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Aligned Ambition with Pooja V. — 626 episodes
501. 3 misconceptions about building your A+ career and life (part 1)
500. The Career Advice Harvard Never Taught – an interview with the BRAVE Southeast Asia podcast
499. How the 20 min clarity tool I use with clients completely changed my approach to dating
498. Building the life and career you actually want is cringe af
497. 5 reasons why high achievers end up in misaligned careers (and lives)
496. Why it’s so hard for high achievers to talk to their friends & family about what to do next in their careers
495. To build a burnout-free career: Stop trying to do a good job
494. 3 lessons every burnt out high achiever can learn from my dad
331. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 5)
330. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 4)
329. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 3)
328. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 2)
327. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 1)
326. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (intro)
493. The 3 types of high achiever burnout
492. 5 key career mistakes high achievers make (part 5)
491. 5 key career mistakes high achievers make (part 4)
490. 5 key career mistakes high achievers make (part 3)
489. 5 key career mistakes high achievers make (part 2)
210. Deciding what to do next is only the beginning
488. 5 key career mistakes high achievers make (part 1)
210. Deciding what to do next is only the beginning
487. The top 5 challenges high achievers face when they get promoted
486. The real reason why high achievers burn out
485. The closer you are to traditional success, the harder it is to find fulfillment
484. How to do something you don’t want to do
483. How to know when it’s time to invest in a coach: a 7 point checklist
482. What if it’s just not possible to build the career you want?
481. How to declare a major in your career (especially if you’re a generalist)
480. How to emotionally survive a stretch opportunity
479. Why high achievers feel MORE certain in their career paths when they’re younger, and less certain when they’re older
478. Don’t celebrate your success. Analyze it.
477. 5 terrible reasons to aim for the C-suite
476. 5 unintuitive things my parents did to raise two daughters with four Ivy League degrees
475. You can be ambitious about anything
474. Don’t confuse status with purpose
473. 5 ways to toggle your brain from a stress state to a flow state
472. Me Problem vs. Process Problem
471. Welcome to Aligned Ambition
240. 1 question you MUST include when evaluating yourself
258. Afraid of failure? Listen to this.
208. The one-liner I use to combat my fear of failure
271. How to spend more time in flow
252. Your self-criticism isn't helping you
153. The best productivity tool is feeling good about yourself
244. The question I ask my clients when they’re totally stuck
281. Getting what you want is an amplifier, not a converter
202. A little exercise for you to do today
219. 3 ways to think about doing something "different" in your career
470. Here’s how my solo bday trip went… (part 2)
469. Here’s how my solo bday trip went… (part 1)
468. One of my biggest holiday stressors…
467. A therapist + A coach = Your best holidays yet
466. You need a scorecard for the holidays
465. It’s my 35th birthday :)
464. Why my birthday always stresses me out
463. Upcoming Workshop! Surviving (and Maybe Even Enjoying) the Holidays
462. 7 operating model flips that will help you level up as a leader (part 1)
