Tom Corner: Am I Happy?

<p>Show Notes</p> <p>[00:01:47] Balancing multiple things at one time. Helen asks Tom: How do you manage all of those passion projects and having a full-time job too?</p> <p>[00:02:08] When you do everything you’re ‘supposed’ to and you are still unhappy</p> <p> “I was lost. I did everything I was supposed to. I chased, I was well paid. I had titles, all this stuff and I have an amazing wife and three amazing daughters and I felt dead inside. And there, I believe there are a lot more people that are that way. They just don't know it, or they're afraid they don't know who to talk to about it.”</p> <p>[00:04:33] Am I living in everyone else’s expectations?</p> <p>[00:07:05] Authors as Your Chosen Mentors – Our Desire to Grow is a Gradual, Learning Process</p> <p>[00:13:03] The Process of Getting Comfortable with the Hard Questions</p> <p>[00:15:29] The process of accepting your past, embracing Self-Forgiveness: “I have to shed that because I can't move forward.”</p> <p>[00:22:20] The Art of Focus: Our minds focus on THOUSANDS of things a day</p> <p>[00:25:54] Finding Release from Unnecessary Stressors</p> <p>[00:30:15] Importance of Spiritual Practices</p> <p>[00:32:07] Escaping from our “hamster wheel of torture</p> <p> [00:34:32] Boundaries in Media Consumption</p> <p>[00:42:03]-  [00:44:59] Tom Shares a Story of His Daughter: On Perceived Failure + Perspective</p> <p>[00:48:26] Healing from Hard Circumstances:  “awaken and be at peace and ease”. </p> <p>[00:55:36] Shutting Off our “Monkey Minds”</p>