https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/ Bring to light your cherished principles, values, hopes and dreams into a personal plan for authentic living. This is the counter concept to "the purpose-driven life." There is an art to making meaning that isn't taught in any school, church, boardroom or home. Get weekly lessons that help you turn your passion into action and your principles into a life plan you can sustain. Learn how to fill your days with meaning, stop procrastinating, and bring new richness to everything you do. Join Eric Maisel, family therapist, creativity coach and bestselling author, as he spells out the art of making meaning. Life is as worthwhile as you make it. Banish meaninglessness by working some existential magic! If the atheist, rationalist, secular-humanist, skeptical, free-thinking, or existential tradition appeals to you, you will especially appreciate Maisel’s insights. Learn how to invest meaning, where to put it, how to withdraw it, and what returns you should expect from this practice. Picture one of your typically busy days, where a lot gets done with no sense of accomplishment. Now picture that day transformed, artfully redesigned so that you experience islands of meaning in a sea of hurry. Get your values and your life aligned! Open up to new meaning opportunities! Understand the language of meaning and the dynamics of meaning and learn how to avoid going down the tubes when bad luck strikes. Consciously decide what you want to value and keep on top of your meaning priorities. Meaning is a lens through which to view life: focus your lens on an intentional life. en-US noBring to light your cherished principles, values, hopes and dreams into a personal plan for authentic living. This is the counter concept to "the purpose-driven life." There is an art to making meaning that isn't taught in any school, church, boardroom or home. Get weekly lessons that help you turn your passion into action and your principles into a life plan you can sustain. Learn how to fill your days with meaning, stop procrastinating, and bring new richness to everything you do. Join Eric Maisel, family therapist, creativity coach and bestselling author, as he spells out the art of making meaning. Life is as worthwhile as you make it. Banish meaninglessness by working some existential magic! If the atheist, rationalist, secular-humanist, skeptical, free-thinking, or existential tradition appeals to you, you will especially appreciate Maisel’s insights. Learn how to invest meaning, where to put it, how to withdraw it, and what returns you should expect from this practice. Picture one of your typically busy days, where a lot gets done with no sense of accomplishment. Now picture that day transformed, artfully redesigned so that you experience islands of meaning in a sea of hurry. Get your values and your life aligned! Open up to new meaning opportunities! Understand the language of meaning and the dynamics of meaning and learn how to avoid going down the tubes when bad luck strikes. Consciously decide what you want to value and keep on top of your meaning priorities. Meaning is a lens through which to view life: focus your lens on an intentional life.Bring to light your cherished principles, values, hopes and dreams into a personal plan for authentic living. This is the counter concept to "the purpose-driven life." There is an art to making meaning that isn't taught in any school, church, boardroom or<guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/27093-incantation-10-i-am-equal/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/27093-incantation-10-i-am-equal/Today’s episode is episode 13 of the Ten-Second Centering Series We regularly get uncentered in anticipation of doing something that strikes us as hard to do. The thought of that unpleasant task raises our anxiety level, which immediately uncenters us. For many of us, an awful lot of the tasks we face feel hard to do, whether it’s straightening out the garage, talking to our children about their school performance, staying married to our spouse, or getting up to go to work. The more that the things we do feel like a strain and heavy lifting, the more uncentered we remain. Incantation 10 helps remind us that we are indeed equal to these many challenges.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:16:50 +0000Today’s episode is episode 13 of the Ten-Second Centering Series We regularly get uncentered in anticipation of doing something that strikes us as hard to do. The thought of that unpleasant task raises our anxiety level, which immediately uncenters us. For many of us, an awful lot of the tasks we face feel hard to do, whether it’s straightening out the garage, talking to our children about their school performance, staying married to our spouse, or getting up to go to work. The more that the things we do feel like a strain and heavy lifting, the more uncentered we remain. Incantation 10 helps remind us that we are indeed equal to these many challenges.Today’s episode is episode 13 of the Ten-Second Centering Series We regularly get uncentered in anticipation of doing something that strikes us as hard to do. The thought of that unpleasant task raises our anxiety level, which immediately uncenters us. For many of us, an awful lot of the tasks we face feel hard to do, whether it’s straightening out the garage, talking to our children about their school performance, staying married to our spouse, or getting up to go to work. The more that the things we do feel like a strain and heavy lifting, the more uncentered we remain. Incantation 10 helps remind us that we are indeed equal to these many challenges. <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/24952-incantation-9-i-am-open/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/24952-incantation-9-i-am-open/Today’s episode is episode 12 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Joy is the word we use for a certain deep, delicious feeling that sometimes arises in us just because the sun is shining and it feels good to be alive. But because of our frenetic pace, our worried mind, our existential difficulties, and our culture’s injunctions against ecstatic experience, joy is in remarkably short supply. How many times a day do you experience joy? Probably very few—and maybe even none. How often do the people around you look joyously transported? Seldom, I’ll bet—and maybe even never. Use Incantation 9 to bring more joy into your life!Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:16:55 +0000Today’s episode is episode 12 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Joy is the word we use for a certain deep, delicious feeling that sometimes arises in us just because the sun is shining and it feels good to be alive. But because of our frenetic pace, our worried mind, our existential difficulties, and our culture’s injunctions against ecstatic experience, joy is in remarkably short supply. How many times a day do you experience joy? Probably very few—and maybe even none. How often do the people around you look joyously transported? Seldom, I’ll bet—and maybe even never. Use Incantation 9 to bring more joy into your life!Today’s episode is episode 12 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Joy is the word we use for a certain deep, delicious feeling that sometimes arises in us just because the sun is shining and it feels good to be alive. But because of our frenetic pace, our worried mind, our existential difficulties, and our culture’s injunctions against ecstatic experience, joy is in remarkably short supply. How many times a day do you experience joy? Probably very few—and maybe even none. How often do the people around you look joyously transported? Seldom, I’ll bet—and maybe even never. Use Incantation 9 to bring more joy into your life! <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/23743-incantation-8-i-make-my/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/23743-incantation-8-i-make-my/Today’s episode is episode 11 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Centering and meaning are connected. If your days don’t feel meaningful, an uncentering restlessness and boredom set in, along with existential anxiety and, eventually, a bout of depression. Incantation 8 can prove a great help to you in this regard, because it reminds you of meaning’s central secret, that it is a thing to be made and not found. The metaphor of “seeking meaning” is outdated and no longer viable. There is no meaning to find. There is only the meaning we make.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:17:01 +0000Today’s episode is episode 11 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Centering and meaning are connected. If your days don’t feel meaningful, an uncentering restlessness and boredom set in, along with existential anxiety and, eventually, a bout of depression. Incantation 8 can prove a great help to you in this regard, because it reminds you of meaning’s central secret, that it is a thing to be made and not found. The metaphor of “seeking meaning” is outdated and no longer viable. There is no meaning to find. There is only the meaning we make.Today’s episode is episode 11 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Centering and meaning are connected. If your days don’t feel meaningful, an uncentering restlessness and boredom set in, along with existential anxiety and, eventually, a bout of depression. Incantation 8 can prove a great help to you in this regard, because it reminds you of meaning’s central secret, that it is a thing to be made and not found. The metaphor of “seeking meaning” is outdated and no longer viable. There is no meaning to find. There is only the meaning we make. <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/22127-incantation-7-i-am-free/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/22127-incantation-7-i-am-free/Today’s episode is episode 10 of the Ten-Second Centering Series We are pretty convinced that people are significantly harmed by experiences like being shamed, beaten, ignored, discounted, mocked, and abandoned. Nor can encountering a lot of disappointments, rejections, defeats, burst dreams, and unsuccessful outcomes help a person feel sanguine about his chances or confident in his abilities. And mustn’t the negative self-concepts that people form of themselves, for instance that they are unworthy, unlucky, incompetent, untalented, or undisciplined, regularly derail them? In this episode we learn how to use Incantation 7 to help with these problems.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:17:06 +0000Today’s episode is episode 10 of the Ten-Second Centering Series We are pretty convinced that people are significantly harmed by experiences like being shamed, beaten, ignored, discounted, mocked, and abandoned. Nor can encountering a lot of disappointments, rejections, defeats, burst dreams, and unsuccessful outcomes help a person feel sanguine about his chances or confident in his abilities. And mustn’t the negative self-concepts that people form of themselves, for instance that they are unworthy, unlucky, incompetent, untalented, or undisciplined, regularly derail them? In this episode we learn how to use Incantation 7 to help with these problems.Today’s episode is episode 10 of the Ten-Second Centering Series We are pretty convinced that people are significantly harmed by experiences like being shamed, beaten, ignored, discounted, mocked, and abandoned. Nor can encountering a lot of disappointments, rejections, defeats, burst dreams, and unsuccessful outcomes help a person feel sanguine about his chances or confident in his abilities. And mustn’t the negative self-concepts that people form of themselves, for instance that they are unworthy, unlucky, incompetent, untalented, or undisciplined, regularly derail them? In this episode we learn how to use Incantation 7 to help with these problems. <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/22096-incantation-6-i-embrace/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/22096-incantation-6-i-embrace/Today’s episode is episode 9 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Each of us can read a book, watch a television show, run errands, have a chat with a friend, and in countless other ways pass the time of day. But if we turn off the television set and just sit there, endeavoring to be present to what we really want to do next in life, we know how difficult that feels. Nor do we find it that easy to encounter another person in a present way and genuinely interact or find it easy to encounter our work in a present way and delve deeply into its mysteries. Uncenteredness causes us to pass the time of day busily and superficially.