461. The real prize waiting at the end of 100 failures
460. Fuck it up. Do it wrong. Waste your time.
459. The 3 inflection points high achievers face in their careers
458. Execution Mode vs. Exploratory Mode
457. Hello! I’m back! :)
456. Parenting advice that can help you in your job search
455. If you're feeling stuck in your career: You’re not confused. You’re conflicted.
454. This 2x2 might solve all your career confusion in the next 2 minutes
453. The career pivot mistake I’ve made multiple times
452. The exact process I used to navigate every career pivot
451. The exact sentence I say to myself when I’m stressed
450. What getting stuck in the rain has to do with your next career step
386. The underrated emotional skill you need to land your next job
449. Clarity is a superpower
448. One unhinged question to help you get clear on your next career step
447. What Kpop Demon Hunters has to do with your career
375. To get clear on what’s next, plan less and pivot faster
446. Emotional Cobweb #2 keeping you stuck and confused about your next career step
445. Emotional Cobweb #1 keeping you stuck and confused about your next career step
444. You don't need advice to figure out what’s next. You need to clear your emotional cobwebs.
443. The hidden first step high achievers overlook when deciding their next career move
442. Is it a bad day, or a bad job?
333. You are an emotional athlete.
346. Why self-criticism is so seductive
441. My 3 second Nickelodeon slime trick for staying in flow – even when everything is going wrong 🦠
440. What an ER nurse taught me about imposter syndrome
439. The biggest mistake high achievers make that inadvertently caps their performance (part 7)
438. The biggest mistake high achievers make that inadvertently caps their performance (part 6)
437. The biggest mistake high achievers make that inadvertently caps their performance (part 5)
436. If you’re always worried about what other people think, ask yourself this question
435. The biggest mistake high achievers make that inadvertently caps their performance (part 4)
434. Stop trying to prove yourself to your boss
433. Most people don’t know this about me…
432. The biggest mistake high achievers make that inadvertently caps their performance (part 3)
431. The biggest mistake high achievers make that inadvertently caps their performance (part 2)
430. The biggest mistake high achievers make that inadvertently caps their performance (part 1)
430. The biggest mistake high achievers make that inadvertently caps their performance (part 1)
429. This 4th of July…set the right expectations
243. How to think about tradeoffs
372. 3 signs you’re hitting the limits of the Stressed Out Overachiever operating model
378. Don’t change jobs without asking yourself this question
338. The 4 kinds of self-doubt + The quick & dirty solution to each
428. How to rest without feeling terrible about it
427. 3 words to add to your vocabulary for less stress and more flow today
367. Why working harder isn’t making you feel better
426. My ex-boyfriend used to tell me I was wrong about this…
425. Don’t set goals for achievement. Set goals for momentum.
424. How to tell if you really want what you say you want
423. The Salt Fat Acid Heat of productivity and ambition
422. A quick test to figure out if you need a coach, or if ChatGPT is good enough
421. What my favorite sci-fi novel can teach you about building the career you want
420. The Two Kinds of Motivation
419. Is your career a garden or a jungle?
418. Don’t avoid mistakes. Make praiseworthy mistakes.
417. 7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 7)
416. The #1 reason you feel behind…
415. If you would have passed the marshmallow test as a kid, listen to this
414. What an ancient Indian parable can teach you about your job search
289. The stakes are so much lower than you think
413. 7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 6)
364. Stop prioritizing your tasks by importance
412. Should you quit your job, or not? (with Master Coach Amelia Noël)
267. Jealousy is super useful
411. 7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 5)
218. Be disciplined about the right things
410. No amount of rest will fix a life that’s not in alignment
409. 7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 4)
408. 7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 3)
407. Something feels off. But is it Type 1 Wrongness or Type 2 Wrongness?
406. 7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 2)
405. 7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (part 1)
404. A secret extra bonus mistake that high achievers make when choosing their next career step
403. 7 mistakes high achievers make when choosing their next career step (intro)
