Your Personal Power Pod
Episodes
Holidays, Traditions, and Change (Reprise)
10 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! As we move into the holiday season, the team at Your Personal Power Pod wants to help you be ready for the challenges that we often experi...
Stress and Anxiety (Reprise)
03 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Happy holidays from Your Personal Power Pod! We know this time of year can be challenging what with crowds of stressed-out shoppers, fam...
Chapters in Your Book of Life
16 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Your life is like a book with many chapters. Some chapters you write, and some are written by others or circumstances. Chapter one is wh...
Do You Hold Grudges?
08 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Holding a grudge happens when you can't let go of feelings of anger or resentment toward someone who wronged you. It can be in respon...
Do You Sabotage Yourself?
01 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Self-sabotage is when you consciously or unconsciously do or don't do things that block your success or prevent you from accomplishin...
Where Do You Get Your Identity and Validation?
25 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Your identity is how you and society define you, based on a wide variety of things from your family, nationality, age and ethnicity to you...
Do You Fear or Embrace Failure
10 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you fail it means you are unsuccessful at accomplishing something or achieving your goals. Some people are so afraid of failure that ...
Do You Avoid Difficult Conversations?
04 Sep 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In every relationship, whether with friends, work colleagues, partners or family members, there will come a time when you disagree about s...
Do You Judge or Empathize?
28 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you one of those folks who looks at people, and even if they are very different from you, accepts and allows them to be who they are, ...
How Do You Navigate Change?
20 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! As we all know life is about change. You can be going along with your comfortable status quo, and then for a variety of reasons things c...
Interview With Brian Proctor
13 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Have you ever wondered how hugely successful people got that way? How they go from struggling to find their niche, to living the life of...
The Ebb and Flow of Relationships
07 Aug 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Have you ever noticed that you can be going along in a relationship, thinking things are just fine, and suddenly things change, the bottom...
Are You in Touch with Your Shadow?
23 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you in touch with your Shadow? This is the part of you that is the opposite of everything you want to think you are. You probably like...
How Do You Cope?
17 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! What do you do when your plans fall apart, your relationships implode, or things just don’t work out the way you want them to? Do you lo...
How Do You Parent Your Adult Children?
10 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! If you’re a parent, when your child was young you had certain ideas on how you wanted to raise your little person. Your job as parent ...
Do You think for Yourself?
04 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! These days it seems that many people are so busy following influencers or people on the news or in positions of power, that they have give...
Who Am I Now?
25 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In today’s episode of Your Personal Power Pod, we look at how you define yourself, and what happens to your self-image if circumstances ...
Are You a People Pleaser?
11 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you a nice person or a people pleaser? If you’re someone everyone considers to be helpful and kind, and are always willing to step u...
Do You Think Outside the Box?
05 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you’re confronted with a challenge you’re not sure how to handle, do you just give up, do what you’ve always done, or do you de...
Do You Hold On or Let Go?
29 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When something changes or ends, or things aren’t the way you want them to be, do you stay stuck and hold on to what you hoped for or to ...
Are You Offended?
22 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! These days it seems that people are easily offended. If you have an opinion different from theirs, they instantly get defensive and go o...
Does Your Work Run Your Life?
07 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you one of those people who is so reliable and responsible that you spend all your time either at work or thinking about work? Do yo...
Do You Feel Like an Imposter?
30 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you begin something new it’s normal to struggle a bit, and feel insecure and like a fraud. Whether it’s a sport, a new job, a n...
Do You Believe in Yourself?
23 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you believe in yourself you know that you’re a loveable, valuable, capable, competent person. You have positive self-esteem and kno...
Who Are Your People?
17 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Throughout your life you will have a wide variety of relationships with family, friends, church or school communities, etc. With these peo...
Do You Live in the Past, Present, or Future?
09 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you one of those people who spends all of your time thinking about and focusing on the past? The things you liked, and also the thin...
Are You Discouraged?
02 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When something isn’t working the way you want it to, it’s normal and easy to become discouraged. You might get frustrated and just wan...
Fuzzy Brain
27 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Do you ever get brain fog or a fuzzy brain? You know what that is, when your usually sharp and witty mind gets sluggish and refuses to fun...
Are You Reliable, Responsible and Respectful?
20 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Being reliable, responsible and respectful are a big part of all positive relationships. When you have these things your interactions are ...
