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Another Beautiful Life
by Tricia Zody
Welcome to Another Beautiful Life podcast where I will be sharing my personal journey with you - an unexpected journey of profound, complicated grief after the suicide of my husband and the ongoing healing & restoration of my mind, body, and spirit in the aftermath. May my story be a source of hope for yours.
Episodes
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189 Drops of Joy
Many times we go about our days with our head down, focused on our task at hand or buried in the depths of our own brokenness that we can’t even see past ourselves to others. But what if we were able to change the world by leaving drops of joy behind us? There is a caveat, though: You can’t give...
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188 Practice, practice, practice
What are your “default” thoughts? What are your “default” actions? Are you pleased with either of these? Do you wish you would think more positively and act more Christlike? Would you like that to be your “default”? Change is possible but it’s going to take practice, practice, practice. That’s...
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187 Using Metacognition to Retrain the Brain
Metacognition is what sets human brains apart from all other created beings’. It’s the ability to think about what we’re thinking about. Meta. When was the last time you remember actively aware and thinking about what you were thinking in the moment when your emotional brain was spinning out of...
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186 "Pura Vida"
“Pura Vida” encapsulates how Costa Ricans cherish life’s simplest pleasures and find joy in the little things. “Pura Vida” – living in simplicity, in a quiet, calm pace of life – creates lower stress, lower blood pressure, lower chances of heart disease, and contributes to living longer. “Pura...
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185 Rest, My Beloved
God is calling us into a place of continual, satisfying, unhurried rest in Him. To slow down. To make quiet and purposeful space. But this is counter cultural and flies in the face of everything we believe makes us valuable and worthwhile. The result is busy, frantic, unsettled lives, striving…
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184 When the Struggle is Real
Not every day is going to be great. We’re not promised a life without struggles. In fact, before Jesus left this earth, He told us we were going to have troubles – John 16:33. What do we do about that? How do we continue on when things of this earth make us sad or heartbroken or frozen in fear?...
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183 Do You Believe The God You Believe In?
Do you believe the God you say you believe in? Do you believe He will do for you what scripture says He will? Do you know who He is? Today we explore what might keep you from being able to stay firmly rooted in faith when the floor is falling out from beneath you. And sometimes we have to go back...
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182 I Just Want To Be "Me" Again
Have you ever looked in the mirror and not recognized yourself? You are just not “you” anymore. In an effort to get back to someone you recognize, you may even say, “I just want to be ‘me’ again.” Unfortunately, or fortunately, you will never be able to go back to an old version of “you” again....
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181 Emotions That Make Your Body Sick
Did you know that there are certain emotions that can make you sick? When we are experiencing negative emotions for long periods of time, it has a direct effect on our immune system. In this episode, we’ll nerd out a little bit on how our negative emotions impact the way our bodies’ function.…
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180 - What If... {Rewind}
Do you “What If” yourself right into anxiety and worry and dread? In this {Rewind} episode, we’ll discover a more helpful, positive, and productive way to use “What if” in order to get our brains to work for us, not against us. Are you wondering how Life Coaching works? Would you like a free,...
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179 Motivation
The past couple of weeks we’ve done a Life Assessment and set goals and intentions to improve specific areas of our life. But statistics show you may begin losing motivation soon and not reach your goal at all! This episode dives deep into understanding motivation not just as a feeling but as a...
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178 Reset 2025: A Life Assessment pt. 2
This is part two of the Life Assessment exercise where we take your results from last week and use them to make a plan for making 2025 an extraordinary year. If you haven’t filled out your Life Wheel assessment yet you can grab the Listener’s Guide from last week – episode 177 – that has the life...
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177 Reset 2025: A Life Assessment
January is when most people regularly take an assessment of their life and reset. A life-assessment is eye-opening for so many. Mainly because most people don’t do this each year. They just roll into the next year, carrying in old baggage not realizing they have the power to leave it at the door....
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176 The Magnifying Glass on Your Life
SHOW NOTES: Do you feel sad and blue after Christmas? Do you know why? Do you want to feel differently? What is the magnifying glass you are looking through? Is it your thoughts about your pain, loss, tragedy, fear, loneliness, etc that’s making you feel sad and melancholy? Or is there a…
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175 Unexpected...and Most Unwanted
What is your first reaction when things that happen are unexpected…and most unwanted? Do you get angry? Frustrated? Does it leave you feeling despondent? God has a reason for all things. When things are unexpected, we can be sure that in it He’s trying to teach us, create something in us, or...
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174 - What I've Learned About Grieving Well
In order to experience complete healing after loss, tragedy, heartbreak, or anything that leaves you with great sorrow, it’s important to learn to grieve well. Join me today as I share from my book, Another Beautiful Life: A Christian’s Journey to Finding Peace and Hope in Brokenness. I reveal 10...
