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Ep. 257: How To Overcome Fear, Self-Sabotage, And Panic Attacks To Make Quantum Leaps Towards Our Goals, with Lori Harder

I’ve been hitting a ceiling with my upper limits lately — in love, business, and life decisions, limiting beliefs and self-sabotage have been showing all the way up. So I revisited this episode with Lori Harder, and it was a powerful reminder of how to get out of my own way… it felt right to throw it back to this top-performing episode today for anyone who needs to hear this.



I’ve been hitting a ceiling with my upper limits lately — in love, business, and life decisions, limiting beliefs and self-sabotage have been showing all the way up. So I revisited this episode with Lori Harder, and it was a powerful reminder of how to get out of my own way… it felt right to throw it back to this top-performing episode today for anyone who needs to hear this.

The biggest thing that gets in our way of the success and fulfillment we desire isn’t external factors, it’s ourselves. So listen in to this masterclass on how to stop upper limiting and break up self-sabotage.

There’s no one better suited to speak to resilience and transformation than Lori Harder, who pushed herself out of her comfort zone to go from a broke, unhealthy, anxiety-ridden introvert, to a confident and abundant self-made millionaire, speaker, podcast host, fitness world champion, and cover model. Lori is a serial entrepreneur and CEO of multiple companies, including Glōci and Lite Pink. She’s a best-selling author and the host of top podcast, Earn Your Happy.

Tune in as we chat about: 

  • What are quantum leaps, and how has Lori harnessed them for her success?

  • Dealing with anxiety and panic attacks

  • Using fear as a compass to find our purpose

  • Practical tips to overcome public speaking anxiety

  • Overcoming the fear of failure

  • Using resistance and challenge to create inner strength

  • How upper limiting is holding us back from our potential

  • The different disguises of self-sabotage

  • The power of our relationships and social circles in our success

Follow Lori on Instagram and on her website.

Listen to Lori's Podcast, Earn Your Happy.

Order Lori's book, A Tribe Called Bliss

This show is produced by:

  • Gillian Berner, Host, Producer & Editor

  • Olivia Nashmi, Audio Engineer

  • Carolyn Schissler, Designer & Web Producer

  • Sara Valentine, Content Producer

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Ep. 256: How To Regulate Your Nervous System And Process Trauma using Somatic Therapy, with Therapist Simone Saunders

It’s World Mental Health Day this week, and we're having lots of important conversations to increase awareness around emotional wellbeing. I called in Trauma Therapist Simone Saunders to learn more about somatic therapy, how our mental health impacts our physical health, and how trauma and distress shows up in our bodies.



It’s World Mental Health Day this week, and we're having lots of important conversations to increase awareness around emotional wellbeing. I called in Trauma Therapist Simone Saunders to learn more about somatic therapy, how our mental health impacts our physical health, and how trauma and distress shows up in our bodies.

Anxiety and mental illness can show up in so many ways physically — from getting sweaty and experiencing heart palpitations or nausea, to general posture and shoulder stiffness, gut issues, and sleep problems. More and more we're seeing physical diagnoses like chronic pain and IBS linked back to trauma and nervous system dysregulation. And it doesn't always have to be a big T trauma... we talk a lot in this interview about how repeated micro traumas can build up to have the same impact. 

So if you want to take control of your mental health and expand your techniques and awareness, this episode is a must-listen.

 Simone has a Master's in Clinical Social Work, with a specialization in trauma, emotional regulation, anxiety and depression. As a trauma therapist and educator she has over 800,000 followers across her Instagram and TikTok accounts, the cognitive corner, where she helps people understand the connection between the mind and body and patterns that your nervous system engages in.

Tune in to hear more about:

  • Signs we might struggle to regulate our emotions and nervous system, and the best tools for nervous system regulation

  • The typical survival responses we cycle through when triggered

  • Navigating familial relationships or partnerships that trigger the dysregulation loop

  • Unhelpful coping strategies that might make you feel worse

  • Cognitive bypassing: The difference between intellectualizing and feeling

  • How trauma manifests physically

  • What if you can't remember your trauma?

  • Somatic therapy techniques and processing stored trauma

  • Building a life that's healthy for your nervous system

  • Navigating the loneliness and isolation on our mental health journey

Follow Simone on Instagram and TikTok.

