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Little Detours
by Regina Brett
Each week you’ll meet resilient people sharing lessons they learned from life’s detours. You’ll hear from experts who will offer tips, tools and takeaways to help you get through anything life hands you. I’ll also share some of my own detours.
Episodes
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Ep. 89: Don't quit before the miracle happens.
Miracles sometimes wear disguises. They’re tucked in the ordinary and mundane parts of life that we might want to skip. Or they come right when you’re ready to give up on you or someone else. Don’t quit before the miracle happens. Years ago, I was asked to help a boy who had all sorts of...
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Ep. 88: Don't compare your life to others’. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
It doesn’t matter what has happened to you, it matters what you do with what has happened to you. Life is like a poker game, you don’t get to choose the cards dealt to you, but it’s entirely up to you how you play them. You get to decide what you’re worth, how you matter and how you make meaning…
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Ep. 87: It's OK to get angry at God. He can take it.
When was the last time you got angry at God? Most of us are too afraid to. God wants an authentic, honest relationship with us. It’s human to experience anger and frustration, even at God. At some point in life, we all struggle with life, with the deaths of those we love, with misfortunes and...
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Ep. 86: Just take the next right step
You don’t have to take a giant leap or complete a five-year plan or an Excel spreadsheet. Just take the next right step. What it is? It’s beneath all those 19 other steps that have you paralyzed into procrastination. If you’re feeling overwhelmed and don’t know where to start, pause, pray for...
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Ep. 85: Life is worth the fight
Our job as survivors of cancer and other big detours in life is to bear witness, to share our experience to lighten the load for others, to carry the torch of hope to all who need a light in their darkness. Once you’ve had cancer, you never know if you’re cured forever, so you live the hell out…
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Ep. 84: Make Your Life A Prayer
Make your life a prayer. Not a quest for more money, awards, popularity, achievements, praise or fame. A Jesuit priest used to offer this simple statement to everyone he counseled: “God is the answer. Now what was your question?” The solution to every problem is more God. More love. More joy.…
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Ep. 83: A saint is someone who knows how much God loves them
Saints aren’t perfect super-human beings who wear halos. Saints are people who know how much God loves them. To know that fully means you live without demands on others for time, attention, gifts and constant reminders that you are loved. You are loved by the Source of all Love. It’s a radical,...
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Ep. 82: Give Birth to You
Give birth to the person you want to be right now. Go look in the mirror and fall in love with that beautiful child of God looking back at you. Every day you have a chance to be reborn, to give birth to yourself, to choose joy.
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Ep. 81: What You Think About You Bring About
We all have an inner critic. They key is, do you let it run — and ruin — your life? You, the soul, spiritual You, have the power to change your thoughts. You also have the power to ignore them, replace them or release them.
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Ep. 80: Pray Like You Mean It
Real faith isn’t praying without ceasing. It’s believing that God heard you the first time. When you pray like you mean it, you believe God heard you the first time. You ask, then you pause and receive your answer, without any proof. You trust that your prayer was heard, that once you hit the…
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Ep. 79: Consult Your Own Soul
You have all the answers you will ever need. They’re inside of you. How do you access them? Consult your own soul. Too many of us run around interviewing friends and family and strangers for the answers we need. To really hear the wisdom within, you have to take time away from the noise and stay...
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Ep. 78: Adjust Your Own Oxygen Mask First
How do you put the oxygen mask on yourself? First, you give yourself permission to do so. The care and feeding of you is up to you and no one else. Take back the remote control of your life. Own it. Your time is your time. Don’t give yourself away so there’s nothing left of you for you. Before…
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Ep. 77: The Secret of Life
The secret of life is no secret. It’s sprinkled all over your life. The secret of life is to find God in the present moment. If you do that, you’ll discover the secret of life is no secret. It’s a baggy pair of overalls. Poems by Mary Oliver. Music by Louis Armstrong. Chocolate by Godiva. And so,...
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Ep. 76: Arrive Early
There’s an old saying: If you’re five minutes early, you’re on time. If you’re on time, you’re late and if you’re late, you’re fired. Being late causes stress for you and everyone else. After being late most of my life, now I’m almost always early. I add a little extra time to drive anywhere so I...
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Ep. 75: Magnify the good
Whatever you put your personal magnifying glass on grows. So why not put it on the good? A beautiful soul named Larry Petrus taught me that. He saw and magnified the good in every stranger he met. Whatever you focus on grows, so train yourself to magnify the good in the marriage you have, the…
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Ep. 74: Do your best and forget the rest
We all judge ourselves too harshly when it comes to doing our best. We raise the bar too high, setting it at perfection, and give ourselves a failing grade for anything that falls short of that. A beautiful teacher named JoAnn Hollis taught me that even at our worst, our work can still be a great...
