Change Wired

Angela Shurina
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Change Wired: change in days - not in years!   If you are the kind of person who wants to explore the edges of your potential, while living your most extraordinary life, feeling, looking, doing your best, driven by impact beyond yourself - you'll love this pod! Change Wired is your new favorite podcast for practical, science-based insights into personal growth and change of behavior, 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, diving into  tools and strategies for meaningful productivity, mindset mastery, emotional regulation, stress management, sleep optimization and creating high-performing habits to 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹, 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗕𝗲-𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟭𝟴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 now based in Cape Town, with her company Your Best Coaching.    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-applicable strategies designed specifically for business owners, change agents and high performers, strivers and leaders, entrepreneurs, and growth-focused professionals 𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. Tune in, wire your brain for change, and get ready to transform in days - not years!

  1. 5h ago

    Rest Protocol to Beat Your Best: how elite performers match work with time off and breaks.

    You can be incredibly driven and still be held back by the one thing you keep postponing: recovery. After DMing 50 founders, business owners, and leaders to ask what limits their performance, I got a surprisingly consistent answer: rest, recovery, and sleep. Not strategy. Not hustle. The basics we all “know,” but rarely protect on the calendar. Drawing from the book *Peak Performance* by Steve Magnus, I share the work-rest rhythm that shows up again and again in research and elite training. We also dig into the Roger Bannister story and why breakthrough moments often arrive during the incubation phase, not while you’re grinding. Then I get personal about what it feels like to wake up flat, lose creativity, and think you might want to quit, and why that’s often a sign to rest, not to walk away. You’ll leave with practical recovery tools to reset high performance. If you’re chasing your next level goal, this is your reminder to build a rest strategy that matches it. Subscribe, share this with a high performer who needs it, and leave a review so more people can find a healthier path to peak performance. Find the full protocol on my Substack Blog: "I asked 50 founders what’s killing their performance. They all said the same thing." Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

  2. 2d ago

    How to Make a Habit Automatic (Without Trying Harder)

    Willpower isn’t your real problem. Your environment is. I’m Angela Shurina, and I’m diving into habit formation, aka your brain's automations, through the lens of high performance, neuroscience, and a simple principle I use daily: zonality, or assigning clear locations to specific behaviors so your brain stops debating and starts executing. We talk about why habits are the brain’s automations and how automating more of your routine frees up limited brain power for the work that actually matters: leading, creating, training, building, and handling surprises without falling apart. I also unpack decision fatigue. When your mental energy gets spent on constant micro-choices, the big challenges hit harder and you end up surviving instead of performing. The core tool is context-dependent automation, the way your brain links a setting to a behavior and flips into “do the thing” mode with less conscious effort. That’s why the gym makes workouts more likely, why offices can instantly trigger focus, and why a dedicated meditation corner can calm you down before you take a single breath. You’ll leave with practical, step-by-step examples that make consistency feel automatic. If you want better habits without more grinding, listen through, pick one habit you’ve been struggling to make stick, and design its dedicated place today. Subscribe, share this with a friend, and leave a review so more people can build habits that actually last. Connect with Angela on LinkedIn: Angela Shurina https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-shurina/ Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

  3. 5d ago

    Leading Success Without a Map: Rashid Toefy's wild journey from apartheid to government leader, entrepreneur, and CEO before earning a PhD at 50.

    In 1985, a 13-year-old boy watched his father sell the family house, move them into a caravan, and start training to cycle around the world — at a time when South Africa was closed off from most of the planet. The trip never happened. But something about that audacity never left him. That boy is Rashid Toefy. By the time he sat down with Angela for this episode of Change Wired, he'd already lived what feels like several lifetimes: gap years in London and Washington, DC (where he watched Nelson Mandela walk free and his own country begin to transform), a career built almost by accident in the youth travel industry, a "six-month" move to Amsterdam with his new wife that turned into three years traveling to a different country every month across 30+ countries, seven years as CEO of the Cape Town International Convention Centre starting at just 37, a bruising stretch as an entrepreneur opening the African division of a Geneva-based global company, a pivot into government where his job today is creating jobs across an entire regional economy — and, at 50 years old, a PhD completed in three years on how leaders make decisions inside a crisis. Rashid and Angela cover all of it — the exhilarating parts and the hard ones. Rashid opens up about growing up under apartheid, having to split from friends onto separate train carriages because of the color of their skin, and meeting Nelson Mandela as a student leader. He talks about 9/11 hitting while he had a hundred South African students on exchange visas stranded in the US. And he's disarmingly honest that he sees a therapist and works through personal challenges "day by day" — because, as he puts it, trauma either shrinks you or grows you, and which one happens is partly a choice you make. What you'll learn in this episode: Why Rashid believes you can't plan a career from day one — you can only make sense of opportunities as they come, and trust your gut once the fundamentals are in placeWhat "sense-making" means, and how it differs from both blind risk-taking and overthinking every decisionThe one question his first-ever coach, Karina Anderson, taught him to ask after any setback — and how it reframes adversity into fuelHow 3 philosophies from 3 different cultures — Japan's Kaizen (continuous improvement), China's guanxi (relationships before business), and South Africa's own Ubuntu ("I am because we are") — combine in his approach to leadershipWhy Rashid believes refusing to settle for mediocrity isn't about ego — it's about what we owe to the world we're passing on... and so much more! Wow, in such a short episode it feels like we've covered a whole era! Connect with Rashid: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rashid-toefy-phd-5b09689/ — he's genuinely open to people reaching out about his leadership philosophy, his journey, or his PhD thesis on crisis leadership.About Rashid Toefy: Rashid Toefy is the Deputy Director-General in the Department of Economic Development and Tourism, with the mandate of creating jobs in the Western Cape economy. Rashid has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) and has worked extensively in the travel and tourism industry, both in South Africa and abroad. He spent three years based in Amsterdam, developing business and marketing strategies for businesses in over 30 countries, working extensively in Central Europe and Latin America. He has a degree in Economics and Environmental Science, as well as an MBA, and has recently completed his PhD, focusing on "How leaders make strategic decisions in crisis conditions." Rashid hates settling for mediocrity and wants to do profound things that impact positively on all those around him. Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