402. Perfectionism is like saying, “I NEED to pay $1000 for this banana.” 🍌
401. If you spend all day at work quietly afraid that you’re not adding enough value…
325. The antidote to imposter syndrome
400. The Flame and the Mirror 🔥🪞
399. 4 words to help you stop feeling behind
365. You are exactly where you’re supposed to be.
302. Listen to discover your purpose in life
398. Burnout has nothing to do with the hours you're working
397. Bad days are the best days
352. What if there is absolutely nothing you should be doing differently?
396. Railway switch habits: low effort, high impact
395. You can’t get to “I am __” from “I am not __” Mode
394. It’s not that you’re not good. It’s that this is what good looks like.
393. 1 question to diagnose “meh” job interviews and coffee chats
182. The 1 Root Cause Problem Every Person Has
211. Sacred Dissatisfaction
392. If you can focus on a conversation even while music is playing, you can access flow even when you’re stressed
391. How to access your best performance even when you’re stressed, scared, or feeling like an imposter
390. 3 questions to help you access flow on-demand
389. How to cure your burnout and figure out your next step in one short sabbatical
239. The 2 Kinds of Discipline
388. One simple reframe to help you care less about external validation
387. If networking for your next role is making you feel discouraged af, listen to this
283. Less linear logic, more paradox logic
332. The Car Honk Method for getting more done and staying in flow 🚗 📣
266. What are you under-correcting for?
271. How to spend more time in flow
339. The cognitive illusion that made me wait too long to hire a coach
386. The underrated emotional skill you need to land your next job
385. The simple fallacy that leads to procrastination – and the 5 minute fix to cure it today
288. A big misconception about tapping into your intuition
343. What if the reason you’re hesitating to get coaching…is the exact reason you need coaching?
273. How to motivate yourself to change
318. Prestige can free you – or it can trap you
229. What I tell myself when I’m having a tough time
384. Every downswing contains the seeds of your next upswing
383. To find love, be polarizing
280. 4 words to make any difficult emotion 10x easier
274. Advice to the burnt out job-seeker
275. Some things are 80/20. Some things are last-mile delivery.
285. The power of the ✨Magic Circumstance✨
272. How to identify the strengths you should build your career around
382. The one master variable driving your life
284. Look at the monster 🧸
337. The secret ingredient separating you from the people you’re jealous of
381. If you hate pitching yourself for job opportunities, listen to this.
340. I’ve been telling all my clients about this thing that happened to me in speed dating…
306. Don’t build your career around your passion. Build it around your coping mechanism.
380. The hard part about a job search isn’t the tactics. It’s the emotions.
379. Don’t ask “Am I qualified for this role?” Instead, ask this.
309. Mark Cuban would totally hate me
378. Don’t change jobs without asking yourself this question
377. Here’s a real text I sent to my coach yesterday
376. 1 question guaranteed to unlock clarity about your next career step
336. The cognitive illusion that causes worry and self-criticism
311. The simple, fixable trigger behind 99% of your stress
290. You don’t have a confidence problem. You have a metrics problem.
375. The one fallacy that keeps people stuck when they’re making a career transition
374. How do you go from insecure overachiever to secure high performer? One Mental ChatGPT prompt at a time.
373. Listening to my podcasts is only half the equation
372. 3 signs you’re hitting the limits of the Stressed Out Overachiever operating model
371. The only 2 emotions you need to worry about
370. Where your inner critic comes from and what to do about it (part 3)
279. Being a perfectionist is like having a speed cap on your car 🚗
369. Where your inner critic comes from and what to do about it (part 2)
334. A super quick clarity shortcut: Choose 3 words
268. The time-wasting career mistake I don’t want you to make
369. 3 questions to get you unstuck right now
368. Where your inner critic comes from and what to do about it (part 1)
301. 1 quick trick to understand yourself better (and like yourself more)
236. Anchor to 0, not 100
277. What emotion are you solving for?
335. To cut your to-do list in half: Don’t pre-solve problems. Post-solve problems.
367. Why working harder isn’t making you feel better
317. Is it scary, or is it dangerous?
366. This is why you get stuck in procrastination holes 🕳️ and anxiety spirals 🌀
278. Thinking of starting your own thing? Here’s the fastest way to get clarity and momentum.
365. You are exactly where you’re supposed to be.
364. Stop prioritizing your tasks by importance
363. Don't be nice to yourself. Do this instead.
362. You need a remote control for your emotions 🕹️
281. Getting what you want is an amplifier, not a converter
361. How to be confident without becoming arrogant
360. If you're fighting a tough inner critic, here's 1 word to add to your vocabulary
359. 1 question to flip you from stuck and spinning to calmly problem-solving
358. Who Before How
357. Accepting vs. resisting a job you don't like
356. When you numb your stress, you're also numbing your intuition
355. There is a steadiness inside of you.
354. You and your brain need a couples counselor :)
353. Introducing: Free Anonymized Public Coaching :)
352. What if it's not you?
351. 3 ways to sit with a feeling until the insight tumbles out (part 2)
350. 3 ways to sit with a feeling until the insight tumbles out (part 1)
349. 3 ways to sit with a feeling until the insight tumbles out (intro)
