This Amazing Life

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "How Can I Make An Impact?"

In this episode, we’ll start off by breaking the IOTW down into parts, then discuss two or three different perspectives that might be helpful for us, and finally I’ll offer a challenge or a suggestion we can use to create action steps moving forward.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is inspired by a Babe Ruth quote that says: "Don't let the fear of striking out prevent you from playing the game!" My interpretation of the quote that I offer is: "Don't let fear of failure prevent you from taking action and achieving your goals!"

In this episode, we’ll start off by breaking the IOTW down into parts, then discuss two or three different perspectives that might be helpful for us, and finally I’ll offer a challenge or a suggestion we can use to create action steps moving forward.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "The Distance Between Dreams and Reality Is Action!!"

In this episode, we’ll start off by breaking the IOTW down into parts, then discuss two or three different perspectives that might be helpful for us, and finally I’ll offer a challenge or a suggestion we can use to create action steps moving forward.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week's Intention of the Week is: "The Difference Between 'Ordinary' and 'Extraordinary' Is A Little 'Extra'!"

What does the word "extraordinary" mean to you? Can you think of a few examples of something you've experienced in your life that merits such a high amount of praise? Do you know or have you known anyone in your life that had such a positive impact on you that it's carried over into the future? Or have you ever been to a restaurant or event and noticed some attention to detail that took your experience from pleasant to truly memorable?

To me, the word makes me think of a place with some kind of a "wow factor," or someone who goes just a little bit more out of their way to have a positive impact. Mostly, what I think about is how someone or something makes me feel. By elevating my life and my experience in some way, I would certainly consider identifying someone or something as "extraordinary."

Another perspective to consider is what does "doing a little extra" mean to you? Is it finally holding yourself accountable to bring about some kind of goal or change you'd like to create? Or in some small way, does it mean working just a little harder or smarter to complete a big project or creative vision? 

Where do we draw the line between "doing enough," versus "going the extra mile"? (something that I'm sure a perfectionist would struggle with and could go as far back as school)

Right now, as you're reading this email, you could be having a completely different reaction which I thoroughly understand. Maybe for you, you feel like you're already being pushed to your limits mentally, physically, and emotionally at home, at work, school, or wherever else you're trying to make progress and get ahead, and that the thought of "doing more" makes you feel physically unwell. 

Doing "more" isn't always the end all/be all answer that some people may claim it to be.

If that really resonated with you, then maybe the little "extra" that could help you go from ordinary to extraordinary could be a little extra peace and quiet, time with nature, opening up more to a close friend or family member, or reallocating/reprioritizing your mental health.

While Nina and I were away for a few days, I had an unbelievable realization that in fact what I had needed wasn't a "vacation" but rather a "retreat."

By allowing ourselves the opportunity to truly unplug from most technology, social media, or even external and internal pressures we were experiencing, we we able to realize how much of a positive impact we could have on our lives just by reprioritizing (and in some cases eliminating) things that light us up versus things that cause us stress.

Is there currently an opportunity or need in your life to find a better way to reduce stress and fatigue? How could that help you elevate your life?

These are just some of the many different ideas and perspectives that we'll consider during our conversation.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "I'm Actively Creating The Life That I Want To Live!"

This week's IOTW reminds us of the power that comes from consciously and proactively living an intentional life. In our workouts this week week, we'll explore ways we can make this real and applicable for ourselves everyday.

The first thing that might be helpful to acknowledge is our relationship with time. We all have busy lives filled with schedules, routines, and even things that pop up we don't even plan for. Schedules and routines can be beneficial because they provide structure and help relieve some of the mental burden that comes with a lot of decision making. The question is, at what point are we strategically making smart decisions that enhance our lives versus going through the motions and living more on auto pilot.

This reminds me of two different supporting quotes I've seen recently: 'This isn't your practice life.' and 'Life is meant to be lived and not left on auto-pilot.' authors unknown.

How powerful and poignant are these? Regardless of religious perspectives or opinions, time is one of the most valuable resources that we have so why not invest it and make decisions that maximize our experience?

Let's move our attention to another key phrase in this week's IOTW: "actively creating," what does that mean to you? 

To me, I believe it's a call to action for all of us to recognize and take ownership of the things we can positively affect with our time, energy, effort, or a little extra help. "To create" means to bring something into existence out of nothing. Now that we're here in this life together, what is it that you want to create, feel, learn, or try?

