{"id":3412,"date":"2023-11-30T20:00:20","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T20:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/?page_id=3412"},"modified":"2026-01-15T15:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T15:02:32","slug":"all-posts","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/all-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"All posts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Hero&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_blend=&#8221;multiply&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|0|0px&#8221; animation_style=&#8221;zoom&#8221; animation_intensity_zoom=&#8221;4%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; background_blend=&#8221;multiply&#8221; width=&#8221;71%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;1745px&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;9px|0px|11px|0px||&#8221; 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global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">ALL Alchemy For Life Podcast episodes (2016-present)<\/h1>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;15px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Here is the complete catalog of Alchemy for Life\u2122 podcast episodes all in one place\u2014organized by year<\/strong>.\u00a0 The last three years also include an excerpt for each episode.\u00a0 Previous years do not so that the page length is managable here.\u00a0 Click the title of the episode to go to that episode&#8217;s page.\u00a0 Note that each episode has it&#8217;s own page, an article that goes along with it, a web player so you can listen right in this browser, and can also be listed to via iTunes, TuneIn, Spotify, Google Play and anywhere you listen to podcasts\u2014including your personal devices and home smart devices just by saying <em>&#8220;Alexa\/Google\/Siri play Alchemy for life podcast.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;||6px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#0C71C3&#8243; divider_weight=&#8221;1px&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||0px||false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_divider][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Blog Section&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; background_enable_image=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;9px||0|&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2026<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/04\/19\/timing-it-makes-it-valuable\/\">Timing it Makes it Valuable.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">How and why timing something can create a game you can play to trick yourself to get more done\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/04\/14\/learn-to-prompt-both-ai-and-humans\/\">Learn to Prompt Both AI and Humans<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">If you are interested in working with AI (ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, etc.), in human psychology, or both, you might enjoy this episode.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/03\/26\/what-an-anti-vision-board-can-teach-you\/\">What an Anti-Vision Board Can Teach You<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">What is a vision board?  What is an anti-vision board?  \n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/03\/15\/what-behavioral-mapping-reveals-about-elon-musk\/\">What behavioral mapping reveals about Elon Musk<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Behavior mapping reveals the monsters and unicorns embedded within us all\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/03\/05\/the-dark-side-of-repetition-whats-really-causing-your-pain\/\">The Dark Side of Repetition &amp; What&#8217;s Really Causing Your Pain<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Physical and emotional pain can be caused by invisible subconscious repetition.  Learn how to detect and minimize this.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/02\/25\/conflict-resolution-in-just-three-words\/\">Conflict resolution in just three words<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Using just three words for conflict resolution can do things entire paragraphs can&#8217;t do.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/02\/01\/why-your-resolutions-failed-and-how-to-fix-that\/\">Why your resolutions failed and how to fix that.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">If your resolutions failed this is why, and this is how you can have success in 2026.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/01\/24\/taking-the-fun-out-of-funnel\/\">Taking the &#8220;fun&#8221; out of &#8220;funnel.&#8221;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The best sales funnel doesn&#8217;t ever do this.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2026\/01\/15\/the-last-episode\/\">The Last Episode<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">We remember firsts but often miss the lasts. Living between morbidity and gratitude.\n<\/div><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2025<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.2&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/12\/28\/limitations\/\">Limitations<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Learn how self-imposed boundaries in business and life build integrity, reduce stress, and help you achieve more in 2026\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/12\/20\/top-10-things-you-can-do-now-to-be-successful-in-2026\/\">Top 10 things you can do NOW to be successful in 2026<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The top 10 things you can do NOW to be successful in 2026.\nIf you want to be successful in 2026, these are things to start doing now.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/12\/07\/how-can-i-stop-worrying\/\">How Can I Stop Worrying?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Why do we worry and how can we stop? The surprisingly simple exercise may just end one of your worries right now.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/12\/01\/what-is-friction-and-when-is-it-a-good-thing\/\">What is Friction and When is it a Good Thing?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWell, hey there. Welcome back.\n\n\nRedefining Friction: Physics vs. Process\n\n\nWhat does friction mean to you? For most of my life, friction has just simply described a physics concept in which something rubs against something else in some way, causing a slowdown and causing heat. But now, and now is variable depending on what sector of work ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/11\/13\/the-beginner-mindset-makes-you-a-better-teacher\/\">The beginner mindset makes you a better teacher<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nThe beginner mindset makes you a better teacher\u2014and it&#8217;s fun too!\n\n\nWell, hey there. Welcome back&#8230; to everyone who is an old pro at this podcast and those who are just beginners because at some point you are a beginner and we tend to forget that don&#8217;t we? In fact, there&#8217;s a phenomenon I would like ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/11\/03\/surface-dwellers-and-the-pursuit-of-knowledge\/\">Surface Dwellers and the Pursuit of Knowledge<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nIt sounds like I&#8217;m talking about the surface dwellers and we&#8217;re all the people who live underground. Well, hey there. Welcome back.\n\n\nThe Discomfort of Partial Knowledge\n\n\nYou may have figured out by now that I like to know things and I like to learn things. And I&#8217;ve probably figured out by now that you&#8217;re the same. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/10\/23\/i-think-i-found-the-perfect-question\/\">I think I found the perfect question<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nTranscript\n\n\n\n\nI think I found the perfect question. \n\n\n\n\nWell, hey there. Welcome back.\n\n\nThe Perfect Question\n\n\nI think I found the perfect question. No, really. I found a question I can ask almost anyone. It will elicit a genuine, honest, thoughtful response. It&#8217;s a useful subject. It&#8217;s something that they think about regardless of what they do for ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/10\/12\/joseph-mallozzi-executive-produce-stargate-franchise-dark-matter\/\">Joseph Mallozzi &#8211; Executive Producer Stargate franchise, Dark Matter<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">I had both the pleasure in honor of sitting down with Joseph Mallozzi, the Executive Producer and writer for Stargate SG1, Stargate Atlantis, Stargate Universe, and Dark Matter in which he is the show Runner (he literally runs the show).\u00a0 \u00a0\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/10\/05\/why-selfish-productivity-may-be-the-best-productivity\/\">Why selfish productivity may be the best productivity<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Have you ever noticed that when there&#8217;s something you really, really love and really speaks to you that when you look at the backstory for it, the person that created it said that they &#8220;selfishly&#8221; just made it for them?\nHere&#8217;s why selfishness, like the comfort zone, gets a bad rap it doesn&#8217;t really deserve\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/09\/30\/the-invisible-barrier\/\">The invisible Barrier<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe invisible barrier you must cross to switch modes and why it fools you into thinking it would take too much effort to complete a task.\n\n\n\n\nTranscript\n\n\nRevisiting Multitasking and the Energy of Switching Tasks\n\n\nDo you multitask? Wait, we we already covered this. In a previous episode, we talked about how energy is really the glue that ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/09\/14\/learning-styles-and-learning-right-in-front-of-someone\/\">Learning styles and learning right in front of someone<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWhat&#8217;s your learning style?\n\n\nDo you know what your learning style is?  Did you know you have one?   For a long time I have known about the diferent ways humans learn.  People not only have aptitudes (someone is good with mechanical stuff, or math, etc.) but also differ in the way they ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/09\/03\/whats-apathy-who-cares\/\">What&#8217;s Apathy?  Who cares.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nTranscript\n\n\n\n\nWhat is Apathy? The Answer Might Surprise You\n\n\nWell, hey there. Welcome back. What&#8217;s this episode about? Who cares?\n\n\nSo, many years ago, I was with a few of my friends and one of my friends said, &#8220;What&#8217;s apathy?&#8221; And my other friend said, &#8220;Who cares?&#8221; And it took a little while to realize that he was ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/08\/24\/the-availability-gap-why-your-energy-matters-more-than-your-time\/\">The Availability Gap: Why Your Energy Matters More Than Your Time<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nAre You Truly Available? The Critical Difference Between Time and Energy\n\n\nI&#8217;m going to ask you a simple question: Are you available right now? Of course, you\u2019re listening to this, so your immediate answer is &#8220;yes.&#8221; But are you?\n\n\nFor years, I\u2019ve talked about the constant negotiation between our time, energy, and resources. Today, I want to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/08\/10\/decision-makers\/\">A fast &#8220;no&#8221; is always better than a time-wasting &#8220;yes.