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Ep. 73: Carry As You Climb
No one should climb a career ladder alone. Carry someone else up as you make the ascent. Empower others to be their best selves and you make the world better for everyone. Whatever career ladder you’re headed up, take someone with you.
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Ep. 72: Book Clubs Rule
The most quoted rule for Book Clubs is this: You do not talk about Book Club. Okay, so a Book Club shouldn’t feel like Fight Club, but there are rules to follow. You read just one book at a time. Conversations go on as long as they need to. If it’s your first night at Book Club, you have to talk....
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Ep. 71: Regina’s Rules for Reading
How many pages do you give a book before you stop reading? I give a book 40 pages. If it doesn’t make my Wow Meter go wild, I stop reading. No boring books. I don’t read anything that feels like homework. That’s one of Regina’s Rules for Reading. Listen to the rest of them, like: Agree to…
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Ep. 70: Libraries are a lifeline
A library card is a passport to the world. It will take you anywhere in the world. With a library, you don’t need a passport to go to Peru. You don’t need airfare to tour the Mediterranean. You don’t need reservations to travel the Riviera. If you can’t afford a vacation, the library is your...
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Ep. 69: A Detour Named Dog: Overprepare and go with the flow
When you become a first-time dog owner, it helps to adopt the motto: Overprepare and go with the flow. And yes, that might mean the flow of dog pee all over your living room floor.
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Ep. 68: A Detour Named Dog: Choosing a name
Naming a dog isn’t easy. Who actually decides? Me? My husband? Our three grandkids? Their parents? This was going to be a family dog, so all 7 of us were in on the choosing. There are so many things to consider when naming a dog, especially when you’ve never had a dog and you’re 64 and it’s...
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Ep. 67: A Detour Named Dog: The decision to get a pandemic puppy
I’m not a dog person. So why is there a giant dog crate in the corner of my living room? Blame the grandkids. All three of them. Grandkids have a way of cracking open your heart. And that’s what happened. My heart cracked open. During the pandemic, the grandkids were begging for pet and settled…
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Ep. 66: How to Apologize Like You Mean It
Elton John was right. “Sorry” seems to be the hardest word. Why is it so hard to give an apology? Most people don’t know how to apologize. We’re all pretty clumsy at it. We say, “If I offended you, I’m sorry.” Or, “Sorry you feel that way.” Or, say “I owe you an apology” yet never give one. An...
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Ep. 65: The Best Questions to Ask Yourself
Albert Einstein said if he had an hour to solve a problem and his entire life depended upon the solution, he’d spend the first 55 minutes asking the right questions. Do you believe the Universe is a friendly place? What is the kindest thing to do right now? If today were the last day of my life,...
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Ep. 64: Before you kick the bucket, live your Bucket List
What’s on your Bucket List? It’s a list of all the things you want to experience before you “kick the bucket.” Things to try before you die. It’s the opposite of homework. Instead of focusing on your life’s work, you focus on your life’s play and make sure you live your big adventure here. When…
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Ep. 63: Climb into your Comfort Zone
People say “get out of your comfort zone.” Sometimes you actually need to climb into it, get cozy and savor it. You can create a Comfort Zone out of your favorite chair, a nightstand or a corner of a room. You just need a spot that is all yours that brings you a measure of peace where you can...
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Ep. 62: Healthy people ask for help
We could all benefit from professional help. Getting counseling might be the best thing you ever do for yourself. If you were broken and bruised from childhood abuse or neglect, or sexually abused as a teenager or young adult, you don’t have to keep tiptoeing around the minefield of your past to...
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Ep. 61: Beautiful You
You are beautiful. When was the last time you looked in the mirror and believed it? Too often we are our own worst enemies. Some of the meanest things said about us are said by us. We need to honor our bodies, no matter what size or shape or age we are, and believe this truth about ourselves: we...
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Ep. 60: Be kind. It isn't even that hard.
With one daily act of kindness, you could change the world. So why don’t you? Imagine if we all said, did, posted, shared, clicked and liked only content that was kind. We could start a revolution. Let’s do it!
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Ep. 59: Love it ALL
True surrender is to love it all. Everything. The mosquito. The ex-husband. The barking dog. The traffic. The weather. Even growing old. Especially growing old. Plan a birthday extravaganza to celebrate every age you are. Release all your hostages. Be free of all you have built to protect you…
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Ep. 58: Upgrade your relationships to First Class
A first class life requires first first class relationships. Is it time for an upgrade? Your life can and should be full of vibrant, conscious people who love and support you and are a joy to be around. Learn to tame the takers. Bless them, release them and change you.
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Ep. 57: Mind your own soul
Are you living the life your soul wants you to have? Most of us waste a lot of energy and squander our joy minding other people’s business and neglecting our own. How do you mind your own soul? Meditate daily. Pause through the day to center. Release drama addicts from your life. Remind yourself...
