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ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
ToddTalks: Spirit by Design is a weekly podcast for Latter-day Saints and other Christians who want to keep their faith strong in a chaotic world — especially when trials hit, answers feel delayed, or you can't always be in church because of work, travel, or life.
Host Todd Andrewsen is a former missionary and Elder in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and a military instructor pilot and commercial aviator who taught pilots to fly in Afghanistan. He brings a pilot's discipline to…
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- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 55: You Want To Improve Your Life--Read Every Day!
Your brain is an amazing machine. It takes information and can create an entire visual world inside to help develop your sense of self, propriety, societal…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 54: Tribute to Tara Schutz - Why Doing the Work Works!!!!
You may or may not have seen my post on Facebook about my cousin, Tara Schutz untimely passing. What you probably don't know is that she is the cousin I refer…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 53: Reduce the Negativity in Your Subconscious and Succeed More
Your subconscious runs 90 percent of all the operations of your life. When you were young you were imprinted with certain beliefs about yourself and life. When…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 52: Why You Need To Have a Morning Routine!
This episode topic comes from my having missed my morning routine today and been all over the place and dragging. When I accomplish my morning routine, I'm…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 51: The Boys Are Back In Town - Advice on Life, Struggles, Parenting, and Success
In this unique episode all four of my brothers hop on a call together and discuss life, and the struggles we've gone through to find our paths. We discuss the…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 50: Special - Guided Meditation for Releasing Anxiety and Manifesting Your Dream!
This is my 50th Episode and so I want to give you a tool you can use to improve your life. I talk often about what you should do, can do, etc. Today, I am…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 49: Boundaries - Why and How To Set Them! -- With Shane Murphy
Boundaries. You talk about them. You forget about them. You don't set them. And then you wonder why certain people make you angry all the time, or depressed…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 48: Boredom is Essential For a Happy Life!
You've been there, you don't know what to do. You're bored. Or maybe you haven't been there because with technology today you never have to be bored. The…
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Episode 47: Nutrution, Diet, Body Image, Weightloss Is All Tied To Your Mind - with Kristen Koeller
Psychologist, fitness and nutrition expert Kristen Koeller and I sit down and discuss body image and nutrition issues, why dieting doesn't work and puts you on…
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Episode 46: Dealing With Trauma and Judgement In Your Life - Part two of Interview With Shane Murphy
Trauma, what is it? What causes it? How does it affect your memory? In this episode we cover what our minds think of trauma, how worry, stress and even…
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Episode 45: Your Core Value - Why It's Essential and How to Figure Out What It Is! Part one--With Shane Murphy
You have a set of core values, that can be reduced down to a single word and that word defines you. It defines who you are, why you do what you do, and who you…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 44: You Don't Find Balance, You Create It - Guest Kristin Andrus
You may have seen her YouTube workout videos. Perhaps you follow her on Instagram. However you know her, Kristin Andrus sat down with me and we discussed life…
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Episode 43: Be Present and Live Happier Each Day
Take time to notice things. Be observant of the world around you. Notice your thoughts and feelings. Take a moment or two each day to do this and you'll feel…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 42: SPECIAL EPISODE - Business Opportunity Call - Life the Universe and Everything
In Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the number 42 is the answer to Life, the Universe, and Everything...This is episode 42 and while it's not the answer to…
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Episode 41: Happiness Is To Be Found Along The Path Towards Your Dreams
All your dreams can come true if you have the courage to pursue them! Meanwhile the world will work to slam you, to distract you, to keep you down and feeling…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 40: Finding Your Core Values, Overcoming Grief, and Dealing With Anxiety With Shane Murphy
For the last 2 years, Shane Murphy has been working with people struggling with Anxiety and Depression. Having worked as a manager in the retail trade in the…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 39: How To Accept Fear And Not Be Overcome By It!
I started flying at the ripe old age of 15. I learned some hard lessons about fear in the beginning. This episode is mostly a story of how I developed a fear…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 38: Why Learning Financial Basics Are Necessary To Help You Grow!
