100% Awesome Podcast

Oct 30 2024 306 ep. 31 mins 49

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You might not know it, but every result in your life is 100% because of the thoughts you think. This is very good news because it means that changing our thoughts can change everything else. This podcast provides practical ways to gain awareness of your current thoughts and then deliberately choose the ones you want in order to improve every area of your life. The way things are is not the way things have to stay. And that my friends, is 100% awesome.

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Episode 287: Haunted by Your Mistakes

Oct 30 2024 37 mins

Making mistakes is a big part of our human experience but none of us enjoy it very much. And while making mistakes isn’t fun and we never want to hurt ourselves and others, our brains as especially intolerant of our mistakes and can sometimes use them against us for years after we make them, haunting us with feelings of regret and shame and recrimination. Every time we make a mi

Episode 286: Be a Little Braver

Oct 23 2024 28 mins

It is a brave thing to be a human. Mostly because, as long as we are alive, we are each under the constant scrutiny and criticism of our own brains. And no matter what we do, it seems like we’re never good enough to quiet its relentless disparagement. Recently I have had a few experiences that reminded me how vulnerable and scary it is to stand up to you brain and its criticism,

Episode 285: Present Over Perfect

Oct 16 2024 27 mins

It can be easy for our natural desires to change and grow to become a never-ending quest for continued self-improvement and optimization. This can lead us down a road where we’re always chasing what comes next because we believe that next version of ourselves will be better than who we are now. And without meaning to, we can end up making our present selves inferior to some su

Episode 284: The Election Episode

Oct 09 2024 30 mins

It’s election season here in the U.S. and many of us have lots of thoughts and feelings about it. There can be a lot of tension and stress when it comes to politics because our brains believe that our happiness and safety are at stake, and it feels like we have so little control over the outcome. It’s also stressful because we have relationships and interactions with people who

Episode 283: Witness, Cheer, and Comfort with David Price

Oct 02 2024 41 mins

Whenever we watch the people in our life suffer or face challenges, our natural instinct is to try to fix or change things in order to ease their suffering. But not only is changing or removing their pain often impossible, it’s also not the kind of help our loved ones really need. As I faced the challenges of a recent endurance event, I watched how perfectly my husband, David, wa

Episode 282: Conquering the Mountain: My 29029 Mont Tremblant Experience, Part II

Sep 25 2024 33 mins

I recently completed an ultra-endurance challenge called 29029, where I climbed the vertical equivalent of Mount Everest, 29029 feet, in 36 hours. Reaching the summit took everything I had and plenty that I didn’t think I had. And I learned so much. There are things we can only learn by going way outside our comfort zone, by finding the edge of our abilities, and stretching ourse

Bonus Episode: An Invitation to More Hope and Happiness

Sep 25 2024 15 mins

I'm part of a full-day coaching retreat happening Oct. 12th in northern Utah called HOPE DAY. This is a special bonus episode to invite you to that event, give you all the details, and remind you that the last day to get your ticket is Tuesday, Oct. 1st. If you have been thinking about coming to HOPE DAY consider this episode your personal invitation to join me there. In this bonus

Episode 281: Surrendering to the Mountain: My 29029 Mont Tremblant Experience, Part I

Sep 18 2024 40 mins

I recently completed an ultra-endurance challenge called 29029, where I climbed the vertical equivalent of Mount Everest, 29029 feet, in 36 hours. Reaching the summit took everything I had and plenty that I didn’t think I had. And I learned so much. There are things we can only learn by going way outside our comfort zone, by finding the edge of our abilities, and stretching ourse

Episode 280: The Difference Between Dreaming and Doing

Sep 11 2024 22 mins

Do you ever wonder why it feels so good to set a goal and decide you’re going to do something but then it feels so bad to actually do it? When our dreams are out ahead of us in the future, they feel exciting. When they are accomplished and behind us in the past, they feel satisfying. But in the present, our dreams don’t necessarily feel so good because the present moment is whe

Episode 279: Tools vs. Weapons

Sep 04 2024 28 mins

You can get a lot of relief and hope using the principles and tools of thought work. But it’s also easy to weaponize these tools and use them against yourself. The whole point of increasing your awareness and understanding of your thoughts is to make the hard work of being human easier. And if the tool you’re using isn’t making the relationship with yourself warmer and strong