Mental Snacks

Dive into a new serving of wisdom on today's Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where we explore the crucial role of mentorship in the quest for greatness. Claiborne shares his personal journey of growth alongside a retiring coworker whose example of excellence in work, fatherhood, and life has left an indelible mark on him. ••• Discover the power of creative wisdom, like the unforgettable analogy of commingling milk with water, and understand why surrounding yourself with greatness is a cornerstone of success. ••• Whether it's on the court or in the office, learn why competing with the best is the pathway to achieving your own greatness. Claiborne's reflections on a decade of positivity and laughter with a mentor who never let anger cloud his vision will inspire you to seek out and learn from the greats in your own life. ••• Don't miss this heartfelt tribute to the guiding stars that shape our futures. Hit subscribe and stay tuned for more Mental Snacks that feed your soul and propel you towards becoming the next great thing. Ya dig? Thank you for tuning in. Peace. ••••••••

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(00:00) To achieve greatness, one must surround themselves with great people

(03:02) This is another episode of Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson

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Today's episode is all about transforming your Wednesday into a Winning Wednesday! Claiborne is here to remind you that your inner strength is a force to be reckoned with. It's time to embrace the power within and carve a path to victory. He's not just talking about a chance at success; he's declaring it an inevitable reality. 🏆

 ​Greetings ​and ​welcome ​back ​to ​mental ​snacks ​with ​Claiborne ​Barron ​Jackson. ​We ​will ​find ​mindful ​discussions ​to ​assist ​with ​healing ​caused ​by ​generational ​trauma. ​• ​• ​• ​I ​cry ​and ​I'm ​proud ​of ​it. ​• ​• ​Plain ​and ​simply ​put, ​• ​• ​• ​this ​is ​the ​fifth ​year ​of ​my ​mom ​not ​being, ​being ​here. ​The ​fifth ​Christmas ​with ​her ​not ​being ​here. ​• ​• ​The ​fifth ​birthday ​being ​that ​she ​was ​born ​on ​Christmas, ​of ​her ​not ​being ​here. ​And ​it'll ​be ​my ​fifth ​birthday ​as ​mine ​is ​on ​the ​27th ​without ​my ​birthday ​bestie, ​my ​mama ​being ​here. ​So ​yeah, ​I ​can ​honestly ​admit ​that ​I ​cry ​a ​lot ​in ​the ​month ​of ​December. ​• ​• ​But ​the ​thing ​is, ​I ​cry ​for ​a ​different ​reason ​than ​before. ​• ​• ​• ​•

Greetings and welcome back to Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational trauma.

For the rest of this month, I have a favor to ask of you. And that favor is I want you to feed your focus and starve your distractions.

It's your boy, Claiborne Jackson.

Mental snacks like comment, share, subscribe and of course, thank you for all of your support. Positive vibes. y'all peace.

Welcome back to Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational trauma

Join me on this episode as I push myself out of my comfort zone and learn a few valuable lessons of life and the power of positive thinking, consistency and how to overcome any obstacle .

I want you to start this week off by smiling every chance you get Greetings and welcome back to mental snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational traumas. TGIM. it's a common phrase that you probably hear a lot, but thank God it's Monday. Yes, thank God it's Monday. And what I want you to do is I want you to start this week off by smiling every chance you get. From the time you wake up to the time you put your head down and go to sleep. I want you to smile every chance that you get. Now, not because life has been easy, perfect, or anywhere near what you've expected, but, because you're choosing to be happy and grateful for all the positive things that you do have going on in your life and for all the problems that you don't have. I want you to smile because you don't know who's going through a rough time, who's going through a real rough time in their life. And by seeing a big smile on your face, that might encourage them to smile, even if it's just for a few seconds. It might be a few minutes. It might last an hour. Heck, it might last the whole day. But I want you to smile because that person, for that amount of time, will at least feel that much better about their situation. Now, I also want you to smile because it is Monday. Yeah, I know, but. Yes, it is Monday. And the fact that you woke up to see this Monday is already a reason to smile. But along with that, I also want you to smile because for every new week is another opportunity for you to exercise your greatness. Can you dig what I'm saying? Every new week? Really? Every new day. But every new Monday is a new chance for a new week for you to exercise your greatness. You dig? It's your boy, Claiborne Jackson. Mental snacks. Like, comment, share, subscribe See, I'm feeling kind of rhythmic, right? Anyhow, though, like, comment, share, subscribe glad I can make your day, be part of your day. And remember to share a smile or two with yourself. Friends, family, whoever. But just smile every chance you get. I'm smiling right now, y'all. Peace.

Make each day your masterpiece. Don't expect a greatday, create one

The host welcomes listeners back for another episode focused on healing from generational trauma. He encourages creating good days instead of expecting them, making each day a masterpiece. Though hard days make one stronger and bad days help appreciate good days, every day alive is a gift.

Claiborne Jackson from Mental Snacks would like to thank you for your support. If you would like to support the show hit the "support" link, it would be greatly appreciated but your are not obligated.

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peace.

You cannot control how people receive your energy, but you can still influence

The host reminds listeners that they cannot control how others perceive them. He describes encountering people throughout the day who may react positively or negatively, and says that is due to what the other person is going through, not because of the listener. He encourages listeners to spread positive energy regardless of others' reactions.

