What the Hell is My Brain Doing?

Let’s talk about drugs. Drugs that make you happy. No…not recreational drugs. I have not gone off the proverbial deep end. We are gonna look at some of the basic chemical processes in the brain designed to create the sensation we call “pleasure.” We have touched on this lightly in the past but we are going to take a deeper dive today as we are in the midst of the summer season. Your body, more par...

Holy Cow! 50 Podcasts! Can you believe it friends? We have been learning and talking about the brain for almost a full year! I have a confession… I am going to make this episode about me. I know I know…you are rolling your eyes. You see, we have been talking about how our thoughts, feelings and behaviors are influenced by and connected to the brain. And along the way, I have shared some tidbits ab...

Last week’s conversation with Alyssa Hall was so powerful I knew I wanted it to continue. This time around, we are going to dive into another oft misunderstood topic that is very prevalent in the media. And that word is Privilege. Wait! Don’t check out on me… Still here? Good because this is another important conversation… Privilege is a word that get’s thrown around frequently and generates a lot...

Welcome to the month of June! Today I have an epic episode for you. I am beyond excited to host my friend, Alyssa Hall , a Corporate Anti-Racism Consultant and Leadership Coach, to the podcast. We are going to cover a wide breadth of extremely important topics today. Bias- this word has become very charged in our culture and it is often very misunderstood. What does it mean? What is it and more im...

I can’t believe May is almost OVER! It’s time to continue building on our discussions around burnout and thought errors. Overthinking… When you read and think of that word, what comes to mind? For me Overthinking feels like walking into a store that is completely unorganized. The aisles are unorganized and the items are all over the place. How can you possibly find anything and effectively get wha...

“I should have known better…” This is one of the cruelest things our brain can say to us. This life is one of experience and learning. It’s about growing and hopefully moving past our mistakes. Telling yourself essentially “I shouldn’t have had to learn that; I should have already known it” is antithetical to the process. Unfortunately, your brain is REALLY good at creating those unhelpful thought...

Ready for another week my Brain Warriors? We are back for the conclusion of my two-part series on Burnout. Last week we discussed how we can recognize some of those symptoms and causes of burnout and excess stress. Hopefully you were able to spend a few quiet moments thinking about where your stressors come from and whether they are internal or external. And in examining that, I recognize some of...

Welcome back my amazing people! “I don’t care…” I remember telling my colleague this after meeting with a client while working for large, private non-profit social work agency. I had been pushing myself non-stop both professionally and personally for about 6 years. Constant travel covering a region that included half of Texas and part of Louisiana. No boundaries taking any calls at any time includ...

Welcome back my amazing people! Teenagers… What goes through your head when I say the word “Teenagers?” Today I have my good friend Jennifer Delliquadri , Life Coach and Teen Parenting expert, here to hopefully answer some of the stray thoughts and questions that go through your head when you hear the word, “teenagers.” “What happened to the personality of my little kid?” “How are their brain’s di...

Let me know if this sounds familiar…. You are a business owner or working professional. You have experienced some level of success and accomplishment. And while you really like having this success…secretly you are EXHAUSTED. Maybe you didn’t say no to a particular project and now you are staying until 8 or 9 every night at the office… Maybe you were so desperate for clients that you were accepting...

Last week we discussed the idea of a fixed vs growth mindset and how our brains cultivate either path in our mindset. We learned that we can literally train our brain to grow stronger in the mindset that we can choose to accomplish more in our lives and in our business. This week, we take that foundation and look at how our brain impacts the strategy we take in our business. There are many gurus o...

“If you believe you can, you can. If you believe you can’t, you can’t” How many times have we heard this or something very similar to this sentiment? It’s a simple statement and because of that simplicity, it can be easy to dismiss. This phrase speaks to the power of a fixed vs growth mindset. Much is made about having the right mindset in our personal lives and in our relationships. Rightfully so...

