STRESSPROOF Podcast

Feeling afraid doesn't have to mean that something is wrong or that you're making a wrong choice.

In fact, did you know that feeling fear is always a PREREQUISITE to achieving anything big in your life? This is especially true if you've never done it before.

Join me in this bonus podcast episode where I share common "logical" questions that often come up during these moments prior to making the next big step in our lives, so that you can identify fear as part of the process and move on to achieving BIG things.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode!

Oh! I have something fun for you!

I'm gifting a special Brain Priming Audio Guide to help you create SPACE between you and your thoughts so that you can respond to situations without the stress. Simply head on over to iTunes and screenshot your review to @susanchoiwellness on Instagram or email [email protected] for your exclusive access to this highly sought after audio guide!

The reason why it's so hard for most people to simplify their lives, is because it reveals to us our biggest discomforts and forces us to face the truth of our lives, and we have to ask ourselves, "are we ready for that?".

Our brains love to indulge in confusion despite how painful confusion feels. And the reason why we decide to stay in confusion is because the pain of the unknown far outweighs something much more familiar - confusion.

Learn how three simple suggestions to simplify our life, can help us not only get our time back so that we can focus on our biggest goals, but also give us the opportunity to finally see what we have been hiding from ourselves all along.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode!

Oh! I have a few fun things for you.

I'm gifting a special Brain Priming Audio Guide to help you create SPACE between you and your thoughts so that you can respond to situations without the stress. Simply head on over to iTunes and screenshot your review to @susanchoiwellness on Instagram or email [email protected] for your exclusive access to this highly sought after audio guide!

And this podcast is brought to you by a FREE training on Stress Management for Peak Performance! A 3 part video series for the listeners of this podcast so you can learn what it takes to truly handle stress with effortless ease. For instant access head on over to https://www.stressproofpodcast.com/opt-in

TIMESTAMPS:

(2:11): Ready to do a deep dive into discovering the real reason behind what's actually causing your stress and how you can resolve it? If so, then head on over to www.stressproofpodcast.com/coaching and apply for VIP Coaching.

(3:33): Recap of last week's episode "Do You Fail On Purpose?"

(6:01): The human brain has 60,000 thoughts a day, yet how many of us ask ourselves the same questions every single day trying to make the same micro-decisions.

(7:24): The biggest secret to Simplification is to decide ahead of time.

(8:55): How entertaining too many options causes us to waste time.

(12:00): What can we start to simplify in our life right now? How can we create more mind space?

(12:53): How notifications contribute to the white noise in your mind. Examples provided include work email, Instagram, and Facebook.

(15:27): Adrenal Fatigue being a forcing function to simplify notifications.

(17:00): How batching email and social media clears out ancillary thoughts that come from what we are exposed to.

(19:47): Simplifying the decisions around food often brings up the drama we have around food and our life.

(22:35): Our bodies don't need the calories, what our deeper self needs is something only you can answer. Whether that's more love, more joy, or more satisfaction.

(23:50): How to simplify shopping.

(25:22): How Simplification reveals to us what we are uncomfortable with because we will feel the desire to re-negotiate with a decision we made ahead of time.

Most high performers wait for the "right" moment in time to take action. But what we don't realize is that every moment is "right" and so therefore it FEELS as if we are waiting forever for that special moment for things to finally click!

**READY IS A LIE**

And in this episode I'm going to share with you an unconventional approach to actually achieving your 2020 goals.

We're not going to just write out our intentions or goals, we're going to be outlining the BLUEPRINT of how to fail, and fail a lot.

By the end of this podcast you're going to learn how to increase your capacity to fail, and why failing on purpose is the only way to achieve everything you ultimately desire.

Oh! I have a few fun things for you.

I'm gifting a special Brain Priming Audio Guide to help you create SPACE between you and your thoughts so that you can respond to situations without the stress. Simply head on over to Apple Podcasts and screenshot your review to @susanchoiwellness on Instagram or email [email protected] for your exclusive access to this highly sought after audio guide!

And this podcast is brought to you by a FREE training on Stress Management for Peak Performance! A 3 part video series for the listeners of this podcast so you can learn what it takes to truly handle stress with effortless ease. For instant access head on over to https://www.stressproofpodcast.com/opt-in

TIMESTAMPS:

(1:40): Reminder, grab your special Brain Priming Audio Guide to help you create SPACE between you and your thoughts! Especially helpful during the holiday season. Simply write a review on Apple Podcasts and DM or email your review @susanchoiwellness!

