expected it. But when I look back on it and reflect on it, I asked myself was it really out of my control? Did I ask all of the questions I needed to in order to make sure the experience was what I wanted it to be? Did I have expectations of others that I shouldn’t have had? The change in my vibrations over those three days was some of the most uncomfortable I have felt in a long time. And when I got home, it was so interesting to feel myself breathe again, and calm myself, and feel the rhythm that brings me peace in my heart. It was certainly accepting the situation that helped me get through it. It was breathing and trying to reach out to people I loved to help me understand it. And it was changing the direction of my sails, so I could enjoy my weekend that helped me the most. Reflecting back, the part that makes it easiest to let go of is because I am willing to look at my learning experience that came from this. My mistakes, my unrealistic expectations and my allowing myself to feel the imbalance, not to mention the emotions that I experienced and how if I really became self aware I had the power to change them if I chose to.

I think in life, the answer is to learn to be flexible. To adapt our expectations of ourselves and others and circumstances when things change. But truly the biggest gift is when we find meaning in a part of our life that was unexpected.

This is what this podcast, A journey to awareness is all about. it is a way for us to find the answers to our lives and in turn have a deeper understanding of ourselves… and really… What is better than that?

Being a sailor, this is one of my very favorite quotes of all time…

“I am not afraid of storms, for I’m learning how to sail my ship.”
The amazing Luisa May Alcott.

Remember, you’re not alone in facing life’s curveballs. And we are all learning how to ship. Honor these moments of your life. Allow yourself the time and space to navigate through these challenges, and remember to be kind to yourself in the process.

I am so happy that you joined me this week on a journey to awareness. I hope that you are gentle with yourself, eat wonderful food, surround yourself with positive beings, go on beautiful walks, drink lots of water, get lots of sleep. Thank you for joining me this week on A Journey To Awareness, and I look forward to popping back into your life again next time.

Filed Under: Podcast Tagged With: Breath, Choices, circumstances, Expectations, Life, Peace, Reality, Rhythm, shift

42 Calgon Take Me Away

November 1, 2020 By Shauna

WHAT THIS EPISODES ABOUT…

Hello and Welcome, I’m Shauna Hoffman.

It’s the week of the election. You may be listening to this before the results are announced or after. Either way, I know that the world is so filled with anxiety and fear that all of us must be feeling it somehow. It’s like the whole country is holding its breath waiting to see what will happen. It’s a feeling of being out of control of the outcome even though we have donated, campaigned, and… or voted for who represents our values. So for this podcast, I decided to bring you back to the one thing you can control. YOU.

Calgon take me away! OK… I hope I am not showing my age with that one.

This podcast is going to be a total lovefest where we bring down your anxiety and give you an escape! For the length of this podcast, I want to take you away to a different kind of reality. Not one on the outside of you. Not one based on the election, follow up, news, chaos, craziness! The best way I can do that is to take you on a journey first into your best memories. Your favorite memories! The moments that brought you joy! A respite to the deepest parts of you. And then we will explore your most magical dreams. The dreams of where you want to go! Who you want to play with! The music you want to listen to! The food you want to eat! The space that no one can create or recreate except for you. This week we step away from fear. We step into beauty, joy, and peace.

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Shauna Hoffman, MA, MFT is available for individual, marriage and family therapy sessions. For an appointments please call (661) 714-5137 or email Shauna@workingonme.com

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Shauna Hoffman is a renowned speaker, trainer and co-founder of Dynamic Women Speakers. Her media kit is available on her speaker website http://shaunahoffman.com

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