Attitude, Gratitude and the Power of Appreciation
12 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Your attitude reflects your thoughts and beliefs, and can affect how you feel and behave. When you choose to have an attitude of gratitu...
We Answer Your Questions
05 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In the past year the team at Your Personal Power Pod has received many questions asking us to expound on some of the topics we’ve discus...
Are You Happy?
29 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you happy? This can be a tricky question for some people. If you were raised in a family that always expected the worst you might br...
Do You React, Respond or Reciprocate?
22 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When something happens or someone does something for you or to you, what do you do? Do you react, respond or reciprocate? There are many...
How Do You Talk to Yourself?
16 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you wake up in the morning, what’s the first thing you tell yourself? Do you say, “this will be a great day”, or do you say, ...
What Do You Want?
08 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! n a recent episode we talked about Self-Care and the importance of being good to yourself. Part of that is giving yourself permission to...
Is it Selfish or Self-Care?
02 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you one of those people who is always rushing around trying to get everything done? Your focus is on doing what others expect and maki...
Holidays, Traditions and Change
18 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! For many people the holidays are a time filled with love, joy and celebration of family and friends, and we often create traditions around...
Forgiveness
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Forgiveness is a conscious, deliberate decision to release feelings of resentment or vengeance toward a person or group who has harmed you...
What Do You See?
04 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you get up in the morning what do you think about and see? Do you expect your day to go well and for wonderful things to come to yo...
Regrets
27 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Have you ever done something, or not done something, and then later regrated it? Of course you have, because you’re human and humans occ...
Where Do You Fit? Birth Order, Personality and Family Roles
07 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! We’re all born into some kind of family. It might have been a family with two parents, a family with just one parent, or some other ki...
Interview with John Javna
24 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Today we’re excited to bring you the 50th episode of Your Personal Power Pod, and are celebrating by interviewing John Javna. John is a ...
Are You Overwhelmed?
19 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you have so much going on that you’re struggling to cope with it all, or you’re dealing with a specific stressful situation, you ...
Anxiety
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Most people occasionally feel anxious. When you’re doing a new thing, or something that has been stressful in the past, it’s normal ...
Are You Stuck in Your Comfort Zone?
26 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you’re in your comfort zone you feel at ease because you're not being tested. You don't engage in new experiences or take...
What Do You Think?
18 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! People often believe that they are controlled by their feelings, or by things that just happen in their lives. They feel they are at the...
Coach Yourself to Success
12 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Working with a coach has long been acknowledged as the most effective way to succeed in the sports world, and savvy business people have a...
Drama
04 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Drama is created when someone gets emotional about a situation, so that it quickly escalates and often gets out of control. We’ve all ...
Difficult People
28 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Most people are positive, happy, like to find the good in life and are a pleasure to be around. However, there are also those who always...
Taking Care of Yourself
21 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you were a child you were taught many rules and expectations about how you were to treat yourself and others. You might have been tol...
Friendships
13 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Good, positive friendships are an important part of a healthy, happy life. However, as one of our listeners who asked us to talk about t...
Do You “Should” On Yourself?
07 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you were young you probably learned a set of rules about how to behave and what you should and should not do. Sometimes these were ...
How Do You Apologize?
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you’ve done something, on purpose or by mistake, that hurts another person, it’s vitally important that you give a sincere apolog...
Do You Stay Stuck or Move Ahead?
25 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When someone does you wrong, or things don’t turn out the way you want them to, do you hold on to it and relive the situation over and o...
Interview with Jon Perry
20 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Have you ever wondered how hugely successful people got that way? How they go from struggling to finding their niche to living the life ...
Do You Talk or Listen?
20 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you meet a new person, what do you do? Do you talk about yourself and make sure they know everything about who you are, or do you ask...
Building Your Self Esteem
12 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! This podcast is about your personal power, which comes from positive self-esteem. In one of our early episodes we talked about self-es...
Do You Know What You Don't Know?
29 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you one of those people who thinks you're supposed to know everything?Whenever you start something new, do you go into it assumin...
Trust and Betrayal
23 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Trust is when you have a firm belief in the reliability, truth, ability, or strength of someone or something. When you trust, you place ...
What Do You Believe? - Reprise
16 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! When you look ahead to your day, your week, or your year, what do you expect? Do you believe that things will come together just as you ...
Do You Expect to Succeed or Fail?
05 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you one of those people who decides you want something, sets the goal, backtracks to outline the action steps necessary to achieve it,...
