10 MINUTES TO LESS SUFFERING

Sometimes looking at our friends’ social media accounts can make us feel like we are watching an advertisement, making us believe if we had what that person had we would be happy and fulfilled. But often it is not what our friends are actually doing that is making us feel bad. Instead, their posts are just sparking a lack of meaning in our own lives. If we take the time to figure out what is meaningful to us, we can find direction and purpose. With a life full of meaning, MAYBE the best is yet to come!

Always wanting more can prevent us from fully enjoying our lives today because we always think we have tomorrow. This "more" mentality can prevent us from bringing our best selves to this moment to create the lives that we actually want. This 10 minute podcast will show you how you can keep your goals and at the same time help you discover that today is "enough" in order to attain true joy, satisfaction and abundance.

It is often hard to be a positive thinker when we are going through a tough time or something unexpected happens. This podcast will explore a mindset that will give you hope and strength during difficult times and support you to still achieve your goals.

Every parent wants their children to flourish, but the fear that they won't or that things won't work out in their future can consume much of our day-to-day inner dialogue. The mindset of Maybe enables us to parent with less worry and more ease as we recognize that our children’s lives often are not determined by one moment and Maybe everything is or is going to be okay.

When we don't feel okay about ourselves everything that happens in the outside world defines how we feel about ourselves in our inside world. How can we alleviate this pain of feeling not valuable and stay on our path to achieve the things we want in life? You might want to consider that Maybe there is nothing wrong with you!

Most of us would find it difficult to get through the day without hope. Every business, every investment, every first date, and every other situation we embark on has hope packed into it. As a result, holding hope for the new year is the perfect mindset, as long as we remain flexible and fluid in the face of change and uncertainty. Hope is the beginning of garnering all that's possible to improve our lives and make the world a better place for everyone.

Acceptance is a difficult issue because it is about tolerating or making peace with something in our lives that we don't like or that causes pain.  But the key to less suffering and possibly finding a solution is to stop holding on to the way things were before our problem occurred or to stop holding on to the thought that things should have worked out differently.  It takes courage to accept life the way it is, but it's the beginning to finding peace and MAYBE even making our situation better.

One of the key reasons we suffer is because we often believe that this moment is not enough.  We might have a problem we want to solve or a goal we want to achieve and we believe if we can just get through this period then we can rest, smile and enjoy our lives. But what if, by focusing on the one thing that will bring us future happiness, we are creating suffering in our lives? Listen to this podcast to learn how to embrace this moment as enough, still pursue your dreams and experience a path to joy.

Since my first podcast launched, I have received many emails from people discussing their anxieties and worries about current events. Their concerns included fear of more mass shootings, losing their healthcare, or possible war with North Korea. Many of us can understand how these people feel and many of us have similar concerns. Episode 4 addresses how we can calm some of our fears about these and other world events by embracing uncertainty as a place of hope and refuge.

The regrets that we hold can be very painful and prevent us from accessing new opportunities or pursuing life long dreams. In just 10 minutes learn how to let go of your regrets and open up to all that is possible in your life!

Allison Carmen, self-help author and life coach, presents different techniques in this 10 minute podcast to reduce your stress, worry and anxiety. It's amazing how much you can get done in 10 minutes!

Allison Carmen, author of The Gift of Maybe and a Life Coach, discusses her addiction to certainty and why most of us have the same addiction. Allison provides simple steps to help us embrace the unknown and find more hope and possibility in our lives. This podcast is inspirational and will help alleviate much of the stress and worry that most people feel each day. It just takes 10 minutes and MAYBE changes everything!