R & R Day 9 When you are the best version of yourself, your most authentic self, what’s that like? Today’s episode we explore what it is like for me and why this is such an important exercise to do. Link: https://anchor.fm/shawn-ward/episodes/Rest-and-Reflect-Day-9-Your-Most-Authentic-Self-et4dar Thanks as always for listening to the cast. Hang out a little longer... Continue Reading →
Quote I Am Pondering: Eckharte Tolle
I’m not sure where it this will go. I really want to write more than just 7 Point each week and dropping a podcast or two each week. As I read, become overtly curious, I am driven to share. Randomly I’ll blonder onto interesting thoughts or other learning, I run across a lot of great... Continue Reading →
Reflect and Reset Day 5: A Story of Sorts
The fork in the road, which path to take? What is something in your life you really want deliver on? Once you have it, if you could make choices today that help you achieve the ideal state, you knew the outcome of those choices made would be, how would you go about starting out trying... Continue Reading →
The Well Podcast: Reflect and Reset Day 5 Youthful Lessons
Running right into courage shapes you potentially forever... Think back to a challenging time in your youth where your courage was tested. What happened from that moment? Did what you learn about courage stick with you, shape you, or change your future self? Today we take a tour into my youth and how several courageous... Continue Reading →
Reflect and Reset: Day 2 Attitude of Gratitude
Let’s take the exercise from yesterday, one step further by giving it a purpose. In this exercise let’s take all the things we’ve been grateful for over the years, in no order of importance, and for 15 minutes write them all out. The idea is not to just write about the good stuff you’re thankful... Continue Reading →
Reflect and Reset: Day 1 Stream of Conciousness
Day 1: 15 Minutes of Writing Day 1 is up! Today’s exercise is writing for a straight 15 minutes whatever is on your mind. Sounds easy enough. But, wait until you reach into something that you haven’t given the space to deal with. Reviewing that stream of consciousness may surprise you. When you write with... Continue Reading →
Stoic Moment
Today's moment sounds simple enough. But for many of us it's not. Like at all, not easy. I have learned starting my day with some type of gratitude exercise though, is a great start. There is so much we take for granted to be grateful about because we don't really pause to think about it... Continue Reading →
Stoic Moments
Just accept that. Let that sink in for a minute while you take 10 breaths. Still can not control it? Let it go! ✌🏻 Shawn
Stoic Minute Sunday
Our stoic minute today is pretty well founded. I think wherever your thoughts go, so does your energy. There were moments this past week where my thoughts were highly negative, angry even. Guess where my actions went? I got a lot of feedback from others that knew me in which they shared I wasn't myself.... Continue Reading →