I am once again welcoming an amazing guest on today’s podcast! Shannon Brome-Ward , a money-mindset coach, here to help us better understand and take control of our relationship with money. Money is a seeming routine aspect of our lives yet it is viewed so differently by so many. Sometimes in seemingly healthy ways… A tool we use to acquire our needs and fulfill our wants. A way to quantitatively...

I truly hope you have received some value throughout these last two month’s series on what I am calling “Self-Image.” We have talked about creating the right expectations for ourselves. We have discussed big hot topics such as Perfectionism, Imposter Syndrome, Judgement of others and of ourselves and the fear that can go with all of that. We discussed how to take all of that learning and bring out...

Another glorious day my awesome people! I have spent the last few episodes talking about how thoughts ourselves and from others effect how we show up in our lives. I am talking about Authenticity. Authenticity... This buzz word is thrown around frequently in today's world. We want our experts to be authentic. We want our products to be authentic. We want the people in our lives to be authentic...

Hello my wonderful people! I am 6ft tall and I have tall girl energy. But I have not always embraced my height…. You see, when I was younger, I was judged negatively for being a “tall girl.” Jolly Green Giant was the most frequent of the taunts thrown my way. So, I found myself trying to hunch and minimize my height. Later I came to appreciate my height. In fact, my husband is 6’3” and LOVES that...

Once again, I am honored to have a special guest with me today! Darlynn Childress is the Calm Momma Coach specializing in helping mom’s raise emotionally healthy kids without going crazy. Now I know what you are thinking… This is a podcast about our brain… What does that have to do with parenting? Well how we react to our children is very much a function of deep, sometimes instinctual processes in...

Welcome back my friends! Early in my coaching career, I had an extremely accomplished, high-level professional client with an all-too-common problem. They were top of their graduating class. They had quickly moved up the corporate ladder in a very competitive field. On paper, they basically were in the middle of a career that many of us would call a “Unicorn.” Yet they did not believe they actuall...

Welcome back my friends! I truly hope you are moved with positive thoughts about yourself and your relationship with your body after last weeks discussion. Bringing that topic away from an intimate personal subject and back to how does this apply in my business or general life, lets talk about Perfectionism. I have struggled with this often in my life. When I was younger and doing my schooling, I...

Happy Valentine’s Day! We are changing things up a bit to help you spice up your special day come this February 14th! I am so excited to welcome my friend Danielle Savory, a master certified sexual pleasure coach and host of the “ It’s My Pleasure ” podcast, as we talk female pleasure and specifically, Sex. Danielle combines her background in neuroscience and expertise as a coach to help women rec...

Welcome back friends! Last week we discussed how to react when our goals don’t quite go according to plan. In that discussion we touched briefly on this week’s topic- learning how to change expectations. Now I know what you are thinking…. “But Julie I don’t want to settle! I don’t want to surrender my dreams!!” I hear you. And I promise, I am not teaching you to settle. I know what it’s like. You...

How are your goals going friend? I had to start and stop this episode multiple times because it just didn’t feel right. Which is ironic given the topic for this week’s episode. So even I have to stop and take my own advice sometimes. Sometimes no matter how well we plan, things can go awry. And then our brain can actually make it worse if we don’t understand how it works…. Remember back to some of...

Welcome back to week 3 of my Goal Setting & Keeping Series! Did you know that having negative experiences in the past with goal setting can sabotage your future goal setting and keeping? Your thoughts and feelings about goals have a massive impact on how successful they will be. As I have had to set goals for my business over the years, I realized that I had to confront some bad thoughts from...

Hi my lovelies! I am so excited about this goal setting series we are embarking on together! As we discussed last week, sometimes the “G” word can be a struggle for a myriad of reasons and one of those is how our brain can react to those goals in an effort to keep us safe. At least, the brain’s version of safe. But what if we could train our brain to LOVE our goals? How effective would you be at a...

I hope you had a wonderful New Years Day my friends! I also hope you took the time to follow last week’s advice and took a moment to love yourself as you are right now. Now that we are in a positive place of love and acceptance of ourselves, we are setting goals and having thoughts about what we would like to accomplish in our 2023. Now you might think that our brain is naturally inclined to help...