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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.
Summary: In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about routines. More specifically, I want to talk about this weird push-pull that we often experience with routines. On one hand, we want them, we gravitate towards them, our brains tell us that routines are safe, and a lot of times we might even struggle with creating new routines. But on the other hand, we sometimes struggle to break or move away from routines that aren't serving us. If you want to discover your own morning routine that serves you and you don't know what you might need, I would definitely recommend checking out my Meaningful Mornings course. This whole course is about building your routine that is actually based on what you want to do and not just sort of these arbitrary standards of what you should do. Key Takeaways: 1:06 - Distancing Myself from Social Media 2:21 - This Routine is No Longer Serving Me? 3:33 - Where Are You Clinging to a Routine/Habit/Ritual That Isn’t Serving You? 4:11 - Meaningful Mornings Resources: Meaningful Mornings Course: https://bodybrainalliance.com/meaningful-mornings/ 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 these three shitty aspects of scaling a business: you’ll disappoint more people, you’ll no longer be able to make quick changes, and your problems will scale alongside your business. I’ll also share the one single piece of advice I would have given to myself before I scaled BBA. This episode is an invitation for you to just check in with yourself because the industry is gonna tell you that scaling is the natural next step for everybody, and maybe it’s not the natural next step for you. Since I know I have a lot of coaches in my audience, I’m making an effort to record a few business-focused episodes for those who are interested in what it’s like to be a CEO. If that’s you and you're looking for mentorship from me, check out our Change Academy Pro membership. This is where we take our Change Academy behavior change concepts and I teach you how to apply it to your business and to your clients. Key Takeaways: 0:31 - Three Shitty Aspects of Scaling a Business 1:30 - You Are Gonna Disappoint More People 3:05 - You No Longer Get to Pivot Quickly 4:33 - Your Problems Scale When Your Business Scales 6:09 - The One Piece of Advice I’d Had Given Myself Before Scaling 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: Is your environment noisy and distracting when you’re trying to get work done? Are you working 12 straight hours with no breaks for nourishing food and hydration? These things might be directly impacting your ability to focus. In today’s episode, we’ll be talking about why focus is not a skill and rather how it’s a condition of the brain. We’ll discuss the three things that impact your ability to focus. When we can understand that focus is a condition of the brain (it is a brain space we can be in), then we can control the factors that might influence us or help us click into that brain space. Caveat: I am not an expert on ADHD, and I do not discuss ADHD in my content. If you have ADHD, though it might still apply to you, it also might work a little differently for you. Key Takeaways: 0:39 - Focus is a Condition of the Brain 1:53 - Focus Requires Cognitive Resources 3:38 - Your Brain Cannot Focus for Eight Hours a Day 5:08 - Your Brain is Influenced by Your Environment Resources: 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: If you’ve seen me on social media lately, you know that I have vowed to be a little bit more direct and honest. I think I have been sort of muting myself a little bit to keep everybody comfortable, and so, this episode is gonna be a little bit of a call out, but I hope you know that it comes from a place of compassion, and sometimes compassion is telling people what they need to hear and giving it to them straight. Today’s episode is an invitation to step into your self-trust, and I’m gonna give it to you straight: no one can tell you how to live your life. We’ll talk about who’s in charge of giving you permission and making your rules. I’ll also remind you of why it’s so important to develop a sense of self-trust before you utilize our resources. Tune in to hear the tough love! Key Takeaways: 0:48 - You Are in Charge of Making Your Own Decisions 2:31 - Only You Can Give Yourself Permission 4:41 - The Codependency Pattern Resources: 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: This episode is inspired by two things: the science behind either sharing your goals or keeping them to yourself, and whether goals become easier with more visibility on social media. In the episode, we’ll discuss both the benefits and the drawbacks of telling other people about your goals and the benefits and drawbacks of keeping your goals to yourself. When choosing whether or not to keep your goal private or share it publicly, I really hope that you consider how much of the sharing is for yourself and how much of the sharing is for the approval or permission of others. I hope this episode is helpful and brings you new insight into whether or not you want to share your goals publicly! Key Takeaways: 1:11 - I Have Two Goals This Year I’ve Chosen to Keep to Myself 2:27 - Benefits and Drawbacks of Telling Others About Your Goal 4:08 - Benefits and Drawbacks of Keeping Your Goal Private Resources: 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: Our brains are creatures of