Adding is our natural default when it comes to solving problems and striving to improve our lives. We add organizers to manage clutter. We add diet plans to lose weight. We add programs to help struggling students. And we add meetings to implement the programs. What if real empowerment comes not from adding…but from subtracting? Listen in to hear stories, research insights, and practical examples you can try right away to simplify your life at home and work.

Ever feel like you're a puppet and other people are pulling your strings? If you want to feel more in control in your life, to feel more empowered, this episode will teach you where and how to get started. Empowerment (or lack of it) makes a real difference in how you approach your life, the different roles you play, and your relationships, so it’s worth your time to figure out how to have more of it.

Learn 3 concepts that can help you shift your perspective and improve any kind of relationship - even if the other person doesn't change.

In this episode you'll learn a 3-step strategy to calm down, ID solutions, and feel more confident when handling unexpected challenges.

All perfectionists outsource confidence, but doing so can be quite problematic. Listen to learn why insourcing is a better option.

Learn how you can increase your cognitive flexibility to improve your creativity, resilience, problem-solving, and quality of life.

Millions of adults live with anxiety and depression. Listen to learn a tool that can help improve your mental health and mind management.

Women face a host of factors that inhibit confidence. Listen to learn 6 confidence blockers along with useful strategies to combat each one.

Confidence doesn’t come easily to most women. Listen to learn about challenges women face and 6 things they can do to improve confidence.

Most people struggle with difficult coworkers at some point. Listen to hear mindset ideas and a 5-step process to resolve conflict.

Everyone experiences hard things in life. Listen to learn a strategy to reframe how you think about challenges so they're easier to handle.

Your brain actively collects "evidence" to help you survive, but it over-collects negative. Learn how to override that to improve your life.

We think quick progress is good and slow is bad. Listen for another way to think about slow progress that will motivate you to keep going.

Seeing others as God does can be challenging. Listen to learn how to become more accepting of people with different beliefs and backgrounds.

Most people abandon resolutions within a month or two. Learn a different way to think about goals that will make them easier to achieve.

Perfectionism pretends to help you improve, but it really just keeps you overwhelmed and stuck. Part 3 of the Lies of Perfectionism series.

Perfectionism pretends to help you improve, but it really just keeps you overwhelmed and stuck. Part 2 of the Lies of Perfectionism series.

Perfectionism pretends to help you improve, but it really just keeps you overwhelmed and stuck. Part 1 of the Lies of Perfectionism series.

Most of us have painful, limiting thoughts that we automatically accept as true. But what if you could change those? Listen to learn more.