Does Hope Ease Pain Or Cause It?

You are sitting in the waiting room of the doctor’s office.

Your significant other is in the other room speaking with the doctor now.

You watch the clock counting the seconds, hoping that they are healthy and there is nothing to worry about.

You glance at the coffee table in the center with the outdated magazines.

You look at the receptionist behind the desk punching away at their keyboard without a rest.

Why is everything in this room offensive?

Why does everything bother you right now?

Moment later your spouse comes out with a glum look on their face. They don’t have to say anything.

The scenario in which you both feared would become reality has come to fruition.

They are sick and you don’t know what to do.

Have you ever been in a situation in which a loved one is sick?

Where the doctors have said that there is very little they can do and that the patient has a very small chance of recovering?

Maybe you have experienced this or maybe you haven’t, but if you ever do have to deal with this impossible moment how do you respond?

Do you become despondent and lose any hope for a better outcome?

Do you hold on to hope that your parent, child, wife, husband, brother, sister pulls through and will live out the rest of their days continuing to make memories with you?

What happens if the impossible does occur and you put all of your hope into the fleeting possibility that everything will turn all right?

Is it better to lose hope and save yourself more heartbreak? Is it still better to be hopeful even if there are no guarantees that the outcome will be positive?

Does hope ease pain or cause it?

Join Oleg and Nancy as they discuss the possibilities of hope and the double edged sword it can appear to be at times.

Please add to the discussion by adding your thoughts to the comments below.

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Do You Care About What Others Think Of You?

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Do you #care about what others think of you? If so, why?

Is it possible to TRULY NOT CARE about what think of you?

Is there a difference between #acknowledgment and caring?

What do others’ #opinions tell about who you are? Is there a grain of truth to their statements?

Tune in on May 28th at 10:45 AM CST, as we, Nancy John, Edward Bodenheimer III, Scott Mason, Casey Berman and I, explore why some if not all of us care about what others think of us, how others’ opinions shape our world views, and other related topics.

As creators of Overcoming Odds, we care deeply about what new perspectives such conversation may spark within you.

So, please join us and share your insights with us!!!

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What Have You Learned About Yourself Since Starting Your Business?

What have you learned about yourself since starting your business?

How do you apply business related lessons to everyday life?

Is there a work-life balance?

Tune in, as Nancy John and Oleg, dive deep into lessons learned from starting a #business​, loneliness in #entrepreneurship​, and other related topics.

Do you worry about being forgotten?

This week's episode features, Nancy John.

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Acknowledging Racism, Injustice, and Inequality

Conversations about race may be uncomfortable, but that just makes them even more necessary to discuss. In acknowledging different experiences of racism, you can understand the importance of fighting it.

This episode features Nancy John discussing educating yourself on different people of color’s experiences, realizing your own bias and taking action against it, and being aware of the language you use in conversations. She explains the meaning of understanding things on a personal level and challenging the lens you see things through in order to create change.

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Creating A Vision for Your Life

We often go about our lives trying to follow the “C” word: our compass. However, it may not always be clear which direction we are meant to pursue.

In this episode, Nancy John, founder of Seed Leadership, discusses the values that help her operate and undergo the process of digging down deep to find her purpose, and in that hopes that others can find help following their compass as well.

Faith plays a large part in giving her guidance through life, in that the idea of service and figuring out how she can uniquely position herself to serve others is one aspect she likes to base her actions on.

Through focusing on the present rather than the possibilities of the future, she encourages us to see how their unique gifts fit into their big picture, and in that way we can figure out where we’re going in a way that still allows room for experience and enables us to follow our own compass.