4/20/22 So, this week I’m covering the last of the Five Givens in Life. These are based on the book The Five Things We Cannot Change…and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them by David Richo. If you want to go back and listen, I covered the first four in the past four episodes. The Five Given of Life are: 1) Everything Changes and Everything Ends 2) Things Don’t Always Go As Planned 3) Life Is Not Always Fair 4) Pain Is Part Of Life And the fifth one, which I’m t

4/13/22 This is the fourth of the Five Givens In Life based on the book The Five Things We Cannot Change…and the Happiness We Find by Embracing Them by David Richo. I’ve explored the past three in the most recent episodes and how each of them affect and impact my life. This fourth one, though, whew, it’s another tough one for me to unpack. I watched my husband struggle with chronic pain for years. I’ve had my own share of pain, before and after his death. So, talking about pa

4/6/13 It’s true. And you know this. We’ve been saying “That’s not fair” since we were in elementary school. Whether that’s because we were told we have to share our candy with our younger sibling, or that we couldn’t go to the high school party everybody else got to go to. Life’s not always fair. This is the third of the Five Givens in Life. These come from David Richo’s book Five Things We Cannot Change…And The Happiness We Find By Embracing Them. In it, he talks a lot abou

3/30/22 I’m going to be real honest and tell you I’ve been struggling putting this week’s episode together. As I frequently do, I already had a focus in mind. But recent events have really made me think a little deeper on this topic. Last week I mentioned one of the 5 Givens in life, and that is that everything is going to change; nothing remains the same. So, I thought I’d go back and in the upcoming weeks cover the other four Givens. The 5 Givens are based on the book Five