The 10 Minute Mind Shift Podcast

We have to be the boss of our brains and not let our brains be the boss of us. A brain that is not managed will default to what is easy and familiar even if it’s bad for us.  This episode kicks off a series of episodes designed to help you design the exact life of your of your heart’s desire and start living by the standards that you decide on so that you can create the best year ever. And li...

A Greek philosopher said “we become what we pay attention to,” I would add...  "we become WHO we pay attention to." Do you pay more attention to your past self, and the negative experiences of yesterday, or your future self, the human you will become a year from now? Just as important as accomplishing tangible things is to think about the person that you will need to become in order to create...

There is something magical that happens when you set your intention to have the best experience ever and designing and creating the best year ever is no different.  This year, I want you to have all the tools that you need in order to create your best year ever.  In this episode, I am going to give you the step by step... exactly what I do every year, and it’s what I have been doing for...

This is the time of year that we all seem to pick up a little bit of the hustle, and bustle.  Although it can be a very joyous time of year, it can also be a very stressful time of year for a variety of reasons. Today I am going to give you some little bite sized knowledge nuggets to help you get through the holiday season this year, and hopefully make this year the best holiday ever. Click h...

 Today I want to help you re-write your goal story.  You are writing your goal story whether you are aware of it or not.  Your brain is like a computer program that runs several operating systems all at the same time. And in the recess of your brain, is the story you are living regarding your goal.  Whatever your goal is.   Click here to get the replay to The Best Year Eve...

For this episode, what I would like to do is catch you up with what is going on and teach a few mind shifts that I had along the way that might be helpful and useful to you as well. Click here to get the replay to The Best Year Ever Goals Setting Workshop  Get the 6 Week LIFE BY DESIGN Boot Camp right here When you ready to go deeper in your own work, check out Life By Design Academy. Follow...

Just as important as having a goal, in my opinion as a goals expert, is taking a break. A planned break.  Now don’t misunderstand the difference between a break and a quit. They are not even close. In fact, a break can be exactly what is needed to reenergize your mind and body and get even more closely aligned to your outcome.  Taking a planned break is constructive, a quit is destructiv...

“One of the greatest challenges in life is being happy with what you have, while in pursuit of what you want.  ~Jim Rohn Our brain is wired and motivated to seek pleasure, avoid pain and conserve energy, and it’s also motivated to achieve results, acquire more and seek better.  When we are in pursuit of whatever the thing is, and we are pursuing it from a state of not having, insufficien...

Today I want to talk about thoughts that call more abundance into your life and how you can apply them.  These are the things that I teach and that I do.  It is human nature to be keeping score with what you give and how much effort you put out before you experience a result. We look at the give and take as some sort of currency but here is what I want you to see…when you hold back, you...

“Soul exhaustion can feel as if you're running a marathon without an end. It can seem as if you're treading water for hours in the middle of the ocean — soul exhaustion can feel like you have no more tears left to cry, that your tear ducts are permanently empty, as is your spirit.” While I was researching for this episode, I found so much information supporting the notion of soul exhaustion, and t...

Once again, I am going through some things in real time and sharing with you so here we go. As we grow and evolve and start really reaching for our Life by Design, and our hearts desire, it may be necessary at some point to take inventory, assess, reevaluate and determine if you are in a state of tolerating things, events, people, habits, thoughts…the list could go on and on but my point is, we ne...

My past never feels far away. I have recently become very aware of how much I think about my past. And when we spend so much time thinking about the past, it’s not hard to imagine that we get pulled into that old self-image and identity.  When we are trying to build a future result, or create an outcome that we have never created before, especially if it’s something that requires we really st...

Yesterday, Steve and I celebrated 20 years of marriage. When I say celebrate, don’t let me give you the wrong impression. We didn’t throw a party or pop a bottle of bubbly. Although, I bought bubbly, we didn’t get around to it.  I thought it would be fun to share with you how we experienced our anniversary, maybe give you a few musings on marriage and maybe…there will be a mind shift for you,...

