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

We've heard that the only difference between those who have the success we long for and those who don't is that those who have the success didn't let obstacles stop them.

When you hear them in interviews talking about their journey to success, they invariably point to setback after setback. You learn about the periods of intense doubt, impostor syndrome, pressure, frustration, anxiety, depression, dark nights of the soul -- and you think, wait, their journey sounds just like yours which begs the question, how do some keep going while 95% of the rest give up?

We'll explore this with a question Rich Litvin likes to use to provoke his clients: "What are you willing to struggle for?"

Most of us long for the outcome but can't get past the struggle.  In this episode, we dive into why asking yourself this question can help you think differently so you can be one of those people who doesn't shy away from adversity.

What are YOU willing to struggle for?

Thanks so much for listening.

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Cited in the episode:

Podcast |  Master Your Mind with Marisa Peer | Rich Litvin: Insight into Coaching

Podcast |  The Diary of a CEO with Steven Bartlett | Ep. 108 - Mel Robbins: This One Hack Will Unlock Your Happier Life

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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Who is the "real you"? The you right now with your current insecurities, fears, and limiting beliefs living your current life? Or could the real you be the person living an extraordinary life, free from your current inhibitions and self-imposed limitations?

And is it really possible to learn to create an extraordinary life -- while still being you?

It's a mind-bend, but Todd Herman, author of The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life, believes it absolutely is.

In the book, Todd describes two selves: the Trapped Self (the part of you that doesn't feel like it's showing up in life like you want, avoiding certain things or feeling pressured to act in a certain way) and the Heroic Self (the part of you that feels like you're doing what you want and doing it for your own reasons).

Backed by scientific research and real-life stories from his work with elite athletes and top performers across industries, Todd explains how a carefully crafted, emotionally resonant alter ego can help us bypass our trapped selves so we can show up the way we need or want in specific fields of play.

In this episode, I share a passage from Todd Herman's book that will lay to rest concerns about alter egos being fake or inauthentic.

That's the paradox, isn't it?

Which version is the "real us" -- our Trapped Self or our Heroic Self?

After this episode, you'll want to read this book to learn more.
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Cited in the episode:

Book  |  The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life by Todd Herman

Podcast  |  Episode 20: Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway: Alter Ego, 45 Seconds of Courage, and The Day After

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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For more mindset tips, resources and insights, you can find me here:

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Welcome to this week's Weekly 3.

The Weekly 3 is a series where I bring you three thoughts, tools, or concepts to help you on your journey, but in a condensed format so you can get what you need and move on with your day with renewed hope, determination, and commitment to your own personal growth.

This week's topics:                                                                                                                                                             

1.  Why This Time Is Different (because this time you've been putting in the work)

2.   What Envy Is Telling You (viewing envy as an invitation to grow rather than a source of shame or insecurity)

3.  Jumping In (if you spend more time consuming content  on growth rather than taking actual steps toward the growth you seek, welcome to the Being Human club. What would it take for you to stop consuming and jump in?)

Plus, the quote of the day -- from the book, Tools of Titans by Tim Ferriss (quoting Tara Brach), with a story about Chris Rock to hit the concept home.

The goal of the Weekly 3 episodes is to offer a perspective shift or a new insight into an area you may be struggling with so you can work through what's holding you back.

I strive to make each Weekly 3  under 15 minutes, perfect for listening to on a walk, exercising, while running errands, or tackling tasks around the house you've been putting off.

At the end of the day, we have one life.

How do you want to live yours?

Thanks so much for tuning in.

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Cited in the episode:

Book  |  Tools of Titans; The Tactics, Routines, and Habits of Billionaires, Icons, and World-Class Performers by Tim Ferriss

Podcast  |  Tara Brach

Podcast  |   Fly On The Wall with Dana Carvey and David Spade and Guest Chris Rock

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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This week on the podcast is my conversation with the inspiring Kate Hanson.

Kate is a confidence coach from Canada with a passion for helping women change how they see themselves through mindset work and inner healing.

In this episode, Kate shares her personal story and talks about the inflection points that led her to the deep inner work that would ultimately change her life. Her mission now is to empower other women to do the same -- to let them know they have the ability to go from just surviving to truly thriving.

For Kate, it’s not just about quieting the inner critic. It’s about unlearning, deciding, and embracing the lifelong practice of rediscovering and becoming the wholest, truest, strongest, most empowered versions of ourselves.

Kate’s story is one of resilience, hope, faith, and determination. I love her passion and heart and I know you will, too.

To give you an idea of what drives Kate, I selected a few quotes that she shared on her Instagram page. Take a listen, and then settle in for the conversation:

“If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” -- Vincent Van Gogh

"Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Wishing is not enough; we must do." -- Bruce Lee

and finally:

"There is no force more powerful than a woman determined to rise."

I invite you to listen in on our conversation.

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Connect with Kate on Instagram for more uplifting and empowering mindset and mindfulness content:

---> @_kate_hanson_

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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For more mindset tips, resources and insights, you can find me here:

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December 2019/January 2020 - I spoke out loud that I wanted to start a podcast.
4 months of mind drama.
In April 2020, I released Episodes 1 & 2.
1 month of mind drama.
In May 2020, I released Episode 3.
3 weeks between Episodes 21 & 22.
6 months between Episodes 30 & 31.
9 weeks between Episodes 32 & 33.
Almost 5 months between Episodes 36 & 37.