Our show is produced by:

  • Gillian Berner, Host, Producer & Editor

  • Olivia Nashmi, Audio Engineer

  • Carolyn Schissler, Designer & Web Producer

  • Sara Valentine, Content Producer

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Ep. 255: Build Your Mental Health Toolkit With 5 Expert-Backed Tips For Emotional Wellbeing

We’re heading into mental health awareness week, and these conversations are crucial as we face a global mental health crisis, with 1 in 3 people struggling with a mental health issue in North America.



We’re heading into mental health awareness week, and these conversations are crucial as we face a global mental health crisis, with 1 in 3 people struggling with a mental health issue in North America.

Almost every person I’m close with has been affected by mental health struggles, and I dealt with my own uncomfortable bout of anxiety and depression this September. During this tough month, I found myself referring back to some of the amazing tools and conversations I’ve had with guests on this podcast who shared perspective-changing insights that have changed my mindset and mental health. 

These are a big part of my mental health toolkit that I draw from when I need reminders, support and tools to get me through a rough patch, and I'm glad I can share them with you today.

Tune in to hear advice from:

  • Mindset coach and bestselling author, Leisse Wilcox, on having agency over your response to life’s hardships, cultivating hope and optimism, and using your feelings as feedback.

  • Clinical psychologist, Dr. Lauren Cook, on identifying the Four Ds of Distress and when to seek help from a therapist, plus the truth about how nutritional deficiencies and gut health impact anxiety.

  • Psychotherapist and author, Whitney Goodman, on radically accepting your feelings and why we’ve been programmed to engage in toxic positivity.

  • Mindfulness expert and best-selling author, Nina Purewal, on navigating the chatty mind, dealing with stress spirals, why we’re addicted to negative thoughts, and CSI-ing the shit out of your thoughts.

If you’re struggling with your mental health, know that you’re not alone. Please find someone to talk to, and know that you are loved. I hope this mental health toolkit helps you as much as it’s helped me.

Our show is produced by:

  • Gillian Berner, Host, Producer & Editor

  • Olivia Nashmi, Audio Engineer

  • Carolyn Schissler, Designer & Web Producer

  • Sara Valentine, Content Producer

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Episode 253: Is Life Speeding You By? Slow Down Time Using Novelty (And The Case Against Routine)

Do you guys feel like time keeps passing by faster the older we get? When we’re kids, summer stretches endlessly, and in adulthood, it’s gone in the blink of an eye. Today we’re diving into the intersection of time, memories, novelty and neuroscience to figure out how we can slow down our perception of time and make more memories.



Do you guys feel like time keeps passing by faster the older we get? When we’re kids, summer stretches endlessly, and in adulthood, it’s gone in the blink of an eye. 

Today we’re diving into the intersection of time, memories, novelty and neuroscience to figure out how we can slow down our perception of time and make more memories. Enter: Liz Moody’s Novelty Rule. It turns out, when we’re learning and experiencing new things, we create new neural pathways, and time feels longer/slower.

As we get older and fall into rigid routines and monotony, we’re not laying down new neural circuitry, so everything blends together and we lose track of time.

So how do we stop time from flying by? Tune in to hear about: 

  • The neuroscience of time perception 

  • My relationship with routine and boredom 

  • Explaining Liz Moody’s “Novelty Rule”

  • Easy ways to create weekly novelty 

  • Applying dopamine menus to memory-making

  • Why Shared Experiences is a key Love Language 

  • Keeping the spark alive in relationships with novelty 

  • Tracking and scheduling your new novelty habits 

Our show is produced by:

  • Gillian Berner, Host, Producer & Editor

  • Olivia Nashmi, Audio Engineer

  • Carolyn Schissler, Designer & Web Producer

  • Sara Valentine, Content Producer

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Episode 251: How To Know When It’s Time To Let Go, & Why Trying Less Can Lead To Success | I’m The Problem, It’s Me

Welcome back to another episode of “I’m the problem, it’s me,” where I call bullshit on myself for the things I’m getting wrong, so we can all learn from the struggle. Today’s adulting confession: I’m terrible at letting things go. I never know when to walk away and call it quits, and I try to make things work long past the point of productivity or hope



Welcome back to another episode of “I’m the problem, it’s me,” where I call bullshit on myself for the things I’m getting wrong, so we can all learn from the struggle. 