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173 Sing A Song
Last week I was talking about the power of thankfulness and the impact it has on our life – physically, relationally, emotionally, and spiritually. I mentioned the Apostle Paul as a beautiful example of one who continuously gave thanks to God right in the middle of his suffering, and the...
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172 Thankfulness in the Midst of Suffering {Rewind}
When you are suffering, it may be hard to find your “thankfulness.” And you might ask, “why on earth do I even need to? Can’t I just have a minute here to be really sad?” Well, yes. Do that. But don’t stay stuck there. Thankfulness lowers feelings of depression and anxiety, bolsters resiliency,...
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171 Tools for Emotional Overwhelm
When your emotional brain and your adult brain are not integrated, you will be carried away by emotional overwhelm. Today, I give you 5 powerful tools to bring balance to your brain and get you out of the spinning, emotional chaos that keeps you from moving forward. Grab the Questions to Break…
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170 "I Can't Think Straight!"
Your emotional brain wants to run the show, and it can adversely affect your daily life if your brain is not balanced. You’re not able to think straight when your emotional brain and your adult brain are not integrated. This can leave you in overwhelm and keep you from being able to move forward....
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169 Dependence on God
When we’re comfortable, we don’t seem to have this desperate need of God. But when we’re in the valley, when things aren’t going well, that’s when we recognize our desperate need to depend upon God. People who have been through it, people who have had their worlds turned upside down, heart...
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168 Continuously Improve Your Life with 1% Better
The content of this episode is based on the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. Clear’s message and strategy is based on how habits compound over time and why making small improvements on a daily basis can lead to a significant difference in your life in the long-run - it’s the philosophy of...
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167 Continuously Improve Your Life with Identity
The content of this episode is based on the book Atomic Habits by James Clear. Clear’s message and strategy is based on how habits compound over time and why making small improvements on a daily basis can lead to a significant difference in your life in the long-run - it’s the philosophy of...
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166 Pre-Frame Your Stories
You can radically change your daily life by doing one thing every day. Pre-framing your experiences. Imagine being able to be at peace and stay calm even if your contentious and hot-headed boss is yelling at you. Imagine driving to work in bumper-to-bumper traffic while the other drivers beside…
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165 Connected To...Disconnected From
With every circumstance and experience you’ve ever had – things in your past and in your present - you have created perceptions and stories around each of those experiences simply based on the way your brain functions. Those stories have formed who you are today – how you think, how you act or...
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164 Unwilling
Typically, we want our lives to go a certain way. Most of us have an idea how we want to experience life. But sometimes we are sabotaging our lives because of what we are unwilling to do. That’s what we’re talking about today. Join me as I give you some suggestions of how to discover if you are...
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163 Limp Free
I’ve had bunion surgery recently and now I’ve got a limp when I walk. If I don’t go to physical therapy, my toes could get stuck in their frozen position and leave me with a limp for the rest of my life. But physical therapy is hard and painful. And sometimes it makes me cry. I’ve discovered this...
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162 Not Enough, pt. 2
This week, we follow up from Not Enough, part one with actionable steps that prime the brain to create new perspectives. These two easy steps will get you out of a stuck, negative narrative and into considering thoughts that bring a sense of fullness and abundance to your life. Are you wondering...
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161 Not Enough
It's so easy for us to get caught in the trap of thinking that something in our life is not enough. Not enough time, not enough money, not enough love, not enough friendship connections, not enough purpose, not enough family time, not enough recreation or rest. Not enough. Unfortunately, “not...
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160 Digging Ditches in the Desert
Sometimes this life can feel dry and weary. Sometimes it feels like we’re in a desert land with no water to keep us alive. Sometimes we want to give up. But God says “Dig ditches. I’m coming.” This episode is full of scripture that should encourage you to have hope that God will take your dry...
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159 When God Sits You Down
Have you ever experienced a time in your life when your activities, or ministry opportunities, or even your work just stopped? Or maybe you’ve experienced a time when God asked YOU to stop. Sometimes it feels like God is sitting us down. It can be confusing, but God always has a good reason. This...
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158 Pain and the Complainer
We know that the negative things you entertain and say to yourself can have an adverse effect on your body and show up as things like pain, disease, and gut issues. But did you also know that the reverse is true? Pain in your body can adversely affect your mental wellbeing, leaving you feeling...
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157 5 A's For A Healthy Relationship: Pt. 3
According to David Richo, author of How to be an Adult in Relationships, there are the 5 A’s that you will find in healthy and intimate relationships. They are: Attention, Acceptance, Appreciation, Affection, and Allowing. In this third part of this series, we’re talking about the final two,...
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156 5 A's For A Healthy Relationship: Pt. 2
What would it be like for you if you just let people be people without trying to change them or wish they were different? Your spouse, or your child, or your Mom, or that crazy neighbor? That’s what acceptance is: Embracing people for who they are, with all their funny ways of doing things: that...
