Think Better, Live Better
You can't control what happens to you every moment. But you can absolutely control how you respond to the challenges of each and every day. Marc and Angel lead us through relevant and helpful topics about self improvement, time management, relationships, family, motivation, and discipline. Their thoughtful, insightful and conversational style is not only enjoyable and memorable, but eminently practical. Think better and begin to live better today.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 17 minutes
- Episodes
- 54
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2022
One Hard Thing You Must Admit Before Your Life Slips Away
Let’s start with a story that Marc wrote about the night we met . . .
She has light brown hair, a seductive smile, and the most engaging set of hazel-green eyes I’ve ever seen. It’s the kind of engag…
21 Tiny Stories For Those Who Have Lost Their Motivation
We all need our own time to travel our own distance.
And right now, you just need to keep peaceful, productive thoughts and perspectives centered in your mind, as you take things one step at a time…
How To Begin Again After An Unexpected Ending
As you struggle forward in the days and weeks ahead, remind yourself, it is far better to be exhausted from lots of effort, learning and growth, than it is to be tired of doing absolutely nothing.
19 Great Truths My Grandmother Told Me on Her 90th Birthday
“I have seen and touched and danced and sang and climbed and loved and meditated on a lifetime spent living honestly. Should it all end tonight, I can positively say there would be no regrets. I fe…
One Strong Thing Mentally Strong People Do
It’s wild how we outgrow what we once thought we couldn’t live without, and then we fall in love with what we didn’t even know we wanted. Life keeps leading us down paths we would never travel if it…
4 Reasons You Need to Keep Doing Hard Things to Be Happy, Healthy and Successful
If you already feel like you’re at the end your rope today with little slack left to hold on to, realize your mind is lying to you. It has imprisoned you by reciting self-defeating stories in your he…
10 Hard Things to Remember When You Feel Like Giving Up
The goal isn’t to get rid of all your painful thoughts, feelings, and life circumstances. That’s impossible. The goal is to follow in Susan’s footsteps, and change your response to them today!
It’s …
Teamwork: How Small People Create Massive, Life-Changing Results
Sometimes we all need to be reminded of the power and beauty of working together.
As Helen Keller so profoundly said, “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” There is immense power b…
Try Again: How to Restore the Faith You Once Had in Yourself
When I was a high school freshman, a 260-pound freshman girl showed up for track and field tryouts right alongside me. Her name was Sara, and she was only there because her doctor said her health de…
4 Toxic Behaviors that Tear Relationships Apart
Over the years, through our coaching practice, Getting Back To Happy course, and live events, Marc and I have worked with thousands of individuals and couples looking to fix their failing relationshi…
18 Things I Wish Someone Told Me When I Was 18
This morning I was reading a book at my favorite beach-side coffee shop when an 18-year-old kid sat down next to me and said, “That’s a great read, ain’t it?” So we started chatting.
He told me he wa…
5 Things to Remember When Someone You Love is Depressed
If you love someone who is depressed, please resolve never to ask them why. They don’t know. Depression isn’t a straightforward, thought-out response to a tough situation – depression just IS, like…
How to Change the Way You Feel (Without Changing Anything Else)
Happiness does not start with a relationship, a degree, a job, or money. It starts with your thinking and what you tell yourself today.
Should I forgive him? Should I forgive her? Here’s what you should ask yourself first.
Truly, there is an obvious shift in our hearts and minds that happens when we go from feeling hurt and upset to peaceful and loving, but it’s not necessarily forgiveness that’s taking place, it’s jus…
How to Stop Feeling Overwhelmed (by Everything on Your Plate)
True purpose has no time limit. True purpose has no deadline. Don’t stress and overwhelm yourself. Just do what you can right now.
3 Hard Questions You Need to Start Asking Yourself on Hard Days
A couple thousand years ago in ancient Greece, the great philosopher Socrates was strolling contemplatively around a community garden when a neighbor walked up to him and said, “You’re never in a mil…
How To Find Gratitude
Angel and I recently interviewed a minimum wage motel housekeeper in Miami for a project we’re working on to support our New York Times bestselling book, Getting Back to Happy: Change Your Thoughts, …
10 Insanely Popular Ways to Weaken Your Self-Confidence
You can have all the knowledge in the world, but it means nothing without building up the confidence to do something with it.
How To Make Life Simple Again
Life gets a lot simpler when you clear the clutter that makes it complicated. Bring your attention back to what’s important, and move forward with your life.
5 Reasons My 90 Yr. Old Grandma Smiled
Fifteen years ago, I was lucky enough to witness the humble, elegant, peaceful passing of my 89-year-old grandpa. As I sat quietly in his hospice room alongside my grandma and other family members, h…