Sedruola Maruska

Personal Development Coach

We often confuse compassion with empathy. The two are vastly different. Listen to this track to hear how and a story about my daughter.

Compassion and empathy are not the same, as explained through a personal story in this track.

Compassion As An Action Word

We can shift our mindset to one of abundance when we're working on our personal development. In this track, learn affirmations and hear how you can begin the journey to a more abundant mindset.

Shift your mindset to abundance with affirmations and start your journey towards personal development.

Creating An Abundance Mindset

Why do we meditate? That's the question that's answered here. Also, learn some affirmations to get your mind ready for your meditation practice.

Discover the purpose of meditation and powerful affirmations to prepare your mind.

Meditation For Beginners

Setting goals is a valuable part of personal development. Knowing why and how to set goals is important especially when you're beginning to move in the direction of your dreams. This track is a simple beginning to the basics of goal setting.

Learn the basics of goal setting with this simple track to help you move in the direction of your dreams.

Goal Setting Basics

Achieving our goals takes more than just wishful thinking, it takes focus. In this brief track, learn why and some tips on how to stay focused.

Learn how to achieve your goals with focus in this track with tips and reasons why wishful thinking is not enough.

Why Focus Yourself?

We avoid fear as much as possible. We're afraid of what our fear means. However, going through fear and doing what needs to be done is where success happens.

Fear is avoided due to its meaning, but success comes from facing it head-on and taking action.

Go Through Your Fears

We often focus on things that we don't want rather than what we do want. Exercising gratitude is a great way to refocus our attention and elevate our vibration to resonate with exactly what we're looking for.

Focusing on gratitude helps to shift attention from negative thoughts to positive, attracting what we want.

Gratitude

Brief tip on how and why a visualization is a powerful tool when it comes to achieving your most desired outcomes in life.

Visualization is a powerful tool to achieve desired outcomes in life.

The Power of Visualization

How do our implicit biases show up in our lives? Many times we're not aware. Here's a quick story and analysis to help clarify implicit bias and its impact.

Unconscious biases can affect our lives without us realizing it, as illustrated in a brief account and analysis.

Implicit Bias Equals Inequity

When faced with situations that challenge us, how do we respond? Understanding that we all face challenges and that the choices we make determine our character is important.

Our response to challenges shapes our character; acknowledging this universal truth is crucial.

Still We Rise

Disability bias is one of the most pervasive in our culture. Here's one way to work on being more aware of it within ourselves.

Combat disability bias by raising awareness within ourselves.

Examining Disability Bias / Ableism

We often throw words around that we don't understand. These three words: race, racism, and racists are three of the most prevalent right now. Learn what they mean and how they interrelate . . . Want to know more check http://diversitydish.com

Learn the meaning and interrelation of race, racism, and racists as they are prevalent words we often use without understanding from diversitydish.com.

Race, Racism & Racists An Examination

Want to change the trajectory of your life? Intentionality is the way. What's that? It's taking the time to know what you want, then staying open to the possibilities. Intentionality is what can change your life more than you thought possible.

Intentionality can change your life more than you thought possible by taking the time to know what you want and staying open to possibilities.

Value Of Intentionality

"It's the thought that counts" is a fallacy that leads us to believe what we do is more important than how it's received. Let's examine that.

The fallacy of "it's the thought that counts" leads us to overvalue our actions without considering their impact on others.

Awareness Of Intent Vs. Impact

Toxic humility is what we do when we shrink and diminish the value we bring to any relationship or interaction. It serves only to reduce our light and has no value beyond that.

Toxic humility diminishes our value in relationships, reducing our light with no other benefits.

Beware of Toxic Humility

Ms. Sojourner Truth is an inspiring figure in history. Listen to this short story about her life to learn how she became Sojourner Truth.

Discover the inspiring journey of Ms. Sojourner Truth in this short story about her life and transformation into a legendary figure.

Meet Ms. Sojourner Truth

Relax and be transported by this dystopian tale. "The Comet" was written by W. E. B. DuBois in 1920. It's a reflection of a time when segregation was typical and people failed to see each other if they were from different worlds. This story hauntingly explores what happens when one must start again and the constructs of society fall away.

DuBois's "The Comet" delves into the consequences of societal constructs fading, highlighting segregation and the need for rebirth.

The Comet - Story by W. E. B. DuBois

Every wonder why pronouns mean anything. Here's a brief look into why they matter.

Exploring the importance of pronouns and their significance in communication.

Why Pronouns Matter

We often think to be an antiracist we need to push ourselves to do things we hate. That's far from the truth. Let's learn how we can affect antiracist change where we are.

Being antiracist doesn't mean doing things we hate; we can create change where we are by learning and taking action.

How To Focus Your Antiracism

If you've ever received the compliment "You speak so well" you know it's a microaggression that rankles the nerves. If you've ever felt awkward after giving that compliment, listen to understand why this compliment can cause more harm than good.

"Being told 'You speak so well' is a microaggression that can be harmful, so it's important to understand its impact."

You Speak So Well - A Good Compliment?

