Your Courageous Life podcast Kate Swoboda

Most people recognize that there are critical voices or beliefs that impact their self-confidence, and it's only natural to want to silence those inner critic voices as a result. What not everyone realizes is that "silencing the inner critic" is not an effective tool--if it was, wouldn't it have worked, by now? Today's episode from the archive gets into alternatives to trying to silence those critical beliefs and instead transform them.:: Brand-new Your Courageous Life episodes will be back o...

What an interesting time capsule this episode is, on "watching what you make it mean." Recorded during the pandemic, it's about a powerful way of reframing even amid the chaos around you through deciding to "watch what you make [life, others, pandemics] mean" about what's possible for you, your life, or the world. As you listen, consider where you were when the pandemic was happening and what your fears were. Did they come to fruition? What can be different about your life if you decide to po...

Feelings matter--but when we over-emphasize their importance, they can run our lives. It's just as important to feel feelings as it is to know how to take control of your feelings. When you can take control of your feelings, you can use them to process through your life's experiences, without feeling reactive or numbed out.Today's episode will go over a specific process that you can use for taking control of your feelings when they feel overwhelming, and processing them.Web: https://www.yourc...

You know that you need to prioritize the things that matter most--and that's going to mean knowing how to say no. Sometimes you need to know how to say no to people placing demands on your time, and other times you need to know how to say no to your own resistance and temptation to quit or give up on yourself. In today's episode, I'm talking about the art of saying "no" to what doesn't light up your life, so that you can focus on what will. Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com Gram: h...

When you're not living 100 percent fully alive, you feel burned out and stressed out. You don't feel like you have control over your time, the to-do list feels endless, and you lack energy to shift the course. In today's podcast episode, I'm reading aloud from my latest book, "100% Fully alive: From Burnout to Brilliance" (available for order here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09C2SDJNF ). Listen in to hear how you can start to recognize patterns of burnout and actionable strategie...

Going no contact is not a decision to be made lightly--and there may even be some alternatives to going no-contact that will bring you more peace. In today's podcast episode, I'm breaking down the 3 types of relationship scenarios where you might consider cutting off a relationship, and the 3 alternatives to going no-contact. And if you do need to go no-contact? I'm breaking down the structure of the conversation so that you know what to say (and what to avoid saying) and how to process the e...