Grow With Intention by MuchelleB

On today's ep of GWI, we're talking about how to stop thinking about yourself so freaking much. TIMELINE 0:00 Intro 0:59 Why does thinking about yourself make you feel bad? 2:32 Why do some people think about themselves so much? 3:40 A few reasons why some people are more "soft-wired" to think about themselves... 4:35 Angry Rumination 5:28 How do you STOP ruminating about yourself? 5:38 Idea 1 7:27 Idea 2 8:35 Idea 3 10:41 Idea 4 12:52 Reccs 1 13:34 Recc 2 14:15 Mini Move GWI PODCAST ✨ Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/2HqznNA2v9McYirvqmUVvO ✨ Apple Podcasts - https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/grow-with-intention-by-muchelleb/id1720890847 RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ 500 Simple Acts of Kindness - https://amzn.to/3JUFJZi ✨ 500 Simple Acts of Love - https://amzn.to/3QA7NVe ✨ Metacognitive Therapy: Free Yourself from Imprisoning Thoughts - https://amzn.to/3xPSEZr SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ ⁠https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map⁠ CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠⁠http://www.instagram.com/muchelleb 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠⁠@muchelleb⁠⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me

Hey! On today's episode I'm talking about some of the most life-changing inner work tools that I've used personally in my own life. RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ Little Treatments, Big Effects: How to Build Meaningful Moments that Can Transform Your Mental Health - ⁠https://www.amazon.com.au/Little-Treatments-Big-Effects-Meaningful/dp/1472147227⁠ ✨ The Dark Side of The Light Chasers - https://amzn.to/3UiVJZO ✨ Metacognitive Therapy: Free Yourself from Imprisoning Thoughts - https://amzn.to/3xPSEZr SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me

Black-and-white pop-therapy phrases are rotting people's brains a little. In this podcast episode, I want to talk about it. SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:01 Phrase 1 3:00 Phrase 2 8:16 Phrase 4 9:44 Phrase 5 RECCS OF THE WEEK @seerutkchawla on instagram The Outward Mindset by the Arbinger Institute - https://amzn.to/49uunW8 (Since this podcast ep I've found out that the founders of the Arbinger Institute have some odd parts of their history that I'm not down with. In saying that, this book still has some really helpful messaging that I resonate with - please feel free to do your own research and make your own choice about whether it's a good fit for you!

Hey! On today's ep I'm interviewing Laura Vanderkam, the author of several time management and productivity books, including the new Tranquility by Tuesday: 9 Ways to Calm the Chaos and Make Time for What Matters, along with Juliet’s School of Possibilities, Off the Clock, I Know How She Does It, What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast, and 168 Hours. Her work has appeared in publications including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and Fortune. She is the host of the podcast Before Breakfast and the co-host, with Sarah Hart-Unger, of the podcast Best of Both Worlds. She lives outside Philadelphia with her husband and five children, and blogs at LauraVanderkam.com. Buy Laura’s book Off The Clock, Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done: https://amzn.to/49j0bNo But Laura’s other books: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Laura-Vanderkam/author/B001JRX55A?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ Time Smart by Ashley Willans - https://amzn.to/3IW8OTl ✨ Do It Tomorrow and Other Secrets of Time Management - https://amzn.to/3IWT6rb SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction to Time Scarcity and Time Abundance 01:20 Noticing Variability in Daily Life 03:11 Tracking Time to Gain Perspective 04:03 Beliefs and Habits of People with Time Abundance 05:23 Making Time for What Matters 06:23 Mindfulness and Time Abundance 08:14 Tips for Easier Time Tracking 09:38 Effortful Fun before Effortless Fun 10:57 Impact of Free Time on Time Freedom 13:09 Noticing and Being Mindful of Time 14:06 Effortful Fun for More Variety in Leisure Time 15:55 Mini Moves: Noticing Time Abundance and Time Tracking

Hey! On today's ep, I'm interviewing Ellen Langer, author of The Mindful Body: Thinking Our Way to Lasting Health, about how to use the mind-body connection to influence your health, happiness and vitality. Buy Ellens Book, The Mindful Body, here. RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ The Expectation Effect - https://amzn.to/3ViQ2Nm ✨ The Way Out - https://amzn.to/4acP5uu SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction and Decision Making 01:20The Complexity of Decision Making 03:10 Making the Decision Right 04:03 The Power of Perspective 05:23 The Influence of Mindset on Aging 08:09 The Mind-Body Connection 09:35 The Control We Have Over Our Health 10:33 The Counterclockwise Study 14:19 Flexibility of Thinking 18:48 The Placebo Effect 19:47 The Perception of Placebos 20:13 The Influence of Perception on Healing 21:40 Attention to Symptom Variability 23:05 Taking Control of Chronic Illness 25:11 Shifting Expectations of Aging 26:29 The Power of Mind-Body Unity 28:26 The Placebo Effect and Self-Fulfilling Prophecies 29:18 Changing Perspectives on Stress 31:18 Questioning Tragedy vs Inconvenience 33:44 Action Steps and Recommendations

