In today’s episode we talk about the medicine merry-go-round and how people have learned to use medicines as a source to get rid of anxiety and depression. However, this doesn’t work because it doesn’t address the deeper conflict and unresolved issues of anxiety and depression which is why people get stuck on the medicine cycles which then become a source for many of even more anxiety and depression. Check out today’s podcast to learn how to break these cycles and begin to use medicines to help us grow. [00:46] – Moment of Motivation [04:36] – Medicine merry-go-round topic [10:51] – Challenge of the week [12:52] -Conclusion Key Takeaways: Medicines are designed to help cope with symptoms, not address problems All medicines can be helpful when used as a resource while helping you help yourself Resources: www.udemy.com Visit https://my.captivate.fm/endthecycles.com (endthecycles.com) and sign up on my email list to keep in touch Fight Back: End the Cycles of Anxiety and Depression on https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Back-Cycles-Anxiety-Depression/dp/B0949LCJJX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33H1HW3U5HNCDandkeywords=fight+back+mike+oglesbeeandqid=1643494793andsprefix=fight+back+mike+oglesbee%2Caps%2C107andsr=8-1 (Amazon)

Your greatest superpower, that nobody can take from you, is choice. You always have a choice in life. Not always over your externals, but always in your mind. And this is where change begins. Expanding the mind to understand and utilize this principle can begin to shift and move you in new ways in your life. Today’s episode is all about learning to use this superpower to begin stepping into a new life. [00:00] – Intro [00:50] – Moment of Motivation [04:45] – Your Greatest Superpower Topic [12:04] – Challenge of the week Key Takeaways: You always have a choice. This doesn’t mean that things will change immediately, but it does mean that you can begin a journey of change Responsibility is one of the keys to changing your life This week's challenge will allow you to step into a new reality as you explore your possibilities Visit endthecycles.com and sign up on my email list to keep in touch Fight Back: End the Cycles of Anxiety and Depression on https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Back-Cycles-Anxiety-Depression/dp/B0949LCJJX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33H1HW3U5HNCDandkeywords=fight+back+mike+oglesbeeandqid=1643494793andsprefix=fight+back+mike+oglesbee%2Caps%2C107andsr=8-1 (Amazon)

Most people are taught an outside in model of thinking which leads them to thinking that the problems they experience are primarily a result of their external results and situations. The biggest problem this creates is that in order for things to change their circumstances must change. This keeps people in a victim mentality and doesn’t provide an opportunity for people to grow the way they want and desire. It’s time to step into a new understanding of life and how the mind works so we can begin to create the change in life we can and desire. [00:00] – Intro [00:50] – Moment of Motivation [05:18] – The Truth About Reality [13:18] – Challenge of the week Key Takeaways: What we experience in our lives is a result of the way we think We project our own ideas and stories onto the external variables in life and then experience a result of these stories and ideas Practicing the witness stand can lead us to understanding these internal processes so we can begin to make changes in our lives Visit endthecycles.com and sign up on my email list to keep in touch Fight Back: End the Cycles of Anxiety and Depression on https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Back-Cycles-Anxiety-Depression/dp/B0949LCJJX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33H1HW3U5HNCDandkeywords=fight+back+mike+oglesbeeandqid=1643494793andsprefix=fight+back+mike+oglesbee%2Caps%2C107andsr=8-1 (Amazon)

Today’s episode is all about one of the most important things you can do to help yourself overcome the cycles of anxiety and depression as well as in life in general, self-love. Most people think of love as a feeling or emotion, but love is not a feeling or emotion, it only produces them. We take action based on feelings so when there’s a lack of these feelings, we do not take the necessary actions of love to change them. This tends to keep up in recurring cycles of debilitation and dysfunction. [00:00] – Intro [00:51] – Moment of Motivation [05:06] – The Act of Self Love [12:39] – Challenge of the week Key Takeaways: The act of self-love is necessary for recovery Love is an action, not a feeling How to create a new standard for yourself that involves the act of love Visit https://endthecycles.com/ and sign up on my email list to keep in touch Grab your copy of Fight Back: End the Cycles of Anxiety and Depression here https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Back-Cycles-Anxiety-Depression/dp/1982246456/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3VSJE864A7PRR&keywords=mike+oglesbee+fight+back&qid=1644795433&sprefix=mike+oglesbee+fight+back%2Caps%2C74&sr=8-1

Today’s episode is all about tuning into and understanding how to communicate with life. Life sends us messages such as synchronicities, signs, and intuitions to use as a GPS to guide us to higher states and levels of living. Learning to understand these messages can help you along your journey of outgrowing anxiety and depression in your life. [00:48] – Moment of Motivation [04:10] – Life interventions topic [9:04:] “When the pain of staying the same becomes greater than the pain of change, that’s when we change” -Tony Robbins [10:13] – Challenge of the week Key Takeaways: A principle of life is expansion and growth. Life sends you messages and points of intervention to help guide you to higher paths and expressions of yourself. We all have free will and can choose to listen or reject these messages. Chaos is usually followed by change as it is one of the ways in which life intervenes as a way to guide us in another direction. Visit endthecycles.com and sign up on my email list to keep in touch Fight Back: End the Cycles of Anxiety and Depression on https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Back-Cycles-Anxiety-Depression/dp/B0949LCJJX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33H1HW3U5HNCDandkeywords=fight+back+mike+oglesbeeandqid=1643494793andsprefix=fight+back+mike+oglesbee%2Caps%2C107andsr=8-1 (Amazon)

Today’s episode is all about creating a growth mindset. A growth-oriented mindset is necessary to develop to outgrow cycles of anxiety and depression because it allows you to use each experience in your life as an opportunity to grow and develop yourself. In order to change your life from debilitation to freedom, you must become the version of yourself who lives free. This takes time and growth that we can achieve through a growth mindset. [00:00] – Intro [00:49] – Moment of Motivation [03:26] – Developing a growth mindset [09:59] – Challenge of the week Key Takeaways: When we begin to use our minds strategically for the purpose of growth, we begin to change our lives in a real and lasting way Introspection is necessary to change your life To release the cycles of anxiety and depression, you must outgrow them Visit endthecycles.com and sign up on my email list to keep in touch Fight Back: End the Cycles of Anxiety and Depression on https://www.amazon.com/Fight-Back-Cycles-Anxiety-Depression/dp/B0949LCJJX/ref=sr_1_1?crid=33H1HW3U5HNCDandkeywords=fight+back+mike+oglesbeeandqid=1643494793andsprefix=fight+back+mike+oglesbee%2Caps%2C107andsr=8-1 (Amazon)

In today’s episode, I share with you a little about my story and how I’ve struggled with anxiety and depression in my life since childhood, as well as how I began transforming my life and changing these experiences. [00:00] – Intro [00:51] – My story [19:36] – Challenge of the week Key Takeaways: No matter how difficult life is you can change it Your story of pain can become a story of victory as we move into a growth-oriented lifestyle Visit endthecycles.com and sign up on my email list to keep in touch

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