The Modern Young Adult

Maybe you worry about what other people think of you like I do. That they think we’re doing life wrong, we’ve made a mistake in dating, they’re going to think it’s weird that we’re older and single still or that we’ve chosen the wrong career for success, or that you should be making better choices in your life. These are some of the hardest thoughts to overcome…but it’s possible still. Today on th...

Do we genuinely understand what it means when we say “comparison is the thief of joy”? After my recent experience on vacation, I have some thoughts to share on the unseen effects of comparison that we are falling into unnecessarily. Today on the podcast I’m diving deep into why we compare, what we hope to get out of it, and how it will never satisfy the desire and then what we can do in those mome...

During this summer, I imagine you’ll be going on vacation. And if you’re like me, there’s a good chance you have a hard time letting go or just relaxing and doing nothing. Today on the podcast I’m diving into how we relax while on vacation as well as letting go of our control when it comes to dating, college, and our careers. What if you didn’t have to do anything to have exactly the experience yo...

In life we are presented with circumstances we choose for ourselves and circumstances that are thrust upon us. And whenever either of those get hard, it can be easy to wish things were different and to argue with our reality. Today on the podcast I want to help you stop the waste of time and energy that is arguing with reality and remind you whenever we are in the thick of a hard thing, that we al...

I’ve been thinking about hope. Some people say it’s the hope that kills you. Jack Antonoff from Bleachers recently said at a concert that finding the thing that gives you hope is your mission in life. Mad Max says it will make you insane. Today on the podcast, I wanted to deep dive into hope and reflect on my own state of thinking when it comes to this emotion that I believe is core to what it mea...

Summer is upon us! And it can be so easy to feel the pressure of making it great! You’re in a new place, new internship or job, there are new people around you, or you just feel like it’s time to have a great experience. And that pressure can actually make it harder to actually enjoy yourself during it. Today on the podcast I dive deep into the 3 foundational principles that balances acceptance an...

We’ve all heard the phrase “trust your gut”? But what does it really mean for you and me? Today on the podcast we dive deep into moving away from the overthinking and worrying our brain can present as logical and good for making a decision to what will actually help us with the big decisions of our life, which is leaning into the intuition and understanding which doesn’t make sense but feels right...

Whenever we find ourselves stuck on a plateau in life, it can be useful to reflect on our progress and ask ourselves if our current trajectory will lead us to where we want to go. Yet when we do this, we can sometimes fall into the trap of rejection and shame for us being “worthless” and “failing”. This doesn’t have to be the case! Today on the podcast we talk about how we can reflect upon ourselv...

We all go through times of transition. You may be moving, leaving college, starting a new job, entering a new relationship status, moving into or out of a ward, leaving friends behind and need to make new ones…and it’s HARD! Today on the podcast I wanted to help you in your time of transition by helping you transform your mind and feelings about the situation, through acceptance, patience, curiosi...

Crying is an aspect of humanity that connects us to each other. It’s something we all do as humans that really goes against everything in terms of presenting the best version of ourselves to the world. Yet we feel so much better for doing it. So what’s the deal with crying? Today on the podcast, I wanted to take a deep dive into this facet of humanity and talk about emotional catharsis, our need f...

We as humans don’t like work. It’s a natural instinct within ourselves to resist anything that causes to move and use energy because our brain is trying to keep us alive and only motivate us to action when it is absolutely required for our survival. So why do we feel the need to work or create or contribute to our world or for our own sakes? Today on the podcast, I wanted to discuss the value of h...

We as human beings I believe are required to grow, at least to experience the life we truly want. And as a requirement, growth requires stretching. Today on the podcast, I want to help you get better at this concept of stretching so I dive into the physics of what it means to stretch and how it applies to our mental and emotional growth, especially in the context of your goals. If you find yoursel...

Do you find your brain incredibly noisy as of late? That you can’t ever seem to find any peace or just have so many worries and anxiety about your future or how you showed up in the past? Well maybe it’s time we tell our brains: shut up! Today on the podcast, I talk about a concept I learned from Chris Evans experience called SHHHH! Today we focus on how to quiet the mind, why our brain gets so no...

