STRESSPROOF Podcast

"You're such a great boss", "I respect you", "You're so beautiful". Ever hear these sentences and your immediate thought is, "I wonder what's wrong with THEM?" or "Oh, they're just being nice…". When we don't love ourselves we will never believe what we hear, even when it's true for the other person. Instead, our brains will find evidence for why YOU are right instead. Loving yourself is a necessa...

Most people who are struggling in their success don't realize they are entertaining their very own brain, instead of OWNING the fact that their brain is THEIR property. What? Yes, you heard that right. Your brain is YOUR property! To get out of this chronic low level of stress we need to realize we must step into being an active participant in our own mind! Listen to this episode as I share common...

"How can I feel worthy of this job?" and "Am I worthy of this amazing fiance?" These are just some of the questions I was asked recently this past week. For each person it will be about something specific in their life, whether it is about their career, a certain status, level of income, romantic partnership, children, weight… the list is endless and it's unique to each individual. A huge reason w...

There's a reason why positive thinking only goes so far. And in this episode I'm breaking down the common mistakes people make when first learning about Personalization, one of them being the difference between positive thinking vs. thinking better thoughts. I'm also breaking down the four stages of Personalization growth and why each stage is critical to your mental and emotional dexterity if you...

Do you ever feel as if happiness is fleeting? Are you always waiting for happiness to end or have you wondered to yourself, "what's the point of even trying to feel better"? There's a reason why this happens and it's because we haven't fully embraced Emotional Reception. The irony of happiness is that when we cling TO happiness we shorten the lifetime value OF our happiness when we finally have it...

Do you find yourself having the same tense conversation with a co-worker or even your partner? Ever wonder how something you said which seems so simple can be misunderstood or misinterpreted? Communication boils down to one thing - Personalization. When we don't make the effort to realize that two realities are colliding into understanding one another, we miss out on an opportunity to understand,...

Do you find yourself eating burgers instead of salads and skipping your workouts while traveling for business? Do you find this urge to always fix everything and make sure everything is ok? Or… are you still dealing with that annoying co-worker? This week's podcast is a special edition of a Listener Q&A. We're going to dive deep into each of these questions and identify where your stress is truly...

What if I told you that all the BEST things in life actually don't feel like a hell yes? In fact, you're supposed to feel all the feels. That's right, anxiety, confusion, fear, and doubt… just to name a few. And when we lean on having every decision NEEDING to feel like a hell yes, we often miss out on the opportunity to reach our goals faster, and most importantly, we miss out on meeting the futu...

When we live on the surface of our life we often turn to overing behavior such as indulging in eating, drinking, or shopping because we don't realize we are hungry for something much deeper. Whether that is more intimacy, more fulfillment, or simply to feel excited, we evade our deep hunger by distracting ourselves with small hits of dopamine that never have a lasting effect. Learn how addressing...

Feeling afraid doesn't have to mean that something is wrong or that you're making a wrong choice. In fact, did you know that feeling fear is always a PREREQUISITE to achieving anything big in your life? This is especially true if you've never done it before. Join me in this bonus podcast episode where I share common "logical" questions that often come up during these moments prior to making the ne...

The reason why it's so hard for most people to simplify their lives, is because it reveals to us our biggest discomforts and forces us to face the truth of our lives, and we have to ask ourselves, "are we ready for that?". Our brains love to indulge in confusion despite how painful confusion feels. And the reason why we decide to stay in confusion is because the pain of the unknown far outweighs s...

Most high performers wait for the "right" moment in time to take action. But what we don't realize is that every moment is "right" and so therefore it FEELS as if we are waiting forever for that special moment for things to finally click! **READY IS A LIE** And in this episode I'm going to share with you an unconventional approach to actually achieving your 2020 goals. We're not going to just writ...

