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Will Bowen, International bestselling author and founder of A Complaint Free World brings you insights and interviews to more fully enjoy life

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Tuesday Jun 23, 2020

JumpStart - No There, There

Tuesday Jun 23, 2020

When you apply for a job you hand (or more likely email) your prospective employer a recap of all your business accomplishments making sure that everything you did is presented in the best light.

This is natural -- it’s just putting your best foot forward.

If you, like most people, struggle with worry or anxiety then I invite you to create a very different kind of resume -- a listing of every BAD thing that’s happened to you.

Then--and this is critical, write out how you handled (or are handling) the major problem.

Writing out your own Life Challenge Resume reminds you of just how powerful, capable, supported, and resourceful you are because you’ve already faced, handled, and moved past things you thought were impossible.

And with that knowledge you realize that there’s really nothing to worry about.

Because whatever shows up, you got it!

Links:

Daily LIVE meditation with Will: www.ComplaintFreeMeditation.com
Members-Only, exclusive access to Will: www.ComplaintFreeLife.com
Website: www.WillBowen.com
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/WillBowen
YouTube Channel: www.WillBowenVideo.com
Podcast: www.WillBowenPodcast.com

Friday Jun 19, 2020

JumpStart No There, There

Friday Jun 19, 2020

Gertrude Stein famously said words to the effect of, “When you get there, there is no there, there.”

This saying has become so much a part of our culture that I recently heard of a band named No There There.

Have you ever heard this quote?

To me it says that when you live something you anticipate, either something you perceive to be good or you perceive to be bad, it is never quite what you expect.

Moreover, your very presence shifts the dynamic of the experience.

Today, let’s draw comfort from the fact that we change our environment and that nothing is ever as bad as we fear it might be.

Daily LIVE meditation with Will: www.ComplaintFreeMeditation.com

Members-Only, exclusive access to Will: www.ComplaintFreeLife.com

Website: www.WillBowen.com

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/WillBowen

YouTube Channel: www.WillBowenVideo.com

Podcast: www.WillBowenPodcast.com

Thursday Jun 18, 2020

JumpStart - Being Pulled

Thursday Jun 18, 2020

I realized recently that most of my life was spent in anxiety, fear, and worry because I held a negative vision of my future that drove me like mule.

Over time, I began to release my concerns when my focus shifted to being pulled forward by a future that excited rather than taunted me.

If you’re ready to drop your anxiety and worry then this JumpStart will tell you how.

It’s simple, but it’s not easy.

And I have faith in you that you can do it!

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Wednesday Jun 17, 2020

JumpStart Anger 2

Wednesday Jun 17, 2020

Yesterday's JumpStart received so much engagement I wanted to keep the conversation about anger going because right now there are more angry people than ever before.

In this JumpStart, we explore how anger can show up in many forms including aggressive anger, passive aggressive anger, sadness, and even depression.

The EMOTION of anger is normal; the STATE of anger is not.

Anger is the emotion associated with death AND it's a habitual response in many people.

Discover how to dial back your anger and release the anger sensations in your body.

Links:

Members-Only, daily LIVE meditation with Will: www.ComplaintFreeMeditation.com
Members-Only, exclusive access to Will: www.ComplaintFreeLife.com
Website: www.WillBowen.com
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/WillBowen
YouTube Channel: www.WillBowenVideo.com
Podcast: www.WillBowenPodcast.com

Tuesday Jun 16, 2020

JumpStart - Anger

Tuesday Jun 16, 2020

Today I want to get personal and talk about this emotion that for so many years ruined my life.

Many of us his children felt our very survival threatened and as a result we have grown up as angry adults.

I thought I was a helpless victim to my own anger not realizing that I could “master the gap.“

There is a gap between an action in your reaction and if you can learn to choose a new reaction you can change your life.

Recognizing the gap is the hard part but once you do you’ll find that you have ample opportunities to make new and better choices.