Hey! In this podcast episode I'm interviewing Kim Schneiderman, the author of Step Out of Your Story, a book that gives you detailed ideas on how to choose a different version of your story to help you to redirect your energy and narrative toward your desires and goals and reshape your life. Check out Kim's Writing Workshops: https://stepoutofyourstory.com/writing-workshops/ Buy Kim's Book: Step Out of Your Story: https://amzn.to/49zW94q We talk about: Viewing our lives as stories to help us reframe obstacles as opportunities for growth. Writing in the third person narrative to cultivate compassion and distance from our own stories. Integrating the principles of Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS) can enhance the process of reframing our stories. RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ How to Become Happier and Healthier through Forgiveness with Fred Luskin [Episode 4] - https://open.spotify.com/episode/3f9dcmUqn4cn9ixwilFvrD?si=79ac10d38b514e74 ✨ Step Out of Your Story: https://amzn.to/49zW94q SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 01:00 Benefits of Viewing Your Life as a Story 03:18 Applying Story Elements to Understand and Frame Your Life 04:39 Antagonists in Your Story 05:31 Recognizing the Hero in Your Own Story 08:06 Valuing the Hard Parts of Your Story 09:19 Finding Meaning and Compassion in Your Story 10:16 Using Writing Workshops and Jungian Archetypes 11:11 Becoming a Hero in Your Own Story 16:17 Implementing the Framework in Your Own Life 25:36 Challenges in Reframing Stories and Using Parts Work 29:01 Mini Moves and Recommendations

Hey! On today's ep, I'm diving into the topic of *how to exit your people-pleasing era*. I have worked v hard (and tbh continue!! To work) to let go of behaviours akin to accepting icecreams that will make me feel physically unwell (watch the ep!!) - and have SO much to share on this topic. Social Anxiety Episode on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2BVvBtock4v0PytPB8BqS3?si=3d3a21b3802846f1 CHAPTERS 0:00 Intro 1:38 Step One 3:48 Step Two 6:14 Step Three 11:20 Step Four 13:17 Step Five 18:03 Step Six 19:48 Mini Moves 31:37 Reccs of The Week RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ The Art of Giving and Receiving - https://amzn.to/3SZDxVt ✨ I Gave Consent For S** I Didn't Want to Have - https://www.newsweek.com/i-gave-consent-unwantred-sex-1697653 ✨ Did You Say Something, Susan? (Second Edition): How Any Woman Can Gain Confidence with Assertive Communication - https://amzn.to/48fhoqB SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ tiktok.com/muchelleb 🧚 Website ⇢ http://muchelleb.com.au/ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-mel

Hey! On today's ep I'm talkin' emotional regulation. We talk about: Some fun research that's made me rethink things Some super popular emotional regulation strategies that straight up don't work Some emotional regulation strategies that I've found *life-changing* RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ Unwinding Anxiety - https://amzn.to/3SgfYpR ✨ Learned Optimism - https://amzn.to/3vSDDVQ REFERENCES Facilitating adaptive emotional analysis: distinguishing distanced-analysis of depressive experiences from immersed-analysis and distraction - https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/18469151/ Emotion Naming Impedes Both Cognitive Reappraisal and Mindful Acceptance Strategies of Emotion Regulation - https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42761-021-00036-y Venting Makes You Worse: https://slate.com/technology/2022/03/venting-makes-you-feel-worse-psychology-research.html CHAPTERS 0:00 - Emotional Regulation Signs 0:48 - Introduction 1:22 - Venting Strategies 2:55 - Emotional Naming Techniques 4:03 - Understanding Your Feelings 6:41 - Expanding Coping Strategies 7:49 - Reframing Thoughts 9:37 - Embracing Acceptance 13:29 - Attention Management Tips 17:01 - Implementing Mini-moves SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me