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:17:12 +0000Today’s episode is episode 9 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Each of us can read a book, watch a television show, run errands, have a chat with a friend, and in countless other ways pass the time of day. But if we turn off the television set and just sit there, endeavoring to be present to what we really want to do next in life, we know how difficult that feels. Nor do we find it that easy to encounter another person in a present way and genuinely interact or find it easy to encounter our work in a present way and delve deeply into its mysteries. Uncenteredness causes us to pass the time of day busily and superficially.Today’s episode is episode 9 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Each of us can read a book, watch a television show, run errands, have a chat with a friend, and in countless other ways pass the time of day. But if we turn off the television set and just sit there, endeavoring to be present to what we really want to do next in life, we know how difficult that feels. Nor do we find it that easy to encounter another person in a present way and genuinely interact or find it easy to encounter our work in a present way and delve deeply into its mysteries. Uncenteredness causes us to pass the time of day busily and superficially. <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/21590-incantation-5-i-feel/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/21590-incantation-5-i-feel/Today’s episode is episode 8 of the Ten-Second Centering Series You come to your parents and say, “I want to take a risky path and become a painter. You know I love art and don’t want to do anything else. I know how hard a time I’m going to have and I know that I may fall flat on my face. What do you think?” The answer that you want to hear is the very definition of “I feel supported.” For one person it might be, “We’ll help you through art school and you’ll always have a room in our house.” For another person it might be, “Let’s discuss the pros and cons, not to talk you out of it or to talk you into it, just to get our thoughts on the table.” No one, however, would feel supported by the response “You have no talent and you’re a complete idiot!” or “You’re such a dreamer. Grow up already!”Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:17:17 +0000Today’s episode is episode 8 of the Ten-Second Centering Series You come to your parents and say, “I want to take a risky path and become a painter. You know I love art and don’t want to do anything else. I know how hard a time I’m going to have and I know that I may fall flat on my face. What do you think?” The answer that you want to hear is the very definition of “I feel supported.” For one person it might be, “We’ll help you through art school and you’ll always have a room in our house.” For another person it might be, “Let’s discuss the pros and cons, not to talk you out of it or to talk you into it, just to get our thoughts on the table.” No one, however, would feel supported by the response “You have no talent and you’re a complete idiot!” or “You’re such a dreamer. Grow up already!”Today’s episode is episode 8 of the Ten-Second Centering Series You come to your parents and say, “I want to take a risky path and become a painter. You know I love art and don’t want to do anything else. I know how hard a time I’m going to have and I know that I may fall flat on my face. What do you think?” The answer that you want to hear is the very definition of “I feel supported.” For one person it might be, “We’ll help you through art school and you’ll always have a room in our house.” For another person it might be, “Let’s discuss the pros and cons, not to talk you out of it or to talk you into it, just to get our thoughts on the table.” No one, however, would feel supported by the response “You have no talent and you’re a complete idiot!” or “You’re such a dreamer. Grow up already!” <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/21287-incantation-4-i-trust-my/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/21287-incantation-4-i-trust-my/Today’s episode is episode 7 of the Ten-Second Centering Series When you use Incantation 4 you announce to yourself that you have sufficient resources to achieve your goals, live a centered life, and successfully accomplish the work that you named in Incantation 3. What would typically happen if you named your work and then said to yourself, “Okay, let’s get on with it!”? As likely as not you’d immediately doubt that you were really equal to tackling the work you just named. You might even feel tempted to resume your speedy, fugitive flight away from centeredness and your cherished dreams. Incantation 4, a deeply affirmative and optimistic incantation, is designed to help you believe you are equipped to succeed.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:17:22 +0000Today’s episode is episode 7 of the Ten-Second Centering Series When you use Incantation 4 you announce to yourself that you have sufficient resources to achieve your goals, live a centered life, and successfully accomplish the work that you named in Incantation 3. What would typically happen if you named your work and then said to yourself, “Okay, let’s get on with it!”