Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
Linda Bjork
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Are you seeking inspiration and transformation in your life? Look no further! At Linda's Corner we tackle everyday challenges like relationships, parenting, weight loss, health, and finances, and we also dive deep into heavier topics like depression, anxiety, addiction, abuse, grief, and childhood trauma. Listen to stories of real people overcoming real challenges, just like yours. With the wisdom of experts and the courage of overcomers, we provide the help and encouragement you need to thrive. Join us today for a healthy dose of hope, healing, and happiness. Subscribe to Linda's corner today on your favorite podcast platform!
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How to Forgive: Unlocking Unconditional Love and Inner Peace
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
11/12/24 • 37 min
Forgiveness does not mean "pardoning." It's not really about the other person who hurt you; it's more about allowing unconditional love to flow through you without obstruction. Forgiveness is a powerful, effective healing modality for personal transformation and inner peace. Many people explain "why" you should forgive, but Dara Mckinley is an expert on "how" to forgive. You can reach Dara at her website https://daramckinley.com/
Some of the highlights Dara shares:
- Most people think "forgiveness" means pardoning - it's letting the offender "off the hook"
- Most people think "forgiveness" is impossible and offensive - it mocks justice
- Dara's personal experience being asked to forgive and finding it irritating
- Her transformative experience - discovering that forgiveness isn't "pardoning"
- Seeking effective tools for healing - What really works? Does this relieve the body of heavy burdens?
- The natural desire for justice and feelings of resentment - I've been wronged. I want justice.
- How to forgive - what is the process?
- How forgiveness helps us feel "neutral" towards those who hurt us
- How forgiveness relieves our emotional burdens
- How forgiveness can aid in physical healing
- Forgiveness is the ability to apply unconditional love and to clearly see where we need it
- Unconditional love is a medicinal force
- How to apply unconditional love
- How withholding forgiveness blocks/impedes the flow of unconditional love
- How to be free from anger, resentment, etc.
- How to become a clear channel for intuition
- How our inner voice crying out for justice or revenge is trying to help us, but is actually hurting us. "You're trying to protect me, but you're actually making me miserable."
- Revenge doesn't give us what we really want, a peaceful heart
- Anger creates more anger
- And more
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Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.
Stop self sabotage and get out of your own way - Byron Morrison on Linda's Corner
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
05/16/23 • 29 min
In this episode of Linda's Corner, Byron Morrison explains how to stop self sabotage and how to get out of our own way. Byron is a mindset and performance coach as well as a best-selling author. His latest book is called “Maybe you should give up - 7 ways to get out of your own way and take control of your life.” Maybe You Should Give Up explains how to throw out the rule book, break the mold and do something different. Byron Morrison’s approach helps readers identify 7 areas of their life that cause them to get in their own way and keep them stuck in a self-destructive cycle; he models how to give up on what holds a person back—to finally take control of the life they want and deserve. You can reach Byron and learn more about his latest book on his website https://www.byronmorrison.com.
Some of the highlights Byron shares:
- Answers to the question: how can anyone achieve their dreams if hard work isn't enough?
- What do you need to give up in order to succeed?
- What is the difference between reacting vs responding?
- How can we get into "solution mode"?
- What is the biggest thing that holds us back from our dreams?
- How to make fear work in our favor
- How to live in the present
- How to be happy now
- How to stop comparing yourself to others
- And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety.
