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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Say It, Don’t Spray It: How to Share Needs Without Sparking Conflict
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
How to Get Your Needs Met Without Starting an Argument or Fight: Strategies for Peaceful Communication In this episode, Rachid explores ways to express needs clearly and calmly to avoid misunderstandings and conflicts. Rachid emphasizes using 'I' statements, staying focused on the present, making gentle requests, practicing active listening, and maintaining calm body language to foster mutual understanding and cooperation. More About Topics Covered: 00:00 Introduction to Getting Your Needs Met 00:35 Using 'I' Statements Effectively 01:47 Staying Focused on...
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Resilience on Repeat: Daily Practices for a Stronger You
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
Actionable Strategies to Make Resilience a Daily Habit In this episode, Rachid discusses how to develop resilience as a daily habit. Rachid emphasizes that resilience is a skill, not just an innate trait, and offers five practical strategies to strengthen it. These include starting the day with grounding practices such as breathing exercises and meditation, reframing challenges as learning opportunities, engaging in small acts of self-care, maintaining a 'resilience wins' journal to track successes, and using positive affirmations to stay empowered. Rachid also...
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Mastering the Art of Asking Better Questions
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, host Rashid Zahidi explores the power of asking better questions and how it can transform conversations, decision-making, and personal growth. Rashid discusses strategies to ask meaningful questions that open doors to deeper understanding and reflection. Key strategies include starting with curiosity, asking open-ended questions, encouraging reflection, breaking down big questions, pausing after asking, tailoring questions to the moment, and using follow-up questions. These techniques can be applied in various contexts such as coaching,...
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Timeless Truths in Tired Phrases
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
Reclaiming the Forgotten Wisdom in Life’s Most Repeated Sayings In this episode of Resilience Across Borders, host Rashid Zahi explores how overused sayings—those clichés we often tune out—can become powerful guides when life gets real. From “This too shall pass” to “What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger,” Rashid dives into the wisdom buried in these common phrases and shares how we can apply them to build strength, navigate challenges, and live more meaningfully. More About Topics Covered: Why clichés often hold deep, time-tested truth How to...
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When Thinking Hurts: The Hidden Pain of Overthinking
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
Ancient Wisdom and Modern Tools to Free Yourself from Mental Spirals Escaping the Thought Trap: Understanding and Overcoming Overthinking In today's episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, host Rachid discusses the 'thought trap' and how overthinking can lead to unnecessary suffering. The episode explores how thoughts themselves are neutral, but the narrative we build around them can create emotional distress. Drawing from the teachings of monks, meditation practices, and Buddhist fables, the episode provides actionable strategies for mitigating the impact...
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Crossing Continents Without Losing Your Mind
Resilience Across Borders Podcast
The long-haul flight and layover checklist every smart traveler needs. In this episode of the Resilience Across Borders podcast, Rachid shares his top 10 strategies for enduring long-distance travel. Drawing from his extensive travel experiences, Rachid provides practical tips on how to prepare and pack smart, dress in layers, stay hydrated, move and stretch, create a conducive sleep environment, make productive use of layovers, choose light and healthy meals, combat jet lag, remain entertained without over-relying on screens, and maintain a calm and patient mindset. ...
info_outlineFinding 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 foundation of gratitude and inner peace.
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00:00 Introduction: Balancing Contentment and Ambition
01:01 Daily Gratitude: Finding Meaning in the Imperfect
02:15 Self-Worth and Wishlist: Pursuing Growth from Worthiness
03:15 Setting Growth-Oriented Goals
04:39 Celebrating Small Wins
05:53 Learning to Sit with Enough
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