by 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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September 17, 2025
<p>All the links: Linktr.ee/barbarafaison</p><p><br></p><p>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.<br><strong>My intention is to...Do less. Say less. Be more. </strong><br><br>If you listen regularly, you may have noticed that I haven't posted anything over the last few weeks. I mentioned in <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xkPfOj9R6Sc2QZ2CkaRsH?si=-EWbwkcKQD-SPWOgFvI9yA">Week 30</a> that I was slowing down and being open to what was next. Well, that guidance told me to stop doing so I did. <br>I've learned in all these years of personal development, self growth, whatever you wanna call this journey we're on called life, that what's next doesn't always present itself when we want it to. Keeping that in mind, I am listening to guidance and offering my podcast episodes as I feel guided to do so. </p><p>The <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/4xkPfOj9R6Sc2QZ2CkaRsH?si=-EWbwkcKQD-SPWOgFvI9yA">Why Struggle? podcast </a>has been an around since 2018 so there are over 1500 episodes that are there for your listening pleasure. Lol.<br>This morning as I was brushing my teeth, doing one thing at a time, I thought I would share a few thoughts with you about doing one thing. One thing at a time. </p><p>We live in a world that is moving so very fast. So much is happening on so many levels most of the time, doing one thing seems <strong>totally unreasonable</strong> and <strong>sometimes</strong> <strong>impossible</strong>. And it is so important that we learn, develop and refine this very effective and essential skill.</p><p>I offer to you a practice I have embraced and continue to do. Wait for it...<strong>only brush my teeth</strong>. How crazy does that sound? lol in this, do things as fast as you can, do as many things as you can at the same time world, how can I only brush my teeth?</p><p>I realized that I was brushing my teeth and walking around, straightening up, or brushing my teeth and pulling out my clothes to wear, or brushing my teeth and doing whatever was the next thing.<br></p><p>So I decided to <strong>only brush my teeth</strong>. To give myself two minutes of doing one thing at a time. And it is a practice. It is practice, because I have been practicing doing more than one thing at time while brushing my teeth for longer than I realized. I might have been doing squats, or leg lifts, or watching a YouTube video. Luckily my electric toothbrush alerts me when I miss a few spots whilst brushing my teeth.</p><p></p>
August 6, 2025
<p>ALL the LINKS: LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON</p><p><br /></p><p>If you're new to the podcast, welcome, and if you listen regularly, thank you!<br /></p><p>This is a podcast about rest and recovery.<br />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 reminisce with.<br />Before we took the 4 1/2 hour drive, I was feeling some congestion in my sinuses and over the weekend. The congestion lingered so I went to get that checked out when we returned because my nose actually hurt. lol. Apparently, I had some kind of a scratch inside my left nostril. I believe that was the first time for me.</p><p>I'm feeling and breathing better and my energy is returning. I've also learned that the body will remind me about things that have happened even when I don't want the reminder. lol </p><p>August 7 will be the 10th anniversary of my mother leaving this physical form and earth. Words cannot adequately express how much I miss her being on this journey with me in physical form. Her spirit, kindness, and wicked humor are only a few things about her that make me smile. I know I feel her presence and energy often. it's different when you can reach out and touch someone, though, isn't it?<br />I remind myself that it's important to remember that grieving like much of life is not a one and done experience. It can come in gentle waves or tidal waves. Part of these life practices is about allowing and and accepting what is and I return to my practice of F.L.O.W. (Feeling Loving Open Willing) which is in essence, surrender. <br />This excerpt from my book, audiobook, e-book Why Struggle? life is too short to wear tight shoes, Know the stages of grief feels just right for this time.<br />Know the Stages of Grief<br />Life is a cycle. We are born. We live. We die. Death is as natural as living. Recognizing and accepting the laws of nature can help us live more in the present moment. As we learn to accept our lives and live without struggling over the inevitable, we can truly appreciate the gift of life.<br />Denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance are the stages of grief. The time for each stage is as unique as your fingerprint. Experience the emotions as they arise and be gentle with yourself at this time. <br />Remember we may also experience grief when we make changes in our lives such as a change in a relationship, moving to a new city or a change in your work environment. A loss is a loss, give yourself<br />permission to grieve as you feel necessary.<br /><strong>Practice:</strong> Remember when someone you loved died and how you felt. Think about the emotions you felt. Were they denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance?<br /><strong>Affirmation</strong>: I accept the flow of life. Peace of mind<br />End of excerpt.</p><p></p>
July 24, 2025
<p>All links - LINKTR.EE/BARBARAFAISON</p><p><br></p><p><strong>2025 - Week 29 - Practicing Gratitude</strong><br></p><p>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 down with feeling the need and the pressure of having the podcast come out every week on Tuesday morning. I'm slowing down with the activities I do. I’m slowing down so I can truly savor this one beautiful life I know…right now.</p><p>I feel a change coming and instead of going against the change, I'm moving with the flow of what feels just right for me right now. If you listened last week,<a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/5CZBBgZrelY0OWnsmuG6hW?si=F4ZYsDJNSby9Ba1agTdNPw" target="_blank"> Episode 29: Practicing Gratitude</a>,<br>| talked about being routine averse, so the fact that I've done a podcast for close to eight years is pretty awesome in my book. Yes, as my mother would say, baby patch yourself on the back. Lol.</p><p>I started this podcast in 2017/2018ish. I continue to <strong>learn</strong> to embrace change and to <strong>trust</strong> my inner guidance on what is next. The interesting thing about having an audio podcast is there isn’t usually a place for people to leave comments or connect with the host. I am so grateful for the people that listen to my podcast across all the various platforms and recently I've been enjoying sharing a partial upload to the Insight Timer app and I love that people take the time to leave comments there and other places where they can.</p><p>Did you know that only about one percent of the top podcasters make money from their podcast? And the ones who do either have paid sponsorships or ads running on their podcast. Mostly podcasting is indirect marketing for content creators. </p><p></p>
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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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