This Life or Something Better

Your mind is always doing something.

Thinking. Replaying. Planning. Distracting. Negotiating. Getting you through the day.

But have you ever stopped to ask yourself what your mind is actually being used for?

In this opening episode of Season 5, we explore a question that will carry us through the entire season: What else could you be doing with your mind?

This isn't about willpower or discipline. It's about awareness. It's about recognizing the habits your mind reaches for when you're stressed, tired, overwhelmed, or unsure, and understanding that those habits once served a purpose, even if they no longer give you the return you want.

We'll talk about how habits form, why distraction and numbing are so common, and how change begins not by trying harder, but by practicing differently. You'll learn how to start practicing the person you are becoming, one small choice at a time, and how to work with your mind instead of feeling like it's running the show.

As always, we'll close with reflection questions to help you take this conversation out of your head and into your life.

If you've been feeling scattered, stuck, or quietly aware that there's more available to you, this episode is an invitation to slow down, get curious, and begin again with intention.

Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives.

Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better.

Do you want to work with Priscilla on reaching for your something better? Check out the upcoming programs and services designed to help you through life transitions, reach your goals and become the more empowered version of yourself. https://healinginharmonycenter.com/

As the year comes to a close, many people feel the quiet pressure to decide who they're going to be next. This episode offers something different, a pause instead of a push.

In this New Year's Eve bonus episode, Priscilla invites you to reflect on how beginnings really happen. Not through resolutions or dramatic change, but through trust, curiosity, and the willingness to begin again one day at a time.

This episode explores the difference between waiting for "one day" and choosing "day one," creating from inspiration rather than urgency, and building commitments rooted in who you are becoming, not what you plan to do. You'll be encouraged to approach the next chapter of your life with a beginner's mind, open to possibility, wonder, and opportunity.

If you're ready to step into the new year without pressure, comparison, or delay, this conversation will meet you where you are and remind you that every day can be day one.

Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives.

Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better.

Do you want to work with Priscilla on reaching for your something better? Check out the upcoming programs and services designed to help you through life transitions, reach your goals and become the more empowered version of yourself. https://healinginharmonycenter.com/

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The holidays have a way of bringing people together and with them, familiar patterns, old roles, and emotional triggers. In this episode, Priscilla explores why family dynamics often activate us the most during the holiday season and how our False Authorities are usually formed in the very places we feel the most reactive.

Rather than avoiding difficult people or pretending everything is fine, this episode invites you to stop fighting reality and start working with what you already know. You'll learn how to recognize when your child self is reacting, how to respond from your Inner Authority, and how small, conscious choices like adjusting your proximity, timing, or expectations, can help you stay grounded and present.

This is not about changing anyone else. It's about staying connected to yourself, navigating the humanness of the holidays with awareness, and leaving each interaction with your integrity intact.

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When life feels heavy, chaotic, or unmanageable, it's easy to blame the circumstances around us. But overwhelm, burnout, and stress often have a deeper source, the invisible cage we build for ourselves through pressure, expectations, and the belief that we "have to" keep going.

In this episode, Priscilla shares the personal story of navigating another business move, the holidays, and the never-ending list of responsibilities, and how it revealed a powerful truth: most of our stress isn't created by life. It's created within us.

You'll learn how the "cage" forms, why we end up living inside it, and how we unknowingly hand over our freedom to old expectations, false authority, and internal pressures. And you'll discover three soul-aligned steps to begin opening the door and walking yourself out.

If you've been feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or stuck in the cycle of doing more and enjoying less, this episode will bring clarity, and a path back to peace.

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Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better.

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In this episode, Priscilla explores the kind of freedom that has nothing to do with circumstances and everything to do with your inner world.

You'll hear a powerful coaching story about what happens when survival patterns turn into identity—when "doing" becomes the only way you know how to feel safe, worthy, or needed. Priscilla breaks down how old conditioning, people-pleasing, and the Inner Oppressors of Control and Rejection quietly take away your inner space… and what it truly costs you when nothing changes.

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You'll learn why freedom isn't found in doing more, fixing more, or controlling more—it's found in who you're being. And you'll walk away with research-backed insights, practical tools, and reflective questions to help you reclaim autonomy, presence, and peace during even the most chaotic times.

If you've been carrying the weight of everyone else's needs… if you've been asking for permission to rest or grow… or if you've simply forgotten who you are outside of the roles you play—this episode will help you find your way back to yourself.

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When Life Doesn't Go Your Way

What do you do when things don't go as planned, when the outcome you wanted isn't the one you get?

In this episode, Priscilla explores the tension between what is and what we wish would be. You'll learn how resistance to reality drains your energy, how acceptance restores clarity, and why your circumstances don't have to decide your mood or your peace. Through practical insight and soulful reflection, you'll discover what you can control - your choices, your decisions, and your next steps - and how to move from frustration to freedom, one moment at a time.

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Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better.

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In every situation of your life - the joyful, the painful, and the in-between - there's one thing in common: you.

In this episode, Priscilla explores the deeper meaning of accountability and how every experience, relationship, and outcome mirrors something within us. Through a personal story of repeating relationship patterns, she reveals how recognizing your own role in the cycle becomes the key to transformation.

You'll learn how to identify your Inner Oppressor, shift from blame to awareness, and reclaim the power to choose differently, because when you understand that the common denominator is you, your life begins to change from the inside out.

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Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better.

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In this episode of This Life or Something Better, Priscilla invites you to pause and reflect on one powerful question: What truly matters most in your life?

Through a heartfelt and deeply personal story about a loved one's journey with cognitive decline, Priscilla shares how easy it is to get caught up in the noise of "shoulds," "have-tos," and constant distraction, until life reminds us how precious each moment really is.

This conversation is a gentle yet urgent reminder that time is not guaranteed, and meaning isn't found in how much we do, but in how aligned we are with what matters most.

If you've been running on autopilot, this episode will help you come home to yourself, your values, and the life you're meant to live because this moment matters, and so do you.

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Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better.

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In this episode of This Life or Something Better, Priscilla explores how our emotions shape the stories we live, and how to stop letting them run the show. From childhood monsters under the bed to adult fears about rejection, security, and identity, emotions are often misunderstood as enemies when they're really messengers.

You'll learn how the cycle of event, meaning, belief, identity plays out in everyday life, why resisting emotions keeps you stuck, and how to "hug your monsters" instead of hiding from them. With practical steps like naming your emotions, reframing the meaning, and taking small, gentle actions forward, this episode gives you tools to detach from fear and reclaim your freedom.

Reflection questions at the end will help you uncover your own hidden monsters and begin rewriting the story you tell yourself, one choice, one meaning, one belief at a time.

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Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better.

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We all know what it feels like to face risk - the racing thoughts, the "what ifs," the temptation to stay safe. And we all know the thrill of reward when things finally work out. But what if the real reward isn't at the end of the journey, it's who you become in the process?

In this episode of This Life or Something Better, Priscilla explores the neuroscience of risk and reward, including Steven Kotler's research on flow, the state where fear quiets, clarity sharpens, and transformation takes place. You'll hear Priscilla's own story of taking a big financial leap, plus everyday examples of career change, relationships, and personal growth that show how flow is available to all of us.

By the end, you'll discover why risk is the bridge, flow is the process, and reward is your something better.

Thanks for listening. If you find this episode helpful, please share it with a friend or family member. Rating and reviewing the podcast helps us to reach a greater number of lives.

Stay in touch with us between episodes and join us in the This Life or Something Better Facebook Group. There, we'll share bonus episodes, run challenges and provide you with some additional inspiration as you reach for your Something Better.

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