Ever wish you could just become the kind of person who gets stuff done?

This episode gives you the alter ego to do exactly that.

In this episode, Mia explores how a playful alter ego might be the productivity wingperson you didn’t know you needed. With stories from David Bowie to home office heroes, you’ll hear how top performers use secret identities, physical anchors, and deliberate self-talk to unlock their best selves—and how you can too. This isn’t about faking it. It’s about tapping into the most powerful version of you… one superhero pose at a time.

Mia shares her own journey from internal resistance to identity-based momentum, drawing on research from psychology and neuroscience to show why shifting your stance (literally and figuratively) can shift your state of mind. Whether you’re procrastinating on a project or psyching yourself up to speak out loud in a meeting, this episode offers playful, science-backed ways to show up as the version of you who gets it DONE.

This episode is your permission slip to stop waiting and start summoning the version of you that already knows how to begin.

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🕵️‍♀️ Evidence That Your Alter Ego Might Actually Work

If you're about to start naming your inner productivity icon, you’re in excellent company. If you devour research citations: also for you. Here’s where the science, storytelling, and pop culture receipts come in:

🎭 Primary Source — The One That Started It All

Herman, Todd. (2019). The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life

Harper Business. ISBN: 978-0062838636

→ This book is basically superhero school for grown-ups. Read it, name your alter ego, thank me later.

🧠 Talking to Yourself = Science, Not Madness

Kross, Ethan, et al. (2014). “Self-talk as a regulatory mechanism: How you do it matters.”

Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 106(2), 304–324.

→ TL;DR: Saying “You’ve got this, [Your Name]” can make you calmer, clearer, and better under pressure. Coach mode = activated.

🫁 Move Your Body, Shift Your Brain

Tang, Yi-Yuan & Posner, Michael I. (2014). “Training brain networks and states.”

Trends in Cognitive Sciences, 13(5), 222–227.

→ Your physical posture, breath, and focus don’t just reflect your mental state—they help rewire it. Your superhero stance is legit.

👨‍🎤 Bonus: The Stardust Origin Story

Leigh, Wendy. (2016). Bowie: The Biography

Gallery Books. ISBN: 978-1476767079

→ A beautifully detailed account of how David Jones transformed into David Bowie, and then into Ziggy Stardust—alter ego legend status.

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Episode Keywords: how to stop procrastinating, alter ego productivity, main character energy, ADHD productivity, identity-based motivation, creative resistance, how to beat perfectionism, executive dysfunction support, focus rituals for solopreneurs, productivity hacks for ADHD, embodied focus tools, using self-talk for motivation, Ethan Kross research, Todd Herman Alter Ego Effect, creative rituals that work, neurodivergent entrepreneurship, self-coaching for creatives, confidence triggers, anchor objects productivity, transition rituals, coworking, focus routine

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