The week we will be celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, and we humans LOVE to celebrate the luck of the Irish in a big way.  Celebrating this day conjures up the idea of the “being lucky”  and we see lucky horse shoe type of décor all around us.  We wear green for luck, I don’t even know what else we do off of the top of my head but…luck is top of mind with this holiday.  I tho...

Boy, do I have a doozie of an episode for you! I love to share in real time the things that I am working through in an effort to help you avoid experiencing something similar.  What I have been working on lately, I didn’t even know was costing a goal I had been loosely tethered to, but it was. It almost cost me a dream and a heart’s desire…big time. Click here to get the replay to The Best Ye...

This is the month of love…it’s February and Valentines Day! This is a relationship holiday for most of us and so I thought it would be fun to talk about your relationship with your goal, why it's important, and how to have a better one. Click here to get the replay to The Best Year Ever Goals Setting Workshop  Get the 6 Week LIFE BY DESIGN Boot Camp right here When you ready to go deeper in y...

When I was a kid...I watched my dad go to work every day, hating every minute of it.  I remember how frustrated and irritated he was about his work.  Fast forward, and in his 80's, when he thinks about work today, he thinks... "it wasn't that bad, I really enjoyed a lot of things about my work."  What I wish he knew then was that those emotions were always available to him then. I a...

Here are 25 things that you can do that will for sure kick off this year with a jump start like you have never experienced before.  Then...when you start feeling like you need an energetic injection to get you back on track, you can go to this list and decide what you want to incorporate and integrate into your life that will up-level your results. 25 Things List Click here to get the replay...

There is something magical that happens when you set your intention to have the best experience ever, the best day ever.  Let's create the BEST YEAR EVER!  I give you 3 easy steps to intentionally create the best year ever, regardless of your current circumstances.  Buckle up friends, this is going to be an energetic ride! Click here to get the replay to The Best Year Ever Goals Set...

There are actually several reasons and many ways that we do the Commit and Quit cycle. Today, I am going to boil it down to the biggest and most powerful reason why we commit and then quit. Thought Ladder Episode #65 Get the 6 Week LIFE BY DESIGN Boot Camp right here Click here to get the replay to The Best Year Ever Goals Setting Workshop  When you ready to go deeper in your own work, check...

The title of this episode might be having you scratching your head thinking huh? How can positivity be toxic?  Well, that is exactly what I am going to talk about today.  One of the things that has been coming up with some of my clients and students is the notion that they shouldn’t feel bad or think negative thoughts, and that if they do, something is wrong or something is going wrong,...

I love this time of year for a lot of reasons but most of all because of the spirit of the holiday season.  For me, it really starts when I see fall coming and most of us love to experience the change of color of the landscapes and hearing the crunch of the leaves.  Even just watching the leaves fall from the trees is a reminder that life is moving, the season is changing. This is the ti...

There is a big difference between expecting to fail and planning for the fail.  Expecting to fail is failing ahead of time. Planning for the fail is creating a back up plan or an alternate route, a plan B, a replacement strategy.  Today, we are talking about exactly how to plan for the fail and why it matters. Get the 6 Week LIFE BY DESIGN Boot Camp right here Click here to get the repla...

The part between who you are now and who you are becoming, that is your journey. That is the part that requires all of this mind management. Each time we evolve a little towards the human that we are becoming, we need to let that growth burn in a little bit, set up and take shape.  Today, I am going to teach you all about "the burn in" period. Get the 6 Week LIFE BY DESIGN Boot Camp right her...

It seems like lately, I have been coaching on relationships a lot, and one of the things I hear people say is how much that other person is always letting them down or not showing up for them, and how they are disappointed by other people’s behavior.  Today, we are going to talk about your velvet rope...boundaries. Get the 6 Week LIFE BY DESIGN Boot Camp right here Click here to get the repla...