Avoid Regrets on Your Big Day

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Hello Friend!

This is a bi-weekly episode of the newsletter!

The purpose of Advice Column is to share uplifting reminders to connect with the best in yourself, others, and the world.

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 Advice Column is a nonprofit, 501(C)3 and through our podcast and newsletters, my mission is to help you connect with the best in yourself, others, and the world.

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Today, with so much negativity in the media and increasing disconnection with one another as a society, I’m more convinced than ever that we need positivity. I created Advice Column to remind you of the virtue you possess.

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Justin Reden
Justin is a husband and the father of two wonderful daughters. He owns a law firm in San Diego, CA, and his many hobbies include mountain biking and beekeeping. Reden enjoys strategy, including pondering life and has a great love for people.

Brad Tunis
Brad left his career as a hospital administrator to support people through his training as a highly sought after Hypnotherapist and Mindfulness Coach. He enjoys surfing and riding gravel bikes with his wife, Sarah.

Lisa Liguori
The founder of the Advice Column Podcast, Lisa is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and adventurer. She loves to host game nights, pilot a small plane, and write in her journal. She loves hearing what others are learning in their life's journey and to share what she is working through.

Rico Molden
The producer of Advice Column's live steam events, Rico is a filmmaker and storyteller. Rico and his wife have two young children and are actively involved in their church.

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Help is often nearer than you think! In this audio edition of the my bi-monthly newsletter I share a story of how I was reminded to ask for help. I hope it's a good reminder for you, too!

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What you do matters! In this audio edition of the my bi-monthly newsletter I share a story of how small acts of kindness are not small. It's just a quick reminder that you hold tremendous power to change people's lives by the choices you make moment to moment.. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!

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 Advice Column is a nonprofit, 501(C)3 and through our podcast and newsletters, my mission is to help you connect with the best in yourself, others, and the world.

Welcome to the audio version of Lisa Liguori's Advice Column Newsletter. If you're like us, it's sometimes easier to listen to something than to read it.

In this recording Lisa reads the following newsletter.

There is a group of well-dressed people at a grand banquet hall. The decor is gorgeous and there are bountiful plates of delicious food in front them. The scent of savory dishes floats through the air and there are decorative plates with sweet treats piled high.

But upon inspection there is a problem. The guests seated at the table all have their wrists bound to the table with heavy steel cuffs. They have enormous long spoons at their fingertips, but with their arms pinned down they cannot pivot the long instruments at an angle to pick up food from their plates. They cannot eat. They are frustrated and hungry, in a form of hell.

There is another table in what might be conceived of as heaven. The same type of well-coiffed revelers sit at a table loaded with culinary delights. The strange thing is that these men and women also have their hands shackled; but somehow they are eating and enjoying themselves. There are warm sounds of conversation and laughter rising up.

How strange, you think, wondering how this could be. 

You draw further into the scene to investigate and you see that in this second group each person is using his or her long spoon to feed the person across the table from them. By feeding one another they can make the long spoons work. 

I had forgotten about this story, attributed to Rabbi Haim, until I was setting the table for Thanksgiving this year. Today I’m pondering it. 

It’s such a neat dynamic that when we give, we cannot help but receive. I hope in this season of gifting, the emotional and physical gifts you send out return to you many fold and fill you with joy.

With love,

Lisa

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You may have seen hypnotherapy on a stage or heard about its use for smoking cessation. But how does hypnotherapy really work? Could it help you? Is it safe? Why are some religious traditions opposed to it? We dive into all of these topics with one of our very own panel in this episode.   

Delve into Brad Tunis' unique profession as we unpack preconceived notions about hypnosis, learn tools for deepening our own connections to our mental state. In this conversation we also discuss how to manage anxiety, bolster personal growth, and even enhance performance. So tune in, and let's explore the power of the mind!

