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. 1d ago

    The Dangerously Effective 7C Goal System: turn big goals into small daily actions that stick.

    1,700+ episodes sounds like superhuman discipline, but it’s really a system. I'm sharing the “Dangerously Effective 7C System,” a goal achievement framework built for real life, where motivation dips, schedules get chaotic, and progress can feel painfully slow. If you’ve outgrown SMART goals and you want a clearer way to turn vision into execution, this is for you.  We walk through the behavior science behind goal setting and habit formation, including why writing goals down boosts success rates, why accountability changes everything, and why fewer goals often leads to more progress. Then we break down the 7Cs: Clarify what you want with concrete measures, Connect it to a compelling why, Chunk it into short finish lines that keep your energy high, and Convert outcomes into daily actions you can actually control.  From there, we get practical about execution: Construct a system that makes the behavior easy to start and hard to forget, Count your reps by tracking actions instead of obsessing over milestones, and Celebrate consistency so your brain wires the habit faster through positive emotion and reward. We also challenge you to pick one goal for the next 90 days, because focus is super fuel. If this helped, subscribe, share the episode with someone chasing a big goal, and leave a rating or review so more people can find the system and use it. What’s the one goal you’re choosing for the next 90 days? The worksheet - Grab it. Use it. Share it. 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. 3d ago

    A Better Adult Pacifier: how 10 years ago I broke up with emotional eating and have been in the best shape ever since.

    A problem almost everyone recognizes but few people know how to solve well: emotional eating and stress eating. When anxiety, overwhelm, sadness, fear, or loneliness hits, it’s easy to reach for a quick pacifier, food, wine, late-night Netflix, scrolling, even relationship drama. I share how I broke up with emotional eating and why the goal isn’t to deny your feelings, it’s to learn what they’re saying and respond in a way that actually helps your nervous system settle. You’ll get a practical, repeatable framework for emotion regulation: accept the feeling, notice and name it, find the real cause, then choose a better “adult pacifier” and use it until the old pattern fades. We talk through research-backed tools you can try immediately, including breathing exercises, journaling, a shower or bath, music, movement in nature, taking small action, zooming out to your future self, and protecting sleep as your brain’s built-in emotional reset. If you want a healthier relationship with food and a calmer way to handle big feelings, listen now, share this with someone who needs it, and please subscribe and leave a review so more people can find the show. The full toolkit is on my blog: 10 years ago I broke up with emotional eating. I’ve been in the best shape ever since. ________________________ Feel free to connect with me on Whatsapp for your Emotional Mastery Session or to ask any questions. 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. Sep 24

    A 4-Lens Toolkit For Impossible Life Decisions: there's no best candy.

    You can have a great life and still feel stuck when you’re surrounded by great options. That’s the modern trap: career opportunities, relationship paths, places to live, even “best” health choices can turn into analysis paralysis when there’s no clean yes or no. I’m Angela Shurina, and I’m sharing a practical way to make complex life decisions without trying to logically rank your entire future - based on some of the best work of experts in life coaching/navigation including Simon Sinek's Discover Your Why process. We start with the mindset shift that unlocks everything: there is no best candy. Just like there’s no single best ice cream flavor, there’s no universal best job, best city, or best path. When you stop hunting for the “correct” answer, you can start choosing what fits you. I break down why too many options quietly destroy focus, why even smart people drown in decision fatigue, and why more data (or AI analytics) won’t fix a decision that’s really about identity and alignment. Then we get tactical. I walk you through my 4-lens decision-making toolkit: (1) values, including a research-backed values assessment I love, (2) an Energy Audit Journal to spot what truly energizes you, (3) a Why Worksheet to clarify purpose and the causes that matter most, and (4) a Work-Life Integration Journal to design a coherent vision for your health, schedule, relationships, and lifestyle. The goal isn’t the “best” choice on paper, it’s the most aligned choice for you right now. If you’re ready to stop spinning and start choosing, listen all the way through, grab the worksheets in the show notes, then subscribe, share this with a friend who feels overwhelmed, and leave a review so more people can find the tools. Feel free to connect with me on Whatsapp for a Clarity Session or to ask any questions 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.

  4. Sep 22

    Brandon Fairweather's Anxiety Survival Toolkit and The Hell Inside Our Heads: why you can't beat anxiety and how to manage it well instead.

    Brandon Fairweather was born with a heart defect doctors said he'd need to fix "someday." That someday came at 28 — heart surgery on his third wedding anniversary. Since then: 2 strokes, a near-fatal internal bleed, and a cancer diagnosis. Through all of it, a level of anxiety that, at its worst, made it hard to get out of bed. He wrote his way through it, and that became his book, The Hell Inside Our Heads: Managing Anxiety and Practical Steps for Better Mental Health. In this episode, Brandon and Angela unpack what actually helped NOT to beat anxiety but to manage it for health, fitness and life's most joyous moment —  the practical, the philosophical, and the occasionally unconventional toolkit you don't want to miss! What we cover: Brandon's health journey — heart surgery, two TIAs, a near bleed-out, and cancer, all before 44Why you can't "beat" anxiety, and why that's actually good newsThe breathing technique and grounding tools Brandon still uses todayHow sleep, food, movement and "social diet" shape your nervous systemThe champagne he opened on the day of his cancer diagnosis, and why"Progress, not perfection" — treating mental health like a skill you train, not a switch you flipWhy talking to someone, anyone, is never the wrong move "You don't try to beat happiness, you don't try to beat sadness. So why would you try to beat anxiety?" — Brandon Fairweather Links Brandon shared: Get the book — The Hell Inside Our Heads: Exclusive Books, Takealot, Bargain Books, Reader's Warehouse, Estrell Books, Amazon, Apple Books, loot.co.zahellinsideourheads.co.zaFollow Brandon: Instagram & LinkedIn — @BrandonFairweatherAbout Brandon Fairweather Brandon Fairweather is a South African brand manager and health industry leader with over two decades of experience in wellness, sports nutrition and consumer health. He's currently Brand Manager for Biogen South Africa and Health Category Marketing Manager for Dis-Chem Pharmacies. At 43, his professional expertise is matched by the depth of his personal story — open-heart surgery at 28, two strokes, a near-fatal bleed-out, and a successful fight against cancer have shaped his belief that adversity can be transformed into purpose. Brandon lives in Johannesburg. 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.

