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Episode #010: Are You a Control Freak? How to Allow Others to Own Their Problems and Increase Your Peace

April24

Listen to Heather and Deb as they ask “Whose problem is it anyway?” Learn ways to keep the responsibility for the problems in life where they belong. You don’t have to be the Manager of the Universe – Customer Service Department. You can become a master validator instead. Now that’s a load we can all carry with style.

Challenge of the week: Be on the alert for any problem hand-offs this week. Become aware of times when others try to get you to take their problem and make it your own or better still – times when you are trying to horn in on someone else’s problem.

Recipe:

Fast Fudge

4 ounces cream cheese
2 cups powdered sugar
½ cup cocoa powder
½ cup chopped walnuts – optional

Mix ingredients in a Zip Loc baggie until well combined. Flatten out in bag. Chill for 1 hour in fridge. Eat and enjoy.

Book: I Don’t Have To Make Everything All Better, Gary and Joy Lundberg

Making Love Work, Barbara DeAngelis

Love and Logic, Jim Fay

“The Mexican”, movie with Brad Pitt and Julia Roberts

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“Episode #010: Are You a Control Freak? How to Allow Others to Own Their Problems and Increase Your Peace”

On April 24th, 2009 at 11:55 pm Leslie Says:
Be very careful when making the easy fudge! It is delicious! Thanks for sharing Deb! I will now have to destroy the recipe!!

Heather Johnson is a yoga triathlete mother of three. What began as a hobby became a lifestyle as Heather took her love for running to the next level—marathons. She competed in the Boston marathon just 5 months after the birth of her second child, and has successfully finished numerous triathlons including the Oceanside, CA 70.3 Ironman. She is a certified yoga instructor and is currently producing a revolutionary new series of yoga videos designed to train mothers to teach yoga to their children. Heather is writing her first children’s book, a comical story adapted from imaginative bedtime stories about a polar bear named Poco.

She graduated with a bachelors in marketing from BYU and worked for an advertising and public relations firm for several years before starting a family. She continues to do freelance writing and marketing consulting. Heather has been a repeated guest on the Producer Power Hour radio broadcast and enjoys public speaking. She has been married for 11 years to a crazy ultramarathoner, has three busy children, and lives in Utah County

Deborah is a work in progress. She focused her life thus far on raising her 5 children. The lessons learned and roads less traveled have brought her to a renewal of enthusiasm and energy for life. Deborah is an avid reader of self-help books and knows that it takes listening to your own truth to bring the books to life. She has transformed her life in the last year losing 78 pounds following a failed knee replacement, studying yoga, discovering her soul purpose, and standing in her power as a divine daughter of God. She enjoys this “empty nest” stage of life with her husband, Brett. To every thing there is a season – and this is her season for public speaking, leading workshops for women, writing her first book, and playing with her 7 grandchildren. Deborah was born in New York City and enjoys experiencing life in many different locations, having lived in 7 states and 25 homes. Her favorite hobbies are scuba diving, ballroom dancing, reading, theater and ballet, and you’ll always find her in the movie theater Fridays at 4 p.m. eating popcorn in the dark!