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Meet Cody Patino, a young entrepreneur and a father, trying to make a way for himself in the world. Cody tells his story from rough beginnings in foster care, using drugs, becoming a father young, and how he found the gospel of Jesus Christ. He shares his views on manliness, fatherhood, and the necessity strong honorable men to empower women to be feminine.

For our focus on mental health this month we are discussing the work done by the Family Crisis Center in helping people who have experienced abuse and trauma. Please consider your own mental health journey as you listen to how this organization helps survivors of abuse to get their lives back together.

How do you think like an entrepreneur? In this episode we explore what we can do to undo the conformist programming we all were taught growing up, and reveal our creative, bold, innovative mindset. It starts by thinking differently, trying new things, and getting comfortable with discomfort, then you can make the leap and become a true entrepreneur. Learn by doing. Live right now. Enjoy.

This month our focus is looking for the good and this episode explores how dwelling in the positive brings us the outcomes we are seeking in life. We explore positivity in dating when you've been in the dating scene soooo long, and how looking for the good blesses a marriage that's lasted over 3 decades.

Get ready for an empowering episode on how true principles give you power to direct your own life, no matter what happens to you. Bob Morley has worked in top level positions at Arbinger Institute, Franklin-Covey, Crucial Learning-- organizations dedicated to sharing scientific principles of success and productivity in life, relationships and business. He is passionate about the power of true principles such as taking responsibility for your life.

One day when he was watching TV after school Ryan's dad called him and said "Where are you? Get to work!" With that background of entrepreneurship and hard work, Ryan Evans shares with us the lessons he has learned about a productive and successful life leading up to his current role as the owner of Evans Hairstyling College in Rexburg ID.

Steven Albrechtson is a professional artist, and school teacher that has chosen to dedicate his life to service. He has produced large murals, and many paintings for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and continues to paint and inspire his art students. Here is a story of a man who lives a life of service and noble sacrifice.

"The image that you have of marriage or of life... I've got news for you, it's going to be shattered... It's going to break apart. Now that doesn't mean that you can't be happy that you can't be joyful. It just means that that the ideal that you, that each of us may have of how life is going to turn out is gonna fall apart. It's going to get shattered. But the beautiful thing about any mosaic ... is you take the broken pieces and you rearrange them different. And you put it back together. So that something that was was simple before is even more beautiful after you put the broken pieces together."

I met Jim and Dee Ann Mitchell at a big summer activity in the summer of 2021 when Dee Ann told me the miraculous story of how she survived kidney failure. I since interviewed them about their marriage story, and it is gold for anyone preparing for or improving their marriage. Please enjoy part 2 of this interview.

I met Jim and Dee Ann Mitchell at a big summer activity in the summer of 2021 when Dee Ann told me the miraculous story of how she survived kidney failure. I since interviewed them about their marriage story, and it is gold for anyone preparing for or improving their marriage. Please enjoy.

"I'm Diane. And this is Jim Mitchell and we've been married 35 years. We're grateful for our lives together. Grateful for our union, grateful for our children. Life is not simple. It's not easy. It can be very difficult, but great blessings are in store. And we're total opposites in a lot of ways, I'm very loud and outgoing and in everybody's face. And Jim's a little more reserved. You know, totally different personalities, but it works. It works for us, We make it work."

"The image that you have of marriage or of life... I've got news for you, it's going to be shattered... It's going to break apart. Now that doesn't mean that you can't be happy that you can't be joyful. It just means that that the ideal that you, that each of us may have of how life is going to turn out is gonna fall apart. It's going to get shattered. But the beautiful thing about any mosaic ... is you take the broken pieces and you rearrange them different. And you put it back together. So that something that was was simple before is even more beautiful after you put the broken pieces together."

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Lucy Shirisia is a human development instructor at Salt Lake Community College. Her classes changed my life and I'm happy to share with you this insightful episode on some of the reasons why mental disorders, including depression and suicide are rising in our society.

Live Right Now is seeking to reveal the principles of how life works, to help people see what's right in front of them, make better choices, and live a happy and fulfilling life.