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This week on The Bold Life Podcast, I’m talking all about how to find courage when it feels like everything around you is out of control. When I recorded this episode, our lives had been turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic. It’s hard on our brains when we don’t know what to expect, but it doesn’t take a global crisis to make us feel out of control. Every day, we face challenges and roadblocks. In this episode, I’m sharing how courage comes from taking action, even when life is throwing curveballs.

Did you know that our brains need to face adversity to grow? You don’t become braver or more confident doing the same thing every day. Your brain learns courage by being challenged, just like any other muscle in your body.

But when our brains feel out of control, they resist. They try to talk us out of changing by imagining the worst-case scenarios. This creates stress on our bodies and minds. In this episode, I share one technique to focus and calm your body and mind so you feel more in control.

Remember, you can control where your brain focuses; you can choose to have courage and move forward. Listen to this episode and learn how to stay off the stress hamster wheel, and click on the link to take my free Stress Personality Quiz I mentioned in the episode.

Show Highlights

[00:49] Has your world been turned upside down with this pandemic?

[01:22] Why it’s super hard on our brains when we don't know what to expect next.

[06:16] Courage comes from taking action when we feel things are out of our control.

[11:38] Our brains are great at talking us out of trying something new.

[14:06] Courage isn't the absence of fear, it's feeling fear and moving forward, anyway.

[15:55] When our brains have to work hard to figure out what comes next, it creates stress on our bodies and minds.

[17:25] Have you ever been on the hamster wheel of fear and uncertainty?

[18:52] One technique to slow your body’s stress response.

[22:16] Remember, you can control where your brain focuses, you can choose to have the courage and move forward.

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Are you a working mom who doesn't feel like you have enough time in your day to reach your dreams and goals? I've spent years learning how our brains work and what holds us back from having the courage to achieve our dreams. Each week I'll be sharing practical strategies to help you to find more time in your day, build your confidence, fight back against mom guilt, and reach your goals. Learn to thrive from home and at work with The Bold Life.

This week on The Bold Life podcast, I’m talking about why it's hard to be productive at home and the five strategies that will keep you on top of your game and help you be as efficient as possible in your office when you’re working from home.

Our brains are used to having a routine. If you’re in the habit of getting up, going through your morning routine, and going to work every day, that signals to our your brains that it's work time. At the end of the day when we leave the office, this also signals our brains that we can now relax. Shifting from working at an office to working from home blurs the boundaries of work and home life for our brains, and this makes it hard to get into work mode at home. We can use specific strategies to signal our brains that it’s time to get into work mode, even when you’re working at home. So here are some strategies you can use to maintain your work routine at home and get more done!

Five Strategies to Boost Your Concentration While Working From Home:

• Tip #1: Give your brain the message that it's time to start work
• Tip #2: Have a designated workspace
• Tip #3: Set a work hour schedule, lunchtime and break schedule
• Tip #4: Reduce multitasking and distractions
• Tip #5: Give yourself rewards

Listen in to find out how to boost your efficiency when working from home, why you shouldn't multitask, and why your brain loves habit and consistency in your schedule. Learn why having a schedule helps your brain, why your brain loves rewards, and why having a goal can improve your efficiency.

Show Highlights

[01:19] How I organized my wedding with our wedding party and our families.

[03:30] My realization that I may be a bit of an over-planner.

[04:32] Why it’s so hard for me to work from home, even though this was a goal. 

[08:08] Our brains like daily routine cues in our environment.

[10:12] Working from home can lead to the trap of working all day.

[11:31] Tip #1: Give your brain the message that it’s time to start work.

[13:19] Tip  #2: Have a designated work space

[15:12] Tip  #3: Set a work hour schedule, lunch time and break schedule

[17:52] Tip  #4: Reduce multitasking and distractions

[21:04] Tip #5: Give yourself rewards

[22:02] Take home message: it's important to remember that our brains need to be placed in work mode.

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Are you a working mom who doesn't feel like you have enough time in your day to reach your dreams and goals? I've spent years learning how our brains work and what holds us back from having the courage to achieve our dreams. Each week I'll be sharing practical strategies to help you to find more time in your day, build your confidence, fight back against mom guilt, and reach your goals. Learn to thrive from home and at work with The Bold Life.

This week on The Bold Life podcast I share my story of how I spent 11 years in university then landed my dream job and still wasn’t happy. How I loved the team I worked with, I had great benefits, and I was working in the job I’d always dreamed of in a hospital working with people who had injuries or illnesses to their brain. But about five years into my job, I wasn’t as excited to go to work. I realized my brain was bored because I didn’t have anything to reach for in my career. I’d reached my goal, and my brain was having a tough time staying motivated without a new goal to strive towards.

Signs your brain could be stressed from lack of goals:

• You feel you're not excited about work anymore
• You feel burnt out at the end of the day
• It's hard to get motivated to get moving in the morning
• You think that other's lives are better than your own

Listen in to find out why your brain can get stuck and stressed without goals, and why it’s important to have goals for all areas of your life. Learn the three reasons our brains need goals, and why having goals might actually help you live longer.

Show Highlights

[01:27] How I fell into my degree and the best professor at University.

[04:08] Graduating and landing my dream job.

[05:54] I reflect on a key component that was missing from my job to find out why I wasn’t happy.

[07:48] What your brain wants and why your brain wants this.

[08:42] Signs your brain is stressed and what you can do about that now.

[10:09] Make sure to have milestones in all areas of your life and the three reasons your brain needs goals.

[11:49] Goals keep our brains looking toward the future with optimism and excitement.

[13:13] Having goals keeps our brains on track to handle uncertainty.

[14:18] Goals create a learning environment for your brain.

[16:23] Our brains are like a muscle that needs and wants to be used.

[17:26] How you can always have a goal to keep your brain muscle working.

[19:33] The goals that make you scared are the goals your brain is excited about achieving.

[20:45] Write down your goals which excite your brain so when you have a bad day you can look at and read your goal.

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