348. The magic sweet spot that maximizes your chances of success
347. The 1 tiny thought that can flip you from stress to flow and back again
346. Why self-criticism is so seductive
345. The only thing standing between you and the life you want is a list of micro-blockers
344. How to turn your mistakes into superpowers
343. What if the reason you’re hesitating to get coaching…is the exact reason you need coaching?
342. How to spend more time in flow
341. You’re not self-critical. You just have really good taste.
340. I’ve been telling all my clients about this thing that happened to me in speed dating…
339. The cognitive illusion that made me wait too long to hire a coach
338. The 4 kinds of self-doubt + The quick & dirty solution to each
337. The secret ingredient separating you from the people you’re jealous of
336. The cognitive illusion that causes worry and self-criticism
335. To cut your to-do list in half (or more): Don’t pre-solve problems. Post-solve problems.
334. A super quick clarity shortcut: Choose 3 words
333. You are an emotional athlete.
332. The Car Honk Method for getting more done and staying in flow 🚗 📣
331. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 5)
330. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 4)
329. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 3)
328. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 2)
327. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (part 1)
326. 5 quick career experiments you could do this week (intro)
325. The antidote to imposter syndrome
324. To figure out your next step: Stop thinking 💭 Start excavating 🦴
323. 3 thoughts that can bring you from bad to good…but not good to great (part 3)
322. 3 thoughts that can bring you from bad to good…but not good to great (part 2)
321. 3 thoughts that can bring you from bad to good…but not good to great (part 1)
320. The coaching toolkit is the P&L statement of life problems
319. Introducing…The Less Stress, More Flow Course & Coaching Program
318. Prestige can free you – or it can trap you
317. Is it scary, or is it dangerous?
316. 3 sentences I use to harness my perfectionism for good (part 3)
315. 3 sentences I use to harness my perfectionism for good (part 2)
314. 3 sentences I use to harness my perfectionism for good (part 1)
313. It drives me nuts when people say this
312. Stress is like a beachball 🏖️ 🇺🇸
311. The simple, fixable trigger behind 99% of your stress
310. Don’t gossip about your gut 🤫
309. Mark Cuban would totally hate me
196. It’s not that deep.
184. More Success = More Failure
159. How to Be a Chill, Happy Overachiever
241. How to go after ambitious goals – and fail again and again – without burning yourself out
308. The case for being less prepared
307. Your brain is ChatGPT. You are the user.
306. Don’t build your career around your passion. Build it around your coping mechanism.
305. The Case Studies in my coaching program let you learn like a Harvard Business School student
304. You need to debug your brain’s operating system
181. A Tale of Two You's: The Student & The Expert
230. Make It Smaller
160. The Unintuitive Solution to Your Productivity Problem
179. Don't accidentally live your life on pause
164. A client told me this concept changed their life
182. The 1 Root Cause Problem Every Person Has
186. Simple Processes = Big Results
243. How to think about tradeoffs
170. You've got it backwards.
207. The Most Important Step in Solving Any Problem
218. Be disciplined about the right things
204. The one thing I don't talk about enough
188. How to Demonstrate Competence in a Job Interview
197. My Favorite Problem-Solving Shortcut: Same Goal, Different Path
185. The #1 Skill You Need to Create the Life You Want
208. The One-Liner I Use to Combat My Fear of Failure
165. How to Figure Out Whether or Not You’d like Someone’s Job
178. How to Use Time Travel to Solve Your Problems
192. A Message for Job-Searchers
163. Do The Safe Thing Last
183. The Fastest Way to Get Clarity: Foster the Dog 🐶
254. You are not going to turn into THAT guy
303. This mental trap will make you FEEL like you’re not making progress…
302. What is your purpose in life?
202. A little exercise for you to do today
301. 1 quick trick to understand yourself better
300. The Parable of the CEO Who Burns All Their Profits: Part 2
299. The Parable of the CEO Who Burns All Their Profits
173. How to Pitch Yourself: The Hard Way & The Easy Way
298. If you worry a lot, here’s a rule for you
297. An Unexpected Coaching Tool: The Bravo TV Reunion
296. Combat your inner critic with bullseye thinking 🎯
295. Good Student Mentality vs. Con Man Mentality (Part 4)
294. Good Student Mentality vs. Con Man Mentality (Part 3)
293. Good Student Mentality vs. Con Man Mentality (Part 2)
292. Good Student Mentality vs. Con Man Mentality (Part 1)
215. Who Before How
291. 4 Steps to Stop Avoiding That Scary Thing
290. You don’t have a confidence problem. You have a metrics problem.
289. Your career is not “set it and forget it”
288. A big misconception about tapping into your intuition
287. A Project of One's Own
240. 1 question you MUST include when evaluating yourself
236. Anchor to 0, not 100
222. The 7 Principles of Aligned Ambition
239. The 2 Kinds of Discipline
248. Insecure in an interview?
198. How to Think About Money When Changing Careers
249. Stressed? Scared? Find sufficiency in the worst case scenario.
251. 2 Reasons That Thing Isn't Getting Done
253. You're not confused. You're walking the Thought Maze.
229. What I tell myself when I’m having a tough time
286. “Doing it right” does not exist.
