You Get to Decide: Mindset Coaching for Driven Women Ready to Go from Stuck to Unstoppable

You finally get close to the thing you've been working for…and then something happens. You procrastinate. You overeat. You pull back. You overspend. You question yourself. You convince yourself it isn't working. Sound familiar? In this episode, I'm unpacking one of the biggest reasons people stay stuck: they know how to chase what they want, but they don't yet feel safe receiving it—or holding ont...

If you've ever wondered why you keep ending up in the same place despite trying so hard, this episode is for you. Whether it's your weight, money, relationships, business, or confidence, there are two reasons we stay stuck in endless patterns—and it has nothing to do with laziness or a lack of discipline. Today, I'm breaking down why your brain and nervous system are designed to seek certainty and...

What if the reason you've stayed stuck isn't because you're lazy, unmotivated, or lacking discipline? What if you've simply been trying to solve the wrong problem? In this episode, I break down what I've discovered after years of studying my own patterns and coaching women who feel stuck. At the root of almost every form of stuckness is one fear: The belief that something is wrong with us… or the...

Forty days ago, I had an idea. Not a perfect plan. Not a polished strategy. Just an idea. And instead of talking myself out of it, I took myself seriously. I created The Power Project and spent 30 days intentionally connecting to the most powerful version of myself every morning. The results went far beyond money, clients, weight loss, or productivity. What I discovered was that growth isn't about...

In this episode, I share a brand-new visualization that came to me while coaching a client and it completely changed the way I think about stuckness. What if the reason you feel stuck isn't because you're broken, unmotivated, or lacking confidence? What if you're simply attached to things that were never meant to hold your power? Together, we'll explore the invisible strings that keep us tied to s...

In this episode, I’m breaking down one universal reason for all stuckness and why we stay stuck in patterns that no longer serve us, why your body keeps pulling you back to familiar behaviors, and why your stuckness is not proof that something is wrong with you. Overthinking. Perfectionism. Anxiety. Burnout. Overeating/overdrinking. Fear of being seen. Procrastination. People pleasing. It all LOOK...

Why do you feel overwhelmed and grateful at the same time? Why do you sabotage yourself when life finally starts getting good? Why does part of you want change while another part wants to hide? In this episode, I’m breaking down the identities, protectors, beliefs, and nervous system patterns running your life behind the scenes. We talk about: • self sabotage • perfectionism • overwhelm • binge ea...

So many moms are quietly drowning while still showing up for everyone else. In this episode, I’m talking about support, why so many women struggle to raise their hand, and the belief that we should be able to carry it all alone. I share my own journey with coaching, healing, investing in myself, and the moment I realized that as moms, we are the asset in the family. We talk about: • Why asking for...

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If you’ve been feeling drained, overwhelmed, or like something just isn’t clicking in your life… this conversation will make a lot of sense. I’m sitting down with my longtime client, comedian and speaker Tracy Locke, and we’re talking about what has actually changed for her over the last few years of doing this work. We talk about: why so many people feel overwhelmed even when life looks “fine” th...

If you’re a mom in burnout, I want you to know this episode was made with so much love for you. Because I know what it feels like to be exhausted by your own life. To feel like you’re carrying everything. To feel touched out, emotionally maxed out, mentally drained, and like there is never enough space to breathe. To look at your responsibilities and think, no wonder I feel this way. But in this e...

If you feel like you’re failing as a parent… like you’re snapping, shutting down, or not showing up the way you want to… you’re not failing. You’re maxed out. In this episode, I’m breaking down what’s actually going on when your child comes to you and you can’t hold it… when you minimize, react, or try to fix it instead of being present. This is not about being a perfect parent. This is about capa...

If you think food obsession will never go away no matter how hard you try… this episode is for you. If you feel like you’ve tried everything and you’re still stuck thinking about food all day… going back and forth… starting over again and again… I want to offer you something. It’s not that you can’t change. It’s that there’s something you haven’t done yet. In this episode, I’m walking you through...