&#8221;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe CEO Mindset: Why a Fast Decision Beats a Slow Promise\n\n\nIn the world of productivity and time management, we&#8217;re often told to optimize our calendars and to-do lists. But what if the single most effective habit of top performers isn&#8217;t about complex systems, but about one simple principle? A fast &#8220;no&#8221; is always better than ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/07\/27\/mindfulness-from-bhutan-my-chat-with-a-monk-named-jamyang\/\">Mindfulness from Bhutan &#8211; my chat with a monk named Jamyang.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nI find it quite illuminating to speak with people from all over the world.  The power of our technology and interconnected world is that it allows me to have conversations I could never have.  \n\n\nI had the pleasure of chatting with Jamyang in this week&#8217;s podcast.\n\n\n\n\nJamyang Loden\n\n\nJamyang Loden is a monk from Bhutan, ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/07\/20\/the-unnerving-power-of-no\/\">The unnerving power of no<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWe deal with decisions every day. Many of the episodes deal with the decision process on both a grand and low level. Three Voices deals with how we communicate these decisions, work through them, talk to both ourselves and others about them. Going with your gut\u2014the universal advice\u2013is telling you to listen to your first ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/07\/05\/when-the-devil-sounds-like-a-unicorn\/\">When the Devil Sounds Like a Unicorn<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nThe Enduring Metaphor of Angels and Devils\n\n\nThe metaphorical representation of a devil and an angel on a person&#8217;s shoulders dates back to the 16th century1. Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, this concept was prominently featured in plays and allegorical art. By the early 1900s, it had found its way into cartoons as a visual ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/06\/28\/waking-up-to-a-monster-are-you-in-survival-mode\/\">Waking up to a Monster.  Are you in Survival Mode?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nA primer on the book BeCAUSE!\n\n\nFor those that have yet to read my new book because. Here&#8217;s a quick primer.\n\n\nOne day, I asked myself a question. If you could have anything you wanted, wouldn&#8217;t you? We already know how to do most things and if we don&#8217;t, we can Google them or talk to others ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/06\/19\/a-dire-warning-the-mit-study-and-chatgpt\/\">A Dire Warning: the MIT study and ChatGPT<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nI&#8217;ve done two podcast episodes on large language models. I recently spun up and installed a large language model locally on my computer and built a project around it. I&#8217;m an avid user of echoes from Amazon. I have had Grammarly kick in to spellcheck for me.  I tell my phone to add an ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/06\/13\/what-episodes-are-notable-in-2025-so-far\/\">What episodes are notable in 2025 so far?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHelpful episodes\n\n\nEvery year I create a list of the top, most useful and helpful episodes of the previous year. This year because there has been a lot of interaction on current episodes. I&#8217;ve decided to do a midyear pause and reflect if you will.\n\n\nHere are the top episodes in 2025 so far\n\n\nManuel Rendon of Timeplast ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/06\/01\/hypnosis-and-speaking-to-your-manager\/\">Hypnosis and speaking to your manager.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n Speaking to the manager\n\n\nI want to speak to the manager. Rather, I want to speak to your manager.\n\n\nWhat do you think of when I say that? Do you think of the structure of your current employer? Do you make a joke that it&#8217;s your cat? Is there a spouse joke in there for you? ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/05\/22\/good-or-evil\/\">Good or Evil?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA philosophical question for you.  \n\n\nDon&#8217;t forget you can pause the episode to consider the question(s) as you move forward.\n\n\nHow would you answer?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlchemy for Life\u2122 podcast explores themes of experimental psychology, relationships, cognitive science, human behavior, mental models, consciousness, and psychological insights. We uncover hidden truths and ways to improve your life and get ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/05\/11\/non-local-consciousness\/\">Non-Local Consciousness<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLet&#8217;s talk about non-local consciousness, who you&#8217;re really talking to when you&#8217;re on the phone, what happens to me and possibly you when something is put on the back burner, and wish a Happy Mother&#8217;s Day to all the mothers in the United States, Brazil, Germany, India, China and Japan.\n\n\n\n\nAlchemy for Life podcast explores themes ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/04\/27\/meaningful-exhaustion-and-the-energy-transfer\/\">Meaningful Exhaustion and the energy transfer<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nGetting energy and giving energy\n\n\nOne of the things I&#8217;ve said from the very beginning is that a thing can give one person energy and take energy from another.  in other words, one person&#8217;s activity that energizes them could also really be draining for another.\n\n\nBut that giving of energy is also taking energy.  Nobody ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/04\/15\/question-mark-oh-how-the-tables-have-turned\/\">Question Mark &#8211; Oh how the tables have turned<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe normal format for this show is to introduce you to something and raise your perception. Then we discuss it and you typically leave with homework.\n\n\nThis time you are giving me homework. Let&#8217;s talk about the importance of feedback and how each and every one of us has a struggle.  What&#8217;s yours?\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/04\/06\/the-anatomy-of-ghosting\/\">The Anatomy of Ghosting<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/shorts\/CuKSdSJmsmw\n\n\n\n\nWe all know what it is.\n\n\nWe have all done it.\n\n\nWe&#8217;ve all had it done to us.\n\n\nLet&#8217;s talk about when it&#8217;s appropriate when it&#8217;s not, and why it can be so frustrating.\n\n\n\n\nTranscript:\n\n\nThe Anatomy of Ghosting\n\n\nWe all know what ghosting is, and we&#8217;re aware that it&#8217;s now a verb. But let&#8217;s define it so we&#8217;re on the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/03\/30\/time-is-sometimes-money-but-is-always-energy\/\">Time is sometimes money but is always Energy<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nTime is money\n\n\nYou&#8217;ve heard that phrase and it is often accompanied by someone clapping, tapping their foot, or some other show of impatience.\n\n\nChop chop, time is money.\n\n\nIn our world of Time, Energy and Resources as separate entities, they are saying time is resources, aren&#8217;t they?\n\n\nBut it&#8217;s actually more accurate to same time is energy.\n\n\n\n\nLet&#8217;s discuss, ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/03\/23\/the-amazing-frustrating-daunting-world-of-squares-and-triangles\/\">The amazing, frustrating, daunting world of squares and triangles<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nFair &amp; Square\n\n\nHere are the rules of the square and triangle universe.\n\n\n\nSquares sell things to and help that are both squares and triangles.\n\n\nMost triangles gear their products and services for only triangles.\n\n\nMost squares buy from squares and triangles.\n\n\nMost triangles will buy from both squares and triangles but will choose a triangle over a square, especially ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/03\/17\/your-catalog-and-your-facets\/\">Your Catalog and Your Facets<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA while back we talked about the importance of a catalog and your awareness of that.  By revisiting that we are demonstrating (in a rather meta way) the importance of revisiting it.   And let&#8217;s add how that affects your facets too.\n\n\nCatalog\n\n\nA catalog covers anything and everything you do. This then gets distilled ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/03\/09\/intellectual-injury-what-the-heck-is-that\/\">Intellectual Injury\u2014what the heck is that?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nI like to apply analogical reasoning,  You can call it conceptual metaphors.  And if both of those are confusing, how about applying the concept of one domain to another.  Still confused?\n\n\nFor example, we talked about liminal spaces which don&#8217;t look or sound right.  But you can then take that into the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/03\/02\/old-photos-and-robots\/\">Old Photos and Robots<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nYou are living in an era that is coming to an end.\n\n\n\n\nThere was a time when all pictures were in black-and-white because that was the technology we had. Most people were fit, and men typically wore suits even at baseball games.\n\n\nThen pictures, had color, but it was of a not true to life color with ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/02\/23\/the-pleasure-principle-and-a-new-book\/\">The pleasure principle and a new book<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nI have a new book coming out.  it&#8217;s my 10th, and it&#8217;s based on my take on the pleasure principle and what I believe is a layer just above it.\n\n\nIt&#8217;s what allows us to accomplish things that others do not. \n\n\nIt&#8217;s what prevents us from doing things that we think we should be able ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2025\/02\/09\/what-i-learned-writing-a-screenplay\/\">What I learned writing a screenplay<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n(and how it might help you tell your own story)\n\n\nTelling a story in an unfamiliar medium with constraints you&#8217;re not accustomed to is a common theme in business.  You may be the best story teller in your circle\/medium\/genre but if you need to tell your story outside of that it can be a challenge, ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;86%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;86%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2024<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/12\/29\/resolutions-what-works-and-what-doesnt\/\">Resolutions\u2014what works and what doesn&#8217;t<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nResolutions\u2014what works and what doesn&#8217;t and why.\n\n\nIt&#8217;s really important that you don&#8217;t repeat the same things that didn&#8217;t work last time.  You want to make this time to be different.\n\n\nLevels\n\n\nAs we mentioned in the Labels episode, we like to label things because it&#8217;s a shortcut.  And that can make you dumber or smarter. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/12\/15\/depression-and-throwing-away-the-container\/\">Depression and throwing away the container<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThis is a separate article that goes with this podcast episode.  it is not a transcript but rather an alternate summary of what the episode is about.\n\n\nNOTE: Depression, and worse (the meaning of &#8220;throwing away the container&#8221;) is a delicate subject.  