"I'm a Happy Enchilada"

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A weekly podcast that talks about life. We talk about feelings and explore topics like FEAR, ANXIETY, RESENTMENTS, to seldom talked about topics such as BOUNDARIES, SELF SABOTAGE, COMPARING OURSELVES TO OTHERS, and dozens more.. My goal is to bring "awareness" of the many things in life that are seldom talked about yet can hold us back from having our best possible life, the one we deserve. We take a deep dive into every topic and suggest easy ways you can start right away to remove self defeating behaviors from your life and create a more peaceful, joyful, and successful life for yourself.

Don Culver


    • Feb 20, 2026 LATEST EPISODE
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    Something to consider #277 How many do-overs do we get in life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2026 2:58


    Send a textHi everyone,Of course we all want to know how many do-overs we get in life. Do-overs have been important to me and I've needed several already. I hope there's a million at least! Tune in and find out how many there are and be a happy enchilada.

    Something to consider #276 Are self limiting beliefs holding you back in life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 13, 2026 3:41


    Send a textHi Everyone,Join us as we explore "self limiting beliefs". Perhaps you never considered that it's self limiting beliefs holding you back from reaching your dreams and not just bad luck or bad timing. find out what limiting beliefs are and how you can begin to get control over them in your life.

    Something to consider #275 Unleashing the power of your mind

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2026 2:52


    Send us a textHi everyone,If you're consistently working on yourself, you will not want to miss todays episode. It's about learning how to control our thoughts and actively choose to think about things in a more positive and rational manner, and doing it Enchilada Style!!!

    Something to consider #274 Improving the structure of your life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2026 3:01


    Send us a textHi everyone, You may have it all together, but there's always room for improvement in the everyday structure of our lives. Join us and get some tips to easily improve the structure of your life, You'll be happy you did!!!

    Something to consider #273 How does a mindset shift lead to a better life for you?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2026 3:12


    Send us a textHi everyone, Having a "mindset shift" involves replacing outdated or dysfunctional beliefs with more productive ones, often transitioning from a focus on limitations to a focus on possibilities. If you find that perhaps some of your current beliefs are no longer helpful in your life, join us today and learn how you can shift from a fixed mindset to a growth mindset and move your life to the next level.

    Something to consider #272 Being spontaneous in a relationship

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2026 4:09


    Send us a textHi everyone, and welcome to this week's episode. Being spontaneous in a relationship can be challenging. it can also be sometimes boring, monotonous, irritating, and even crazy making. Join us today and learn some surprisingly  simple ways to spice up your relationship and have fun doing it!!!

    Something to Consider #271 Dealing With Confusion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 8, 2026 2:36


    Send us a textHi everyone, today we dive into confusion and find it can be caused by a number of mental and medical reasons, like lack of sleep or chronic anxiety for example. Join us to find out so much more about its causes and what you can do to start getting peace back into your life, and have a great day!!!

    Something to Consider #270 Focusing on Yourself

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2026 3:41


    Send us a textHi Everyone, join us as we look into "focusing on ourselves" this week. Initially it sounds like maybe a selfish exercise, but a deeper look finds it to be an exercise in self love and more self awareness for you. Check it out and see what you think!

    Something To Consider #269 How Avoiding Reality affects Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2025 4:07


    Send us a textHi Everyone, Today we dive into avoiding reality and how it affects your life. If you've experienced trauma in your life, you'll want to tune in to discover healthy ways to not only cope, but to re-engage in your life starting today.

    Something To Consider #268 Dealing With Your Self Defeating Behaviors

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2025 3:58


    Send us a textHi Everyone,Welcome back to another episode of "I'm a Happy Enchilada". Please join us as we look at what self defeating behaviors are, where they come from, and most important, tips on how you can begin to leave them behind and soar like an eagle in your life. Remember, "change your thinking and change your life"!

    Something to Consider #267 How About Being More Grateful in Your Life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2025 3:31


    Send us a textHi Everyone, Sometimes life can be overwhelming, especially if you're hungry, angry, or tired, or a hundred other feelings, right? With Christmas just around the corner, that voice in your head may be acting up and sending negative thoughts into your brain. Join us today to learn some sure fire ways to quiet the negative voice and get your peace back starting right away, Enchilada Style!

    "Something to Consider #266 How Does Having a Dog Improve The Quality of Your Life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 5, 2025 3:42


    Send us a textHi Everyone, Join us as we look at the many important reasons why having a dog will improve the quality of your life. Besides the physical and emotional reasons that make a dog the perfect companion for most people, they're also great listeners and offer unconditional love and devotion to their owners, and so much more. tune us in to get the rest of the story. WOOF WOOF!!!!!!!!

    Something to Consider #265 Re-Imagining Your Life, For a Brighter Future

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2025 2:44


    Send us a textHi Everyone,Come join us as we dive into Re-Imagining your life. If you've been struggling on your life journey , perhaps today is a great day for a redo! To break out of that rut and start moving towards your destiny in a more purposeful way. Come explore  the possibilities with us.

    Something To Consider #264 Slow Down , Let Those Small Miracles And Blessings Catch up With You

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2025 4:22


    Send us a textHi Everyone,Please join us as we show you easy ways that you can begin to slow yourself down just a little bit and let those small miracles and blessings catch up with you!!! When we're striving daily for a better, more successful future, we can easily begin to overlook living in the present and miss out on a lot of the everyday joys in our lives that make our everyday lives more meaningful. You'll be glad you did!!!

    Something To Consider #263 Getting Out of Your Own Way

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2025 3:44


    Send us a textHey Everyone,Here we go again with an important episode titled, Getting out of your own way. Join us and find out exactly what you need to help you break out of your rut and start running with the Big Dogs once again. Yeah, it may be a dog eat dog world, but with the right tools you can thrive and reach your goals. Eat Steak & Drink Champagne! Enchilada Style!!!

    Something To Consider #262 Finding Your Best Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 6, 2025 3:51


    Send us a textHi Everyone,Please join us today to find great ideas to help you on your journey to find your best life. There may be some things in this episode you will want to add to your plan that will help you get to your goals sooner! And be a Happy Enchilada!!!

    Something To Consider #261 Adding More Playfulness To Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2025 4:40


    Send us a textHi Everyone,Do you sometimes feel like life is a drag and you feel like you've lost your edge? Well, join us today and learn several simple steps to putting more playfulness into your life and get your groove back, Enchilada Style!!!!!

    Something To Consider #260 How To Improve Your Communication Skills

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2025 4:45


    Send us a textHi everyone, Join us today and learn valuable tips you can use to improve your communication skills and keep your career and life moving in a positive direction, Enchilada Style!!!!!

    Something To Consider #259 Why Openness is So Important in Your Life & Relationships

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2025 3:42


    Send us a textHi Everyone,Come join us as we jump into openness! A person who embodies openness tends  to be flexible in their thinking, willing to try new things, and tolerate new ideas and experiences, rather than preferring routine and tradition. It may be just what you've been looking for to add more spice to your life. Check it out!

    Something To Consider #258 Maintaining Your Individualism

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2025 3:49


    Send us a textHi everyone, join us as we we dive  into "maintaining your Individualism". it's a battle that requires courage and perseverance to push back against societal pressures to conform to societies norms, and live your life according to the desires of your true self. you have a choice, relent to the pressure and become another sheep in the flock, or push forward towards your true self. which do you choose?

    Something To Consider #257 Getting It Together

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2025 5:38


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    Something To Consider #256 Developing a Wealth Mindset

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2025 4:46


    Send us a textHi Everyone, join us today as we learn how you can shift your fundamental beliefs and attitudes about money from scarcity to abundance. This psychological shift is the foundation for building strong financial habits and creating lasting prosperity. Don't miss it!!!!

    Something to Consider #255 Dealing With Your Feelings

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2025 5:05


    Send us a textHi everyone, Today's episode is all about recognizing your emotions and choosing how you want to respond to them in a healthy way. Join us and learn some great ways to get better control of your feelings and enjoy a happier life.

    Something To Consider #254 Failing to Take Action in Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2025 5:48


    Send us a textHey everybody, here's something we all deal with, right??? Join us as we learn some common reasons for not taking action in our lives, things you may have never considered! Then, learn some great strategies to learn right now, how to start taking action in your life. Enchilada Style! Gotta Love It!!!

    Something To Consider #253 Evolving As A Person

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2025 5:00


    Send us a textHi Everyone, Today we explore "evolving as a person"! It's a super interesting topic and one you may not have given much thought to in your life yet. Join us and learn exactly what evolving as a person is all about, and easy ways that you can increase your awareness of it, begin to add new life skills, and continue to grow in your personal life journey. Check it out! You'll be glad you did.

