Building Resilience

Today I've got the privilege of interviewing Betsy Jensen—a body and mind life coach. She helps people connect with their bodies and heal their chronic pain, while teaching neuroscience principles and current research on chronic pain. She uses proven strategies to calm the nervous system and rewire the brain to produce less pain. You can listen to her podcast, Unstoppable Body and Mind here: https://bodyandmindlifecoach.com/podcastWith Betsy's background in physical therapy, she's the perfect guest for today's topic. We're going to discuss the connection between body and mind, and how chronic pain can be dramatically affected by what's in your brain!Visit me on my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching/). You can also find me on my website, leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com, and book a mini session with me! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

This is a big episode—I am flying solo.As of October 1st, Heather and I decided to close up shop on H & L life coaching and head our separate ways. However, I am excited to take over the podcast and to continue to bring you all the things that will help you create the life that you want. The podcast will continue just as it has—there's just a lot more Leah!Because of this, I thought that life transitions would be a very appropriate topic to talk about today. They can be good ones or they can be bad ones. They can start off as being bad and end up being really good or vice versa. They can bring up all the emotions. And of course you know I'm going to tell you, you need to feel your emotions (more on that too!). Dive in with me as we explore transitions, why our monkey brains resist them, and what we can do to help things flow smoothly.Visit me on my Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching) or Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/leahdavidsonlifecoaching/). You can also find me on my website, leahdavidsonlifecoaching.com, and book a mini session with me! Of course, don't forget the free download I mentioned in today's episode to help you feel your emotions: https://leahdavidsonlifecoaching.ck.page/aa8a710586 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When we think about future self and all of the goals we want to achieve, we tend to look at the end goal, not so much the journey. Unfortunately for us, delayed gratification doesn't tend to come naturally. Focusing on the finish line means that we don't always achieve the results we want because we can get in our own way. But building a habit is exactly that—building. The tiny changes we make from day to day make all the difference.On today's episode, we discuss those tiny changes we make, and how small choices can make a serious impact. Make sure to stay tuned to hear about how Heather climbed a mountain and what this all has to do with being a pilot!As always, you can find us on our website, http://hl-lifecoaching.com, and join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thebuildingresilienceclub. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Meditation is a topic that every life coach and wellness expert talks about. But it's so much more than just "ohm" and "ah"—it's a way to teach our mind and body to heal itself. We've all heard so much about what meditation is, but what are the benefits? And how can a beginner just "release" stress and discomfort?To explore these questions and more on the rich topic of meditation, we are joined by Sabina Ravalli. She has over 10 years of experience providing her clients with total mind, body, and lifestyle practices that create massive transformation in their life and career. As a shy introvert, struggling with her fear of marketing her passions to the world, she put herself on a mission to fall in love with being on camera. The tool she discovered led to the development of a 12 week one-on-one coaching program that can shift any camera, shy entrepreneur into a confident, authentic, and magnetic communicator to their brand. Find out more on her website at http://sabinaravalli.com.As always, you can find us on our website, http://hl-lifecoaching.com, and join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thebuildingresilienceclub. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It seems as if some people don't think that anything is their responsibility and they have all kinds of excuses—why they can't change things that affect their life negatively. People say things like "I couldn't help it" and "It isn't my fault", but what that really does is it tries to eliminate responsibility. Today we talk about the concept of "100% Responsibility and 0% Excuses"—it may sound harsh, but it's vital! "No excuses" doesn't mean that valid reasons don't exist. It really means that we don't surrender to the excuses that could keep us from stepping up in life. No excuses means recognizing that while some excuses may be true, they are almost never useful. Learn how you can take life by the horns and reject the excuses that would hold you back. As always, you can find us on our website, http://hl-lifecoaching.com, and join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thebuildingresilienceclub. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

So many things in this life are learned from trial and error—even something like walking! However, our parents didn't get mad because we fell down while learning—can you imagine? On the contrary! They expect a baby to be a little shaky and they're definitely going to fall. This is a basic human concept called "anti-fragility"—getting up when we fall and trying again, and recognizing that's part of the learning process.Join us this week in our discussion about anti-fragility—how we can learn about this insanely important concept from people like J. K. Rowling, Michael Jordan, Oprah, and.....our own muscles?As always, you can find us on our website, http://hl-lifecoaching.com, and join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thebuildingresilienceclub. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Some feelings we feel day-to-day are useful. Some not so much. And some can be actively desctructive. Today we're talking about a concept that everyone reading this will be familiar with—and that is shame. It's that voice which says words such as "I am not lovable", or "I'm not good enough". Shame causes people to feel trapped, powerless and isolated. In today's episode, we want to discuss what shame is—and possibly even more importantly, what shame isn't. How is it different from guilt? Is it ever useful for us to feel shame? And how can we take advantage of self talk in order to help morph these feelings of shame into things like remorse or guilt (the good kind—the one that helps us improve!)? As always, you can find us on our website, http://hl-lifecoaching.com, and join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thebuildingresilienceclub. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Money! We all use it. We all earn it. But talking about it? That's another story.Molly Claire was one of those people—but one day, she realized that her beliefs about money were not only hers alone, she realized that her own thoughts were part of what was limiting her. On this week's episode of Building Resilience, we talk about money beliefs (we all have them!). What are your money beliefs? How do they limit you? And how can simply changing our perspective lead to unimaginable success?Visit http://thecoachingcollective.com in order to sign up with Molly, or check out her podcast "The Masterful Coach", wherever you get your podcasts.As always, you can find us on our website, http://hl-lifecoaching.com, and join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thebuildingresilienceclub. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today we are lucky enough to have Holly Bertone, PMP, CNHP as our guest—#1 Amazon bestselling author of the book Thriving in the Workplace with Autoimmune Disease: Know Your Rights, Resolve Conflict, and Reduce Stress,  the first book ever to educate others on Autoimmune Disease as a legal disability in the U.S. workplace.Holly is currently the President and CEO of Pink Fortitude, LLC, and founder of Fortitude.Academy. As a breast cancer and Hashimoto’s survivor, her passion is to help women view their chronic illness as a gift and unwrap resilience using a proven method to build fortitude with gratitude (no wonder we wanted to talk to her, right?!). On today's episode, we talk with Holly about building fortitude—how the challenges she has faced have helped her view life through a new set of eyes, and how she used gratitude (and other strategies) to cope with these difficulties.If you would like to sign up for the Gratitude Builds Fortitude Summit, click here: https://academy.pinkfortitude.com/gratitudebuildsfortitudesummitAs always, you can find us on our website, http://hl-lifecoaching.com, and join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thebuildingresilienceclub. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How you process information. Problem solving. Reasoning. How you accomplish your goals. These are all cognitive skills. They impact our language skills, how we read, how we write, how we understand information we hear and how we express ourselves through speech.When people say they're having a hard time reading, they may actually be struggling with focus or concentration, or retaining the information or processing it. It's not necessarily reading. And this. Applies to how we understand information in a conversation as well. It's not necessarily your comprehension skills—it could be your attention skills. So many of these skills are really closely integrated and that's what we work on when people have cognitive communication disorder.Today, we're going to talk about cognitive reserve—a term that neuroscientists coined to basically understand why some individuals are able to remain cognitively healthy—and remain healthier despite biological adversity, even warding off disease, such as Alzheimer's or social adversity, like stressors or personal losses. In today's episode, we'll examine the research, as well as explore ways to expand our own cognitive reserve.As always, you can find us on our website, http://hl-lifecoaching.com, and join our Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/thebuildingresilienceclub. See you next week! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.