Podcast Episodes

I’m bringing two more of my students on the podcast today, Marissa and Deb. They’ve both been in The Society for over a year now, and they are amazing examples of what is possible with the work that we’re doing in there. One of the main topics we’re talking about this week is dating, which is something I get a lot of questions from you about, so I know that you’ll recognize some of these thought patterns and that you’ll find these conversations helpful.

I know all of you will be able to relate to having moments where your brain seems to go to worst-case scenarios; where you imagine all the horrible things that could potentially happen in your life, or what I call a “what-if parade.” Even though I’ve dedicated my life to the practice of thought work, I’m no exception, and today, I’m showing you why this is normal and what you can do when this happens.

I’m bringing you an extra mini-series episode today to conclude what we’ve been discussing here on the podcast throughout the pandemic. I felt that the series was unfinished without this final piece: creating purpose. I’ve previously touched on the fact that our time on earth has always been uncertain, and my hope is for you to create a purposeful life with intention, instead of existing on autopilot and living a life you don’t love.

Many of you experience the cognitive dissonance between your contrasting beliefs that thought work would be valuable to you, but also that you can’t change, and so I hope that both of these students show you that it is totally possible for you to apply these tools to change your life too. We’re covering everything from parenting, body image, and more recently to how the work we do in The Society has helped them navigate our current climate around COVID-19.

Welcome to the last episode of this special series that I’ve been bringing you here on the podcast. I hope that the tools you’ve learned here have been helping you manage your mind around the pandemic, to deal with the challenging thoughts and feelings you might be experiencing. As we start to look forward to the future, lots of you may be thinking about things going back to normal and trying to figure out when that might be.

I’m bringing you recordings of three coaching calls I did recently to show you that many of us are going through a time of reckoning and confrontation of our own thoughts and emotions, as a reminder that you are not alone if you’re struggling to practice the thought work that you know you need to do right now. This is a time of questioning and being curious of your patterns, belief systems, and actions that you’ve been able to escape from before the pandemic, and you’re going to see how it shows up for three of my clients.