The Modern Young Adult

To get this year started off right, I wanted to bring in an expert to help me who knows a thing or two about goals. Sam is a newly certified young adult life coach who specializes in helping young adults in their transition to a career. Today on the podcast, we walk through a framework of goal setting that makes the whole process easy, feel good, and allows us to actually stick with our dreams ins...

It’s 2024 and so that means it’s time to set goals! And this year, I’m trying something new. So today on the podcast, I talk all about how do we make our goals this year fun, really how to make this process more liberating and less pressure on us, and to just do the things we’ve always wanted to do. Sign up for a free call in January and you’ll get 2 out of the 12 coaching sessions in my program i...

This Christmas, I was inspired to reflect on the PAST, the PRESENT, and the FUTURE just like Ebeneezer Scrooge. And so today, I want to invite you to join me in reflecting on how you think about your past, your future, and how it only ever affects your present. Also, I share what Christmas song has truly touched my heart this season and how you can make this Christmas one of joy and happiness, and...

Just because you might feel like you’re doing things wrong in life, doesn’t actually mean you are. You have this thing called the human brain. And it doesn’t like certain things. It’s in fact programmed to find out everything that is wrong, in general and with you. But none of it actually has to be this way. Today on the podcast, I offer you insight into what to do when we think we are doing life...

While we might think that it’s easy for our brain to take breaks while we are studying or to avoid doing something hard, this is not RESTING. This is not the same as the rest and recovery we need to prioritize when it comes to the goals we are trying to progress in. So today on the podcast, I am sharing how to be okay with rest, how to not define your “worth” by doing, and how to be intentional so...

What are we actually avoiding when we talk about discomfort? Today I wanted to get specific about discomfort and our avoidance of it in preparation for the procrastinating that will almost inevitably happen when it comes to finals week. Plus all the discomfort we avoid in dating, our careers, and personal goals that don’t have deadlines that are set back because of our avoiding the hard things req...

It’s so easy to point out what’s going wrong in life. And it’s easy for us to then shame ourselves for not seeing the good in life and appreciating it which only makes us feel worse. Today on the podcast, I want to drop all of that and just be grateful exactly where you are at in life. There’s no wrong way of doing this experience because it’s all just your choice in the end. Gratitude takes work...

This isn’t about math literally. Sorry if you came to hate on math. But have you ever noticed when you obsess over figuring something out? Whether you like someone or whether they like you? What career you should choose, what’s going to be on this test, how much time you need to get married before your 31? All of that is what I call calculating. And it ain’t serving you. Today on the podcast, I ta...

People Pleasing. We all do it, it’s inherent as a human being to pretend we feel differently or to not voice our true opinion so we don’t disrupt a social setting, have people think negatively about us, or even to not hurt another person’s feelings. Yet it’s only hurting us in the process. Today on the podcast I dive deep on how people pleasing is not serving us, breaking down what it does to us i...

I have something to confess: I’m not very good at taking care of myself. In fact, I fall out of good habits and go into bad habits consistently. I should sleep more, I should eat healthier, I shouldn’t spend as much time on my phone. And yet it’s all okay. So often we use the routines of self-care against ourselves to say we are lazy and something is inherently wrong with us when we just don’t wan...

During our young adult years, it can be easy to get stuck in confusion simply because of the amount and severity of the decisions we feel we have to make at this stage of life. There can be so much pressure around it all and no matter how hard we try, we can feel completely lost in “I don’t know”. But today on the podcast, I want to share with you the truth about confusion. Even for something as b...

If you’re like me, it’s easy to do the very opposite thing the tools of self-help are there for: hurt yourself ! Once we are given knowledge and awareness of what is happening in our brain and body, we may be tempted to use the tools that are supposed to build us up to tear ourselves down. So today on the podcast, I’m sharing my amazing weekend Eclipse experience as an example of how to love yours...

