Personal Empowerment

During our day-to-day, we experience little frustrations or bothersome recurrences that prevent us from working at our best capacity and keep us from being our happiest selves. While they can be subtle, the impact they have can be a large toll on your brain juices. By engaging in a curious mindset, we can be more […]

We are always hustling for other people’s opinions, trying our hardest to make them like us so we can be validated, instead of being our authentic self. We focus our mental energies outward, neglecting the energy needed inward. When you focus on gaining the approval of other people, you disempower yourself and your own opinions […]

We are inundated by pop culture on all sides; it’s impossible to miss. We get these sneak peeks into how we imagine other people are living all the time. For me, I watched a lot of TV growing up (and still do), so I had all these beliefs about how life should be. When we […]

Calling someone “selfish” can be used as a way to punish them for putting their needs first. Often, the little voice in our own head tells us that we should never be selfish. Thinking that you’re being selfish tells you that you must put the needs of others before yourself, but that mindset is extremely […]

It can be difficult nowadays to recognize the things that make us happy and grateful because it is so easy just to focus on the things that are going poorly. But when we change the way we look at the chaos in our lives, we can find the things we are grateful for. Today, fittingly, […]

We are often so distracted by our mistakes that it takes attention away from the things that actually matter. By imagining the bad things that could happen, we end up manifesting them by approaching situations full of worry instead of with optimism and an open mind. When we worry about making mistakes, we’re focused on […]

It is easy to think that being skeptical and careful is a good thing. However, by being constantly on guard, you are closing yourself off to new opportunities and actually wasting your time by not trusting others. This skepticism is costing you enjoyment and your dreams by slowing down your thoughts. Today, we’re talking about […]

When we are anxious or self-conscious about how others perceive us, we can sap the energy from the people around us, and more often than not, people don’t like that. However, we might not recognize that the energy that we bring into a situation is what is pushing others away. Trying to be perfect in […]

Oftentimes, we feel like we aren’t fully engaged in our lives, be it because of social media or not wanting to leave our comfort zone. It can feel safer on the sidelines, but it can be painful just waiting for things to come to us on their own. Getting off the sideline can be difficult, […]

Back when I did live radio, I had Simon Sinek on my show and it turned out to be one of the most impactful interviews I ever did. In that interview, he helped me understand why I am the way I am and why the work I do is so important to me. When we […]

We are all driven by this idea that, if we achieve our goals, we will finally have it all and be safe and complete. However, when we reach these goals, we are often left feeling like we didn’t achieve anything at all. Behind every goal, there is an unspoken promise we make that it will […]

When I talk to clients, I often run into resistance when I bring up establishing boundaries because they want to stay open and available to anything that comes their way. Good boundaries are key for any relationship’s success and can be very supportive if approached without guilt or shame. Today, I want to show you […]

This week is very heartfelt for me because I have been reflecting on the last 13 years of doing this show. I have learned so much in interviewing and working with clients over the years and it has been an incredible experience. As we reflect on our lives and what makes us happy, we should […]

Our words have a lot of meaning and can be very telling about how we want to present ourselves. When we don’t want to cause an uproar, we try to soften the blow of what we are saying. By removing something as simple as the word “just” from our vocabulary, we can own the space […]

When you come back from a life-changing experience, like travel or a coaching class, it can be a struggle to readjust to your old lifestyle and relationships when they seem out of touch with that experience. Finding the balance between your new and old self can be tricky, as you want to keep the lessons […]

As humans, most of us tend to have limitations on what we think we are capable of doing, all grounded in the old stories we tell ourselves about our self-worth and how things should be. These beliefs can really shut down the creative part of our lives. One of the most empowering and exciting things […]

Hiro Boga is a business strategist, teacher, adviser and mentor. In this conversation from 2016 we discuss love. The real basis of all transformation is love. Once you see the love at the core of something, transformation can begin. People often search and search outside of themselves for love and unconditional love. However, love is […]

Sometimes we think that learning how to manage our mindset will miraculously eliminate all of the bad thoughts and we will suddenly be in the Promised Land. But that simply isn’t how it works. By managing our mindset, we can acknowledge thoughts for what they are and not attach value to them. When we see […]

All of our journeys are marked with struggles. We see limitations for ourselves and hear little voices that say things like “I am not qualified, I am a fraud.”  Instead of letting these voices and limitations stop us, we can embrace the struggle and move forward. Listen in to hear the story of how a […]

Humans are hard-wired to create and tell stories; it’s how we see and make sense of the world. However, not every story is productive. It is important to ask, “What do I tell myself?” and “How do I share my life story?” It takes a lot of work to understand where these beliefs come from, […]

Our mothers are the foundations of our lives. Our relationships with them are complicated.  All sorts of feelings emerge when we think of our mothers. Love, anger, appreciation, gratitude, shame are a handful of the feelings that can be connected to these relationships. Lisa Erspamer joined me in 2015 to talk about our mothers. She […]

It feels like we are always just doing one thing after another, chasing this idea of an endpoint where everything will be perfect and we can finally enjoy all we’ve done. In reality, there are many different Promised Lands for different areas of our lives and it all operates in cycles. We often imagine the […]

She helped start the self-care movement with her first book, The Woman’s Comfort Book. She’s written five more books, including A Year of Daily Joy and The Life Organizer that have inspired more than a million women in 9 languages. Many of you may have seen Jen when she sat on Oprah’s couch talking about […]

We spend a lot of time worrying about whether or not other people like us. We put so much energy into appearances to make sure everyone else has a positive opinion of us… and it’s exhausting. People liking (or not liking) us says nothing about who we are as people. Oftentimes, other people are simply […]

How do your thoughts affect your reality?  Pam Grout is the author of the New York Times bestseller E2: Nine Do-It-Yourself Energy Experiments that Prove Your Thoughts Create Your Reality. She joined me in 2013 to talk about thoughts, reality, and energy. Each morning, Pam wakes up and tells herself, “something amazingly awesome will happen […]