Bold New Mom

When you’re in an emergency situation your brain knows to laser focus in on what’s happening right here right now. It’s one of the amazing functions of the amygdala. But when we’re in the midst of a trial or challenge, zooming in to have a more short-term focus can be useful. It can help you operate with more peace and success. In addition, when you are working on a goal or striving to improve yourself or an aspect of your life, I want to recommend that you lengthen your lens. It’s challenging for the brain to think about what you really want in 10 or 20 years and even more challenging to think as big as what is truly possible. But the more clearly you can decide what you want, the easier your decisions become and the more likely you are to get to your ideal future. Check out today’s episode for more details. CLICK HERE to learn more about Be Bold Bootcamp Nov 4th in Utah CLICK HERE to join Jody on a live call and ask her anything.

Circumstances are neutral. Always. Our brains don’t always want to embrace this and often don’t remember it, but it’s still true. Today I’m teaching you three things that prevent us from really understanding this. Number one, we have memorized thought loops that have to be retrained in our brains or the feeling we have about circumstances happens instantly. Secondly, if everyone around us has the same opinion we do about our circumstance, we have a hard time recognizing that all of this is optional. Finally, the stories we tell ourselves about circumstances determine the details our brains look out for. Over time, we collect entire file cabinets full of evidence in our minds that make it difficult to let go of our beliefs. Also on today’s episode, I’ll be taking you through and entire list of seemingly positive circumstances and seemingly negative ones, and showing you why they are actually neutral. I want you to own what you’re creating for yourself because once you do, you have the ability to create any result you want in your life. Regardless of your circumstance. Let’s give you the power back over your experience. You’re the one who can do something about it. To join the Happy Healthy Moms Summit CLICK HERE. To join me at live at Be Bold Bootcamp in Utah CLICK HERE.

When we operate from gratitude and abundance, we attract more goodness into our lives. We get to experience the world differently. We get to feel what we desire to feel right here and right now even without anything changing or without having anything different. Today I’m teaching you about appreciation (which I like to utilize to build confidence and recognize my own value which comes from Heavenly Father who created me) as well as gratitude and abundance and how to experience more of them in your life. Finally, we’re learning about why desire is a healthy part of human behavior and how to desire from a place of abundance rather than from a place of lack.

I have an amazing mom. Seriously. The best. She’s been on my mind a lot lately as she is battling some health issues and my heart is hurting for her. Today I want to share with you 20 things I learned from her so as to share her with all of you and pay tribute to this woman I love. Here we go… let’s do it.

In the LDS Church we’re counseled to stay away from pornography and taught that it can have a negative impact on relationships and on the home and family. Today I want to teach you more about what goes on in the brain with pornography and my goal is to minimize the damage that pornography can cause in your home and your life if you or someone you love struggles with it. I’ve learned a lot from Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife about this topic and I don’t believe there is a need to be disgusted, fearful or worried. Your brain may believe that being worried and disgusted is useful, but I assure you it is not. What if viewing porn, while not an ideal choice, is a result of the same brain patterns as eating brownies with ice cream? What if, while it’s not recommended, it’s also nothing to be so fearful or shaming over? What would change in the way we talk about and help someone through this addiction if we completely removed the disgust and shame and fear? Let’s begin with us. Today I’m going to teach you how.

Last week I did a Q/A call. You showed up and brought amazing questions! I loved answering them from you and wanted everyone who couldn’t be there to benefit from hearing them. It’s the real life application of this work that makes it life altering. Check it out here. Real questions. Real answers. CLICK HERE to check out the Be Bold Coaching Program CLICK HERE to access the video replay of this call.

There are three types of people operating in this world. The first type of person doesn’t realize that they are the cause of all of their emotions and outcomes in life. They believe that outside forces are the reason and they delegate the responsibility to them leaving themselves powerless in their lives. The second type of person doesn’t sit back and remain a victim. Instead they step up and change their circumstances to make things better. This is a step in the right direction but still not the highest way to live. Because while changing a circumstance might provide temporary relief, eventually we catch up to them and find ourselves right back where we started. The third type of person understands that their work to do when life isn’t as amazing as it could be, is to change their own thoughts, feelings and actions. They do the internal work to become a higher version of themselves. These people still change circumstances when they can, but for a very different reason than the second type of person. They aren’t making the change to get out of pain. They change circumstances when they want to because that part of their life is complete and they are ready for the next one. To join me in Be Bold and spend more time as this third type of person, CLICK HERE.

