47. Silence Your Noise with Kristy Kuhl
Description
What if the biggest obstacle standing between you and your dreams isn’t external—but the noise in your own head?
High-performance coach Kristy Kuhl reveals how she went from a six-figure corporate job to unapologetically designing her life, and the exact systems she uses to help others silence self-sabotage.
Discover why "simple doesn’t mean easy"—and how to finally take action on what matters (without waiting for motivation).
Key Takeaways:
- Your biggest enemy isn’t failure—it’s the committee in your head. Childhood conditioning wires us to seek approval, and quieting those voices comes before crushing goals.
- Every “yes” to others is a “no” to your future self. Kristy breaks down her battery metaphor—why draining energy on non-essentials leaves you too exhausted to build the life you want.
- Regret speaks louder than fear. After interviewing a death doula, Kristy shares the shocking #1 deathbed remorse that now fuels her boldest decisions.
- Five minutes is all you need to prove you’re unstoppable. Her counterintuitive method for leveraging chaotic moments (like school drop-off lines) to build unstoppable momentum.
- Successful people don’t have better goals—they have better alarms. Why her “speaker scorecard” system (with sticky notes and music triggers) outperforms vision boards every time.
Timestamps:
00:00 - The Noise Holding You Back (And How to Spot It)
06:15 - "I Changed Who I Was at Age 8" (Kristy’s People-Pleaking Origin Story)
12:40 - Corporate Success ≠ Fulfillment: Why She Walked Away
18:30 - The Deathbed Regret That Will Make You Rethink Everything
25:45 - How to Outsmart Your Brain’s "Not Good Enough" Script
31:20 - High-Performance Hack: Taking Action in Peak Energy States
38:00 - The 3-Word Question That Unlocks Your Next Chapter
42:10 - Kristy’s "Chicken List" Strategy for Bold Moves
47:50 - Why You Need Fewer Goals and Better Systems
Connect with Kristy Kuhl:
Website: https://kristykuhl.com/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristy-kuhl-mba-84650b41/
Keep Rising with Kristy Kuhl: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-rising-with-kristy-kuhl/id1723386662
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CONNECT WITH IAN BOWEN:
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