We're hearing a lot about emotional intelligence and self-awareness these days. Let's take a closer look at what self-awareness means and how we can cultivate it.

Discover the importance of self-awareness and emotional intelligence in today's world and learn how to develop these crucial skills.

What is Self-Awareness?

We've been taught to be nice. However, nice is not how we connect. Nice is generally superficial. Let's be kind. Kindness is how we connect. What's the difference? Listen to find out.

Being nice is superficial; being kind is how we truly connect. Learn the difference by listening.

Kindness vs. Niceness

This eloquently written essay by author Zora Neale Hurston gives a glimpse into her mind and how she grew up in Florida. It's as if she wrote a postcard to let us see through her eyes.

Zora Neale Hurston's essay offers a poetic glimpse into her Florida upbringing, inviting readers to see the world through her eyes.

How it Feels to be Colored Me - Story

Sometimes even when we work hard, we may not achieve exactly what we hoped. That doesn't mean we don't gain. This is an inspiring short story by Paul Laurance Dunbar about Tom and how his failure showed his strength and inspired all who knew him.

Failure doesn't define us; it reveals our strength and inspires others in this tale by Paul Laurence Dunbar about Tom's resilience.

The Boy and The Bayonet

On your journey to Emotional Intelligence, it's important to foster self-management. What's that? Well, it's getting to know yourself and your triggers. Listen to learn more.

Develop emotional intelligence by focusing on self-management, which involves understanding yourself and your triggers - key for personal growth.

What is Self-Management

Start your sleep journey tonight with a short story by Mark Twain about how "You can find in a text whatever you bring if you stand between it and the mirror of your imagination."

Begin your sleep journey with Mark Twain's advice: "You can find in a text whatever you bring if you stand between it and the mirror of your imagination."

A Fable by Mark Twain

Fall asleep to this fun short story written in 1882 by Mark Twain. This story parallels Mark Twain's real-life skirmishes with burglars, burglar alarms, and his difficulty in operating the alarm. In this story, Mr. McWilliams unburdens himself to Mr. Twain while traveling on a train.

Mark Twain's 1882 short story about burglars and alarms is shared by Mr. McWilliams with Twain on a train journey.

The McWilliamses And The Burglar Alarm

On our Emotional Intelligence journey, we must learn Social Intelligence. Learn what it is, its components, and how to hone those skills for better social interactions.

Enhance social skills on Emotional Intelligence journey by understanding Social Intelligence components for improved interactions.

What is Social Intelligence / Awareness

Use these affirmations daily on your journey to better emotional intelligence. These affirmations will help boost your confidence in being able to manage your and other's emotions. Being able to manage your emotions is a stepping stone to true success.

Daily affirmations for better emotional intelligence boost confidence and success by improving management of emotions for yourself and others.

Affirmations For Emotional Intelligence

Relax and take a trip to the old horse race tracks and meet Schwalliger. A simple man who at times could be more than meets the eye. This story written by Paul Laurence Dunbar in 1904 is part of "The Heart of Happy Hollow" collection.

Meet Schwalliger at the old horse race tracks in this 1904 story by Paul Laurence Dunbar from "The Heart of Happy Hollow" collection.

Schwalliger's Philanthropy - P.L. Dunbar

These affirmations can be used at any time to help strengthen your vulnerability. Listen to them right before bed to help your brain work on building your vulnerability and success while you sleep. Then listen to them in the morning to reinforce the learning. The more you listen and internalize the messaging the more you'll start to experience the effects of feeling strong in your vulnerability and the ability to move toward what feels like success and financial freedom to you.

Strengthen vulnerability with affirmations before bed and in the morning for success and financial freedom.

Affirmations for Vulnerability & Success

Start your morning with these empowering gratitude affirmations to steer your day in a positive direction. Listen at night before going to sleep to reinforce a feeling of gratitude and well-being. Affirmations are a great way to rewire your brain and shift your mindset.

Empower your day with morning gratitude affirmations and reinforce positivity before bed to shape a grateful mindset and well-being.

Morning Gratitude Affirmations

Start and go through your day listening and absorbing these gratitude affirmations. They are meant to help rewire your mindset toward humility, deep gratitude, and personal success. Listen in the morning to start your day, in the evening to end your day, or throughout your day for a boost of mindfulness and gratitude.

Transform your mindset with gratitude affirmations: listen in morning, evening, or throughout day for humility, gratitude, and success.

Gratitude Affirmations for Success

Enjoy this short story from Eastern Stories and Legends. This story is about the Buddha's reincarnation as a lion helping the animal kingdom as he helped the human race. There are many conclusions to be drawn from this short story, I would love to hear your thoughts or ideas.

Buddha reincarnates as lion to help animal kingdom in short story from Eastern Stories and Legends. Share your thoughts!

The Hare That Ran Away - Eastern Stories

This very short fable is from Eastern stories. It's a story about wit that will surely delight any listener. A great way to wake up or wind down.

A charming Eastern fable about wit that delights listeners, perfect for starting or ending the day.

Tracks by Sedruola Maruska