With our thoughts, words, actions, choices, relationships, the things we say yes to, and the things we say no to, they all add up and either help us move closer or further away from the type of life we want to live.

By actively participating in the process of exploration, decision making, growth, and fulfillment, it helps bring us closer and closer the fullest expression of what hopefully you believe is your own version of an amazing life.

And this brings me to the last point I want to touch on in the email: your hopes, dreams, goals, and ideas.

How often do we allow ourselves the opportunity to pause, reflect, examine, brainstorm, or even daydream about the type of life experience that we truly want to have? How often do we pick lofty goals that we are firmly committed to working towards versus settling for things that are more realistic? How often do we allow our inner child to take advantage of the wonder and beauty that exists in the world before the hard realities of "adulthood" bring us back down to planet Earth? Or how often do we listen to our own hearts and intuition versus allowing the opinions and beliefs of others to prevent us from making the best decision for ourselves?

Again, we acknowledge and accept that there are certainly things that will happen outside of our control. Once we've allowed that to hold true, the rest is up to us to take the lead : )

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is: "Until I Decide That I'm In Control, What's Controlling Me?"

This IOTW can get pretty far into the deep end of the pool so we'll break it down into parts, ask some helpful questions, and figure out ways we can make this practical and relevant for us moving forward.

Remember that everyday is different and all we can do is show up and try our best, as we are, each and every day.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "The Actions of One Can Inspire Many!"

Can you think of a time when someone you knew or a person you saw in passing did something that caused you to stop, reflect, and do something a little differently? Maybe a family member, a co-worker, a teacher, a friend, or even someone you follow on social media?

What was it about what the person said or did that really resonated with you? Was it a small act of kindness or did they overcome incredible odds?

Do you ever notice that you gravitate towards some people on specific topics, with a certain style, opinion, or energy about them?

What things do you actively seek motivation for to help you move forward in creating positive change?

Do you believe someone has to have a massive audience, established brand, or a lot of influence to motivate people into taking action?

Do you feel like you're in a position now to lead or inspire other people? Or is there something that's blocking you?

What prevents us from taking action? The fear of other people's opinions? Do we worry that what we say or do will not be accepted by others?

These are just some of the many things we'll discuss during this week's episode.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "The First Step In Creating Change Is Saying 'YES'!"

The first step to creating any real change in our life is saying "yes!" The question is what are we saying yes to?

Are we saying "yes, we recognize we want something to change in our lives"?

 Maybe we're saying "yes, we have a plan and know the direction we want to head moving forward"?

Are we saying "yes, we are finally ready to take the steps needed to create change"?

Or is it that we're saying "yes, I am committed to making this a real part of my life"?

Whatever we're saying "yes" to can be different every day, week, month, and year but the most important thing is the decision making component about moving forward and the action that happens as a result.

Another question for us to consider is why does it take us so long to actually say "yes" and do anything about it?

These are some of the many different questions and ideas that we'll be exploring together with this week's IOTW.

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

Have you ever found yourself saying something that sounded like: "There's gotta be an easier way to do this!" or "This shouldn't be so stressful!" or "Isn't there a less complicated way?!" 

Building off of last week's IOTW "the next right step," this week we're reminding ourselves that sometimes the best thing we can do is to keep it simple!

This "simplification process" can apply to any area of our lives that we think is realistic and appropriate. Our expectations, conversations, the way we solve problems, go about work, shopping, coordinate an event, the gifts we give, or anything else that resonates with us. 

The how and what we go about simplifying in our lives will vary but the outcome will hopefully give us all more energy and peace of mind to reinvest somewhere else equally important to us.

Remember that just because something is simple, doesn't necessarily mean it has less value or significance. For example, imagine how much a parent might cherish a homemade card by their child as much, if not more so, than an fancy plaque award from their office.

This week, let's explore different areas of our lives we can control and have the opportunity to make things a little more simple to free up time and energy for other things that really matter to us!

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can live your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This Week's Intention of the Week is: "The Next Right Step!"

What if any time we had a big decision to make, that was all we focused on? "The next right step." What would that look like to you and how would it feel?

Or do you ever get stuck in "analysis paralysis" trying to figure out your path forward? Does the lack of control or not knowing the outcome prevent you from making a decision at all?

