Overwhelm! We all experience it from time to time – sometimes it's the volume of things on our plate, sometimes it's the emotional charge of those things. Either way – overwhelm causes stress, anxiety, sleeplessness and definitely gets in the way of our moving forward. Listen in and unpack what overwhelm means to you, and get you some practical steps to gain control and shift from overwhelm helplessness to a certain place of solid ground.

In this episode you will:

• Identify what overwhelm does to you and how buried you are right now!
• Create your Reality WHAT List and begin to understand why you feel the way you do
• Learn practical steps to shift from overwhelm to control with small, do-able steps

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Ahhh Self-confidence – you either have it or you don't. Right? WRONG! Self-confidence can be developed with some dead easy steps (and some focus and intention!) In this episode of Jan Talk we will unpack the biggest myths around self-confidence (you might be surprised!) and give you easy practical tools to build your Self-confidence – in ANY situation!

In this episode you will:

• Discover what self-confidence is (and what it isn't!)
• Learn the secret coaching hack that'll instantly give you confidence! (and it's super easy!)
• Learn practical steps to build your self-confidence (simply choose one of them to start!)
• Learn how to add deposits to your CBA (Confidence Bank Account)

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Feeling Responsible can be overwhelming – especially when we feel responsible for people or things we don't have control over. Let's unpack this mindset barrier together and see how it's intimately tied to overgiving, overcaring and overcommitment. Imagine letting go (even a little bit!) of the feeling of being responsible for everything… Relief!

In this episode you will:

• Learn the 4 (and only 4) things you are actually responsible for

• Learn the difference between feeling concern and feeling responsible

• Learn the hazards of Overgiving …and why you might want to change!

• Create new giving patterns that flow from the heart rather than from obligation

• Balance your energy in and out so you are nourished and sustained

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Procrastination plagues all of us. Sometimes it's a putting-off of an unpleasant task. Though often, it's a delaying of something we really want. Imagine how liberating it would feel to bust those procrastination delays!

In this episode you will:

• Identify why you procrastinate
• Get practical tools to move from inaction to action in the areas you really care about
• Learn how to forever take the "P" word out of your vocabulary (even for the tasks you really don't want to do!)
• Find out when it's OK to procrastinate (yes, really!)

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Are you successful at establishing and maintaining personal boundaries? Or are you so accommodating to others that your boundaries are consistently not honored? In this episode, you'll learn why shaky boundaries can disempower us, and how the setting of boundaries can put us confidently back in the driver's seat!

In this episode you will:

• Learn how the creation of personal boundaries shift us from reactive to empowered

• Identify your boundaries and reflect on what areas of your life you could develop or strengthen boundaries

• Learn a 4-step communication process for what to do when someone crosses your boundaries

• Feel the increase and confidence possibilities that can result from taking charge of our own personal limits or "bounds"

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You are a caring, committed individual. I love that about you! But sometimes overcaring service to others becomes a weight of responsibility that gets in the way of you moving forward into your life possibilities. In this episode, you'll learn how to keep on caring like you want to, yet stop the burdensome "carrying" of things outside your control. AHHH deep sigh of relief!

In this episode you will:

• Learn how your wonderful, caring strength may sometimes work against you!

• Learn the four (and only four!) areas of your life that you are responsible for

• Learn the difference between "caring" from "carrying" and feel instantly lighter!

• Feel the empowerment that results from being intentional about the amount you will "carry"

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It's only one word – but it packs a wallop…and can erode confidence, create anxiety, inhibit experimentation, block creativity and sap joy. The evil word?

Perfectionism!

Though Jan would never be an advocate for mediocrity, she believes that our constant preoccupation and obsession with "perfect" gets in the way of our happiness, joy, learning and growth.

Are you ready to join Jan and let go of "perfecto"'?

In this episode you'll:

• Learn the difference between using your high standards of excellence as inspiring drivers instead of debilitating punishers
• Learn Jan's Football Field Principle to clearly define your life "touchdowns"
• Understand how your attachment to "perfect" negatively impacts you and those around you
• Reframe your vision of self from a limiting "fixed" one to a dynamic, growth paradigm that energizes your life journey

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What do you hold yourself back from experiencing in your life because of a belief that it's not possible for you? Do the words "I'm not smart/coordinated/talented/enough" ever trip off your lips? Or how about "I could never do that, that's out of reach for me" etc.

Our limiting beliefs get in the way of our living our greatest possibilities.

In this episode you'll:

• Shed a light on the limiting beliefs that hold you back
• Bust those beliefs apart with the "truth meter"
• Reframe those beliefs into empowering possibilities

Jan will challenge your assumptions, bust your old self-limiting paradigm wide open, expand your thinking and you'll feel the freedom that comes as you start to realize "Yes, I can!"

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What does your Inner Critic say to you? Does that voice in your head nag, berate, and work AGAINST you rather than FOR you?

What if you could turn your negative Inner Critic into a helpful Inner Coach – a wise voice that could help you move forward rather than hold you back?

If you want to know:

• why your inner critic yammers on (really, there is a good reason!)
• how to turn your negative inner critic into your helpful inner Coach
• how to positively transform your negative self-talk and manage your mental interference
• how to get rid of the bad habit of self-criticism

Jan's here to help you create a new thinking paradigm – one that supports and inspires rather than tears down and deflates. This episode will get you and your Inner Voice working on the same team!

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Jan tackles one of the thorniest of our mental barriers to success – Self-Judgment. With a dead easy reframe of self-judgment to self-assessment, Jan gives you practical tools to objectively self-evaluate to eliminate the negative labeling of your value or worth. You'll feel your world lighten up, opening the door to your possibilities.

How do you feel when your self-judgment comes in? I bet if I could hear your responses right now, I'd hear things like "oh my self-judgment makes me feel flawed, stupid and "less than". Maybe you'd simply say that self-judgment makes you doubt yourself and lose confidence. I think we can all agree that self-judgment, and the resulting self-criticism does not make us feel better. In fact, it's usually the opposite, like a toxin seeping into our mind and body. Negative self-judgment weighs us down. It limits us, it causes stress, anxiety and worse.

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