Monday Mindset

Episode #87 In this week’s episode, Daisy shares a book she listened to recently that popped up in her Audible recommendations. Although it started with what seemed like a rather downbeat theme (the countdown to the protagonist’s demise), it turned into an enjoyable journey into the ‘What If?’ rabbit hole. You can find The Midnight Library by Matt Haig in all the usual places, but here is the link...

Episode #86 In this week’s episode, Terri shares an episode from Jim Kwik’s podcast that she and Daisy enjoy for its focus on being brief and sharing applicable advice. The episode that Terri shares here is about Mel Robbins’ latest strategy and book. As discussed in an early episode, Robbins brought us the Five Second Rule to help us accomplish anything, and now she helps us to get started each d...

Episode #85 One episode was not enough! Daisy is back with a bit more from the episode she shared before from The Huberman Lab podcast episode about time perception. This week she shares a snippet about cold water exposure (of course!) and then goes on to chat about an article she read about dopamine on the Next Big Idea Club website. The Huberman Lab podcast #46: Time Perception & Entrainment by...

Episode #84 This week, Terri and Daisy take a moment to reflect back on 2021 and look forward to 2022 with some chat about New Year’s resolutions and some ideas about alternative frameworks for looking ahead to the New Year. Please consider helping us make more episodes by supporting Daisy on Patreon. https://bit.ly/MondayMindsetPatreon If you have enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave u...

Episode #83 In this week’s episode Terri turns to a podcast that is new to her and shares a discussion about how our inner critic voice encourages us to avoid behaviors and experiences by catching us in feelings of social anxiety. She talks about the difference between natural levels of social anxiety or fear vs those that become pathological and cause more significant limits in our lives. And Ter...

Episode #82 This week, Daisy shares an episode from Andrew Huberman’s podcast - The Huberman Lab - which inspired her to change her work habits the very next day! Find out how important it is to entrain (match) our internal rhythms with external ones and how we can make the most of our daily rhythms and varying levels of dopamine and serotonin. The Huberman Lab podcast #46: Time Perception & Entra...

Episode #81 In this week’s episode Terri goes back to one of her favorites, the Being Well Podcast, and shares a discussion between the hosts of the episode as they delve into avoidant behaviors and how we can reframe them. She shares some of the ways to rethink and change your avoidant behaviors presented in Avoidant Behavior: Why We Do It, Forms It Takes, and What to Do About It. https://www.ric...

Episode #80 So many of us spend most of our days sat on our bums! Maybe we try to compensate for this by doing regular exercise but is it enough to counteract the negative health impacts of sitting down for most of the day? This week, Daisy shares another episode of Michel Mosleys’ podcast - Just One Thing - which she has to admit got her thinking. A lot! It was one of those episodes that was a bi...

Episode #79 In this week’s episode, Terri shares from an author whose book about habits has been helpful in her life and career - Charles Duhigg. The interview she shares here is about his newest book about how to improve or increase our effectiveness by learning more about how to think rather than what to think. She encourages you to learn from the key points of his explanation provided in The Jo...

Episode #78 Do you let your inner voice guide you or are you too easily distracted by external voices? Do you appreciate feedback or does it make you defensive? Maybe you need to reframe that feedback, or maybe you need to reassess where, and from whom, you are getting that feedback! This week, Daisy shares some snippets of an episode from Elizabeth Day’s podcast, How to Fail, where Elizabeth chat...

Episode #77 This week Daisy and Terri take a time out to reflect on the last few months and what impact some of the things they have learned and shared with each other have had on them. Please consider helping us make more episodes by supporting Daisy on Patreon. https://bit.ly/MondayMindsetPatreon If you have enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave us a review on iTunes or whichever platf...

Episode #76 This week Terri shares a brief but hopefully useful way to look at how your thoughts can help you influence your hunger hormone, ghrelin. She shares an example of a study demonstrating how what people thought about a milkshake they drank affected their hunger levels afterward. You can listen to what she took away from Jim Kwik’s podcast Kwik Brain, episode 248 I Mind Over Body with Sha...

Episode #75 Are you easily distracted? Do you struggle to focus on tasks? How’s your time management? In this week’s episode, Daisy shares an episode from Andrew Huberman’s podcast Huberman Lab - ADHD and How Anyone Can Improve Their Focus - and talks about possible ways to help improve these things. https://hubermanlab.com/adhd-and-how-anyone-can-improve-their-focus/ Please consider helping us ma...