What if instead, we lived in the present, used all of our knowledge and experience or all the advice and help we could get and simply made the best decision possible to keep us moving forward in a positive direction?

Would that help us feel less overwhelmed, anxious, or uncertain? Absolutely. Is that how it's always going to be? Probably not but that doesn't have to stop us from trying!

Everyone's path to "success" is going to look, sound, and feel different in the moment and how we define "success" can change often.

It could be as straight forward as following a recipe, going down a checklist of items one by one to make sure you get everything right. It could also be as deep and complicated as an major career/relationship decision that could affect your life or the lives of other people around you.

This means your "next right step" will change and evolve with you.

My hope is that by using this simple reminder, you'll be able to successfully navigate or overcome any big decision, challenge, or goal you face by knowing you're doing the best you can in the present to lead you toward the future you desire.

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is in the form of a question: "How Can I Make The Most of 'This'?"

What happens when you're presented with a new choice or a decision? What options or variables or outcomes do you consider? How long do you give yourself before deciding the next right step to take? Are you focused specifically on yourself or do you take into account the impact that your actions may have on other people?

Any time we're presented with a choice, an opportunity, or a challenge do we typically have a method for deciding what the right course of action is or do we find ourselves reacting based on the strongest emotion we feel in the moment?

When you're put in a position that really challenges you and takes you outside of your comfort zone, do you ever stop to notice how this new challenge or obstacle could help you to grow or expand to the next level?

If you say/think that the answers you give to all of those questions would "depend" then I would agree with you 100%.

Sometimes the "this" that we're considering could be a gift, an opportunity, or even a talent or a skill that we're exploring how to maximize the benefit for ourselves, our friends, family, companies, or beyond. Sometimes the "this" we're facing is just a flat out raw deal that you didn't expect or deserve but now we're trying to make a bad situation slightly better and move forward.

Whenever it's possible or realistic for you, can you pause for a moment and ask yourself this question: "how can I make the most of this?" If you can, you may find that your decisions and experiences become more intentional and purposeful.

It might not always be easy and it certainly might not happen right away, but this week let's try to focus on how we can make every moment, decision, and action we take in our lives really count for something and move in a better direction together : )

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "In Serving Others, We Can Find Ourselves!"

One of my favorite quotes from Ghandi says that "...we can find ourselves when we lose ourselves in the service of others." 

What a beautiful statement. If we're going through a period when we feel lost, disconnected, or searching for a greater sense of meaning, we can always go back to helping meet the needs of other people to get us back on track!

If this week's IOTW resonates with you...what would that look like, sound like, or feel like? Where would you invest you time, energy, and effort? Or is there a group of people or a cause that you feel really drawn to supporting like children, the homeless, education, or anything else?

I can share from my own experience that this has been a gift to me during periods when everything else didn't feel like it was going right.  That by inserting myself into a new service opportunity, I was filled with a greater sense of love, purpose, and community that ultimately got me back on track.

With all of our busy schedules, the way that you might go about this might be different than someone else. If this week's IOTW resonates with you or calls to you, then my challenge to you is that you find one small way to insert yourself into a service opportunity or at least to be open to the idea of it and allow something to come to you naturally. You won't regret it : )

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Where Do I Want To Make Progress?"

This week's IOTW can be a very beneficial question for us to consider. Where do we want to make progress? Where do we want to grow? Or where do we want to continue moving closer and closer towards our "goals"?

We all have limited amounts of time and energy to invest in ourselves, our family, friends, jobs, etc. With all the things that you juggle at once, what is one area of your life that is a little higher on the priority list that you'd like to continue making some positive changes? 

Do we recognize how beneficial being able to answer this question is and the positive chain reaction it can cause from gaining clarity, choosing a direction, feeling purposeful, choosing the next right steps, and actually taking action?

Or do we need to take another perspective with the IOTW? Are we in a space mentally/emotionally where we aren't giving ourselves enough credit for our hard work and growth because we're trapped in a cycle of comparison in real life or through social media?

Another perspective we can take is what type of mindset or action steps should we be taking to help us achieve a little bit more progress when we're feeling completely stuck?! This one resonates with me a lot because being "stuck" is one of my least favorite places to be!

These are just some of the many things you and I will explore in episode 136!

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Identity!"

One of my favorite ice breaker questions that my buddy and I ask people is: "what is something you want people to remember about you after the first time they've met you?"

