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EPISODE · Aug 12, 2026 · 21 MIN

Beat Your Internal Resistance with 6 Questions: what winners do when they feel like quitting.

from Change Wired · host Angela Shurina

Motivation is a terrible plan and most of us keep learning that lesson the hard way.When you’re tired, stressed, or not “feeling it,” the real challenge is not willpower, it’s the story running in your head and whether you know how to work with it without sliding into burnout. We get extremely practical with 6 questions you can start using in the moments when your resistance to do the work shows up.Write them down.Put them on a sticky note.Put them on your phone's screensaver.We unpack the “what’s so special about tomorrow?” trap, the power of a minimum viable rep (5%, 10%, 20% still counts), and how to make hard tasks easier to start using temptation bundling. We shift into focus and identity: what to think about, who to “hear” in your mind when you need to move, and how imagining two futures can snap you back into action right now. If you care about consistency, discipline, mindset, productivity, and goal setting for fitness, business, or life, this one gives you a simple framework you can reuse anytime resistance hits.Subscribe, share this with one person who’s stuck in a yo-yo cycle, and leave a review with the question that helped you most.Read all the questions on my Substack: https://yourbestcoaching.substack.com/p/what-winners-do-when-they-feel-likeText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

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Motivation is a terrible plan and most of us keep learning that lesson the hard way. When you’re tired, stressed, or not “feeling it,” the real challenge is not willpower, it’s the story running in your head and whether you know how to work with it without sliding into burnout. We get extremely practical with 6 questions you can start using in the moments when your resistance to do the work shows up. Write them down. Put them on a sticky note. Put them on your phone's screensaver. We unpack...

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