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0053 Suffering and Growth

Suffering, expectations, and the paradox of how suffering is associated with growth and abundance are discussed. Your feedback is important. Choose from the following options: Click on “Send Voicemail” over to the right, place a review in iTunes, click on “leave a comment” below, send any comments along with your name to comments@thriveandconnect.com or call us at 614-388-8917 […]

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0050 Suffering, The 4 Winds, and Boundaries

This podcast discusses the harm done by getting caught up in the 4 dichotomies that change with the wind. These cause the suffering referenced in the 1st Noble Truth. The dichotomies are: Pleasure/sorrow Gain/loss Fame/lack of recognition Praise/blame These are expanded to include the drawing of any boundary with “good”/“bad” on one side or the […]

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0046 Grief, Freedom, and Joy

Thrive and Connect is back! Gary talks about the 9.5 month hiatus and getting back on track with the podcast. Grief over changes needed and expectations that were not realized are discussed along with how dealing with the grief leds to freedom, and the simplicity needed to experience joy and to ability to get focused […]

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0044 Thrive and Connect: Jennifer’s Cancer Journal – Part 1

Our co-host and the General Managing of both Aurelius Press and Center for Managing Change, Jennifer Rojas, has cancer – Hodgkins lymphoma, to be specific. This is the first in a series of podcast cancer journal entries she has agreed to make. She remarks that up until this disease she has been relatively healthy and […]

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0042 Thrive and Connect: Pain, Reactivity, and Mindfulness

Our co-host, Jennifer, talks today about dealing with chronic back pain and how it affects her outlook and ability to be either proactive or reactive to life’s events. (Her situation takes an interesting twist which will be revealed in a future podcast.) The four Immeasurables are reviewed along with the power of humility. She shares […]

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