self-help

Beyond Forgive and Forget: The Real Secret to Letting Go

In this episode of Phoenix and Flame, host Dana Skaggs sits down with three-time bestselling author and forgiveness coach Katharine Giovanni to talk about the idea of forgiveness—we’re told to do it, but rarely taught how. Katharine explains that forgiveness isn’t about excusing someone’s behavior or even reconciling with them; it’s a tool for your own…

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How Your Survival Brain is Sabotaging Your Happiness

In this episode, Matt O’Neill reveals how to achieve “conscious happiness” even when life feels chaotic. He explains that the common belief of “I’ll be happy when…” is a deceptive trap that keeps us constantly striving but never satisfied. Matt reframes negative moods not as personal flaws, but as predictable functions of our “survival brain”…

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