Women Say YES to YOU (and why you don’t)

Acceptance (Without Giving Up)

We continue to explore the 3 step process to change, today is step two: acceptance. Last week, we were about step one: awareness, if you missed it, check it out, super helpful in arriving at acceptance!

Acceptance is often misunderstood: it doesn't mean: liking, condoning, or wanting things to stay the same, instead: it stops the internal fight and resisting of what is.

Join me in diving into acceptance and discover what it can do for you!

Bring curiosity to this week's session and your life on this!

Take the 5 minute assessment to understand why it’s so hard for you to change and what may continue to stop you: Link here

I am Claudia Braun Mindset, Lifestyle & EFT coach for those ready to Say YES to themselves

00:00 Step Two Overview

01:18 Welcome and Assessment

02:05 Acceptance Misconceptions

03:21 Weight Loss Example

05:06 Stop Resisting Decide Peace

08:35 Feel It to Shift

10:20 Practice This Week

11:32 Letting Go Speeds Change

13:03 Radical Acceptance References

15:01 Your Takeaways and Step Three

16:45 Acceptance Brings Joy Back

17:54 Wrap Up and Next Week

Awareness: The First Step to Real Change (and Finally Saying Yes to You)

Know that the first of step to lasting change is awareness, because without clearly seeing what you're doing and why, you can't course-correct or create a vision for where you want to go.

You can stop blaming others and yourself and instead look inward with curiosity and compassion to identify the thoughts and “scripts” driving your overgiving, overcommitting, and people-pleasing.

I share client’s stories you may identify with so you can really start to make the life changing steps you so crave.

Get your Download for the three-step practice guide to start saying YES to YOUhttps://bit.ly/SayYEStoYOUSee

Comparison Is the Thief of Joy: How to Stop the Sneaky Spiral of Self-Judgment

Claudia Braun explores how comparison quietly steals joy by triggering self-judgment and a ripple effect of eroded confidence, worthiness, and trust in yourself. Using examples like weight loss, creativity, procrastination, and feeling behind at work, she explains how comparing yourself to others—or even to who you used to be—creates a vicious cycle where nothing feels like enough and it becomes harder to take action or step outside your comfort zone. Claudia emphasizes that the first step is awareness: noticing how automatic this pattern can be and calling it out early so it loses power over your thoughts, heart, and daily experience. She invites listeners to reflect on where comparison shows up, share their insights in the comments, and book a one-to-one consult to explore her five-part method for shifting these old patterns. Join me for your consult HERE: https://bit.ly/SayYEStoYOU

00:00 Comparison Steals Joy

01:28 Welcome and Coaching Offer

02:35 Making Time for You

03:14 Self Judgment Spiral

07:16 Sneaky Ripple Effects

08:54 Where It Comes From

10:15 Build Awareness

12:07 Spot It in Your Life

14:13 Confidence and Trust Erode

15:14 Dismantle and Return to Joy

17:09 Share and Work Together

17:40 Closing and Goodbye

Feeling Stuck? Going It Alone? Time to Upgrade Your Operating System?

In this episode, I talk about that frustrating place where you want to change but keep repeating the same patterns, and why trying to “figure it out” alone can actually keep you stuck. I share how self-judgment and shame build a cycle that limits your ability to see new solutions, and why asking for help isn’t defeat—it’s how you open the door to new possibilities. I also explain the idea of upgrading your internal “operating system,” so the parts of life that feel underdeveloped can rise along with the areas where you already excel. If you’ve been holding onto beliefs like “I should be able to do this myself,” I invite you to take my free five-minute assessment to get clarity on what’s really happening in your mind and what to do differently. Get at it HERE: https://bit.ly/4b4jJq3

00:00 Feeling Stuck Intro

00:52 Meet Your Coach

01:38 Mind Blind Spots

02:28 Stop Going Alone

05:04 Drop Self Judgment

06:54 Why DIY Fails

10:23 Upgrade Operating System

13:51 Help Opens Doors

15:27 Growth Feels Uncomfortable

17:18 Choose Change Over Safety

19:26 Take The Assessment

20:10 Closing And Next Steps

Love Is All You Need (When You Start Loving You) | Say Yes to You

In this episode of Say Yes to You and Why You Don’t, I talk about why “love is all we need” starts with the love you give yourself, not the love you’re waiting to receive from others.

Sharing a moment with a client who wanted to return to dating sites for attention, and how that pointed us back to what was missing—self-attention and self-love.

We explore the many ways we abandon ourselves through poor nourishment, saying yes when we mean no, and staying with people or habits that don’t feel good. I explain how self-judgment blocks love, how your inner experience shapes what you attract, and why you must be vigilant with your thoughts like tending a garden. I invite you to love on yourself daily—especially in the mirror—until it becomes true.

Say YES to YOU: https://bit.ly/OWNYOURYES

00:00 Love Starts Within

01:00 Welcome to Say Yes

01:56 Seeking Attention Outside

03:09 How Self Neglect Shows

04:20 Judgment Blocks Love

05:18 Lessons From a Toddler

07:19 Inside Out Mindset Shift

08:49 Be Your Best Friend

09:35 Garden Your Thoughts

11:20 Call Out the Inner Lies

12:59 Celebrate Your Progress

14:26 You Deserve Love Now

16:35 Mirror Practice and Impact

18:08 Closing and Next Steps

Slow Down: Stop the Rush, Tune In, and Say Yes to You

Claudia Braun encourages women who habitually say yes to others to slow down and notice the internal “rev” fueling your rushing, overwhelm, and the feeling of never doing enough. See how this pace fuels habits like constant caffeine and unwinding in front of fast-moving TV, contrasting it with Spain’s slower, nature-centered culture. 