Think about it or even better, ask your friends and family. You might be surprised to see/hear what people say and it's usually fairly telling as to what the person thinks is a priority to them in their life (for better and worse).

What do you identify with? What do you align with? What types of words, or feelings, or descriptions do you think you'd use?

What are some of the values and attributes that you associate with? Or maybe what are some of the qualities that you recognize in other people that you aspire to resemble?

Or maybe we need the reminder that our sense of "identity" doesn't have to be a fixes and permanent fixture in our lives. We grow, we learn, we adapt, and we change. So why should we feel like we have to carry the burden of someone else's "label" for who they think we are? Or why should we let ourselves by limited by our current circumstances, like a job, determine what we think and believe about ourselves?

This are just some of the many things that we'll be talking about in episode 135!

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "One Of The Most Important Relationships We Have, Is The One With Ourselves!"

How would you describe your relationship with yourself? Is it something that you ever consider or is it something that you actively avoid?

If you had to pick a few words, to describe the way you interact with yourself, which ones would you choose? Or if you had to pick a few emotions, which ones do you feel when you look at yourself in the mirror? Or what kind of language do you use when you're playing out some internal dialogue?

Are you consistently building yourself up and reaffirming your sense of value and purpose in the world? Or battling with feelings of guilt, shame, comparison, or unworthiness?

How do we define "relationships"? What's a "good one" compared to a "bad one"? Who is it that taught us about them in the first place? Were they positive influences or negative influences on our beliefs and perspectives about the way we treat ourselves and/or other people around us?

In a perfect world, everyone would have all of the answers and agree that they have an amazing relationship with themselves mentally, physically, and emotionally but we know the world isn't exactly perfect.

The question then becomes, if we have a good relationship with ourselves, then how can we make it great? Or if we have a challenging and painful one, then how can we make it better and healthier?

These are some of the things that we're going to be talking about during this week's episode and I hope that it's a helpful reminder for someone : )

Remember that you are UNIQUE, AMAZING, VALUABLE, and FULLY CAPABLE of creating the life you want and achieving the goals you set. It might not always be easy. Sometimes it takes a lot of hard work. Just know that you always have at least one person who believes in you and that's me : )

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Nurturing Relationships!"

Welcome to Episode 133! This week's Intention of the Week was inspired by Mother's Day!

When thinking about the role of a "mother" in someone's life, the one word that felt like it encapsulated the feeling of a mother's love was "nurturing!" A prominent role in the life of any person who loves, encourages, and supports their growth. 

With this week's IOTW, we can actually apply it to several different perspectives so I'll be curious to see which one resonates the most with you. When you think of nurturing relationships, do you associate that with your own mother? A mother-like figure in your life? Someone who is either currently still here on Earth or someone who has passed on? Or would you take this IOTW as more of a reminder that we should be dedicating out time, energy, and effort to helping support, care for, and grow the relationships that we have in our lives?

There's no right or wrong answer. It's all about helping you to think just a little bit differently and see if there's an area of your life that you can take small action steps to improve your life or the life of someone else.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Sometimes The Biggest Challenges We Face Help Us Create Our Greatest Opportunities!"

In Episode 132 we're going to be looking at shifting our perspectives to recognize how sometimes the challenges that we face and the obstacles that we overcome, help set us up for greatness.

No matter where you are in your journey, we want to make sure we're taking advantage of every opportunity to improve and grow. It might not always be fun or enjoyable, but if we an keep the end goal in mind...it's worth it in the end!

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "I'm Expanding Into New Opportunities!"

Ready for a new change personally, professionally, or creatively? Already have one in motion or are you feeling stuck? No matter where you're at, with this week's IOTW, you and I are going to be talking about real, positive, and proactive steps that you can take to make sure you have and sustain a growth oriented mindset for your success!

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Momentum!" 

How would you describe the idea of "momentum"? I like to think of it as energy in motion, being in the flow, or heading in the right direction! The question is, where would you want your momentum to take you?

In episode 130 we'll take about why momentum is so beneficial for you, why clarity is a key ingredient to maintaining your momentum, and one fun exercise to help you come up with a game plan for action steps you can take on a regular basis.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Self-Confidence!"

How does self-confidence fit into your life currently? Do you have an abundance of it and feel it? Do you feel like it's missing and you want it?

