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When Knowledge-Seeking Becomes Your Emotional Regulation Tool
Awareness without support, tools, or scaffolding for new ways to move forward can add to distress. The brain can only hold so much awareness and knowledge before it starts collapsing under the weight of everything you’re trying to hold.
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Ep. 102 | Casey Stillwagon: Ultrarunner, Teacher, Mental Health Advocate Behind @Run5555km and #StrongerEveryStride
Help ultrarunner, Casey Stillwagon raise awareness for mental health, suicide prevention, and the importance of extending grace and compassion to others but also ourselves — by setting your own 5,555 km goal (3,472 miles) and tagging @Run5555km on Instagram and using the hashtags #StrongerEveryStride and #Run5555km.
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Why Ultrarunner Casey Stillwagon’s Stronger Every Stride Inspired Me to Try Running Again – This Time From a Different Mindset
Where can you shift from “I have to” to “I get to”? What pain are you willing to choose—because something within you knows it’s the path to your next level?
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Harnessing the Zeigarnik Effect: The Art of Opening and Closing Loops
Why Loops Matter We all know the feeling: unfinished tasks, unresolved decisions, or unmet goals quietly lingering in the background, consuming mental energy. These “open loops” create cognitive tension that makes it hard to focus on what matters most. But here’s the opportunity: when we can master the art of moving through life intentionally opening…
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Building Momentum with a Sufficiency Mindset: Tackling Procrastination, One Step at a Time
In our last post, we explored Dr. Russell Ramsay’s “Touching the Task” approach—a powerful tool for initiating action by physically engaging with a task, even in the smallest of ways. But what about when the root of procrastination isn’t just about not wanting to start—it’s the fear that you lack the capacity to begin and…
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First, Let’s Not Make Things Worse: A Practical Guide to Staying Grounded in Tough Moments
Feeling overwhelmed or stressed? Author Jon Acuff’s advice—“First, let’s not make things worse”—offers a refreshing, practical approach for handling life’s challenges with humor, clarity, and emotional steadiness. Learn how this simple mindset shift, along with the grounding cue “Steady,” can help you respond with intention, anchor yourself in calm, and navigate both everyday frustrations and…
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Embracing Both the Struggler and the Warrior: The Key to a Growth Mindset
How do you keep going when you don’t feel confident? This reflection explores balancing self-doubt and belief, embracing both vulnerability and strength to help you keep moving forward.
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Why Taking Your Capabilities Seriously Might Be the Missing Link to the Change You Seek
Exploring the part of Dan Sullivan’s Capableism we don’t often talk about. Dan Sullivan, co-founder of Strategic Coach and best-selling author of over 30 books on entrepreneurship and personal growth, is known for his innovative thinking around personal and professional development. One of his most compelling ideas is something he calls Capableism, which challenges us…
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Ep. 74 | Why We Quit
Welcome back to The End of the Day Podcast—a mindset podcast on a mission to help you think differently so you can start living differently. In this episode: Today’s Focus: What We Unpack: The Bottom Line: Questions to Help You Think Differently: Episodes that partner with this one: Quotes in this episode: “If nothing changes, nothing…
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The Power of Deciding Not To Give Up On Yourself
For years I heard people talk about needing to “go all in” to be successful and I would feel immediate resistance.
