Making Peace with Regret

Dora finds herself standing in the kitchen, phone in hand, unsure where to begin. Messages, responsibilities, small tasks have started to pile up, and suddenly, everything feels like too much. As she sits with that moment, she starts to see the feeling of being overwhelmed a litt ... Show More

A group project in nursing school leaves Dora feeling stuck, waiting on others, and quietly pulling away. She feels herself pulling back, convinced she works better alone. But as the experience unfolds, she begins to see how quickly frustration can shape the story, and what opens ... Show More

Dora remembers her first attempt at meditation and how quickly doubt crept in and told her she wasn’t cut out for it. But years later, she starts to notice something else: that voice isn’t proof she’s failing, it’s just trying to protect her. And when she relates to it differentl ... Show More

Rather than striving for a life with no regrets, Daniel H. Pink, author of The Power of Regret, suggests embracing regret and learning from it. He outlines the four most common categories of regret and explains how looking back can help us move forward. See pcm.adswizz.com for in ... Show More

I cannot trust anyone who says No Regrets. Because really…you don’t have ANY? NONE?! Are you sure about that? I can tend towards the opposite mentality myself, but in between No Regrets and All Regrets is a safe middle ground of self-reflection and accountability without self-fla ... Show More

<p>Some pains from our past are more readily released, while others tend to linger. It's not always a simple task to train our minds to be positive or to avoid dwelling on unexpected hurts. In this podcast, discover a way to acknowledge and embrace all our feelings without lettin ... Show More

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3454: Allison Carmen’s journey of trying to publish her parenting book, "Maybe Everything is Okay," is a testament to resil ... Show More

Gwyneth sits down with Kelly Rutherford—beloved Upper East Side matriarch and style icon—as she reflects on reinvention, resilience, and the beauty of allowing yourself to not be okay, sharing how gratitude and grace have carried her through life’s hardest transitions. To learn m ... Show More

How often do you look at old photos and think, I looked so much better then? It’s so easy to romanticize the past, to hold onto this idea that our younger self was somehow better—but was she actually happier? Did she feel whole, confident, and at peace? Or was she just as self-co ... Show More

Discover all of the podcasts in our network, search for specific episodes, get the Optimal Living Daily workbook, and learn more at: OLDPodcast.com. Episode 3314: Allison Carmen explores how to cultivate faith during challenging times by introducing the concept of "Maybe." When f ... Show More

This week's mantra is I Am at Peace with My Past, Present, and Future. Finding peace with your journey—where you’ve been, where you are, and where you’re going—is a deeply personal and transformative process. In this episode of Mantra, we reflect on how to release past regrets, f ... Show More

Today I want to share a story about life. Told through the lens of death. My dear friend Niel passed away the other day. He was young. It was sudden and unexpected. He’s survived by his incredible wife and 11 year old daughter. He was my brother. Best friend to my husband. We rai ... Show More

Today I want to share a story about life. Told through the lens of death. My dear friend Niel passed away the other day. He was young. It was sudden and unexpected. He’s survived by his incredible wife and 11 year old daughter. He was my brother. Best friend to my husband. We rai ... Show More