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Why Struggle? Podcast w Barbara J. Faison

Why Struggle? podcast with Barbara J. Faison shares ideas, insights and simple practices to live an intentional life and thrive. Enjoy meditations, affirmations, and practices along with musings from daily living. https://linktr.ee/barbarafaison - all the links

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2025 - 9.16.25 - One Thing

All the links: Linktr.ee/barbarafaison Greetings, how have you been? I have been listening and I have been acting on what I hear. I continue to refine my ability to act on my guidance, lol. My intention is to...Do less. Say less. Be more. If you listen regularly, you may have noticed that I haven't posted anything over the last few weeks. I mentioned in Week 30 that I was slowing down and being…

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2025 - 8.5.25 - Rest & Recovery

ALL the LINKS: LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON If you're new to the podcast, welcome, and if you listen regularly, thank you! This is a podcast about rest and recovery. Two weekends ago, my husband, TD, and I drove to Columbia Tennessee to visit his family. It's always wonderful to spend time with lovely people. And it's beautiful that he still has several aunts and uncles to be able to see, touch and…

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2025 - Week 30- Slowing Dow n

All links - LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON 2025 - Week 29 - Practicing Gratitude Last night in a Zoom for a 12 day healthy reset program I shared some ways to stay grounded and slow down in this fast-paced world. If you listen to my podcast on a regular basis, you may have noticed that this episode is coming out a few days later than usual. That’s because I've decided to slow down even more. I'm slowing…

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2025 - Week 29 - PracticingGratitude

All the links: LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON Are you steady? How do you handle routine? You know that everydayness of getting through life. The stuff like getting up, going to work or doing the daily activities we do, cooking, cleaning, keeping the house in order. I know, fun things right? By nature, I am routine averse. Lol. Simply put, routine is not my friend. Although there are things I do…

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2025 - Week 28 - Questions and Beliefs

All the links: LINKTR.EE/barbarafaison Around this time I start to review my year and check in with what is important to me. I ask what I want to do more of, less of, keep doing, and what I may need to stop doing. I think about how I am spending my time now and what I may want to do in the future. Asking questions helps me stay focused. Am I sharing my T.A.G.S. - Talents, Abilities, Gifts, Skills,…

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2025 - Week 27 - Embracing Silence

All the links: LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON Today as I was cutting fruit I allowed myself to do one thing...cut the fruit. No television, music, radio or podcast. Just me and the fruit I was preparing. I was home alone and I was in silence. And it felt AWESOME. I was focused and intentional and the fruit tasted delicious as I was nibbling whilst cutting. lol. I must say I have really come to enjoy the…

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2025 - Week 26 - Shake it Out Practice!

All Links - LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON This is a podcast about shaking things off in life. Enjoy this re-broadcast from Week 40 of 2024. If you are new to the podcast, welcome and if you listen regularly, thank you! Well, there is a lot going on in the world isn't there? And we know we can't control anybody else but ourselves, right? What I've learned is sometimes the best response is no response .…

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2025 - Week 25 - Adventuring

All the links - LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON On Thursday last week, I was out running errands before my part-time job at the Stockbridge local library and I had a taste for Cracker Barrel pancakes so I decided I would stop there before I went to work. I didn't have to be at work until 4 PM so I was having a late breakfast. As I walked up to the hostess stand another woman walked up exactly at the same…

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2025 - Week 24 - M.E.E.T & Grace

All LINKTR.EE/BarbaraFaison Earlier this year, I said I wanted to do at least one sentence as a journal entry every day. Until a few weeks ago, I'd only missed maybe one or two days this year. When I opened my journal on June 7th, the last dated Entry was May 30th. I looked at the date and smiled. I had given myself grace . And I did no t write a journal entry that day. I have never been that…

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Week 23 - Celebrate Life's Moments

ALL THE LINKS: LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON This is a podcast about celebrating life’s milestones and moments. If you are new to the podcast, welcome and if you listen regularly, thank you! How are you feeling about things these days? The world is experiencing a lot of turmoil including the weather, political changes, and even in our personal lives, it can be a lot to process. When things are not going…

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