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155 5 A's For A Healthy Relationship: Pt. 1
Love and Belonging are one of the five basic needs. We do all kinds of things – good and bad – to try to get that one need satisfied. Today, we’re going to look at the first of 5 A’s of a healthy relationship that cultivate Love and Belonging: Attention. Are you getting the kind of attention you...
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154 Question Everything
Why do you do what you do? Why do you sleep on that side of the bed? Why do you drive that car? Are you even aware of the ways family, culture, religion, education, and just plain ‘ole habit influences how you live? Join me today as we “break open the brain” to new possibilities of thinking. Are...
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153 It's Time To Wake Up!
Do you feel stuck in your life? Do you find yourself pretending to be someone you’re not more than the person you really are? You have a reputation of being alive, but sadly you’re really dying inside. Join me for this very important “Wake up call.” Are you wondering how Life Coaching works?…
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152 Flip The Script
Join me as we talk about how to “Flip the Script” to break negative patterns of thinking that ruin our lives. Are you wondering how Life Coaching works? Would you like a free, 30-minute session? Click this link to set up a Consult Call: https://calendly.com/triciazodylifecoach/30min Get the free,...
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151 Christian and Suicide
Content warning surrounding this week’s episode topic: Suicide. Though there are no descriptive or disturbing discussions about suicide, I feel it’s necessary to give you this warning upfront so that you can make an informed decision about whether or not you want to continue listening. Today, we...
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150 Self-Care
Today I talk about the importance of self-care. Sometimes making the decision to say “yes” or “no” to something that helps us to care for ourselves is a very hard one to make. But you deserve it! Join me as I share my personal story of the most recent decision I made for self-care. Are you...
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149 Do Right!
Do you remember hearing, “Treat others the way you want to be treated”? That’s the Golden Rule. But how often do we actually do that? What’s keeping us from doing it? Every action that we take, thought that we think, or word that we speak comes directly from what we believe. Today, I’m “airing my...
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148 When you ask, "Why, God?"
Has something happened in your life and you just want God to tell you why it happened? Would you be able to handle the truth if He told you? What if I told you that you could get God’s truth and be settled and content without knowing the ‘why’? Join me today as I show you how to integrate brain...
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147 It's Time To Exhale
I know, you can’t actually hold your breath for six years. But metaphorically, apparently you can and not even know it. That is exactly my felt experience these past 6 to 8 weeks. And I didn’t realize that I’d been holding my breath until I exhaled. What did “holding my breath” actually look…
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146 Rewind: The Blame Game
This is the last of the Rewind series where I’m bringing back the most downloaded and requested podcast episodes. This week’s Rewind – episode 146 – is The Blame Game. The Blame Game is one game that the more you play, the more you lose. Blaming others is a common human behavior where individuals...
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145 Rewind: A Crisis Of Faith
This is the fourth in the Rewind series where I’m bringing back the most downloaded and requested podcast episodes. This week's Rewind is A Crisis Of Faith. Have you ever had a time in your life when you felt like you really knew something to be true, and it proved you totally wrong? Today's...
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144 Rewind: Grief Is Not A Gremlin
This is the third of the Rewind series where I’ll be bringing back the most downloaded and requested podcast episodes. Grief is something that we all experience if we have lost anything in our lives that’s of real significance to us. And that’s not limited to the death of a person. Grief comes…
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143 Rewind: Mindfulness Could Save Your Life
This is the second of the Rewind series where I’ll be bringing back the most downloaded and requested podcast episodes. Did you know that you could alter your epigenetic controls and the molecules of your health just by practicing mindfulness? It’s true! Research continues to astound us…
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142 Rewind: Anger After Loss
This is the first of the Rewind series where I’ll be bringing back the most downloaded and requested podcast episodes. Please join me on this week’s Rewind episode Anger After Loss. I’m talking about how anger affects our mind and body, and how to let it go. Are you wondering how Life Coaching...
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141 Rhythms Of Rest
In this week’s episode, I share about a pattern in my life that I’ve recognized. And I’ve finally discovered the source and what it all means. Rest. Did you know that we, as humans, were designed for rhythms of rest in our life. But sadly, many of us don’t recognize when we’re being called to…
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140 How Do You See Yourself?
So many times, we allow others’ opinions to dictate how we see ourselves. We may even let Satan have a say in that. And sometimes it’s our own brain creating a story that is negative or even a flat out lie. In this episode, I share a recent talk I gave to a youth group during their annual summer...
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Welcome to Another Beautiful Life podcast where I will be sharing my personal journey with you - an unexpected journey of profound, complicated grief after the suicide of my husband and the ongoing healing & restoration of my mind, body, and spirit in the aftermath. May my story be a source of hope for yours.
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Tricia Zody
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