The truth is that all mental health is a delicate subject, as ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/12\/08\/am-i-a-systems-thinker\/\">Am I a systems thinker?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nGuess who has this one? \ud83d\ude42\n\n\nNOTE: As I&#8217;ve said before, these thirteen &#8216;states of being&#8217; are not being looked at as an &#8216;ailment&#8217; or a &#8216;disease&#8217; or a disadvantage. Just as there are upsides to what some would consider a disability, there are downsides to what some would consider a superpower.\n\n\nWhat is Systems Thinking?\n\n\nSystems thinking ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/12\/04\/the-silence-of-success\/\">The Silence of Success<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nSocial Media and You\n\n\nIf you&#8217;re on social media, whether it&#8217;s the Boomers Gone Wild of Facebook, the Graphic (in many ways) Instagram, the Millennial-Controlled Tiktok or the &#8216;business-oriented&#8217; Linkedin, you will see the kind of posts I&#8217;m about to talk about.\n\n\nDrawing a line in the sand&#8230; in your face\n\n\nSome people post things full of words\u2014typically ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/11\/27\/deferred-gratitude-and-exotic-cars\/\">Deferred Gratitude and Exotic Cars<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nExotic Cars\n\n\nWhen people purchase exotic cars, they are sometimes hit with something called deferred maintenance. As with many car buyers, they see the value of purchasing a car used. The positive of that is that they get a car they want at a dramatically reduced price. The downside is sometimes that they hadn&#8217;t considered there ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/11\/17\/time-and-energy-space\/\">Time and energy = space<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA new formula\n\n\nHere&#8217;s an interesting concept for you, just when you thought you understood that life is made of three things:  Time, Energy and Resources.  But after ll, this is alchemy.\n\n\nTime, Energy and Resources\n\n\nAlchemy for Life\u2122 has always been about life being three things.   And we spend those three things on ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/11\/10\/is-positivity-just-oblivious-contentment\/\">Is Positivity just oblivious contentment?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWhat is Positivity?\n\n\nYou may think that &#8216;positivity&#8217; doesn&#8217;t belong with such states of being as OCD, Anxiety, ADHD and the others featured in this 13-part series, but I think it does because it is markedly different than the average person.  Positivity isn&#8217;t just being nice.  Positivity isn&#8217;t being positive blindly.   It ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/11\/03\/forced-to-be-an-emergency-responder-and-love-bombing\/\">Forced to be an Emergency Responder and Love Bombing<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nForced Emergency Responders and &#8220;Love Bombing.&#8221; \n\n\n\n\nEmergency Responders and the 2:00am call for a wooden spoon\n\n\n When we think of emergency responders, we think of paramedics and ambulances and firefighters and police.\n\n\nIf you make widgets, no one is going to call you at three in the morning to tell you they desperately need a new ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/10\/27\/what-is-ocd-do-i-have-ocd-the-reality-of-coping-with-ocd\/\">What is OCD? Do I have OCD? The Reality of coping with OCD.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWhat is OCD?  Do I have OCD?\n\n\nOCD stands for obsessive-compulsive disorder. It shares a symptom with ADHD in which you can be caught in a repetitive loop because of anxiety and stimulus.&nbsp;  But it is different than ADHD.\n\n\n\n\nThe reality of OCD\u00a0\n\n\nThe reality of OCD often involves constant, intrusive thoughts and the need to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/10\/20\/dont-speak-that-into-existence\/\">Don&#8217;t speak that into existence!<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nToddlers with chainsaws\n\n\nAre chainsaws bad?  No.  Should toddlers use them?  No. We use chainsaws to perform a task, we don&#8217;t give them to toddlers because it is dangerous to do so and the toddlers don&#8217;t understand the balance of danger and functionality.\n\n\n\n\nAirbags, insurance and fire extinguishers, oh my!\n\n\nDoes your car have airbags? ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/10\/13\/psych-charm-adhd\/\">Psych Charm: ADHD<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nADHD &#8211; Also known as Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.\n\n\n\n\nWhat is ADHD?\n\n\nAttention deficit hyperactivity disorder. People with ADHD typically struggle with finding it difficult to focus. They are easily distracted in pursuit of stimulus. Sometimes the stimulus leads them to hyper-focus.\u00a0\n\n\nThe reality of ADHD\u00a0\n\n\nThe reality for many people is that ADHD is a constant challenge for ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/10\/09\/psych-charm-anxiety\/\">Psych Charm: Anxiety<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nAnxiety &#8211; The feeling of stress, the activation of a fight-or-flight mode.\n\n\nAnxiety for some can be a fairly dull but constant sensation of having to attend to a problem\u2014a nagging feeling that you need to take care of something.  This can be from the demands of your job, your responsibilities as a parent, a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/10\/01\/gamification-iconization-and-tangibility\/\">Gamification, Iconization and Tangibility.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nGamification, Iconization and Tangibility\n\n\nThose are some crazy words.  They&#8217;re fun and I like saying them.  But what do they mean?\n\n\nMy history\n\n\nI have always enjoyed looking at things as a system. It was only relatively recently that I realized that was what I was doing. it was so natural and innate that I didn&#8217;t ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/09\/22\/creativity-as-a-skill\/\">Creativity as a skill<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nAre you creative?  No matter what your job, career or calling is, no matter what hobbies you have or do not, you have creativity.\n\n\nWhat if we treat it as a separate skill?  What happens then?\n\n\n\n\nYou&#8217;ll be amazed.\n\n\n\n\nJoin our free community at patreon to talk about it.\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/09\/15\/if-you-dont-see-the-system\/\">If you don&#8217;t see the system&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n&#8220;I see systems&#8221;\n\n\nThis is something I have said for a very long time. Once I learned that this was one of my core directives it all made sense.  But what does that mean, and how can that help you?\n\n\nLet&#8217;s talk about the systems in your life.\n\n\nIf you don&#8217;t see the system you could be ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/09\/08\/adhd-perception-and-overwhelming-data-its-not-your-brain\/\">ADHD, Perception and Overwhelming Data &#8211; It&#8217;s Not Your Brain<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\ud83d\ude0e NOTE: The members of the AFL Patreon Community heard this episode last week.  They get them a week early. You can too.  Join it for free!\n\n\n\n\nWhat is ADHD actually?\n\n\nThe term ADHD gets thrown around a lot.  People use it for everything to describe an actual condition in which someone cannot concentrate, ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/08\/31\/its-time-for-something-different\/\">It&#8217;s Time for Something Different<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nIt&#8217;s time.  After all these episodes, books, coaching, and articles, it&#8217;s time to approach this differently and give us a better way to connect with each other.  We both deserve it.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/08\/25\/guaranteed-great-day-if-you-do-this\/\">Guaranteed Great Day if You do This&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nI guarantee you will have a great day if you do this. And you might get a huge laugh out of it as well.\n\n\n Believe it or not this episode touches on and doubt, more experimental, psychology, and the holy Grail of positivity bias. All because your friend wants you to help him move a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/08\/18\/engagement-fiction-for-your-type-a-brain\/\">Engagement Fiction for Your Type A Brain<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA New Genre\n\n\nYou are now part of the birth of a new genre\u2014engagement fiction. I know it&#8217;s new because I just made it up.\n\n\nIf you&#8217;re a type a personality*, then you probably enjoy your brain being fully engaged for your work. But when it comes time for play, you may not really be feeding your ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/08\/11\/allow-yourself-to-be-selfish\/\">Selfishness demystified<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nYou&#8217;re probably selfish for a good reason.  If not, your definition of selfishness is what&#8217;s stopping you from taking care of yourself properly.  This is not about self-care and self-love. It&#8217;s about something entirely different.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/08\/04\/too-much-power-to-something-via-label\/\">Too much power to something via label<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nYou might be giving too much power to something in your life, just because you gave it a LABEL.\n\n\nSee labels for more on labels in: If you use them you\u2019ll get smarter (or dumber)\n\n\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/07\/27\/how-much-real-estate-do-you-own-in-the-4th-dimension\/\">How Much Real Estate do You Own&#8230;in the 4th Dimension?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHow much real estate do you own?\n\n\nA fascinating way to look at one of The Big Three&#8230;.\n\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/07\/22\/three-phrases-to-improve-the-quality-of-your-life\/\">Three Phrases to Improve the Quality of Your Life<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">We all have phrases we can readily repeat. Some of us have important phrases that have made an impact on us.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/07\/15\/stood-up-switching-gears-and-the-element-no-one-talks-about\/\">Stood up &#8211; Switching Gears and the Element No One Talks About.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHave you ever been stood up?\n\n\nThe origin of the term has many folksy definitions.   I encourage you to look it up as many are sort of saucy,  But we recognize this meaning someone did not show up as planned for a meeting, and usually includes them not reaching out or responding to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/07\/07\/meat-puppets-handing-you-mailing-list-data\/\">Meat Puppets handing you mailing list data<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe right and the wrong way to approach a networking event\n\n\nMost of my episodes are about experimental psychology, how to deal with and manage time, energy and resources, or a unique concept I&#8217;d like you to consider.\n\n\nSometimes the episode is a purely business-related show.  This is one of them. \n\n\nThe excruciatingly hilariously wrong way ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/07\/02\/if-i-were-you\/\">If I were you&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nAdvice\n\n\nWho doesn&#8217;t like giving advice? Who doesn&#8217;t like receiving it?   Wait, put your hands down, that was rhetorical.