If food is constantly on your mind… what to eat, what you ate, what you “shouldn’t” eat… If you keep telling yourself this is the last time and end up right back in the same cycle… This episode is for you. Because this isn’t about discipline. And it’s not because you’re weak or broken. In this episode, I’m breaking down: • what food noise actually is (and why it won’t go away) • why binging has no...

If you don’t trust things that feel easy…this episode is going to hit. You might just be operating from an identity of struggle… and not even realize it. In this final episode of my 10-part series on hard seasons, I’m breaking down the one pattern that kept me stuck the longest — believing that it had to be hard in order to count. For years, I rejected ease. I overworked, overcomplicated, and crea...

This is one of my most downloaded episodes… and I’m bringing it back for a reason. Because the message still hits. Because so many tell me they are waiting for the “right time.” Because delay is still the thing that will keep you stuck. In this episode, I break down the lie that there’s a perfect day coming and why waiting is actually creating more pain than just doing the thing. We talk about: Wh...

I’m in the middle of my 10 hard seasons series...if you think you’re failing, want you to hear this: your brain is wired to show you what isn’t working. That does not mean nothing is working. In this episode, I’m sharing the 10 things I would want you to know if you feel like you’re failing in your business, your parenting, your goals, your habits, your marriage, or just in life. This is for the h...

If money makes you anxious, I made this episode for you AND you're not alone. There are so many people especially women walking around functioning, working, raising kids, building businesses, taking care of everyone… while silently panicking about money. The kind of panic that lives in the chest. The kind that makes you avoid your bank app. The kind that makes you feel like you’re behind, failing,...

Stop trying to fix yourself. You’re solving for the wrong thing. Most people can get out of their own way for a day. The problem is staying there. In this live talk, I break down why so many capable people feel anxious, overwhelmed, stuck, or one step away from burnout, even when they’re doing “all the right things.” This isn’t a motivation speech. It’s a leadership conversation. You’ll learn: Why...

What if the thing you’re avoiding is the doorway to your power? In this episode of the You Get to Decide podcast, I share the 10 powerful shifts that happened when I stopped running from my emotions and started building emotional capacity instead. This is not about being emotional. This is about becoming unshakeable. I talk about: • Becoming a safer parent • Healing my eating disorder by feeling u...

Hard seasons don’t mean you’re failing. They mean something inside you is being asked to lead differently. In this episode, I walk you through 10 things I’d want you to know if you’re ready to quit on yourself—based on the seasons where I wanted to quit and didn’t. You’ll hear exactly: What’s actually happening internally when quitting feels tempting Why fear and protection often masquerade as log...

Addiction is not about the substance. It’s about relief. In this episode, I share the 10 most important things I learned during my hardest season living in addiction, specifically food addiction, but this conversation goes far beyond food. If you’ve ever felt trapped in a pattern you “should be past,” If you’ve carried shame about behaviors you don’t understand, If you’ve tried control, discipline...

For a long time, I thought the work was fixing my mind. Or just shutting it up. What I eventually learned was this my mind didn’t need fixing it needed leadership. In this episode, I’m sharing 10 things I learned when I stopped letting my mind run the show, after coming out of one of the longest and hardest seasons of my life. Because your brain on factory settings will always choose safety and sm...

Anxiety isn’t a flaw. It isn’t weakness. And it isn’t something you’re destined to live with forever. In this episode, I share 10 of the most important things I learned after living for years with chronic anxiety and worry, in my body, in my mind, and in my daily life. We talk about: Why anxiety is a messenger, not the enemy How worry becomes a false form of control The real reason your nervous sy...

Shame is one of the most powerful forces keeping us stuck, small, and disconnected from who we really are. In this episode, Allison breaks down the facts about shame, what a shame spiral actually is, how it forms in the body before the mind ever gets involved, and why shame feels so true, urgent, and necessary even when it isn’t factual. You’ll learn why some people collapse inward while others pr...