live on purpose – Page 9 – Dr. Paul Jenkins

Apr 02

How to Agree on Effective Rules When You Have Different Values

By DrPaul M-Power

Is it possible for couples with different values to agree on effective rules for their children? Yes! When couples simplify and seek to understand each other. Let’s start with the good news: Differences make us relevant and interesting to each other. Think about it, if you and your partner were exactly the same, one of you would be unnecessary. (Let’s not go there.) The good news is also the bad news: Differences create conflicts. (You already knew that.) There are different values, different preferences, different backgrounds, different cultures and different upbringings. These create conflicts, but they also help us to bring something unique to the relationship. Don’t try to replicate the exact culture of just one of the family backgrounds. The two of you have come together to create this new family that includes parts of each of what makes you you. As long as we are bent on keeping…

Mar 24

The Hope Class Encore

By DrPaul M-Power

Hope: (verb) want something to happen or be the case. Sounds simple enough. Yet, I hear people say they don't have any hope. And this disturbs me. Because this world needs hope. Almost everything that has been invented or created in this world has been because of hope. Someone hoped to be able to ship goods across the United States faster than horse and buggy. Someone hoped to be able to cure polio and a number of other diseases. Someone hoped to create a masterpiece that would inspire other artists. Personally, I have hoped for an education, for a wife and family, to write a book, to be a speaker, for the opportunity to be a grandpa. I think of what is not happening in people's lives because they have given up hope and it makes me sad. You can have hope, no matter what hurdles you have in your…

Mar 08

Stress is Real – Hope is Real

By DrPaul M-Power

Effects of the Pandemic Spouse, Ex, Children, In-laws Finances Work or lack thereof Politics War It is easy to see why so many people (and you may be one of them) are suffering from stress. The right kind of stress can actually motivate us, but chronic stress is when we perceive that the demands being placed on us are more than we can handle. Stress is real. Hope is real. You just need to know how to create the hope amidst the turmoil. There has never been a better time for the world to experience The Hope Class and there has never been a better time to register. In 24 hours Dr. Paul will be LIVE to bring you hope. Learn how to: Reclaim your mindReclaim your lifeExperience immediate relief from stressEstablish hope for better things to come We hope you can join Dr. Paul tomorrow, March 9th at 10am MST. LIVE…

Feb 24

Three Magical Letters

By DrPaul M-Power

Three ordinary letters when placed in the right order can cause a paradigm shift of monumental proportions. Y E T As in, "I can't do that!" -or- "I can't do that, yet." "I'm not good enough!" -or- "I'm not good enough, yet." "This doesn't work!" -or- "This doesn't work, yet." Can you feel the difference? One is closure, the other is open ended. One is a statement, the other has possibility lurking in the pause. We are given permission to acknowledge we have some work to do AND it creates excitement in thinking about future possibilities that will motivate us. Play with it for a minute and see what it does for you. Do you know where I was reminded of this recently? In a child's book, The Magical Yet by Angela DiTerlizzi. And she is so right. There are so…

Feb 18

The Possibility

By DrPaul M-Power

Often when I meet people they aren't at the best place they have ever been in their lives. They may have been beaten down by another person, circumstances, the economy, or themselves. Regardless, they often feel that they have tried EVERYTHING. In fact, they tell me they have. There is nothing else for them to do. And I ask them to hold open the possibility that there is something else. There is a possibility that a different way to think exists and that can take them out of the place they feel they are stuck in. It is what is available at Live On Purpose Central, our membership site. Check it out and see if there is a possibility for you in the place where you are stuck. DrPaul

Jan 13

Forgiveness, What it Is and What it Isn’t

By DrPaul M-Power

The comment went something like this, "I like the majority of what you say, but I just cannot agree with you on forgiveness. Can you honestly expect someone to forgive their abuser? That is just not o.k. Understanding what forgiveness is and what it isn't will help us to see why we would choose to forgive someone who has hurt us. First of all, let's understand what forgiveness is not. It is NOT saying that what was done is o.k. Abuse should not be tolerated or condoned. It is not o.k. The abuser should be held responsible for their actions. Steps need to be taken to get the abused party in a safe place. One where they will not be abused and can hopefully begin to build relationships where trust is a valued principle. This doesn't happen instantaneously. It is a journey, it takes time. Just because the abuse has stopped doesn't…

Jan 05

Happy New Year 2022

By DrPaul M-Power

In my Merry Christmas Email (and I hope you all had a Merry Christmas), I talked about The Feeling of Christmas. The Feeling is something I write about in Chapter 3 of my book, Pathological Positivity. The Feeling is a universally sought-after emotional state. We seek love, why? To have The Feeling. We seek money, why? To have The Feeling we get from the value we placed on obtaining money. We seek goals, why? To get The Feeling associated with obtaining the goal. We all want The Feeling that life is good. But, sometimes we just don’t know how to get there. And that is o.k. because there are tools and knowledge you can learn to guide your journey to The Feeling. At Live On Purpose we have made many changes this year to get these tools and knowledge into your hands to help you feel The Feeling more often…

Dec 21

Merry Christmas 2021

By DrPaul M-Power

Hello Friends, There are many things about the Christmas Season that I look forward to and you may also. Decorating our tree. Buying gifts for family and friends. Seeing light displays. Hearing Vicki sing in her Christmas Chorale. Reading Christmas books to the grandkids. Decorating gingerbread houses. Eating Christmas cookies. Connecting with friends and family through Christmas Greetings. Giving and seeing the many acts of service that are common at Christmas. And The Feeling. The Feeling of Goodwill. The Feeling of Love. The Feeling of Service. The Feeling of Purpose. I am grateful for each one of you and hope you have a Very Merry Christmas! DrPaul

Dec 21

How To Get Your Kids To Listen Without Yelling

By DrPaul M-Power

Take Control of You and Your Home I promise myself I am not going to yell and do good for a day or so, then find myself back in my bad habits, help me to stop.I hear myself yelling and it reminds me of my mom. I don’t want to raise my kids like I was raised.I can see the hurt in my kids eyes when I yell, but how do I get them to listen?My kids have trained me to yell, how do I take control?I feel like a complete failure as a parent. Help. If you have ever felt like this, you are not alone. But you probably felt like you were. So, when we launched Live On Purpose TV on YouTube, it was one of the first videos I recorded to help parents. And it is still one of the most popular videos to date. There was…

Dec 08

Dive In

By DrPaul M-Power

Don't wait for things to be perfect to start something new.