    Leading Success Without a Map: Rashid Toefy's wild journey from apartheid to government leader, entrepreneur, and CEO before earning a PhD at 50.

  4. Aug 12

    Beat Your Internal Resistance with 6 Questions: what winners do when they feel like quitting.

    Motivation is a terrible plan and most of us keep learning that lesson the hard way. When you’re tired, stressed, or not “feeling it,” the real challenge is not willpower, it’s the story running in your head and whether you know how to work with it without sliding into burnout. We get extremely practical with 6 questions you can start using in the moments when your resistance to do the work shows up. Write them down. Put them on a sticky note. Put them on your phone's screensaver. We unpack the “what’s so special about tomorrow?” trap, the power of a minimum viable rep (5%, 10%, 20% still counts), and how to make hard tasks easier to start using temptation bundling. We shift into focus and identity: what to think about, who to “hear” in your mind when you need to move, and how imagining two futures can snap you back into action right now. If you care about consistency, discipline, mindset, productivity, and goal setting for fitness, business, or life, this one gives you a simple framework you can reuse anytime resistance hits. Subscribe, share this with one person who’s stuck in a yo-yo cycle, and leave a review with the question that helped you most. Read all the questions on my Substack: https://yourbestcoaching.substack.com/p/what-winners-do-when-they-feel-like Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

  5. Aug 10

    Stop Chasing Discipline and Start Copying Better People: how I wrote 801 blogs in a row.

    Discipline gets all the credit, but your environment does most of the work. I’m Angela Shurina, and I’m unpacking a simple idea that can change your health, habits, and results fast WITHOUT more discipline. When you choose the right “everybody,” you stop relying on willpower to do hard things. If you’ve ever told yourself you just aren’t disciplined enough to work out, eat well, wake up early, or stay consistent with your craft, this conversation is your permission slip to redesign the inputs instead of blaming your character. We look at the crowd you’re currently copying and ask the uncomfortable question: do you actually want their outcomes? Because “everybody does it” is only a good guideline if you want what everybody gets. We talk about overindulgence culture, the cost of average norms, and why being the odd one out is often the price of real change. Then we get practical: how to build a better people diet by curating your tribe across different areas of life.  If you want sustainable behavior change, self-discipline, productivity, and better health and fitness, start by choosing smarter comparisons. Subscribe, share this with one person who needs a reset, and leave a review with your answer: who is your everybody? Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

  6. Aug 7

    Yaron Assabi: 8 thriving businesses, 3 cancers, the world's first mobile commerce transaction - and he's just getting started.