Meet the Advice Column Panel

Justin Reden
Justin is a husband and the father of two wonderful daughters. He owns a law firm in San Diego, CA, and his many hobbies include mountain biking and beekeeping. Reden enjoys strategy, including pondering life, and has a great love for people.
Justin's Website

Brad Tunis
Brad left his career as a hospital administrator to support people through his training as a highly sought-after Hypnotherapist and Mindfulness Coach. He enjoys surfing and riding gravel bikes with his wife, Sarah.
Brad's Website

Laura C. Reden
Laura is the author of the author of the Tethered Soul and the Phantom book series.
Laura C. Reden never considered herself a creative person, until a sudden spark of inspiration left her writing my first book. The endless possibilities for creativity and imagination have kept her dedicated to the craft ever since.
Laura's Website

Lisa Liguori
The founder of the Advice Column Podcast, Lisa is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, and adventurer. She loves to host game nights, pilot a small plane, and write in her journal. She loves hearing what others are learning in their life's journey and sharing what she is working through.
Lisa's Website

Rico Molden
The producer of Advice Column's live steam events, Rico is a filmmaker and storyteller. Rico and his wife have two young children and are actively involved in their church.
Rico's Website


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Standing outside the East Gate of San Quentin Prison at 9:22 a.m. on November 16, I was shivering and impatient for my tour to start. I was dressed in all black because I wasn’t allowed to wear denim, gray, blue, lime green, or orange. I couldn’t bring any electronics or wear jewelry, either. 

Along with several other business leaders in a group called Young Presidents’ Organization (YPO), I was getting checked in when one of our guides shouted excitedly.  “The man coming out right now is being released after twenty-seven years in prison!”  She motioned to a woman standing about 50 yards from us.  “That’s his wife and she has been here since 5 a.m. waiting for him to come out.”  The guide had barely finished her sentence when a van pulled through the gate and an officer guided out a man in a baggy, light-gray sweat suit. The guard removed his handcuffs.  The man in gray walked toward his wife as she leaped toward him in giant ecstatic bounds, hands waving back and forth over her head, hooting in celebration.  They kissed and hugged. 

Our group was silent.  Tears welled up in my eyes as I thought about how it might feel to be on this side of the wall after twenty-seven years of being confined.

During part of the prison tour, I listened to the stories of about a dozen men who went through a program called the Victim Offender Education Group (VOEG).  During those conversations I sat next to a convicted murderer, our elbows touching. As he shared the sadness and regret he feels for the woman whose life he took, he cried. He also shared about his own childhood traumas and spoke about his hopes for the future.  As I listened to the men’s stories, two things struck me.

The process they went through in the program - meeting consistently, for years, with a trusted circle of peers to bravely do deep work on themselves - is remarkably similar to the small group work we do in YPO in small groups of C-Suite executives.

I could easily be the one who is behind bars. I like to think that I’m nothing like the person who committed a violent act while in a rage or the one who chose to drive drunk and kill someone. But I have lost control in anger and I have done foolish things like texting when I was driving. Those situations could have ended in a disaster if I was less fortunate. I am left with the feeling that there is a thin wall between the outside and the inside of a prison. I feel lucky that I’m on the outside. And I admire the brave people inside who choose to do the work daily to become better versions of themselves. Their accountability reassures me, and their hope inspires me. 

Please don’t hear this as me wanting to minimize the horrific pain caused by the violent choices people make. We can each decide, in every moment, how we will act. There is no explaining away decisions that harm others. My realization is just that I believe hope and growth can happen anywhere. I want to be humble like the men I met in the prison so I can experience it. 

Earlier this month the Advice Column team shared some ideas for practicing gratitude during the month of Thanksgiving. In my household, we decided to fill out a sticky note each day with something we’re grateful for. The night I came home from San Quentin, my sticky note had just one word, “Freedom.” 

|  I hope this email finds you reveling in your freedom. 

With love, Lisa  

How would you change the world? In this episode we asked people how they'd answer and we hope it provides an opportunity for you to reflect, too!


Connect with the Panelists:

00:00:25   Lisa Liguori (host)
00:00:39.   Juan Alvarado Jr
00:02:25     Travis I Sivart.
00:03:13   Julia McCoy
00:04:01   Lois Letchford
00:04:52    Andy Lingfield
00:05:47    J. Rosemarie (Jenn) Francis
00:06:51  Jamie Chalmers
00:07:45    Melisa Caprio
00:09:02    Lisa Liguori (host)

Connect with the host, Lisa Liguori:
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