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- E21 How to Manage Stress to Maximize your Growth
Struggle with stress? You’re not alone. Stress is a constant in life; you could argue that stress management is the most important skill to have in our modern world. In today’s episode, we walk everything stress. What is it? Where does it comes from? What are the different kinds of stress, and how can you manage it to live your fullest life?
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
1:15 Show Intro
1:33 Today’s Topic: Stress
1:57 What is Stress?
5:38 Managing the Two Types of Stress: Eustress & Distress
13:31 Are you stressed or are you pushing an edge?
17:12 Stress & the Optimal Level of Arousal
26:25 What are the main sources of distress?
44:12 What are the most common symptoms of stress?
54:03 How do people try to deal with stress that doesn’t work?
1:05:40 What are effective stress management strategies?
1:23:34 Final perspectives on stressLearn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 27 min - E20 How to Work with your Fear
What’s the common thread linking all of the places that you’re stuck in life? If I had to bet, I’d bet that it was fear. In this episode of No Clear Answers, we discuss everything fear. What is fear? Why are we so constantly stuck by it? How can we have a productive relationship with it? And of course, practical tactical tips to experiment with.
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
2:35 Show Intro
4:18 Today’s Topic - Fear
5:24 What is fear?
14:32 How we get stuck with fear
26:27 How to have a productive relationship with fear
38:07 Practical, Tactical, Actions to work with Fear
1:02:33 You can’t kill your fear
1:03:28 Corey’s controversial takes
1:10:15 WrapupLearn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 12 min - E19 How to Build Genuine Confidence (and why you don’t actually need it)
We all want more confidence. But do you actually need it? Is confidence as important as we collectively make it out to be? How is it and how isn't it? In today's episode, we talk confidence: how we overindex on appearing confident and what you can do to build genuine confidence for the long-haul.
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
1:11 Show Intro & Today’s Topic: Confidence
2:17 What is Confidence?
13:22 Why does it feel like some people have confidence and others don’t?
18:23 The Limitations of focusing on Confidence
22:41 The Wisdom and Normality of lacking Confidence
28:10 The value of appearing confident (or admitting a lack of confidence)
39:49 What to do when you’re overly focused on your Lack of Confidence
47:16 How to Build Confidence
58:26 Final ThoughtsLearn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 5 min - E18 Why we Burnout and How to Escape it for Good
Nowadays, it's easy to feel like we live in a never-ending cycle of burnout. While there's a lot of advice on how to recover from burnout (up your self-care game), it is woefully inadequate when it comes to addressing the root causes of burnout. In today's episode, we talk about how to escape the cycle of burnout once and for all.
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
0:55 Show Intro and Today’s Topic: Burnout
3:26 How do we think about Burnout?
24:13 The Six Causes of Burnout
30:34 How do you know that you’re Burning out?
36:04 How we create Burnout in our life
43:53 What do I do when I’m burning out?
1:00:26 Why Self-Care isn’t the cure for Burnout
1:05:20 WrapupLearn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 8 min - E17 Overcoming your Limiting Beliefs
Most of us have a sense that, in some way, we’re blocking ourselves from the very things that we want. We self-sabotage. One of the most common ways we do that is through limiting beliefs: beliefs we hold about ourselves, others, and the world, that limit what we believe is possible. In today’s episode, we explore common limiting beliefs and how to break them.
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
0:48 Show Intro
1:09 What are Limiting Beliefs?
16:22 What are the most common limiting beliefs?
41:31 What are the signs of limiting beliefs?
53:32 How do you deal with limiting beliefs?
1:03:20 WrapupLearn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 5 min - E16 What is Emotional Intelligence and How do you Build it?
Emotional intelligence. You hear about it everywhere. But what the heck do we mean when we say it? What is emotional intelligence really and how do we build it? In this episode, we discuss what emotional intelligence is, what it looks like, and how to become a more emotionally intelligent, person, creator, and leader.
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
0:43 Show Intro
2:15 What is Emotional Intelligence?