What actions, events, or triggers create or take-away our sense of self-confidence?

Do you recognize how communication with yourself, from other people, and towards other people affects or can affect our sense of self-confidence?

This is something that I think we all work on a little bit everyday and I'd love to talk to you about it in Episode 129!

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Renewal!"

In Episode 128, I'll explain to you why this IOTW is so relevant and impactful in my life with my goals and give you some realistic and practical questions that you can ask yourself to be able to use this concept for your own personal growth.

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Fulfillment!"

How would you describe the feeling or sensation of fulfillment that you get in life? Where does it even come from? Why is it important to have a sense of fulfillment in life? Do you currently have it or if not what could you do about it? 

These are all great questions that you and I will discuss during episode 127!

Thank you so much for choosing to listen to the show. Please consider subscribing, leaving a review, or sharing with a friend!

Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Be Curious, Not Judgmental!"

This one is attributed as a Walt Whitman quote that Nina and I were introduced to recently by one of our new favorite tv shows, Ted Lasso (HIGHLY recommend it). 

In the episode, Ted has a hero moment and explains to the guy he's competing against that all his life he was an underdog and felt like people were looking down on him and judging him until he had a realization after reading this quote.

He realized that people looking down on him or thinking that he wasn't good enough wasn't an actual reflection of who he was as a person but rather a side effect of the other person's shortcomings. 

The idea stuck in my head. What if the world, as a whole, would be more curious than judgmental? What if instead of making snap decisions, predictions, or evaluations, people just wanted to learn about each other. Or what if we were more curious about our own lives and breaking through our perceived limitations than beating ourselves up and thinking we're not good enough?

This IOTW I think can be applied to three major areas. We'll talk about that and more in this week's episode!

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Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Intuition!"

How would you define intuition? Do you experience it very often in your own life? Does it tend to happen a lot within a specific area of your life or with certain types of people or decisions you make? Why is intuition even important and how can we use it? These are all the great tings that we're going to talk about in episode 125!

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is a reminder question to ask yourself: "What is my goal?" 

One of the most important questions we can ask ourselves and also one of the most difficult to answer. Everyday is going to be a little different but how often to do we a self check-in to make sure our actions are sending us to the place we want to be?

The reason why having clarity around your goal(s) is so important is because once we know the destination, then it becomes easier to build the roadmap of how to get there : )

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "The WE Over The ME!"

In this week's episode I'm offering four unique perspectives on how you can interpret this Intention of the Week, why it's important, and how you can make it practical and real for yourself.

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Live Life In The Moment, Not In Your To-Do List!"

Imagine this for a minute...It's Monday and you already know it's going to be a packed week. Whether your single or married, kids or no kids, working or in school, there's a lot going on and you've got to stay on top of it all. What's your system? Sticky notes, Google calendars, reminders on your phone, or periodic alarms that go off during the day?

Somehow we need to stay organized and for many of us it comes in the form of the "To-Do List."

I totally get this. Over the last few years, even without kids, I've tried my best to be really focused with my time so I'm always prepared, planning ahead, and incrementally working towards my goals. Personally, I've done a mix of sticky notes, cell phone notes, calendars, reminders, etc. With that lifestyle, there potentially comes a certain kind of energy that I'd like us to be aware of and address if need be.

High performing individuals often measure their success based or real, tangible, and measurable results. Over time, their sense of self-worth or even happiness could get lost in the pursuit of those tasks/objectives and allow them to become more of a priority than people or things that actually matter in life.

What I'd like to offer with this Intention of the Week are two things:
1. Perspective shift - Instead of a "to-do list," what if we called it a "goal list" which shifts the energy away from something you "have to do" to something you "want to accomplish"?
2. Re-evaluating your sense of success and happiness - For my super over achievers that struggle with deriving their sense of happiness and self-worth from how far along they get on their list, this week we want to gradually work evaluating, redefining, or reconnecting you with your sense of happiness and untethering your emotional wellness from stemming from a mindset of "productivity over everything."

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Hi my name is Ryan and welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, I offer a new “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Life Is A Gift!"

Have you ever had a really defining moment in your life? Something that happened or someone that you met that left a lasting impression and causes you to reflect on your life and what's really important? Moments like these really cause you to reflect on where you're investing your time and energy, who you're surrounding yourself, and how you're choosing to show up everyday.

