

Change Wired
Angela Shurina
Change Wired: Change in days - not in years! Ready to ditch slow change and start thriving sooner?Change Wired is your new favorite podcast for practical, punchy insights into personal growth and about navigating career, life and business transitions, meaningful productivity, mindset mastery, and creating high-performing, purpose-driven, thriving cultures of growth. Hosted by Angela Shurina, an Executive & High-Performance Coach, Be-Sci Fueled Culture Transformation Strategist with 18 years of global experience (who now runs a culture transformation consulting & coaching firm). Each episode breaks down science-backed tools from biology, neuroscience, psychology of change, systems thinking and behavioral science into actionable tips you can start using today. Expect lively solo episodes, inspiring guests, and real-world strategies designed specifically for change agents, leaders, entrepreneurs, and growth-focused professionals eager to accelerate their evolution and impact beyond oneself - both personally and within their teams & communities. Tune in, wire your brain for change, and get ready to transform in days - not years!
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Jan 23, 2023 • 56min
Jesse McGinnis from Shopify - millennial talk about the best practices to build trust and people-first leadership through facilitation of full-human-based connections in the remote world of work.
Intentionality-Focused:“Use the right medium for the thing you are trying to achieve” ~ Jesse McGinnis - From being against remote to being remote work advocate - Jesse’s personal journey to becoming a thought leader in the space of remote-first leadership; - From software development to helping people and teams of engineers realize what they are capable of; - Building a culture of trust and high performance in a remote setting - you have to start with human relationships; - Building layers of intensity and vulnerability through different communication channels to facilitate high performance in a tech environment; - Creating room for small talk through activities that facilitate casual conversations that lead to the depth of connections; - Why so many leaders get in their own way trying to facilitate trust, openness and vulnerability among people - how to avoid it; - 3 layers of building trust and how to make them happen: fun, real talk, full-human connections; - Games and other tools online to facilitate genuine human connection; - Why trust is so crucial for team productivity and there are no high-performing teams without trust; - Why it’s important to know “full human being” to avoid social frictions online; - How getting to know the full person helps leaders to motivate people at a very deep level; - How facilitating “letting the guards down” frees up people’s energy for work (neuroscience of brain energetics and productivity connection); - How remote setting can help to create trust faster by removing power hierarchy; - What they do at Shopify to facilitate a culture of trust, productivity and high performance; - Are they really against meetings at Shopify? - How trust fosters innovation in remote setting or anywhere; - Jesse’s thoughts on better New Year resolutions and so much more!TUNE IN! - learn to build deeper connections with people remotely or in person. Jesse McGinnis BIO:Growing Eng leaders at Shopify. Helping leaders and teams be their best. "I love solving impactful and complex problems and my favorite challenges intersect software, people, and communication." Jesse writes about (https://jcmcginnis.com/blog/) technical leadership on his blog, and authored "Embracing Uncertainty" (https://www.uncertaintybook.ca/), offering practical tips and techniques for building and maintaining high-performing teams. Useful Tools Jesse Recommends: - Ungame - NYT 36 Questions to fall in love - Casual games: Codenames, Drawasaurus, Gartic Phone, Draw Battle, Geoguessr, AmongUs, Haxball. Connect with Jesse: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jcmcginnis/ Twitter: @elsom25 Website: https://jcmcginnis.com/ Email: jesse at jcmcginnis.com Produced by Angela Shurina, CERTIFIED HIGH PERFORMANCE, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACH Change in daysText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Jan 20, 2023 • 27min
Eating eggs for high performance and effective recovery. The most effective breathwork for stress management and great sleep.
TUNE IN TO LEARN:Productivity and high performance are all about your ability to recover and switch between ON and OFF states.You can only go as intense as you can recover from.One nutrient and one type of breathing might be the missing pieces to make your recovery rates phenomenal."New Stanford Research Confirms the 1 Style of Breath Work That Is Most Effective at Reducing Stress and Improving MoodThe style of your breathing matters.""The Effects of Dietary Choline Deficiency on Neurologic and System-Wide Health"Produced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED HIGH PERFORMANCE, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACHChange in days - not in years!Check out our"🧠Focus Hacker" - 9-minute video brain training https://BrainBreakthroughCoach.com/newsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Jan 18, 2023 • 37min
The only 3 tools for emotional regulation any entrepreneur and business owner needs to practice or lack of consistency and confidence guaranteed.
TUNE IN TO LEARN:Leila Hormozi (famous now Hormozi couple) made a video about how all successful entrepreneurs have this skill down - emotional resilience, emotional regulation. Your emotions are the primary reason why you give up on your goals or why you lack consistency in action. Produced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED PERFORMANCE, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACHChange in days - not in years!Check out our"🧠Focused Brain Hacker" - 9-minute video brain training https://BrainBreakthroughCoach.com/newsletterText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Jan 16, 2023 • 15min
How do you find motivation for the thing you don't want to do?
TUNE IN TO LEARN:This is how you get things done, even the most boring and mundane emails, cold calls, debugging of code and business - cognitive tool that even Elon Musk uses.It's a skill - master it🧠Produced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED PERFORMANCE, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACHChange in days - not in years!Email me to work together:angela@brainbreakthroughcoach.comCheck out what we are up to at https://BrainBreakthroughCoach.com/Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Jan 13, 2023 • 46min
Confidence Boosting Nutrition and Lifestyle: optimizing dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin with simple, research-based habits
TUNE IN TO LEARN:Confidence depends on higher levels of dopamine, serotonin and oxytocin.This is how you bring up your base levels of these confidence-building brain molecules.All you need to know based on current brain-body research about lifestyle practices and specific foods and cognitive-behavioral protocols to maintain higher levels of confidence every day.Confidence has a recipe.Connect for in depth masterclass: angela@brainbreakthroughcoach.com Produced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED PERFORMANCE, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACHChange in days - not in years!Email me to work together:angela@brainbreakthroughcoach.comCheck out what we are up to at https://BrainBreakthroughCoach.com/Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Jan 11, 2023 • 41min
Confidence Building Toolkit: results in business, promotions, dating success depend on it. Research-based cognitive and lifestyle strategies.
Exploring the origins of confidence from genes to lifestyle, blending masculine and feminine traits for success, embracing failure as a learning opportunity, and boosting confidence through meditation, exercise, and lifestyle habits. Learn how to build lasting confidence for business, promotions, and relationships.

