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Daphne Jones-Robinson wanted badly to use her creative gifts. One day she said goodbye to the corporate world and never looked back. Learn how within months of leaving her job, Daphne wrote a book in thirty days and can now add the title Author to her name.
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Joy Sutton, The Joy Sutton Show
Joy Sutton is an award-winning journalist, motivational speaker, marketing manager and an entrepreneur with more than 15 years of media experience.
She started her career in journalism as an anchor/reporter for WDBJ Television after graduating from Howard University. She also received her Master’s from Virginia Tech in Health Promotions.
After 11 years in the news business, Joy transitioned to corporate America and took on the role of Marketing Manager for Lewis Gale Regional Health System.
Shortly after accepting her new position, she decided to take a leap of faith to pursue her childhood dream of having her own talk show and launched her own production company.
Sutton Impact Media LLC., offers positive programming and video production services including commercials and corporate videos.
The Joy Sutton Show, formerly The Hour of Joy, is now in its third season. The talk show airs Sundays at 11:30 a.m. on WDBJ and on MY19 at 6:30 p.m. You can also watch the show online at wdbj7.com/joy.
Joy says her mission in life is to bring “Joy” to the world.
Copy and paste the following link to visit with Joy: joysuttonshow.com
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Is someone out there still waiting to receive an apology from you?
There’s so much power in the words “I apologize.” They can heal a broken heart, dry tears from crying eyes, change a frown into a smile, turn sadness into joy, and give a restless soul some peace.
So if an apology can do so much good, why is it so difficult for us to apologize?
Where did this thinking come from? Well, in the movie “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon – 1949,” John Wayne said “…Never apologize–it’s a sign of weakness.”
Well, let me tell you, it is just the opposite. Having the capacity to say I am sorry, is a sign of strength. It really takes a lot of courage to say I am sorry and refusing to apologize is the true sign of weakness.
Someone out there is waiting for you to deliver the words “I Am Sorry.” And if there’s one change you can make starting today, show how strong you really are, look for opportunities to apologize when you know that you did something wrong or whatever part you played in the situation.
Reach out to someone you’ve hurt and apologize.
Dr. Rodney Malcolm’s Bio:
Dr. Malcolm provides marriage, family, and pastoral counseling in the Washington DC metropolitan area.
Dr. Malcolm holds the following degrees:
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Is Change Really That Difficult?
Many people are facing life threatening situations and still will not embrace new behaviors that could save their lives. Many people dread getting up five days out of the week because they hate their jobs, yet they refuse to look for a new one. Many couples elect to live in an unhappy home environment and refuse to make changes that could lead to happiness. The guests on today’s show offered some interesting insights regarding why many of us find it difficult to change even when it could be the best thing for us and lead to happiness and success. Check out their brief bios and read their prescription for how we can take the “Difficulty” out of “Change” and start moving closer to living the life we desire and deserve.
Taking the “Difficulty” out of “Change” begins with thinking differently about change. You must first embrace the fact that it is normal to feel uncomfortable when you step out of your comfort zone or have to let go of something you want to hold on to. These thoughts and feelings are on “autopilot.”
So the next thing you must do is start reprogramming those thoughts on autopilot. How do you do this? By making a conscious effort to find everything positive that could result from your situation. Write them down so you can access them when you need to. Say them out loud the moment the negative thoughts begin to surface and focus on the positive benefits every time.
Now, instead of focusing on what you have to endure or give up, which makes “Change” appear difficult, you will now be focusing on the positive benefits you will derive, and “Change” will gradually become more exciting and exhilarating!
Change appears to be difficult because as children we were conditioned to believe that stepping outside of our comfort zone for any reason, was uncomfortable.
We learned to feel a sense of loss when we had to let go of things we were not ready to release.
These feelings and behaviors about change are now on “autopilot” and part of our subconscious minds. The very moment that change becomes necessary, our immediate reaction is to view it as negative and difficult, even before we’ve had a chance to think it through. Often times, we never think about it at all, we simply react.
So what should we do? We must learn to disassociate change with difficulty. Taking the difficulty out of change begins with thinking differently about change. How do we start thinking differently about change? We start thinking differently about change by making a conscious effort some important steps:
9 Steps To Take The Difficulty Out Of Change
Now, instead of focusing on the negative aspect of what you have to endure or give up, which makes change appear difficult, you will now be focusing on the positive benefits you will derive, and change will gradually become less difficult and more exciting!