How can I find peace and contentment in things that I can not change

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Dr. Julie Hanks

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 734 Ratings

🗓️ 21 September 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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In this episode, Dr. Julie Hanks coaches Shannon and addresses the question “How can I find peace and contentment in things that I can not change?” Living in a remote area of the country without family or social support can feel lonely. You can acknowledge the difficult situations you’re in and that it’s not what you expected, and that’s ok. You can be grateful and grieve. During this episode, Dr. Hanks guides Shannon working on accepting her reality and grieving her lost expectations. A good...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Ask Dr. Julie Hanks, a safe place for healing conversations that educate and empower you to
0:23.2	prioritize your dreams, revolutionize your family, and personalize your fate. I'm your host,
0:29.2	Dr. Julie Hanks, a psychotherapist and coach offering online courses and programs to help women
0:34.6	all over the world heal themselves and their relationships.
0:38.3	Join me here every week as I coach a listener through a specific challenge and empower them
0:43.0	with tools to find healing. Today on the podcast, I am so happy to welcome Shannon. Welcome to the
0:49.9	podcast, Shannon. Hi. Thanks for having me. What is your question for me today? My question is,
0:57.1	how do I find peace and contentment in things that I can't change currently? Okay. Like to give some
1:05.4	background. Yeah. My husband and I recently started our own bush flying business, which is kind of unique.
1:14.6	And so we live, yeah, it has been a really cool experience.
1:18.2	And so we often live in remote areas.
1:21.6	And we don't have kids of our own yet.
1:24.3	And so we're both working.
1:26.2	And sometimes I just feel really lonely with being kind of out in the middle of nowhere own yet. And so we're both working. And sometimes I just feel really lonely with being
1:29.1	kind of out in the middle of nowhere. There's usually not a lot of women here or people my age.
1:37.1	And, you know, this is kind of the career path and passion that my husband has always wanted.
1:43.5	He's always wanted to be a Bush pilot.
1:45.3	And we're in this really fortunate position that we were able to start our own business
1:50.6	years before we thought we'd be able to do so.
1:54.3	And so it's been cool to see him like going after his dreams.
1:57.6	But sometimes I feel kind of stuck because it's not like the dream I had.
2:03.4	You know, I never envisioned living in Alaska.
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