The College Success Habits Podcast

Ep #134 - What motivates you at your core? Knowing this will bring to your awareness what needs your are seeking to meet when you do anything you do. It will also alert you to why you quit the things you quit. At an unconscious level our mind is seeking to fulfill critical human needs in every action it has you participating in. You think you are consciously making decisions, yet there are drivers...

Ep #133 - Your words are just words. Other people's words are just words. Once you hear yourself say them to yourself or others or once someone says something to you or around you - that is the moment you attach a meaning to the word(s) being used. We tend to say things to ourselves before we speak them out loud. Even when you say something and ask yourself, "where did that come from?" Oh, trust m...

Ep #132 - Continuing the conversation from last week, we dive into the words you use in your head toward yourself and how they are not benefitting you in your journey of personal growth and life enhancement in your life, let alone in your higher education journey. We can push those that disagree with us into the shadows because history has shown that totally works in silencing them. Instead, let u...

Ep #131 - College is a wonderful opportunity to challenge your current way of thinking and feeling around your opinions, beliefs, and values. You do not have to give up anything in your pursuit of clarifications and further development of your personality - in fact, it is in the pursuit of growth you are able to increase your empathy and understanding of how others have created their opinions, bel...

Ep #130 - The choices you start making the moment you wake up, around your mood, your day, your yesterday, your future, will greatly effect your own day, emotions, and productivity and friendliness you venture out into the world with from wake-up to go to bed. You are making these choices. You are not stuck being I one mood or another. I am not talking about "toxic positivity" here - we are going...

Ep #129 - Introducing The HUB. If you have always wanted to experience a closer relationship with the material on my show or be able to connect with me and discuss where in your life you have grown and evolved through what you have learned on this show - now is your chance. I am opening up The HUB for all-comers. Learn how you are creating your life, first in your head, then in the "real world," a...

Ep #128 - There are ways to trigger the brain to activate for higher learning, absorption, and application of the newly learned material. As I dive deeper into the inner-workings of the mind, I strive to bring you the information I learn in a way that excites your brain through curiosity and interest. Introducing "The Wise Mind Empowerment HUB." I have created a masterful way to trigger the same r...

Ep #127 - Things will get better...when you CHOOSE to think about and feel about things in a way that shifts you from ruminating on your circumstances and life in a negative way and into a desirable direction. I can say this over and over. You can and have heard it from other people too. There is a difference between trying to push a negative/undesirable thought or emotion away or embracing what i...

Ep #126 - The way you frame and reframe your college journey will have dramatic effects toward the growth and maturation you experience during these formative years. You go through so many changes in these 10 years from 15 to 25 that almost every year feels like a lifetime of change, growth, and evolution. Frames are shortcuts that people use to help make sense of our complex world, they provide m...

Ep #125 - Emotional Intelligence, self-awareness, physical health, personal responsibility - we have covered some pretty great topics and the breadth of this show has gone well beyond what I could've imagined when I first launched back in May of 2018. This is my chance to give y'all an overview of where we have been and where we are going. Of course, if I really dive into where we are going then t...

Ep #124 - Do you blame others for what is going on in your life? Do you complain about things rather than take action towards a resolution? How often are you making excuses: to your professors, teachers, friends, family, strangers? Your ability to accept Personal Responsibility, coupled with your emotional intelligence, will be the single biggest determiner of your success, not just in college, in...

Ep #123 - The new year is here and now that the holidays are over it is time to get back in the swing of things. The Spring term is about to start. What is the next great accomplishment for you? How are you going to start 2022 of right? We have been gearing up for this new beginning for the last couple months and now you get to seize it! Just hit play and let's dive in with our open minds, hearts,...

Ep #122 - The new year is here and with it comes that age old question of what are you going to do with this new year. How are you going to accomplish the goals you set for yourself this year? How are you going to increase your achievement and overall contentment and happiness with your life?  These questions can get a bit heady so I will keep it light. Sure, it's a new year, and it's also just an...

Ep #121 - Time flies when you're having fun. One day you are going to walk across that stage and be handed the degree you earned. Many times in your life you will walk across other proverbial stages and a particular phase of your life will come to an end and simultaneously another phase of your life will begin. Are you aware of where your journey is going? Are you cognizant of how you are passing...

Ep #120 - You are on a journey. You are in higher education because you seek something higher for yourself than you currently have. This isn't a linear goal, one that goes in a straight line. There are twists and turns and curves and high and lows. The idea that everything is fluid and is happening simultaneously can be a bit Matrix-y to wrap your head around. As you journey from who you are towar...

Ep #119 - Your ability to actually look at yourself in the mirror and evaluate yourself, in a non-judgmental way, will be a skill that pays dividends for the rest of your life. Most people can rationalize their decisions and justify their behavior, whether good or not so good, and in doing so miss their beautiful opportunity to create the massive changes in their lives that will evolve them toward...

Ep #118 - As 2021 winds down we discuss how I made the transition from the West Coast to the South East and how you can manage huge transitions in your life with a few easy to replicate steps. In life you will seek to push yourself through your comfort zone and beyond if you desire to accomplish great things in your life. These transitions can seem monumental if you attempt to take on the whole bu...

Ep 117 - Leadership can be the most amazing thing you experience or you can rule with a heavy hand evoking rebellion from your team. Today we dive into what I learned leading leaders toward the meant to be in life and how my lessons can become your framework for empowering leadership in your life, at school, at work, and in your home. Just hit play and let's dive in with our open minds, hearts, an...

Ep #116 - Somehow it seems that our society is entrenched in its own version of isolation and segregation. We are openly choosing to separate ourselves from those that think, feel, and behave differently at a time when inclusion and connection are the answer to our deepest issues, problems, and fears. It is time we open our hearts and welcome those who have transgressed against the cultural moveme...

Ep #115 - Conflict avoidance is you not speaking your truth to someone because you are afraid of the outcome. Your partner leaves a mess and you are cursing them in your head. Your roommate eats your food and leaves dishes in the sink and you are secretly calculating how you are going to eat all their food and leave dirty dishes in their pillow case. These examples are the easy, funny ones - but w...

Ep #114 - You know how you feel when your actions don't match up with what you say you are doing in your life, or when you believe you are a good person and then you gossip about someone, or you think you are a good student but then you go out and drink the night before a test - or like, literally, before the test. This energy you feel inside of you, this disharmony inside of you is called "Cognit...

Ep #113 - There are a plethora of choices for you to make in your life. Trillions and trillions of choices you will make. Some will benefit you and others not so much. Being mindful of how you make your decisions and being clear about what you desire from your choices will be your guide to creating the life you desire from your time in college.  BUT...college isn't just about preparing for the fut...

Ep 112 - How do you see your future. How are the decisions you are making in the immediate moment guiding and controlling the direction your life travels toward? We have talked about instant gratification, we have talked about delayed gratification - these are topics that are so important they bare revisiting. The human brain is designed to seek out instant gratification - especially around food....

Ep 111 - When you experience anxiety during a conversation, whether in person or via text, the cause can often be dialed straight into you being in your head thinking about what the other person is thinking about you. Perhaps you think they are judging you. Maybe you are worried they don't like the way you look, the way you dress, or the way you are talking to them. No matter what is going through...

Ep 110 - Bullying is prevalent and all around us more than we might recognize. It's not just the obvious fighting, yelling, abuse, and mean behavior we're very familiar with from the hallways of secondary school, in public spaces, and in our own homes. Bullying shows itself when people, politicians, twitter, etc. verbally attack, gossip, and behave dishonorably toward another human or animal. Sadl...