Just because a thought is true, doesn't mean it's useful to think. How many thoughts are you holding on to because they are "just true" even though they are stopping you from being the person you want to be? Today I talk about the option you didn't know you had to stop thinking true thoughts (and even ones that you think are true but probably aren't). Join me and the other Firmly Founded coaches for our live event Monday, October 10th, 2022 at 6pm Mountain Time "Taming Your Emotional Monsters!" It will help teens and parents better face difficult and unpleasant emotions. Register Here: https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/2016649315226/WN_ifiQPmJuSMmn5fW-AtY5qQ

We all have anchored biases, or thoughts that we grabbed onto first and have stuck around. Some may be keeping us from getting to the destination we desire. Others may be keeping us safe from the storms out in the sea. Today, I talk about how to identify which is which.

If we mess up in a social situation, our first instinct is to hide our failures from others. Hope nobody saw it. Guess what, they probably did. So, rather than hiding it, I have a better option for you. Put it on display. This is called "Failing BIG!" and it can help eliminate awkward moments and increase your self-confidence.

There is LOADS of power in your brain that you are not using. If you could access it, you could do amazing things. There are 4 levels of metacognition, which level are you??

Sometimes life serves us up some grief gruel. It's not the tastiest thing on the menu, but it's on the table anyway. Someone we love dies, we get broken up with, or we don't get that scholarship we wanted. What can we do? We have to choke it down, right? In this episode I talk with fellow life coach Annabelle Sorensen about some ways we can approach grief that doesn't make it as disgusting to swallow.

If fragile is something that breaks easily under pressure, then what is Antifragile? (Hint: it's NOT simple something that doesn't break easily). I talk about that today and how teens can become antifragile in their lives.

There are performances throughout our lives, whether they are auditioning for the Jazz Band, taking the ACT, or talking to someone we're crushing on. How do you manage the anxiety that comes with it?? I talk to psychologist and performance coach Jon Skidmore about tools that teens can use to take the power away from performance anxiety. Also, get a free gift from Jon! Listen to the episode to see how you can get a free digital copy of his book "Conquer Anxiety."

We should be the authors of our thoughts and our opinions, especially since they create the world we live in. But how many times do you let OTHER people write your stories about yourself, others, or the world around you? Take up the pen yourself and don't let other people write your story!

We were all born to be the hero of our own life, but sometimes we feel like a sidekick. If you want to be able to go from sidekick to hero whenever you want to, you need to do two things: 1) recognize your sidekick thoughts and 2) create powerful hero thoughts. Today, I walk you through how to do that.

I'm at a conference this week with my mentor, my Yoda, Jody Moore. So this episode I broadcast live from my minivan with a special guest and friend, Tyson Bradley, and we talk about our dreams and how our self-perceived identity can help us or stop us from achieving them.