Just One Thing

Good, healthy relationships are filled with positive comments and supportive dialogue,  This week, Lisa and Brad explore the many phrases and conversations that give a great relationship a specific sound.

This week, Lisa and Brad continue the discussion of alternative medicine and take a deeper dive into some of the modalities that they have found useful.

There are many valid healing modalities within the overall sphere of alternative medicine.  This week, Lisa and Brad talk about their own experiences within the realm of alternative medicine, focusing on acupuncture, trigger point therapy, and deep tissue massage.

Noise can be a powerful source of stress and silence can be an extremely healing experience. This week, Lisa and Brad explore the many ways that too much noise and too little silence can effect your life and your overall well being.

Quality sleep can improve you overall health and vitality as well as actually extend your life.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss the many ways in which you can get a better night's sleep.

Tasks and projects invariably take longer than you think they will.  This week, Lisa and Brad explore this reality and discuss ways to deal with it and keep yourself on track.

We all have so many competing activities in our lives, that it's often hard to really accomplish the things that are of highest priority.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss how to use your schedule/calendar to make sure you get those most important tasks completed and keep yourself moving toward your best life.

The last three years have produced profound loss, and a resultant sense of grief, in almost everyone.  This week, Lisa and Brad explore this societal grief and discuss how you might begin to take the steps necessary for healing. Paradoxically, most don't even recognize that what they are feeling is grief.

This week, Lisa and Brad continue the discussion about setting better goals, focusing on prioritizing, identifying smaller enabling goals, and making sure that your goals don't conflict with one another. 

Setting and achieving your goals is the best way to get what you want in life.  Unfortunately, setting appropriate goals is easier said than done.  This week, Lisa and Brad begin the exploration of how to set better goals, goals that are achievable and that will guide you toward the life you desire.

Engaging in any kind of artistic activity can dramatically increase your moment to moment happiness and reduce stress,  if you embrace the right mindset.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss how to "do some art"  in such a way that you not only increase your joy, but you'll also be quite pleased with the result.  

Kindness has a positive ripple effect that can greatly improve society and make you happier. This week, Lisa and Brad discuss how to incorporate kindness into your day and explore the societal and personal benefits that can accrue.

Few things will improve your social connections as much as improving your conversation skills.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss how to go about improving your conversations skills and explore why it is so important to do so. 

Building a successful long-term relationship requires finding an optimal balance between the time you spend doing things for yourself,  and by yourself,  and the time you spend doing meaningful things together as a couple. This week, Lisa and Brad explore how to recognize that you need both Me Time and We Time and then how to find the right balance between the two as your relationship evolves.

The reward centers in your brain can cause you to actually become addicted to anxiety. This week, Brad and LIsa explore how you might fall victim to the anxiety habit and how you can begin to break this unpleasant cycle.

A rainy day offers a perfect opportunity to explore various aspects of mindfulness.  In this episode, Brad and Lisa discuss the many ways you can leverage a rainy day to begin embracing a more mindful way of living, finding the joy in moment-to-moment experience. 

Curiosity is one of the primary sources of both increased happiness and greater agency. This week we discuss the various types of curiosity, how it can promote greater joy, and how to become more curious. 

This week we continue the discussion of triggering by focusing on the topic of co-triggering, between couples, and how to begin doing trigger repair. We are convinced that recognizing and learning to effectively deal with triggers, is one of the most powerful things a couple can do to improve their relationship.

The first step in learning to move from triggered to tranquil is to quickly detect when you are being triggered, and pause. This week Lisa and Brad exploree how to identify your predominant trigger signature and learn to pause and regulate your out of control emotions.

We begin the fourth season of "Just One Thing" with an exploration of what it means to be triggered. Everyone gets triggered, probably every day. It's what you do after you're triggered that makes the difference.  In our next few episodes we'll help you move from "triggered to tranquil."

We all need to take periodic breaks to be at our best.  Whether we are doing something physically or mentally,  we cannot just keep pushing forever without adverse consequences.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss how to tell when you need a break, and most importantly, how to give yourself permission to take it.

You can turn an unhappy situation around by learning to develop alternative stories about what's going on.  We almost never know what's actually going on in someone else's mind so, this week, Lisa and Brad, explore  the benefits of learning to consistently develop more positive explanations of people's behavior.

Approaching life with Beginners Mind is one of the real secrets of greater happiness.  This week, Lisa and Brad define Beginners Mind and explore how you can cultivate it for greater joy.

Affirmations may seem like new age voodoo, but they really do work.  This week, Lisa and Brad take a deeper dive into affirmation magic, exploring their own experience and how you too can employ affirmations to improve your life.

Most people are good and compassionate, given the chance.  This week, Lisa and Brad explore how your entire world can change for the better when you approach others with a spirit of compassion.

