Your Desires Are Not Random Desire gets a bad rap in our culture. We are taught to work hard, save rewards for the end, and delay gratification. That’s healthy sometimes. But it has led to the false idea that our desires are secondary, an after-thought, something we can pursue when there is time. But relegating our desires like this is also relegating one of our most potent forms of guidance. In today’s episode, you’ll learn:-Why Desire is much more than just random yearning -How to reconnect with desire so you can tune into its guidance. -A short S.H.I.F.T. Model™ practice to reconnect with your inner longings, your deepest yearnings, and your life long dreams. Because those are not random, they are trying to show you the way to your best life. If you’re ready to stop suppressing your desires and lean into what you most want, then this episode is for you. LIVE every Tuesday at 8:30am EST on your favorite social media platform @TheBrianHogan. See you there!DIY Wellness The Show for People Taking Personal Growth Into Their Own Hands—Catch up on past episodes on DIYWellnessLIVE.com or your favorite podcasting app. Let’s work together: www.TheBrianHogan.com Click the link in my bio for other resources or to learn more. From the intersection of creativity & well-being…I trust you humanity,Brian #NarrativeCrafting #TheBrianHogan #DIYWellnessLIVE

We are so certain that part of feeling better means avoiding the negative emotions and cultivating the positive ones. And that makes sense, logically, but it also happens to be wrong. Feeling better, paradoxically, means embracing and welcoming even the bad feelings. Telling ourselves the truth is powerful, and it leads to freedom. In today’s episode, you’ll learn:-How avoidance became so popular and why it doesn’t work-How to embrace and befriend even the harder emotions -A short S.H.I.F.T. Model™ practice to connect with the parts of you that you normally avoid, and give them space to be heard and understood. If you’re ready to discover the transformative power of befriending your emotions, then this episode is for you. LIVE every Tuesday at 8:30am EST on your favorite social media platform @TheBrianHogan. See you there!DIY Wellness The Show for People Taking Personal Growth Into Their Own Hands—Catch up on past episodes on DIYWellnessLIVE.com or your favorite podcasting app. Let’s work together: www.TheBrianHogan.com Click the link in my bio for other resources or to learn more. From the intersection of creativity & well-being…I trust you humanity,Brian #NarrativeCrafting #TheBrianHogan #DIYWellnessLIVE

Cultivating Inner Friendship: A Life Long Practice Culture has certain rules. Unspoken rules that force us into a paradigm of competition. Get the best grades. Come in first. Get ahead. Dog eat Dog. So we adopt this competitive mentality internally too and never find the place of inner friendship that leads to thriving. In today’s episode, you’ll learn:-How are parts learned to become enemies instead of friends -How to cultivate inner friendship as a life long practice. -A short S.H.I.F.T. Model™ practice to connect with the parts of you at war with each other and with the self, and give them space to be heard and understood. Because they deserve peace. So do you. If you’re ready to discover the transformative power of befriending your mind, emotions and body, then this episode is for you. LIVE every Tuesday at 8:30am EST on your favorite social media platform @TheBrianHogan. See you there!DIY Wellness The Show for People Taking Personal Growth Into Their Own Hands—Catch up on past episodes on DIYWellnessLIVE.com or your favorite podcasting app. Let’s work together: www.TheBrianHogan.com Click the link in my bio for other resources or to learn more. From the intersection of creativity & well-being…I trust you humanity,Brian #NarrativeCrafting #TheBrianHogan #DIYWellnessLIVE

If you grew up in chaos then you learned through experience that hyper-vigilance is the best way to stay safe. It was true at one point, back then, but hyper-vigilance as a way of life actually becomes dangerous: to our health, peace and longevity. In today’s episode, you’ll learn:-How Hypervigilance was a brilliant survival strategy when we were young-The danger of remaining chronically hypervigilant once the threat has passed-A short S.H.I.F.T. Model™ practice to connect with the parts of you that learned to always brace for another impact, and help them soften, trust and relax. Because they deserve peace. So do you. If you’re ready to discover the gentle healing power of presence, self-understanding and surrender, then this episode is for you. LIVE every Tuesday at 8:30am EST on your favorite social media platform @TheBrianHogan. See you there!DIY Wellness The Show for People Taking Personal Growth Into Their Own Hands—Catch up on past episodes on DIYWellnessLIVE.com or your favorite podcasting app. Let’s work together: www.TheBrianHogan.com Click the link in my bio for other resources or to learn more. From the intersection of creativity & well-being…I trust you humanity,Brian #NarrativeCrafting #TheBrianHogan #DIYWellnessLIVE

