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In this episode:

• Drowning out the expectations of those outside of ourselves
• Building the confidence to honor your own decisions
• Getting really clear about what you actually want
• Being comfortable with changing your mind on your life plan

I am so happy you are here today for this real talk convo about change & charting your own path, so I hope you’re ready for it! This topic was inspired by some messages that I got on Instagram after I posted about how a year ago, my fiance and I had booked our wedding venue and then cancelled it because we realized we didn’t really want that wedding. There were a lot of people who were confused & didn’t understand our path or decisions, but it was a decision WE had to make for OURSELVES.

We’ve gotten really intentional about drowning out other people’s expectations & really understanding & honoring our own dreams by asking ourselves some important questions. I hope this hits home with you & can’t wait to hear what you think girl!   

Quotes:

“It’s important that we’re asking ourselves questions to make sure that we’re living a life that we actually want to be living.”

“If the choice that we’re making, or if the situation that we’re in doesn’t make sense in accordance with getting us closer to where we want to be, then we just have to change the gameplan.”

“If you don’t see the fact that your choices could be contributing to your problem, then you also don’t get to see your power that you could be part of your own solution.”

“Getting to the end of your life realizing that you didn’t even live the life that you wanted but instead lived somebody else’s life… that to me is so much scarier than starting scared.” 

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In this episode:

• Digging into the difference between options & choices
• Taking responsibility & identifying the impact of the choices you make
• Being willing to make the sacrifices necessary for the life you want
• Awareness about the choices you are consciously choosing

Hey girl, happy you are here today because as you know I always picture us as girlfriends chatting.. & today, it’s with spicy margaritas.

This is a saucy one that’s going to light a little fire under your booty.

We are talking about the difference between options and choices. Fundamentally, options are the ones that don’t have REAL consequences, they’re just a little bit lighter..... But choices on the other hand, (even the tiny ones), those do have consequences.

And really, our life in its entirety is made up of all of these tiny little choices....So, let’s dive in girl! Can’t wait to hear what you think!

Quotes:

“You can change your actions & your effort, or you can change your goals.. Because the actions & the efforts that you’re putting in right now don’t match the goals that you have.”

“I had the choice, to choose the choice that was going to serve me, and sometimes I choose the right one & sometimes I don’t. Point blank.”

“If you want to be good at something, or you want to be great at something, or if you want to accomplish your goals, you actually don’t have a lot of choices.”

“That short term sacrifice is often a down payment on a massive abundant blessing of giving you more options that are better options later.”

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In this episode:

• Peeling back the verbiage we use to glorify perfectionism
• Acknowledging that there is no “perfect time” for anything
• Not letting the idea of perfect steal your energy & time
• Eliminating the need to wear ‘perfectionist’ like a badge of honor

Hey girl!

I am so excited you are here today because we are going to have a real talk conversation about PERFECTIONISM.

In particular, this idea of “perfect time” and how that can be really holding you back from doing the damn thing on your heart.

Or, maybe for you this perfectionism comes in from daily tasks that you are so concerned with having be “perfect” that it’s robbing you of time to do the thing on your heart or it’s robbing you of the energy that’s required to chase your dreams because you’re exhausted from trying to be perfect.

I don’t even have to know you in person to know that you are not the type of woman who holds back & lives life with coulda woulda shoulda’s.

I know that you’re the type of woman who is here to build a life that she’s obsessed with, so buckle up, we are diving right in!

Quotes:

“Perfectionism is easy to spot and then once you’re aware of it or your tendencies towards it & how it might be negatively impacting you, then you can actually do something about it.”

“Perfect doesn’t exist. Striving for perfection is going to make us crazy. And there’s never a perfect time to do anything.”

“I say, we stop letting this idea of ‘perfect’ rob us & others who could seriously benefit as a by-product of us living lives that we’re obsessed with, and going for those dreams on our heart.”

“How important are the things that I am not doing in order to spend this extra time & energy on making things perfect?”

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In this episode:

• Avoiding the tendency to glamorize the destination
• Learning to navigate the fear of the unknown
• Choosing the path that won’t leave you with regret
• Remembering that you get to choose your problems

Girl! I’m so happy you are here today because this short little episode is about something that I think about so often, especially when I’m going through major life changes like I am right now.... It’s this concept of when you’re setting goals, or when you’ve got a vision for your life, that you get to accept responsibility that you’re picking your problems too.

You’re picking the problems that you want more, right?

Anything worth having is worth working hard for, which means you’re also going to have to navigate all of the problems associated with that goal.

& because I think of us like we’re girlfriends chatting over coffee, I want to share with you a couple of personal examples that I think you might connect with.

Can't wait to hear your feedback!! 

