13. Affirmation For Growth Mindset: My Failures Are Not Setbacks

Elevate your career changing journey with a growth mindset. Join host Valerie Mekki on the latest episode of Mindful Life Changes (formerly known as the Mindful Career Change Podcast) as you’re guided through the exploration of the growth mindset. Discover how to turn setbacks into stepping stones, failures into opportunities, and challenges into brain-boosting exercises. Learn more about the studies and findings behind psychologist Dr. Carol S. Dweck's groundbreaking theory about mindsets and how it can reshape your career pivot experience. Tune in to unlock the affirmation and insights that will be a helpful guide for your journey toward career reinvention and growth.Show Notes and Timestamps:[00:00:33] Intro: [00:01:02] Talk about setbacks after setbacks. [00:01:57] What is a growth mindset?[00:02:18] Growth vs. Fixed Mindset[00:03:23] The neuroscience behind a growth mindset[00:04:25] You have a growth mindset [00:05:18] Start of the affirmation with a bodyscan. [00:05:56] Memorizing the affirmation [00:06:35] Say the affirmation outloud[00:07:21] Visualize this affirmation [00:08:10] End of affirmation[00:08:37] Making your affirmations sticky[00:10:05] EndWant to learn more about Dr. Dweck's Harvard studies on mindsets? Check out this article from Mindset Health. Curious to learn how to make your affirmations sticky? Listen to episode 1 and I’ll walk you through how to make your affirmation practice a more effective and transformative tool for your career changing journey.You’re listening to the right show, formerly known as the Mindful Life Changes or Mindful Career Change. We’ve pivoted through the years, but finally landed on the right path: content for moms in the ‘Sandwich Generation’, because midlife disruption doesn't have to break you. New episodes drop on:Sundays: 20-min episodes addressing common midlife challenges with practical strategies plus a mindfulness practice (affirmations, mantras, or meditations)Wednesdays: Bite-sized episodes to reinforce Sunday's mindfulness technique & reset your weekMore from The Mindful Midlife Mom:Discover Valerie's articles on ohhellomidlife.com or watch her videos on YouTube @ohhellomidlifeThis podcast explores patience, meditation, confidence, presence, and overcoming resentment while cultivating calm, peace, mindfulness, clarity, mantras, and addressing loneliness and burn out; it covers boundaries, caregiving, guilt, affirmations, working moms, self-care, midlife crisis, empty nesters, empowerment, people pleasing, compassion fatigue, family caregiving, stress relief, self-worth, stress management, and how to shift from reactive to centered when feeling short tempered, offering tools for self acceptance, easing mental exhaustion, building emotional resilience, harnessing inner strength, and preventing caregiver fatigue for those in the sandwich generation through expert advice on boundaries setting.