285. The power of the ✨Magic Circumstance✨
284. Look at the monster 🧸
283. Less linear logic, more paradox logic
282. Embarrassing struggle? Nope, rite of passage.
281. Getting what you want is an amplifier, not a converter
228. 4 Ways to Think About Doing Something “Risky” in Your Career
226. What mistakes are you willing to make?
280. 4 words to make any difficult emotion 10x easier
279. Being a perfectionist is like having a speed cap on your car 🚗
278. Thinking of starting your own thing? Here’s the fastest way to get clarity and momentum
277. What emotion are you solving for?
276. What you really get out of coaching
275. Some things are 80/20. Some things are last-mile delivery.
274. Advice to the burnt out job-seeker
273. How to motivate yourself to change
272. How to identify the strengths you should build your career around
271. How to find your flow
270. A people-pleaser trap to avoid
269. Emotional logic vs. intellectual logic
268. The time-wasting career mistake I don’t want you to make
267. Jealousy is super useful
266. What are you under-correcting for?
265. 5 words that could change your life
264. A backdoor hack for liking yourself more
263. How to get things done
262. The best career advice I can give you
261. On Hiatus till 2024
260. The best way to prepare for a big interview or meeting
259. What Finding Nemo can teach you about speaking up
258. Afraid of failure? Listen to this.
257. How much money are you spending to escape your life?
256. The #1 skill you need to create the life you want...
255. How I killed my imposter syndrome, live, in the middle of a conversation
254. You are not going to turn into THAT guy
253. You're not confused. You're walking the Thought Maze.
252. Your self-criticism isn't helping you
251. 2 Reasons That Thing Isn't Getting Done
250. Accepting vs. Resisting a Job You Don't Like
249. Stressed? Scared? Find sufficiency in the worst case scenario.
248. Insecure in an interview?
247. Rockstars CAN'T Shine Everywhere
246. The 2 Ways of Being Misunderstood
215. Who Before How
162. Let's try something different
245. How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want (part 5)
244. The question I ask my clients when they’re totally stuck
From the Archives: 198. How to Think About Money When Changing Careers
243. How to think about tradeoffs
242. How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want (part 4)
241. How to go after ambitious goals – and fail again and again – without burning yourself out
240. 1 question you MUST include when evaluating yourself
239. The 2 Kinds of Discipline
238. How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want (part 3)
From the Archives: 163. Do the Safe Thing Last
237. How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want (part 2C)
236. Anchor to 0, not 100
235. How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want (part 2B)
234. How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want (part 2A)
233. The case for being less prepared
232. How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want (part 1)
231. How cognitive illusions prevent you from building the life you want (intro)
From the Archives: 181. A Tale of Two You's: The Student & The Expert
230. Make It Smaller
229. What I tell myself when I’m having a tough time
From the Archives: 179. Don't accidentally live your life on pause
228. 4 Ways to Think About Doing Something “Risky” in Your Career
From the Archives: 175. Looking for your next job? Do this first.
From the Archives: 201. Stop Blindly Listening to Feedback
227. A quick way to combat imposter syndrome
226. What mistakes are you willing to make?
From the Archives: 189. “I can't just do what I want all the time.” YES YOU CAN.
