Happy New Year 2023! And this is extra special, being our 50th episode! What will your theme be for the new year? Not a resolution, a theme - there is a difference!

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When people in your life give you unwanted criticism and dream-crushing "advice," what can you do?

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We love diversity! In America especially we are lucky to have so many different people. From food to holidays to lifestyles, learning about others' cultures can make us change our habits and become who we want to be.

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Sometimes despite all our positive thinking and celebrating small wins, we just come away feeling un-inspired, not excited by work or our dreams or anything. This would be a good time to reflect. How do the twins handle it?

Takeaways

• It’s okay for goals to change and priorities to shift.  Sometimes we need that in order to reset or move forward again feeing inspired. 
• Nothing happens overnight.  It’s okay to reinvent yourself as many times as you want regardless of your age.  Just be patient as you go through those changes.
• When you’re feeling un-inspired, take a break.  Walk away from what you’re doing and take a pause.  Engage in an interest or hobby that lights you up instead for a little while.
• Regardless of how un-inspired you may be feeling, cultivate the faith and belief in yourself to overcome any challenge or obstacle.  
• Look at the things that other people have achieved and use that as evidence of what is possible for you.  It’s proof of what you too can accomplish.
• Sometimes when you are in the middle of hardship or a problem, you can’t see your way through but trust in your next step and focus on that. That next step will lead you to the next and eventually you’ll find your way out of it. 
• When worse comes to worst and you feel completely stuck, stop and do the thing that brings you the most joy instead.  You’ll thank yourself later when that spark of inspiration to lead you on to your next step reveals itself. 
• When something doesn’t go your way, look at the way you react to it.  This is your trigger for how you normally deal with unfavorable or unpleasant situations.  You can absolutely change the way you react to it.
• Healing, getting through past trauma and triggers will always be necessary.
• Open up to someone you trust about your feelings of un-inspiration or other negative feelings.

Resources

• https://www.verywellmind.com/stress-and-burnout-symptoms-and-causes-3144516#:~:text=Burnout%20is%20a%20reaction%20to,feelings%20of%20reduced%20professional%20ability.
• https://www.lifehack.org/814079/uninspired
• https://actingmagazine.com/2019/04/acting-when-is-it-time-to-quit/

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The twins just improv, riffing on current happenings and thoughts about birthdays, languages, labels and group mindsets, and just general catching up. Listen in for an entertaining, thoughtful time!

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A fun episode in which the twins discuss their love for Nickelodeon's Avatar: The Last Airbender! This show is ageless and beautiful with its themes and characters. Come share your love with us!

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avatar:_The_Last_Airbender
• https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0417299/
• As of Oct 11, 2022, available on Netflix and Paramount +.

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We've talked about it before, and everyone else is talking about it, but that's because it's so good! Manifesting! But how do we actually do it beyond just putting an image on a vision board?

Takeaways

• Manifesting is about how you feel when you think of the desire. Having an attitude of gratitude now for the thing you don’t have is more likely to bring it to you than feeling desperate. 
• Be specific with how manifesting your desire makes you feel without focusing on how or when it needs to happen. 
• You’re limited only by your beliefs. 
• It’s great to believe so much in your dreams but more importantly is taking steps to bring it to fruition.
• If you set a time goal for your want, and you don’t get it by then, at least you can be proud you did work toward that goal and are now in the flow of making it happen.
• We get used to our stories, so even if they’re negative, they’re comforting through familiarity. 
• If you are stuck, take some time to dig into why you believe the things that you do. Your subconscious beliefs drive your conscious thoughts and current perception of reality. 
• Change the thought. When trying to change negative thinking or bad habits, literally change the thought and think of something else that can occupy your mind. Have something chosen ahead of time to turn to that you know requires a lot of thinking. 
• Self-awareness is the first step to changing old patterns that aren’t working for you anymore.
• Everything happens in its time. You can’t force it. It won’t happen until you’re ready for it. 
• Keeping a list of things you want to accomplish or cities you want to visit, this is also a manifesting list/vision board. Even a shopping list is something you make happen.
• Remember the answer you seek is always one of three: yes, not now, or something better.  
• The how and when of manifesting is none of your business. Release the need to control the outcome and enjoy the process. Let it unfold.
• On a list of wants, what’s in first place might come second, as you might actually need the second one most, according to the universe.
• If you want to manifest very old wants, ie childhood wants, why not go out and do them as an adult? Be good to your inner child!
• Self-love and acceptance helps you manifest the things you want because when you live through love and joy, you feel abundant which creates manifestations.

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Be a mango lover! If you want to know what that means, tune in for the episode.

Takeaways

• Starting over can be scary but it can be rewarding just for the new experience you gain from it.
• Fresh starts can reinvigorate us and break up old patterns
• Sometimes small changes are enough to open up new doors 
• Desires of the life we want can keep us going.  It doesn’t matter when it happens as long as you take steps toward it and enjoy the process.
• Sometimes wanting something so much, you get tunnel vision, focusing on only one way to get the thing. Trust that it will come, no matter the fashion or direction.
• By trusting the process and letting things unfold naturally, things will naturally click for you. “If it’s meant to be, it’ll be for me, and it’ll happen easy.”
• Reinventing yourself is exciting and a rich way to live life. Even trying new foods and going to new places can be small “reinventing yourself” steps. 
• Don’t be afraid to try new things because of other people’s limitations. Think about it this way: other people have come up with rules about a certain thing based on their failures, biases, or limitations. If your old friends and job don’t fit anymore, it’s okay to move on; make new friends.
• It’s not your place to wrong anybody else for who they choose to be. Teenagers particularly like to change their identities, and it’s natural.
• Let your friends reinvent themselves too; if you don’t like it, then you can move apart. If you want to be supportive and get used to the new them, do what you can for them. Midlife crises or coming out can be examples of this.

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