Create your healing oasis with cancer survivor Mahwish Syed (Beauty literally heals our body)
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
05/14/24 • 32 min
When Mahwish Syed was diagnosed with breast cancer, she immediately began researching how she could support her body in the healing process and discovered that beauty is a vehicle for healing. Mahwish is an award winning fashion and interior designer, celebrated author, cancer survivor, and devoted mother. Her creations have been featured in the New York Times, Architectural Digest, Elle Decor, Hamptons Cottages & Gardens and more. You can reach Mahwish at her website ClaimYourParadise.com
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Some of the highlights Mahwish shares:
- Most cancer is epigenetic (a result of environment and lifestyle)
- How to create your healing oasis
- Remove toxins from your home and body
- How neuroaesthetic therapy improves and speeds up the healing process
- How to use biophilic design to improve health and well being (incorporating nature and the environment)
- Combining allopathic medicine and holistic therapy in perfect harmony
- Improving mindset
- Incorporate what you love and what makes you happy into your interior design
- Throw out what doesn't serve you
- Indoor air quality is worse than outdoor air quality - open windows for fresh air and natural light
- How modern life interferes with our circadian rhythm which harms our health and well being
- How quantum biology is affected by beauty and the environment
- Simple and inexpensive decorating tips
- Everyone deserves beauty
- What can you do NOW to elevate yourself from purgatory to paradise?
- And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.
Gut Health Solutions - Hally Brooke (I don't feel well and I don't know why - find answers)
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
06/11/24 • 35 min
"There are answers. We just need to find the right ones." - Hally Brooke
Hally Brooke was dealing with a host of severe, but seemingly unrelated health concerns that drove her to despair. Can anybody tell me what's wrong with me and how do I fix it? She eventually found real solutions and now she shares those with others who are seeking for answers. Hally is the Founder & CEO of Live Nourished Coaching. She is a Certified Functional Medicine Nutrition Counselor, Nationally Board Certified Health & Wellness Coach, Fox 21 Fitness & Nutrition Expert, and fierce industry advocate. You can reach Hally at her website https://www.livenourishedcoaching.com
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Some of the highlights Hally shares:
- How chronic stress led to Hally to experience IBS, leaky gut, exhaustion, dark circles under the eyes, food sensitivities, and more. Her discouragement trying to find answers and finally going through a process of self healing.
- I don't feel well and I don't know why
- The importance of understanding gut health
- 100% healing - I can now eat whatever I want
- There are answers, we just need to find the right ones
- Functional medicine
- The value of a "food, mood, poop" journal
- Are you experiencing adrenal fatigue?
- Are your hormones out of balance?
- Zoom out and look at the whole story
- How stress affects every aspect of our health and well being
- How to effectively manage stress with micro lifestyle changes
- Stress causes leaky gut which poisons the body
- Surprising sources of stress that you experience every day
- What spikes your cortisol?
- How to get your digestive system back on track
- Your body is designed to heal itself
- The "5 R" healing protocol
- Remove - what foods are causing problems? Let's temporarily remove them
- Repair - how to heal and repair the lining of the gut
- Re-inoculate - balance flora of the GI track
- Re-balance - what aspects of your life are out of balance and causing stress?
- Re-introduce - strategically put foods back into your diet (Nine times out of ten, all food issues clear up after you've healed your gut)
- Answers may seem counter-intuitive
- Don't work harder - work smarter - sometimes the answer is to slow down and rest
- There are answers
- There is hope
- And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety. Become the champion of your own story as you overcome your challenges.
Biohacking Secrets - Dr. Mike Van Thielen (upgrade mind, body, life and reverse biological aging)
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
03/12/24 • 39 min
Dr. Mike Van Thielen shares biohacking secrets to upgrade your body and brain to optimize productivity, free up time, live stress free, and reverse biological aging. Dr. Mike is the Medical Director at ClariGenZ Health. He is also an expert biohacker, TedX speaker, bestselling author, mentor, and a world record holder in swimming. Dr. Mike has been featured in USA Today, ABC, NBC,CBS, Fox news and more. You can reach Dr. Mike at his website biohackingunlimited.com.
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Some of the highlights Dr. Mike shares:
What is biohacking?