? As likely as not you’d immediately doubt that you were really equal to tackling the work you just named. You might even feel tempted to resume your speedy, fugitive flight away from centeredness and your cherished dreams. Incantation 4, a deeply affirmative and optimistic incantation, is designed to help you believe you are equipped to succeed.Today’s episode is episode 7 of the Ten-Second Centering Series When you use Incantation 4 you announce to yourself that you have sufficient resources to achieve your goals, live a centered life, and successfully accomplish the work that you named in Incantation 3. What would typically happen if you named your work and then said to yourself, “Okay, let’s get on with it!”? As likely as not you’d immediately doubt that you were really equal to tackling the work you just named. You might even feel tempted to resume your speedy, fugitive flight away from centeredness and your cherished dreams. Incantation 4, a deeply affirmative and optimistic incantation, is designed to help you believe you are equipped to succeed. <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/14031-incantation-3-i-am-doing-my/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/14031-incantation-3-i-am-doing-my/Today’s episode is episode 6 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Incantation 3 is the most interesting and intricate of the incantations. Each time you use it, you insert a new phrase that names some work that you hope to accomplish. There is great centering power in mindfully naming your work, as, by naming it, you at once fortify your intentions and create a simple plan. Breathing-and-thinking “(I am cleaning) (the closet),” “(I am writing) (my novel),” or (“I am paying” “the bills”) has a calming effect even as it calls you to action.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:17:28 +0000Today’s episode is episode 6 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Incantation 3 is the most interesting and intricate of the incantations. Each time you use it, you insert a new phrase that names some work that you hope to accomplish. There is great centering power in mindfully naming your work, as, by naming it, you at once fortify your intentions and create a simple plan. Breathing-and-thinking “(I am cleaning) (the closet),” “(I am writing) (my novel),” or (“I am paying” “the bills”) has a calming effect even as it calls you to action.Today’s episode is episode 6 of the Ten-Second Centering Series Incantation 3 is the most interesting and intricate of the incantations. Each time you use it, you insert a new phrase that names some work that you hope to accomplish. There is great centering power in mindfully naming your work, as, by naming it, you at once fortify your intentions and create a simple plan. Breathing-and-thinking “(I am cleaning) (the closet),” “(I am writing) (my novel),” or (“I am paying” “the bills”) has a calming effect even as it calls you to action. <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/13518-incantation-2-i-expect/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/13518-incantation-2-i-expect/Today’s episode is episode 5 of the Ten-Second Centering Series While it is wonderful and necessary to have goals, dreams, hopes, and ambitions, it is a mental and emotional mistake to have expectations. Desire as much as you like. Plan as carefully as you like. Try as hard as you like. But expect nothing. If you expect nothing, you have a shot at centering. Use Incantation 2 to help you remember this vital detachment key.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:30:14 +0000Today’s episode is episode 5 of the Ten-Second Centering Series While it is wonderful and necessary to have goals, dreams, hopes, and ambitions, it is a mental and emotional mistake to have expectations. Desire as much as you like. Plan as carefully as you like. Try as hard as you like. But expect nothing. If you expect nothing, you have a shot at centering. Use Incantation 2 to help you remember this vital detachment key.Today’s episode is episode 5 of the Ten-Second Centering Series While it is wonderful and necessary to have goals, dreams, hopes, and ambitions, it is a mental and emotional mistake to have expectations. Desire as much as you like. Plan as carefully as you like. Try as hard as you like. But expect nothing. If you expect nothing, you have a shot at centering. Use Incantation 2 to help you remember this vital detachment key. <guest><name></name></guest>https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/13026-incantation-1-i-am-completely/https://podcasts.personallifemedia.com/podcasts/214-purpose-centered-life/episodes/13026-incantation-1-i-am-completely/Today’s episode is episode 4 of the Ten-Second Centering Series All of us are rushing around, prodded and pulled by our multiple duties and responsibilities. We’re doing too many things and worrying too much. Many of us are also in a mad rush because we’re running away from noticing the extent to which we’re not living the life we’d hoped to lead. Rather than realizing our dreams, doing our deepest work, and making sufficient meaning, we keep ourselves in perpetual mental and physical motion. In this episode we discover how Incantation 1 can serve to reverse this condition.Fri, 02 Jun 2023 22:30:20 +0000Today’s episode is episode 4 of the Ten-Second Centering Series All of us are rushing around, prodded and pulled by our multiple duties and responsibilities. We’re doing too many things and worrying too much. Many of us are also in a mad rush because we’re running away from noticing the extent to which we’re not living the life we’d hoped to lead. Rather than realizing our dreams, doing our deepest work, and making sufficient meaning, we keep ourselves in perpetual mental and physical motion. In this episode we discover how Incantation 1 can serve to reverse this condition.Today’s episode is episode 4 of the Ten-Second Centering Series All of us are rushing around, prodded and pulled by our multiple duties and responsibilities. We’re doing too many things and worrying too much. Many of us are also in a mad rush because we’re running away from noticing the extent to which we’re not living the life we’d hoped to lead. Rather than realizing our dreams, doing our deepest work, and making sufficient meaning, we keep ourselves in perpetual mental and physical motion. In this episode we discover how Incantation 1 can serve to reverse this condition.