How many times do we say "I feel anxious", but we're not really sure why? Anxiety is an emotion, but it also has a physical component, the stress component, which is the fight or flight stress response. The brain gets alerted that you were under a threat. You feel the emotion of anxiety and then your body goes into the fight or flight response. Our body is reacting as if there's danger—but the danger is just inside our mind.Join Heather and Leah this week as they tackle the big topic of anxiety. What is it? Where does it come from? And most importantly, how can we help ourselves feel less of it?Find out how to change your mindset on this episode of Building Resilience! As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Mindset. We've all heard the word, especially in a self improvement setting. But what does it really mean? A mindset is a set of assumptions, methods, or notions held by one person or a group of people. It arises out of a person's worldview or their philosophy of life. Boiled down—it's basically the way we think. Our mindset is an amazing thing, because it shapes the reality of everything we do. It's a lens that colors every And bonus—we can change it ourselves.Find out how to change your mindset on this episode of Building Resilience! As always, don't forget to find us on our website and join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The inner critic. The super ego. The Mean Girls. The concept has many nicknames but they're all the same thing—that inner voice we hear criticising us whenever we try to change. We're imagining we're hearing their voice in our minds, but their opinions are also imaginary. Who are these mean girls? What do they want? How can we use their chatter to our advantage?And what does all this have to do with....slime?Find us on our website or join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Where does love come from? Most people would say, it comes from my significant other, my kids, my dog, my family, my friends—movies or commercials or cards lead us to believe that love comes from somebody else.This week, we're here to tell you love is not what you think! Because we know that any feeling is created by a thought, and feelings are created by thoughts, we create our love.As always, find us on our website or our Facebook group. We'll see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Have you ever been in a relationship where someone constantly criticizes you?Maybe they say you're not tall enough, thin enough, smart enough or sexy enough. Even when you do succeed, that person doesn't seem to acknowledge it or share your joy.Sometimes that voice grows louder and louder, because someone else's voice joins theirs: ours.This week, Heather and Leah talk about confidence: what are some exercises we can do to build our own self confidence? What (or who) is our biggest roadblock to building it?As always, find us on our website or our Facebook group. We'll see you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Before you go running and thinking "Post-traumatic growth? That's so not for me." —this information is actually really valuable. As we've talked about numerous times before, trauma in all its glorious forms is something that we are all going to be confronted with either personally or we're going to witness a loved one, experiencing something. Sometimes these traumas can turn into something difficult like PTSD, but sometimes, they can turn into something more.Join us this week as we talk about the magic that is post-traumatic growth. What is it? Who experiences it? And what good can come from life's traumas?Don't forge to check out this week's links:TED Talk: 3 Things I Learned While My Plane Crashed Option B, by Sheryl Sandberg Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Contrary to how it might feel, we get to decide how we act. If someone says something offensive to us, we can choose to end the conversation. We can choose to never talk to that person again. What we can't do is control what they think, feel, or do.On today's episode, we discuss how we can take advantage of the choices we do have, even when it seems like we might not have many options. Also, how can we reach "emotional adulthood"?Find us on our website or join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We used to think you can't teach an old dog new tricks. However, we now know that, while children are able to heal from their injuries and learn things much faster than adults, we also have the ability to intentionally change our brain.Join Heather and Leah this week as we talk about neuroplasticity. What is it? What do we know about it? And how can using it to our advantage literally let us physically change our brain forever?Don't forget to check out the links we mentioned in this episode:TED Talk: You can grow new brain cells.Rick Hanson Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

As we've discussed, your mind is a powerful thing—but so is your mouth (or rather, what comes out of it). Words matter, and our own mind is listening to the words we say whether we realize it or not.Join us on this week's episode as we discuss how the language we use is more powerful than we think, how "have to" and "should" are more damaging than we think, and how Yoda basically has all this figured out.Here are the amazing TED Talks and the book we mentioned:Power of Yet Ted Talk - Dr. Carol DweckBegin with Yes - Paul S. Boynton90 Seconds to a Life You Love by Dr. Joan RosenbergFind us on our website or join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is the second part to our episode on feelings! Join us as we spend some time talking about how to allow, how to process, and how to digest emotion. This is truly the way we gain authority over emotions in order to move forward in life.There's no way around a negative emotion as they say, the only way around is through which means we need to learn to process them. It's a skill that we have to develop in order to move forward and face difficult emotions.One last thing—don't forget this week's download! You can get it by clicking here.Find us on our website or join our Facebook group. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.