How to upgrade the body, mind and life and reverse biological aging
How to regain control of health and overcome pain
How to optimize health and become fit, strong, vitalized and in control
How working holistically allows us to train less and still get better results
We don't have failures, we have stepping stones
How to be propelled forward to the future rather than held back by the past
Our mind provides the blueprint to failure or success
How to overcome labels and change belief systems
How our mindset helps (or hurts) our physical health
Why there is no silver bullet or magic pill
Better health doesn't require spending a lot of money
The 7 foundations of biohacking
Water - we need to drink lots of clean, safe water to prevent stagnation and clogging
Air - our bodies need fresh air. Go outside and learn how to breathe correctly
Movement - we're not talking about "exercising" but moving and being active
Rest - this is the time our bodies repair, replenish, and regenerate
Light - we need natural light (go outside) to stimulate our biological processes
Diet - reduce exposure to toxins, prevent systemic inflammation and free radicals
Mindset - don't become a slave to incorrect choices - regain control of your life
Having a purpose brings passion and fire to your life
Clarity reduces stress
Start with something small
And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety.
Turning setbacks into comebacks with Staci Wallace
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
01/16/24 • 38 min
High achiever Staci Wallace explains that our setbacks are an opportunity to rethink our lives and become better. Staci Staci is an award winning country music singer who has shared the stage with 5 U.S. presidents, sang at the Olympics, ran her own fashion consulting firm, and served as the National Marketing Director of a billion-dollar company. She is also is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, entrepreneur, the CEO of the Fueled by Fire Mastery Program, and the founder of Empower Women, non-profit that seeks to bring freedom to women and girls overcoming abuse, domestic violence, homelessness, depression and sexual exploitation. You can reach Staci at her websites https://www.staciwallace.com/ and https://emwomen.com.
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Highlights Staci shares:
- Our setbacks are opportunities to rethink our life
- Everyone goes through suffering; it's how we deal with it the determines the outcome
- Timeline therapy
- God can turn all things for our good
- Rescuing and redeeming trafficking victims
- What are the 7 F-words that help you find balance and joy in your life? Faith, family, finance, freedom, fitness, focus, and fun
- Overcoming generational trauma
- How taking responsibility helps us heal - I can't control what happened to me, but I can control what I do now
- Our setbacks can be liabilities or assets - the difference is whether or not we choose to hold on to the pain
- What is the 1% method to achieving greatness?
- The process of information, transformation, duplication, and monetization
- What is sabotaging me from attaining the next level?
- Approval addiction
- Understanding the difference between our purpose and our role
- And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety.
Resilience and redemption - James Arthur Ray and Bersabeh Ray (overcoming adversity)
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
04/02/24 • 40 min
Bersabeh's first memory is hiding from dropping bombs. Bersabeh met James Ray when he was homeless, sick, and 20 million dollars in debt. Their stories of resilience and redemption give hope and assurance that you can bounce back from adversity too. James Arthur Ray is a New York Times bestselling author, philosopher, and consultant who has appeared on Oprah, Larry King and the Today Show. His story is told on the CNN documentary "Enlighten Us." Bear is an intuitive consultant who helps people heal from their past and take their power back.
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Some of the highlights Ray and Bersabeh share:
Bersabeh's traumatic early years growing up in Iran during the Iran-Iraq war
Hiding from bombs and watching the military forcefully take her parents to prison
Escaping from dangerous Iran and emigrating to the United States
Enduring (and escaping) an abusive relationship
Healing from a traumatic past
James's story of being on top of the world with a New York Times best selling book, interviews with Oprah, and a net worth of millions and the tragic accident that took it all away
Spending two years in prison, losing everything, and owing $20 million in debt
Resilience and redemption
Healing from unresolved trauma
Making the unconscious conscious
Why we chase the opinions of people we don't know and who don't care about us
Learning to choose what really matters
Helping and lifting each other
How love strengthens us to heal
And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety.
Mental illness - Steve Wilson (you can still live a good life)
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
02/27/24 • 33 min
Steve Wilson understands the challenges of depression and bipolar disorder, but shares hope that with the right knowledge, tools, and treatment you can have a good life. Steven was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 1978, he is a mental health support group facilitator and the author of “Teetering on a Tightrope, my bipolar journey” which is available on Amazon.