\n\n\nIn all seriousness sometimes we need to ask for advice (we can&#8217;t all be in a bubble) and we are lucky that someone values our wisdom enough to ask us for our advice.  I certainly ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/06\/24\/conf-calls-promises-and-who-is-actually-talking\/\">Conf Calls, Promises and Who is Actually Talking<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe olden days of voice only\n\n\nIn the olden days when people wanted to collaborate they would jump on a conference call vs. jumping on a video call.  It was extremely common to have a number of calls during any given week, and the larger the business the more conference calls there were.\n\n\nHow many is ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/06\/18\/the-challenge-of-perspective\/\">The Challenge of Perspective<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">Sometimes you get the chance to see something from two perspectives.\nSometimes both perspectives come from the same person.\nSometimes that person is you.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/06\/14\/protecting-your-energy\/\">Protecting Your Energy<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">If someone gives you a certain amount of time to do a thing, the first thing your brain does is assess the amount of energy it takes to do that.  And that&#8217;s how you assess if you have been given enough time.\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/06\/07\/feeling-safe-relaxed-parasympathetic-nervous-system\/\">Feeling Safe &amp; Relaxed &#8211; Parasympathetic Nervous System<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nParasympathetic Nervous System\n\n\nThe network of nerves that creates the system that&#8217;s known for the &#8216;rest and digest&#8217; feelings is the parasympathetic nervous system. This system is what aids in digestion, slows your heart rate and give you general feelings of well being.\n\n\nI want that. I want a lot of that. I bet you do too.\n\n\nSympathetic ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/05\/28\/too-many-words\/\">Too Many Words<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nStroke support Group\n\n\nRecently, I sat in on a stroke support group. The group was for both the individuals who experienced strokes as well as their caretakers\/family members. I had the blessing of the admin staff to do so.  Was it uncomfortable? Yes did I feel out of place? Sort of.  Did I learn ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/05\/26\/a-strength-stretched-too-far-becomes-a-weakness\/\">A Strength Stretched too far Becomes a Weakness<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nKnowing your strengths\n\n\nDo you know your strengths some people do and some people don&#8217;t. If you do know your strengths, there is something about them. You may not realize and that&#8217;s the subject of this podcast.\n\n\nStretching too far\n\n\nSometimes when we approach a goal or a task, we look for a way to do it that ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/05\/11\/live-your-life-iteratively\/\">Live Your Life Iteratively<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWhat is an iteration?\n\n\n An iteration is an updated version of something built upon its previous version. But, and iteration can also be another separate version.\n\n\nExamples of iterations\n\n\nWhen someone bakes a cake, they can create a cake that has chocolate filling, vanilla frosting, and multicolor sprinkles on the outside. They can assess that cake and ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/04\/15\/type-a-retirement-the-frightening-truth\/\">Type A Retirement &#8211; the frightening truth<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nType A Personalities\n\n\nThe phrase type a refers to a pattern of behavior and personality associated with high achievement, competitiveness, and impatience. Does this sound like you? Does this sound like most C-level employees? Does this sound like most entrepreneurs and creatives?  If you&#8217;re listening to this podcast you most likely are.\n\n\n\n\nProductivity and meaning\n\n\nYou probably ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/04\/10\/why-white-space-is-vital-to-communication\/\">Why white space is vital to communication<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWhite Space\n\n\nThe first known use of &#8216;White Space&#8217; was back in 1946, and it means the area of a page without writing or pictures.  It&#8217;s the part between the words, the part that allows us to pause and consider.  it allows us to compartmentalize one set of thoughts from another.\n\n\nSocial Media and the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/03\/21\/mentor-teacher-instructor-but-is-it-coach\/\">Mentor, teacher, instructor&#8230; but is it &#8216;coach?&#8217;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nCoach\n\n\nSo what is a coach? And what is a life coach? \u201cLife Coach\u201d never really generated positive professional images in my mind, even though I\u2019m considered to be one. It appeared out of nowhere and came with baggage. At least to me.\n\n\nBut now it seems that everyone is a coach, and each one has a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/03\/18\/taking-responsibility-for-the-good-in-your-life\/\">Taking responsibility for the good in your life.<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n Three words\n\n\n There are a number of words that can cause an emotional reaction. I won&#8217;t use the word &#8216;trigger&#8217; because that&#8217;s overused.\n\n\nWe&#8217;re not going to go over all of those words, but we&#8217;re going to do three of them: fault, responsibility, and ownership\u2014and we&#8217;re going to explore the positives of those words.  ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/02\/26\/find-your-core-directives-and-something-amazing-happens\/\">Find your core directives and something amazing happens<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nPassion\n\n\nEveryone talks about passion.  For a long time, you were told to follow your passion.  I talked about passion in Job, Career or Calling a few years ago.  Obviously passions are good as they give us that energy we need, but there are a lot of things we are not told about ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/02\/22\/bias-internal-external-my-eye-opening-talk-with-google-gemini\/\">Bias, internal, external &#038; my eye-opening talk with Google Gemini<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nGoogle Gemini\n\n\nGemini is Google&#8217;s version of ChatGPT.  It&#8217;s a large language model (LLM) that thinks and responds naturally.  You can have conversations, ask for advice, ask it to play a part, and even ask it to generate images.\n\n\nThat&#8217;s where my journey began.\n\n\nI asked it to generate a few images.  This led to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2024\/01\/10\/ups-my-secret-for-avoiding-depression-being-more-productive\/\">UPS &#8211; My secret for avoiding depression, being more productive<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nDown days\n\n\nIt&#8217;s normal for people to have down days, to have times in which they become less than motivated.  it&#8217;s also normal to find yourself without purpose here and there.  Sure, you have a purpose\u2014you have good old Maslow&#8217;s hierarchy of needs to keep you going.  Are ya hungry?  In pain? ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<span class=\"sbs-count-posts\">341<\/span> podcast episodes so far with 397,218 words total for all articles.[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2023<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/12\/31\/before-you-make-resolutions-listen-to-this\/\" target=\"newt\">BEFORE you make resolutions listen to this<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nDid I catch you in time?\n\n\nEvery year I tell you not to make resolutions\u2014not because I don&#8217;t want you to set goals, but because resolutions (at least the style of setting goals) traditionally have a fantastic failure rate.\n\n\nSo, before you make them (or if you&#8217;ve made them, before you try to execute them) listen to ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/12\/08\/ai-language-models-and-puppies\/\" target=\"newt\">AI, Language Models and puppies<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nAI &amp; ChatGPT*\n\n\nA language model uses a special kind of learning to conduct a &#8216;probability distribution&#8217; over words used to predict the most likely next word in a sentence based on the previous entry. Language models learn from text and can be used for producing original responses (both short and very long), predicting the next ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/11\/03\/japanese-principles\/\" target=\"newt\">Japanese principles &#8211; helping you to fall in love with your job<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThere are a lot of lists out there for how to obtain happiness, productivity, etc.  As you know Alchemy for Life\u2122 is exactly about that too.  So, I&#8217;d like to not only share some of these principals, but tell you about my real world experience with them as well as what you will ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/10\/04\/theres-no-wrong-way\/\" target=\"newt\">There&#8217;s no wrong way&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n&#8220;There&#8217;s no wrong way to do it&#8230;&#8221;\n\n\nHave you ever been given that advice?  Did it make sense to you?  Did it set you at ease?   No, me neither.  Let me tell you why that is the worst advice you can give someone who is trying to improve their craft, and ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/08\/13\/the-importance-of-a-catalog\/\" target=\"newt\">The importance of a catalog<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nDo you have a catalog?\n\n\nif you call yourself a creative, then it is important to catalog your work.  In that, I mean to take a step back and see the various foundations you&#8217;ve built.  It&#8217;s a good idea anyway to take a step back, as many creators have to ask Does This Suck? ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/07\/06\/attitude-is-everything-when-consuming-media\/\" target=\"newt\">Attitude is everything (when consuming media)<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nAttitude is everything\n\n\nThat&#8217;s one of those phrases we have heard to death and to the point that it&#8217;s lost any real meaning, hasn&#8217;t it?   If you&#8217;re like me you might even cringe at it and just wave it off as mind-over-matter kind of nonsense\u2014even if it has made a difference in your life. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/06\/25\/triangulating-limiting-beliefs\/\" target=\"newt\">Triangulating Limiting Beliefs<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nTriangulation\n\n\nTriangulation is the process by which you use more than one location to find the location of something.  I point gets distance, two points gets position on the ground, three points gets altitude.  That&#8217;s exactly how GPS works\u2014the more satellites the better the accuracy.\n\n\nImagine\n\n\nLimiting Belief\n\n\nYou hear this all the time in the motivational ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/06\/06\/thermostats-teaching-and-experience\/\" target=\"newt\">Thermostats, teaching and experience<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nStart with awareness\n\n\nAs with every episode we start with an awareness.  In this case it&#8217;s an awareness of the fact that we are always gathering knowledge.