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Making Peace With Your Past

We all have pain in our past, whether it’s from our childhood home or a bad decision we made. But no matter where it comes from, if you allow yourself to wallow in your painful past, it will prevent you from enjoying the present.

All of the things that make life worth living get shoved to the side when you choose to ruminate on an upsetting memory. In today's Deep Dive episode, "Making Peace With Your Past," I discuss how to stop yourself from going backward and reliving the pain of yesterday.

 I’m sure most of you have a distressing memory that comes to mind

Picture it and then ask yourself, “When I think about this memory, am I enjoying myself? Does it lift my mood? Make me compassionate, creative, or interesting?” The answer is “No.” That doesn’t mean that bad things didn’t happen. They do happen and they did — but that’s not the end of the story.

Here are the best ways to make peace with your past:

1. Focus on who you’ve become despite it.

   No matter what you’ve suffered or continue to suffer, while you are alive you have the opportunity to get something beautiful from this life. Listen to my conversation with Anna in this episode, who wasn’t appreciating her perseverance, and how we changed her inner voice.

2. Untangle yourself from the past.

   All we can do after making a mistake is learn from the experience and then let it go. Don’t spend a lot of time marinating in them. Because, as I explained to Melanie in this episode, when you obsess about the past, you can’t move into tomorrow.

3. Make a plan to get where you want to be.

   There’s a saying I like — “A bend in the road is not the end of the road unless you fail to make the turn!” You can choose another direction. That’s the beauty of the present, you can change your course to be on the right path!

Let’s end the ruminating and help you move forward.

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10 Ways to Rekindle the Romance In Your Marriage

You might think that rekindling the romance in your marriage is tough, but that doesn’t have to be the case!

In one of this week’s Call of the Day episodes, "You've Got to Give Love to Get Love," Frank's wife is fed up with the lack of effort he puts into being sweet, fun, and romantic with her. Listening to this call, you'll learn that rekindling your romance isn’t rocket science.

Here are a few ideas to begin with:

1. Be silly together.

2. Have little adventures together.

3. Make dinner together.

4. Ride your bikes to a local coffee or smoothie shop.

5. Have little adventures together.

6. Go out to dinner with just the two of you.

7. Make dinner together.

8. Take a trip.

9. Relax together.

10. Do something nice.

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