Rewire your exhausted mind: Sarah Grynberg's tools for over-achievers

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Feb 26, 2025

In this conversation, Sarah Grynberg, a mindset coach and author, shares her transformative journey from feeling exhausted despite success to finding fulfillment. She discusses how simple mindset shifts can combat negative thinking and enhance decision-making. Sarah emphasizes the importance of forgiveness for personal freedom and highlights the detrimental effects of gossip. Additionally, she offers easy meditation techniques for beginners and underscores the value of authenticity in building meaningful connections.

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ANECDOTE

Burnout and Realization

Sarah Grynberg describes her experience of burnout while working in breakfast radio, despite external successes.
This led to a turning point where she realized the need for personal change.

ADVICE

Thought Switching

Counter negative thoughts by immediately switching to a positive thought, like thinking of your dog.
Consistent practice rewires the brain towards positivity through neuroplasticity.

ADVICE

Rumination Remedy

To combat rumination, first test the negative thought's validity.
Then, explore external or internal controls; if none exist, accept the thought and shift to a positive one.

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Are you trapped in an exhausting cycle of achievement without fulfilment? Do you lie awake at night wondering how success or status can feel so empty?

What if the gap between your exhausted reality and your greatest life could be bridged by simple mindset shifts? What if transformation required minutes, not months?

My good friend Sarah Grynberg has been there, and she made the improvements needed to change her life.

Sarah hit a point where she felt exhausted and unfulfilled, even with all she had achieved in her career and personal life. That’s when she decided to dive deeper into the mind-body connection

Now, Sarah is the host of the chart topping podcast A Life of Greatness and one of the most requested podcast interviewers for international guests, as well as a mindset coach and author of the newly released book, Living a Life Of Greatness.

Sarah shares:

How you can change your negative thoughts to create a more positive outlook on life
Why gossiping is actually making your life worse
A simple way you can change your decision making process to get the best results
Some easy meditation techniques for beginners who struggle getting into it

Key Quotes:

“Forgiveness is not letting the other person off the hook, it’s about letting yourself be free.”

“Once we have a negative thought it is very hard to change that. But the way that we can disrupt that thought is by moving to the better feeling thought.”

Connect with Sarah on Instagram or her website.

For more from Sarah you can hear her even more on her podcast or buy her new book.

My latest book The Health Habit is out now. You can order a copy here: https://www.amantha.com/the-health-habit/

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Credits:

Host: Amantha Imber

Sound Engineer: The Podcast Butler

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