The Modern Young Adult

We tend to always be rushing in life. Rushing not only from place to place, but especially from each stage of life. As a kid we want to be older and then we want to be an adult, we want to have money in a job and then we want to not have a job, we want to date and then be married and then have kids, all just because it's the next thing. But why aren't we good with where we are at knowing eventuall...

Too often we avoid the small things that actually bring change. All it takes to lose weight is to consume less energy than you burn. All it takes to get good grades is to study more than you usually do. All it takes to make money is to spend less than you earn. Truly, the simplest things in life are the ones we underestimate as being the things that will get you to your BIG GOAL! When in fact they...

You are miserable when you are stuck and feel like you have no control over your life and the things you wish were different. And what keeps you stuck is that the things you want to change require you to feel bad when you're whole life you've been conditioned to have things be easier and to feel good all the time. This is the vicious cycle you try to break every year when you set your goals. ...

It’s no secret that January is famous for the beginning AND ending of many people’s goals. That might even have been the case for you so many times. But it doesn’t have to be this way. The secret: commitment, no matter what. Today on the podcast I dive deep into what is going to make the most difference towards making it to your goals: commitment. I’m talking about that moment when reality hits an...

Christmas is the best time of year for most of us. And it's easy to see why. Just look around! But would it be wild if I suggested that this was literally ONLY because of how you are thinking? Don't worry, I'm not trying to get you to overthink Christmas. I just want you to consider that if your thinking is what makes Christmas so good, that means the rest of your life can also have the same spiri...

You might be honestly thinking: "my life isn't turning out the way I want it to. Clearly, I'm doing something wrong. Maybe I'm just not going to get the life I want." And of course, you are! It's a totally logical way of thinking, especially during the Christmas season. All the great movies this time of year have characters wondering what is the purpose of it all and remembering truly how amazing...

2022 has been my best year yet. And this didn't happen by chance. And that doesn't mean I went through a lot of hard and difficult things. It was my best year yet BECAUSE of the thoughts I chose despite it all. And I want to share those thoughts with you.  Today on the podcast, I show how you can do your own performance review of what you intentionally chose this year, how to accept it ALL an...

IT'S BACK! Finals week is already approaching and I can already hear what you're going to tell me. I'm so busy, I gotta catch up, there's no way I'm going to pass this, this is way too hard, etc. And I'm here to help you navigate through all of that without the typical stress, overwhelm, and even fatigue if you're ready to listen up.  Today on the podcast, I discuss 3 strategies to overcome o...

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday! I love the focus on great food and family, but most of all, gratitude. Gratitude for family, friends, the opportunities we have been given to have an education, our career, our dreams, and all that is going right in our life.  But today on the podcast, I wanted to focus on thanking something we tend to avoid thinking positively of: our past self. Because y...

You may be a long-time listener or maybe it's your first time. Either way, you may have wondered if there is actually any merit to anything I've said. Yes, coaching has changed my life, but has it changed anyone else's? YES! Today on the podcast, you can see the real fruits of coaching from one of my very own clients. Jocelyn just finished her freshman year in college and is currently preparing to...

Today on the podcast, I interview my coach, Jennie the LDS mission coach, all about how to best prepare for the mission and how to help missionaries currently serving who are feeling like they aren't good enough. We discuss how vital it is to observe our thinking, how to approach difficult emotions, how to accept ourselves no matter how feel about ourselves, and how the peace we desire isn't found...

This is the episode for all of you who have come from a mission, whether that was 3 months ago or 3 years ago. This is for you who feel like things are harder than ever, that you don't know what your purpose is after the mission, and you want to feel as good as you used to. Trust me, I have been you and there is a way out. Today on the podcast, I talk about all things being a return missionary. Ho...

This year's Halloween episode focuses on one of the scariest concepts out there: scarcity. We as human beings understand needs and recognize that they need to be fulfilled. And so it's easy for us to see when we are lacking these needs like money, time, relationships, knowledge, skill, etc. Yet so often we think scarcity is just a truth. What we see around us is the truth, when this is far from th...

