When life is on automatic pilot, lots of blind spots keep you from seeing, even seeing yourself clearly. Look! Notice what is there, in yourself, and around you.

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We live in an unsettled time. Many different things, from personal to global can make us wary, tense or upset. We go on living but with an unsettled background running all the time.
What can you do? Can't control nature or politicians. But we can do some things ourselves to move away from a constant state of vigilance.

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The very word "distraction" indicates being taken away from something and led into something less important. When life distracts us, we lose focus on what we thought we wanted to be doing. We are captured by some seductive idea or passtime that sucks up time and attention.
That's normal, but not a good thing. This episode explores distraction and what you should do about it!

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Is there anything worse than blending into the woodwork, not being noticed, not being understood? It's painful when it happens to you, right? But we can do that same disservice to others.
What if we didn't go through our days on autopilot, too busy, or too preoccupied to see the real people all around us?

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How much power do you want? Does life leave you feeling powerless? Do you want to have power to control things? How much do you already have? Maybe there is another way to look at power.

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Under the surface of every living person is a set of Agendas. They are powerful, and if you don't know they are there, they can be dangerous. Do you want to know what is driving you and hurting others around you? You can be more aware, and possibly let go of unrealistic expectations that make life harder.

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When life gets complicated, we wish it was simple. And it's complicated a lot! Listen in for some ideas to manage life's complexity, and struggles. Maybe the answer is kind of simple.

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Choose your own life as the place where you live instead of the stories about other people's lives. From your own life and in your own body you can have life that is wide awake, not distracted and mindless. Here's a challenge to fight back against all the noise of marketing, intriguing stories, and problems that are not yours.

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