BREATHE N BOUNCE

This is not a religious episode.  It is sort of an Easter episode since its an early release.  It is a call to everyone to do their best in life.  Rise to the occasion so to speak.  Rise like Jesus did when he was battered and bloodied as he carried the cross as we all carry crosses in this life.  So lets talk about how can we walk our walk with grace and fire, and find a way to win. MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE THE CLIMB - Miley Cyrus GOD KNOWS I TRIED - Lana Del Rey SKIN OF MY TEETH - Demi Lovato LET GO - KMFDM DIE LIVING - David Guetta/Illenium RISE - Pantera STAND BY ME - Florence + The Machine

 Thursday night I decided to take a one day trip to Vegas not to gamble although I did that not to go dine at exquisite restaurants, or go to the exciting shows but for one reason one reason alone. READ MORE

The FOPO Trap: Breaking Free from the Fear of Other People's Opinions Let’s be honest for a second. How many times today have you played out a conversation in your head before it even happened? Or maybe you didn’t post that thing on Instagram because you were worried that one person from high school, you know, the one you haven’t spoken to in fifteen years, might think you’re a "try-hard"? It’s exhausting. It’s a literal drain on the battery of your soul. We’re talking about FOPO, Fear of Other People’s Opinions. It’s a term coined by Dr. Michael Gervais, and honestly, it’s one of the most pervasive, invisible hand-cuffs we wear in modern society. We’re so goddamn obsessed with what everyone else thinks that we’ve forgotten how to think for ourselves. We’re performing. We’re wearing masks over masks, and eventually, we lose sight of the face underneath. At Breathe N Bounce, we talk a lot about the raw side of mental health. In Michael’s chronicle, The Struggle, he t...