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Ep. 56: Children’s books every adult should read
You might be too old to crawl into a lap to hear a good story, but you’re never too old to read yourself a great children’s book. Artist and illustrator Karen Sandstrom talks about her favorite children’s books. The former book editor for the Cleveland Plain Dealer owns hundreds of children’s...
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Ep. 55: Sophie Sureau on being your own superhero
The bombing in Bali turned Sophie Sureau into her own superhero. She was burned and buried under the rubble in two explosions that killed 202 and wounded 300 during the terrorist attack of Oct. 12, 2002. She regained consciousness when she felt people walking on her back to escape the carnage.…
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Ep. 54: Shame OFF you
We’ve all experienced someone say, “Shame on you!” Well, shame OFF you. Shame off everybody. That shame isn’t yours, so don’t carry it for the parents or nuns or teachers or siblings or strangers who dumped it on you.
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Ep. 53: Ian N. Friedman on creating a new life
Cleveland Criminal Defense lawyer Ian N. Friedman got a new grip on life after he lost his arm in a motorcycle accident. That moment he hit the guardrail and flew 100 feet has been with him every day since June 17, 2011. The metal tore through his neck and severed the nerves to his arm. He calls…
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Ep. 52: Loving You
If you’ve ever felt too bruised to love, you’re not alone. Some of us were born bruised. But the truth is we were born whole and worthy of love. We often look for the love our life everywhere but in the mirror. Once you can look in the mirror, say to yourself, “I love you,” and truly believe it,...
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Ep. 51: The Power of Saying NO.
“No” is such a tiny word, but it’s the gateway to saying “yes!” to you and your life. The word “no” is your guardian and a gift you give yourself. When you say “yes” you are giving away not just your time, but your life, because your time IS your life.
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Ep. 50: Hal Becker on making a vow to have fun
Hal Becker was diagnosed with terminal cancer when he was 28. Instead of killing him, it made him eternally grateful — for the next 38 years. Hal made a vow to have fun back in 1982, and he has kept it every day since.
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Ep. 49: WE - How to grow the 'we' in your life
“We” just might be the most powerful word in the dictionary. “We” can topple a government. “We” can conquer cancer. “We” can fly to the moon and back. Find out how to become a Guardian of the Galaxy and grow your ‘we.’
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Ep. 48: Mark Simone on choosing goodness over happiness
The survivors of Apartheid taught the Rev. Mark Simone to choose goodness over happiness, to elevate others and to remember that joy is the heart of the human soul. Mark talks about white privilege and how to validate others and about the liver transplant that saved his life.
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Ep. 47: Glenn Proctor on never giving up
Foster child. Alcoholic. Marine. Vietnam War vet. Cancer survivor. Glenn Proctor survived it all with grace, gratitude and grit. He offers tips on how to carry your own water, get your life out of first gear and believe and love the person you see in the mirror every day.
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Ep. 46: One Word can change your life
One word. That’s all it takes to change your life. But which word? Instead of making resolutions to change everything in your life, just choose one word. It could be Hope, Faith, Savor, Bask, Dance or Be. Find out how to choose one word to be your compass point, your North Star, your X on the...
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Ep. 45: HOPE - how to give and receive it
During this pandemic, we could all use a little more hope. Where do you find hope? In the kindness of strangers. In Psalm 43. In Van Gogh blue skies. In nature, which never loses hope. Tips for finding hope and hanging on to it.
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Ep. 44: Tom Gaghan on giving hope
If you want to give a child sweet dreams, give a child a bed. As Exec. Dir. of Cleveland Furniture Bank, Tom Gaghan has given beds to 8, 500 children who once slept on the floor or a couch. He was downsized after 31 years with C.E.I. Then he lost half of his I.R.A. in a stock market slide. Tom...
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Ep. 43: Suzanne DeGaetano on choosing the right book
So many books, so little time. The pandemic has given us the gift of time. Suzanne DeGaetano can help you choose the right book for you and for those you love.
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Ep. 42: Grief is love with nowhere to go
Grief needs an exit ramp. Grief comes in waves, some gentle, some with the force of a tsunami. The deeper you loved, the larger the grief. Give grief an exit ramp through tears, talking, writing and sharing stories with others.
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Ep. 41: Sarah Maxwell on what the dying teach us about living
As a music therapist, Sarah Maxwell comforts the sick and dying. She shares what the dying have taught her about how to live, love and comfort yourself.
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Ep. 40: Shortcuts to Gratitude
Katie O’Toole Smith and Regina share their tips on how to make gratitude a daily practice so that what you already have is always more than enough.
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Each week you’ll meet resilient people sharing lessons they learned from life’s detours. You’ll hear from experts who will offer tips, tools and takeaways to help you get through anything life hands you. I’ll also share some of my own detours.
HOSTED BY
Regina Brett
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