Anxiety is defined as a form of worry, fear or stress but if you’ve ever experienced anxiety, you know it’s much more than that. Anxiety is a secondary emotion and it’s caused by resisting the primary emotion which is likely worry, stress or fear. Today I’m going to teach you what to do with the primary emotion to keep it from escalating. I’m also going to help you know what to do when (despite your best efforts) you find yourself experiencing anxiety anyway. It’s the resisting of the anxiety that can escalate you to a full-on panic attack. It feels counterintuitive to allow and lean into our negative emotions, but I promise you it will serve you far better. And don’t forget, Heavenly Father created us to experience all emotions and for good reason including our need to avoid danger and to experience opposition in all things. This is the only way we can become like Him.

Dr. Deb Butler is a Master Certified Life and Weight Coach and today she’s sharing with us some of her most valuable tools. First we’ll learn about the hunger scale and why most of us have lost touch with our bodies. When you learn to eat when you’re just slightly hungry and stop when you’re just slightly full, your body will be your guide and you get back in touch with what food should be… fuel for your body. If you’re like me, you’ll find that eating only when you’re hungry and stopping when you’re full can be very disappointing, and THIS is where the true work on your mind comes in. When you learn to handle the disappointment in your life instead of numbing it by eating, you create a better life and a better relationship with yourself. Listen up as Deb shares client examples as well as her own struggle from a Lifetime Weight Watchers member to where she is today. Free from food. At peace with food. And naturally thin and healthy. To sign up for a free 30 min personalized coaching session with Dr. Deb CLICK HERE To sign up for a public coaching/Q&A call with Jody CLICK HERE

There are three types of business. Your business, other people’s business and God’s business. Your brain wants to spend a lot of time in God’s business and even more in other people’s business because it believes that if you can get the things outside of you to do what you want, then you can have the life you want. This is a waste of your mind juice. Today I am going to teach you how to stay in your business and why doing so will give you freedom and peace. Check it.

There are three types of business. Your business, other people’s business and God’s business. Your brain wants to spend a lot of time in God’s business and even more in other people’s business because it believes that if you can get the things outside of you to do what you want, then you can have the life you want. This is a waste of your mind juice. Today I am going to teach you how to stay in your business and why doing so will give you freedom and peace. Check it.

The way you think about money will determine what your result with money looks like in your life. So many people are struggling with the drama of money and today I want to give you some insight to help you gain some leverage on it. Money is neutral. It is just simple math. Do you believe that money is hard to get or that there isn’t enough? Do you believe that in order for some people to have money others have to have less? None of these thoughts are serving you and today I want to offer a different perspective and remind you it’s ok to love money.

The way you think about money will determine what your result with money looks like in your life. So many people are struggling with the drama of money and today I want to give you some insight to help you gain some leverage on it. Money is neutral. It is just simple math. Do you believe that money is hard to get or that there isn’t enough? Do you believe that in order for some people to have money others have to have less? None of these thoughts are serving you and today I want to offer a different perspective and remind you it’s ok to love money.

This is a question I get asked a lot so I thought today I would answer it for you. If you’re interested in learning more about how to become a Life Coach, OR you’re considering hiring a coach, there are some things I want you to understand and consider. Also if you feel a pull to this work please do consider taking the leap! We need more people in the world to help end needless suffering. Click play and I’ll help you get started.

This is a question I get asked a lot so I thought today I would answer it for you. If you’re interested in learning more about how to become a Life Coach, OR you’re considering hiring a coach, there are some things I want you to understand and consider. Also if you feel a pull to this work please do consider taking the leap! We need more people in the world to help end needless suffering. Click play and I’ll help you get started.