    Something to Consider # 252 Becoming More Self Reliant

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2025 5:02


    Send us a textHi Everyone,If you haven't thought much about being more self reliant in your life, maybe it's time to start. Being self reliant means having confidence in our own abilities and using your own resources and judgement to handle your responsibilities and decisions, rather than depending on others for help or validation. Join us today to find out more about what self reliant means and how you can have more of it in your life . Today could be that day when you take charge of your life!

    Something to Consider #251 Bringing More Enjoyment Into Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2025 6:11


    Send us a textHi Everyone,Whoa, we have a Blockbuster episode today for you, with a boat load of ways for you to bring more enjoyment into your life. Please don't miss this opportunity to put more enjoyment into your life and reap the rewards for years to come. you'll be glad you did!

    Something to Consider #250 Finding Your Strengths

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2025 4:05


    Send us a textHi everyone,It's a tough world out there. If you're not sure of your true strengths, you could get crushed out there. Join us today to find out what strengths are and why they are important in your life, and great tips on how to find your personal strengths, enchilada style!!!

    Something to Consider #249 It's Time to Stop Caring About What Others Think About You

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2025 5:24


    Send us a textHey Everyone,We may ruffle some feathers with today's episode. Caring about what others think about you can  last until you do something about it. It can be due to being excessively judged in childhood, or have been made to feel we are not good enough, affecting our self esteem. Join us and learn how you can begin to get rid of that self defeating behavior and set yourself FREE 

    Something to Consider #248 Simplifying Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 31, 2025 5:09


    Send us a textHi everybody, feeling a little overwhelm or loss of joy lately? Join us as we explore an easy plan to simplifying your life and restoring balance, freedom, joy, and much much more to your life. you'll be glad you did!

    Something To Consider #247 How To Practice Positive Self Talk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 24, 2025 6:23


    Send us a textLearning to practice positive self talk is the art of reframing negative thoughts into positive ones and adopting a more optimistic outlook. This can lead to increased confidence, resilience, and overall well being in your life, as well as encourage and motivate you, and put things into perspective. Pretty cool!!!!

    Something to Consider #246 How Important Are Core Values In Your Life?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2025 4:34


    Send us a textSo, once you identify your core values, you can use them to make better decisions and positively influence your behavior. Our core values can also guide us towards higher ideals, How cool is that??? Join us today and get the skinny on core values!

    Something To Consider #245 Making a Difference in Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2025 5:03


    Send us a textHi everyone, Making a difference in your life puts positivity into the universe. Caring people attract positivity in their lives. Make a goal to do something nice for someone else whenever possible. You can also make a commitment to making a difference in your own life, for the better, by changing your mind mentally.Join us, and find out all about it, you'll be glad you did!

    Something To Consider #244 Finding Your Inner Peace

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 3, 2025 4:58


    Send us a textHey everybody, One of the most beautiful and important things to discover in ones life is "Inner Peace". Finding it is possible, but inner peace  can be elusive as well. And then, when you do find it you must learn how to protect it from  life's whims taking it away from you. Join us today and learn ways to find it and keep it. you'll be glad you did!

    Something To Consider #243 Being More Forgiving

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 27, 2025 5:19


    Send us a textStruggling with forgiveness can stem from many factors, including misunderstanding its true nature, clinging to resentment, and fear of vulnerability. The good news is it's not about condoning the offense, but rather releasing negative emotions and choosing to move forward. Join us and get the whole story and discover ways you can let go of resentment and enjoy a more joyful life.

    Something To Consider #242 Keeping Your Mind Sharp

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 19, 2025 4:26


    Send us a textHi Everyone, feeling "not sharp" can be a symptom of various factors, including lifestyle choices, underlying medical conditions, or mental health concerns. Join us as we share  the many simple ways you can develop a sharper mind and improve your life. 

    Something To Consider #241 Dealing With Life Transitions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2025 6:05


    Send us a textHi everyone,If you're going through a "life transition," join us to learn some great ideas to help you better cope with the life changes and get on with it all, Enchilada Style!!!

    Something To Consider #240 Are You Rationalizing Your Behavior?