In the spirit of Halloween coming up, I thought I’d talk about what we are all actually scared of the most: rejection! The fear of rejection is real in that it prevents us from realizing our dreams, asking that person out we want to most, and puts us in a state of apathy even in life. Why? BECAUSE WE DON’T WANT TO FEEL BAD! It sucks to get rejected. But today on the podcast, I break down why it su...

We live in a world where it is so easy to pretend. It’s easy to present ourselves in a light that looks positive, yet internally we feel awful. You might be surprised to know your brain is hardwired to employ this “toxic positivity” to protect you, but in fact saying “I’m fine” to how you are doing might not be serving you the way you think. In today’s episode, join me in evaluating toxic positivi...

In our modern world, there are two fantasies that we can get stuck in that just aren’t going to serve you in the long run for what you want. One is the fantasy of running away from your emotions and thinking you can just numb yourself of whatever pain you’re feeling. And the other is actually making things harder or bigger than they actually are. Today on the podcast, I explain how to not let thes...

Let’s face it, you’re busy! With homework due, going to work, hanging out with friends, and doing any other goal let alone taking care of ourselves, we have a very full schedule. And there may be lots of things you want to do that you push off or just can’t. Perhaps you get stuck in thinking, “well if I can’t do it all, I shouldn’t even try.” Don’t fall for this trap! Today on the podcast, I’m sha...

We did it! My mom and I ran 15 miles and swam 3 miles all around the island of Mackinac in Michigan. We have been preparing for this day for the last 8 months and let me tell you it was amazing. And we loved it so much and learned so many things from it that I had to have my mom and certified life coach, April Price, on the podcast. I owe everything I am to her and she is such a brilliant mind whe...

So often I have felt the fear of making the wrong choice. Why though? Maybe because I feel the consequences of this decision could ruin my life, that this really matters. Ultimately though this fear actually holds us back from living the life we want. In reality, YOU are the one who makes a decision right, because decisions do not make you feel good or bad. In today’s episode, we discuss this fear...

You ever want one thing and the next moment finding yourself desiring the opposite? Like you try to eat healthy and then desire McDonald’s. I find often we think something is wrong with us because of this duality of desire held within us. But maybe there is in fact a beautiful purpose to having this duality. In today’s episode, we talk about the art of duality, what it looks like for each of us in...

Going back to school has always been my favorite time of the year to set goals for myself. So I want to help you start your semester right in knowing what goals you want to set, why you want to, and how you’re going to get there. Today on the podcast I explore the real reason we even make goals in the first place, what they help us accomplish in our becoming, and how to prepare for the eventual mo...

I’ve been reflecting on life and death recently. A week before my sister got married, a good friend of mine’s sister died in a tragic accident. Not to mention I saw Oppenheimer 3 times in theaters and cried with the impending fear of an eventual nuclear end to our world. As dark as that all sounds, it has given me the wonderful opportunity to reflect on what matters most in life. What have I been...

Money has been around forever. And so has worry about money. It’s the reason for divorce, depression, strikes, riots, etc. And it makes sense when it feels like it governs our whole world, especially as we are just starting out. But is worrying about your finances actually helping you? Today we are diving into your thoughts about money, where worry is coming from, what truths about money that are...

As a Latter-day Saint YSA, I have often heard the phrase, “I’m feeling bad so I must not be worthy of the Spirit.” It’s time to end this lie. Today on the podcast, we are going spiritual and diving deep on what it means to feel the Spirit and how it actually has nothing to do with how we are feeling emotionally. I talk about what it actually means when we are feeling negative emotion when it comes...

In your journey to find yourself in your twenties, you might begin to question your identity and who you’ve been for your whole life. And you may even want to change some things about yourself. But so many of us get stuck because we think, I’ve always been this way, this is who I am, how can I change this thing? The truth is, your identity is ALWAYS a choice. And a lot of times it’s used as a limi...

When it comes to family, it’s almost as if drama has to be a part of it. Arguments, offending each other, not feeling accepted or wanted, whatever it may look like, seems to always occur when we are with family. But is that such a bad thing? Today on the podcast, I’m talking about the way to peace from your family drama is owning that your family cannot create your emotions and that dropping your...