Quotes:

“When you’re thinking about the problems that you have in your life, I recommend that you pick the one that has growth on it. That has growth on the other side of navigating through it.”

“Anything worth having is worth working hard for, right? So when it comes to the pain of staying the same or the pain of growth, I’m gonna choose the one with the better outcome on the other side… coming out a better version of me.”

“Remind yourself, when you’re doubting yourself or when you’re wanting to throw in the towel, or you’re wanting to skip the work that you need to do that’s required to get you where you want to go, because you think it would be ‘easier’ remind yourself you wanted these problems.”

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In this episode:

• Giving up really good to honor your gut feeling to go for great
• Not waiting until your back is against the wall to make a change
• Taking that first step & making a move forward quickly
• Getting more self aware about what you actually want & need

Hey girl!

I am so excited for today’s episode because we are talking about a juicy topic that I know you are going to resonate with. It’s this concept of if you’re TRULY happy & fulfilled, OR if you’re comfy & just shoving down this rumble, this gut feeling that’s telling you that you want more in some aspect of your life.

In Monday’s episode Seena & I talked about our upcoming move to Austin, TX and we are so excited for this transition into a different city & season in our life. ...

And I really wanted to hone in on something from that episode that I think deserved it’s own episode which is this concept of giving up good, or even really good, to honor that gut feeling in your stomach, that rumble telling you that you want more for you to go for really freaking great in your life.

I really think this is going to hit home with you & I can’t wait to hear what you think!

Quotes:

“Deep down in your gut you know you want more, that rumble in your belly right now might soon turn into a freaking roar. So how can we get proactive to prepare for that.”

“Why not, instead of trying to wish away or smush down that rumble, you decide that you have that rumble that gut feeling for a reason & you’re gonna pick one thing that you’re gonna start with.”

“You acknowledge, it’s good & you feel okay about it, but you want great. And that’s a gift. That ambition is a gift.”

“At the end of the day, direction is so much more important than speed, you do not get a prize for getting somewhere faster. Let’s enjoy the process more than what the process produces.”

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In this episode:

• Managing the feelings that come with different seasons
• Allowing yourself to be more curious & try different things
• Navigating the highs & lows that comes with massive growth
• Understanding that each season is necessary

I am so excited to have Seena back on the show today for this juicy episode talking about some big big plans we have in the works: We’re MOVING!

& because I think of us like we’re girlfriends chatting over coffee, I want to make sure to keep you in the loop, but I also thought it would be a really cool opportunity to talk about this season as we transition into a move to a new city, but also share with you about the last 11 years.

Seena & I have lived in Seattle, and New York, currently San Diego, and now another move to a totally new city.. AUSTIN, TX babyyyy!

As we’ve been talking about this we realized that each city has had some really incredible growth opportunities & seasons particular to that city that we have learned so much from a tangible tips perspective that we can share with you but also from a feelings perspective.

Can’t wait to hear what you think girl!  

Quotes:

“I had to learn to measure my success of my ‘figuring it out’ stage in a different way than you were measuring your success.”

“Define those success terms for yourself.. You tried something new for the first time, you are making progress towards what you wanna do, that’s still successful even if you’re not there yet.”

“During the growth phase, this doesn’t feel good at all sometimes. The highs & lows, and navigating new things all the time.. But you’re building up that muscle.”

“When you ask better questions, you’re gonna get better answers. So starting to really dig into what does my ‘ideal life’ actually look like, but more importantly what does that actually FEEL like?”

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In this episode:

• Making optimism a strategy & leaning into failure
• Diagnosing the difference between nerves & excitement
• Starting even when you’re really scared
• Thinking positively rather than brewing in negativity

I am so excited you are here for today’s episode because on the show we have Jess Ekstrom.

She is a powerhouse entrepreneur, philanthropist, speaker, and author. She’s been featured in major publications like Forbes, The Today Show, Entrepreneur Magazine, Good Morning America, Vanity Fair, People and the list keeps going.

What I really love, is the company that she is the founder of called Headbands of Hope. It’s a headband company that donates a headband to a child with cancer for every one purchased, and they have already donated over 600,000 headbands to children’s hospitals across the nation & globally.

Jess started her company in her college dorm room!

She also has an incredible speaking career & created the Micdrop Workshop to help get more female speakers paid & on stages. In addition to all of that, the main reason I wanted to bring her on the show is her new book called ‘Chasing the Bright Side’ and it’s all about embracing optimism.

Jess is quirky, fun & very tactical which I just know you will really love! Can’t wait to hear what you think of this episode!

PUMP-UP JAM:

• Treasure by Bruno Mars

Quotes:

“I think we get clarity in the process and not in the planning. And sometimes those little things that you do start to add up.”

