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When I was early on in my business, going viral was the dream. It was the thing I wanted. Every single time I put a reel together that was awesome, I thought, “Ooh, maybe this will go viral!” If you're out there, you might be thinking that too. However, it’s not all it’s cracked up to be.
In today’s episode, I’ll tell you the two reasons why I hate going viral. I recently had a reel go viral on Instagram, and this is the most viral I’ve ever gone. I’ll share with you two reasons why I don’t like going viral, and I hope you walk away from this episode knowing that you don't need to go viral in order to have a successful business.
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This episode is the first of a Q&A series! In the show notes, I have now linked a form that you can fill out. So, if you have questions about anything that I’ve mentioned on the podcast or, essentially, if you have requests of things you want me to cover in future episodes, you can submit that form, and at least once a month I’m gonna do at least one episode where I come in and I talk through some of those Q+A questions.
In today’s episode, our first question is from S about 50/50 habits. We’ll discuss 50/50 habits, how to track in a healthy way, and what to do when faced with a 50/50 habit. Please submit your question to the form below to have it answered in future Q&A episodes!
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Today, we’ll be talking about periods, and not in a cycle-syncing type of way. This episode is going to be about cycle awareness. Part of the reason why I’ve self-identified as a tornado girl before is literally because of these changes that I experience based on where I’m at in my menstrual cycle. The number one thing (and the thing that I want to talk about in this episode) that has helped me with that, from a behavior change perspective, is simple awareness.
In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing a bit about cycle syncing versus cycle awareness, why I created a note in the Notes app on my phone to track various symptoms at the different points of my cycle, and the moment I caught myself and shifted my awareness to change my behavior based upon where I was at. I hope this episode serves as a reminder that if you are a period-having person, you may experience different behavior change tendencies or symptoms during different parts of your cycle.
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Many of us tend to shit on external accountability. We’re like, “Oh, I want to hold myself accountable. I want to be internally accountable.” Self-accountability is absolutely a thing that we need as humans, but there is nothing wrong with bringing in external accountability to your life when you need that type of support.
In the past couple episodes, I talked a lot about my new routine, why I implemented it, and what I changed, and now, I want to talk about my plan for keeping it going, and how I have stayed diligent and dedicated to this routine thus far. In this episode, I’ll be talking about three types of external accountability that I’m utilizing in order to stick with this routine: community accountability, financial accountability, and emotional accountability.
If you're looking for a place to have a little bit more community accountability and be around other people who are engaging in change, join us in Change Academy. This month, our workshop is all about how to create an effective workout routine, and I hope to see you in there!
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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about three habit stacks that I’ve integrated within my new routine and why I made those choices. I’ll share three examples of effective habit stacks that I have integrated within my routine: meditating after my workout at the gym, walking my dog when I get home from WeWork, and drinking half a bottle of water before coffee in the morning.
If you want to know my perspective on habit stacks, and if you want more in-depth information about how to create them correctly, join us in Change Academy! In this month’s workshop inside of Change Academy, we’re focusing on how to become a frequent exerciser, and so, as part of the workshop, we are going to cover effective habit stack formation.
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This episode is a very personal, vulnerable story about the past couple of years. My life had shifted so drastically during the pandemic, and I transitioned to working from home, started my business, and finished my PhD all remotely. I had no idea the impact that that was having on my mental health. When we started to come out of it, I felt like I didn't have anything to return to.
In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing a bit about my journey over the past few years, how not leaving my house was lowkey negatively impacting my mental health, and how getting a WeWork all-access membership has shifted my work/life balance for the better. I would encourage you to think about the ways your environment impacts how you deal with stress and your ability to be resilient and see if that sparks any areas where you can make changes for yourself!
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People who exercise and move on a regular basis tend to have lower stress levels and tend to cope with the stress that they are experiencing a lot better. The routine that I’ll be sharing with you about today is a shift that I made from working out three-ish times per week to going to the gym six days per week. Exercise is one of the best ways to ease yourself out of go mode and to give yourself a place to redirect all of that energy that would kind of just spiral around in your brain like an angsty hamster if you didn't have somewhere to put it.
In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about my own workout resistance, the benefits of pairing structure with flexibility, and why I might encourage you to consider playing around with what alternate workout routines might look like for you.
Our Change Academy theme this month is about how to become a frequent exerciser. So, if you want to learn how to get to the gym on a regular basis, and if you want to learn the tools that I am using, that I have used in the past three weeks to go from a spotty three days at the gym to a consistent six days at the gym every week, join us Change Academy this month!
Trigger Warning: If you are a person who’s really struggling with working out too much, over-exercising, not taking rest days, please go ahead and skip this episode as it may be triggering for you.
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I had reached a point where I was waking up in the morning and opening Instagram before I was even consciously aware of what I was doing. I realized that the more I looked at Instagram and got lost in my online world, the less present I was in my life. In today’s episode, we are going to talk about the first change that I made in order to cultivate a routine that was more focused on resilience and stress management: I went on a 30-day social media detox.
In the episode, I’ll talk about why I quit social media for 30 days as a way to free up resources, challenge a limiting belief, and force presence. We’ll discuss a pattern I often see in clients, how social media pulls us away from our own lives, and the importance of facing the music of our own mental monologues.
Join us in Change Academy if you want to learn more about the benefits that I experienced during this process!
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In the first eight weeks of this year, everything felt hard, my routine was off, and I just felt like my life was not in alignment with my values at all. I sat myself down and asked, “Karin, what is going on here?” The realization that I came to was that I was really stressed out.
As Body Brain Alliance grew, I realized I wasn’t really doing a lot in my routine in order to cultivate resilience to support myself through those moments where shit was hitting the fan. This episode is the first in a series that will come out over the next couple of weeks. I’ll be going in depth on several changes that I made, why I made them, and I’ll give you some tips and tricks as well for how you might want to change things up on your end.
In today’s episode, I’ll share about the moment I realized I was stressed and wasn’t coping well, the importance of adding more support to your life as you add more to your plate, and the reason behind why I have no desire to reduce my stress but instead want to increase my coping. Also, if you want to learn the tools and techniques that will actually help change your life, Join us in Change Academy!
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Today’s episode is going to be a little bit of a me @ me. It might sound like a rant, but I want to remind you that I am absolutely in this position alongside of you. I’ll be talking about how scrolling does not count as resting. We’ll be covering how my personal instinct when I’m tired is to sit on the couch and scroll, how scrolling is actually an energy drain, and why we’re ineffective at managing our own stress. Today is the very last day that you can get access to the Stress Management Workshop in Change Academy! We hired researchers to come in and help us with the economy slides, and it’s going to be so valuable. If you haven't joined Change Academy and if you feel like you could do a better job of managing stress and managing your stressors, I highly recommend you jump in before today is over so that you get access to that workshop!
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