Episodes
Why you aren’t achieving your goals [Be a Rockstar]· We often make the mistake of creating goals that are too big and get unmotivated when we don’t reach them. Instead, make your big goal an umbrella or overarching on and set smaller goals underneath like rungs of a ladder.· You set the wrong types of goals. All your goals should be specific (simple), measurable (meaningful), achievable (attainable), relevant (realistic) and time bound (timely). These S.M.A.R.T. goals will more often than not be successful because you’ve set yourself up for success by taking all things into consideration.· ...
Giving Yourself Permission to Say NO! [Be a Rockstar]· One of the pillars of self-care is the ability to only accept people and things in your life that will empower you and not devalue you. Being able to say “NO” to others is empowering and an act of self-care. You should be able to say “NO” without feeling guilty, selfish, shamed or unaccomplished in any way.· It’s not personal, it’s an act of self-preservation. It’s about your needs versus theirs. If they don’t align then you shouldn’t feel obligated in any way to say “yes”. If you do, you feel defeated, drained and disempowered, not to ...
Everyone Makes Mistakes [Be a Rockstar]· We ALL make mistakes, it’s a normal part of life. But, when we make a mistake, we are often filled with so much shame and regret. We give the mistakes our power and it consumed us. We get lost in them.· We all do what we think is the best thing for us at each moment in time, and sometimes (many times) we miss the mark but in the end each experience that we’ve had has made us who we are and we should be proud of any growth we’ve experienced as we continue on our life’s path – looking back only to learn but not to dwell in the past.· We need to be kind...
Speaking to Yourself Kindly [Be a Rockstar]· Kindness should be at the center of all our thoughts and actions. We should be models of kindness. When we choose kindness towards others we will also choose it towards ourselves. In the same way, when you are filled with kindness towards yourself, you project it outwards to others.· Being kind to yourself means not giving yourself a hard time when you don’t meet your own expectations. It is taking back your power and eliminating any negative self-talk as well as downplaying your accomplishments.· Learn to be kind to yourself firs...
This is the show where we talk to you... About whatever you want to talk about!Today, Linda from https://manfrediaiello.com calls to discuss the number of people they have who are looking to rent, because they believe that there isn't an opportunity to buy real estate. In fact, there is. She runs down some of the options and offers some fantastic advice about mortgages and how to save a few dollars along the way.Then, Julie calls to discuss the health care crisis. Just last night the Kemptville hospital announced they would be closing overnights this weekend. We saw this recently i...
I AM Statements [Be a Rockstar]· An “I am” statement is a powerful affirmation that affirms your best qualities and what you do. It empowers you at the core because it brings to light the best of YOU. It’s one empowering word that describes YOU. Examples of I AM statements could be “I AM Happy”, “I AM Worthy”, “I AM Confident”, “I AM Strong”, etc. Essentially, it’s something you feel proud of, this isn’t the time to be humble, say it loud.· These statements empower you because it highlights your self-worth and self-esteem. It makes you feel good about yourself and builds you up. The more bu...
BlastTheRadio.com was launched in late 2014 by well known Canadian radio host, John Mielke (The Milkman) after the station he had been at for 23 years changed format and he was let go.Initially intended as a place to continue his show until he found his next opportunity, the internet only station quickly attracted an audience, winning Fans Choice Awards, being voted BEST RADIO station three times at two different competitions and with Mielke being named favourite media personality.Today BTR has become an outlet for other broadcasters who find themselves in a similar situation to have a home...
Filling Your Cup [Be a Rockstar]Suzie is online @ www.DivaOfLove.com· I speak a lot about prioritizing your self-care and filling your cup – this empowers you. Having a full cup makes you more confident, fulfilled and ready to take on the world. This includes physical, emotional and mental activities that make you feel empowered. It must be about YOU and how it makes you feel.· Some examples of filling your cup include going for a walk, meditating, praying, taking some time to breath, reading, watching a guilty pleasure, doing something that you love, being kind to yourself, etc. It can eve...
Suzie is online @ www.DivaOfLove.com· There is always something to be grateful for, or is there? Sometimes the challenges in our life leave us wondering why, but some things happen because they happen, no reason why. What we need to do is leverage them to our advantage. How? With gratitude. You can be grateful for the lesson learned, grateful that you got through it or even grateful you’re not there anymore. Use it. Change the narrative.· At the end of the day, I encourage folks to list what they are thankful for. This can be something significant or insignificant, what’s important is recog...
Today we discuss my ongoing insurance nightmare with more damage to my home following a storm last night. And we hear from SexWithSue.com's Sue McGarvie on the top 5 places to find a hookup. Chris Fothergill-Brown from Youtube.com/thatsrank has some Florida food stories for us, and, we get a call from YOU! In this case, YOU is Lisa!Lisa tells us about how she got caught up in drugs and the effect that a crack addiction had on her life... And what it took for her to get clean and find her way to a much happier place today.THESE are the stories we want to tell every day. What we dis...