I think we all understand in life that we are going to fail at one time or another. What we don't usually think about is how the way we treat ourselves IN failure determines whether our life IS a failure or a SUCCESS! Today on the podcast, I'm talking all things failure, how we make our failures mean that WE are a failure, how this label ultimately creates the very thing we are trying to avoid, an...

Unstoppable. That is the song I finished 29029 to. And I think it sums up how it literally changed my life. Because I showed myself that I am truly unstoppable, IF I don't stop myself. It is only us who can stop us from believing that we belong, that we matter, and that we can do it. Today on the podcast, I wrap up my feelings about 29029 and dive into how I redefined how I see myself with this ev...

Everyone thinks that doing something like climbing Everest is impossible. But we know it's not. It's been done countless times and I just completed a version where I hiked the vertical feet to Everest in under 36 hours. How did I do it? By staying in the range of possible. I was present in just taking one step at a time. Today on the podcast, I talk about the principle of being present in the mome...

Last weekend, I had the opportunity to participate in 29029, an endurance event where I would summit over 29,029 feet in less than 36 hours. And I learned a LOT from this experience that needs to be shared. So today on the podcast, I dive deep into what 29029 felt like EMOTIONALLY, how we have been conditioned to avoid disappointment, how in order to feel amazing in life we need to be feeling disc...

Typically, we are afraid of anxiety and just want to be rid of it. But my guest today offers not only a unique perspective on the purpose of anxiety, but also on rethinking perfectionism and how we even think about our eating habits in college. Join me today on the podcast as I bring on my friend and fellow college student life coach Clarice Paulson where we discuss the discomfort necessary in ach...

Memory defines how we live our life every day without us even knowing. Without it, we wouldn't have a sense of how to function in the world, we couldn't build knowledge, and we also might not be able to really know who we are. But today on the podcast, I dive into how we let memory hold us back by letting our past define our present, but not forgiving ourselves, and by holding onto what we conside...

You know exactly what I'm talking about. That moment where everything collides and the world falls apart and you say something has got to change about this. You might be surprised to hear that I look forward to these sorts of moments in my life now. Today on the podcast, I'm discussing these turning point moments in life, how to not run away from them, how to embrace our soul calling us to change...

FOMO. The word is overused and you're probably sick of it...yet it can perfectly describe the situation you keep getting into while you're in college. This is your chance to have as many choices as possible and so how are you able to figure out what the right one is? What if you miss out? Today, on the podcast, I'm talking about all things FOMO, why we feel it, common ways we experience it, and ho...

You ever finally decide that you're going to do that thing you've been putting off. And then when it's time, you don't feel like doing it? Right now, I'm waiting to fold a pile a laundry EXACTLY because of this.  Today on the podcast, I discuss the reason why some of the best decisions for us, the things that will really make us feel good in our lives, we are NOT supposed to feel good beforeh...

You know a bad habit when you see it, right? Well maybe not! I think how we think about our bad habits, with all the shame/guilt/frustration/regret that surrounds it, PREVENTS us from being free from it! Bad habits can feel like you're in bondage and you're just stuck with no way out and this is just who you are. But it doesn't have to be this way! Today on the podcast, I'm teaching you the steps...

Today, I expound on the 3 C's of Creating Confidence in College. If you follow the following steps, you're on your way to having the best semester where you enjoy being your true self, which in fact IS YOUR TRUE CONFIDENT SELF. And I know these steps work because I have lived them and practiced them to get out of the worst place of my life to where I now feel so much better about it. The Three C's...

Are you a young parent with your first kid, not sure if you're doing any of it right? Or maybe you're quite experienced, yet feel like you aren't a good parent? Or maybe you aren't even close to being a parent, yet you still struggle in your self-worth? This is the episode for you! Today on the podcast, I have my amazing friend and parenting life coach Emily Wardrop. She specializes in helping you...