Episode #74 In this week’s episode, Terri shares some insights from one of her geek-crushes, Andrew Huberman. She clarifies how we can help increase our dopamine responses without overdoing it from what she learned listening to the episode: Change Your BRAIN By Using These Hacks to Increase Your Dopamine l Dr. Andrew Huberman from one of her favorite podcasts, Impact Theory. https://impacttheory.l...

Episode #73 We all know that snacking is not great for our health but wait… what if it is? It depends on the snack! This episode is all about exercise snacking - a great way to boost your health in handy little chunks of time that you can squeeze in during your day. Not only is it easier to fit into your day but it might even be better for you than doing your exercise all in one go. What’s not to...

Episode #72 In this week’s episode Terri shares some of her take aways from listening to Shawn Stevenson and his guest discuss how we can focus less on anxiety as a negative we must eliminate and instead see how to increase our resilience to it and see how it helps us to learn and grow. She invites you to explore this concept as she shares from The Model Health Show 509: The Surprising Science Of...

What is the Key to Happiness? Episode #71 Are you happy? What would make you happy? What happens when you get there and how does it feel on the way? Are we missing out on the opportunity provided in the smaller steps provided by seeking to be happier rather than happy? This week Daisy wrestles with the rather elusive concept of happiness that was discussed between Rangan and Gretchen in episode #1...

Episode #70 This week Daisy and Terri chat about their experience of podcasting together so far and some of the funny things that go on behind the scenes! Please consider helping us make more episodes by supporting Daisy on Patreon. https://bit.ly/MondayMindsetPatreon If you have enjoyed listening to this episode, please leave us a review on iTunes or whichever platform you listen on. It really he...

Episode #69 One of Terri’s favorite folks in the health sphere is Max Lugavere and, in this week’s episode, she shares some interesting things she learned while listening to his podcast interview with a naturopathic doctor about the role of serotonin related to mood, sleep, and even sugar cravings. She learned of a supplement that many find effective in increasing their production of serotonin in...

Episode #68 This week Daisy shares an episode from Jim Kwik’s podcast Kwik Brain with Jim Kwik in which Jim talks to guest David Rabin about 4 key ways to manage stress. Four Pillars of Stress Management with Dr. David Rabin & Jim Kwik https://youtu.be/0VSx6Rt6Ii0 Please consider helping us make more episodes by supporting Daisy on Patreon. https://bit.ly/MondayMindsetPatreon If you have enjoyed l...

Episode #67 One researcher and health psychologist who both Daisy and Terri really respect and enjoy is Kelly McGonigal. In this week’s episode, Terri shares some thoughts about how we can see stress as a useful process rather than something that is detrimental and must be avoided. From Michelle McQuaid’s podcast Making Positive Psychology Work (#153) Can You Flex Your Stress Mindset? with Kelly M...

Episode #66 This week Daisy shares an episode from Rangan Chatterjee’s podcast Feel Better, Live More which sees the return of a popular guest - James Nestor. Daisy shared the first episode he was on when he talked about the importance of nasal breathing and chewing. In the latest episode, James covers some old ground but he and Rangan also delve a bit deeper into some topics and really go into wh...

Episode #65 Many entrepreneurs, health experts, and spiritual gurus place a significant emphasis on our morning routine as key to our success and well-being. In this week’s episode Terri shares a simplified version of how to create a morning routine that can help you start out in a health space that carries you throughout the day. She listened to one of her favorite podcasters, Lewis Howes, and hi...

Episode #64 Are you an over thinker? Do you ever find yourself solving other people’s problems as well as your own? This week Daisy shares an article from The Guardian that caught her eye when it popped up in her Facebook newsfeed because she identifies as an over thinker herself! Why I’m glad that I’m an ‘overthinker’ by Annalisa Barbieri https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jul/04/annal...

Episode #63 In this week’s episode, Terri shares one author’s take on an approach to stop overthinking from interfering with making progress or feeling good. She enjoyed learning about Jon Acuff’s approach to curating a new soundtrack playing in your mind to stop the replaying of broken soundtracks on The Jordan Harbinger Show. 495: Jon Acuff | The Surprising Solution to Overthinking: https://www....