Monday Jun 15, 2020

JumpStart - Clouds

Monday Jun 15, 2020

I use a commercial photo library called BigStock.

It provides me with photographs that I can use in various marketing purposes and what I find interesting is that whenever I put in the word “God“ what is most often presented is the sun breaking through clouds.

I get the sun but I don’t understand the clouds.

Perhaps, we need darkness to experience light, pain to know healing, and breakdowns so we can have breakthroughs.

Today let’s unpack this universal image of God as sunlight breaking through clouds and how we can apply this powerfully to our lives.

Members-Only, daily LIVE meditation with Will: www.ComplaintFreeMeditation.com

Members-Only, exclusive access to Will: www.ComplaintFreeLife.com

Website: www.WillBowen.com

Facebook: www.Facebook.com/WillBowen

YouTube Channel: www.WillBowenVideo.com

Podcast: www.WillBowenPodcast.com

Friday Jun 12, 2020

JumpStart - Your Dial

Friday Jun 12, 2020

A woman I know sent me an email that said, “I’m sorry for all the mean and hurtful things I said to you in the past but I can’t help it, I’m Irish.”

It’s easy to blame our ethnicity, our upbringing, our circumstances, and ANYTHING other than ourselves when we become aggressively angry.

In reality, there is a dial inside each of us that we can control although many of us gave over the management of that dial to our reactive mind long ago.

Today, let’s talk about a two-part strategy for not overreacting in difficult situations:

Mentally talking yourself down off the ledge
Body awareness to experience, breathe through, and release physical sensations

Learn how to dial down your emotions so that you become more e

Thursday Jun 11, 2020

JumpStart - Prayer

Thursday Jun 11, 2020

About a year ago I heard “Let’s all pray for this world” by Perry Farrell, and it immediately resonated with me.

I felt if ever there was a time we needed prayer it was then, which was PRIOR to a global pandemic, record unemployment, and worldwide race protests.

Today, let’s all stop, take a breath, and express a prayer.

Today, let’s release our fears to a power greater than ourselves and trust that everything will evolve as it should to the best and highest for all.

Today, let’s know that out of chaos comes order, out of wounds come healing, and out of hate comes love.

Today, I’ll teach you a simple, non-religious method of prayer that will make you feel good and that will create a positive impact in our world.

Today, let’s pray.

Links:

Members-Only, daily LIVE meditation with Will: www.ComplaintFreeMeditation.com Members-Only, exclusive access to Will: www.ComplaintFreeLife.com
Website: www.WillBowen.com
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/WillBowen
YouTube Channel: www.WillBowenVideo.com
Podcast: www.WillBowenPodcast.com

Wednesday Jun 10, 2020

Jumpstart Feelings

Wednesday Jun 10, 2020

People use the word “feelings” incorrectly most of the time.

They say, “I feel” when they actually mean “I think” as in “I feel we should do this.”

And even when they use the word “feel” correctly, they don’t identify the feeling in their body such that they can become aware of the sensations and energy the feeling creates.

Today, let’s get in touch with our feelings and how our body reacts to feelings we experience.

More importantly, let’s learn how to manage our bodily sensations (feelings) such that we are less reactive and more happy.

Tuesday Jun 09, 2020

JumpStart Race 2

Tuesday Jun 09, 2020

After yesterday’s JumpStart, I felt incomplete.

Although I shared some of the dark history of my family’s racism and the idea that no one seems to spot their own racism, I felt like I should have gone deeper offering suggestions and advice to spot our biases.

In almost every culture, there is a group (either race or religion) in power and an “other” who is often described as being unethical, unclean, uneducable, and immoral.

Using those prejudices over and over, cultures have been divided along racial and religious lines throughout history.

If we want to open ourselves up to a new reality, we need to change our beliefs and open our minds and hearts to others.

Let’s JumpStart race and explore how we can come together as the one and only human race.

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