Today’s adulting confession: I’m terrible at letting things go. I never know when to walk away and call it quits, and I try to make things work long past the point of productivity or hope

If you’re listening to this, you’re probably feeling a little overwhelmed or frustrated at how hard you’ve been trying in some area in your life.

This episode is your permission slip to stop trying to do something if it’s not working.

We’re taught our whole lives that “quitting is bad”, and “If you try harder you’ll do better” — but trying harder isn’t always the solution to achieving more.

Tune in as we explore a beautiful metaphor I heard at Lewis Howes’ Summit of Greatness. We dive into a story from Price Pritchett’s book, You2, on the power of redirection, pivoting, and NOT trying harder when there’s a smarter, more effective solution just around the corner.

I haven’t always known when to let go and walk away from something, but I’m setting out to change that.

If something isn’t working in your life and you’re still desperately trying — stop and reevaluate. There’s probably a better way

  • Read Price Prichett’s book, You2 

Our show is produced by:

  • Gillian Berner, Host, Producer & Editor

  • Olivia Nashmi, Audio Engineer

  • Carolyn Schissler, Designer & Web Producer

  • Sara Valentine, Content Producer

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Episode 249: The Quickie: Hack Your Productivity & Time Management Using ‘Parkinson’s Law’

Do you ever feel like you're less productive when you’re less busy? It’s like the more time you have, the longer it takes to get anything done, and the busier you are, the more you get done. You’re not alone my friends — that’s actually thanks to a phenomenon called Parkinson’s Law. 



Do you ever feel like you're less productive when you’re less busy? It’s like the more time you have, the longer it takes to get anything done, and the busier you are, the more you get done. You’re not alone my friends — that’s actually thanks to a phenomenon called Parkinson’s Law. 

Parkinson’s Law is the idea that work expands to fill the time allotted for its completion… a task will grow more complex and all-consuming the more time you have to get it done. For people (like me) who struggle with time management, this can equal A LOT OF WASTED TIME if you don’t leverage it properly. 

But imagine you could get your 8-hour-a-day job done in 5 hours? I’ve tried-and-tested time management strategies and self-imposed deadlines, and found that I can get way more done in less time when I use this phenomenon to my advantage. 

We’re in our work smarter, not harder season, so tune in to learn more about: 

  • The origin story of Parkinson’s Law 

  • How it leads to major inefficiency and wasted meetings 

  • How to use it to our advantage to get more productive 

  • Setting time limits and deadlines to keep you on track 

  • My favourite time management and calendar strategies (hellllo pomodoro)

  • Banishing ‘busy culture’ and reworking the corporate 9-5

  • Why multitasking can work against you 

Let’s take back control of our time and get back to living. 

Our show is produced by:

  • Gillian Berner, Host, Producer & Editor

  • Olivia Nashmi, Audio Engineer

  • Carolyn Schissler, Designer & Web Producer

  • Sara Valentine, Content Producer

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Episode 248: Bonus Back To School Quickie: Adulting Through The Eyes Of My Seven-Year-Old Niece, Isabelle

We’re joined today by a very special guest for a bonus back to school quickie — introducing my sweet and insightful seven year-old niece, Isabelle! Belle is always coming out with advice far beyond her years, so we’re making it official and picking her brain on friendship, confidence, money, and adulting. Because kids say the darndest things!



We’re joined today by a very special guest for a bonus back to school quickie — introducing my sweet and insightful seven year-old niece, Isabelle! Belle is always coming out with advice far beyond her years, so we’re making it official and picking her brain on friendship, confidence, money, and adulting. Because kids say the darndest things!

I hope this conversation brings as much wholesome joy to your day as it did to mine. Join us as we chat about:

  • How to manage stress and feel more confident

  • How to make new friends

  • What to do if someone is being unkind to you

  • Financial advice from a second grader

  • The best tips to prepare us for adulthood

Thanks to Isabelle for being such a great guest — we hope she comes back soon!

Our show is produced by:

  • Gillian Berner, Host, Producer & Editor

  • Olivia Nashmi, Audio Engineer

  • Carolyn Schissler, Designer & Web Producer

  • Sara Valentine, Content Producer

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