I hate taxes. Don't you! I therefore am not going to talk about taxes but I am going to talk finances and the required basic training you need in finances to…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 37: Guest Lauren Davis - How Energy Work, Meditation and Shadow Work Is Effective at Helping You Heal!
Today's guest is Lauren Davis, a licensed Fitness Coach, Massage Therapist and Psychologist. She specializes in Energy work, helping others in whatever way is…
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Episode 36: Why Do We Fail? Learn How to Stop Repressing Emotions and Overcome Fear of Failure!
In today's podcast I opened up about some vulnerabilities I didn't realize I had, but that surfaced this week. Failure and fear of failure cause you to make…
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Episode 35: Become a Warrior And Accomlish Your Dreams - Motivational Speech
You are a warrior. You just don't realize it. Ignite the warrior in you. Design your dreams and tackle them head on. When life kicks you in the face, get up!…
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Episode 34:Fitness Is One Area You Really Should Focus On If You Want To Be Your Best!
I will not claim to be a fitness guru, a fitness expert, or a fitness model…I’ve got way too much body fat I’m trying to get rid of for that. However, I spent…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 33: You Have A Confidence Problem, I Give You Several Solutions
Maverick, Goose, Iceman...What do these names mean to you? If you're my age...you recognize them and know how confident they were. Confidence, that stands out…
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Episode 32: Life's a Marathon Not a Sprint So Consistency and Commitment Are Required!!
Marathon training hurts; marathons are painful. This analogy is a great overused metaphor for life, especially when you are making changes. For changes to…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 31: Positivity As A Path To Happiness - A How-to Guide
Positivity is the path least chosen. Negativity sells. Negativity is cheap and easy. Negativity produces the opposite of success. In today's world, we can…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 30: Do You Want To Be In The Game or Sit On The Sidelines Yelling About Who's To Blame? Change Your Questions, Change Your Reality!
Everyday, you experience situations that make you think. The assumptions you make, the decisions you make, the feelings you feel and how you react, all come…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 29: Are You Self-Aware? Learn How to Develop This Skill You Need to Improve Your LIfe
How self-aware are you? What is holding you back? What is causing your feelings of loneliness, depression, frustration, ambiguity, or being out of touch? The…
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Episode 28: Which Wolf Do You Feed? A Sure Way to Know Which Path To Choose!
You know what you know and you don't know what you don't know, unless you know it. If that' s not confusing enough, how do you know you're on the right path?…
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Episode 27: Guest Al Fox Carraway - Learn Why Passion Overrides Lack of Skill; How God Moves to Help You, and How You Can Become Unstoppable
Motivational Speaker Al Fox Carraway, known as the Tattooed Mormon, sits down with me and chats about many topics including things that make her tick, the ways…
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Episode 26: Interview With Amy Earle - How to Create a Vision and Use a Vision Board to Achieve Your Wildest Dreams
Creating a vision and using a vision board are essential if you want to grow your business, your life, and achieve your wildest dreams. But, often people fail…
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Episode 25: How to Overcome Your Worst Frustrations and Disappointments Especially When You Feel Lost!!!
Your reactions to frustration don't have to be the end all be all, the way you will always react. Anger, frustration, depression, withdrawal, self-harm...these…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 24: How Do You Kill 11 Million People? Truth Will Set You Free!
How do you kill 11 million people? That's the question posed by Andy Andrews' book of the same name. The answer is simple and profound at the same time…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 23: How To Properly Vent Your Frustrations Without Hurting Anyone
Today I messed up and vented my frustrations on my wife, when I shouldn't have. We're equals so there are better ways to vent than to take it out on someone…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 22 - Guest Kimm Goncalves - From the Brink to the Top; How to Break a Bad Cycle From Family to Business
Maybe you've seen her on the cover of your favorite magazine, or in an ad for one of your favorite items. Perhaps you've seen her photos on Instagram with her…
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Episode 21: How Positive Speech Affects You and Why Negative Speech Sucks!
