There’s nothing wrong with having high standards. But the way a lot of people have high standards causes them a lot of pain and suffering and even blocks them from actually achieving those high standards. If your high standards are stopping you from taking action or exhausting you, they’re not functioning properly, and you need to tune in this week to discover the best possible way for you to use them.

If you’ve been pursuing the same goals for years now, now might be a great time to take stock of where you are and where you want to go from here, the goals you currently have, and whether those goals still matter to you. If you find your desires haven’t changed, I’m showing you how to continue to support yourself as you work toward them. And if you find the goals you’ve been pursuing no longer interest you, I’m showing you what it would look like to set those goals aside and choose new ones.

when your brain is like, “Yeah, but this…” this episode is here to help you say, “Yeah, but that... and I’m still worthy.” It’s okay to have high standards, but I’m showing you why this imperfect human experience is going to be filled with “yeah, buts” and how to stop arguing with them. Discover instead how to roll them into your definition of worthiness and value, so you can create a satisfying life that is filled with more of the things you want.

As much as we’d like to, we can’t guarantee that other people won’t feel negative emotions. So if there’s something you haven’t been doing in your career, your life, or one of your relationships because you’re afraid of someone else feeling disappointed, tune in this week to find out why that might not actually be the big problem your brain is telling you it is.

Often, when we are trying to perfect something, what we’re actually trying to do is be able to enjoy that thing. But for some reason, we think it has to be perfect first. Today’s episode is around a pretty basic idea, but it’s also super important: there’s a difference between perfecting and enjoying.

A lot of us just think high energy is great and we should be there all the time, and when we’re low on energy, we need to increase our energy levels. But the reality is, deciding intentionally how you want to use your high-energy times is just as important as raising your energy levels when you feel low.

Whatever changes you want to make in your life, it’s not too late. You don’t have to stay in the same job, company, industry, relationship, house, or anything else. You can change things. Big things. Small things. Anything in between.

We don’t create anybody’s feelings, but they can still be mad at us and want us to apologize. Sometimes, we’re mad at other people and we want them to apologize to us. So, how do we explain all that? Well, the truth is, no one has to be mad at you for you to want to apologize. The most important thing is how you feel about the situation.

Our human brain has a negativity bias and left to its own devices, it loves to focus on everything that’s not working and all the ways we’ve failed. We can easily get stuck in this way of thinking, and we don’t move forward. So, this episode is all about how to move forward.

Understanding emotional calluses is just a great way to see how you can handle something that’s bringing you a little pain in this moment, when that’s useful. Tune in this week to discover everything you need to know about emotional calluses.

In this episode, I’m showing you how to reset your relationship with motivation and develop a different understanding of its role in your life. Learn why you don’t need to feel motivated to create a satisfying AF life and career, and why both are available to you with the exact amount of motivation you have right now.

Understanding the essence of a thought pattern is a beautiful thing and a great way to explore any thought pattern you’re experiencing. This is also a great approach for sticky thought patterns you’ve been having trouble uprooting. Tune in this week and I’ll show you how to dig into your thought patterns, uncover the essence of them, and decide which pieces you want to keep (if any).

Sweet, adorable human brains become obsessed with superiority, ranking, and who’s better than who because we’re looking for safety, belonging, and love. This is especially applicable when it comes to your career.

Thought work and coaching are incredible tools you can use to help you achieve pretty much anything. However, not all of us are going to want to do the same things. We all have different life projects, especially when it comes to how we use coaching and thought work.

Taking responsibility for our choices and actions is important. But when it comes to high achievers, the urge to take responsibility for other people’s things is strong. You might feel the urge to take responsibility for their emotions, or even their actions. This comes up, especially when we’re not willing to make other people face the consequences of the things they’re responsible for. So what does this look like at work?

When we feel ridiculed, even when it’s coming from our own brain, it feels very real, meaning it’s no surprise that risking ridicule from others is incredibly scary. So, if putting yourself out there and doing something different in an effort to live an extraordinary life currently feels dangerous, tune in this week to discover a new perspective on ridicule, wherever it’s coming from.

Whole Brain Living is the idea that we have two hemispheres of our brain: left and right. Most people associate the left brain with being super rational, and the right with being more creative. But it turns out, this is a major oversimplification.

As humans, we avoid things. Both things we want to do, and things we don’t want to do. Whether it’s career stuff or in our personal lives, there are a couple of main reasons we avoid things. The first is the thoughts and feelings we have about them.

So many of us focus on where we’re trying to get to and everything we haven’t achieved yet. I get it. I’ve got big goals and I want to keep working at them, and I’m sure you do too. But it’s so important to take a moment to notice what is working and celebrate what you have achieved.

Our brain has a negativity bias and so much socialization towards perceived threats and what could go wrong. We’re looking at things through a lens of scarcity, and negativity, and protecting ourselves from potential bad outcomes, emotional or otherwise.