(4:30): Taking inventory of the past 11 months. What did you achieve? Where did you play small? What's your plan for 2020? How do you plan to get there this time that is different than years prior?

(7:18): Failing on purpose will guarantee you will be a different person one year from today. Examples: Promotion at work, finding a relationship, losing 8 pounds.

(8:34): What most high performers do when it comes to achieving goals.

(9:15): Why there is no such thing as the perfect time.

(11:07): Pick your #1 goal you want to achieve and why picking ONE vs. several guarantees success.

(12:22): Exercise: How are you going to expect failure? What does failure look like? How will failure FEEL like?

(14:35): Are you willing to fail more than others? Do you believe you can have what you desire? If so, you have a responsibility to your future self to start failing on purpose.

Finding deeper love and an expanded level of consciousness was not what Stephanie had in mind when we first started working….

In the beginning it was all about how to finally manage stress once and for all, especially after moving to a new city for love, rebuilding community, managing her career, and planning for a family.

In this week's special episode Stephanie shares her very own story of how she was managing her life prior to doing this work, and what her life looks like now with a new set of tools she will be using for life.

In fact, Stephanie shares just how pivotal this work has been in helping her cultivate even DEEPER love in her most important relationships such as the one she has with her self, her husband, and her father.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode!

Oh! I have a few fun things for you.

I'm gifting a special Brain Priming Audio Guide to help you create SPACE between you and your thoughts so that you can respond to situations without the stress. Simply head on over to iTunes and screenshot your review to @susanchoiwellness on Instagram or email [email protected] for your exclusive access to this highly sought after audio guide!

And this podcast is brought to you by a FREE training on Stress Management for Peak Performance! A 3 part video series for the listeners of this podcast so you can learn what it takes to truly handle stress with effortless ease. For instant access head on over to https://www.stressproofpodcast.com/opt-in

(1:19): My top 3 trail recommendations in Sedona; Bell Rock, Cathedral Rock, Solider's Pass Caves

(3:21): Introducing private client Stephanie who shares her very own Before & After

(6:24): How Stephanie used the podcast to help alleviate daily moment to moment stress

(7:44): Why Stephanie started to think, "is something wrong with me?" after having tried several mainstream and not so mainstream forms of stress relief strategies

(8:44): What Stephanie's life was like prior to doing this work, which includes moving for love, career transitions, moving to a new city, planning for a baby, and dealing with auto-immunity.

(11:03): How Stephanie broke through several ceilings in her life.

(12:55): How Personalization helped Stephanie reconnect with herself and her father and completely change important relationships in her life.

(15:33): What is life like now after having done the work?

(17:00): "This emotional roller coaster isn't who you are"

(20:40): Feeling safer with emotions and not feeling scared of stress

(22:50): What would you say to your older self or someone who may be experiencing what you were just a few short months ago?

Ever made a huge decision that felt so right and suddenly you were met with fear and doubt? Perhaps you hear the voice in your head asking you, "What was so wrong with where you were? How are you possibly going to make this work? Are you sure you're good enough for this?".

Stop.

Before you go back to where things were comfortable, I'm here to tell you this is a natural part of evolving into your future self and these are the thoughts I call: Next Level Thoughts.

These are the thoughts where, if not recognized instantly, most people turn around and give up on their dreams. Whether it's the dream career, role, partner, or weight.

If you're anything like me and my clients, and you love setting goals for yourself no matter the time of year, then you don't want to miss this episode where you'll discover how to instantly recognize Next Level Thoughts so that you can move beyond this moment and focus on achieving your dreams.

Don't forget to subscribe and share this with someone you thought of!

If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode!

Oh! I have a few fun things for you.

I'm gifting a special Brain Priming Audio Guide to help you create SPACE between you and your thoughts so that you can respond to situations without the stress. Simply head on over to iTunes and screenshot your review to @susanchoiwellness on Instagram or email [email protected] for your exclusive access to this highly sought after audio guide!

And this podcast is brought to you by a FREE training on Stress Management for Peak Performance! A 3 part video series for the listeners of this podcast so you can learn what it takes to truly handle stress with effortless ease. For instant access head on over to https://www.stressproofpodcast.com/opt-in

TIMESTAMPS:

(1:43): Have any recommendations for things to do, places to visit in Sedona? Please let me know! Send any of your recommendations to @susanchoiwellness on IG!

(2:45): If you love growth and expansion, then you inevitably come across Next Level Thoughts.

