Building Resilience

The holidays can be a time of joy and celebration, but they can also be a time of stress and anxiety. As we approach the end of the year, it's important to remember to take care of ourselves and have our own back.  In this episode of the Building Resilience,we explore the importance of having your own back during the holiday season. We look at the need to know what you stand for and to invest...

You truly are the average of the people you spend the most time with—so we'd better make sure those people are great! Today, we're going to talk about the importance of surrounding yourself with greatness in order to elevate your life. I'll give you tips of things you can surround yourself with: for example, good habits, making your environment more conducive to the habits you want to form by maki...

It should be obvious that doing things we love makes us happier, and leads us to live more fulfilled lives—the question is, why don't we do it more often? On today's episode, I'll discuss how to cultivate your passions and purpose and create abundance in your life. We'll talk about reframing the thought, "I don't know what I even like anymore," and cultivating a feeling of curiosity. I'll share ti...

You might say I'm a proponent of mind control. To be clear, the mind is your own—but trust me, it really works. Your mindset it a powerful thing, and if you learn to control it, it can literally shape your life. Today I'll be talking about one facet of your mindset—coming from a place of abundance vs. coming from a place of scarcity. We'll talk about what they are, but also how they can be a lens...

As the holidays approach, we can start to feel a bit stressed. You might be seeing family, doing a lot of cooking, and/or attending various events. In order to manage your stress, you can take some time to plan and prepare— make lists of everything that you "need" (choose!) to do and try to be realistic about what you can accomplish. Remember, holidays can be special! They can remind us of what is...

Wow, 100 episodes! It's been an honor and privilege to be sharing with you every week on the Building Resilience podcast for 100 straight episodes. I'm so excited to be at episode 100 and I look forward to continuing to work on the podcast. It's one of my favorite things to do! To celebrate that, I'm going to fill your back pocket with 20 thoughts to pull out whenever you need them—your mental Swi...

"I wake up to another day filled with anxiety. I've been dealing with morning anxiety for a while now, and it's really starting to take a toll on me. I know I need to do something to change it, but I'm not sure where to start." Does this sound like you? You're in the right place! In this episode you will learn how to manage morning anxiety and start your day off right. Stick around to discover why...

As parents, we have a lot of jobs. Keep our kids safe, make sure they're fed, make sure they're educated, and so, so many other things. However, we're not actually raising kids—we're raising adults. And few things are more important than raising a resilient adult. Today, we'll talk about how our kids don't  actually  have it easier, why we need to let our kids feel ALL of their emotions,...

Jocelyn Patten has lived for many years with serious mental illness. Touching on depression, anxiety, and schizophrenia, Jocelyn gives a deeper look into life with mental illness—both for those dealing with it themselves, but also for loved ones dealing with mental illness second hand. On top of that, she is my cousin! And I have often enjoyed writing she has done in the past. On today's episode,...

Even though we all know lying isn't good, many of us are guilty of the odd lie. However, it may not be your loved ones or your boss you're lying to—it might just be yourself! Lying to ourselves can be a coping mechanism that keeps us from achieving our full potential, but truly facing what some of those lies can be and getting ahead of them can be a real game changer. Today we'll be talking about...

Last week, I shared an episode called "The Gap and the Gain", which follows the premise of an excellent book with the same title by Dan Sullivan and Benjamin Hardy. I recommend listening to that episode first if you haven't heard it yet, but if you haven't heard it yet, the gist is this: you can have a "gap" mindset of what you lack, or a "gain" mindset of your potential.  In this episode, we...

I'm a big reader, and every once in a while I come across an idea or a book that I just HAVE to share with everybody. When it has to do with my clients or listeners, even more so! Today's one of those days. The book "The Gap and the Gain" by Dan Sullivan really hit me hard—and as soon as I read about the concept I just knew you all would love it. In a nutshell, there are two sort of mindsets we ca...

One thing I talk about all the time (because I truly believe in it and do it myself!) is the power of journalling! While it might be just writing things on paper, science shows it actually does more than you might think—and the benefits can be profound. On this episode of Building Resilience, we talk about the proven benefits of writing in a diary. I'll give you some tips and techniques of how to...

Discovering who you are and who you want to be is potentially one of the most important things we do in this life—and Tyson Bradley knows how to do it. Tyson Bradley is the future #1 New York Times Bestselling Author of the book Discover Your Inherent Identity: A Simple And Effective Way To Create Change And Make It Last. He is happily married and the proud father of 2 redheaded girls. He has stud...

Something new or scary happens in your life—new job, financial trouble, you name it. Your brain's natural reaction might be to worry about it. But what if I told you that worry is actually really desctructive and frankly, not even necessary? On this episode of Building Resilience, we're going to talk about worry. What is it (vs. what we THINK it is), why do human brains do it, and what can we do t...

Usually, when you hear someone like me say the word "validation", you probably already think you know what I'm about today. "Don't seek validation from others", right? Well, yes. But not exactly. Validation plays an important part of all of our lives. It helps us know how we're doing—and I don't necessarily think external validation is a bad thing. Make sure to listen to learn about healthy valida...

I get a lot of questions from you, my lovely listeners—so I've decided to do a couple of question and answer episodes! Today I've got more questions from both my clients and my listeners—if you've got questions, make sure to submit yours for a future episode at leah@leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com or send me a DM on social media! Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website a...

I get a lot of questions from you, my lovely listeners—so I've decided to do a couple of question and answer episodes! Today I've got four questions from both my clients and my listeners—if you've got questions, make sure to submit yours for a future episode at leah@leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com or send me a DM on social media! Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website a...

What if changing your mindset was the only step you needed to take to change your life? If you know anything about the placebo effect (or if you listen to my podcast) you know by now that our brains are an amazing thing, yes, but they can be heavily influenced. On today's episode of Building Resilience, I'm going to talk about mindset: the things you can feed your brain to really make a difference...

The other day I came across a quote: "Don't take criticism from someone you would not go to for advice". It was such a good quote, I knew a social media post alone wouldn't suffice—I had to make it a whole podcast episode. Taking criticism and advice are two sides of the same coin, but at their core, they aren't really that different. Anybody can offer you words—you then get to decide how you inte...

The human brain is an amazing thing. Arguably one of the most amazing things about it is its ability to adapt to the situations we put it in. That's called "neuroplasticity". Learning about the brain can actually help us understand how the brain functions (even when things are okay) what you can do to boost, to change, to improve, and even protect your brain. Our brain health is so key to our qual...

And now, for a bit of a different episode. Once upon a time, there was a pink ball—and a little girl who loved it. One day it drifted out to sea...or so she thought. On today's episode I tell a treasured story from my life about personal symbols, and what we can take from the stories we share. Visit me on Facebook or Instagram . You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! H...

There are lots and lots of benefits about planning in the future. However, being in the present is also really important for your nervous system—reminding your nervous system, it's safe. It doesn't have to worry about the threats that it perceives in the past or in the future, because none of those threats exist when you are in the here and now. On this episode of Building Resilience, I'm going to...

We have five ways to interact with the world around us. It's how we percieve everything in our lives. Those ways? Our senses. Because our senses only allow us to percieve the world in real time, they can be used to ground ourselves. On this episode of Building Resilience, I'm going to go over how to best do that—demonstrating using some examples in my own life as well as some thoughts on how YOU c...

We've all got a superpower. It can catch attention, plant ideas in peoples' minds, and help us learn. That superpower? Asking questions. Since our brain is always a work in progress, science has shown that questions are a way to break out of the ruts and worn-down neural pathways in order to create new habits, try new things, and challenge our mindsets. On this episode of Building Resilience, we'r...