Hey! On today's ep I'm chit-chatting about 7 self-help books that have (actually, for real) changed my life. THE BOOKS ✨ Learned Optimism by Martin Seligman: https://amzn.to/41YYDX0 ✨ Unwinding Anxiety by Judd Brewer: https://amzn.to/3tR2bOi ✨ The Power of Strangers by Joe Keohane: https://amzn.to/3HnhaTa ✨ Forgive for Good by Fred Luskin: https://amzn.to/3S4VwZc ✨ More than Words: https://amzn.to/3RU0xDH ✨ The Relationship Handbook by Dr. George Pransky PhD : https://amzn.to/3tGqr5W ✨ The Way Out by Alan Gordon: https://amzn.to/48SXBhg ✨ Opening up by Writing it Down: https://amzn.to/3ShNDAT NOTES The Relationship Handbook / More Than Words will not be helpful reads if: You feel unsafe or worry anything you do or say could anger or upset them. You feel like you're 'walking on eggshells'. They limit your social life and isolate you from friends and family They won’t let you go out without them or without their permission, or say they prefer you to stay home with them. They decide where you go, who you have contact with and how you spend your time. They never let you have a say or decide. 'Gaslighting'/making you question your own mind Your sense of self and confidence is broken down You are constantly humiliated and criticised Your sanity, memory, and sense of reality are constantly questioned You feel like your decisions are controlled or made by someone else SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:38 Learned Optimism 1:40 Unwinding Anxiety 2:26 The Power of Strangers 3:50 Forgive for Good 5:00 More Than Words / The Relationship Handbook 7:13 The Way Out 8:37 Opening Up by Writing it Down

Hey! On today's ep I'm interviewing the incredible Susan Ashford, author of The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth. We chat about the idea behind "flexing", how to slowly lean into a better version of yourself, the difference between regular goal setting and flex goal process, the importance of shifting to a learning mindset, and the power of reframing experiences. Buy The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth by Susan J Ashford: https://www.amzn.to/47f1dsR RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ The Power of Flexing: How to Use Small Daily Experiments to Create Big Life-Changing Growth by Susan J Ashford: https://www.amzn.to/47f1dsR ✨ Personality Isn't Permanent: https://www.amzn.to/3RElUJa ✨ How to be an Imperfectionist: https://www.amzn.to/3THpjcM SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction and Overview 01:03 What is Flexing? 04:18 Regular Goal Setting vs Flex Goal Process 06:22 Shifting to a Learning Mindset 11:55 Shaping Your Vision 16:29 The Power of Experimentation 17:51 Reframing Experiences 21:26 The Importance of Reflection 28:33 Advice for Those New to the Flex Mindset 33:51 Reccs of the week 34:43 Mini Moves

Hey! In this episode I’m talking about my personal journey of managing and reducing my social anxiety. I talk about mindset shifts to make to move past your social anxiety, managing rumination and strategies to feel more yourself in day to day life.  RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ Imagery-Enhanced CBT for Social Anxiety Disorder - https://amzn.to/48raIq2 ✨ How to Be Yourself: Quiet Your Inner Critic and Rise Above Social Anxiety - https://amzn.to/48s1Gch ✨ Dating Without Fear - https://amzn.to/48uvXXO SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me Chapters 00:00 Introduction 03:00 Understanding Social Anxiety 09:17 Accepting Flaws and Self-Image 13:27 Managing Rumination 17:48 Self-Imposed Exposure Therapy 20:58 Avoiding Judgemental People 24:09 Working on Self-Image 25:22 Accepting Uncertainty 28:20 Recommendations 29:56 Mini Moves

Hey! On today's ep I'm interviewing Fred Luskin. Fred Luskin, Ph.D. is the author of Forgive for Good and one of the world's leading researchers and teachers on the subject of forgiveness. He is the director of the Stanford Forgiveness Project, a series of research projects that investigate forgiveness methods. We talk about the impact of forgiveness on mental health, the importance of setting boundaries and challenging unenforceable rules, the need for gratitude and positive intention in the forgiveness process. RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ Fred’s book Forgive for Good ✨ Fred’s book Forgive for Love ✨ How to Stubbornly Refuse to Make Yourself Miserable about Anything ✨ The Intention App: Train Your Brain For Happiness | The Ultimate Guide to Stop Overthinking (Part One) SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction 00:26 The Benefits of Forgiveness 01:26 Forgiveness as a Mental Health Tool 02:23 The Impact of Forgiveness on the Nervous System 03:21 Understanding Forgiveness 04:18 Misconceptions about Forgiveness 05:14 Forgiveness as Making Peace with Your Life 06:14 Forgiveness as a Lifestyle 07:12 Unenforceable Rules and Boundaries 09:08 Resentment and Boundaries 13:31 Challenging Unenforceable Rules 15:27 The Addictive Quality of Anger 16:54 Constructive and Destructive Anger 19:47 The Role of Venting 22:05 Expressing Anger and Moving towards Forgiveness 23:54 The Power of Gratitude in Forgiveness 27:45 Self-Forgiveness and Forgiveness for Others 31:08 The Impact of Gratitude 33:35 Becoming a Hero in Your Forgiveness Story 36:59 The Importance of Positive Intention in Forgiveness 39:46 Starting the Forgiveness Journey 43:04 Dealing with Rumination 45:54 Recommendations and Mini Moves

