RESOLVE to Live Forward
"RESOLVE to Live Forward" is a podcast that focuses on empowering individuals to overcome challenges and embrace personal growth while moving forward with determination. Through inspiring stories and practical insights, this podcast aims to encourage listeners to navigate life's obstacles with resilience and purpose.
Episodes
87 episodes
Living Forward is Hard Work
You heard right! Living forward almost always is very hard work. The experiences of life can leave us badly damaged, not just physically and materially, but emotionally. Those of you who follow my podcast know my story. As much as life has t...
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Season 3
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Episode 32726
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29:42
Can We "Will" Ourselves to Be Enthusiastic?
I will start by saying that it took longer than I intended to get this podcast published, and for that, I am sorry. I am a "Boomer" by birth, retired from the world of 9 to 5, and am easily identified as "ELDERLY." However, I'm not helpless ...
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Season 3
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Episode 32026
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29:41
Enthusiasm Is A Choice You Must Make
Are you having a GREAT DAY! Perhaps not. Growing up I once thought enthusiasm was something that happened in response to exciting news, people, places, things, etc. Although we can be stimulated into feeling enthusiastic, life has a way of d...
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Season 3
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Episode 31326
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29:26
Vision Creates Todays Destination
Interesting concept. "Vision gives today a destination." I remember reading the book, "How to Live In The Now". The author spoke of the power of focused living in the moment. It's the classic message of yesterday is history, tomorrow is a my...
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Season 3
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Episode 30626
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25:21
A Visionary Mindset is Transformative
Your personal visionary mindset give each day a "Destination." Let that soak in. Please don't confuse your visionary mindset with your EGO. Selfish thinking and living are not Forward Living best practices. A visionary mindset is at the hear...
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Season 3
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Episode 30226
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26:09
Learning and Finding Life through Learning
I once heard it said, "The day you stop learning is the day you start dying." Why do we learn? What's in it for us? Why does it matter? I've asked all these, and more, questions. I love to learn. I need to learn. I LIVE TO LEARN.
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Season 3
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Episode 22026
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27:49
Organization Makes Us More Successful
The definition of RESOLVE is, "... one having a definite, firm plan of action." The middle letter in RESOLVE is the "O". It stands for organization. The traits of good organization touch all facets of our day-to-day lives. Some find this hab...
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Season 3
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Episode 21326
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28:47
Watching & Listening is Selfless Service
So much anger in our world today. Everyone is screaming to be heard, but they're not willing to listen to differing viewpoints. This is NOT NEW. Throughout the recorded history of mankind, there have always been conflicts that erupted becaus...
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Season 3
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Episode 20626
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30:17
There's No Ego In Selfless Service
The best practice of service is done without the expectation of receiving anything in return, and yet it is full of blessings that pay dividends throughtout the course of our lives. There will always be service opportunities that provide rei...
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Season 3
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Episode 13026
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24:03
The Intentional Practice of Engagement
When we experience a tragic loss, living forward becomes one of the most difficult things we can do on a day-by-day basis. That's just the first step in Living Forward. The second step is to get out and engage LIFE & PEOPLE. I felt the n...
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Season 3
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Episode 12626
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30:18
With Resilience, I Respond, not Retreat
By now, you know that my PowerWord is RESOLVE. It is defined as "one who has a definite, firm plan of action." The first letter, "R", is for Resilience. We are in a new year. Having a definite, firm plan of action is not about resolutions. I...
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Season 3
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Episode 11626
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27:33
A Great Year Starts With A Great Attitude
Growth is the only evidence of life, therefore in order to experience positive growth in 2026, we must take charge of our lives and do what helps us grow in every aspect of our life on a day-by-day basis. It doesn't matter whether we use res...
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Season 3
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Episode 1926
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26:38
It's a NEW YEAR. Start it the Right Way
Yes, 2026 has arrived. The more things "seem" to change the more they remain unchanged, but that doesn't have to mean that we stay the same. A New Year is a New Opportunity. Today we talk of things already shared. We also talk of things adde...
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Season 3
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Episode 1226
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27:58
Living Forward is a CHOICE
I have learned that grief and sorrow are not exclusive to the death of a cherished loved one. Throughout our lives we are impacted by grief events that cover a multitude of painful, heartbreaking results. The issue we must confront is findin...
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Season 2
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Episode 25113
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29:17
We Can't Change What Happened, But We Can Change How It Shapes Us
The 5000 foot view of the lives around us reveals a surprising fact. There are 1000's of people who have experienced sorrow, pain, anguish, and more. They are just like us. It's not just about what happens to all of us. It's about what we do...
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Season 2
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Episode 25112
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26:22
There Truly Are Only Two Choices
Random events are as varied as people. Random events are everything from a delightful surprise to a life-changing devastation. At it's most simple level, when a traumatic event plunges us into the depths of sorrow, we have only two choices. ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25111
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32:09
What We Do With Sorrow is a Choice
I recently heard it said that if you don't choose to move forward with your grief and sorrow, that grief and sorrow will make the choice for you. That's my 5000 foot view. Everyone has or will experience deep, heartbreaking sorrow. Today we ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25110
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28:18
There's More to Grief Than Just Death
For me, the longer I live, the more I realize that grief touches so much more than just when someone or something (living) dies. Death takes the form of so many things. I don't want to get you in a sad, dark place, but we all have experience...
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Season 2
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Episode 25109
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28:11
And So It Begins. How Do We Find Our Way Forward?
To begin the process of living forward after a devestating loss is realize that we can't leave the loss behind. You don't move on past it, you move forward with it. However, it's even more important to understand that grief is so much more t...
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Season 2
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Episode 25108
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28:12
Introduction to Finding a Way Forward
Today we start unpacking the struggle of dealing with the "What Now" question after having suffered a devastating and tragic loss. There are a miriad of problems that bring us to a grinding halt after these losses. Finding the means to live ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25107
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25:53
Instead of Resolutions, Try a PowerWord
As we enter the last two months of 2025, I am reminded of November 2017 when I decided to stop failing at New Years resolutions and found success with a PowerWord for Living. Perhaps this might be the new path to you living forward with succ...
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Season 2
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Episode 25106
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26:05
Understanding RESOLVE and the Enthusiastic Mindset
It's easy to tell you what can work for you. It's an entirely different thing for any of us to actually do it. As we wrap up this deep-dive into the PowerWord "RESOLVE" and the seven personal, behavioral best praactices embodied in the lette...
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Season 2
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Episode 25105
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26:19
Enthusiasm ... Explained
If you look up the definition of "Enthusiasm" you may question how much it plays out in the RESOLVE mindset. Today we'll take a closer look at how we can intentionally practice an enthusiastic mindset on the toughest of days.
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Season 2
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Episode 25104
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23:41
To Be Enthusiastic We Must Understand Enthusiasm First
FINALLY we have arrived at the last letter of RESOLVE, and it's E for ENTHUSIASM. This is a great word in meaning, but a sometimes tough word in practice. We will talk about the enthusiastic mindset and the practice of intentional enthusiasm...
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Season 2
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Episode 25103
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24:42
Cultivate Your Visionary Mindset
The principle of having personal vision is not making a WISH. It's about conceiving a great expectation, surrendering fully to the belief in its possibility, and doing the hard work to achive that visionary goal. Today's episode is about a t...
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Season 2
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Episode 1010
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24:42