Claim OwnershipDiamond Within : Finding Joy Through Life’s Challenges
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Welcome to The Diamond Within, a podcast that dives deep into how to cope with the challenges we face while finding joy in the journey. Each episode will explore insights into shaping mindset and provide a higher perspective on how we view life’s challenges. Courtney uses her experience as a Registered Nurse, Yoga Instructor, wife and mother of 4, as well as her experience through her own challenges with health and shares personal stories and beliefs that will provide new insights into how to deal with life’s most challenging times.
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Have you ever heard of living with intention? What is it? What does it look like? How do you do it? What do I need to watch out for? Courtney dives into these questions and shares new insights into how to live with powerful intention.
Do you ever get weighed down by your trials and struggles? Does it seem like you can’t see anything else and that your problems are bigger than anyone else’s?Trials can make us myopic and forget the bigger picture. Courtney shares powerful insights and stories about how to shift your perspective and remember how small we are compared to the bigger picture.
Do you hate waiting for things? Especially when you’re enduring something hard? Do you wonder if your blessing or miracle will ever come??If you have had thoughts like this, you’re not alone. Courtney shares insights and life experience along with familiar scenarios to demonstrate why the waiting period is divine.
Do you ever feel like trials are never ending? Does the weight feel too heavy to bear at times? Do you find it hard to find any happiness in the storms of life?Courtney answers these questions with reassurance when life feels like a constant storm.
Do you ever feel the need to vent your struggles? Do you wonder if you should or shouldn’t open up and suddenly get vulnerable? What would happen if you do? What will they think of you? If these thoughts run through your mind, you aren’t alone; but opening up can have its advantages. Courtney shares new insights and personal experience to help you with this
Do you feel that God seems distant? Do you feel that despite all your best efforts your circumstances don’t seem to change? Do you feel like He has abandoned you?Here is why this isn’t the case and why He is closer to you than you realize. Courtney shares real life experiences and reassurances that will help you endure your most difficult days.
Do you find it difficult to give yourself grace when you are always on the go and never get to rest? If this sounds like you, you’re not alone. Courtney explains why giving yourself grace is crucial in difficult times.
What is your ‘why?’ What is it? How do I find it? Do you wonder what your ‘why’ is? Why do you need one? How can it help you?Courtney answers these questions through real life experience and gives insight into why your ‘why’ is crucial during the trials of life.
Do you ever have those days where you feel like you have done enough and shouldn’t be asked to do more? Why should you focus on others when your life already seems so hard?From looking in to turning out, Courtney explains why having an outward perspective is a key part to not just endure your trials, but to do it with joy.
Have you ever looked in the mirror and don’t even recognize who is looking back at you because life has treated you harshly for too long? How do we remember who we truly are? Can we ever find ourselves again? Courtney gives meaningful insight on how we can reconnect with our true selves and to prevent losing ourselves along the journey of life.
Ever wonder why we react the way we do to certain situations, or why changing a bad habit can be difficult? Is it even possible to change in a hard situation or during a difficult trial? Courtney shares real life tender experiences that demonstrate that change is possible, even when you don’t think it is.
Do you find it hard to look inward? What does it even mean? How do we do it? Why is it necessary?Looking inward is never easy, especially when we are enduring difficult days. Courtney teaches why looking inward is a critical step to enduring those challenging times with the right mindset so you can be refined by your trials; not defined by them.
Positive Self-Talk. Sounds cliche, but is it really? Have you tried it before? Have you seen someone else do it? Are you a skeptic or a believer? Does it really work?Positive self-talk is explored in this episode and wraps up the discussion of misconceptions and how to reframe them into positive outcomes.
Is life so busy and chaotic that you seem to never have a moment to rest or be still? Why do we even need to practice stillness? What does it even mean to be still? All this will be explored with new insights and helpful tips to practice and integrate stillness into your every day life.
Ever feel like shouting your struggles and suffering from the mountain tops for all to hear? Do you need validation in your suffering? Are you asking multiple people up and down the spectrum for advice wondering what you should do?Here is why that may not be the best idea. This episode discusses who we should be talking to and who is the ultimate example of how to deal with trials and suffering.
Do you ever feel like you aren’t worth it? Ever feel like your challenges and struggles are diminishing your worth? Or do you wonder where worth comes from or how it is measured? What do you do when you don’t feel worth it? Courtney dives into these questions and shares tips and strategies and new insights to help you when you feel your worth is low and the challenges never seem to end.
Do you ever feel like you deserve something or feel like God is punishing you when life suddenly gets hard? What can we do to redirect those thoughts? Can they be avoided?Through stories and life experiences, Courtney shares strategies and new mindsets to help you deal with this common misconception.
Have you ever thought to yourself This Is Nevwr Going to End when you are dealing with something hard, or the trials just never seem to stop coming with no end in sight? Courtney shares real life experiences and familiar stories to help you through this way of thinking and where to shift your focus when you find yourself slipping into this mindset.
Have you had times when you knew you were not okay but hesitated to reach out for help? Do you feel like you have to carry your burden by yourself? Even if you want to be the hero, heroes need help from their sidekick or superhero team. Courtney dives into life experiences to demonstrate how reaching out during your hero’s journey yields unexpected benefits and surprises, while empowering you to reach out when you feel you are really not okay.
Have you ever felt like you deserve what is happening to you? Have you felt like you were being punished for something you did? Do you feel like God deliberately deals out punishments to the sinners and not to the righteous? Courtney answers these questions and sheds insight into why thinking this is harmful and not helpful during times of trial and hardship.
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