In episode 121, I'll share with you some recent experiences I've had that have made this Intention of the Week even more powerful and poignant for me, ways you can make it relevant for yourself, and also one simple and practical step you can take to maximize your time and enjoying the gift of your life.

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Welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE! 

Every week, Ryan brings you the “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Change Is Inevitable. Growth Is Optional!"

If there's anything in life that's certain, it's that it can be unpredictable. This can make it really challenging to focus on working towards your goals and pursuing success. One thing that we can control, is what we decide to do with our knowledge and experiences to move forward in a better direction!

In Episode 119, we'll talk about what it means to have a "growth mindset" and practical steps you can take when you're feeling stuck or limited.

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Welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, Ryan brings you the “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Everyone Has Value!"

How do you determine whether or not you feel like you have any value? Is is based on your achievements? On the amount of money that you make? Is it based on how you think you look in the mirror? Or is it based on the perspectives and opinions of other people?

In Episode 118, I'll discusses a few different perspectives and proactive steps you can take to make sure you feel a sense of value and self-worth while also helping other people to feel the same about themselves.

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Welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, Ryan brings you the “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Healing!"

Healing can come in many forms and fashions and will mean something different to each individual. It could be mental healing, it could be emotional healing, it could be physical healing. Considering how 2020 went and how 2021 started off, we could all probably use a little more healing! 

In Episode 117, Ryan discusses a few different perspectives on the topic of healing and a series of questions to help you start to explore what it could mean for you if you feel like you're in a position where you could in fact use some more healing in your life.

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Welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, Ryan brings you the “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "It's Always A Good Time For Positive Change!"

It doesn't matter if it's January 1, or June 15th, or November 30th. As long as you have the desire to improve some aspect of your life or the life of someone else, that should be enough to start taking action right away! Although sometimes we hesitate or don't do anything at all, so why is that? In episode 116, Ryan will help you explore this topic hopefully inspire you to feel more empowered about pursuing your own goals!

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The Intention of the Week for this week is "Dream Bigger!" Dreaming to me is interchangeable with hoping, seeing, and believing which are all positive forces for incredible change in your life or in the life of someone else. 

Want to grow your business? Have a vision for positively impacting your community? Want to create something new out of nothing? These are all amazing ideas, so why is it that we feel the need to downscale these goals or to make them seem more "realistic"? That's when fear of failure, doubt, disbelief, or negative past experiences can come knocking at your door. Even with the set backs, disappointments, and frustrations that life brings us, what if we dared to believe that what we want is not only possible but we could go even bigger?! 

This week, I'm suggesting that instead of limiting our potential and believing we "can only do so much," that we reframe that idea into sounding like "I can do so much more!"

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This week’s Intention of the Week is "Keep Going! 'It' Could Happen Tomorrow!"

Working towards a goal can be really exciting when you start to recognize you're making progress and getting confirmations of your hard work! But what about the days when you feel uncertain, unmotivated, or less energized? You KEEP GOING! : ) In Episode 114 Ryan talks about how you can use this helpful reminder during those low vibe days to stay focused and committed towards your goals, even if it's only a little bit every day.

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This week’s Intention of the Week is "Learn from the Past. Live in the Present. Hope for the Future!"

Ever feel like you're stuck in "replay mode"? Reviewing and reliving the good and the bad that has happened to you in the past? Of course! It's totally normal. The question is, how can we avoid spending too much time and energy there rather than proactively living in the present? That's what you're going to hear about in Episode 113! 

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This week’s Intention of the Week is "Small Blessings Grow Larger When You Share Them With Others!"

The Holidays are officially upon us! When this time of year rolls around, what types of emotions do you experience? Joy?! Holiday Cheer?! Goodwill toward man?! Or anxiety? Depression? Isolation?

Even though some of us love this period in our lives, there are other who are painfully reminded of their circumstances and that's why it's so important to consider being generous with your time, money, energy or skills if you can. Being able to authentically give to someone else in need, is far often a greater reward that the thing we share of what we experience when we help. 

You'll hear about all of this and more in Episode 112.

Welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

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This week’s Intention of the Week is "Believe In Yourself!"

Do you know anyone in your life that you feel like has this invisible superpower that allows them to confidently walk into any challenge or opportunity and make everything turn out their way? Sure you do. We all do and we all wished that's how it was for us all the time. 