From February on, I released 14 episodes. Today is number 50 and I feel like this podcast is just getting started.

In February 2022, I  embraced the principles of Essentialism and Effortless by Greg McKeown and gave myself permission to drop the podcasting "rules" and make it my own -- learning, growing, and fine-tuning along the way. I knew I wanted to get better at releasing before I was ready and learning to show up imperfectly, knowing that doing so would help me to develop skills I wanted: deeper self-awareness, courage, fortitude, grit, determination, self-trust, resilience, mastery, the ability to create freedom and inner peace.

Episode 50 is not about the podcast, or even me.  It's about the importance of letting go of all the "shoulds", questioning the "rules" you are using against yourself,  putting on blinders when you need them so you can keep going, and skilling yourself up -- mentally, emotionally, and tactically -- so you no longer walk away from things that are important to you simply because you haven't yet cultivated the skill of working through the discomfort of not yet being at the level you want to be.

In this episode, I talk about the mindset that held me back, as well as some thoughts, tools, and insights that helped me grow into the person who values and gets excited by the learning that comes from starting imperfectly. (Thank you, Gary Vaynerchuk)

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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For more mindset tips, resources and insights, you can find me here:

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We all have insecurities, but some of us have insecurities that run so deep they impact how we let ourselves experience life.

For as long as I can remember, my thoughts about my face were the sources of my deepest pain and shame. While others were focused on losing weight and changing the shape of their bodies through diet and exercise, my shameful secret was that I had an intense aversion to my face, particularly the way I looked on camera and on video.

And while you can wear clothes to cover up your body,  your face is always exposed.

The insecurity was so intense that I remember being worried when my husband got new glasses early in our relationship that he'd finally see how I truly looked and would start seeing all the flaws I saw when I looked in the mirror.

My thoughts about my appearance have impacted all areas of my life. I am in very few pictures with my family. My girls have very few pictures of their mom and dad before they were born, and even less with me after.

As I moved through life, I found ways to work around or minimize the time or need for my mug to be on camera or video, even as I started my coaching practice.

But there comes a point when you can keep running from your deepest insecurities, or you can choose to start facing them and work through them so that, over time, they no longer control your life.

That time came two weeks ago for me.

But looking back, I can see where I started laying the foundation for this growth over two years ago, when I first wrote on a loose-leaf piece of paper entitled "Areas of Future Growth" that in the future I would help myself become more comfortable in my skin and work through my thoughts around my appearance.

In this episode, I look back over the past two years and connect the dots that led to finally taking major steps this month to really gain traction in a previously painful area of my life.

Even if your deepest insecurity is not around your appearance, I invite you to take a listen and see where you can draw some parallels to help you take steps to start working through yours.

If you enjoy the episode, please share with your community. You never know who you may help by doing so.  Don't forget to hit the subscribe button to be alerted to new episodes.

Thanks so much for tuning in.

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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For more mindset tips, resources and insights, you can find me here:

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LinkedIn
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Welcome to this week's Weekly 3.

The Weekly 3 is a series where I bring you three thoughts, tools, or concepts to help you on your journey, but in a condensed format so you can get what you need and move on with your day with renewed hope, determination, and commitment to your own personal growth.

This week's topics:                                                                                                                                                             

1.  Do Something Different;

2.  Captain Your Own Ship; and

3.  Adversity as Opportunities

Thanks so much for tuning in.

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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For more mindset tips, resources and insights, you can find me here:

Instagram (@_thisonelife)
LinkedIn
Medium

Welcome to this week's Weekly 3.

The Weekly 3 is a series where I bring you three thoughts, tools, or concepts to help you on your journey, but in a condensed format so you can get what you need and move on with your day with renewed hope, determination, and commitment to your own personal growth.

This week's topics:                                                                                                                                                             

1.  The Power of Perspective;

2.  Expanding Your Toolbox; and

3.  We're All Works in Progress.

Thanks so much for tuning in.

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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For more mindset tips, resources and insights, you can find me here:

Instagram (@_thisonelife)
LinkedIn
Medium

Welcome to this week's Weekly 3.

The Weekly 3 is a series where I bring you three thoughts, tools, or concepts to help you on your journey, but in a condensed format so you can get what you need and move on with your day with renewed hope, determination, and commitment to your own personal growth.

This week's topics:                                                                                                                                                             

1.  The Kindest Thing;

2.  Just Decide; and

3.  Nothing's Gone Wrong

Plus a bonus: a daily mindset exercise to help you develop the skill of bringing awareness to the trajectory of your thoughts, feelings, and actions.

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Original intro/outro music by JMW.

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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For more mindset tips, resources and insights, you can find me here:

Instagram (@_thisonelife)
LinkedIn
Medium

Welcome to this week's Weekly 3.

The Weekly 3 is a series where I bring you three thoughts, tools, or concepts to help you on your journey, but in a condensed format so you can get what you need and move on with your day with renewed hope, determination and commitment to your own personal growth.

This week's topics:                                                                                                                                                             

1.  Other People's Opinions;

2.  Cognitive Tools; and

3.  Boxing Ourselves In

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

Have an area of struggle you’d love to work through? Book a free 90-minute coaching call and learn some tools that will help you change your life. Visit my website or follow me on Instagram (@_thisonelife) to learn more.

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For more mindset tips, resources and insights, you can find me here:

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LinkedIn
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