Humility vs. Self Doubt. How do you know if you experiencing one or the other? Today on the podcast, we are diving into what the difference between humility and self doubt, as well as how that relates to pride and confidence, and how you can be humble and confident about yourself at the same time. Of course, I also share my review and insights from DUNE 2 finally so be looking forward to that. FRE...

Complaining. We all do it. It’s a thing that unites as human beings, being able to find dissatisfaction, annoyance, or things wrong with our friends, our society, and with our lives. But is this actually helping us create the life we want? Today on the podcast, we dive deep into complaining, why our brain does it, why it’s not bad for us to complain, but ultimately the choice we really have when w...

When it comes down to relationships with any human being, you almost always have to have difficult conversations with those you care about. We find it hard to emotionally express ourselves when it comes to our romantic feelings, telling the truth about something we did, opening up, or breaking up a relationship. So today on the podcast, I’m talking about how valuable it is to open up, why we strug...

NOTICE: We talk about suicide in today’s episode. If you don’t want to hear about it, that’s okay. You can skip this one. But I also think it’s important to talk about. Hey, you matter! But sometimes you may not believe that. Sometimes, you may be caught in a rut and believe that life doesn’t matter. You may even believe it would be better if you were not here. These thoughts that we get, often re...

Imagine a typical family dinner. Your mom has laid a beautiful plate of roast beef, mashed potatoes, asparagus, with a little pie for dessert. Sounds delicious right? Well what if happiness was like this very plate. So often our brain likes to make the story one thing or the other. Happiness is either all pleasure or none of it, without any room for balance or nuance. Today on the podcast, I’m com...

The rule of thirds is a concept I recently learned about from an Olympian, Alexi Pappas, on endurance athlete Rich Roll’s podcast. And I think it might change your life! Today on the podcast, I dive into this concept and what we can do with it when it comes to our lives and our progress towards our dreams and doing hard things. So often we feel the urge to give up because we have a bad day, we thi...

Happy Valentine’s Day! I thought we could celebrate and talk about something fun so today we’re talking about having a crush. You’ll hear an embarrassing story about a crush I had, but more importantly, we talk about what it means to have a crush and some of the potential pitfalls that we can fall into. Like we can create a relationship that is all in our head or we can make the real relationship...

It’s February and every young single adult's favorite holiday of Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. You may cringe like me at the thought or anything related to dating. It’s hard, we’ve had tough emotional experiences with it, we are reminded of our failures, and it feels like nothing will change. And it can be so easy to blame the world and culture around us for the pressure we experi...

So often it can feel like we are pushing a boulder uphill and having it roll back down like Sisyphus of old when it comes to our progress of goals, especially when it comes to mindset work. Will we ever think differently? Will we ever feel better? Can we ever love ourselves? The answer is YES! Today on the podcast, I talk about how you can tell if you’re making progress, how our brains always see...

The more I observe the news, the events going on in the world, as well as hear from your life experiences, it feels like the world is only getting more chaotic. And this time of our 20s can feel like chaos as you figuring out what the rest of your life will look like and internally you may feel that lack of peace. So today on the podcast, I wanted to offer my insight on how to live in a chaotic wo...

With it being the middle of January, you may be tempted to give up on the goals you set. Or you just don’t feel like doing the things you originally wanted to do. Today on the podcast, I’m talking about what to do when we don’t feel motivated and sum up 3 things to remember when we are stuck in the lack of motivation to get us on track still and not give up on our goals. You can do it! I believe i...

To follow up on the theme of goals, we need to know what we want in the first place. So often, we think it’s easier to live without desire, to be okay with whatever, and go with the flow. Today, I wanted to set the record straight when it comes to desire and so I invited my fellow young adult life coach, Emily Cheney, to speak on connecting with our desire. We discuss how to recognize our desires,...