A Recipe for Finishing Strong
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When I think about finishing strong, I think of marathon runners. The good ones that keep just enough in the tank to mount a heroic sprint to the tape. I think of that triumphant moment when they raise their hands in the air as they cross, just before they collapse on the track in exhaustion. But finishing strong is not only about crossing finish lines. Often we're so eager to get on to the next thing that we blow right past the most important ingredient to a strong finish. In this episode, I share a story about a more powerful finish; the kind of finish that most of us skip. Looking...
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The Inside Story Behind Our Genius for Getting in Our Own Way.
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Have you ever wondered why you keep working against your own interests? Or why, when you are on the verge of achieving your goals, you start doubting and sabotaging yourself? Meet The Committee, an unruly band of shadowy critics, doubters, and second-guessers who dwell inside our brains. They are participants in the most common and effective conspiracy of all time. The conspiracy to take control of your life, to keep you small, to keep you safe, and to make you as miserable as possible in the process. In this episode, I take you undercover to reveal the inner workings of The Committee. Because...
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An Antidote to Tsunami September
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Does your September arrives with a wall of new routines, obligations, and deadlines? After a slow, lazy summer, September can feel like standing on the beach trying to stare down an approaching tsunami. In this episode, I offer an alternative to the typical angst inducing, adrenaline pumping hard reboot. Maybe it's time to try something new. Looking for more? Consider pairing this podcast with a free or paid subscription to my newsletter, By becoming a subscriber, you’ll get transcripts of each episode, access to my archives, plus tips, practices and special subscriber-only offerings...
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The Gnarly Problem of Trying to do Too Much
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Confessions from over-eating at the buffet of life. Do you have a habit of taking on too much? Have you tried all the standard advice about priorities and saying no, but still find yourself rushed and overcommitted? There may be more going on in your complex and beautiful mind than you realize. In this episode, I explore why we (or maybe it's just me) repeatedly sabotage our efforts for a more spacious, creative, savor-worthy life with this compulsion to keep doing more. And the most powerful weapon you have for breaking this habit for good. Looking for more? Consider pairing this podcast with...
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How to Keep the Chaos from Messing with Your Head.
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The Inner Work of Greater Peace How can we protect our mental and emotional well-being in an environment that is becoming increasingly toxic? Are we all at the mercy of our circumstances and our environment? Or can we control our emotional state to reduce our suffering and the suffering in the world? I've learned in my coaching practice and in life that the truth is more nuanced and complex than either of those questions suggests. Join me for this episode as I explore, the inner work of greater peace.
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Has Your Fresh Start Fizzled?
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Did you launch another personal improvement project this year? I have to ask, now that we’re nearing the end of the month, how’s that working out for you? Is your motivation crumbling? Did your 30-day challenge not make it past day three? Or worse, are you reading this while sitting in a stupor, eating storm chips, and binging on Netflix? Don’t despair. You're not alone. It's not too late. There's a better way.
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Gearing Up for a Fresh Start in 2025? Not So Fast!
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The business case for starting with a strong finish. Studies show that a temporal landmark, like the beginning of a year, can have a strong motivational effect on people’s intentions to pursue their goals. Psychologists call this "the fresh start effect." But here’s the tricky part. The reason a fresh start is so motivating is it allows you to disassociate from your past actions and your past imperfect self. Blowing past the year you’ve just lived and what it has to teach you, may lead to another disappointing cycle of wash, rinse, and repeat. A powerful antidote to a weak...
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Try These 5 Simple Practices To Feel Grateful To Be Alive
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How to Enjoy the Ride, Part 3. So much of navigating life in a way that brings you joy and a feeling of being fully alive is a mental game. It is waking up to the experience of your life for brief moments and then slipping back into autopilot. In this third and final episode of this series, I share five of my favorite reflective practices for more fully experiencing this remarkable ride called life. Here are some links to resources I reference in this episode: Ali Victor Binazir's 2021 article entitled, , Season 2, episode 12, or read it on The Slow Sip Finally, here is a link to...
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5 Hard Truths That Might Actually Make You Happier
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How to Enjoy the Ride, Part 2. In Part 2 of my series, “How to Enjoy the Ride”, I explore some hard truths about our lives that actually make life more worth living. In this episode, I discuss: • The two kinds of happiness and how an over focus on one versus the other can make us miserable; • Cognitive time travel and how we can improve our enjoyment of life by learning to operate our inner time machine; • How we don’t really matter as much as we think we do and how that is a good thing; • And finally, how embracing...
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3 Mental Habits That Suck the Joy From Your Life
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How to Enjoy the Ride, Part 1. I’m excited to share the first of a three-part series called How to Enjoy the Ride. In this episode, I discuss three common mental habits that have a powerful upside for our performance. But when they become unconscious and ingrained, they can also make us miserable. Sometimes the path of learning to enjoy your success is to unlearn the very things that got you there in the first place.
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How can we protect our mental and emotional well-being in an environment that is becoming increasingly toxic?
Are we all at the mercy of our circumstances and our environment? Or can we control our emotional state to reduce our suffering and the suffering in the world?
I've learned in my coaching practice and in life that the truth is more nuanced and complex than either of those questions suggests.
Join me for this episode as I explore, the inner work of greater peace.