Want to know how those people make it happen? They believe in themselves and you can too!

In Episode 111 Ryan talks about the power of this Intention of the Week, ways you can experience more of it, or how to help someone who needs to hear it : )

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This week’s Intention of the Week is "Our Thoughts Help Shape Our Reality!"

What is the concept of reality? That's big concept and towards the deep end of the pool, so lets make this as practical as we can. How do you perceive the world around you in this moment? Good? Bad? Neutral? Opportunities or challenges? And do we realize how much the thoughts, ideas, stories, or beliefs that we play out in our head either reinforce that perception of "real-time life" or to redirect it?

In episode 110, Ryan discusses all of this and how we can make sure we're using our thoughts to help us to be generally be proactive and positive about creating our own Amazing Life!

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This week’s Intention of the Week: "True Peace Comes From the Inside-Out!"

Is the world a crazy place right now? Absolutely. Are there real reason to feel stressed out or overwhelmed? Definitely. Can these emotions be overcome by materialistic things or quick hits of happiness? Probably not in a healthy way.

In this episode, Ryan explores how we all carry around emotional and energetic "weights" that burden us down and prevent us from feeling a sense of calm or peace or security and goes through a short meditation to help you explore how to look inside and possibly let some of them go.

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This week’s Intention of the Week is "The Grass IS Greener Where You Water It!"

Ever heard the phrase "the grass is always greener on the other side?" Most people would recognize it and some would even go so far as to agree. This week, we want to work on shifting your perspective so that way we spend less time comparing your life, circumstance, goals, or achievements to that of another person. We want to recognize our vast amounts of self worth and invest our time and energy into the things that will help us grow, improve, adapt, or learn rather than stress and worry about why we aren't exactly like someone or something else.

You're perfect and you should be protective over that energy! 

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This week's Intention of the Week is a follow up on Episode 102. Why? Because people need it in 2020. In Episode 102 we talked about exploring how you feel personally about your sense of Inner Strength and in Episode 107 we talk about making sure that we're reminding others of their own Inner Strength.

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This week’s Intention of the Week is "Commitment!"

“Commitment is what turns Promises into Reality.” - Abraham Lincoln

In this episode, Ryan will talk about the concept of commitment, go through some self exploration exercises, and offer some follow up for you to complete by yourself or with a new accountability partner!

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This week’s Intention of the Week is "Hope Is A Renewable Resource!" Even though we may go through period of feel less optimistic, positive, or hopeful, HOPE will never truly be gone. That's why it's important for us to recognize what experiences in life help us to feel more hopeful so that we can be encouraged to take proactive steps in our life and in the lives of other people!

Welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, Ryan brings you the “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "I Am Filled With Gratitude!" 

There are certain types of emotions like joy, love, hope, excitement, and gratitude, that when you experience them authentically, the can be contagious!  When living a life of gratitude, you are more aware of appreciating different things in your life. This, however, is not always the case for everyone (especially in 2020) and that is NORMAL!

Everyone goes through periods when they have more or less gratitude in their lives. The question is, what do we do with that energy when you have more of it or less of it? Ryan talks about this in episode 104!

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Every week, Ryan brings you the “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week's Intention of the Week reminds us that we all have amazing potential to work toward and achieve our goals. It also reminds us that sometimes people need a little more guidance, education, or encouragement to feel that sense of boundless possibility. Which one resonates more with you?

Welcome to the show! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

Every week, Ryan brings you the “Intention of the Week!” A tool, a mantra, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s Intention of the Week is "Inner Strength!" A short phrase that can have a positive or a negative association depending on your life circumstance, your perspective, or whether or not you feel like you have a solid grasp on what your core values and ideals are. In episode 102, Ryan covers it all. He also gives you 

Welcome to Season 3! This Amazing Life encourages and inspires YOU, the listener, to take action so that you can LIVE, LOVE, and LEAD your own AMAZING LIFE!

“Intention of the Week”  is a tool, a mantra, short phrase, or a guideline for you to use throughout your week on your own path to success.

This week’s IOW is an important question we all need to consider. There will always be outside forces and influences vying for your time and your energy but the question is, how and where you you actually want to invest it? In Episode 101 Ryan has a one on one conversation with you about this which hopefully helps you start to analyze if there's an opportunity for positive action you can take.