Today, two listeners join me on air; each have had Gastric Bypass Surgery.It's a conversation I needed to have as I've been dealing with some health issues lately that I believer are due to my unhealthy eating habits.Caller 9 is unplanned, unscripted, and the conversations we have are up to YOU! Live weekdays 9:30am ET on www.BlastTheRadio.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
BTR's DJ Dis Moi Oui (aka Andre) joins me to discuss some of the amazing events on this week and this weekend for Ottawa Pride... Zip lining drag queens, partying on Sommerset St., and even Drag & Balls - Drag Queens playing baseball with The Milkman and BTR on location!Plus... What is the fascination some have with Christmas that they need to post about it being 4 months away? Also... Photo Radar FAIL - if you got a ticket you may be getting your money back... AND... No photos at Shoppers in Toronto! It's the show where YOU get to talk about anything! CALLER 9. 9:30am weekdays on Bla...
Suzie is online @ www.DivaOfLove.comMAIN POINTS:1. Setting the right goals for your day helps you achieve what you set out to do in your daily life because it motivates you to increase the effort you put in to accomplishing your goal. This also triggers new habits and behaviors, ultimately helping you reach the bigger goals you aspire to.2. When you achieve your goal it inspires you to do more and gives you a self-esteem boost. These little goals help you achieve your bigger goals because they are a step up the ladder. Simply put, achieving your goal feels really good!3. In your Empowerment...
Suzie is online @ www.DivaOfLove.comMAIN POINTS:1. Affirmations are statements that write down and repeat. It is said that affirmations need to be in the present tense, positive tone, personal to you and specific. In essence, they are self-affirming declarations to help encourage a more productive mindset.2. An affirmation is a commitment to yourself to make a change, to make better choices and to feel better about who you are. The ultimate goal is to encourage being kind to and accepting of yourself.3. Affirmations can be an “I am” or an “I will” statement such as “I am worthy of love”, “I...
Welcome to the first in what I hope will be a long series of daily conversations with YOU about... Well... Whatever YOU want to talk about. We call it CALLER 9; heard Tuesday to Friday live on WBTR.ca and on Facebook, Youtube, Twitch and Twitter!Today... I wonder where the workers are? School buses cannot find drivers. And they're not alone. Plus... Electric cars when we can't even keep power on in downtown Ottawa... Redblacks games have become a bore and NOT because of the team. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
As heard on The Milkman Show at www.WBTR.caMAIN POINTS:1. There are countless studies that discuss the benefits of journaling on physical, mental and emotional health – such as reducing stress, boosting mood, boosting confidence, encouraging good habits, helping process emotions, refocusing attention, encouraging positive thinking, and the list goes on …2. Although having the discipline to journal each day could be challenging at first, eventually it will be a part of your daily routine. The important thing is to start and start small. A few minutes a day in the morning and evening will mak...
Empowerment on a Higher Ground: Authenticity & Power [Be a Rockstar]MAIN POINTS:1. Living an authentic life means living your truth. It means being empowered by who you are rather than what others want you to be.2. When you live with honesty and integrity, you are true to your core values and beliefs with little to no influence from others.3. Expert advice lists these five ways to be authentic: 1. Don’t lie, 2. Don’t say what you are thinking impulsively, 3. Trust the feedback your body/gut gives you, 4. Stay in your own truth—and out of other people’s business, 5. Accept the ugly bits of y...
MAIN POINTS:1. Taking ownership of your life is empowering because you understand and respect your own role in your narrative.2. When we lay blame on other people or things for our life experiences, we immediately give away our power. You are relinquishing control which can make you more miserable.3. Instead of reacting impulsively, you can choose to take control of your thoughts, your words and your actions.4. Taking ownership is also about seeing your goals and commitments through and not letting external influences affect you.5. Affirm ownership of everything in your life each day, in th...
Empowerment on a Higher Ground: Ownership & Power [Be a Rockstar]MAIN POINTS:1. Taking ownership of your life is empowering because you understand and respect your own role in your narrative.2. When we lay blame on other people or things for our life experiences, we immediately give away our power. You are relinquishing control which can make you more miserable.3. Instead of reacting impulsively, you can choose to take control of your thoughts, your words and your actions.4. Taking ownership is also about seeing your goals and commitments through and not letting external influences affect y...
Building Blocks of Empowerment: Freedom and Power [Be a Rockstar]MAIN POINTS:1. Freedom is the power or right to act, speak, or think whatever you want without anything getting in your way.2. People tend to confuse what freedom really means and use it as an excuse for bad behavior because with your freedom also comes responsibility – that’s where power comes in.3. Just because you are free to say or do anything, doesn’t mean you should. We spoke about free will before and it’s about making the right choices or else we would all live in anarchy.4. Freedom empowers you bec...
