This week’s Mental Firepower Monday is all about focus and the proof that your brain will find whatever you tell it to look for.

Erin shares a few major life updates (including her new on-air role as a DJ for Thin Line Rock Station 🎧) and uses that transition to dig into a simple truth: what we resist, persists and what we focus on, grows.

Whether it’s fear, self-doubt, or the constant “waiting for the other shoe to drop,” our brains are wired to find evidence that matches what we believe. The more we expect things to go wrong, the more proof we find that they will. But when we start expecting better, choosing to look for possibility instead of disaster we begin to rewire our entire experience.

Erin gets real about her own journey with scarcity thinking, the clients she’s seen stuck in survival loops, and how even something as simple as accepting a compliment can start to shift your mindset from defense to openness.

This episode isn’t about toxic positivity it’s about tactical awareness.
 Because if your thoughts can keep you stuck, they can also set you free.

IN THIS EPISODE

• Erin’s big announcement: joining the Thin Line Rock Station family
• What it means to practice “mental focus hygiene”
• Why responders are trained to expect the worst and how to challenge it
• The science behind the phrase “what you focus on, finds you”
• How to notice when resistance turns into self-sabotage
• The difference between manifesting and mindset discipline
• Sneak peek of this week’s guest: Dr. Erica Birkley on trauma, identity, and evidence-based recovery tools

MENTAL FIREPOWER

What You Focus On, Finds You.
Start small: catch one negative thought today and redirect it.
You don’t have to fake joy you just have to stop feeding fear.

WHO THIS EPISODE IS FOR

• First responders who can’t stop scanning for the next problem
• Spouses trying to understand why optimism feels foreign
• Anyone caught in the “waiting for the shoe to drop” loop
• People ready to retrain their brain for calm, not chaos

Check out Thin Line Rock Station:

https://www.thethinlinerockstation.com/how-to-listen

Learn more about the Unarmored Training:

https://erinmaccabee.com/training

https://www.kennymitchelljr.com/

Music from #Uppbeat

https://uppbeat.io/t/needmospace/chill-power

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