225. 7 ways to maintain your identity through failure & setbacks (part 2)
224. Free Public Coaching: Troubleshooting why the "important but not urgent" stuff isn't getting done
223. Why it’s so hard to feel good about yourself – and what you can do about it
222. How to be ambitious without burning out and killing yourself
221. Your imposter syndrome is a sign of how much you know
220. Introducing...Free Public Coaching :)
219. 3 Ways to Think About Doing Something "Different"
218. Be disciplined about the right things
217. 7 ways to maintain your identity through failure & setbacks (part 1)
216. 7 ways to maintain your identity through failure & setbacks (intro)
215. Who Before How
214. Introducing...my new website!
213. Consistency and Commitment
212. When “trying harder” doesn't work
211. Sacred Dissatisfaction
210. Deciding what to do next is only the beginning
209. An exhortation for the anxious overachiever
From the Archives: 160. The Unintuitive Solution to Your Productivity Problem
From the Archives: 129. Imposter Syndrome Does NOT Help You Improve Yourself
208. The One-Liner I Use to Combat My Fear of Failure
207. The Most Important Step in Solving Any Problem
206. Do you have to be anxious to achieve big things?
205. How to Talk to Your Inner Critic
204. The one thing I don't talk about enough
203. How to Hire a Coach
202. A little exercise for you to do today
201. Stop Blindly Listening to Feedback
200. How I Get Out of a Self-Critical Spiral: Part 2, The Principles
199. How I Get Out of a Self-Critical Spiral: Part 1, The Process Steps
198. How to Think About Money When Changing Careers
197. My Favorite Problem-Solving Shortcut: Same Goal, Different Path
196. Avoidable vs. Unavoidable Pain
195. Don't fall for this success fallacy
194. Accept yourself or change yourself? First, ask these 2 questions.
193. It’s not that deep.
192. You don't need more qualifications
191. A Love Letter to Basic Questions 💌
190. The 3 Signs of a Should
189. “I can't just do what I want all the time.” YES YOU CAN.
