Do Life Big

Way back in 2009, my husband and I ran the Boston Marathon. This was like a bucket list item for me. I always wanted to run a marathon to prove to myself I could do it! 

One of my most vivid memories, is around mile 13 / 14 when this older guy who was at least 80 years old, passed me. I was running (really, trudging!) and this guy slowly passes me, and behind him he has this cart with an oxygen tank attached to it and the tube running to his nose. 

I remember my husband saying, "Kathi, come on! We can't let this guy pass us!" and I just though to myself ... well pssscccchh.. he has oxygen! Of course he has an advantage! 🤣

That day has a lot of memories, but the reason I bring this story up is actually about the power of visualization, which got me to that point to begin with!

In this week's podcast, I talk about how I completed that race, which is way out of my comfort zone., including how visualization helped me get through the mental struggles of running a marathon!

It doesn't matter if YOU want to run a marathon or not - the power of visualization is something you can use to help you with any goal that you have. Maybe a marathon, but also a business goal, family goal, relationship goal, or financial goal! 

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 Wow, do I know what it feels like to SCREW IT UP! 

I remember when I started my first online business 8-1/2 years ago; I was the most SALESY person you could imagine!. I would make posts on my social media with pictures of products I was selling, or maybe me holding them and smiling.

I remember how ICKY I felt. Like, the feeling you get when shopping for a used car. 🤢

What a turnoff! 

In this week's Do Life Big Podcast, I reflect on how it was just a screw up along the way to building success, something to LEARN from!

I never expect my path to be perfect! Success is never a straight line, despite how it may seem on social media.

This concept or Ready, Fire, Aim - shoot first and THEN adjust after you see where landed - is the real path to moving forward. You will learn more from your mistakes than you ever will from your successes!  

That salesy person I was - taught me how NOT to be. It gave me the contrast I needed to change the way I operated in my business so it felt HELPFUL instead of ANNOYING. And that made it fun to be a part of! 

As much as we'd love to take easy street to our goals, and just have everything go perfectly, that's just not the way life works! 

Give this week's episode a listen to help you identify if you are screwing up enough to really build success in your future!

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Have you ever been STUCK for so long, and you just can't figure out how to BREAKTHROUGH to the next level? 

You are doing all the things... but just not making any progress? 

In today's episode, I talk about my own experience with this, and use my example of trying to get back into SHAPE as I turned 40 years old! 

I started building this negative story about my age and what that meant in terms of what was possible for me. People around me would say things like "you are 40 now", "You've had 3 kids", to justify why I wasn't making progress. 

I was working out, but my mindset wasn't right. Because of that, my actions weren't right. 

I'd sneak off the kids plates when I made them grilled cheese or chicken nuggets. 

I'd have a couple extra Captain's mid-week. 

At the same point in time, I would look at other people I knew who were the same age as me, or even older, who were making it happen. Feeling and looking GREAT. And I flipped the "switch" in my mind. I turned around those limiting beliefs around my age, and my metabolism, and around my post-baby body. 

And you can guess what happened next! I'll be 41 next month and I can tell you know, I'm feeling AMAZING! 

But it doesn't happen by accident!  

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There will never be the perfect TIME. 

If we wait for the time to be right, the truth is we will be waiting FOREVER. Waiting for the kids to be older ... for more money in our bank account... for our family to finally support us ... whatever it might be!

But here's the thing. 

You aren't really waiting for those external situations to be lined up the right way. 

You are really waiting on YOURSELF to be ready.

When you want to accomplish or do something- THAT is the RIGHT time!

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Last weekend, I flew out to Phoenix (Yep, again, I was there actually two weekends in a row ..... can you say jetlagged?? ✈ 🤣)

Believe it or not, for me, this trip was 100% out of my comfort zone. I've traveled a lot for my previous business, but at every event I went to, I knew someone there, and usually went with Nick.

This event I went to last weekend, I literally knew NO ONE. So I had to go into rooms and just meet people out of the blue. 

Some people thrive in those situations, but for me it was a challenge! But I also know that if I want to grow and learn, then I have to be OK with being uncomfortable. I have to be OK with doing something that makes me scared or nervous! 

And I'm SO GLAD I went - the ⚡ energy at the event was mind-blowing 🤯 I learned SO much from the amazing speakers and met so many absolutely AMAZING entrepreneurs and podcasters. 

BUT - the ONE thing that I found fascinating was the common🧵 thread among all the speakers there who had massive 6-figure and 7-figure success, and even one speaker who sold her IT Cosmetics business for over a BILLION dollars 😵... 

Once they built a belief system that was aligned with their goals - there was no 🛑 stopping them! 

They, deep down inside, KNEW what they wanted to accomplish. This is one of the main reasons I created Reignite Your Self Belief LIVE which is kicking off this week! 🎉🥳 - I know that when you have the right beliefs in place, you become LIMITLESS! 

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That might be a hard pill to swallow for you.

I've been thinking a lot about self-belief recently.

In my past eight years as an entrepreneur, I've come across SO MANY peeps who struggle with just simply BELIEVING in themselves.

.......Maybe you've been there as well? 

I think back to when we were little kids - the WORLD was FULL of possibility, optimism and HOPE!