You're invited to build awareness of how rushing shows up in your body and costs you: peace of mind, sleep, happiness, and relationships.

Listen to a client’s experience of missing moments with her daughter due to multitasking and phone pull, where are “should” expectations in your way? Are the values you’re choosing really yours? Join me: breathe, and give yourself permission to slow down, see what happens.

Your one-to-one “Say Yes to You” conversation can help you get back on your schedule it’s HERE: https://bit.ly/SayYEStoYOU

00:00 Slow Down Message

00:36 Why We Rush

01:30 Caffeine And Pressure

02:59 Spain Vs US Pace

03:54 Screens Keep You Wired

05:34 Awareness First Step

07:17 Make The Day Last

07:52 Missing Moments Story

09:25 Question Your Shoulds

11:49 What The Rev Costs

13:26 Breathe And Choose

13:51 Closing And Invitation

When Food Becomes Your Love Language: How to Stop Emotional Eating and Take Your Power Back

As a mindset, lifestyle, and EFT coach for women, let’s explore how food can become confused with love and comfort, especially for women who habitually say yes to others instead of themselves.

My client Mary grew up as the “good girl” in a stressed family, using food was a safe, reliable source of comfort when attention and affection felt unavailable, later facing judgment, dieting cycles, and weight regain into adulthood. Together let’s explore the emotional triggers—that can pull you into numbing with food, creating a vicious cycle. Together we can address the root cause food is filling, and support you in your taking “contrary action” if you’d like more support on this, book a one-to-one strategy/discovery session to help put food back in its proper place. https://bit.ly/SayYEStoYOU

00:00 Food as Love Language

00:22 Meet Claudia Braun

01:33 Mary’s Story and Food Comfort

04:49 The Dieting Rebound Cycle

07:54 Food Isn’t the Root Issue

11:15 Spot Your Emotional Triggers

12:21 The Numbing Loop and Aftermath

14:30 Choose a New Response

17:02 Contrary Action and Getting Help

18:37 Tell the Truth to Heal

19:36 Build Inner Resources Not Food

20:23 Closing and Invitation

Feel Like You’re Living Someone Else’s Life? How to Find Clarity and Come Back to You

In this episode of Say Yes to You and Why You Don’t, I talk about that crushing feeling of living somebody else’s life—when what you’ve built doesn’t reflect you and you’re left exhausted, overwhelmed, and pushing through dread day after day. I share a conversation with Sarah, who realized that saying yes to one “good” opportunity after another slowly pulled her further from who she really is, and how those old patterns can be a form of self-sabotage that keeps repeating unless we consciously address them. I explain why clarity is the beginning, why the thing you don’t want to look at often holds the solution, and how compassion—rather than self-judgment—creates the exhale and opening needed for real change. Book a free 1:1 conversation with me https://bit.ly/SayYEStoYOU let’s uncover what’s been in the way and map next steps.

00:00 Living Someone Else’s Life

00:23 Welcome and Free Session Offer

02:09 Sarah’s Story of Exhaustion

03:54 Patterns and Self Sabotage

06:11 Spot the Dread and Avoidance

07:25 My Wake Up Call

08:32 Compassion Starts the Shift

10:50 The Exhale You Really Want

13:38 It’s Never Too Late

15:03 Reflect and Take Next Steps

15:54 Closing and Community Invite

Unravel the 3 Self sabotage patterns stopping you! Stay with me to discover your patterns and maybe one that you didn’t know was operating! To start bringing back the joy and peace you really want! With my 3 strategies to own your yes it’ll assist you in getting underneath some of these long held patterns and gain greater clarity your key to ultimate change! Get them HERE: https://bit.ly/OWNYOURYES

00:00 Is Self Sabotage You

01:05 The Hidden Cost

02:21 Meet The Pleaser

04:59 Pause Before Helping

08:47 Motives And Boundaries

10:31 The Avoider Procrastinator

12:59 Write It Down

15:44 The Controller Pattern

21:49 Shift With Awareness

23:27 Your Takeaway And Next Steps

The “I Don’t Know What I Want” Lie (and How to Start Trusting Yourself Again)

Are you telling yourself this lie too? My client realized she often said “I don’t know what I want” and through our work together came to discover what that line really meant! If you often hear yourself saying: “I don’t know” join me so we can help you too get underneath what this “lie” is really saying! Get your healthy habit guide for your daily dose of “right thinking” to help you more easily get your mind aligned with what you do want (but maybe are hiding from yourself). Get it HERE: https://bit.ly/rewireyourthoughts

00:00 The I Don’t Know Lie

00:36 Welcome and Free Download

01:16 How the Pattern Starts

02:32 Fear Under the Surface

03:54 Creative Voice Gets Squelched

05:28 Doubt Before Saying Yes

10:23 Comfort Zone and Status Quo

12:32 Practice Your Inner Knowing

13:56 Notice Your Daily I Don’t Know

14:26 No One Can Do It For You

16:14 Spring Renewal Challenge

18:20 Closing and Invitation