Reframing your situation is a quick and proven way to provide more joy in your life.  This week, Lisa and Brad explore two questions that can be used to reframe everyday challenges.

No two people attain happiness in the same way.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss how to go about composing your own unique script for finding joy.

Every once in a while, you can learn a lot by taking a break from all of your routines and listening to what your inner voice is telling you.  This week, Lisa and Brad explore the value taking a compete day off and using it as a learning experience to enhance your happiness and long-term well being.

Beginning any new activity is rarely easy. Yet learning new skills and mastering new knowledge is one of the surest paths to increased well being.   This week, Lisa and Brad discuss how you can overcome the frustration that often attends learning new skills and and gaining new competencies.

Sometimes competitiveness can take you where you want to go and at other times it can destroy relationships.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss when competitiveness is good, when it's bad, and when it's just plain ugly. Beware.

Most mindfulness practices talk about non-attachment as a way to greater well-being.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss what non-attachment actually is, why it is a part of achieving more happiness, and most importantly, how you can start to develop  it..

Almost everyone is vulnerable to negative thought loops that can dramatically impact their well being. This week, Lisa and Brad explore how to identify these dangerous thought patterns and overcome them.

Eating mindfully is both a perfect way to introduce mindfulness into your life and a method for improving your eating habits.  This week, Lisa and Brad explore how to go about incorporating mindful eating into your mealtimes.   

After the turmoil of the past year, many are feeling guilty about feeling and expressing their own happiness.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss why it's so important to embrace, cultivate and share your happiness and outright joy.  Don't hold back.

Knowing how to disagree is a skill that you can develop.  Having this skill is especially important these days.  This week, Brad and Lisa explore how to go about disagreeing while still maintaining great relationships.

Having appropriate balance in your life is important.  That dos not mean that you treat all of your efforts equally.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss what balance really means and how to go about achieving it. 

Almost everyone suffers from procrastination, from time to time.  This week, Lisa and Brad talk about the sources of procrastination and, most importantly, how you can overcome this insidious behavior.  To achieve your best life, you'll need to address procrastination.  

Experiencing prolonged silence is rare for most, yet can provide significant insight and benefits.  This week, Lisa and Brad discuss their own experiences with days of silence and explore what they have learned as a result.

It's hard to believe, but repeating positive phrases to yourself can significantly improve your self image and sense of well being.  This week, Lisa and Brad explore the power of affirmations, how to construct them and how to employ them.

Believe it or not, simply putting words on paper can have a powerful effect on your well being.  This week, Brad and Lisa explore the many ways that you can journal and discuss some of the science behind why it works. Even those who hate to write can find easy and powerful ways to journal. 

Most folks have noticeable daily and seasonal emotional ups and downs.  This week, Brad and Lisa discuss these emotional rhythms, how to notice them and, most importantly, how to deal with them.  You don't have to be a prisoner of your emotional rhythms.

There are many misconceptions about meditation that prevents folks from embracing the practice. This week, Lisa and Brad dispel all of these myths that surround what is actually a very easy and beneficial activity.  Meditation can improve nearly every aspect of your life.

No matter your current disposition or circumstances, you can learn to be happier.  This week, Brad and Lisa explore science based methods that allow you to dramatically enhance your day-to-day well being.

If you don't take care of yourself, you'll soon be unable to care for anyone else.  This week, Brad and Lisa explore the importance of self care and delineate several ways you can incorporate self care into your life.  Once you learn to value yourself, you can better care for and value others.

Forging a deep and abiding relationship is never easy. This week Brad and Lisa explore how to take your relationship to the next level with open communication. Open discussion can be very uncomfortable, but is so worth the effort.

This week Brad and Lisa continue the discussion of techniques that you can use to provide immediate relief from your anxiety. Although some of these methods take a bit of practice, most are usable by complete mindfulness beginners.

Almost everyone experiences anxiety, these days more than ever. This week Brad and Lisa explore the origins of anxiety and provide several techniques that you can use to immediately alleviate the uncomfortable sensations and reduce its negative impact. Really, they can help right now.

We often become trapped by our habits, whether they are good or bad. This week, Brad and Lisa explore how habits can negatively impact your life and how you can regain more choice in your day-to-day actions and behavior. Don't just blindly do what you've always done.

One person's heaven is often another person's hell. This week, Brad and Lisa explore the implications of the wide range of likes and dislikes that individuals exhibit and offer strategies for better understanding and dealing with that variability. Don't assume that everyone is going to like what you do.

We often prevent ourselves from moving forward by setting the bar for progress too high. This week, Brad and Lisa talk about expecting too much of ourselves and how to make small steps forward to achieve your goals.

Contrary to some recent backlash, Mindfulness does not make you passive. This week, Brad and Lisa explore how Mindfulness is actually a powerful tool that can help you achieve, business, athletic, and productivity goals. Don't be scared away from Minduflness because you think it will take away your "edge."