Building Resilience

I get a lot of questions from you, my lovely listeners—so I've decided to do a couple of question and answer episodes!Today I've got four questions from both my clients and my listeners—if you've got questions, make sure to submit yours for a future episode at leah@leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com or send me a DM on social media!Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What if changing your mindset was the only step you needed to take to change your life?If you know anything about the placebo effect (or if you listen to my podcast) you know by now that our brains are an amazing thing, yes, but they can be heavily influenced.On today's episode of Building Resilience, I'm going to talk about mindset: the things you can feed your brain to really make a difference, and the simple steps you can take to shape your reality by shaping your thoughts.Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The other day I came across a quote: "Don't take criticism from someone you would not go to for advice". It was such a good quote, I knew a social media post alone wouldn't suffice—I had to make it a whole podcast episode.Taking criticism and advice are two sides of the same coin, but at their core, they aren't really that different. Anybody can offer you words—you then get to decide how you interpret those words. On today's epsiode of Building Resilience, we talk about advice and criticism. How are they the same? How are they different? And what does all of this have to do with slime?Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The human brain is an amazing thing. Arguably one of the most amazing things about it is its ability to adapt to the situations we put it in. That's called "neuroplasticity". Learning about the brain can actually help us understand how the brain functions (even when things are okay) what you can do to boost, to change, to improve, and even protect your brain.Our brain health is so key to our quality of life—it's really key to our physical health, our relationships, our overall resilience. That's why today I wanted to talk a bit more about neuroplasticity with you.Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

And now, for a bit of a different episode.Once upon a time, there was a pink ball—and a little girl who loved it. One day it drifted out to sea...or so she thought. On today's episode I tell a treasured story from my life about personal symbols, and what we can take from the stories we share.Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There are lots and lots of benefits about planning in the future. However, being in the present is also really important for your nervous system—reminding your nervous system, it's safe. It doesn't have to worry about the threats that it perceives in the past or in the future, because none of those threats exist when you are in the here and now.On this episode of Building Resilience, I'm going to explain the explain a tool called "the five channels", originally coined by Bebe Hansen (if you like my interpretation, please check hers out too!). How can you figure out what channel is right for the right moment? And how can switching channels be a game changer?Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We have five ways to interact with the world around us. It's how we percieve everything in our lives. Those ways? Our senses. Because our senses only allow us to percieve the world in real time, they can be used to ground ourselves.On this episode of Building Resilience, I'm going to go over how to best do that—demonstrating using some examples in my own life as well as some thoughts on how YOU can use these techniques.Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We've all got a superpower. It can catch attention, plant ideas in peoples' minds, and help us learn. That superpower? Asking questions.Since our brain is always a work in progress, science has shown that questions are a way to break out of the ruts and worn-down neural pathways in order to create new habits, try new things, and challenge our mindsets.On this episode of Building Resilience, we're going to talk all about these questions—and how we can use them to our advantage in relationships and all over our life.Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Joy" is a word we all know, but maybe don't think about the meaning too much. It has a similar feel to "happy"—but it means oh so much more. On today's episode, I talk about the true meaning of joy. What is it? How can we start to feel it (and create it) in our lives? And how can we avoid the common pitfalls that can eat away at the daily joy we're all capable of feeling? Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Everybody knows that "getting some air" is a great way to center yourself—but what if I told you that it's been scientifically proven that nature has tried-and-true methods to help improve your mental health?On today's episode, I share some of those benefits with you, some of my own favorite ways to experience nature, and some of the theories on why being around trees, grass, plants and even dirt can help lift our spirits.Visit me on Facebook or Instagram. You can also find me on my website and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.