Decision Ease

Decision Ease

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Decision Ease episodes

  • #137: 3 Ways to Save Mental Energy in 2025

    We hear a lot about physical fitness around New Year's, but what about mental fitness?

    Particularly — making the most of your mental ENERGY?

    Today we're covering 3 ways you're going to save mental energy this year, so you can redirect it to things worthwhile (you know...like your hopes, dreams, health and dog cuddles).

    Here are three mental energy wasters you're going to let go of (and what to do instead):

    1. Agonizing over other people's choices
    2. Ruminating (yes, you can stop, I swear!)
    3. "Thinking" about things 
    4.  

      LINKS!

      • THROUGH JAN 27 ONLY! Commit to 2025 goals YEAR-ROUND with Quarterly Private Coaching
      • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
      • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
      • Want to know your options for working together? Book your free no-strings consultation
      • 20 min
      • #136: The 4 Keys to Setting the Best Goals (and SUCCEEDING) This Year

        We all love a good goal-setting sesh at New Year's, right?

        But are you setting the BEST goals? 

        And are you setting yourself up to succeed or fail?

        There are 4 keys to setting goals you'll truly love achieving this year - Here they are!

        • 0:00 Why the "How" Matters
        • 2:12 Key #1 - Set and Specify
        • 5:37 Key #2 - Don't Scale Down!
        • 10:00 Key #3 - Take Action
        • 12:26 Key #4 - Use Your Calendar  
        • LINKS!

          • NEW! Commit to 2025 goals YEAR-ROUND with Quarterly Private Coaching
          • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
          • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
          • Want to know your options for working together? Book your free no-strings consultation
          • 21 min
          • #135: 5 Standout Lessons from 2024

            Want to know my biggest lessons (as a Decision Coach) this year?  

            Here they are! And they can all help YOU too.

            From people-pleasing to defining success, from boundaries to self-trust - Starting next year with these lessons in mind will put you ahead of the game!

            • 0:00 How to Find Your Year's Lessons
            • 2:00 Lesson #1 - Boundaries
            • 4:37 Lesson #2 - Go at Your Pace
            • 8:30 Lesson #3 - Self-Trust
            • 13:17 Lesson #4 - Savoring
            • 15:15 Lesson #5 - Make it Your Own
            • LINKS!

              • NEW! Commit to 2025 goals YEAR-ROUND with Quarterly Private Coaching
              • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
              • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
              • Want to know your options for working together? Book your free no-strings consultation
              • 21 min
              • #134: 3-Minute Checklist to Cut Your To-Do's (and Your Stress)

                Get ready to revisit this episode ANY time you need, friend.

                Too much to do with not enough time?

                Stressing about all of it? 

                These are the questions to ask yourself! Make sure to listen to all 16 minutes to know how to use them best 'cause when you do, THEY WORK.

                1.  What's the goal?
                2. Does this have to get done? (Right now / Today?)
                3. Do I have to be the one to do it?
                4. What would make it easier?
                5. What am I assuming? 
                6. LINKS!

                  • NEW! Commit to 2025 goals YEAR-ROUND with Quarterly Private Coaching
                  • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                  • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
                  • Want to know your options for working together? Book your free no-strings consultation
                  • 17 min
                  • #133: Decide In Advance

                    Whether you're worried something will be hard, convinced it will be terrible, or just nervous about how it'll go...

                    Deciding in advance is a skill you want!

                    Visualization, confirmation bias and target fixation have powerful influence over what we experience in reality. And they ALL begin in our minds.

                    This week, I'm teaching a skill I've used to help countless clients not only adopt a more positive, proactive and empowered mindset about something — they've actually used it to CREATE a better experience in the end.

                    I'm deciding in advance my holiday travel AND my 2025 will both be great.

                    Care to join me? 

                     

                    LINKS!

                    • NEW! Commit to 2025 goals YEAR-ROUND with Quarterly Private Coaching
                    • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                    • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
                    • Want to know your options for working together? Book your free no-strings consultation
                    • 21 min
                    • #132: How to Influence What People Think

                      Ever agonize over how people will react to what you say?

                      Does the anticipation of people's reactions ever cause you to change what you share...or even what you do?

                      I've worked with so many people who make inauthentic decisions because of this fear of what people will think of those choices.

                      Today, I want to equip you to feel more empowered in these situations - so you can make the decisions you really want to (without waiting or agonizing for so long!).

                      Listen in for the key to influencing how people react to your news, questions and ideas.

