Pretty Little Prisons

True achievement is the realization that your existence is in alignment with your purpose.

When you exit the material world, it won't be what people remember about you that truly matters, but the commitments you kept with yourself for this life mission.

Releasing the connection to the popular definition of success in the material world and centering on one's own personal concept or philosophy of success is ascendance. Going beyond what limits or inhibits us, this is where we break free from the pretty little prison of public perception. Embrace the undefined.

The collective experiences of losses and lessons create resistance in our lives. When we learn to rise above the resistance, we escape the prison (or confining aspects) of that which threatens to hold us down. This episode is about being the pilot, the plane and the protagonist of your life.

Staying trapped in the state of Doubt is much like a prison. Today's episode focuses on ways to elevate from a state of doubt into belief.

Weight. It is carried on the inside and the outside, how do we deal with it? How can we achieve a sense of weightlessness instead of feeling weighed down by everything that draws down on human existence? What can we release to achieve freedom?

So the saying goes: "Wherever you go, there you are. " The only prison you never escape is YOU. So how can we deal with ourselves in order to create a "kind mind"? The best home is the one you give yourself. Create a beautiful space to nurture.

Process can be another pretty little trap that becomes a prison, especially processes without a finite end date, such as healing. How one deals with processes that are indefinite so psychological paralysis doesn't set in is the key to living with an empowered, mobile mindset.

Perspective can become a pretty little prison, keeping you stuck in a comfort zone and never growing beyond it. This breakout season 3 podcast focuses on the power of shifting perspective.

The invisible bars of uncertainty, we all face them at one point or another in this human life. This episode discusses the alternatives in finding a way forward, a way that gives us more of a freedom experience vs. escaping into another situation that may leave us feeling trapped again.

Is it the mountain inside of you or on the outside of you that is in the way today? Today's episode focuses on overcoming the mountains we face, and the mountains we create, and how we can shift perspective to assist forward movement in our lives.

Obsessing about your latest work in progress or experiencing writers block? This episode brings our first ever guest interview with accomplished author, podcaster, editor, director and illustrator Karina Kantas of "Behind the Pen" for some keen insights on how to escape the confinement arcs that occur in the creative process. Link: https://linktr.ee/karinakantas

Do you feel trapped by the choices you make? This episode discusses the trap of free will. Reward, consequence or stalemate...whatever it may be, making choices can create a confinement arch that we must learn to effectively deal with.

Though often perceived as the roots that foster strength, traditional roles and family values can also present a set of confinement arcs or a perceptual prison. This episode focuses on reframing the thought process to focus on healthy experiences.

What is your pretty little addiction? Online scrolling? Happy Hour? Retail therapy? Food? Wine? Happy Hour? Golf? Procrastination? Be it a person, place, practice or thing, sometimes the reward value comes with a risk factor if it begins to eat away at one's quality of life, personal freedom or level of empowerment. Sometimes event that we perceive as good, in excess, might involve a level confinement. Are you trapped in an addiction? How would you feel if you didn't have it?

In Buddhism, it is lust, the relentless drive to fulfill our never-ending cravings that produces dukkha (suffering). Like a vicious cycle, instead of making us happy, fulfilling our desires only drives us to fulfill other bigger, more complex desires when we realize that we were not completely satisfied. It is only when we can have the right views about the nature of reality that we can become free from this cycle of suffering.

Stuck in your own thoughts? It's easy to get caught in mental traps like memories, whether pleasant or unpleasant. This episode discusses tips on how to break free from the constraints of the mind and effect change in your life.

It has often been said that "Home is where the heart is." So what happens when we don't feel at home in a home? This episode discusses the various confinement arcs experienced in daily living, and how we might break free from any unhealthy aspects of the home environment.

Loss, Grief and pain are powerful forces to be reckoned with in this life. They can be a consuming, persistent energy that we are challenged to overcome if we ever want to experience happiness again. How we choose to adapt and respond can take us into that gleaming horizon, but first we master survival.

Stereotypes and prejudices are everywhere (even in today's so-called modern society), creating yet another confinement arc that challenges us to either stand up and speak out or remain silent and accept that things can or will never change. Being the referee in your life and flagging this type of social injustice is the least one can do.

One of the most obvious confinement arcs we experience is the past. How we choose to operate in the present, freed from the confines of the things that shaped our past is one of the keys to liberating the self from repeating history.

One of the most obvious confinement arcs we experience in this human life is having to live by a set of rules. Be they the internal rules we set to govern ourselves by or how we live life inside the set of societal rules we are born into, how we choose to reconcile ourselves with that and choose the lifestyle that supports a sense of freedom vs. confinement may be one of the most valuable things we do.

We are born into this life accumulating monetary and emotional debts. How we choose to face these challenges throughout our life journey, how we choose to perceive our own situations whether at the survival or wealth levels determine whether we experience debt as a prison or a faction of life we can reconcile ourselves with in a positive way.

Don't let self-image or the perception of self or other's opinion of you hold you back from living your best life and trying new things.

It has been said that everything we love is on the other side of fear. But what if everything we fear is on the other side of love? This episode discusses the challenges of navigating the human confinement arc of love and fear.

It's easy to get caught in the mental trap of wanting "more" in life, as self-fulfillment is a basic human need. But don't let it become a prison. This episode discusses leading life with desire and the pursuit of happiness.

Societal pressures can feel like a prison. This episode explores the concepts that create that and how we can break free from the mental trap of social conditions and societal norms.

After birth, the next confinement arc we experience is learning to live in and love our bodies. Or at least practice self-acceptance if developments cannot be achieved. This episode explores the way we navigate our self concept to achieve acceptance.

The first confining experience we have is the origination of life; the time spent developing in the womb. Though designed to be a warm, safe and nurturing environment, we still at this phase have no control over the external factors affecting our development within the host. Nor do we have any control over the environment we are being born into. This is our first great escape, if we survive it.