Beyond The Rut Podcast

We have a discussion on how to live a fulfilling life through balancing the areas of faith, family, fitness, finances, and your outlook on future possibilities. Happy Life Versus Fulfilled Life “I’m just not happy in my ____.” Have you caught yourself saying this before? If so, you may be stuck in a rut. Positive psychology, such as what is described in Shawn Achor’s The Happiness Advantage, posits that if we put on a happy mindset or a positive mindset, then the happiness we are looking for will come. That is a gross over-simplification. You can listen to our 2-part series on The Happiness Advantage here. Positive psychology is a great start and a very important one, however as an emotion, happiness can be fleeting and not very sustainable. What we may be looking for is how to live a fulfilling life. I’ve been saying lately, “Life is just too dang short to live stuck in a rut.” When you ask yourself about the meaning of life, how will you measure that things are going well? How will you determine that it was