Going At the Speed of My Slowest Part We have learned to push so hard that we burn out as a form of virtue. Expressions like “work ourselves to the bone” register as normal, when in fact that would be painful and crazy to do. Paradoxically, the way to make progress is not to drag, coax, convince, or force. Its cooperation. Relationship. Befriending. In today’s episode, you’ll learn:-How we learned to push so hard and be so self-critical. -The power in dropping force and embracing natural unfoldment -A short S.H.I.F.T. Model™ practice to connect with the parts of you that push you to achieve, to belong, to be worthy, and to meet them with kindness, self-acceptance and grace. Because they are already worthy. If you’re ready to discover the gentle healing power of self-kindness in the face of endless to-do lists, mounting expectations and societal collapse, then this episode is for you. LIVE every Tuesday at 8:30am EST on your favorite social media platform @TheBrianHogan. See you there!DIY Wellness The Show for People Taking Personal Growth Into Their Own Hands—Catch up on past episodes on DIYWellnessLIVE.com or your favorite podcasting app. Let’s work together: www.TheBrianHogan.com Click the link in my bio for other resources or to learn more. From the intersection of creativity & well-being…I trust you humanity,Brian #NarrativeCrafting #TheBrianHogan #DIYWellnessLIVE

Don't Cancel Yourself, Try Kindness Instead

We have been taught to give ourselves a hard time when we make mistakes.

Culture has conditioned us to believe that failure is bad, but the truth is failure is just feedback. I had two instances in the last week where I put my foot in my mouth and felt horrible.

But I remembered to interrupt the pattern, and I chose self-grace instead.

In today’s episode, you’ll learn:

-How we got to a place where we are so afraid to make mistakes.

-The power in self-kindness and grace that leads to us taking more responsibility, not less.

-A short S.H.I.F.T. Model™ practice to connect with the parts of you that make you pay more than once for mistakes, the parts that criticize, hold grudges and never let yourself off the hook.

If you’re ready to discover the gentle healing power of self-kindness in the face of mistakes, regrets and screw-ups, then this episode is for you.

LIVE every Tuesday at 8:30am EST on your favorite social media platform @TheBrianHogan.

See you there!

DIY Wellness

The Show for People Taking Personal Growth Into Their Own Hands

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Catch up on past episodes on DIYWellnessLIVE.com or your favorite podcasting app.

Let’s work together: www.TheBrianHogan.com

Click the link in my bio for other resources or to learn more.

From the intersection of creativity & well-being…

I trust you humanity,

Brian

#NarrativeCrafting #TheBrianHogan #DIYWellnessLIVE

Making Friends with Your Inner Saboteur We’ve been told that if you do the inner work you will find lasting peace and happiness and your life will start to unfold according to the divine (and we think that means simple and easy) plan for your life. The truth is once you embark on the healing journey, you are on it for life. It is not linear and your old patterns can sneak up on you with no warning. In today’s episode, you’ll learn:-Why healing doesn’t mean we leave our patterns behind. -How to heal in a way that includes more of you and rejects less and less, even tricky parts that sabotage us. -A short S.H.I.F.T. Model™ practice to connect with the parts of you that still takeover, sneak-attack, and sabotage, so they can relax in the presence of your compassion. If you’re ready to embrace the roller coaster that is every healing journey with more grace, patience and self-kindness, then this episode is for you. LIVE every Tuesday at 8:30am EST on your favorite social media platform @TheBrianHogan. See you there!DIY Wellness The Show for People Taking Personal Growth Into Their Own Hands—Catch up on past episodes on DIYWellnessLIVE.com or your favorite podcasting app. Let’s work together: www.TheBrianHogan.com Click the link in my bio for other resources or to learn more. From the intersection of creativity & well-being…I trust you humanity,Brian #NarrativeCrafting #TheBrianHogan #DIYWellnessLIVE

Complaining is a normalized part of our culture that leads to more and more misery and suffering. We are told we should not complain but we are also told to suppress hard emotions. So what the heck are we supposed to do with that? In today’s episode you’ll learn: -Why complaining feels so natural even though it leads to misery -The difference between complaining and emotional processing. -A short S.H.I.F.T. Model™ practice to connect with all the parts that complain and the parts that judge them. If you’re ready to find your way out of misery loops forged by complaining then this episode is for you. LIVE every Tuesday at 8:30am EST on your favorite social media platform @TheBrianHogan. See you there!DIY Wellness The Show for People Taking Personal Growth Into Their Own Hands—Catch up on past episodes on DIYWellnessLIVE.com or your favorite podcasting app. Let’s work together: www.TheBrianHogan.com Click the link in my bio for other resources or to learn more. From the intersection of creativity & well-being…I trust you humanity,Brian #NarrativeCrafting #TheBrianHogan #DIYWellnessLIVE