27. Where Are You Living: What Was, What If, Or What Is?

This week we begin exploring The Land of What Ifs and What Is - the tension between the imagined future, the remembered past, and the present moment where life actually happens.In this opening episode, Angela and Deanna unpack how our minds often try to create safety by predicting outcomes or replaying old conversations, keeping us stuck in “what if” and “what was.” But real connection, healing, and presence happen in the immediate situation - the “what is.”You don’t have to be calm, certain, or fully healed to be present. The only thing this moment asks for is your right-now self.Timestamps00:00 – Presence doesn’t mean everything is okay04:00 – The big idea: The gift to the moment is you05:30 – What “What If” really means (Imagined Future)09:30 – How anxiety predicts disasters that never happen12:00 – Living two lives: the present and the imagined future19:00 – The trap of “What Was” and regret loops29:30 – What “What Is” means: the Immediate SituationShow Music: Just Like Me by, ThruLineThe Morning Share Podcast is edited and produced by Angela Boeckman and Deanna West.SocialsWebsite: themorningshare.comInstagram: @themorningsharepodSubstack: themorningshare.substack.com