(3:50): Example of a client who moved to a new company in a new role and was having thoughts such as, " What if I'm not experienced enough for this role? I don't understand the standard operating procedures as well as I could do my job efficiently. This role requires me to speak in front of the board and I want to deal with the nervousness. Product and Sales are not set up for success and therefore makes my job much more difficult."

(5:04): Oftentimes a big reason why we feel stress is because we make having Next Level Thoughts a PROBLEM.

(6:20): Your brain's main job is to be as efficient as possible and work less so that it is ready to protect you in times of danger. And oftentimes any time we do anything NEW, our brains perceive that as dangerous.

(8:46): If we WANT to experience new things, we have to remember that we will be facing new challenges, and this includes new thought challenges.

(10:48): Having Next Level Thoughts doesn't mean something is wrong or that you're not on the right path.

(11:45): How to identify Next Level Thoughts so you can minimize the amount of time in fear and doubt.

A lot of people ask, "How can I get rid of this stress?" or "How can I think the right thoughts so that I don't feel negative about my co-worker?", and before we can tackle the situation itself we must do one thing FIRST… and that is to understand nothing is inherently wrong.

Backwards I know.

In this bonus episode on Stressproof, I'm discussing why intellectualizing our way into feeling good is never going to be a long term solution (especially if you truly care about living an expanded and authentic life), and the missing piece we must start incorporating into our lives so that we stop living on the surface... and start owning the truth of our very own human experience.

Don't forget to subscribe and share this with someone you thought of!

If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode!

Oh! I have a few fun things for you.

I'm gifting a special Brain Priming Audio Guide to help you create SPACE between you and your thoughts so that you can respond to situations without the stress. Simply head on over to iTunes and screenshot your review to @susanchoiwellness on Instagram or email [email protected] for your exclusive access to this highly sought after audio guide!

And this podcast is brought to you by a FREE training on Stress Management for Peak Performance! A 3 part video series for the listeners of this podcast so you can learn what it takes to truly handle stress with effortless ease. For instant access head on over to https://www.stressproofpodcast.com/opt-in

What if I told you that stress was created FOR you BY you, because somewhere deep down you believe it would help you? And what if I told you that your emotions, even stress, always has a positive intent?

In this episode I'm sharing with you a concept called Upcycling, and when we get skilled at applying this concept to our difficult emotions, we begin to transform what we believed to be negative experience into an opportunity to dive EVEN DEEPER into ourselves so that instead of experiencing stress the way we normally do… we begin to cultivate expansion, peace, and love.

Examples used in this podcast range from why we don't go for the promotion, why it's so hard to lose the last 8-10 pounds, and why you may still be single.

Don't forget to subscribe and share this with someone you thought of!

If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode!

Oh! And this podcast is brought to you by a FREE training on Stress Management for Peak Performance! A 3 part video series for the listeners of this podcast so you can learn what it takes to truly handle stress with effortless ease. For instant access head on over to https://www.stressproofpodcast.com/opt-in

TIMESTAMPS:

(1:19): Receive a Brain Priming Audio Guide to create SPACE between you and your thoughts so that you can respond to situations without the stress. Simply head on over to iTunes and screenshot your review to @susanchoiwellness on Instagram or email [email protected] for your exclusive access to this highly sought after audio guide!

(5:58): What is the traditional definition of Upcycling?

(6:55): Emotions are vibrations in our body. Every emotion has a positive intent, even stress.

(8:16): The purpose behind the Emotional Release Method is two fold. 1. Process any and every emotion in a healthy way 2. Understand the positive intent behind the emotion as felt by the client.

(9:07): How the majority of people handle stress currently.

(11:06): How can an emotion like stress have a positive intent when our actions and behaviors don't reflect the result that we ultimately want?

(11:42): The human subconscious always has a positive intent. Every thought and feeling has a positive intent.

(13:41): The problem is never your behavior or your emotions. Your behavior and emotions only reflect back what you fundamentally believe deep down.

(14:16): Examples of beliefs that drive "unwanted" behavior or emotions but in actuality is a positive intent because of what you believe.

(15:30): When we apply the concept of Upcycling, we begin to practice the awareness of trying to identify the lesson and insight as to what our behavior and emotions are trying to tell us so that we can transform our stress into clarity, expansion, and peace.

(17:33): The next time you feel stressed, ask yourself this question, "What is REALLY going on here?", "What is my stress trying to tell me?".

(18:45): When you get skilled at Upcycling, you become the type of person that understands everything is happening FOR you.

Everyone would tell you that I had the perfect life, but on the inside I felt broken.

In this episode I share my Before & After of how this property of work around Brain & Emotional Management has not only changed my life, but the life of many others.