My kids Landon & Kiersten right now have a vision for their life of literally building a secret base with an arcade and movie theater in a floor of our house that doesn't even exist yet. It only exists in their MIND! 🧠

Then, as we get older, basically - SH&T Happens. Maybe a relationship falls apart, or we start a business and fail. A person we respect or admire shoots down your dream or idea. A family member, friend, or even spouse doesn't believe in you. 

And THEN, what our brains do is STACK these little failures next to what we THOUGHT our life would look like, and it makes you feel like total garbage. 

Right? I mean - You thought you'd be SO MUCH FURTHER AHEAD by now than you actually are! 

So what happens in this type of situation so often, especially as we move into our late 20's and beyond, is that we build a meaning, an IDENTITY, around what we thought would happen, and slowly... that inner spark starts to die out. 

BUT FEAR NOT! 

In this week's Do Life Big podcast, I've got some awesome TIPS and REFRAMING for you to stop that (frankly) BULLSHIT story you have been telling yourself (Because it's literally a made-up story!).

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One of the stories that I hear quite often from my students is that they are doing work but the changes they want in their lives are happening s.l.o.w.l.y. 

Here's the deal though!! Even slow progress is still PROGRESS! 

In today's world of social media, it's easy to think others are doing things faster and quicker than you, but really that's almost always not a true perception. And even if someone IS doing something faster than you, .... SO WHAT? 

Celebrate your wins along the way, because as long as you are taking steps towards the things that you want, then you are DOING IT, and you should be freakin' PROUD of that! 🥳🙌🥂

In this week's Do Life Big podcast, I talk all about progress and also cover reframing your failures as learning opportunities so you don't let a slip-up from the past derail you from the FUTURE you really WANT!

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And, since the Do Life Big podcast is JUST GETTING off the GROUND 🚀 a REVIEW would mean the WORLD to getting our message of living your best freakin' life possible out there! Go to kathireuter.com/itunes, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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Do you get easily overwhelmed when you get STRESSED OUT? 

Of course! I do too, it's completely normal to feel that way. The problem is, when you are feeling totally strung out, it's almost impossible to make good decisions get out of that stress. Or even just work through it. So you get even more stressed, and then it's just this negative downward spiral. 

In this week's Do Life Big podcast, I talk all about stress, and give you SIX, super easy and actionable things YOU can do to help "reset" and approach that stressful situation with a little more clarity and calm. 

I talk in detail about each of these and give you some tips on how to apply them, and why they work!

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And, since the Do Life Big podcast is JUST GETTING off the GROUND 🚀 a REVIEW would mean the WORLD to getting our message of living your best freakin' life possible out there! Go to kathireuter.com/itunes, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

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This has been an interesting week for me - If you weren't aware, my family and I live in Gulf Coast Florida, and this past week we had to evacuate our home which is in a flood zone to avoid Hurricane Ian. 

This is, obviously, a very stressful situation - we had to prepare our house, move stuff up high on shelves in case it floods, and pack up the car and off we go. Myself + Husband, our 3 kids, our dog 🐕‍🦺 Kali, and my son's hedgehog Maple. 🦔

The thing is, we didn't know what we would come back to. In a worst-case scenario, our house could be completely destroyed along with all of our "stuff". 

In this episode, I talk all about how we have to focus on what we can control. 

I sure as heck can't control a freakin' hurricane, but I know what I can control - my mind, and my thoughts about the potential outcomes.

I can control my actions - the decision to evacuate. What to pack. How to prepare our house. 

Of course, we know bad things can happen - and this storm did a LOT of bad things further south from where we live - but that's nothing that I can do anything about. So hope for the best, plan for the worst. 

I also give you four tips to help YOU control the controllable

Remember, focusing on the controllable doesn't mean not acknowledging that bad things happen - it just means you aren't putting your energy on something that hasn't even happened yet! 

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A lot of times, when we feel self-doubt creeping in and sabotaging us, or we hit a roadblock on the way towards our goals, we work on attacking the symptoms rather than the actual problem. 

In my business that I started eight years ago, I had lots of success in my first year. But then I hit a roadblock. My business growth plateaued, and I started to get in my head about it.

To solve the problem, I thought I had to just work HARDER, and do MORE of the things. 

But the problem is, they weren’t inspired activities, because my mindset wasn’t right. I was approaching it with frustration and even irritation 😤

So what happened? I grew even MORE frustrated, because my activity level and effort increased, but my results didn’t change!

Eventually (like, 2 YEARS later), I finally connected the dots that my own self-doubt was making my actions worthless.

It’s like - if you want to build muscle, and you go to the gym, but you just pick the lightest weights and never push yourself. You just won’t progress. You are taking action, but it’s not inspired. The action isn’t taken with the right mindset. 

So, if you are plateaued in your own life in some way, instead of thinking what can I DO to fix this situation, try looking internally and getting present to how you are FEELING and THINKING about that plateau. 

In this week’s podcast, I go into detail on how I became aware of my problem, and how I went through the mental journey of resolving it. 

Remember: you can take all the action in the world, but if you have core beliefs that are contrary to what you want, then you will just be on a stationary bike - spinning your wheels, working hard, but not actually going anywhere! 

If this episode inspired you in some way, take a screenshot of you listening on your device and post it to your Instagram Stories, and tag me @katherinereuter!

And, since the Do Life Big podcast is JUST GETTING off the GROUND 🚀 a REVIEW would mean the WORLD to getting our message of living your best freakin' life possible out there! Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode!

Have a topic you'd like to hear about? Shoot me an email at [email protected]!