\n\n\nThermostats\n\n\nMy thermostat tells me the humidity if I walk over to it, but even though I can ask and manipulate the temperature, I can&#8217;t ask about the humidity.  ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/05\/15\/a-single-breeze\/\" target=\"newt\">A single breeze&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\nGreat storms announce themselves with a single breeze, and a single random spark can ignite the fires of rebellion.&nbsp;\nBishop of Aquila &#8211; Ladyhawke (1985)\n\n\nA great quote from one of my all-time favorite movies.  You may even say it was an influence on The Sword and the Sunflower.\n\n\nBut that statement really makes you think about ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/05\/05\/overcommunicating\/\" target=\"newt\">Overcommunicating<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nRetooling\n\n\nIt&#8217;s been a bit because I&#8217;ve been busy exploring different media avenues.  In addition to the podcast I&#8217;ve been exploring video shorts for Youtube, and small digestible video bites for Instagram and Facebook.  So, welcome back!  And check them out on my Facebook as well as my Instagram.\n\n\n\n\nBeing succinct, overcommunicating \n\n\nSomething a ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/03\/17\/become-ceremonious\/\" target=\"newt\">Become ceremonious<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nhttps:\/\/youtube.com\/shorts\/St1VfM64o04?si=kunlp9zPirKVzMM8\n\n\n\n\nWhat is ceremony?\n\n\nIf you look it up you&#8217;ll be told it is a &#8220;ritual observance or procedure.&#8221;  Most cases refer to weddings, and that&#8217;s good because that&#8217;s the example I used in the podcast.\n\n\n\n\nWhy do I want more in my life?\n\n\nYou want more if you&#8217;re trying to make a habit stick, or something is ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/03\/02\/who-do-you-think-youre-talking-to\/\" target=\"newt\">Who do you think you&#8217;re talking to?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA reminder on the voices\n\n\nWe use three voices to communicate with ourselves&nbsp;AND&nbsp;others. Even if you get that you may not realize that not only can someone\u2019s second voice be speaking to you, but&nbsp;you&nbsp;might be using&nbsp;your&nbsp;second voice to speak to&nbsp;them.\n\n\nConfused? Here\u2019s a reminder for those who haven\u2019t read&nbsp;Three Voices.\n\n\n\nYour Third Voice \u2013 Your speaking voice, the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/02\/22\/self-love-and-self-care-revisited\/\" target=\"newt\">Self Love and Self Care &#8211; Revisited<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nMost people think of self care and self love as the same thing.  It&#8217;s all about you, being nice to you, doing nice things for you.  Right?  And it has a bit of stigma attached to it to easily make the average person (especially males) feel, well, just selfish about the whole ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/02\/02\/the-holy-grail-of-positivity-bias\/\" target=\"newt\">The holy grail of positivity-bias<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">The mind&#8217;s ability to recall negative experiences is so easy, and the opposite is a struggle, why?\n<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/01\/26\/i-saw-two-voices-talking\/\" target=\"newt\">I saw two voices talking!<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThree Voices\n\n\nIf you&#8217;ve read Three Voices then you know we all have three voices that we all use to communicate with ourselves and others. As a refresher and for those who have not read the book, our first voice is our speaking voice, our second is also regarded as our &#8220;inner monolog&#8221; or &#8220;the voices ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2023\/01\/17\/do-you-struggle-too\/\" target=\"newt\">Do you struggle too?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\nWhat\u2019s wrong with me? \/ Intro to this thing\n\n\nMy unspoken perception (my first voice*) is as follows.&nbsp; I am not saying this is correct, and in most of this it certainly is not, but here it is.&nbsp;&nbsp;\n\n\nThere\u2019s this thing.&nbsp; People who have overcome this have always struck me as\u2026 more adult than me.&nbsp; They seem ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||15px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2022<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/01\/01\/2022-youre-not-alone\/\">2022 &#8211; you&#8217;re not alone<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nYou&#8217;re not alone.  Here are do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts for success in 2022.  This bullet list and these resources will help you.\n\n\n\n\n2022 and success &#8211; do&#8217;s and don&#8217;ts\n\n\n\nDon&#8217;t make resolutions.  Make a goal with a system behind it.  \nBecome aware, then act on this awareness (that&#8217;s the whole premise of the podcast ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/01\/09\/castillo-movement\/\">Castillo Movement<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\n\n\n\n\n\nRobbin Castillo\n\n\nRobbin is a personal trainer, teacher and coach.  He provides Ascension coaching, Holistic personal training and masterclasses.  I normally do not feature coaches on my interviews (I tend to get a lot of requests for appearances on my podcast by coaches) but I approached Robbin because of what I saw on Instagram. ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/01\/16\/oh-just-be-your-best-self\/\">Oh just be your Best Self\u2122<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe solution to all of your problems, past, present and future is to simply be Your Best Self.  There.  Done.  There&#8217;s no podcast.  It&#8217;s that easy.\n\n\nReality and the thing you have to do first\n\n\nOh, you&#8217;re still here?  What&#8217;s that in your hands there&#8230; a chair?  Put that down.\n\n\nOk, no ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/01\/30\/stop-demonizing-comfort-zones\/\">Stop Demonizing Comfort Zones<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe comfort zone\n\n\nIf you hire a coach, have a review or consider accomplishing a new goal invariably the comfort zone is going to come up.  And the first thing that will be discussed is you leaving the comfort zone.  It will be discussed as if it is a bad thing, even though it&#8217;s ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/02\/27\/potential\/\">Potential<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nIt&#8217;s such an innocuous word, isn&#8217;t it?  Potential.   It doesn&#8217;t sound like much when I say it by itself like that.  But it&#8217;s the doorway to good and bad; to epic success or catastrophic failure.\n\n\nLet&#8217;s talk about what it means, what it does, and how it gives us a clue as ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/03\/06\/i-assume\/\">I assume<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nAssume\n\n\nAssume: To suppose without information.  \n\n\nIs this what you&#8217;re doing?  is this what you have done every time you suppose without information?  Or is this one of those words of power that we take for granted (no pun intended there).\n\n\nLabel\n\n\nThe word assume can be applied as a label to behavior.  What ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/03\/13\/seek-first-to-understand\/\">Seek First to Understand<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nMantras\n\n\nWe all know what a mantra is\u2014it&#8217;s that thing you repeat over and over again; it&#8217;s that guiding principle you have; it is those words you live by.  Well I have one of those too.  For me it&#8217;s &#8220;Seek First to Understand&#8221; and I don&#8217;t know if i live by those words or ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/04\/10\/the-king-of-birds\/\">The King of Birds<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHakan Berg is known as The King of Birds.  He was a finalist on Britain&#8217;s Got Talent, and fooled half of Penn and Teller on Fool us.   Hakan and I had a surprisingly philosophical discussion about laughter, trust, vulnerability, magic and being in the present.  We made a discovery together about ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/04\/17\/fate-or-destiny\/\">Fate or Destiny?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nFate &amp; Destiny\n\n\nFate and Destiny mostly mean the same, don&#8217;t they?  They&#8217;re sort of interchangeable\u2014except for one thing:  one makes you feel bad and the other makes you feel good.  \n\n\nFree will\n\n\nIt&#8217; an age-old discussion, this talk of whether we have free will or not.   What do you believe?  ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/05\/02\/holistic-creativity-is-a-given-but\/\">Holistic creativity is a given, but&#8230;<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHolistic\n\n\nTo have a holistic approach is to consider all aspects of the whole.  There&#8217;s nothing ooga booga or froo froo about that, and if you know me and this podcast you know we don&#8217;t talk about things that aren&#8217;t tangible.   Being holistic is tangible.  It just means that if there is ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/05\/09\/how-do-you-have-time-for-this\/\">How do you have time for this&#8230;?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHow do you have time for this?\n\n\nHave you heard this phrase?   You typically hear this about a large project or something that is apparently time consuming.\n\n\nBut that&#8217;s misleading.\n\n\nThey are using the wrong word\n\n\nLife is made of three things\u2122 &#8211; Time, Energy and Resources.  The big secret is that mostly it&#8217;s not just ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/06\/05\/real-life-motivation\/\">Real Life Motivation<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nMotivation.\n\n\nPeople talk about motivation so much it&#8217;s annoying.   Coaches and speakers talk about it all. the. time.  You don&#8217;t need another source do you?  But here&#8217;s a different take&#8230;\n\n\nTwo parts to motivation\n\n\n\nThe actual hype that gives you energy.  This is stuff like music that makes you excited to do the ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/06\/07\/free-group-coaching-opportunity\/\">Free group coaching opportunity<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nSpecial Announcement\n\n\nThis is a special announcement about free coaching that is being offered to two groups.   The Alchemy for Life\u2122 podcast subscribers group is one of the groups, which is why you&#8217;re seeing this. Congrats.  \n\n\nHere is the scoop\n\n\nYou&#8217;re probably just like me.  You just want to know what this is ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/06\/24\/speed-of-your-reality\/\">Speed of Your Reality<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWhat&#8217;s the speed of your reality?\n\n\nThat&#8217;s a trick question, and it sounds a little ooga-booga doesn&#8217;t it.  It is, and it&#8217;s not.\n\n\nA watched pot never boils\n\n\nYou&#8217;ve heard both a watched &#8220;pot never boils&#8221; and &#8220;time flies when you&#8217;re having fun,&#8221; right?  Though the former is not true, both are rooted in reality&#8230;  ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/07\/07\/shelf-life\/\">Shelf Life<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nWhat are your offers?\n\n\nLet&#8217;s talk about your offers.  By offers I don&#8217;t just mean your business offerings, I literally mean things you have offered to others\u2014whether it&#8217;s helping someone to move if they need it in the future, lending your truck, working with someone, forming a partnership, offering to mentor, etc.