Claiborne ​Jackson from ​Mental ​Snacks ​ would like to thank you for your support.If you would like to support the show, please hit the link. It would be greatlyappreciated but you are not obligated. Please like ​, ​comment ​, share and ​subscribe ​

Peace

Welcome back to mental snacks with Claiborne Jackson where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational trauma.

 Let’s talk about addiction. what is one of t The biggest addiction people have and probably don’t even know they have an addiction to it. It is talking a about their problems and not focusing enough on their joy.

 To me it seems that the more you focus on your problems, the more problems you will ultimately have. Imagine if you took all of the energy you pour into your problems and poured it into a positive activity or better yet towards finding a solution to your probmels. Your stress would decrease, and your energy would increase. You would attract more like mined people and together keep pushing for solutions and positive energy. So lets focus on breaking the habit of talking about our problems and focus more on the joys of life. Here is one joy that you can start with and that is the fact that you woke up this morning and you are able to log onto a device to even hear my podcast and others.. Now just continue building off that. One more tip is that when you feel the urge to talk about your problem just start counting. Count until you wonder why you are counting. Chances are if you forgot why you are counting, then you probably forgot about the problem you were going to focus on. Just sayin.

Try this for the week and let me know how it works for you.. if the first week was great keep it going. It takes about 30 days to start forming a habit while breaking a bad one... good luck, positive vibes and talk loudly about your joys in life

Welcome back to Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational trauma.

The host discusses making adjustments instead of excuses. He shares advice from Dr. Eric Thomas to do what you can when you can, make time for what's important, and do things as often as you're able. The host applies this to his own life, waking up early to work out and make time for important tasks before work. Even with a full-time job, he finds time to run or work on projects during breaks. It's about holding yourself accountable and not making excuses.

Don’t make excuses, Make adjustments

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Welcome back to Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational trauma.

Gentle reminder...

Be your own best friend

Have your own back

Fight for yourself and be willing to do whatever it takes to make you happy.

Remember Others are not responsible for your happiness but you are.

So with that said,  do something nice for yourself. Like take a half day off from work and go for a walk or catch up on a book you were reading.

Go have a nice lunch or explore a part of your city that you haven’t been to before.

But whatever you so , make sure to treat your best friend to a good time. Ya dig

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Welcome back to Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational trauma.

Mental Snack of the Day… Check your mindset at least twice as often as you check your phone or any other device that might alter your mood.

For instance, if you were in a funky mood and searched for things that matched. Well, now your phone's algorithm is set to that same mood. so, the next time you pick up your phone you might be in a good or decent mood but boom, you check your phone and negative energy takes over and before you know it your mindset is completely screwed up

I do not check my phone when I first wake up. At least not for the first hour. My son has a specific ring tone that overrides my airplane mode so if and only if I hear his specific alert will I get up and check my phone. Other than that, I enjoy some good ol me time. I don’t need to be involved with all the world's issues. 

A friend of mine at work said there are times when she has been in a good mood, jumped on social media, and felt completely drained after a few minutes from all the negativity.

Now I'm not saying to avoid your phone or social media, but what I am saying is to protect your mental health by any and all means. so again. Check your mindset more than you check your phone.

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Welcome back to Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational trauma.

As the week begins, I want you to believe in yourself and all of your abilities and know that. you are capable of overcoming any and all obstacles that come your way as long as you treat them as opportunities for you to shine and display your greatness.

Thank you for your support and keep pushing for the positive.

Welcome back to Mental Snacks with Claiborne Jackson, where you will find mindful discussions to assist with healing caused by generational trauma.

Removing yourself from a being around negative energy instead of returning that same energy is growth.

As we get older hopefully we are also maturing and part of maturing is not returning negative energy when given negative energy. It took many years for me to reach this point in life but boy am I glad I am finally at this point in life ya dig. Like in traffic for instance, my thing has been to not hunk at people after they make the mistake or just choose to be unkind and cut me off or disturb my drive in any way possible. I now just sit back and wave or smile but I don't return that same energy. I tell you this much, my drives have been much more pleasant too lol Take a listen and pick up some of these positive vibes. Thank you for your support.

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So I was listening to a motivational  speach by TD jakes and he said “ ships don’t sink from the water that is around them, they sink once that water gets into them. Its not what’s going on around you that causing you the problems and what your allowing to get inside of you that’s causing the problem. 

See I take that to mean that no matter what is going on around you, its up to you what you allow to get in your mind and body. That’s why setting boundaries  is so important. Have you ever been having a great day just enjoying life but then you lower the setting on your boundaries and allow some negativity in? It could be a phone call, it could be from going on social media but by some means you get caught up in a high tide and next thing you know water is in your boat and you start to feel yourself sinking. Well I know I have and I have learned from it. I now do whatever is necessary for me to stay at float. Even if it upsets other people but your problem is not my problem as harsh as it may sound. I will try and listen and help keep you at float but if you keep turning your boat back to the high tide well you will sink on your own. .. I say that to say this. don’t be afraid to set boundaries. Remember your boat doesn’t sink from the water that surrounds it, boats only sink when once that water gets inside. 

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