From breaking through bouts of depression, PMDD, binging, and eventual burnout and adrenal fatigue, I finally realized that no matter how much you change your outside world… you bring all of your old thoughts with you.

Until we learn how to think better thoughts and feel every single emotion, we will always be running away from our life, instead of experiencing the TRUTH of our life.

Don't forget to subscribe and share this with someone you thought of!

If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode!

Oh! And this podcast is brought to you by a FREE training on Stress Management for Peak Performance! A 3 part video series for the listeners of this podcast so you can learn what it takes to truly handle stress with effortless ease. For instant access head on over to https://www.stressproofpodcast.com/opt-in

TIMESTAMPS:

(3:05) Receive a Brain Priming Audio Guide to create SPACE between you and your thoughts so that you can respond to situations without the stress. Simply head on over to iTunes and screenshot your review to @susanchoiwellness on Instagram or email [email protected] for your exclusive access to this highly sought after audio guide!

(6:34) My biggest vision for you is that you will never have to ask yourself, "what's wrong with me?"

(8:20) What I thought the problem was and why I spent so much time trying to be more interesting, finding the right job, the right relationship, and losing the last 8 pounds.

(9:42) The realization that we take our brains and old thoughts with us wherever we go and whomever we're with

(11:40) A moment of desperation in the driveway because of binge eating and the REAL reason behind binging

(12:24) Feeling BAD is a real skill set

(15:38) The two biggest assets any human can cultivate is our brain and how we think, and our body and how we process emotions

(17:18) Why "overing" is not the answer and leads to binging, over-drinking, and escapism

(19:43) My life now

(21:44) Why emotions are beautiful and how we can use emotions to achieve our dreams

(24:06) Waiting for the perfect moment in life and why perfect is boring

(28:33) If you had 10x MORE confidence than you had right now, what would you do in the next two months to make this year truly EPIC?

Most people forget that our money, love, and career has taste buds, and when we indulge our senses in being hyper palatable around each of these things, we lose the appreciation for the basics.

How can we reset our taste buds so that we can see just how amazing our life really is, and lose the unnecessary stress and suffering we indulge ourselves in?

This short, bonus episode comes to you thanks to heavy cream. Yes, I thought of you on this beautiful Sunday morning my friends! I hope you enjoy this episode and that it helps you cultivate even more appreciation this upcoming week.

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Most sensitive people live AROUND life and in today's podcast I want to teach you how to shift from the apprehensive sensitive person to the unstoppable and limitless sensitive person.

What if I told you that it wasn't the person, the energy, or the noises that ultimately made you feel bad? What if you could find a way to be in complete control of your emotions no matter where you are or who you're with?

Discover exactly how to take control over your own mind and emotions so that you can engage with ALL of what life has to offer without feeling apprehensive, scared, or doubtful.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode!

Oh! And this podcast is brought to you by a FREE training on Stress Management for Peak Performance! A 3 part video series for the listeners of this podcast so you can learn what it takes to truly handle stress with effortless ease. For instant access head on over to https://www.stressproofpodcast.com/opt-in

TIMESTAMPS:

[2:50]: There are still a few more days to apply for VIP Coaching with starts in NOVEMBER! If you're ready to stop feeling as if you're unmovable from the couch to having enough energy to give at the end of the day, then apply for VIP Coaching today. You can apply at www.stressproofpodcast.com/coaching

[4:01]: Do you consider yourself a sensitive person? Can you feel into other people's emotional state? Are you highly intuitive? Do people consider you an empathetic leader?

[6:00]: Characteristics of an empath or highly sensitive person

[7:20]: Most information regarding sensitivity presupposes that your quality of life is dependent on outside circumstances, which results in controlling behavior that leaves us drained and stressed from the outside world

[8:55]: Ultimately how you feel is created by YOU, a very specific thought you are thinking in that moment whether you know it or not

[9:56]: Example of a someone receiving feedback at work

[13:16]: Prior to Personalization, most people live at the EFFECT of the world and live AROUND life trying to avoid certain situations and people

[14:00]: The way you Personalize and interpret the world will generate stress or peace. To grab your free training on Personalization you can get started today by heading to www.stressproofpodcast.com/p

[16:15]: In order to start living as the CAUSE of our life we must train ourselves to see life through the eyes of a historian and see the FACTS first

[20:28]: Our happiness and well being is 100% our responsibility and other people's happiness is 100% their individual responsibility due to Personalization

[22:32]: Preferences vs. Avoiding as a sensitive person

[24:06]: The benefits and gifts of being a sensitive person