Conversations with Cinthia

Undoing Your Past to Improve Your Future

Whether we deny it, dwell on it daily, or turn backflips to avoid thinking about it, the past can haunt us.  What would it be like to face your past and make some decisions that help you move forward?  To do what needs to be done so you are no longer defined by it?  Today Cinthia discusses what it means to face your past in a healthy way and deal with it so it no longer deals with you.  To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

Life Is Hard

Is there a legitimate need for vice in life?  Life is hard, and it is easy to turn to vice to numb the pain.  We may view our vices as anesthesia for our hurts and crutches for helping us get through life.  Unlike crutches and anesthesia, however, our vices tend to move us slowly away from life and health rather than helping us do what is necessary to embrace those things.   Today Cinthia explores what makes a vice, what function it serves, what it costs, and what other options exist for dealing with the pain of life. To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

Healthy Future Forecasting

How do you think about your future?  What do you dream, plan, or casually toss around in your brain?  Whether we chart it all out mentally or simply put things off until tomorrow, we all give mental space to the time ahead of us.  Today Cinthia explains that the way we think about ourselves and our future, as well as the way we interact with God about our future plans and the plans He has for us, make a huge difference.  How will you think differently about tomorrow, today?  To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

A.N.G.E.R. is for Survival, Not Superiority

Anger is an emotion that is not good or bad, in and of itself, but it can be powerfully used for good or for ill.  It can energize and inspire, hurt and harm, move us toward connection or annihilate our relationships, push us to fight for justice or inflate us to believe we are superior to others.  Do you manage your anger, or does it manage you?  Are you aware of your anger, and do you know how to calm yourself and express anger simultaneously?  Join Cinthia to look at how to use this super-power emotion for good.  To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

Emotional Immaturity

Most of us know the signs of physical adulthood, but we often struggle to identify, define, or deal with issues of emotional maturity in ourselves and others, despite the fact that these issues impact much of our lives and the lives of those around us.  Today Cinthia discusses characteristics of emotional maturity and immaturity and offers guidance for helping ourselves to mature in these less-obvious but oh-so-important areas, as well as dealing with people in our lives who currently lack emotional maturity despite living in adult bodies.  To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

Lonely and Disconnected

How have you experienced the holidays this year?  It would be nice if we could all feel bathed in the joy and peace of Christmas and then greet a new year with excitement and fresh energy… but sometimes the holidays make us keenly aware of our loneliness and the ways we feel disconnected from others.  Some of the factors involved in this are beyond our control, but there are some pieces we can address.  For example, did you know that one of the greatest sources of loneliness and disconnection from others can be a sense of disconnection with ourselves -- a lack of self-knowledge, or even a rejection of who we are and how we are made?  And, while we may be stuck with some non-returnable Christmas gifts, we don’t have to keep our self-rejection, self-alienation, and discontentment about who we are and how we were made.  Join Cinthia to consider how changing your relationship with yourself just might impact your relationship with the world around you and help that loneliness begin to lift.  To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

A Lovely Thing About Christmas

Now that the presents of Christmas 2022 have been bought/made, wrapped, and opened, what gift do you still want to give?  What kind of gift do you want to be?  You were made by God on purpose because He wanted to make you, and He intended you to be a gift to the world unlike any of the others He made.  So New Year’s (which is coming up, by the way) doesn’t have to be about making a bunch of self-focused, perfectionistic resolutions to become what you think you should be.  It can be more.  Join Cinthia to consider the specific kind of gift you get to be to the world this year and what it might take to become that gift.  To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

Stop Doing the Same Thing

Why do we keep doing the same things again and again, expecting different results even though we continue to get the old ones?  If you’ve listened to Cinthia for long, you won’t be surprised to hear that both the problem and the solution have to do with the ways we think.  Cinthia explains that our brains tend to respond to triggers by going down neural pathways that have been created over time, reinforcing them even further every time we travel there.  She also explores ways we can challenge these own patterns and work on creating and traveling down some new neural and behavioral roads. To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

Protect Your Vibe

The word “vibe” can make people think of different things, some of which are hard to define or differentiate.  But we do know that our bodies have electricity, chemicals, and other physical properties that influence our “sense” of those around us.  When should we trust our intuition?  What is the difference between heeding those difficult-to-define danger signals and jumping to unfair conclusions about others?  Join Cinthia to consider what we mean by “vibes” and how to approach these vague feelings that can seem so confusing.  To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6

Let Them Love You

Why do human beings (who, by the way, need love desperately) fight so hard against the gift we most need?  What should we do when we wonder whether a gesture of love or kindness might have strings attached?  And, when we do try to give and receive love with another person, why do we sometimes feel as if we are speaking different languages?  Join Cinthia to explore why the love we most need is sometimes so threatening to us and to take a step toward more effectively enjoying the gift of love.  To dive deeper into the message of each podcast, we've created a study guide for each episode. Download your FREE Study Guide here!  https://www.cinthiahiett.com/services-6