In this episode, I help us prepare for a new season of life by unpacking a powerful quote from the yoga community. "The past cannot be fixed. The present can only be experienced. But the future can be crafted." Sadhguru. I applied this quote to different parts of your life – your work, your family, your health. Often our greatest burden in life is carrying the heaviness of our past with us into the present. The past was a pendulum – it was beautiful and it was hard. Let it be. No need to try to make sense of it all, or make it look pretty. It can just be. We can live a better present by not trying to control other people or circumstances. We can craft a better future by planning for it, and growing ourselves.

“I want us to be in a place of ownership and planning of our own life, knowing it doesn't all go to plan.” - Trina

Key Topics:

• Our greatest burden in life is carrying the heaviness of our past with us into the present.

• The past was a pendulum – it was beautiful and it was hard. No need to try to make sense of it all, or make it look pretty. It can just be.

• We can live a better present by not trying to control other people or circumstances. We can create more moments of joy and think better thoughts.

• We can craft a better future by planning for it, and growing ourselves to create it.
  

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In this episode, I share a recent interaction with a customer at my local business. Her story helped me create a new life lesson to benefit all of us. This young woman was mentally thrown off course from her health and fitness journey because of a mean internet troll. His words pierced through her confidence and led her down a winding path of self-doubt and sabotage. This lesson is about giving more weight, more value, and creating more space in your head for your own thoughts. That leaves very little room for the judgments, opinions and even criticism from others. We can’t tune out the world, and often we do want advice and suggestions from others. But it’s hard to sift through the good and the bad and not get hurt along the way. This strategy is to give more weight to your own words, so choose wisely.

“I want you to remember at the end of the day, you can listen to anyone you want. You can tune out the voices that don't matter at all, but for the people whose opinions you do value, even then, keep in perspective that your own words weigh more so give yourself good words to choose from.” - Trina

Key Topics:

• Other people’s opinions can sting, but they only have the power you give them.
• Your own words and beliefs about yourself carry far more weight than any outside judgment.
• Even one hurtful comment can derail progress, which is why self-affirmation is essential.
• Choose empowering words like “I am strong, I am growing, I am doing my best” to drown out negativity.
• Turn down the noise of others and turn up your own truth to live with calm confidence and clarity.

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In this episode, I share the behind-the-scenes of a keynote presentation that I’m delivering to incoming college students and their parents. After talking to my son who is a college athlete who serves in the military, I chose a lesson that has elevated my own life and led to greater levels of success. Success means different things to different people – success can be financial health, physical health, depth of relationships, or your contributions to the world. But we can all agree that success feels better – that a lifestyle of success is something to strive for. The key to success is found in daily habits and daily discipline. I dive into the concept of discipline and how it shows up in various stages of life. If you want to think bigger about your life and your future, this episode is for you.

“Success is not convenient. If it were, everybody would do it, but it's worth it. Now you get to define what success looks and feels like in your life, and there's so many ways to define it.”

Key points:

• “We must all suffer one of two pains: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret. The difference is discipline weighs ounces while regret weighs tons.” - Jim Rohn

• Success requires you to show up even when you don’t want to.

• Success requires you to shut down distractions and go the extra degree in your own work.

• The pain of discipline can be applied to your chapter of life, based on where you need to get better, to grow or to advance.

• Doors will open in life when you do things that were not asked of you to help or serve others, even things that are time-consuming or tedious.

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