\n\n\nIntegrity and Time, Energy ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/07\/21\/liminal-spaces\/\">Liminal Spaces<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLiminal spaces \n\n\nA liminal space is the between space (usually in the physical world).  It doesn&#8217;t &#8216;feel right.&#8217;  It&#8217;s a threshold between two states.  The transitory nature usually causes you to feel a little creeped out.  \n\n\nEver done a house tour in which a lot of the personal belongings have been ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/08\/14\/think-outside-the-group\/\">Think outside the&#8230;group<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThink outside the box (group)\n\n\nWe all know that thinking outside of the box has its benefits.  Usually this thinking happens with someone who has a different perspective than others.  And that, ironically, is what this podcast is about.\n\n\nGroups are great, until they&#8217;re not\n\n\nWe all are part of one or more groups, whether it ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/08\/21\/the-4-hour-day\/\">The 4 Hour Day<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHow long is your day?\n\n\nIngrained in the society I live in is the eight hour work day.  However, to get ahead, to be salaried, to be a manager, a mover and shaker or someone who is launching businesses or being an entrepreneur it&#8217;s expected that you work 10, 12, 16 or more hours.\n\n\nIs this ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/08\/28\/hijacked-by-ambition\/\">Hijacked by Ambition<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nAmbition\n\n\nIt&#8217;s a good thing, right?  Have you ever done something, shown something or demonstrated something and had someone say &#8220;Well, that&#8217;s ambitious?&#8221;  Has a tiny bit of something negative behind that, doesn&#8217;t it?\n\n\nHave you ever started a project only to decide (consciously or unconsciously) to make it much more elaborate, involved, expensive, thorough ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/09\/05\/if-you-use-them-youll-get-smarter-or-dumber\/\">If you use them you&#8217;ll get smarter (or dumber)<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nLabels\n\n\nWe all use labels because that&#8217;s the base of all languages &#8211; complex concepts, descriptions, procedures all contained in a smaller form.  Imagine if you had to describe a house every time you wanted to talk about houses.  Exhausting.  And you&#8217;d get dumber.  So we create labels for things.\n\n\nBut as we ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/09\/17\/new-book-three-voices\/\">New book: Three Voices<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThree Voices\n\n\nDid you know you have three voices? \n\n\nDo you know that one can always be used to override another? Do you know that one of the voices is also a sounding board that can not only help you (preparing for a speech, reviewing a discussion), but also can torment you if overused (that fight ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/10\/06\/thoughts-vs-reality-not-what-you-think\/\">Thoughts vs. Reality &#8211; not what you think<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nHere&#8217;s something you don&#8217;t hear &#8211; thoughts do not equal reality.\n\n\nIn an odd way this is a discussion (of the reverse kind) of mindfulness.\n\n\nFight of flight\n\n\nOur fight or flight mechanism was designed and evolved to deal with something happening right now.  It was designed to deal with reality.  If you&#8217;re having anxiety about ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/10\/17\/what-are-you-measuring\/\">What are you measuring?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nProgress\n\n\nIf you&#8217;re not measuring progress, how do you know how well you are doing in the pursuit of a goal?  Don&#8217;t you have milestones and stuff like that?  The Alchemy for Life system has a huge amount of tracking, and milestones, and even an icon for setbacks, so why am I even asking ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/10\/24\/zooming-out-but-what-does-that-mean\/\">Zooming Out &#8211; but what does that mean?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nThe 30,000 foot view\n\n\nYou&#8217;ve heard of that phrase\u2014taking the 30,000 foot view, right?  But what exactly does that mean?  Does it mean to take a step back?  Does it mean 30,000 steps back?  Considering the big picture?  How long do you do this?  Do you then zoom back in ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/11\/04\/taking-a-step-back\/\">Taking a step back<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nA simple answer for a complex issue&#8230; doesn&#8217;t work\n\n\nDid you ever have an issue with someone and tell a friend about it?   They usually say &#8220;Oh well I would just say this.&#8221;  You roll your eyes , take a deep breath, and attempt to explain that this is pretty complicated, and that ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/11\/07\/the-tension-of-disagreement\/\">The tension of disagreement<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nTension\n\n\nWe&#8217;ve talked about tension before.  We&#8217;ve talked about tension vs. something being at rest and what that means for us.  But now I want to talk about the tension of disagreement.  \n\n\nEverything&#8217;s going to be OK\n\n\nEverything is going to be OK.  Does that relieve you?  It might, especially if it ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/12\/02\/did-you-stop-measuring\/\">Did you stop measuring?<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nMeasuring\n\n\nWe recently talked about measuring, and now we&#8217;re talking about NOT doing it.\n\n\nPrograms running\n\n\nWe have many programs running.  We are always tasting, listening, looking, sampling&#8230; and measuring.\n\n\nDid you stop measuring?\n\n\n&#8220;Hi, I&#8217;m Mr. Scale!  I&#8217;m going to disappoint you every day.&#8221; \ud83d\udc40  It&#8217;s pretty easy to stop measuring when it comes to that ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/12\/08\/time-energy-and-resources-widgets-vs-service\/\">Time, Energy and Resources &#8211; widgets vs. service!<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nShorting yourself on time-based skills\n\n\nYou&#8217;ve heard this before right?  That as you get better and better at something, you can do it more efficiently.  So your skill is just as good as your competitor but you do it faster.  great!  Except that you charge hourly.  So now they are getting ...<\/div><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2022\/12\/28\/2022-most-helpful-episodes\/\">2022: Most Helpful Episodes!<\/a><div class=\"lcp_excerpt\">\nReview of our most helpful episodes. \n\n\nFrom Interviews to a unique take on word meanings, to turning negatives to positives (and maybe vice versa) you don&#8217;t want to miss this.  \n\n\nThe Complete AFL Episode Guide: A Catalog of All Our Episodes\n\n\nWelcome to The Complete Alchemy for Life\u2122 Episode Guide, where I give you a ...<\/div><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; use_custom_gutter=&#8221;on&#8221; gutter_width=&#8221;2&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Blog Area&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;86%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;86%&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0|0px|0|0px&#8221; use_custom_width=&#8221;on&#8221; width_unit=&#8221;off&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2021<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/12\/12\/happiness-and-learning\/\">Happiness and Learning<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/12\/05\/alchemy-for-me\/\">Alchemy for ME<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/11\/28\/nanowrimo-may-i-be-of-service\/\">nanowrimo &#8211; May I be of service?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/11\/14\/everything-is-fantasy-until-it-becomes-reality\/\">Everything is Fantasy Until it Becomes Reality<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/11\/07\/you-can-ask-a-question\/\">You can ask a question&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/10\/31\/do-you-have-an-audience\/\">Do you have an audience?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/10\/24\/what-color-is-this\/\">What color is this?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/10\/17\/the-power-of-but\/\">The Power of But.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/10\/03\/do-you-keep-secrets-from-yourself\/\">Do you keep secrets&#8230;from yourself?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/09\/19\/upside-down\/\">Upside Down<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/09\/12\/barby-ingle-rare-diseases-chronic-pain\/\">Barby Ingle &#8211; Rare diseases, chronic pain<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/09\/05\/the-little-things\/\">The Little Things<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/08\/29\/the-super-secret-of-being-a-creative\/\">The Super Secret of Being a Creative<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/08\/15\/ownership\/\">Ownership<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/08\/08\/stay-in-your-lane-again\/\">Stay in your lane (again)!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/08\/01\/hey-mark-is-coming-over-today\/\">Hey Mark is coming over today!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/07\/11\/are-you-addicted-to-talking-about-success\/\">Are you addicted to (talking about) success?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/07\/04\/character-is-what-you-are-when-youre-bored\/\">Character is what you are when you&#8217;re bored.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/06\/20\/fathers-day-mark-williams\/\">Father&#8217;s Day: Mark Williams<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/06\/18\/fathers-day-jesse-lee-peterson\/\">Father&#8217;s Day: Jesse Lee Peterson<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/06\/17\/fathers-day-denise-mcallister\/\">Father&#8217;s Day: Denise McAllister<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/06\/16\/fathers-day-michael-rampolla\/\">Father&#8217;s Day: Michael Rampolla<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/06\/13\/path-of-least-resistance-and-communication\/\">Path of least resistance and communication<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/06\/06\/bubbles\/\">Bubbles<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/05\/30\/epicness-is-undervalued\/\">Epicness is undervalued<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/04\/25\/depression-is-portable\/\">Depression is portable<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/04\/18\/im-sorry-dave\/\">I&#8217;m Sorry Dave<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/04\/11\/the-middle-a-nice-place-to-visit-but-you-wouldnt-want-to-live-there\/\">The Middle &#8211; A nice place to visit but you wouldn&#8217;t want to live there<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/03\/28\/who-you-are-and-what-you-do\/\">Who you are and what you do<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/03\/21\/lifelong-learners-and-lying\/\">Lifelong Learners and Lying<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/03\/07\/the-four-conversation-methods\/\">The Four Conversation Methods<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/02\/28\/save-time-and-frustration\/\">Save time and frustration<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/02\/21\/now-we-can-talk-about-valentines-day\/\">NOW we can talk about Valentines Day<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/02\/10\/reverse-birthday\/\">Reverse Birthday<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/02\/07\/youre-smart-so-youre-on-your-own\/\">You&#8217;re smart so you&#8217;re on your own<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2021\/01\/31\/yes-or-no\/\">Yes or No?