Choices, Rewards and Consequences
02 May 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Are you aware that you make choices, big and small, all day long, throughout your life? Often you might not even notice you’re doing i...
Endings and Beginnings
24 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Recently it seems that things are changing at a rapid rate. People are moving far away, businesses are closed or have new owners and are...
Procrastination
08 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Do you have a “round to it” problem? There are things you need to do to improve your finances, relationships, health or other areas ...
What Do You Believe?
01 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Have you ever really looked at what you believe? The thoughts, that come from your values and attitudes, that you run your life by? Ma...
Respect
25 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Have you noticed that in the past few years it seems that the concept of respect has gotten lost? Many people are so intent on promoting o...
Interview with Marketing Guru Robert Middleton
18 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Have you ever wondered how highly successful people got that way? How they go from struggling financially, having no money or credit, an...
Routines, Habits, and Comfort Zones
11 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! We all have routines and habits we follow throughout our day. Some are positive and help us accomplish what we want, and others can be n...
Power and Control
04 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Many people believe that power and control are the same thing. However, they are very different, and both can be used for positive or ne...
Do You Settle?
25 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Have you ever been in a situation where you feel stuck? You’ve settled for something even though it’s not what you want? A relations...
Season 1 Wrap Up
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Thank you for listening to Season 1! Season 2 will start in a few weeks! Let us know what you would like to hear on the podcast on our we...
Dealing With Conflict
23 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Unless you’re a hermit you probably have people in your life, and if you do, at times there will occasionally be disagreement about some...
Are You Afraid?
15 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! How does fear operate in your life? Does it keep you safe from really dangerous things, or does it stop you from pushing your comfort zo...
Who Are You?
09 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In today’s episode, we look at who you are. How you define yourself, and if this description fits the person you really are or the per...
The Power Of Positivity – It’s Cheesy But It’s True
08 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In today’s episode we’re looking at more “fun stuff.” These things are fun because they are all about being positive, finding t...
Authenticity
11 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! How do you show up? Are your thoughts, values, beliefs and behavior congruent? If you “walk your talk” you are authentic. However,...
Priorities and Life Balance
27 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! How do you choose to live your life? What are your priorities and how do you balance them so you have the quality of life you want? In...
Relationships and Communication Revisited
20 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Several listeners asked us to talk more about relationships and communication, so in today’s episode we do that. Different kinds of re...
Powerful Communication
13 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In today’s episode we’re talking about communication. What it is, the many different ways we do it, how it impacts all of our relati...
The Fun Stuff
05 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In previous episodes we’ve talked about a lot of important but difficult things, so we’re excited that in today’s episode we are tal...
Anger and Shame
23 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In today’s episode we look at Anger and Shame. Two emotions that most of us feel at various times and under different circumstances. ...
Stress and Anxiety
15 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In today’s episode we look at Stress and Anxiety. Two emotions that we all feel at times, and have felt more often in the last 18 mont...
Boundaries Revisited and Guilt
09 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! We heard from several people about their struggle with setting boundaries, so we decided to take another look at it. In today’s episod...
Transitions, Change, Loss, and Grief
04 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In today’s episode, we will be looking at change and how it affects you. There is an emotional process we all go through with each chang...
Passive, Aggressive, Assertive
14 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In today’s episode we will be looking at different ways of behaving. How you behave and treat others, and how others behave and treat ...
The Shadow
03 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! In this Episode we will be talking about The Shadow. This is the part of you that is theopposite of everything you want to think you are. ...
Relationships
02 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Welcome to Your Personal Power Pod, a podcast about tapping intoyour personal power in order to create the life you want. In today’sepis...
Boundaries
28 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Welcome to Your Personal Power Pod, a podcast about tapping intoyour personal power in order to create the life you want. In today’sepis...
Personal Power
31 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Welcome to Your Personal Power Pod, a podcast about tapping into your personal power in order to create the life you want! Today we talk...
Self -Talk, Shoulds, and Inner Child
20 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Welcome to Your Personal Power Pod, a podcast about tapping into your personal power in order to create the life you want. In today’s ...
Where Did You Come From?
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Welcome to Your Personal Power Pod, a podcast about tapping into your personal power in order to create the life you want. In today’s ...
Self-Confidence and Self-Esteem
19 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Text us! Welcome to Your Personal Power Pod, a podcast about tapping into your personal power in order to create the life you want. In today’s ...