Secrets for an Awesome Life

You do NOT get enough sleep. You know it. I know it. Everbody knows it!! That's why you're tired all the time! Teens need 8-10 hours of sleep EVERY NIGHT. In this episode, I go over three things you can do to get more sleep. -- New new app for teens, Sidekick to Hero, is being released to the public soon! It's a web-based app, so teens do not need a smart phone to access it. Get on my interest lis...

We all experience dark times. The worst thing to do when that happens is to let our brain assume it's going to last forever. It won't. Trust me. The light always comes, that's the natural flow of things. Plus, there are thing you can do to make the sun rise a little early.

Sometimes bullies attack all at once in a coordinate effort to tear you down. What do you do then? Today's guest is someone who has been through that exact thing, Nate Webb. He shares some powerful advice to help any teen going through intense bullying. For more from Nate, follow him on Instragram @bulliesbe.gone Get him to speak at your school, church, or youth event by emaling him at bullies.spe...

The third and final tool every hero needs is the reins. The reins represent taming your emotions! Every hero experiences pleasant and unpleasant emotions, so learning how to tame them is crucial. -- Get on the interest list to get a special discount for my new gamified mindset training app for teens releasing soon! Sign up at www.sidekicktohero.com

To be the hero of your story, teens need to take up the pen and start writing their narrative purposefully. In this episode, I talk to teens about how to do that and what happens when we don't. Get on the interest list for my new gamified mindset training app for teens launching soon at www.sidekicktohero.com Also, check out the BE Podcast Network of shows at www.bepodcast.network  

Every hero needs three important tools. Today, I talk about the first one: the Flag (Own Your Results). The flag is what teens can use to stake a claim over their own results. Whether it's crappy or happy, if we take responsibility for it then we are more in control. -- Make sure you check out my new app, Sidekick to Hero! It's gamified mindset training for teens and it's about to launch soon. Go...

Sometimes it feels that life achieving happiness is an endless trek up a down escalator. But never fear! That's actually true. And that's a good thing, if you know how to use it.

Sometimes life seems crappy. However, the truth of the matter is life is just life. Neutral. And we are spraying fart spray on it and calling it crap. Here's a tip: STOP THE FART SPRAY!!

My 100th Episode!! I promised a big announcement and I am delivering this episode. Or, you can go straight to the goods at www.sidekicktohero.com

Talking to other people can be tough. I talk to teens this episode about a method I use to eliminate awkwardness from my conversations and make talking to someone new a whole lot easier. Every social skills toolbox needs the CAPE!

I teach teens the recipe for being brave in this episode. You can't face your fears, worries, and anxieties without the confidence that comes from brewing up some bravery! There are four simple ingredients: resilience, purpose, hope, and energy.

There is nothing more free than being emotionally independent. It allows you to manage relationships, make powerful choices, and keep striving for success despite failure. But, how the heck do you become emotionally independent?? Well, let me tell ya...

"I only respect those who respect me!" is a terrible way to view respect. It's a guaranteed way to give your power to other people. Plus, it's a recipe for a world without respect. For me, I live by this secret for an awesome life: "Respect everyone, no matter if they respect me or not."

Just because a thought is true, doesn't mean it's useful to think. How many thoughts are you holding on to because they are "just true" even though they are stopping you from being the person you want to be? Today I talk about the option you didn't know you had to stop thinking true thoughts (and even ones that you think are true but probably aren't). Join me and the other Firmly Founded coaches f...

We all have anchored biases, or thoughts that we grabbed onto first and have stuck around. Some may be keeping us from getting to the destination we desire. Others may be keeping us safe from the storms out in the sea. Today, I talk about how to identify which is which.

If we mess up in a social situation, our first instinct is to hide our failures from others. Hope nobody saw it. Guess what, they probably did. So, rather than hiding it, I have a better option for you. Put it on display. This is called "Failing BIG!" and it can help eliminate awkward moments and increase your self-confidence.

There is LOADS of power in your brain that you are not using. If you could access it, you could do amazing things. There are 4 levels of metacognition, which level are you??

Sometimes life serves us up some grief gruel. It's not the tastiest thing on the menu, but it's on the table anyway. Someone we love dies, we get broken up with, or we don't get that scholarship we wanted. What can we do? We have to choke it down, right? In this episode I talk with fellow life coach Annabelle Sorensen about some ways we can approach grief that doesn't make it as disgusting to swal...

If fragile is something that breaks easily under pressure, then what is Antifragile? (Hint: it's NOT simple something that doesn't break easily). I talk about that today and how teens can become antifragile in their lives.

There are performances throughout our lives, whether they are auditioning for the Jazz Band, taking the ACT, or talking to someone we're crushing on. How do you manage the anxiety that comes with it?? I talk to psychologist and performance coach Jon Skidmore about tools that teens can use to take the power away from performance anxiety. Also, get a free gift from Jon! Listen to the episode to see...

We should be the authors of our thoughts and our opinions, especially since they create the world we live in. But how many times do you let OTHER people write your stories about yourself, others, or the world around you? Take up the pen yourself and don't let other people write your story!

We were all born to be the hero of our own life, but sometimes we feel like a sidekick. If you want to be able to go from sidekick to hero whenever you want to, you need to do two things: 1) recognize your sidekick thoughts and 2) create powerful hero thoughts. Today, I walk you through how to do that.

I'm at a conference this week with my mentor, my Yoda, Jody Moore. So this episode I broadcast live from my minivan with a special guest and friend, Tyson Bradley, and we talk about our dreams and how our self-perceived identity can help us or stop us from achieving them.

Ready for something that is trippy yet true? We live inside a world we build with our mind. Our brain takes the facts around it and connects them together with stories and viola! The world we live in. If you don't like the world you live in, you can always change it. After all, you are the one who built it.

The greatest tragedy ever told isn't about someone who had it all and lost it all, or someone who tried hard to get the thing they wanted and never did, and it's not even about two star-crossed lovers. The greatest tragedy ever told is much, much more tragic...