Breakthrough Mode

239. What Was I Just Thinking?


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In this Wednesday in the Wild episode, Megan builds on last week’s awareness exercise and introduces the next step: noticing the thoughts behind your emotional shifts.

Most of us move through our days on autopilot — living in the past or racing into the future — rarely pausing long enough to notice what’s happening inside our own minds. But emotions don’t appear randomly. They are signals pointing back to something we were just thinking and the belief underneath the thought.

Through real-life examples — from late-night planning spirals to unexpected exhaustion while dreaming about future projects — Megan shares a simple but powerful practice: stopping in the moment and asking, What was I just thinking?

Because the moment you notice the thought, you uncover the belief driving how you feel.

You’ll learn:

  • Why emotional shifts are clues, not problems

  • How to catch the thought that happens right before you feel drained, irritated, or excited

  • The connection between beliefs and emotional energy

  • Why circumstances themselves are neutral — and meaning comes from what you believe about them

  • How awareness gives you the power to change your experience in real time

  • Why your emotions often reveal your “default” emotional patterns

  • How changing beliefs can change how you show up, act, and engage with your life

    Awareness isn’t about controlling every thought — it’s about noticing what’s already shaping your experience so you can choose differently.

    From Impossible to Inevitable is now Breakthrough Mode. We're shifting out of cruise control and into Breakthrough Mode!

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    Breakthrough ModeBy Megan Bauer