                       

                      LINKS!

                      • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                      • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
                      • Ready to talk about getting clear, intentional & sure of your choices? 
                        • Book your free consultation
                        • Join the Alignment and Accountability Club
                        • Hire me for two weeks to consciously, confidently work through a decision with the Make a Decision Package
                        • 21 min
                        • #131: Two Spins on Gratitude You Haven't Heard Yet

                          Happy Thanksgiving, real-time listeners!

                          Today, and going into the final season of the year, I want to give you two of the most accessible and life-changing tools in the Decision Mastery arsenal:

                          1. "Inquiry" (aka "The Work" aka deflating stress)
                          2. "Savoring" (aka emotionally & neurologically maximizing a good moment)
                          3. Gratitude can be easy to dismiss as "a habit I never started and won't today, so....oh well" or "a mindset that doesn't come naturally so....meh."

                            But the two angles on it we explore today — one coming from a stressful experience, one coming from  a positive experience — are a new take.

                            Listen in for these EASY, DOABLE ways to be instantly less stressed -or- more present for the good stuff happening around you.

                            Enjoy!

                             

                            LINKS!

                            • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                            • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
                            • Ready to talk about getting clear, intentional & sure of your choices? 
                              • Book your free consultation
                              • Join the Alignment and Accountability Club
                              • Hire me for two weeks to consciously, confidently work through a decision with the Make a Decision Package
                              • Byron Katie: The Work (or "Inquiry") Process
                              • Dr. Rick Hanson TEDx Talk: "Hardwiring Happiness"
                              • 29 min
                              • #130: Don't Make These HUGE Mistakes with Your Next BIG Decision

                                Thinking through my recent BIG decision to move (which I made quickly with relatively little friction*), I realized I need to call out some BIG mistakes people can make in situations like these.

                                *Note: "little friction" does not mean "zero emotions or stress"...those are normal human experiences and we're not selling snake oil here

                                Here's what I didn't do, that I don't want you to either:

                                1. I DIDN'T make "bad feelings" = bad things
                                2. I DIDN'T try to make all the decisions at once
                                3. I DIDN'T focus on what I didn't know
                                4. And I DIDN'T try to keep the stakes low at any cost
                                5. This episode will help you make your next big choice quickly and confidently.

                                  And if you're in the MIDDLE of a big decision, it'll help you figure out what's creating extra stress right now that you can change!

                                   

                                  LINKS!

                                  • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                                  • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
                                  • Ready to talk about getting clear, intentional & sure of your choices? 
                                    • Book your free consultation
                                    • Join the Alignment and Accountability Club
                                    • Hire me for two weeks to consciously, confidently work through a decision with the Make a Decision Package
                                    • 27 min
                                    • #129: Perspective-Taking and Delayed Gratification (Cognitive Biases Pt 5)

                                      Meet the final two Cognitive Tendencies and Biases in our series!

                                      Perspective-Taking and Delayed Gratification. 🙌

                                      This episode will help you better understand:

                                      • Why you misinterpret other people's meanings
                                      • Why other people misunderstand what you mean
                                      • Why seemingly harmful or illogical choices "make sense"
                                      • And how to account for these biases so you can make clearer, more intentional choices
                                      •  

                                        LINKS!

                                        • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                                        • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
                                        • Ready to talk about getting clear, intentional & sure of your choices? 
                                          • Book your free consultation
                                          • Join the Alignment and Accountability Club
                                          • Hire me for two weeks to consciously, confidently work through a decision with the Make a Decision Package
                                          • 11 min
                                          • #128: Negativity Bias (Cognitive Biases Pt 4)

                                            Ok...we have a pretty good sense of Negativity Bias at the surface.

                                            Negative information has a greater impact than positive information, when it comes to cognitive processing.

                                            But do you know exactly how and why this is affecting your decision-making?

                                            Let's continue our series on Cognitive Biases, pulled from a workshop I ran with a previous Coaching Group, to dig into:

                                            • The Framing Effect
                                            • Loss Aversion
                                            • The Endowment Effect
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                                              LINKS!

                                              • What's your DECISION STYLE? Take the Quiz!
                                              • Need to say NO? Here's your 11-minute Crash Course on Saying NO Guilt-Free.
                                              • Ready to talk about getting clear, intentional & sure of your choices? 
                                                • Book your free consultation
                                                • Join the Alignment and Accountability Club
                                                • Hire me for two weeks to consciously, confidently work through a decision with the Make a Decision Package
                                                • 10 min

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