Jan 9, 2023 • 1h 5min
Building an extraordinary life with simple high-performance tools and daily habits with Erik Seversen - a 9-figure entrepreneur, author and adventurer.
"Life is good. Extraordinary is possible!"TUNE IN TO LEARN: C- to straight As - what was the crucial factor that made the difference in Erik’s education; How Erik ended up reading up to 2 books a day after reading almost none; Erik’s fast-reading secret; How gardening, planting onions and carrots led Erik to entrepreneurship and building a 9-figure business; How Erik uses self-videotaping to keep himself focused and on track with his priorities every day; How to keep the passion alive when in your entrepreneurial life things don’t go your way or you have to do a lot of things you aren’t excited about - where your focus should be; 3 things to focus on to keep your business growing and your soul glowing; How to make money goals bring you joy VS stress and tension; What Erik does to bounce back when he falls behind with progress and gets stuck, what’s part of Erik’s morning routine is crucial to forward business momentum and getting out of any rut; How exercise helps Erik to get his best ideas; What productivity means for Erik as an entrepreneur, and how to spot “fake productivity”, that’s all about avoiding the most important action steps; Erik’s favorite high-performance and reaching-your-goals tools: - specific visualization to be intentional about the results - to hit a financial target, deliver a great public talk or win a Muay thai match; - a very non-politically correct tool to manage negative self-talk and impostor syndrome; - celebrating minor wins, and laughter for health and productivity; - exercise, nutrition, meditation as productivity tools; - not doing things alone - how to work with people to exponentially accelerate your progress towards any goal. … and so much more! TUNE IN - LIVE EXTRAORDINARILY! Erik Seversen - Speaker, Author, Adventurer, Educator and EntrepreneurConnect with Erik:Website: https://erikseversen.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/erikseversen/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/erik.seversenThe 21-Day Habit ChallengeProduced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED PERFORMANCE, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACHChange in days - not in years!Email me to work together:angela@brainbreakthroughcoach.comCheck out what we are up to at https://BrainBreakthroughCoach.com/Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Jan 4, 2023 • 27min
Kaizen, why most habits-building fail, brain hacks and neuroscience to build habits fast and easy
TUNE IN TO LEARN:How to never fail at building habits and feel good VS stressed while building healthy, challenging business and personal habits.Personal development must feel rewarding not soul-draining - this is how you do it.Produced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED PRODUCTIVITY, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACHChange in days - not in years!Email me to work together:angela@brainbreakthroughcoach.comText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Jan 2, 2023 • 39min
2 main mistakes - why people fail to achieve yearly goals. A flexible goal-setting process I did this year - less pressure for more meaning. Living each day intentionally.
TUNE IN TO LEARN:How I approached goal-setting this year - very differently from SMART goals but that's actually more effective for long-term development and designing trajectory of life and business.2 main mistakes most people do when setting goals that make them as probable as a miracle or magic.Want to set goals together to achieve them❓Email me - angela@brainbreakthroughcoach.com Produced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED PRODUCTIVITY, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACHChange in days - not in years!Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

Dec 29, 2022 • 27min
Nutrition for Stress and Challenges: essential supplements to manage physical and mental stress to stay motivated, never get sick, and take action to get results.
TUNE IN TO LEARN:Here's how stress robs your body from vitamins and minerals that you need to stay strong, motivated, action-oriented to think clearly, stay full of energy and take effective action to improve things, to move forward.💊Essential Supplement stack for stressful and challenging times - new business, becoming a parent or losing it all and having to start from scratch. Produced by Angela Shurina,CERTIFIED PRODUCTIVITY, HEALTH, NUTRITION COACHChange in days - not in years! Text Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina Behavior-First, Executive and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant