Spinoff show! But hopefully, this spinoff fares better than most spinoffs... 

Finn's focusing on being a mom, but don't worry, she'll be back! Mata flies solo in these spinoff episodes. These episodes will feature people who're succeeding in life! We attempt to better understand what they're doing that makes them succeed and share that in hopes of fortifying families.  

This episodes features one of Mata's all-time favorite coaches (and she has known a lot), Coach Stefan Adams. He is a husband, father, son, and high school football coach striving to improve his community through service-oriented leadership! Enjoy!

In this episode, we give an introduction to holistic health and an overview of what’s to come for this season. Listen and learn what areas we will be discussing over the next episode and why living a balances, value based life is so important to our overall wellbeing. 

In this episode of the BrightSpot podcast, Mata and I discuss the cognitive distortion of emotional reasoning. Briefly touched on in the previous episodes, we dive a little deeper on the meaning and prevalence, tell our personal experiences with this distortion, how we coped with the thoughts and how you can too. Enjoy!

Thought patterns can cause your to view reality in an inaccurate, negative way. In Episode 11 of the BrightSpot Podcast, we discuss those types of patterns, also known at Cognitive Distortions, share some stories regarding distorted thinking we’ve experienced, and give ways for how to change those thoughts so you can see reality in a balanced way!

What happens if you fail? What happens if you succeed? Do you fear the outcomes? Do you self sabotage? These are all things we discuss in this episode of the BrightSpot Podcast. We talk about our own struggles with fear of winning and how fear of failure is showing up more and more these days. Listen for techniques on how to break through that glass ceiling and obtain success and be a bright spot!

In this episode, we talk about self efficacy. Self-efficacy is a person’s belief in his or her ability to succeed in a particular situation. Listen to this episode and learn about the history of self efficacy, how to evaluate yourself, and ways to increase it! Having high self efficacy will help you be a bright spot! 

This episode introduced the concept of agency, or living with intention. We tell the story of how a client went from a victim mentality to living a high quality of life, all by changing her own thoughts and behaviors. Change is not a quick fix but you have the power to live the life you want and we discuss some tips on how to do that. Listen to this episode and learn how you have agency over your own life. 

This episode talks about living in the past and the future. The past is often associated with depression or regret while living in the future deals with worry and anxiety. We chat about our own experiences with not being present and give some tips on how to find your way into the present moment. Listen to this episode and learn how to find happiness and joy in any situation, plus practice mindfulness with an exercise led by Dr. Mata.