You Can Handle Anything with Shira Gura

Last week's episode was dedicated to understanding the concept of quasi-pleasures. 

This week, tune in to learn more about how decreasing (or eliminating) the number of quasi-pleasures in your life c…

There are two ways to experience joy in your life.

One way is with what I call "quasi-pleasures."

In this week's episode, I share what "quasi-pleasures" are, how they are incredibly abundant in our l…

My father-in-law passed away this week.

The death was actually a tragic one.

And still, I found pockets of joy during this time.

Tune in to learn more and get inspired as to where you may be able to …

Far too often we get into the habit of living our lives in certain ways without giving it too much thought.

In a way, we walk around half a sleep, even if knowing that "waking up" would actually impr…

You are in for a treat today.

While I had plans to share my weekly episode with you, a good friend of mine reached out to me with an epic situation she experienced yesterday and she told me how she u…

According to Google, tradition is the transmission of customs or beliefs from generation to generation. 

I am sure you have lots of traditions in your life.

Many of them have probably been passed dow…

When you learn about the mind, you realize something curious: that the mind often innocently works against you.

You would think that your mind should be working for you, and in a way it does - when i…

Being emotionally equipped means possessing simple and practical self-help tools that have the power to efficiently and effectively support a person in coping with emotionally challenging life situat…

Life is like a jigsaw puzzle.

We're always in the process between unknowing and knowing.

And even when the puzzle is complete, the truth is, we simply start all over again with a new puzzle.

The ques…

In celebration of my 200th episode, I decided to go a little vulnerable on this episode.

Instead of teaching about self-love, I decided to share a story of where and how I recently had to get myself …

In this week's podcast episode, I share with you a new tool I've been working on behind the scenes with my husband for about a year.

This is a tool that has powerfully supported our marriage and ther…

Do you ever feel held back by things you want to do or goals you want to achieve?

There's a name for this. It's called "self-sabotage" and there's a simple reason why this may be happening to you.

It…

In any and every relationship, you have the choice to be loving.

No matter what the circumstances are around you, no matter how other people are acting, and no matter how other people are being, you …

So many people have a fear of being self-expressed.

Which makes a lot of sense.

It's only natural to want to be liked - and when you are self-expressed it exposes you to the possibilities of people c…

When you are feeling stuck, you are probably "being" someone you don't want to be.

You get hijacked by your emotions and your emotions take control of the real you.

But when you go through the proces…

Do you ever get stuck on caring what other people think of you?

2021 has just begun. And with it comes lots of feelings of excitement and hope. Many people around this time make New Year's resolutions. Unfortunately, statistics show that New Year's resolutions do…

There are two ways to look at life:

That it's happening to you,

or that it's happening for you.

When you look at life from the latter, you realize what a gift it is.

Each of us is on our own healing …

This month, the Living Deliberately community focused on practicing generosity in their lives.

But have you ever stopped to consider what really is generosity?

Is generosity just a willingness to giv…

Most people erroneously believe that it's the things outside of them (like, the people and circumstances in their lives) that cause them to feel the things they feel.

But, the truth is, feelings come…