Having It A.L.L.

Welcome to Having It A.L.L., the podcast that flips the script on what it means to “have it all” in life. I’m Matthew Bivens, your host and friend, and I’m inviting you to join me in conversations designed to help you radically shift your confidence, self worth, and clarity. In order to create new results in your life - whether that’s in your relationships, your health, your money, your family or your life’s purpose - you must make new decisions and build new habits. This podcast will not only deliver the lessons and action items that will help you move the needle in your life, but also share the vulnerable and honest truth about the challenges of working to improve and ultimately master yourself. Each breakdown can lead to breakthrough, and we cover it all on this podcast. Personal development is not an easy road, but you can create meaningful change that lasts. Let’s do it together one choice at a time. Tune in each week and see that it’s not only possible to have it all, but that you were meant to all along! 

Self-Improvement
Mental Health
Alternative Health
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Create Your Word For The Year: A Simple Process...
What is your word for this year?   You may be used to creating new years resolutions or setting goals for the year. But I have something even more simple and effective, and that's coming up with a single word that embodies the life you wish to...
36 min
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Do This BEFORE Planning Your 2019 Goals And New...
Have you started planning your goals and resolutions for 2019?   Whether you have your goals already, or haven't even started, there's one thing you want to make sure you do before you write your goals in stone, and that's take a deep look at how...
45 min
328
A Little Bit Of Holiday Magic And Gratitude
Did you know that magic and gratitude were major factors in "having it all" to me?   That's sort of a trick question, because if you've listened to the show before you know that they are DEFINITELY ingredients to the having it all formula.  ...
11 min
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Feeling Stuck In Life? Here's The Secret To Get...
Are you feeling stuck in life right now?   Feeling stuck is something that we all can relate to, because at one point or another we've been there. It's not a fun feeling, and normally it turns into self criticism and judgements that we're not...
30 min
330
The Top 5 Regrets Of The Dying: Are You Creatin...
What regrets do you have in life?   None of us want to have regrets. That feeling of wishing you had done something different, said something different, is terrible. I'm sure we can all think of at least one thing we regret.   In today's...
46 min
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How To Finally Stop Self Sabotage
How do you stop the process of self sabotaging?   That's a million dollar question if I've ever heard one!    I think most, if not all, of us can relate to self sabotage. We know what it feels like to see the potential for our...
35 min
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Feel Like Your Life Just Isn't Working? Here's ...
Have you ever felt like your life was not working? That in one (or many) areas of your life, things are just off and not where you want them to be?    Maybe you're in that place right now.   I recently had a very powerful and humbling...
39 min
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The Magic Of Paying Forward Positivity (Rebroad...
When was the last time you were truly inspired by someones act of kindness and love? For me, it was just a few minutes ago, and this gesture is the reason for today's episode. I'm rebroadcasting an episode from a few months ago called Paying Forward...
14 min
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How Daddy-Daughter Dates Can Heal The World
What was the last empowering and loving daddy-daughter experience you witnessed? Hopefully you don't have to think too hard to come up with an example. But unfortunately I think it can be harder to think of examples of loving interactions between...
32 min
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New Years Resolutions: Why I'm Not A Fan Of The...
Do you set new years resolutions? If so, how often do you complete them? And more importantly, what is your experience of your new years resolution? As you can tell by the title, I don't like new years resolutions at all. I'm all for people committing...
28 min
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My Interview On "Her Brilliant Health Radio" wi...
For today's episode I'm bringing you an interview that I did with Dr. Kyrin Dunston on her podcast "Her Brilliant Health Radio". I had a great time talking with Dr. Kyrin about nurturing relationships, achieving an abundant loving life, finding...
56 min
337
This Is Why You Don't Have The Life You Want
Do you have the life you want today?   Very few people can honestly say "yes" across the board. And that's totally cool. Many of us are on the journey to creating the experience we want in life.   But there is a large group of people who...
24 min
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The Universe's Timing Is Perfect (Even If It Do...
Can you think of a time when you questioned the timing of something? Maybe you've taken a big step in your life recently, and you're judging the fact that it didn't happen earlier. Or you so desperately want something to happen TODAY, and you're...
19 min
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Why Men Don't Show Emotion (And How To Help Us ...
Why do some men seem like completely emotionless creatures? Why does it seem like men go out of their way to bury and hide their feelings? Why do men avoid vulnerability so vehemently? In today's episode I'm sharing the truth that all men have...
41 min
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Shipped Is Better Than Perfect
What is the cost of your pursuit of perfection? Today I'm bringing you a bonus episode (actually you'll get a few bonus episodes this week!). I'm talking about perfection and the belief that things need to be perfect in our lives before we take...
15 min
341
It's Time To Kill Work-Life Balance And Replace...
Do you feel you have work-life balance? Or are you one of the millions of people who are feeling out of balance because they've been using this tired context to look at their lives?   If you are, don't stress out. I was too. But I've realized...
45 min
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How I'm Using Visualization To Literally Reprog...
Are you familiar with visualization?   It's a technique that world class athletes and high achievers of all types, use to literally put themselves into a higher state of being mentally and emotionally. Visualization helps these individuals live...
34 min
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I'm Not Here To Make You Happy
Be completely honest with yourself: are you currently taking on the responsibility for another person's emotions?   If so, you want to listen to this episode several times.   Truth is, I'm sure most of us have done this or are doing this....
36 min
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A Quick And Dirty Way To Gauge The Quality Of Y...
What is the quality of your life right now?   Super loaded question, I know. But even the quick second of reflection that you did after reading that question is super beneficial to your overall wellbeing.    A lot of times we can go...
44 min
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You Must Choose To Let Go Moment To Moment
Did you know that letting go in life is a choice? Yes, it’s moment-to-moment choice where you decided whether you will release what you’ve been fixating on, or add to your fixation. Many of us can get down with the idea of “letting go”, but we...
7 min
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Sexual Healing: The Magic Of Being Proactive An...
Are you practicing sexual healing?   So many different things can come up when we think about sexual healing. From healing past traumas to healing physical conditions to Marvin Gaye (seriously, that was my entire context until a number of years...
52 min
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The Key To Living A More Proactive Life
Where do you spend most of your emotional time and energy: in things you can influence or in things you have zero control over? If you're a proactive person who takes response-ability for their lives, then you absolutely focus on the things you can...
23 min
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If You Want To Have It All Then You Have To Be ...
What does being proactive mean to you?   I would say "It means taking initiative".    But I have learned that to Be Proactive means so much more. And understanding this meaning is imperative if you want to have it all and lead an...
38 min
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When To Come Clean And Apologize -- Say Sorry O...
When do you apologize for something you've done? When is it appropriate to come clean in a situation, versus letting things go and moving on?    Apologizing has rarely come easy for me. My ego is strong when it comes to owning up to...
36 min
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It's Time For You To Take A Hard Look At Your E...
If you were to take an audit of the environments you spend most of your time in, would you say that they uplift you, do nothing for you, or drag you down?   My dad used to say "You are the 5 people you hang around most", and for many years I...
26 min