Hey! On today’s solo ep I’m talking about making friends as an adult and how to enter your community era. We talk about the challenges of finding new friends as an adult and the importance of putting yourself in situations where new people can be met, the importance of personal growth and becoming the kind of person one would want to be friends with, rejection and rejection sensitivity in friendship making and deepening friendships. RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ Danielle Bayard Jackson Friend Forward ✨ EP4 of The Grow With Intention Podcast with Fred Luskin ✨ Dating Without Fear by Thomas Smithyman PhD SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction: The Need for New Friendships 01:54 The Numbers Game of Friendship Making 03:16 Putting Effort into Making New Friends 04:10 Methods for Meeting New People 07:26 Managing Expectations in Friendship Making 08:22 Becoming the Coolest Person You Know 09:42 Avoiding Should Energy in Friendship Making 10:58 Recognizing Beige Flags in New Friendships 13:19 Rejection and Rejecting in Friendship Making 19:31 Dealing with Impatience in Friendship Building 25:05 Deepening Friendships 28:36 Recommendations and Conclusion

Hey! On today's ep I'm deep diving on manifestation: Is it legit? What parts of it work? How can you “manifest”? I talk about the power and limitations of visualization, explore the concept of self-affirmation and its positive effects and address the idea of limiting beliefs. RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ Robert Fritz: The Path of Least Resistance and Creating ✨ Mic The Real Trouble with Manifesting Your Happiness ✨ Rethinking Positive Thinking by Gabriele Oettingen SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction to Manifestation 00:59 The Power and Limitations of Visualization 04:04 Effective Visualization Techniques 06:39 Using W.O.O.P. for Manifestation 07:07 The Impact of Affirmations 09:12 Choosing Effective Affirmations 10:26 The Power of Self-Affirmation 11:38 The Benefits and Pitfalls of Vision Boards 13:02 Navigating Limiting Beliefs 16:21 Recommended Resources 17:32 Actionable Mini Moves

Hey! On today's ep I'm interviewing the incredible Michelle Segar. Michelle is an award-winning, NIH-funded researcher at the University of Michigan with almost thirty years studying how to help people adopt exercise and physical activity in ways that bring meaning and joy, and can be sustained within the complexity and unpredictability of the real world. We talk about self-control, good “whys”, how to get motivated to workout, flexibility in behaviour change, reframing shoulds and how to enjoy exercise. TAKE THE TRAP QUIZ - https://michellesegar.com/joy-quiz/ RECCS OF THE WEEK ✨ The Joy Choice by Michelle Segar - https://amzn.to/3v9QuT2 ✨ No Sweat by Michelle Segar - https://amzn.to/471AxMj ✨ Elastic Habits by Stephen Guise - https://amzn.to/3RkvDEh ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map SHOP ✨ The Intention App - Manage Your Mind to Create a Life That Feels Good ⇢ ⁠https://www.theintentionapp.com/⁠ ✨ The Life Map - Part eBook, part digital workbook. Use The Life Map (2.0) to create your most incredible year yet ⇢ https://www.muchelleb.com.au/the-life-map CONNECT WITH ME 🧚 On Instagram ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 TikTok ⇢ ⁠@muchelleb⁠ 🧚 Website ⇢ ⁠http://muchelleb.com.au/⁠ 🧚 Get Product / Service Support ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/get-support⁠ 🧚 Collaboration Enquiries ⇢ ⁠https://muchelleb.com.au/work-with-me CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction to Michelle Segar and her research on sustainable habits 02:49 The limitations of using reasons like health and weight loss as motivation 06:36 Reframing shoulds into more helpful and meaningful choices 09:29 Immediate and noticeable changes that sustain motivation 11:44 The importance of flexibility in behavior change 16:25 The research behind flexibility and its adaptiveness 20:32 Developing flexibility and making it a part of your identity 22:47 Using flexibility at choice points and reframing unworkable plans 25:14 Noticing rewards and practicing mental flexibility 30:53 Feeling unmotivated as a smoke screen for deeper reasons 38:05 Tips for neurodivergent individuals and practicing flexibility 43:56 The time it takes to embed the habit of mental flexibility 52:33 This weeks recommendations 53:24 Mini moves segment

Welcome to Grow With Intention ✨ A podcast for people who want to create a life that feels good. Grow With Intention explores questions like: ✨ How can you get things done in a way that’s a custom fit for your brain? ✨ How can you react in a more helpful way to your thoughts and feelings? ✨ How can you create habits that you look forward to every day? ✨ How can you change patterns of behaviour in a self-compassionate way?