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Five minute episodes that will help you become the person you want to be — and become the person who wants to be exactly who you are.
In today’s episode, I’ll be talking about check-out rituals. For context, one of the things that we work a lot with clients on inside of Alliance Coaching is time management and systems, and we particularly help people feel lower stress, more intention, and more streamlined in their work and in their life. One of the ways we do that is we help them implement, in a lot of cases, check-in and check-out rituals. In this episode, we’ll cover the difference between check-in and check-out rituals, why I created a check-in ritual for my life after work, and how giving myself one-to-two self-care tasks to do after work has been extremely helpful.
PS: If you haven't listened to the previous episode which is all about my relationship with work and my identity, I highly suggest going to listen to that one before you listen to this one!
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In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing about the importance of having an identity outside of work. I think this is probably relevant for a lot of people, and it might be especially relatable if you’re an online business owner or if you work from home like I do. We’ll talk about how I found my identity was almost solely based in my life as an entrepreneur, the importance of check-in and check-out times, and how creating a to-do list for tasks I enjoy outside of my business transformed everything for me. Stay tuned to my words of encouragement for you in this episode, especially if you are an online business owner!
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Today’s episode is a very in-the-moment reflection for me. We’ll be talking about this mentality of “if I stop now, I won’t get it done at all,” and how to build a deep, loving sense of self-trust so that we know we can take a break, take time for self-care, and still get things done. This episode is a lesson in building self-trust and allowing our self-concept and behavior patterns to catch up with this new reality we want to live into. If this is something you’d like support with, please reach out about Alliance Coaching!
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In today’s episode, I’ll give a very transparent analysis of what it’s actually like to have a coach. I’m gonna tell you about two different coaches that I had in my life, and I’m gonna tell you about how I approached my relationship with both of those coaches and how that impacted the results I got. We’ll examine how honesty and results are tied together when working with a coach and why showing up honestly and authentically will lead you to actually get the support that you need.
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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about how we tend to make things harder for ourselves than they need to be. What if it was easy? But guess what? It gets to be easy! Our social and parental conditioning can make us think if something is easy then we’re cheating, but that is not the case. We’ll discuss why July 2022 was such a great month for me, how The Frequency Project helped me to find and maintain ease in my life, and how we can make things easier on ourselves.
Listen in for my challenge to you this week. Hint: it has to do with making things easy for yourself.
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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about the lessons I learned from the hardest summer of my life. We’ll focus on a really stressful situation I’ve been through and the lessons that I learned, and I think this will be relatable for some of you who are in that season of your life right now. We’ll also talk through why stress can be beneficial for us and can help us strengthen our mental skills.
I’ll also be covering all of the research behind this inside of our Change Academy workshop because there’s a lot of research that says having a growth mindset towards stress and interpreting it as a good thing, something that you can improve upon, something that can benefit you, that is actually going to have a massive impact on, not only your experience in those moments, but also your improvement afterwards. I’m also going to be administering a live stress intervention inside of the workshop. Join us in Change Academy to get access to the workshop!
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In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about stress, and I want to talk to you about stress because that happens to be our theme inside of Change Academy this month. The most exciting part of embracing life is stepping into new challenges. We’ll dive into more of that in this episode!
If you're loving this podcast but you’re looking for more tangible tools and more of the actual science, you’ll want to join Change Academy. I keep the podcast restricted to personal stories and my interpretation of everything, but it’s going to be very, very, very beneficial for you to actually learn the science and the application of this stuff. If you're not yet a member, I highly recommend you join us!
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Summary: Resistance is what we feel when we don't want to do a task. It’s that sense of feeling stuck. It’s kind of like a numb feeling but also an angry feeling at the same time. It’s that general “ugh” that you get in your body when there’s something that needs to be done and you don't want to do it. In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about what it means to arrive earlier than resistance, why our brains tend to dislike uncertainty, and the two ways that I’ve learned to apply arriving earlier than my resistance to my daily life. Also, keep an ear out at the end of the episode for my challenge to you this week! If you’re interested in learning more about the psychological underpinnings of resistance, join us in Change Academy! Change Academy is where I give way more concrete tips, way more concrete resources, and way more concrete strategies. Key Takeaways: 0:51 - Arriving Earlier Than Resistance 3:03 - Our Brain Dislike Uncertainty 3:59 - Two Ways I’ve Applied Arriving Earlier Than My Resistance Resources: Join Change Academy Pro: https://bodybrainalliance.thrivecart.com/academypro/ Join Change Academy: https://bodybrainalliance.com/change-academy/ Alliance Coaching Application: www.bodybrainalliance.com/applynow Alliance Coaching: https://bodybrainalliance.com/coaching/ Follow Karin on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/karinnordinphd Transcripts Available at: https://bodybrainalliance.com/blog/
Summary: In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about circadian rhythms and mental health and the importance of getting the amount of sleep you need to function, nourishment from food, and energy from the sun. As always, I’ll start by sharing a story, then we’ll discuss my personal experience with how sleeping in affects my mental health, getting stuck in a funk cycle and pulling myself out of it, and how our hormonal and biological patterns can influence our abilities to adopt behavior change. PS: When it comes to the actual science behind circadian rhythms, I’m not an expert, and I don't want you to treat me as an expert. Key Takeaways: 1:29 - Oversleeping Negatively Impacts My Mental Health 2:54 - I Was in a Total Funk 4:45 - Biological and Hormonal Patterns Influence Behavior Change Resources: Join Change Academy Pro: https://bodybrainalliance.thrivecart.com/academypro/ Alliance Coaching Application: www.bodybrainalliance.com/applynow Alliance Coaching: https://bodybrainalliance.com/coaching/ Change Academy: https://bodybrainalliance.com/change-academy/ Follow Karin on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/karinnordinphd Transcripts Available at: https://bodybrainalliance.com/blog/
Summary: In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about how unhelpful it is to hold ourselves to such high standards all of the time. We are humans, and life is 50/50. Some days our brains might want to be in the angry mode, and some days our brains feel stuck in a funk that feels impossible to get out of. I hope this episode serves as a reminder that those days are a part of life. We’ll discuss the question I was asked on the Back of the Pack retreat: “How do you do life?”, we’ll dive further into how life is 50/50, and we’ll touch on just how we show our bodies love and acceptance, we can show our brains love and acceptance as well. Key Takeaways: 0:54 - “How Do You Do Life?” 2:20 - Life is 50/50 3:43 - Brain Acceptance and Love Resources: Join Change Academy Pro: https://bodybrainalliance.thrivecart.com/academypro/ Back of the Pack: https://backofthepack.community/retreats Alliance Coaching Application: www.bodybrainalliance.com/applynow Alliance Coaching: https://bodybrainalliance.com/coaching/ Change Academy: https://bodybrainalliance.com/change-academy/ Follow Karin on Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/karinnordinphd Transcripts Available at: https://bodybrainalliance.com/blog/
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