“Make the possibilities bigger than the fear, get excited about the unknown.”

“One of the things that I think brings the most clarity around optimism is that optimism is not a mood, it’s a strategy… it’s a strategy for good & we need that most when times are bad.”

“It took someone, or some group, or some idea that had this glimmer of optimism in it to spark that movement, to bring it forward. When you look at the facts, any advancement, progress, innovation, in history started with optimism.”

“Failure will always feel better than regret. And you’re going to have more information, you’re going to have more data, more research, you can make better decisions moving forward but not everything’s going to be a homerun when you’re a beginner.”

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In this episode:

• Labeling your fear as excitement
• Failure & stumbling are not the opposite of success
• Taking the responsibility of figuring it out
• Picking your first step to get the ball rolling

Hey girl, I am so excited you are here!

Today’s episode comes directly from a message I got from a woman on Instagram who said, “Kac, I really wanna do this thing, but I don’t know how.”

I LOVE this topic because ‘how’ holds us back from doing so many things that we want to do in our life.

So here’s my take on it: you can tell me HOW to ride a unicycle & I can understand fundamentally what I need to do.

But until I actually grab that unicycle, sit on it & start pedaling - understanding that there’s a very good chance I’m going to fall on my face - I’m never going to know how to do it.

Because even if the best unicycler in the world teaches me how, they’ve put their reps in to get that good & I haven’t done it yet. So how in the world could I know how until I actually start & get that clarity and belief in myself that comes from action.

That’s what we are talking about today & I think you’re really going to vibe with it!      

Quotes:

“If we get too caught up in the ‘how’ just visualizing the actual action, & we choose to stay stuck, we’re never going to get there.”

“Failure and stumbling and the doubts that come in, are not actually the opposite of success, they’re actually a necessary stepping stone to get you where you want to go.”

“We don’t need a permission slip from anybody. And we don’t need a manual with step-by-step instructions of how to do the thing that’s on our heart. We just need the first step.”

“Don’t rob yourself of the opportunity to see success & fulfillment in your life simply because you refuse to take responsibility that even with the best damn map on the planet… the how comes from action.”

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In this episode:

• Practicing optimism & growing your comfort with risk
• Taking inventory on the opportunity cost of a decision
• Playing out the full spectrum of your feelings
• Reframing to find the good & getting back up faster

I am so excited that you are here today because we are talking about what making a change really feels like, about risk & opportunity cost!

Sometimes when you make a decision to make a change you feel super pumped, so excited & on top of the world....

Sometimes you feel like you’re going to puke because you’re so nervous & anxious.

Sometimes you’re really scared thinking like what if this doesn’t work out the way that I planned.. & then sometimes, you do that thing & right afterwards you feel so freaking proud of yourself for doing that thing that you knew was right to do even though you were scared.

& then of course sometimes all of those things happen in the same day if the change is really big!

But today I really want to talk about the FEELINGS that are associated with change & some tactical ways that I actually manage those feelings through the lens of opportunity cost and risk.

So buckle up, we are gonna dive right in!

Quotes:

“As humans we are not wired for uncertainty, our brains are literally not made that way. But just like any muscle, I think you can build up your comfortability with risk as if it was a muscle.”

“I think when you’re making a change or making a decision to do something that you’re a little bit nervous to do but you know in your gut feels right, it’s important to actually take inventory on the opportunity cost. What are you going to miss out on if you don’t do that thing?”

“You’re a human. You’re going to have feelings that you don’t need a permission slip to have. You’re a grown freakin woman!”   

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In this episode:

• Understanding the necessity to show up now
• Using your morning routine to set the tone for the day
• Showing up to life every day proving that it’s a gift

Today we are talking about the necessity to SHOW UP & I am so happy you are here!

I’ve been getting this question a lot lately of like.... “Kac, how are you pushing through things right now to keep showing up?”

Whether that’s for my business, or my workouts, or my relationship, or whatever it is.

So today I wanted to share with you a couple of quick little tips that work really well for me because I want you to leave this episode feeling pumped up, but also with some tactical tools in your toolbox so you can do the damn thing, show up today and be excited about your life and your ONE SHOT here because today freaking COUNTS.

So let’s dive in girl, can’t wait to hear what you think!  

Quotes:

“I often think about how important it is that we get more emotional & get more committed to why we’re actually doing what we’re doing so that we feel this need to show up.”

“Who needs you to bring your freaking A game? Because as much as I want you to do it for you… sometimes when life feels hard or heavy, we’ll show up for someone else more than we’ll show up for ourselves.”

“People care so much less about what you actually think about or what you actually say, but they remember the example that you set, they remember how you make them feel.”

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