20:15 What does emotional intelligence or the absence of it look like?
54:04 Can you be too emotionally intelligent?
55:57 How do you build more emotional intelligence?
59:49 Wrapup
Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 1 min - E15 Why We Fail at Setting and Achieving Goals and What to Do About it
SMART Goals, BHAG goals, visionary goals, achievable goals. We are awash in framework and ways that we are “supposed” to set goals. So why is it so often the case that we set goals that don’t light us up and then fail to achieve them?
In today’s episode, we discuss everything goals. Why are we so obsessed with the “right” way to set goals? What do we get wrong? When we fail to achieve them, why? And how can we set them to give us the best chance at achieving them?
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
1:25 Show Intro
1:56 Today’s Topic: Goals
4:05 Why are we so obsessed with goals and goal-setting frameworks?
14:44 What do we get wrong when we set goals?
41:49 Why do we fail to achieve our goals?
53:40 How you can create and achieve your goals
1:08:22 Wrapup
Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 11 min - E14 Understanding and Escaping Perfectionism
Struggle with perfectionism? Don’t we all. It’s so easy to get caught up seeking perfection and wreak havoc on our health, productivity, and relationships. In this episode, we discuss perfectionism, where it comes from, why we do it, and how to escape it.
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
1:15 Show Intro
1:39 Today’s Topic - Perfectionism
3:25 Defining Perfectionism
6:15 Why is perfectionism so hot?
10:00 Where does perfectionism come from?
24:00 How does perfectionism commonly show up for people?
32:00 What do we do when we’re struggling with perfectionism?
52:04 Why Perfectionism is Bullshi*t
54:49 WrapupLearn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/57 min - E13 New Year's Resolutions, Reviews, and Rituals
Happy Holidays! This holiday season we wanted to talk everything new year's rituals. What are our thoughts on annual reviews? How do we reflect and set intentions as the new year comes around? What resources do we recommend?
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
Resources from Today's Episode
• Justin and Rikki's Annual Leadership Review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQFdczvcju4
• Corey's Review Questions: https://coreywilkspsyd.com/how-to-set-yourself-up-for-success-in-the-next-chapter-of-life/
• How Failure Leads to Success: https://coreywilkspsyd.com/the-counterintuitive-reason-why-failing-leads-to-success/
0:00 Cold Open
0:51 Show Intro
3:02 Annual Reviews & End of Year Reflection
35:12 New Year’s Resolutions
1:01:29 Our Intentions for 2024
1:26:25 Wrapup
Learn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/
Intro Music: http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 28 min - E12 Ending the War with your Inner Critic
We live in an epidemic of inner sabotage via inner criticism. Today, we discuss everything inner critic: What do we mean when we say inner critic? Where do our inner critics come from? How do they serve us and what do they cost us? How can we lay down our arms and end the war?
Join executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership & executive coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist turned creator coach Corey Wilks as we discuss all that and more.
0:00 Cold Open
1:33 Show Intro
2:23 Introducing the theme: Our Inner Critic
3:15 What do each of us mean when we say Inner Critic?
9:23 Signs you’re struggling with an Inner Critic
16:44 Where does our Inner Critic come from?
27:39 The Pros & Cons of Inner Criticism
35:51 Ending the War with our Inner Critic & Ourselves
58:47 WrapupLearn more about the hosts:
https://www.rikkigoldenberg.com/
https://justinmulvaney.com/
https://coreywilkspsyd.com/Intro Music:
http://www.aaronwaltersmusic.com/1 hr 1 min
About No Clear Answers
From the publisher's feed
No Clear Answers is the anti-guru podcast. Listen along as executive leadership & career coach Rikki Goldenberg, conscious leadership coach Justin Mulvaney, and licensed clinical psychologist…
turned creator coach Corey Wilks explore the common challenges we all face as creators, leaders, and people. We'll deconstruct common self-help ideas, apply nuance, and provide novel and actionable ideas for you to experiment with.