Press Forward: Recent Episodes
Amara Doxey
Amara Doxey uses story, songwriting, faith, personal experience, psychological tools, and practical skills to provide a way forward in the way we think, and therefore, the way we live.
When our son Liam was little, I asked him what kind of song he wanted me to write for him. He said he wanted to go on a trip. He wanted to ride planes, trains, and automobiles, and go on an adventure. He even helped me get the song started at times---i can still hear his adorable voice, saying, "Here, We, Go! " to the rhythm of the intro. My Dad always played songs on his guitar growing up--and many of them had a train in them, sort of a Johnny Cash feel, with a Spanish flair. I also often heard the sound of the trains on the tracks a couple miles away from my childhood home, lulling me to sleep at night, accompanied by those old songs my Dad would sing. "Everybody loves the sound of a train in the distance..." says Paul Simon. That was true for me. This song became a story of a confident, willful, stubborn young man, out to find his way in the world--and finding out it's not as easy as it looks. But when there is a will, there is a way, and having a bit of stubborn optimism and bravery can take you places, where you'll do things you didn't know you could.
How seeing through a negative lense, can sometimes instigate positive change, using creative methods to find solutions.
Recovery from addiction, and discovery of self love, through the practice of Ahimsa, which means to do no harm, to Love God and therefore love as he would love.
A Song written with reference to the scripture Matthew 11:28-30 When blessings feel like burdens, or when burdens are too much to bear, don't just "hand them over" to God--let Him fill you with His abundant Light.
"Mistakes are always mistakes, or so I've heard them say, but if it teaches a lesson, the mistake will go away" Stephen Cosgrove
There was a time years ago, I was taught the meaning of Christmas. It was when we had little in terms of material wealth, and the car i was driving broke down on the side of a main highway. The car broke down all the time--we didn't have the funds to fix it properly, and I usually just hoped the car would get me to work every day. By some miracle, it always did. The car always would restart. But this day, it didn't. So I walked. It was a long walk, and as I made my way home, the tune, and the words of this song came to me. I thought I had nothing to give others that Christmas. I wouldn't be able to afford the gifts I wished I could give to friends and family. "What can i give?" I thought. Then, I realized that childlike belief led to bearing light, truth, love, and using the less tangible gifts I had been given to uplift others was what I could give to my Savior Jesus Christ. These gifts could be both given, and received at Christmas, and always.
This episode shares a personal story of a kayak excursion in Baja Mexico, experienced by a group of young adults, and how these kind of experiences can be for our good.
This episode features the song track "Little O" and some thoughts about the inadequacies of parenting, or leadership in all it's forms. Referencing the "power of not Knowing" by Liz Wiseman, we learn that being a rookie is a good thing, and perfectly normal. In fact, it's something we could strive for.
Skill aquisition is easier than you think, and it's not just for those "gifted" people. Learn something new to enrich your life.
You may have heard before of using time blocking as a time management tool, but this will give you a new way to look at how we perceive the time we have, and how we choose to use it.
This episode introduces Amara Doxey as a therapuetic singer/songwriter, and how the will to live a good life is in the simple and continual effort of getting up.
This episode gives some directives on the kind of content, and verbiage used in writing a "Future Journal" of your own. Also, an introduction to using trajectories and systems as modalities toward low pressure progress.