The End of the Day Podcast with Kari Watterson: Using Mindset Work to Live Your Best Life

In this episode, I break down limiting beliefs for what they are: negative thoughts about ourselves that we've carried around for so long we believe them to be true and they've become a part of our identity.

These thoughts limit us from living life to the fullest and showing up as our best selves. Consciously or subconsciously, we let these beliefs keep us from exploring what we're capable of and who we actually might be under all the layers.

But if limiting beliefs are just thoughts, and we know thoughts are optional, then we get to choose whether we want to keep thinking and believing them. And if all they've done is hold us back in life, why wouldn't we want to do the work to let them go and search for new thoughts that will embolden us to pursue the life we want?

Limiting beliefs don't have to define our lives. But only we can do the work to change them.

If you want to learn how to stop letting old thought patterns dictate your life, then this episode is for you.

And if you've ever been curious to know how a mindset coach could help you in your personal or professional life, stay tuned to the very end. Learn what I hear from my clients and why I believe so passionately that mindset work changes lives and can help you change yours, too.
 
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Original intro/outro music by JMW.

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To learn more about what I do and my coaching philosophy, email me at [email protected] or visit my website at https://kariwatterson.com. 

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In this episode, I talk about what it takes to change your life.

It sounds like a big, cheesy topic but it's so important that people know they have the power to change their lives. Starting right now.

But if you're serious about changing your life, true change requires several things.

You need to decide you want to change. Lots of people want to change, but when you powerfully decide you show up differently. You're committed. You're ready to do the work, whatever it takes, for as long as it takes.

You need to suspend disbelief that true and lasting change is possible. If you want buy-in from your brain to take the uncomfortable, sometimes painful, action needed to make substantive changes to your life, you need to actively and intentionally believe that change is possible for you, too. It is.

You need to take emotionally responsibility. This is huge. You are 100% responsible for your thoughts, feelings, actions, and results. No one else. Not everyone wants to believe this. Not everyone wants to come face to face with the fact that in every circumstance they are responsible for how they choose to show up. But it's so important to get this concept.

To truly change your life, you need to work on the areas where you feel most vulnerable. We all have shame, insecurities and perceived weaknesses that we keep hidden because we're afraid of what others might think of us. But when we hide these parts of us, we're actually allowing them to grow. Shining a light on them, speaking of them, writing about them, all help to deflate their importance and we no longer expend so much energy just trying to keep them from surfacing.

Finally, when we're ready to start the work to change our lives, we need to go into the process knowing that mindset work is a lifelong journey. For some, this is great news because it helps them realize there's no "pressure to perform" immediately. For others, this seems almost deflating. They want results now.

This is why deciding to change is so important, and not just wanting to change.

Because when we commit to changing our lives for the rest of our lives, we want to do the work. We're not afraid of hard work if we're really truly committed because we know that's where the growth is.

I don't sugarcoat the process with my clients because doing so would be a huge disservice.

It takes commitment. It takes daily practice. It takes doing hard, uncomfortable things, over and over. 

But it is 1000% worth it.

And your life will be all the richer for it.

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In this episode, I talk about how our brains process thoughts and feelings, and how these thoughts and feelings ultimately create our results.

When we shame ourselves or constantly engage in negative self-talk, we destroy our self-confidence and self-trust and hold ourselves back from really going after the things we want in life. 

My coaching calls can be summarized by these thoughts:

People feel stuck, in their careers, in their personal lives.

They feel like they "should" be further along.

They don’t want to just live day to day. They want something more.

They want a life they WANT to live.

They want adventures.

They want to love a partner deeply.

They want freedom with their jobs.

They want financial security.

They want to find their tribe.

They want to feel like what they’re doing matters.

People are desperate for change, but don’t know where to start. So they keep doing what they’re doing.

But eventually the pain of staying the same becomes intolerable, and that’s when they seek guidance.

It's an absolute privilege to help people see there’s another way to live. 

And it all starts with changing our thoughts and how we talk to ourselves.

Original Intro/Outro Music by JMW.

In this introductory episode of The End of the Day Podcast, I get real about how my lifelong struggle with depression led me to thoughtwork and, ultimately, to becoming a mindset coach.

My journey included hitting rock bottom, multiple times. I knew there was much more to life but I could not seem to break the destructive, self-defeating thoughts in my head. 

These thoughts ruled my life for decades and almost cost me everything, both personally and professionally.

It wasn't until I found thoughtwork, more specifically, a formulaic way to manage my thoughts and feelings on a day to day basis, that I realized I might actually be able to participate in and fully experience the richness of life.

I set to work learning as much as I could about how the brain processes thoughts and feelings and how to use this understanding to manage my depressive symptoms and actually function in life.

Slowly, this work helped me to build my self-trust and self-confidence. For the first time, I could not only see a future but actually understood it was mine to have if I wanted.

Mindset work saved my life. It's as simple as that. I'm not going to sugarcoat the process. It's freaking tough to change decades of negative self-talk, hypercritical self-judgment and deeply ingrained feelings of shame and unworthiness.

But it IS possible, and the work is absolutely 100% without a doubt worth it.

Life is messy. Life is crazy. But when you learn to manage your thoughts and emotions, life can also be so, so beautiful. 

What's it costing you to keep staying stuck? 

If staying where you are feels intolerable to you, join me on this podcast. At the end of the day, we have one life. Ask yourself: how do you want to live it? How do you want to show up?

And then, let's get to work.

Original Intro/Outro Music by JMW.