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 5, 2025 5:08


    Send us a textSometimes we can BS ourselves into justifying our behaviors, actions, or thoughts in a way that makes them seem more reasonable and acceptable. It's called Rationalizing. It's a defense mechanism used to protect the ego from discomfort or guilt. Join us to learn more about how to stop from rationalizing bad behavior and get honest with yourself and others

    Something To Consider #239 Are You Feeling Emotionally Overloaded?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2025 6:16


    Send us a textLiving in today's world of uncertainty and change can cause one to deal with a lot of thoughts and  emotions, which can lead to emotional overload. join us today  as we look at the causes of emotional overload and learn great ways you can learn to manage it, for a more peaceful life. The life you deserve!

    Something To Consider #238 Dealing with Social Withdrawal

    Play Episode Listen Later May 22, 2025 6:35


    Send us a textSo, what exactly is Social Withdrawal, you wonder? it refers to a gradual or sudden reduction in social interactions. Where a person isolates themselves from family, friends and community activities and more. it can be a response to mental health challenges, past trauma, or PTSD for example. join us to find out more about it and learn ways to heal and have hope for the future

    Something to Consider #237 How Does Grit Impact Your Life?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2025 5:03


    Send us a textHow would you like to add a little bit more, or a lot more edge to your life? Adding more GRIT can be like adding a supercharger to your life and help you breakout of the pack. it could be the "game changer" you've been looking for to get you to the next level in whatever you are striving for. Join us today to get the real skinny!

    Something to Consider #236 Following Your Own instincts

    Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2025 5:16


    Send us a textSometimes our minds and bodies can alert us to things that can move us ahead by years in our life and also keep us from making a bad decision that could hold us back by many years. Join us and find out how you can deepen your trust in your instincts.

    Something to Consider # 235 What Makes a Person Charismatic?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2025 4:52


    Send us a textHi everyone, Good News!!!!! Charisma is a learnable skill, and not something someone is necessarily born with. Join us to get the full skinny on charisma & find great ways you can add more charisma to your life, starting today. Who knew???????

    Something To Consider #234 Practicing Acceptance in Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 24, 2025 5:43


    Send us a textHey Everyone, Acceptance is not just a one time decision, it's a way of approaching life!  Join us as we share some great ways for you to learn how to accept reality as it is, without resistance or judgement. imagine no longer ruminating over how it shouldn't be that way and thinking about positive things instead, like being a Happy Enchilada! WooHoo!!!!

    Something to Consider #233 Are You Struggling With "Avoidance Behavior"?

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 17, 2025 7:55


    Send us a textHey everyone, Avoidance Behavior may not ring a bell with you, but if you've been through identity theft or any trauma in your life for that matter, you've likely practiced some avoidance behavior on the road back to somewhat normal. Join us for a tutorial on this topic and find out what it is and learn techniques to help you heal and God bless you and be a Happy Enchilada!!! 

    Something to Consider #232 How To Get Control of Your Anger

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2025 4:11


    Send us a textOh sure, it's a natural emotion & can be a healthy response, but when it goes over the top and/or out of control it can have serious consequences in your relationships, friendships, career, and more. Today would be a great day to take the first step to getting control of your anger and your life, right?

    Something to Consider #231 How To Develop a Growth Mindset

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 3, 2025 4:52


    Send us a textHi everyone, Join us and discover how you can develop a growth mindset and spend more time on the sunny side of life, reaching higher levels of achievement than your peers, and achieving your dreams and goals.

    Something to Consider #230 Add More Fun and Excitement Into Your Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 27, 2025 5:31


    Send us a textSometimes we can get so busy navigating life that we forget about FUN & Excitement. Join us and learn some easy ways you can add more fun & excitement into your life without breaking a sweat or spending a bunch of money. Oh yeah, Enchilada Style!!!

    Something To Consider # 229 Better Sleep Means a Better Life

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 20, 2025 7:41


    Send us a textTo be able to function at a high level it's imperative to get good sleep. If you're not getting good sleep, whether often or occasionally, we have some great answers and tips for solving your sleep problems right away in today's episode. So, check it out. It could change your life!!!

    Something To Consider #228 Dealing With Overspending

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2025 5:21


    Send us a textHi everyone, Join us as we explore root causes of overspending you might not be aware of, consequences of overspending, and great tips to help you break the cycle and get back on track in your life!

    Something to Consider #227 Struggling With Impulsivity

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2025 5:18


    Send us a textHi everyone, Being impulsive means acting on a whim or without thinking, taking action without considering the consequences. Impulsivity can be destructive towards ones health, life, and well being. Join us to find out more about impulsivity and learn great tips to start getting control over it in your life. 

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