Finding deeper love and an expanded level of consciousness was not what Stephanie had in mind when we first started working…. In the beginning it was all about how to finally manage stress once and for all, especially after moving to a new city for love, rebuilding community, managing her career, and planning for a family. In this week's special episode Stephanie shares her very own story of how s...

Ever made a huge decision that felt so right and suddenly you were met with fear and doubt? Perhaps you hear the voice in your head asking you, "What was so wrong with where you were? How are you possibly going to make this work? Are you sure you're good enough for this?". Stop. Before you go back to where things were comfortable, I'm here to tell you this is a natural part of evolving into your f...

A lot of people ask, "How can I get rid of this stress?" or "How can I think the right thoughts so that I don't feel negative about my co-worker?", and before we can tackle the situation itself we must do one thing FIRST… and that is to understand nothing is inherently wrong. Backwards I know. In this bonus episode on Stressproof, I'm discussing why intellectualizing our way into feeling good is n...

What if I told you that stress was created FOR you BY you, because somewhere deep down you believe it would help you? And what if I told you that your emotions, even stress, always has a positive intent? In this episode I'm sharing with you a concept called Upcycling, and when we get skilled at applying this concept to our difficult emotions, we begin to transform what we believed to be negative e...

Everyone would tell you that I had the perfect life, but on the inside I felt broken. In this episode I share my Before & After of how this property of work around Brain & Emotional Management has not only changed my life, but the life of many others. From breaking through bouts of depression, PMDD, binging, and eventual burnout and adrenal fatigue, I finally realized that no matter how much you c...

Most people forget that our money, love, and career has taste buds, and when we indulge our senses in being hyper palatable around each of these things, we lose the appreciation for the basics. How can we reset our taste buds so that we can see just how amazing our life really is, and lose the unnecessary stress and suffering we indulge ourselves in? This short, bonus episode comes to you thanks t...

Most sensitive people live AROUND life and in today's podcast I want to teach you how to shift from the apprehensive sensitive person to the unstoppable and limitless sensitive person. What if I told you that it wasn't the person, the energy, or the noises that ultimately made you feel bad? What if you could find a way to be in complete control of your emotions no matter where you are or who you'r...

For years, I journaled on the same four issues: weight, love, jobs, and friendships. Then I realized it wasn't about the specific problem, it was all of the TYPE OF THOUGHTS I was thinking that kept me in the problem with no resolution. Journaling doesn't solve your problems, at least not the conventional method of how we've approached journaling thus far. Sure, it helps us to feel momentary relie...

Perhaps you've moved past perfectionism but did you know that there are other levels of perfectionism that still might be holding you back? I see this time and time again in high level performers who, intellectually, understands that perfection doesn't exist, and yet they still hold themselves to their own individual standard or expectation of how their life should look like. In other words, perfe...

Oftentimes when I work with people there will be a moment where they believe things should be different, that intellectually they understand they shouldn't feel a certain way and yet they feel so much pain, that something  must  be wrong with  them because they still feel  this way. And here's the truth. There is nothing wrong with you. You are NOT broken. You're simply a human being, experiencing...

How do you stay focused in moments of panic? Hoan Do sprained his ankle just before a filming of the American Ninja Warrior show, and yet, he made it to city finals. What was the internal dialogue, what goes on inside the mind of a competitor, author, and motivational speaker? In this podcast, I take a moment to interview Hoan Do and ask him to share how he pushes through moments of stress, what i...

Success Labels… we all have them but this ONE thing determines whether or not Success causes you stress or gives you momentum. If you've ever been known for that special skill you have, or the one personality trait people admire over and over again… then listen to this podcast episode where we break down the difference between OWNING a Success Label vs. BEING SERVANT to a Success Label. Your inher...

Most stressed out people are living in Filtered Reality, a reality in which we created based on, yep, you guessed it, our filters, conditioning, and limiting beliefs. And when we live from this reality we create two problems. First, we create even more evidence to our limiting beliefs when we live in this reality, and second, we are living from thoughts that do not create a QUALITY life that we wo...