188. How to Demonstrate Competence in a Job Interview
187. A controversial thought
186. Simple Processes = Big Results
185. The #1 Skill You Need to Create the Life You Want
184. More Success = More Failure
183. The Fastest Way to Get Clarity: Foster the Dog 🐶
182. The 1 Root Cause Problem Every Person Has
181. A Tale of Two You's: The Student & The Expert
180. Why you get what you want...and feel MORE scared afterward
179. Don't accidentally live your life on pause
178. How to Use Time Travel to Solve Your Problems
177. How to Build the Life You Want
176. If you can watch a fireworks show, you can manage your stress (part 4)
175. Looking for your next job? Do this first.
174. If you can hug a toddler, you can manage your stress (part 3)
173. How to Pitch Yourself: The Hard Way & The Easy Way
172. If you can eat Thanksgiving dinner, you can manage your stress (part 2)
171. Masterclass: How to Like Yourself
170. You've got it backwards.
169. Feel the pain, close the feedback loop
168. If you can get your legs waxed, you can manage your stress (part 1)
167. If you can get your legs waxed, you can manage your stress (intro)
166. Hot take: turn your coping mechanism into your career
165. How to Figure Out Whether or Not You’d like Someone’s Job
164. A client told me this concept changed their life
163. Do The Safe Thing Last
162. Let's try something different
161. Masterclass: 7 Ways People Get Stuck When Figuring Out Their Next Career Step
160. The Unintuitive Solution to Your Productivity Problem
159. How to Be a Chill, Happy Overachiever
158. People’s #1 Fear About Hiring a Coach
157. 1 Question to Make Your Day Easier
156. 1 Thought That Will Kill Your Job Search
155. Stressed at work? Let's check your calibration.
154. People don’t want things. People want feelings.
153. The Best Productivity Tool is Feeling Good About Yourself
152. Why I Hired My First Coach in January
151. Say Hello to Your Inner Fan (+ Holiday Hiatus 🎄)
150. But What If My Inner Critic has Good Ideas?
149. Fun Problem-Solving Mode vs. Grind Problem-Solving Mode
148. A Radical Idea to Combat Your Inner Critic: Be Delusional
147. What Marketing My New Coaching Program Has Taught Me About Finding and Keeping a New Job (part 1)
146. This Thanksgiving, I'm Thankful For...
145. What Marketing My New Coaching Program Has Taught Me About Finding and Keeping a New Job (intro)
144. Feeling Insecure? You Have 3 Options.
143. Is It Wise Intuition✨ or Plain Old Fear 👻? Here's How to Tell.
142. Never Wanting to Feel Bad is Like Never Wanting to Feel Cold
141. You Know What? Be A Perfectionist.
140. How to Appreciate How Good You Are Without Getting Arrogant
139. The ONE Thought Loop That Holds Back High-Stress High Achievers
138. Your Brain is an Unreliable Narrator of Your Story
137. 3 Unexpected Ways Imposter Syndrome Shows Up In Your Life
136. 3 Types of People Who Will LOVE My Coaching Program (part 3)
135. 3 Types of People Who Will LOVE My Coaching Program (part 2)
134. 3 Types of People Who Will LOVE My Coaching Program (part 1)
133. Okay, I Did the Thing...and Now I'm Freaking Out
132. The Most Powerful Way to Rewire Your Brain: SHOW, Don't Tell
131. 1 Question to Flip You from Frantic Hustling to Calm Problem-Solving
130. When You Numb Your Stress, You're Also Numbing Your Intuition
129. Imposter Syndrome Does NOT Help You Improve Yourself
128. What Is The Point?
127. Stop Doing What's “Right.” Start Being More YOU.
126. Who Decides Whether or Not You Did a Good Job?
125. Are You Looking at the Right Metrics?
124. Arrogance vs. Confidence
123. How to ACTUALLY Change How You Think
122. Unrealistic Plans Are Just Like Crash Diets
121. A Radical Idea for Your Next Job: Burn the Boats ⛵️🔥
120. How to Turn Your "Shoulds" into Genuine "Wants"
119. The Best Productivity Tip That No One Wants to Implement
118. The 1 Mindset Shift Every Adult Needs
117. 🔥 Hot Tip: Do Your Worst Work
116. How to Tell If You Had a Productive Day
115. Don't Be Afraid Of Your Fear
114. Don't Get Stuck in Problem-Finding Mode
113. What Growing Up Isn't...and What It Is
112. On Bad Luck
111. You Haven't Made Too Many Mistakes. You've Made Too Few.
110. 3 Questions to Help You Get That Thing DONE
109. The 3 Types of Work
108. Your Life is 99% Process, 1% Outcome
107. Career Progression Isn't a CLASSROOM – It's a MARKETPLACE
106. Why I Plan to Have a Coach for the Rest of My Life
105. How I Learned to Make Decisions with My Brain AND My Gut
104. Don't Do This: Success Negligence
103. What If This Is Perfect?
102. Problem-Solving Hint: The Answer Can't Be an Adjective
101. The Only 2 Kinds of Mistakes
100. How To Break a Bad Habit: Yes the Want, Change the How
99. 1 Word to Add to Your Vocabulary
98. You Don't Need Advice. You Need To Clear Your Emotional Cobwebs.
97. Why Marie Kondo Loves Mess
96. How to Have High Standards Without Burning Yourself Out
95. My Coaching Secret: Future Self Mode 🤫
94. Fall In Love With Your Mistakes
93. Treat Your Brain Like a Google Search
92. Why You Don't Do The Things You KNOW You Should Do
91. What To Do When You Just Don't Know
90. Your Brain's Most Unfortunate Design Feature
89. Why You Need To Create Your Life
88. Why Are You So Tired?
87. Can't Relax at the End of the Day? Listen to This.
86. My Top Secret Tip to Stop Feeling Behind 🤫
85. How Your Thoughts Create Your Results (It's Not ✨Manifesting✨ – It's Psychology)
84. How to Do Something You Don't Want to Do
83. 5 Things to Do When You Disagree with Someone
82. Let's Change How You Think About "Failure"
81. What Indian Vegetarian Food Taught Me About Creating The Life You Want
80. Stop Setting QUALITY Goals & Start Setting QUANTITY Goals
79. What No One Tells You About Finding Balance
78. 3 Reasons You Have Imposter Syndrome & What To Do About It (part 1)
77. When the SAME Problem Keeps Coming Up
76. Where Does Your Value Come From?
75. Should You Quit Your Job or Not?
74. The ONE Thing You Need To Be More Productive
73. How to Stop Worrying About What Other People Think
72. How To Stop Feeling So Behind
71. 7 Assumptions That Have Gotten You This Far…But Are Now Holding You Back (part 7)
70. Stop Looking For Your Passion
69. 4 Simple Steps to Solve Any Problem, Achieve Any Goal, and Create the Life You Actually Want (part 3)