    When your doctor gives you 3 months to live, what do you do with the company you spent 23 years building? What do you do with your life? What would crash most people resulted in another successful business venture for Yaron. What kind of person can do that? Let's find out! Yaron Assabi built 1 of South Africa's first e-commerce businesses in 1998 — before most of the country had ever been online. He rode the dot-com wave to a FTSE listing, watched it crash, bought his own company back, and spent the next 2 decades quietly building Digital Solutions Group into 7 specialist businesses serving brands like Nando's, KFC, DStv and Coca-Cola across Africa, the Middle East and the UK. Then, in April 2021, everything stopped. 3 cancers, diagnosed at once. A family history that had already taken his mother at 39 and his father twenty years later. Doctors gave him 3 months without chemo. He chose to fight it his own way instead — and rebuilt his health, his mindset, and eventually a whole other business, from the ground up. This episode is the rare kind of conversation that moves fluidly between "how do you scale 7 companies" and "how do you sit with your own mortality and choose to do your own thing" that only Yaron could pull off so well it feels. In this episode, you'll learn: How Yaron decides what to say yes to The shared-services model that lets DSG launch new startups faster every time, without founders having to be good at everythingWhy he believes a business that depends on its founder is a business that hasn't really been built yet — and how to design yours so it can run without youThe exact morning system Yaron credits with his recovery and the energy that carries him through his dayWhat changed in his mind the day he was diagnosed — and why he says fear is just "a false experience appearing real"How losing both parents to cancer shaped his relationship with risk, intuition, and not postponing his lifeYaron's take on AI in the business Why Yaron believes you don't have to sacrifice your wellbeing to build something great — and what changed his mindsetWhether you're building a company, rebuilding your health, or trying to figure out how to do everything - this episode will be your inspiration, breaking many limiting beliefs and fears that are stopping you from Doing Something Great with every day of your life. Tune in, get inspired - Do Something Great! About Yaron Assabi Yaron Assabi is the Founder and Group CEO of Digital Solutions Group (DSG), a South African-founded, globally active group of seven specialist digital businesses spanning customer experience, digital marketing, telecoms, cybersecurity, data and AI, and digital commerce. Since founding the company in 1998 as one of South Africa's first e-commerce ventures, Yaron has grown DSG into a 600+ person group serving 60+ enterprise brands across Africa, the Middle East and the UK, with clients including Nando's, KFC, DStv, Coca-Cola and Unilever. He built and launched one of the world's first mobile commerce transactions in 2000, served as ICT strategist for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and designed the 46664 global HIV/AIDS awareness campaign technology. A 3-time cancer survivor who chose to heal through lifestyle transformation rather than chemotherapy, Yaron also founded Chilled, a plant-based wellness and lifestyle brand born from his own recovery journey. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand. Links mentioned in this episode: DSG: www.dsg.co.zaChilled: chilled.mobiText Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

    Yaron Assabi: 8 thriving businesses, 3 cancers, the world's first mobile commerce transaction - and he's just getting started.

  7. Aug 5

    Pre-bed anxiety? Wired and tired and can't fall asleep? 3AM wake-ups? - 3 psycho-biological tools from sleep science to put your brain to sleep.

    Your sleep is not “just sleep. When nights get choppy, it is easy to blame stress, age, or bad luck. I see something else again and again: small, fixable habits that keep people stuck in a tired and wired loop, then they wonder why they wake up at 3 a.m. with a brain that will not shut off. I walk you through 3 specific, practical sleep protocols I use personally and with clients to improve sleep quality fast. Yoga Nidra (also called NSDR), a simple brain dump journaling practice, finally, we get concrete about nutrition for sleep: what to eat for dinner to sleep through the night like a baby. If you struggle with insomnia, racing thoughts at bedtime, frequent wake-ups, or early morning waking, this is a one-week experiment I'd recommend.  Listen, try the three-step routine tonight, then share this with a friend who needs better sleep and leave a review so more people can find the tools. What is the biggest thing ruining your sleep right now? Yoga Nidra: https://youtu.be/M0u9GST_j3s?si=W_gIDXa-auRwSGwC Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

  8. Aug 3

    5 steps to make progress in uncertainty of the world that's changing every moment: goal-setting is nonsense.

    You can do everything “right” and still not get the result on your preferred timeline and that doesn’t mean you’re failing. Today I’m unpacking the mindset shift that removes so much goal frustration: outcomes don’t owe you a deadline. When you stop demanding that the scale, the KPI dashboard, or the relationship dynamic change on command, you get your power back and start making real progress. I share a practical, coaching-tested, 5-step goal achieving framework built on goal setting science, motivation, behavioral science, and 18 years of work with ambitious clients. I also explain why tracking and rewarding actions beats obsessing over outcomes, and how to reflect and adjust without spiraling into self-criticism. The big takeaway is simple and freeing: obsess over the process like masters do, and let the “masterpiece” arrive as a side effect of consistent work. If this helps you, subscribe, share it with someone who needs a better process, and leave a rating and review so more people can find the show. Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

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Change Wired: change in days - not in years!   If you are the kind of person who wants to explore the edges of your potential, while living your most extraordinary life, feeling, looking, doing your best, driven by impact beyond yourself - you'll love this pod! Change Wired is your new favorite podcast for practical, science-based insights into personal growth and change of behavior, 𝗻𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗰𝗮𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗿, 𝗹𝗶𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗯𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀, diving into  tools and strategies for meaningful productivity, mindset mastery, emotional regulation, stress management, sleep optimization and creating high-performing habits to 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗹, 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸, 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗸 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝗯𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁. 𝗛𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 𝗔𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗮 𝗠𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗘𝘅𝗲𝗰𝘂𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲, 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗔𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 & 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗣𝗲𝗿𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝗕𝗲-𝗦𝗰𝗶 𝗙𝘂𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝟭𝟴 𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗴𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 now based in Cape Town, with her company Your Best Coaching.    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-applicable strategies designed specifically for business owners, change agents and high performers, strivers and leaders, entrepreneurs, and growth-focused professionals 𝗲𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗿 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳. Tune in, wire your brain for change, and get ready to transform in days - not years!

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  • Creator
    Angela Shurina
  • Years Active
    2017 - 2026
  • Episodes
    1.7K
  • Rating
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    © 2026 Change Wired
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