"The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change his own attitude by choosing his own thoughts." James Allen.

In Episode 146, we are putting this discovery into practice. I’m sharing some of the tools and concepts for emotional mastery that I have learned that have reinvented who I am and transformed my life. We discuss why your feelings are your most valuable information, how to stay unattached to the drama of the "unmanaged mind," and the simple power of telling a new story and setting a new goal to reinvent your present moment.

You’re only one new thought away from a better day or a reinvented life.

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.

The most defining moment of your life isn't when you reach the goal—it’s the moment you decide to stop playing small.

It’s that quiet, fierce second where you realize you’ve been acting as a supporting character in your own story, and you choose to take the lead. This episode is about exiting the sidelines and stepping onto the field as the athlete of your own life. "I Came to Play" is my personal declaration of total commitment. It is the refusal to negotiate with the part of you that wants to settle for "fine" when your future self is calling for "extraordinary." Today, we are breaking the habit of "trying" and stepping into the identity of training for the life you actually want.

Inside this episode, we explore:

• A Powerful Self-Concept: Why being "fierce" is the ultimate act of self-love.
• The Power of Non-negotiable Plan A Energy: How to go all in and live without the distraction of a Plan B.
• The Trap of Comfort: Why you must stop letting past successes dictate your future potential.
• Your Future Self as the Boss and the Standard: Using your ultimate goal as the filter for every decision you make today.

Decide today that your true wants and your potential are no longer up for negotiation; step into your lead role and remind yourself in every room you enter: I came to play.

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.

Have you ever found yourself "contemplating" a decision for weeks, convinced you’re just being thoughtful—when really, you’re just stuck?

In this episode, I’m sharing a massive "aha moment" I had during a recent run: You take your success with you. We often freeze because we tie our success to external things or the outcomes of a choice, but the truth is that your power or success isn't in the role, the company, or the relationship—it’s in you.

I’m breaking down the three pillars of unstoppable decisiveness to help you get unstuck and start leading your own life. We discuss how to flip the "worst-case scenario" script, why your opinion is the only one that truly matters, and how to make a decision and then make it right. It’s time to stop waiting for a guarantee and start betting on yourself.

In this episode, we explore:

• Success is Portable: Why your personal power and success stay with you, no matter which path you choose.
• The Best-Case Bias: How to decide when both outcomes are destined to be amazing.
• Life Meets You at Your Measure: Why the world only steps up when you do. 
• The Unstoppable Mindset: Three powerful quotes to kickstart your next bold move.

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.

Success isn’t a finish line you cross someday; it’s a direction you choose today. Most of us learn to obsess over specific outcomes and distant destinations, but what if the real magic is found in your trajectory?

In this episode, we’re shifting the focus from what you want to achieve to who you are becoming. I’m sharing my personal philosophy on "Daily Votes"—the small, intentional wins that act as a bridge between your current life and your most impactful future self. This isn't about the pressure of a deadline or arrival; it’s about the power of a direction.

In this episode, we dive into:

• Trajectory over Result: Why moving in the right direction is a win in itself.
• The "Daily Vote": How to use your everyday choices to build the day and the life of your best self.
• The February Invitation: A 30-day challenge to commit to a direction that is meaningful to the life you want to create, impactful to who you are becoming, and inspires you to move forward daily.

Stop waiting for a result to give you permission to feel successful. Choose your direction, cast your daily votes, and choose you. Whether it’s creating change, anchoring in a new habit, moving toward a big goal, or simply stepping into a better-feeling version of yourself, keep moving forward.

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.

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Today’s episode is short and spicy, my friends!

I’m opening up my personal journal pages to share with you my current daily pep talk, which is also my Future Self’s daily standards of living and being. This pep talk is part of a new framework I’ve developed for my company to set the tone and energy for a spectacular life.

In this episode, I share a standard designed to activate your brain and command your subconscious mind to uplevel:

• Mentally: Refusing to argue for limitations.
• Emotionally: Choosing self-love and refusing solvable pain.
• Physically: Acting on decisions rather than waiting for motivation.
• Spiritually: Committing to your highest, most successful Future Self.

I want to invite you to borrow this standard today. Let these words be the bridge to your Future Self. Let them inspire you, motivate you, and encourage you toward your very best, most spectacular life.

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.

Most of us often treat happiness like a finish line, something we get to feel after we hit the goal or realize the dream.  In this episode, we flip the script and explore why Happiness Firstis the most practical, research-backed strategy for a life you love living.