68. When Is It Time to Hire a Coach?
67. 7 Assumptions That Have Gotten You This Far…But Are Now Holding You Back (part 6)
66. Stop Looking for Tactics. Start Looking for Thoughts.
65. 4 Simple Steps to Solve Any Problem, Achieve Any Goal, and Create the Life You Actually Want (part 2)
64. Don't Know Where to Start? Do 1 of These 5 Things
63. 4 Simple Steps to Solve Any Problem, Achieve Any Goal, and Create the Life You Actually Want (part 1)
62. What Progress Really Looks Like
61. A Holiday Gift For You 🎁✨
60. 7 Assumptions That Have Gotten You This Far…But Are Now Holding You Back (part 5)
59. Let's Play a Game: Fact or Thought?
58. What I Learned About Exponential Growth While Knitting This Scarf
57. Stop Believing Your Brain's Default Grading Scale
56. 7 Assumptions That Have Gotten You This Far…But Are Now Holding You Back (part 4)
55. Stop Saying "I Don't Know What I Want" and Do This Instead
54. 7 Assumptions That Have Gotten You This Far…But Are Now Holding You Back (part 3)
53. 7 Assumptions That Have Gotten You This Far…But Are Now Holding You Back (part 2)
52. 7 Assumptions That Have Gotten You This Far…But Are Now Holding You Back (part 1)
51. Make it "Stupid Doable"
50. My Favorite Habit: The 60 Second Celebrate 🎉
49. The #1 Emotion You Need to be Productive
48. 12 Things I've Done Thanks to Coaching
47. Why That Thing Isn't Getting Done, and How to Solve It For Good
46. How to Find Your Dream Job
45. 3 Steps to Get Everything You Want — and the 3 Problems You'll Run into Along the Way
44. Worried About What Other People Think? Here’s Your Shortcut.
43. How to Get into Flow✨ Right Now, Today
42. How To Do Things Really, Really Well – Without Getting Stressed
41. How I Lost 40 Pounds
40. The Source of Your Imposter Syndrome (part 2)
39. The Source of Your Imposter Syndrome (part 1)
38. Coaching vs. Therapy
37. What happens in a coaching session?
36. 7 Ways to be Totally Okay, Exactly Where You Are Right Now (part 4)
35. What happens in a coaching consult?
34. 7 Ways to be Totally Okay, Exactly Where You Are Right Now (part 3)
33. 7 Ways to be Totally Okay, Exactly Where You Are Right Now (part 2)
32. 7 Ways to be Totally Okay, Exactly Where You Are Right Now (part 1)
31. 7 Ways to be Totally Okay, Exactly Where You Are Right Now (part 0)
30. 7 Ways to be Totally Okay, Exactly Where You Are Right Now (intro)
29. Stop Worrying About Changing Your Thoughts
28. How Not to Talk to a Five-Year-Old
27. Say Hello to the Five-Year-Old In Your Brain
26. 7 Ways to Believe Something New (epilogue)
25. 7 Ways to Believe Something New (part 7)
24. 7 Ways to Believe Something New (part 6)
23. 7 Ways to Believe Something New (part 5)
22. 7 Ways to Believe Something New (part 4)
21. 7 Ways To Believe Something New (part 3)
20. 7 Ways To Believe Something New (part 2)
19. 7 Ways To Believe Something New (part 1)
18. What Your Smallest Mistakes Can Teach You About Your Biggest Ones
17. Perfectionism and the $1000 Banana
16. No Such Thing As An Obstacle
15. How to Enjoy the Process (and Not Just the Goal)
14. The Definitive Case for Never Beating Yourself Up Again
13. What If It’s Not a Problem?
12. What is an Emotion Anyway?
11. Do You Even Know What You’re Thinking?
10. Different Types of Thoughts
9. Model Example: Joan and the Silent Husband
8. The Framework That Changed My Life
7. But when am I “allowed” to change my circumstances? (part 3)
6. But when am I “allowed” to change my circumstances? (part 2)
5. But when am I “allowed” to change my circumstances? (part 1)
4. Never Asked Questions: The Model vs. Mindfulness & Meditation
3. Choose Your Stories Wisely
2. How Your Thoughts — and Only Your Thoughts — Create Your Entire Reality (Seriously.)
1. Why Your Thoughts Feel So True (But I Promise You They're Not)