Are Your Thoughts Working for You or Against You?
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
Spotting the difference between useful thinking and misery-making loops In this episode of Resilience Across Borders, host Rachid dives into the powerful difference between productive thinking, the kind that leads to clarity, solutions, and peace, and misery thinking, which traps us in cycles of worry and self-criticism. Rashid shares practical tools and real-life examples to help you notice when your thoughts stop serving you and how to redirect them toward purpose and calm. You’ll also learn grounding techniques and reflection questions that can immediately shift your mental state...
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How to Relax Like a Pro
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
5 practical strategies to reset your mind and body anytime, anywhere In this episode, Rachid explores what it truly means to relax like a pro and why relaxation is a powerful skill anyone can learn. In a fast-paced world where stress and busyness are worn like badges of honor, Rachid shares science-backed methods and simple daily habits that help calm the mind, ease the body, and recharge your inner battery. You’ll learn how to use your breath, body, and attention to shift from tension to tranquility, without needing a fancy spa. Relaxation as a Skill. Rashid opens with...
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Harnessing the Power of Pain and Pleasure for Better Habits
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, Rachid discusses the principle of pain and pleasure, a concept popularized by thinkers like Aristotle and modern psychologists. The episode focuses on how we can use this principle to break bad habits and form better ones by consciously linking pain to harmful behaviors and pleasure to beneficial ones. Rachid offers practical strategies, including visualization exercises and immediate rewards, and emphasizes the importance of reframing discomfort as a sign of progress. The episode encourages listeners to make...
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Do Well to Do Good: The Truth About Money, Happiness, and Purpose
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
In this episode of Resilience Across Borders, host Rachid explores the well-known phrase “money can’t buy happiness.” While the statement holds truth, it’s often misused as an excuse to avoid ambition, growth, or financial responsibility. Rachid challenges this mindset and reframes money as a powerful tool that, when guided by strong values, can create freedom, opportunities, and positive impact. He shares practical strategies to help listeners align their financial goals with their life priorities, proving that wealth, when kept as a servant and not a master, can amplify good in the...
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Feeling stuck? You might not need more motivation—just more clarity
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
A Simple Framework to Know What You Want and What to Do Next In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, the discussion focuses on the power of clarity in achieving goals and leading a fulfilled life. Rachgid explains how a lack of clarity can make people feel stuck and shares five steps to gain clarity on what you want and why. The steps include asking better questions, writing a personal vision statement, breaking down goals into actionable steps, revisiting and refining your vision, and using the 'hell yes or no' filter for decision-making. The...
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Progress Over Perfection
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
How to Focus on Progress When the Finish Line Feels Far Away In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, Rachid discusses the importance of prioritizing progress over perfection. He explores the notion that consistent, incremental progress is more impactful than striving for overnight success. Rachid shares five key strategies for focusing on progress, including tracking small wins, setting milestones, comparing oneself to the past self, visualizing the path taken, and reframing setbacks as learning experiences. Through examples and practical...
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Push or Pause? Willpower vs. Surrender
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
How to Balance Willpower and Surrender for a More Peaceful and Productive Life In today’s episode, Rachid explores the balance between willpower and surrender, shedding light on how mastering this balance can lead to emotional well-being, spiritual growth, and sustainable success. In a world that often emphasizes hustle and control, this episode offers a refreshing perspective on how true strength comes from knowing when to push forward and when to let go. Practical strategies and examples are shared to help you apply this balance in real life. More About Topics Covered: ...
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One Decision to Rule Them All: The Power of Cornerstone Choices
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
How Cornerstone Choices Eliminate Daily Overthinking and Free Up Mental Space In today's episode, Rachid explores the concept of cornerstone decisions, inspired by Peter Drucker's quote: "Don't make a hundred decisions when one will do." He discusses how cornerstone decisions can simplify life by eliminating countless smaller choices and providing clarity, structure, and alignment to guide our actions. The episode focuses on five practical strategies for making cornerstone decisions that help reduce decision fatigue, conserve energy, and focus on what truly matters. More...
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Chasing More Without Losing Peace
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
Finding Joy in the Present While Working Toward the Future In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, host Rachid explores the balance between contentment and ambition. He discusses how to appreciate what you have while still striving for more, sharing practical tips like practicing daily gratitude, separating self-worth from achievements, setting growth-oriented goals, celebrating small wins, and learning to sit with a sense of 'enough.' Rachid emphasizes that happiness and ambition do not have to be mutually exclusive, and that true success is built on a...
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Strong, Not Silent: The Difference Between Stoic Resilience and Emotional Suppression
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
How to Stay Calm Without Shutting Down In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, Rachid explores the nuances between stoic resilience and emotional suppression. He discusses how stoic resilience involves acknowledging and feeling emotions without letting them control you, while emotional suppression entails denying or avoiding emotions, leading to negative consequences. Practical examples and strategies for building resilience through healthy emotional management are provided. Rachid emphasizes the importance of recognizing and processing...
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In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, host Rachid offers practical advice on improving listening skills through six simple yet effective strategies.
These strategies include listening to understand, practicing reflective listening, being fully present, resisting the urge to fix, noticing what's not being said, and allowing silence to play its role.
Each strategy has specific examples to help you apply it in real life. By practicing these methods, you can build trust, safety, and deeper connections in your relationships.
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Introduction to Better Listening
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The Importance of Listening
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Six Simple Strategies for Better Listening
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Strategy 1: Listen to Understand, Not to Respond
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Strategy 2: Practice Reflective Listening
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Strategy 3: Be Fully Present
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Strategy 4: Resist the Urge to Fix
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Strategy 5: Notice What's Not Being Said
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Strategy 6: Let Silence Do the Work
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