Hey! This week we’re shaking things up! Instead of a blog post this time, I’m giving you a glimpse into what a coaching call with me is like by sharing an actual 20-minute call on toxic relationships–with permission, of course! My client Vivian was dealing with an “emotional terrorist,” so
Join Vivian and I as I coach her on how to deal with an “emotional terrorist” whom she’s been struggling with for weeks. As an added bonus, if you were wondering what happens when you get coached, you’ll get to hear exactly what that sounds like.
Confirmation bias causes us to see what we want to see, hear what we want to hear, and continue believing our long-held beliefs. Why? Because our brains are always looking for patterns and if you don’t manage your mind on purpose, it will always find more evidence to confirm your negative beliefs.
You’ve heard me say before that the brain is a pattern-making machine. Well, confirmation bias is like the program your brain uses to make patterns. Confirmation bias, put simply, is the tendency to search for and interpret information in a way that confirms your preexisting beliefs. Psychological studies have shown
If we think about the evolutionary theory of shame, to keep members of the tribe in line and safe, it’s not difficult to understand why women especially struggle so much with it in today’s society. Falling outside of a social norm when those social norms send conflicting messages – be sexy, but not too sexy; be confident, but not too confident – can create great mental turmoil.
Did you know that you can make an epic mistake, screw-up royally, and feel zero shame? I swear, it’s true. In fact, shame is not an objective indication that you’ve done something wrong. I’ve had clients ashamed they got divorced, ashamed they stayed in a relationship, ashamed of their successes