18. Making Decisions Ahead of Time
Today, I have a cool little brain hack to teach you. When you commit to making decisions ahead of time, you will build confidence and trust in yourself, you will create momentum toward your goals, you will become more motivated, and you will be able to get more done.
17. Making Peace With Uncertainty
Constantly thinking about all of the uncertainty in the world is creating a lot of unnecessary internal suffering. What if you could make peace with all of the uncertainty? What would that look like for you? How would you feel? What would you do differently? Take a listen and let me know how you intend to make peace with all the uncertainty.
16. The Secrets to Achieving Any Goal
Today I’m talking about the right way vs. the wrong way to set goals. The problem is most people pick some random goal, it’s usually too small, and they kinda sorta come up with a plan for making it happen. This is a terrible way of doing things and it never works! In this episode, I’m going to walk you through a better way of setting goals. But even more importantly, I’m going to teach you how to ACHIEVE those goals.
15. The Surprising Power of Self-Awareness
Most people are not consciously aware of their own thoughts, feelings, and actions. The main reason for this is a lack of self-awareness, and it might just be the most important factor in determining the results you get (or don’t get) in your running, in your weight loss journey, in your relationships, and in every area of your life. Today, I’m talking about the surprising power of self-awareness – what it means to develop self-awareness, how exactly you can do it, and why it’s perhaps the most powerful life skill you can learn.
14. Sarah Buckley on the Myths of Strength Training for Runners
There are a lot of myths around strength training and running and Sarah Buckley breaks it all down for us and explains why strength training is so misunderstood, especially when it comes to long-distance running.
13. What Are You Choosing to Believe About Yourself?
You may not be aware of it, but your beliefs drive everything that you do. Your beliefs determine every result that you get in your life. And ultimately your beliefs about yourself, more than anything else, determine who you become. Here’s the good news: You get to choose what you want to believe about yourself! In this episode, I’ll show you how to change your negative beliefs so you can finally get what you want in your life and be who you want to be.
12. Why Running Doesn’t Work for Weight Loss
Being overweight is not something that’s not talked about very much (or at all) in the running community. There seems to be some stigma around being a runner and being overweight. In this episode, I’ll share why running is not a very effective tool for weight loss, and why you need to treat the underlying physical, mental, and emotional aspects of overeating if you really want to lose weight for good.
11. How to Manage Your Mind During Uncertain Times
These are some very uncertain times we are living in right now. Races are canceled, schools are closed, restaurants and bars are closed, most people are working from home, and what’s next? How bad will it get? What can we do about it? The truth is, there’s not a lot we can do about the situation “out there”. What we absolutely CAN do is take control of our THOUGHTS about the situation.
10. The Incredible Power of Your Mind
The most powerful thing in the entire known universe is the human mind. So how do we use it? Most people use their minds to create stress, anxiety, and depression for themselves. They don’t use their minds to create positive thoughts and positive emotions, they constantly worry that things aren’t as they should be. If only they were thinner, or their husbands treated them better, or they made more money, then they would be happy.
9. What Happens When You Take Radical Responsibility
Are you blaming someone or something else for the way you think, feel, or act? Or are you taking responsibility for all of your own thoughts, feelings, and actions? Today on the podcast, I break it all down and show you the major differences between blaming others and taking radical responsibility for all of your results in running and in life.