Intentional Living with Tanya Hale

Have you ever thought about the fact that every action we engage in has a ripple effect?  When we do something, it will affect the people around us, then they will take that action, turn it into thou…

Respect is one of the most basic and fundamental elements in any healthy relationship.  Today we're going to discuss some of the indicators of a lack of respect so you can recognize your own unhealth…

The word "should" is one that we really should take out of our vocabulary!  All it does is work to create controlling expectations of others and bring guilt and shame to ourselves.  When living from …

I love this one!  Today we are learning about how we can use our future to create our future.  Generally we tend to look to our past for patterns and examples of how to live our lives and create our …

Sometimes it seems as though we can't escape the difficulties of our past.  They just keep coming up and coming up and making our current lives so much more difficult.  But if we can really learn to …

Healing after a really difficult experience can be so challenging.  But healing can happen when we start to see the meaning behind the experience.  Learning to ask ourselves, "What can I learn from t…

Emotional abuse is such an inside killer of so many relationships, and most of us don't even know we're engaging in it.  Giving someone the silent treatment is one of the most insidious forms of emot…

The River of Misery is the place of discomfort where all good things happen in our lives.  Growing from one form of ourselves to the upgraded version of ourselves is almost always a painful, difficul…

Do you ever think of yourself as a fixer-upper?  Sometimes it seems there is just so much we need to fix to get us to a healthy and happy place.  But what if we were to embrace the idea that there is…

So today I get a little bit personal when I tell you about a recent experience I had hurting someone's feelings and what I learned from it.  Basically, that it's all about love.  If I can get my hear…

This podcast is prompted by three situations this week where people have felt that they don't need to worry about the consequences of their behavior because it's the other person's responsibility to …

Choosing to love yourself is one of the most important things we can do in this life.  The love we have for ourself is the impetus for all emotional health and deep peace and happiness.  When we love…

Isn't growing up an amazing thing?  The things I know now that I didn't know when I was younger are so great and life-changing.  Today I'm going to share six of my grown-up thoughts that have changed…

Finding balance as our lives get busier and busier just seems to be so elusive.  So how do we live lives that don't seem to be spinning out of control?  Let's start by how we view our lives first.  R…

The reasons behind why we do things have such a huge impact on the results in our lives.  Today we are discussing how our reasons for engaging in certain behaviors affects our relationship with God, …

Ever wonder why sometimes changing behaviors can be so incredibly difficult?  Today we're discussing why that is and how we can work to make changes in our lives that are long-lasting.

Correcting and connecting.  A small difference of two little letters, a huge difference in how to get there and the results once we are there. When we seek to correct others, especially with the wron…

Really?  The secret to the universe?  Yep.  Today we are talking about how to really create the kind of peaceful, content life you really want to have.  How our thoughts can create exactly what we wa…

Although we often use the words guilt and shame interchangeably, understanding the difference between them can be a real eye-opener. Guilt can actually be a quite helpful feeling to experience as it …

One of the more difficult things many of us struggle with is minding our own business.  This is because we've been raised with the idea that it is our responsibility to make sure that everyone is hap…