<\/a><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2020<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/23\/day-ten-there-are-more-people-in-my-yard\/\">Day Ten &#8211; There are more people in my yard<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/22\/eighth-nine-there-are-people-in-my-yard\/\">Eighth Nine &#8211; There are people in my yard<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/21\/eighth-day-awkward-farm-voyeur\/\">Eighth Day &#8211; Awkward Farm Voyeur<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/20\/stay-in-your-lane\/\">Stay in your lane!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/20\/seventh-day-watching-a-frozen-lake\/\">Seventh Day &#8211; watching a frozen lake<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/19\/sixth-day-farm-invitation\/\">Sixth Day &#8211; farm invitation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/18\/fifth-day-no-more-birds\/\">Fifth Day &#8211; no more birds!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/17\/fourth-day\/\">Fourth Day<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/16\/third-day\/\">Third Day<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/15\/second-day\/\">Second Day<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/12\/15\/first-day\/\">First Day<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/11\/22\/balance-and-the-holidays-2020\/\">Balance and the Holidays &#8211; 2020<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/11\/15\/passion-is-for-fakers\/\">Passion is for fakers<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/11\/08\/layers-whats-between-you-and-what-you-do\/\">Layers: What&#8217;s between you and what you do?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/11\/01\/beware-plateaus\/\">Beware Plateaus<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/10\/25\/patience-is-nope\/\">Patience is&#8230;nope.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/10\/11\/flying-pants\/\">Flying Pants<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/09\/06\/deeds-not-words\/\">Deeds not words<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/08\/16\/mindset-was-a-dirty-word-until-now\/\">Mindset was a dirty word-until now<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/07\/26\/reading-vs-writing\/\">Reading vs. writing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/07\/12\/the-sword-and-the-sunflower-audiobook-excerpt\/\">The Sword and the Sunflower audiobook excerpt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/07\/05\/superman-syndrome\/\">Superman Syndrome<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/06\/21\/happy-fathers-day\/\">Happy Father&#8217;s Day!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/06\/14\/is-your-filter-broken\/\">Is your filter broken?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/05\/31\/implementation\/\">Implementation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/05\/17\/strange-things-are-a-foot-ball\/\">Strange things are a foot&#8230;ball<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/05\/10\/a-guide-instead-of-a-waterfall\/\">A Guide instead of a Waterfall<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/04\/19\/ask-the-next-question\/\">Ask the next question<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/04\/05\/the-snakecharmer\/\">The Snakecharmer<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/03\/29\/accountability-in-trying-times\/\">Accountability in trying times<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/03\/16\/welcome-to-my-world\/\">Welcome to my world!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/03\/08\/the-power-of-homework\/\">The power of homework<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/02\/23\/training-wheels\/\">Training Wheels<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/02\/09\/zuby\/\">Zuby<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/02\/02\/self-control\/\">Self-control<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/01\/26\/denis-murphy\/\">Denis Murphy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/01\/19\/a-note-from-the-future\/\">A note from the future<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/01\/05\/john-mcafee\/\">John McAfee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2020\/01\/01\/4th-dimension-and-messages-from-you-to-you\/\">4th Dimension and messages from you to you<\/a><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2019<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/01\/06\/resolutions-steering-from-afar\/\">Resolutions: Steering from afar<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/01\/13\/the-amazing-lucas\/\">The Amazing Lucas<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/01\/20\/my-mission-and-crabbiness\/\">My mission and crabbiness<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/01\/27\/cynthia-starich\/\">Cynthia Starich<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/02\/03\/resolutions-writing-that-book-part-one\/\">Resolutions: Writing that book (part one)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/02\/10\/oneself\/\">OneSelf<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/02\/14\/valentines-lisa-de-pasquale\/\">Valentines: Lisa De Pasquale<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/02\/14\/valentines-sophie-personne\/\">Valentines: Sophie Personne<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/02\/22\/status-conversations\/\">Status conversations<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/02\/24\/free-book-the-status-game-ii\/\">Free book: The Status Game II<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/03\/03\/mark-concannon\/\">Mark Concannon<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/03\/17\/sunday-and-updates\/\">Sunday and updates!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/03\/24\/collette-gee\/\">Collette Gee<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/03\/31\/the-canary-does-not-mine-coal\/\">The Canary Does Not Mine Coal<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/04\/07\/alchemy-for-life-the-book\/\">Alchemy For Life &#8211; the book.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/04\/14\/resolutions-writing-that-book-part-two\/\">Resolutions: Writing that book (part two)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/05\/05\/interview-blum-and-john-lewandowski\/\">Interview &#8211; Bl\u00fcm and John Lewandowski<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/05\/12\/what-rule-do-you-live-by\/\">What rule do you live by?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/05\/19\/never-mind\/\">Never Mind&#8230;<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/05\/21\/if-you-want-to-be-a-podcast-guest-read-this\/\">If you want to be a podcast guest read this.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/05\/26\/its-all-your-fault\/\">It&#8217;s all your fault<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/06\/02\/suffering-experience-and-wisdom\/\">Suffering Experience and Wisdom<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/06\/09\/nicholas-arnold\/\">Nicholas Arnold<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/06\/16\/june-updates\/\">June updates<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/06\/23\/you-were-dealt-an-awful-hand-now-what\/\">You were dealt an awful hand.  Now what?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/06\/30\/grab-the-wheel-not-the-hood-ornament\/\">Grab the wheel &#8211; not the hood ornament<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/07\/14\/refugee-resettlement\/\">Refugee resettlement<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/07\/28\/self-care-and-self-love-what-is-that-really\/\">Self-care and Self-love? What is that, really.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/08\/04\/what-is-change\/\">What is change?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/08\/11\/remarkable-in-depth-review\/\">reMarkable in-depth review<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/08\/18\/what-do-you-want-from-me\/\">What do you want from me?!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/08\/25\/resolutions-revisited\/\">Resolutions revisited<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/09\/01\/five-causes-of-indecision-and-how-to-overcome-them\/\">Five causes of indecision &#8211; and how to overcome them<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/09\/08\/does-this-suck\/\">Does this suck?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/09\/15\/dissonance-for-flair\/\">Dissonance for flair<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/09\/15\/flair-for-dissonance\/\">Flair for dissonance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/09\/22\/stolen-validation-and-writing\/\">Stolen Validation and Writing<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/10\/06\/tesla-and-the-whole\/\">Tesla and the whole<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/10\/13\/commitment-only-3-things-you-need-to-know-to-get-something-done\/\">Commitment &#8211; Only 3 things you need to know to get something done<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/10\/27\/motivation-or-information\/\">Motivation or information?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/11\/17\/framework\/\">Framework<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/11\/24\/balance-and-the-holidays-revisited\/\">Balance and the Holidays &#8211; revisited<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/12\/01\/scott-adams\/\">Scott Adams<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/12\/08\/random-thoughts-not-mine-yours\/\">Random Thoughts (not mine\u2014yours)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/12\/15\/passion\/\">Passion<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2019\/12\/22\/2019-end-of-year-wrap-up\/\">2019 end of year wrap up<\/a><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row column_structure=&#8221;1_3,1_3,1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;86%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;86%&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2018<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/01\/01\/what-will-you-do\/\">What will you do?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/01\/01\/this-is-what-you-will-do\/\">This is what you will do.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/01\/09\/obnoxious-emails\/\">Obnoxious eMails<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/01\/14\/resilience-is-a-system\/\">Resilience is a system<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/01\/21\/afl-podcast-endeavor-board\/\">AFL Podcast: The Endeavor Board<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/02\/04\/inertia-afl-podcast\/\">Inertia.  AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/02\/18\/callin-christina-afl-podcast\/\">Interview: Christina  &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/02\/25\/call-ins-tamara-afl-podcast\/\">Interview: Tamara &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/03\/04\/interview-cecily-agfl-podcast\/\">Interview: Cecily &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/03\/11\/interview-john-afl-podcast\/\">Interview: John &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/03\/24\/linkedin-participating-reciprocating-cheerleading\/\">LinkedIn: Participating, Reciprocating and Cheerleading<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/03\/25\/just-positive-not-afl-podcast\/\">Just Be Positive &#8211; NOT!  &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/04\/01\/dark-matter-calendar-afl-podcast\/\">Dark Matter on your calendar &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/04\/15\/order-chaos-afl-podcast\/\">Order or Chaos? AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/04\/22\/why-are-you-here\/\">Why are you here?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/04\/29\/lifes-ups-downs\/\">Life&#8217;s ups and downs<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/05\/06\/three-things-afl-podcast\/\">Three Things&#8230;  AFL &#8211; Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/05\/13\/mark-black-podcast-interview\/\">Mark Black &#8211; Podcast Interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/05\/20\/bill-protzmann-alf-podcast-interview\/\">Bill Protzmann &#8211; AFL Podcast interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/05\/27\/stephanie-osborn-afl-interview\/\">Stephanie Osborn &#8211; AFL Interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/06\/03\/cress-afl-podcast-interview\/\">Cress &#8211; AFL Podcast interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/06\/10\/jonathan-pritchard-interview-afl-podcast\/\">Jonathan Pritchard Interview  &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/06\/17\/anastasia-afl-interview\/\">Anastasia &#8211; AFL interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/06\/24\/mark-metry-afl-podcast-interview\/\">Mark Metry &#8211; AFL podcast interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/07\/01\/mario-lanzarotti-afl-podcast-interview\/\">Mario Lanzarotti &#8211; AFL Podcast Interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/07\/08\/phil-gerbyshak-afl-podcast-interview\/\">Phil Gerbyshak &#8211; AFL Podcast interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/07\/15\/thanos-and-balance\/\">Thanos and balance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/07\/22\/daniel-gefen-afl-podcast-interview\/\">Daniel Gefen &#8211; AFL podcast interview<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/07\/29\/status-game-afl-podcast\/\">The Status Game &#8211; afl podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/08\/05\/300am-wakeup-call-mb-podcast\/\">3:00am wakeup call &#8211; MB Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/08\/12\/tsufit-mb-podcast\/\">Tsufit &#8211; MB podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/08\/19\/future-tense-afl-podcast\/\">Future Tense AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/08\/26\/the-tinder-trap\/\">The Tinder Trap<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/09\/09\/stolen-validation\/\">Stolen Validation<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/09\/16\/sirens-self-help\/\">Sirens of Self-Help<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/09\/23\/attitude-something-something\/\">Attitude is&#8230; something something<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/10\/07\/resting-and-tension\/\">Resting and Tension<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/10\/14\/dread\/\">Dread<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/10\/28\/doubt\/\">Doubt<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/11\/04\/fall-back\/\">Fall Back<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/11\/11\/resources-time-energy-resources-revisited\/\">Resources &#8211; Time, Energy and Resources revisited<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/11\/18\/too-much-positivity\/\">Too much positivity?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/12\/02\/absurdity-filter\/\">Absurdity Filter<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/12\/09\/the-zone-afl-podcast\/\">The Zone &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/12\/23\/charging-a-battery-filling-a-bucket-and-accomplishing-a-goal\/\">Charging a battery, filling a bucket and accomplishing a goal<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/12\/24\/twas-the-night-before-christmas-a-reading-of-the-poem-by-mark-bradford\/\">Twas The Night Before Christmas &#8211;  a reading of the poem by Mark Bradford<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2018\/12\/30\/look-forward-look-back-one-year\/\">Look Forward \/ Look Back &#8211; One year<\/a><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2017<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/01\/07\/comfort-zones-omarosa-and-progress\/\">Comfort zones, Omarosa and Progress<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/01\/23\/stress-free-productivity\/\">Stress-Free Productivity<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/02\/03\/time-compression-and-productivity\/\">Time Compression and Productivity &#8211; mindfulness of moments<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/02\/22\/coaching-and-privacy\/\">Coaching and Privacy<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/03\/13\/the-flaw-in-the-system\/\">The Flaw in the System<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/03\/31\/284\/\">The relativity of balance and the unexpected clarity of transition<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/05\/12\/everyone-finds-time-for-what-they-really-want-to-do\/\">Everyone finds time for what they really want to do<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/05\/20\/which-one-is-holding-you-back-time-energy-or-resources\/\">Which one is holding you back?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/06\/15\/why-energy-is-key\/\">Why energy is key<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/06\/25\/multitasking-forgotten-glue\/\">Multitasking and the forgotten glue<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/07\/06\/geometry-and-your-journey\/\">Geometry and your journey<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/08\/11\/the-one-time-need-and-parallels\/\">The one time need and parallels<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/08\/22\/work-life-balance-working-from-home\/\">Work Life balance, Working From Home<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/09\/08\/buzzwords-dont-make-brain-turn-off\/\">Buzzwords: Don&#8217;t make my brain turn off<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/09\/11\/podcast-s1e2-alchemy-life-system\/\">Podcast S1E2: Alchemy For Life System &#8211; what is it?<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/09\/19\/afl-podcast-welcome\/\">AFL Podcast Welcome<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/09\/24\/afl-podcast-work-life-balance-part-1\/\">AFL Podcast &#8211; Working from home part 1<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/10\/01\/afl-podcast-working-home-part-2\/\">AFL Podcast &#8211; Working from home part 2<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/10\/08\/a-step-above\/\">Don&#8217;t buy that crazy vacuum!<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/10\/15\/afl-podcast-energy-key\/\">AFL Podcast &#8211; Why Energy Is Key<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/10\/22\/afl-pdocast-congrats-youre-bored\/\">AFL Pdocast &#8211; Congrats, you&#8217;re bored<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/10\/29\/multitasking-afl-podcast\/\">Multitasking &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/11\/04\/nice-experiment-1\/\">Be Nice &#8211; an experiment 1<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/11\/12\/nice-experiment-2\/\">Be Nice \u2013 an experiment 2<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/11\/19\/job-career-calling-afl-podcast\/\">Job, Career or Calling? AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/11\/23\/time-eating-afl-podcast\/\">Time and Eating &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/11\/26\/balance-holidays-afl-podcast\/\">Balance and Holidays AFL podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/12\/03\/live-afl-podcast\/\">Why do you live here?  AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/12\/09\/resolutions-bad-afl-podcast\/\">Resolutions are bad &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2017\/12\/17\/the-storyteller-afl-podcast\/\">The storyteller &#8211; AFL Podcast<\/a><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=&#8221;1_3&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;||7px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<h2><strong>2016<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=&#8221;4.27.4&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<ul class=\"lcp_catlist\" id=\"lcp_instance_0\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/09\/10\/why-i-started-alchemy-for-life\/\">Why I started Alchemy For Life &#8211; balance<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/09\/10\/balance-coaching-not-think\/\">Balance Coaching is not what you think<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/09\/11\/the-secret-balance-bonus-of-sunday\/\">The Secret Balance Bonus of Sunday<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/09\/14\/congratulations-youre-bored\/\">Congratulations: You&#8217;re bored<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/09\/21\/alchemy-balance-flask\/\">Alchemy and The Balance Flask<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/09\/28\/get-balance-coaching-tangible-results\/\">What do you get from Balance Coaching?  Tangible Results.<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/10\/04\/balance-and-the-sliding-puzzle\/\">Balance and The Sliding Puzzle<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/11\/23\/balance-and-the-holidays\/\">Balance and The Holidays<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/12\/19\/donating-the-season-of-giving-time-energy-and-resources\/\">Donating, the season of giving &#8211; time energy and resources<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/2016\/12\/28\/new-years-resolutions-balance-goals-and-systems\/\">New Year&#8217;s Resolutions, Balance, Goals and Systems<\/a><\/li><\/ul>[\/et_pb_code][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; width=&#8221;84%&#8221; max_width=&#8221;2021px&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; text_text_color=&#8221;#FFFFFF&#8221; text_font_size=&#8221;18px&#8221; text_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;#0C71C3&#8243; width=&#8221;98%&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px||||false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;6px|13px|6px|13px|false|false&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Did you find an episode particularly useful?\u00a0 If so let me know.\u00a0 Better yet, let everyone else know too&#8230;\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget that Alchemy for Life\u2122 episodes with Mark Bradford are also available on <strong>iTunes<\/strong>, <strong>Spotify<\/strong> and anywhere you consume podcasts.\u00a0 Subscribe and you wont miss them!<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALL Alchemy For Life Podcast episodes (2016-present)Here is the complete catalog of Alchemy for Life\u2122 podcast episodes all in one place\u2014organized by year.\u00a0 The last three years also include an excerpt for each episode.\u00a0 Previous years do not so that the page length is managable here.\u00a0 Click the title of the episode to go to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3412","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3412"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4467,"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3412\/revisions\/4467"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.alchemyfor.life\/balancecoaching\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}