The Extraordinary Life Podcast

One of the hardest things about personal growth and going after your goals is stepping outside your comfort zone. The reason it’s so hard is because as soon as your brain senses change is coming, it throws fears in the way to slow you down. It wants you to stay safe and comfortable, and change could mess all that up.

Fortunately, you’re in charge of your thoughts, and there are things you can do to face your fears and flip the script. Listen in for three not-so-scary ways you can tackle your fears, take control, and start making your goals and dreams reality. 

What if you had no limits to success? What if all of your dreams could come true? I believe they can, and in the next episode I'm sharing exactly how you can become positively limitless. 

As it’s nearly Thanksgiving, it seems like the perfect opportunity to revisit the life-changing power of a daily gratitude practice. This one habit wields a lot of power for something that only takes five minutes a day. 

When you invite gratitude into your life, your relationships will be better, you’ll be less stressed, joy is easier to come by, and you’ll even be healthier. It sounds too good to be true, but it isn’t - and in this episode I share why gratitude is so powerful and how to get started with your own daily gratitude habit. 

So pop in your earbuds, press play, and learn how gratitude can change your outlook on life. 

Find out three ways to face the fears that are holding you back from achieving your Extraordinary Life. 

Over the next several episodes, I’m going to be talking about your comfort zone: what it is, how it’s holding you back, and how to break out of it. First up, let’s talk about courage. 

When I think about what it means to be courageous in your life, it’s the smaller actions that stand out to me. Things like setting firm boundaries, exploring your dreams, and challenging your limiting beliefs. Not one of these things is easy, and that’s because they all take you out of your comfort zone. 

Something else they all have in common? They all will help you get closer to your goals and dreams. 

There is a saying that “Your comfort zone is where your dreams go to die”, and I have to agree. How can you achieve or do new things if you’re unwilling to take a step beyond where you are right now? 

If this is making you feel uncomfortable because it's hitting too close to home, this episode is for you. Listen in to see exactly how your comfort zone is holding you back and killing your dreams; and how courage is there to help you step beyond it. 

In the next episode, I'm sharing the tiniest habit you can create that will have the most impact on your life: gratitude. Lean how a regular gratitude practice can improve your relationships, self-worth, and even your health. 

Have you ever felt like you’re banging your head against a wall when it comes to your goals? You set a goal… you really want to achieve it… yet it seems like you can’t get any traction towards actually achieving it. 

Sound familiar? I’ve been hearing from a lot of people that have been feeling this way lately, so you definitely aren’t alone. So what gives? 

Why is it so hard to make the things we really want a reality? 

If you're feeling super-stuck on your goals, it likely comes down to one of two things: authenticity or alignment. In this episode, I share how to become authentically aligned with your goals and remove the blocks in your way to achieving them, so you can get excited about taking action towards achieving the things you really (really) want. 

The process has just four steps, and you can revisit them any time you are feeling stuck.

Are you stuck in your comfort zone? The next several episodes will help you see why the safety of your comfort zone is holding you back and what to do about it. First up is the role of courage in helping you achieve your dreams. 

Have you ever noticed that what you expect to happen usually does? There are tons of sayings, ideologies, and even schools of thought related to this idea. There is the law of attraction, karma, and even the song “You Get What You Give” by The New Radicals. 

Without having to believe in any of those things, the truth is that the things you give attention to grow faster. This includes your hopes and dreams. 

In this episode, I’m challenging you to stop hoping and dreaming, and instead become intentional about the things you want. I want you to create expectations in your mind that these things are going to happen, so your thoughts and actions make them come true. 

So how do you shift from “hoping” to expecting a life that fulfills you and lights you up? Listen in to find out. 

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Continuing with the theme of our thoughts, I want to talk about managing your mind when things aren’t going your way. Because let’s face it, if 2020 taught us anything, it’s that we aren’t in control of what happens to us; but we can control how we react to it. 

So, what happens when a pandemic shows up, you get an unexpected job offer, your parents get sick, or your child comes home with a puppy that they need to keep? How do you stay on track with your dreams and goals if life keeps throwing a wrench into things? 

First, I need to be clear and say that life will never  be balanced for most of us. Some areas are just going to need more attention than others, and then it will shift into a new dynamic. Life is not static, and how you approach your dreams shouldn’t be, either. 

In this episode, I’m sharing strategies that helped me get through 2020 (and beyond) while still staying focused on my dreams… even if I couldn’t actively work on them all at the time. Then, when I could, I picked up where I left off. 

You can use these strategies the next time life gives you an unexpected surprise… because it will. 

The brain is an amazing thing, and over the past few episodes we've been examining how your thoughts affect your outcomes... and how you can change your thoughts to get what you want. In the next episode, learn another strategy to make your mind work for you, rather than against you: managing your expectations. 

After living the past two years on “pause”, I know a lot of people who are wondering “what now?”. Their dreams may have changed or they just don’t know how to get started working toward them again, and they feel lost. This is where a life-map that showed you exactly where to go would come in handy. 

In this episode, I’m going to show you how you can create that map, so you have something to guide you when making decisions. It will be like a compass to help you know what to let into your life, what to let go, and where to go next to turn your dreams into reality.

This exercise in clarity is something you can back to again and again whenever you feel lost. Your map will be dynamic - changing as you and your life path do - but it will always help you find your place again. 

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What if your brain could be a place naturally open to positivity, where your dreams and goals naturally flourished? What if it was a place ready to accept your hopes and also take action to make them come true? 

I bet it would be pretty amazing. 

It is also 100% possible to create this internal environment in just five to thirty minutes a day. No, it isn’t magic, and it’s not that hard. In fact, I bet after just a week of trying one of the tips in this podcast you’ll feel a dramatic shift within. 

In this episode, I’m sharing three simple, proven ways you can create a more positive mindset that is ready to help you create the extraordinary life of your dreams. 

Wouldn't it be great if you had a roadmap to your life, that helped you decide which fork in the road to take? In the next episode, I share five questions that will help you do just that. 

Did you know that we have about 60,000 thoughts a day and about 80% of them are negative? That number shocked me, especially because the words you tell yourself affect your self esteem, motivation, and the results you create for yourself. 

While that may sound like terrible news for your motivation, the good news is that you have complete control of your inner voice and what it says. That’s right, you can control the “mindless” chatter talking to you all day long, so you can start hearing empowering, positive thoughts instead. 

Changing your thoughts isn’t hard, either. Listen now for three simple tips to train your negative inner voice to become more positive and uplifting, starting today. 

Now that you know how to train your brain to be more positive, level up by priming your brain to be more receptive to the change. Listen to the next episode to learn how.

I never believed I was a creative person until my husband changed my point of view. Maybe I can’t make music like him or sing like my daughter, but I am creative in other ways. As my husband pointed out, I can whip up a delicious meal from anything I have on hand. If making dinner for four out of a bunch of wilted vegetables, macaroni noodles, and parmesan isn’t creative problem solving, I don’t know what is! 

It turns out that I was thinking about creativity as only making things, which is pretty common. In reality, though, creativity is a lot of things. Your creativity affects how you see the world, how you show up in it, and how you move through life’s obstacles. 

If you’d like to boost your creativity, I’ve got six tips that you can start using right away to stretch your brain, come up with new ideas, and see the world in a different way.

Do you ever notice the thoughts you have running in the background of your day? Your inner voice has a huge influence on how you feel and how you act, and if those thoughts are negative, you're going to get negative results. So how can you train your brain to be more positive? Listen to the next episode to find out.