MAIN POINTS:1. Kindness is being friendly, generous and considerate.2. Things like gratitude, having good intentions, being philanthropic, being courteous, smiling, listening and positive actions as well as generosity are all examples of being kind.3. It also includes being kind to yourself and not giving yourself a hard time when you don’t meet your own expectations.4. Kindness in all its forms has many physical and mental health benefits because it releases feel good chemicals throughout your body which lifts you up.5. Not only does kindness help you, and improves relationships, it is als...
1. Boundaries are where you end and someone else begins – this includes physically, mentally and emotionally.2. When there is a lack of boundaries, lines can get crossed very easily because a lack of boundaries invites a lack of respect and also invites others to take your power.3. Setting the expectation of how you want and should be treated (what is acceptable or not) results in a more empowered self as well as healthier relationships with others.4. When someone crosses this boundary you need to communicate this to them, otherwise your boundary doesn’t have meaning (li...
Soul’s Purpose and Empowerment: Service and Power [Be a Rockstar]MAIN POINTS:1. An act of service is a thoughtful physical gesture towards someone else. You are supporting them in a meaningful and selfless way.2. Your life will be interrupted and you will be taking up personal time to do this, but although it takes away it will also empower you because helping others helps you.3. Some examples of service include giving to charity or volunteering, helping with chores, smiling at people, stopping and speaking to a homeless person, teach others, cook a meal for someone who needs it, etc4. Stud...
Soul’s Purpose and Empowerment: Light, Darkness and Power [Be a Rockstar]MAIN POINTS:1. We all have light and dark within us. No one is all dark or all light. Some days light is more prevalent while others darkness is. Light only exists because of darkness. You need both.2. Recognizing and appreciating both sides of ourselves helps us understand who we truly are and use it to empower us.3. What you feed will flourish. In the same way, if you keep feeding the light within you then that will grow. Alternately, if you feed your dark thoughts then they will be the ones that grow.4. Darkness and...
Soul’s Purpose and Empowerment: Inner Peace and Power [Be a Rockstar]MAIN POINTS:1. Inner peace is a state of being at peace with yourself, your life and your surroundings. It brings you calm despite any storm.2. Spiritual practices have proven to benefit both mental and physical health as well as bring you inner peace. In turn, this brings you clarity and empowerment.3. You can achieve inner peace by meditation, reflection, self-love, kindness to others/yourself, laughter, gratitude, living in the present and letting go of any outside influence.4. All this is part of self-care. It’s empowe...
Internalizing Empowerment: Needs, Wants & PowerMAIN POINTS:1. Your needs are limited, essential, immediate however your wants can be unlimited, non-essential and future. We all have needs and wants, but what differs when it comes to empowerment is where you focus your attention.2. An empowered person can balance both wants and needs giving them each their proper place. For example, they focus their main core energy on needs and use wants as a goal post for where they want to be.3. Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs discusses humans’ “needs” as a precursor of pursuing “wants”. At the bottom of his ...
Internalizing Empowerment: Free Will & PowerMAIN POINTS:1. Free will is the freedom and ability to act the way you choose without any impediments. This does have moral, ethical and societal implications, however.2. We must accept responsibility for our thoughts and actions. This is empowerment. When we take full control of ourselves, we can make the best choices for ourselves without the influence or validation of others.3. While free will can mean the ability to choose, freedom of choice means possibility to choose. Some people, for various reasons, cannot choose what is happening to them ...
Internalizing Empowerment: Your Thoughts & PowerMAIN POINTS:1. Countless thoughts go through our minds on a single day. These thoughts have the power to empower you or drag you down an endless rabbit hole.2. Once you are able to “control” your thoughts then you will be in better shape to control your life and all the experiences that you encounter. You can do this by taking a deep breath and focusing on the moment.3. Recognize what events trigger negative or hurtful thoughts and work on it with a professional or a trusted friend because these thoughts take away your power and hold you back....
Suzie is available to coach YOU @ www.DivaOfLove.comMAIN POINTS:1. Motivation is that power that makes you do the “stuff” that you need or want to do. It is your driving force.2. Every person has different motivators in their life and it is something very personal. You have to be aware of what motivates you and use it to your benefit. This will empower you.3. Being self-motivated helps you keep going regardless of set-backs, to take advantage of opportunities, and to be committed to your goals.4. Self-motivation equals control and power. When you are able to do this effectively, you are emp...
Suzie is available for one on one coaching at www.DivaOfLove.comMAIN POINTS:1. Defining yourself starts with knowing who you are, confidently knowing what you stand for, being away of your beliefs, your values and what you stand for.2. Many of us define ourselves by our relationship status, by what others think of us, by what we see in the mirror as well as by our past and this only takes away your power.3. Empowering yourself begins with being able to define yourself truthfully using factual statements. Even the experiences you perceive as negative tell you something honest about yourself....