habit, and they were designed to keep us alive. They like following patterns because when we follow patterns that we’ve had previously, it reduces the energy that we have to spend on thinking. So, when you’re in a pattern or when you’ve been doing something a certain way, your brain doesn't like to deviate from that way. In today’s episode, I’ll be sharing a bit about my goal of eating 2,023 servings of plants in 2023 and how I’m making the shift from not planning out what I eat ahead of time, to actually planning out what I eat ahead of time and sticking with it. I’ll also go into how our rebellious brains are creatures of routines, how they can get in our way when it comes to our goals, and how their desire for habitual patterns directly affects our ability to plan. Let me know how this is shifting your thinking or is helpful for you! Key Takeaways: 0:09 - 2,023 Servings of Plants in 2023 1:22 - Our Rebellious Brains 2:23 - Our Brains are Creatures of Routine Resources: 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: I’ve been wanting to talk to you about a question that might feel a little bit like a poke or might be a little bit sensitive for some people. The question is are you really advanced enough to worry about that? A lot of the time, business owners get wrapped up in all of the complexity of funnels and sales pages SEO, and are you advanced enough for those things to truly make a difference? In today’s episode, we’ll touch on this very question and how to best use that question to discern when to leave or take education given to us about our goals. We’ll also discuss how to check your ego so that you can embrace your beginner status which will lead you to simplify, grow, change, and evolve to get closer to where you want to be. Key Takeaways: 0:46 - The Question: Are You Advanced Enough to Worry About That? 2:50 - When to Leave or Take Education About Our Goals 4:23 - Let’s Check Our Ego Resources: 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 are going to have a little mini lesson on boundaries. A part of holding yourself accountable is holding your boundaries. What I think we sometimes don't realize is that boundaries are mental and social constructs which means we have to speak them into existence otherwise they're just imaginary. I’ll tell you about a situation involving my own boundaries that really pissed me off. We're gonna talk about why it pissed me off, what I realized about the situation, and how I took responsibility. We help a lot of clients with boundaries in Alliance Coaching, and our topic of the month for Change Academy is self-accountability. As a reminder, if you want to grab our self-accountability workshop, this is the last day to get it in Change Academy! Key Takeaways: 0:12 - A Situation That Pissed Me Off (And Was My Own Fault) 1:32 - Two Questions I Ask When I Feel My Boundaries Are Being Violated 4:48 - How I Took Responsibility Resources: Get the Self-Accountability Workshop in Change Academy: https://bodybrainalliance.com/change-academy/ Body Brain Alliance YouTube Channel: @bodybrainalliance 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: Today’s episode is all about the power of breathwork and being open to trying something new. I’ll be honest, my only experience with breathwork had been heavily laced with skepticism because I’ve only ever seen the term breathwork used in the woo woo space. However, while my friend, Chelsea Connors, has a very scientific background, as do I, she is also very much into breathwork, and this piques my interest. Even though I was very skeptical of it, even though it was new, even though I had some biases about it, I decided to try it. It’s been quite a fun process to dive into breathwork, to learn from Chelsea, and to kind of enter into this other behavior change tool that, quite frankly, I didn't know existed. In today’s episode, I’ll talk more about why I definitely think it’s a tool I’m adding to my toolbox. Key Takeaways: 0:13 - My Initial Thought of Breathwork 3:26 - Breathwork Research 4:28 - Trying Something New Resources: Body Brain Alliance YouTube Channel: @bodybrainalliance 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: I recorded this episode in December before the holiday break, and, at that point, I didn't know what my goals for 2023 were going to be. Like many of you, I felt a sense of pressure that I needed to come up with something and commit to it, especially since I’m so public about all of my goals.
Today’s episode is going to be part one of a two-part episode. In part one, I’ll talk to you about some of the ideas I’m having and give you a very transparent look into my brain. Then, in the follow-up episode (which I’ll record in January and will air in February), I’ll tell you where I ended up, and I’ll give you the story of how I got there. This way you’ll be able to effectively see the before and after of what it looks like for me to set a goal. So, stay tuned for an update in a future episode about where I landed and how I landed there, but, for now, this is the before. This is the messy, uncertain, chaotic brain of Karin Nordin with four or five different goals, unsure of what she’ll prioritize or where she will land.
Key Takeaways:
1:10 - Fitness Goals
2:18 - Financial Goals
2:50 - Word of the Year
3:29 - Frequency Goals
3:46 - Daily Walk Goal
Resources: Body Brain Alliance YouTube Channel: @bodybrainalliance
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/
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