In this episode of WORDS MATTER, Deanna Ley, The Catalytic Coach, invites you to pause long enough to notice the moment you're in—and then be in it. With the quote “Wherever you are, be all there.” by Jim Elliott, Deanna explores what it means to stop drifting through life and start actually living it.

From brain science to personal stories, she helps you recognize how our minds are wired to wander—and how to gently bring yourself back to presence. This episode is for anyone who’s felt stuck in The Next or tangled up in The Past and is ready to reclaim the peace of the Right Now.

What Listeners Will Learn:
• Why presence is a practice, not a performance
• What happens in your brain when you're constantly replaying or future-casting
• How the Default Mode Network and Task-Positive Network shape your focus
• Why being fully present may feel uncomfortable at first—but is always worth it
• Simple practices that gently return you to the now
• A weekly invitation to show up—fully, honestly, and imperfectly

Memorable Quotes:
• “Wherever you are, be all there.” – Jim Elliott
• “My body was there, but my mind was always scanning, bracing, anticipating.”
• “Our brain learns to equate stillness with risk.”
• “Not a perfect life, but a felt one. Not performance, but connection. Not control, but soul-deep peace.”
• “Healing doesn't live in the ideal. It lives in the real.”
• “This moment is the only place your life is actually happening.”

This episode reminds us that peace isn’t waiting in The Next—it’s available in this breath, this heartbeat, this choice. And the invitation? Come back home to yourself. Be all there.

Your WORDS MATTER, because YOU MATTER.

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