Some of the highlights Steve shares:
At 9 years old, he was attacked and sexually assaulted and the resulting trauma
How trauma can cause physiological problems
Dealing with feelings of worthlessness
Dealing with suicidal ideations
Dealing with rumination
Understanding the difference between depression and bipolar
You can't just "pop a pill" and make it all better
The process of figuring out the correct medication "cocktail" for you (it takes time)
Working to overcome the stigma of mental illness
Why many people don't seek treatment
Mental illness is an "invisible" problem that if often ignored by society and governments
60 million people deal with mental illness in the United States - it is a pervasive problem
What you can do to support friends and loved ones dealing with mental illness
You can have a good life with the right treatment
Treatment options beyond medication
Join a group to find people who understand and learn about medications and treatments that are available
It's not your fault - it's a chemical imbalance - have self compassion
And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety.
Linda's Corner - Music with the power to heal hearts with Dave Combs
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
10/27/22 • 29 min
Welcome to Linda's Corner. In this episode, composer and songwriter Dave Combs shares the story of a life-changing song. Dave has written over 170 songs and recorded 15 albums of soft, soothing, and relaxing instrumental music that has touched the lives of millions around the world. He is also the author of the Amazon best selling book, "Touched by the Music: How the Story and Music of 'Rachel's Song' Can Change Your Life." You can reach Dave and listen to Rachel's Song and his other music at his website https://combsmusic.com.
Some of the highlights Dave shares:
- The creation story behind "Rachel's Song" and how it got its name
- The experience of recording professionally for the first time
- His partnership with performing artist Gary Prim
- The incredible response once Rachel's Song was played on the radio
- How an article in Guideposts magazine led to 50,000 fan letters
- The medical connection between instrumental music and health and wellness
- How one song has helped thousands of people suffering from addiction and other problems
- How and where you can listen to "Rachel's Song" for free
- Where to access all of Dave's soothing music
- And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety.
Linda's Corner - Achieving success by connecting with your heart with Dr. Lise Janelle
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life
12/23/22 • 38 min
Welcome to Linda’s Corner. In this episode, Dr. Lise Janelle shares how we can achieve success by connecting with our heart. Dr. Lise is a holistic chiropractor, mindset coach, human potential expert, speaker, educator, founder of the Centre for Heart Living, and the creator of the revolutionary Heart Freedom Method. She is also the author of several books including, You are Loved, Conversation with the Heart , and Love is Safe. Her current book project called “Unstuck” is co-authored with Jack Canfield, the author of Chicken Soup for the Soul. You can learn more about Dr. Lise at her website https://drlisejanelle.com.
Some of the highlights Dr. Lise shares:
- Her heart wrenching story overcoming personal tragedy and disappointment
- How to achieve success by connecting with your heart
- How do we know if we have self-sabotaging beliefs?
- How to overcome self-sabotaging beliefs
- What is the Heart Freedom Method, and what can it do for me?
- A demonstration of the Heart Freedom Method
- How gratitude takes away feelings of unworthiness and increases our feelings of self worth
- And more
Please share, subscribe, leave a rating and review, visit the Linda's Corner website at lindascornerpodcast.com and/or follow on youtube, facebook, instagram, and pinterest @lindascornerpodcast. Thanks!
Also please visit the Hope for Healing website at hopeforhealingfoundation.org for free resources to increase happiness, build confidence and self esteem, improve relationships, manage stress, and calm feelings of depression and anxiety.
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How many episodes does Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life have?
Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life currently has 367 episodes available.
What topics does Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life cover?
The podcast is about Health & Fitness, Christianity, Emotional Health, Self Improvement, Happiness, Parenting, Inspirational, Mental Health, Motivational, Depression, Podcasts, Self-Improvement, Education, Health and Encouraging.
What is the most popular episode on Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life?
The episode title 'Stop self sabotage and get out of your own way - Byron Morrison on Linda's Corner' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life?
The average episode length on Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life is 31 minutes.
How often are episodes of Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life released?
Episodes of Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life are typically released every 4 days.
When was the first episode of Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life?
The first episode of Linda's Corner: Inspiration for a Better Life was released on Dec 10, 2019.
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