Words have power and the words you use out loud with others and the words you use internally have the power to change your life for good or ill. You are the…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 20: How to Build Self-Esteem and Develop Spontaneity in Your Life
As you've aged, you've lost some of the joy and spontaneity of childhood. You've lost some of your self-concept to fear or cultural barriers. Today I'm here to…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 19: You Become What You Think About
For good or bad, you become what you think about. The secret to success comes from learning and applying this principle in your life. I cover much of Earl…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 18: You Are A Creature of Habits and Habits Can Be Changed
For better or worse, you are a creature of habits both good and bad. In designing the life you desire, you need to recognize those things you do which are…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 17: Dream a Dream - Don't Just Float Through Life!
You are a living soul and want to design your best life. But, you don't even know what you like anymore. You need to dream. You need to learn to dream and make…
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Episode 16: Shift Your Paradigm to Accomplish Your Goals
In order to truly accomplish the goals and New Years Resolutions you set, you have to shift your paradigm, change your belief about yourself, and you'll find…
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Episode 15: The Art of Politeness and Respect I Hope Is Not Lost
Are you one of those that has lost the art of politeness? Have you forgotten how to say please and thank you? Do you find it a problem to have guys hold doors…
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Episode 14: Two Steps to Ensure You Stick to Your Goal
By two weeks into a New Years resolution, most people quit. Here are two steps that you can use, easy steps to ensure that you won't quit on yourself. You…
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Episode 13: Merry Christmas Ya Hooligans
The reason for the season. How can you learn to make peace on earth and have goodwill towards men? That's the subject of our discussion today. Trigger…
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Episode 12: You're selfish...Or Are You?
As a human you have a tendency towards selfishness. Even denying it to yourself right now is a sign that you do. Today I uncover that tendency and with several…
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Episode 11: Your Choices Have Consequences
Based on familial events of the past week, I chose to talk about how your choices have consequences and when you make a choice it doesn't just affect you. It…
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Episode 10: How to Set Goals and Achieve Your Wildest Dreams
I dedicate this episode to the 37th FTS, the greatest flying training squadron I've had the privilege of working with. It takes dedication and skill to a grand…
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Episode 9: Motvation Doesn't Work, Commitment Does
Motivational videos are all the rage and I love them. But motivation will only get you to the starting gate....Commitment gets you through the end of the…
- ToddTalks--Spirit By Design: Your Weekly Survival Guide
Episode 8: What Will You Do With The Time You Have Left?
In The Lord of The Rings, Frodo asks Gandolf a question, complaining about the struggle they are going through. I based this episode on the response, basically…
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Episode 7: Five Things You Can Do Today to Immediately Improve Your Life!
Today I'm keeping it simple. I'm in the middle of an end of the year challenge and I take the things I've been doing in the challenge and explain how doing…
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Episode 6: Dealing With Unexpected Twists in Your Life
How you respond when the unexpected happens is critical to your sanity. Today I teach you healthy techniques and cover the unhealthy ones you use to deal with…
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Episode 5: The Healing Power of Gratitude
There has been so much negativity over the past months. On this Thanksgiving day I wanted to talk a little about how being grateful is so beneficial to us. We…
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Episode 4: A Purpose Driven Life and How You Can Find Yours
Do you struggle to figure out what your life's purpose may be? Do you struggle because you feel like you've lost yourself? If so, or if you struggle to know…
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Episode 2: Why Self-Deception Sucks and How to Get Over It
Have you ever believed something that isn't true? Have you ever deluded yourself into thinking things were different or better than they actually are? If so…
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Episode 3: How to Look Forward but Live in the Present
We worry about the past, we dream of the future and often we forget to live in the present. This episode is all about teaching you how to learn from the past…
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Episode 1: Welcome To ToddTalks - Where You Will Learn to Become the Best Version of You!
Do you struggle? Do you need support? Do you want to find joy and happiness? Do you suffer from lack of self-esteem? Do you have big dreams and want to achieve…