Brene Brown at The UP Experience (inspirational video)

From the UP Experience YouTube channel: “The heart of my work is about the very human need to live with authenticity, resilience and a deep sense of love and belonging,” says Brené. Dr. Brown is a researcher, author and award-winning teacher of graduate studies at the University of Houston, where her focus has been the areas of shame, empathy and vulnerability and the effect those powerful emotions have on the way we love, parent and build relationships.
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Steve Goodier Wisdom: Face of Love

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about love. Enjoy!

Milton Berle once quipped that “all the world loves a lover — except people who are waiting to use the phone.”

Love has many faces. The faces we see so often are ones of infatuation and romance. We speak of “falling in love” and feel, too, as if we are in free fall. But the face of love I appreciate the most is not romance, as much as I am drawn to it, but one I can always count on to be there. It is the face of devotion. Read more

This Is Why You’re Not Happy (inspirational video)

Actor Matthew McConaughey shares wonderful life wisdom.

How to Achieve Your Most Ambitious Goals (inspirational video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: How you define Stephen Duneier depends on how you came to know him. Some define him as an expert institutional investor, while others know him as a large scale installation artist, avid outdoorsman, professor, decision strategist, coach, business leader, mindfulness extremist, author, speaker, daredevil or Guinness world record holder. In his talk, Stephen explains that what truly defines him aren’t titles, but an approach to decision making that transformed him from someone who struggled with simple tasks to a guy who is continuously achieving even his most ambitious dreams.
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Steve Goodier Wisdom: Needless Worry

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about worry. Enjoy!

A story worth dusting off is about a man who bragged: “I only worry about two things — whether I am sick or well. If I’m well, I have nothing to worry about! And if I’m sick, I’ve only got two things to worry about — whether I get better or whether I die. If I get better, I have nothing to worry about! And if I die, I’ve only got two things to worry about — whether I go to heaven or hell. If I go to heaven, I have nothing to worry about. And if I go to hell, I’ll be so busy greeting my friends I won’t have time to worry! So why worry?”

Regardless of how you feel about his view of life after life, he makes a good point about worry! There is really no room for needless concern about the future. I like what Ralph Waldo Emerson said about worry: Read more

Why we get mad - and why it’s healthy (inspirational video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Anger researcher Ryan Martin draws from a career studying what makes people mad to explain some of the cognitive processes behind anger — and why a healthy dose of it can actually be useful. “Your anger exists in you … because it offered your ancestors, both human and nonhuman, an evolutionary advantage,” he says. “[It's] a powerful and healthy force in your life.”
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What I Learned from My Mother’s Boyfriend (inspirational video)

From the Goalcast YouTube channel: The heartwarming tale about a son and his mother’s new boyfriend.

Steve Goodier Wisdom: Embarrassing Moments

In this inspirational article, master storyteller, Steve Goodier, shares a key piece of life wisdom about embarrassing moments. Enjoy!

You’ve had one of those embarrassing moments. One of mine occurred a few years ago.

I was driving through a seedy side of town one day and spotted a young woman hitching a ride. (I honestly believed she just wanted a ride!) So I stopped the car to let her in. Read more

My identity is a superpower — not an obstacle (inspirational video)

From the TED.com YouTube channel: Hollywood needs to stop resisting what the world actually looks like, says actor, director and activist America Ferrera. Tracing the contours of her career, she calls for more authentic representation of different cultures in media — and a shift in how we tell our stories. “Presence creates possibility,” she says. “Who we see thriving in the world teaches us how to see ourselves, how to think about our own value, how to dream about our futures.”
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My Son Was Dying In My Arms (inspirational video)

From the Goalcast YouTube channel: “My Son Was Dying In My Arms” Michael Crossland recounts how the toughest of times, changed how he now sees life.

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