We dive into the neurology of expansion versus contraction. When you are stuck in negative emotion, your brain physically narrows its perspective, keeping you in a "contracted" thought loop where you can't see the way out.  When you lead with positive emotion, you keep your thinking brain thriving, allowing you to see the opportunities and solutions that were there all along.

I’m sharing three sophisticated mental practices to help you cultivate the expansive state required for the next level you:

• Making the Best of Everything: The high-level practice of finding the "up-level" in any circumstance so you never stay stuck.
• Choosing Optimism: The deliberate, logical decision to use the lens that reveals your potential.
• Feeling Good About Yourself: The quiet, elegant act of self-love that changes your entire frequency.

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.

What does a high-intensity workout have to teach us about mental clarity? In this episode, I’m sharing a transformative moment from my first run in twenty years. When the intensity felt like the "boss" of me, my coach gave me five words of power: “Get control of your heart rate.” Join me for a short and sweet deep dive into how we let the "intensity" of our lives—our schedules, our goals, and our stress—run the show. We often choose the challenge, but then we let the challenge choose our mood. You’ll learn how to stop being a victim of the pace you decided and how to stop "claiming" every stressful thought or feeling that passes through. It’s time to stop the mental spiral, reclaim your lead, and start mastering your mindset for a clearer, healthier, and happier you.  

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.

"If you are saying yes to this, what are you saying no to?" In this episode, we explore the powerful coaching principle of internal opportunity cost. Inspired by the intentional focus of Steve Jobs and the wisdom of living with high standards, we look at how the quality of our lives is determined by what we choose to leave behind.  True self-mastery isn’t a one-time event; it is a daily practice of choosing your best possible future over your past. When we say "no" to the heavy weight of excuses and negativity, we are finally clearing the space to say "yes" to our own potential.

Inside this episode:

• The Strategic Trade: Understanding how to stop "indulging" in negativity and start practicing your personal power.
• The Daily Pep Talk: Why self-encouragement is the only sustainable energy for positive action.
• Raising the Standard: Moving past the habit of settling to reclaim what is possible for you.
• The Art of Returning: Finding the grace to come back to your intentions, even if you’ve missed your aim a thousand times.

Your most powerful life is waiting for you on the other side of your next choice. Join me as we practice the art of the "Strategic No" to make room for the most confident, happiest version of you.

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.  

Happy New Year!!! Welcome back to the podcast. We are kicking off 2026 with an episode that is absolute fire—because we aren't making resolutions; we are setting the Happiness Standard and learning what it truly means to live a Non-Negotiable Life.

In this episode, I’m sharing my own January 30-day goal: a brand-new daily schedule designed to reinforce my identity, along with a non-negotiable 60-minute strength and cardio session at my new training center. We’re diving deep into the two pillars that will change how you approach this year:

• Pillar #1: Know Your Standards. Are you letting your current self or your Future Self choose your daily rhythm? When we let our highest self inform our decisions, we move from "trying" to "being." I’m sharing the powerful questions you need to ask to close the gap between your daily actions and your self-ideal.
• Pillar #2: Make It a Must. Stop wishing and start committing. I want you to see your own happiness as a strategic requirement for success in every area of your life—100%.

When your current actions align with the person you want to be, your self-confidence skyrockets and you find that deep sense of "rightness." It’s about being exactly who you are here to be, right here, right now.

It’s pure magic, my friends. Let’s go!

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.

Are you busy, or are you actually moving? Most of us spend our lives accumulating, adding more tasks, more goals, and more noise, until we become too weighed down to sustain a breakthrough speed. As my yoga teacher once told me, "It is all about the way in which we arrange."
In this episode, we move beyond "time management" and into the realm of identity design. We explore how to stop prioritizing the tasks that keep you stagnant and start focusing on the elite actions that shift who you are. This episode is about the "Push Pace", the gear where your favorite results and your future self-concept intersect, and learning how to filter your life to ensure you stay in that lane.

In the Create Your Future podcast with Mandy Mackowiak, Certified Life Coach, you will get tools and practical strategies for elevating your self-concept and mindset, achieving your goals, and creating the life and future of your dreams. Please expect to be uplifted, learn, and be inspired as she and her guests cover topics ranging from life coaching and habits to mindfulness and spirituality to goals and happiness.

For more information, visit mandymackowiaklifecoach.com.