    Brandon Fairweather's Anxiety Survival Toolkit and The Hell Inside Our Heads: why you can't beat anxiety and how to manage it well instead.

  5. Sep 22

    A 3-Step Mental Reset to Stop Procrastinating: what I teach to every one of my clients to stop stealing your own progress and growth

    Procrastination can feel like a character flaw, but I see it as a predictable brain pattern, a bad mental habit and that means we can train our way out of it. If you’ve ever stared at a workout plan, a report, a nutrition goal, or a hard conversation and thought, “I’ll do it later,” this one is built for you. I’m Angela Shurina, and I’m sharing the 3-step mental strategy I use with my coaching clients and in my own life to take action when the “I don’t want to” or "I'll do it later" mood hits. First, we talk about why resistance shows up in the first place and why the struggle is usually concentrated in the very first step. I walk through a simple reflection practice that cuts through excuses fast and turn motivation, productivity, and discipline into a repeatable habit. If you got value from this, subscribe so you don’t miss what’s next, share it with a friend who’s been stuck lately, and leave a quick rating and review so more people can find the show. _______________________ Support The Show and Turbocharge Angela 🙂 1-1 Session to Feel & Look Your Best with 2-week Support to Build Consistent Habits. 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. Sep 18

    Why your sleep supplement stack can’t fix your bedtime.

    If you’ve been chasing better sleep, fat loss, or muscle gain with “perfect” supplements and still feel stuck, this episode will explain why. I’m Angela Shurina, Certified Sleep Coach, and I’m breaking down the coaching framework I use to help clients stop majoring in minors and start getting real results from the essential efforts. We start with a simple story: a client sleeps poorly, takes all the supplements, and still wakes up tired. Then we zoom out to performance and body composition. Muscle building is a recipe: challenging strength training, enough total calories, adequate protein, key micronutrients, and sleep for recovery and muscle protein synthesis. Fat loss is also a recipe, and it still runs on energy balance and a calorie deficit, no matter how magical a new diet trend sounds. If this helps, subscribe, share it with one person who’s struggling, and leave a review on Apple Podcasts or a five-star rating on Spotify. Want direct help prioritizing your habits for sleep, stress management, nutrition, fat loss, or muscle gain? Book a one-on-one session through the link below. _______________________ Support The Show and Turbocharge Angela 🙂 1-1 Session to Feel & Look Your Best with 2-week Support to Build Consistent Habits. 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.

  7. Sep 16

    1694 Podcast Episodes - how to build consistent creative output without waiting for inspiration. 3-step secret formula that every artist follows.

    If you’ve ever said, “I just don’t feel like creating today,” this conversation challenges the assumption hiding inside that sentence. We’re talking about consistent creativity, deep work, and the unglamorous skill that separates people who finish from people who only plan. We connect the dots between professional standards in everyday work and the way we often treat our creative goals like optional hobbies. A key theme is the shift from amateur habits to a professional mindset: Steven Kotler’s willingness to practice in bad conditions so output doesn’t depend on perfect energy, and Neil Gaiman’s simple constraint that protects focus, write or do nothing. Then we get practical. We explain why routine is more than discipline, it’s biology. When you write, train, eat, or sleep at consistent times, your brain and body start preparing in advance.  Your homework is simple and challenging: when is your muse date, and how will you protect it? Subscribe for more tools on personal growth, creativity, and high-performance habits, and if this helps, share it with a friend who wants to be consistently creative and leave a review so more people build a creative routine that lasts. _______________________ Support The Show and Turbocharge Angela 🙂 1-1 Session to Feel & Look Your Best with 2-week Support to Build Consistent Habits. 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. Sep 13

    From 11 startups to Entrepreneurs' Organization Global Chair: Joaquin Cordero's unlikely climb through broken bones, bee attacks and buying failing companies.

    Joaquin Cordero was 8 years old the first time he made money selling something — small wooden spinning tops to other kids in Guatemala City. Since then he's founded eleven companies, survived 2 broken necks, a bee attack 30 meters up a rock face, and a bone infection that hit the exact week he stepped into the EO Global Chair seat at a 22,000-member global organization. In this episode, Joaquin unpacks what carried him through all of it — and the one piece of advice he keeps giving younger entrepreneurs. Some notes from Joaquin's story we get into: 🪃 Started hustling at 8 — spinning tops, then music-for-parties, then a hot dog cart — long before his first "real" business 📚 Credits an early reading habit (now mostly podcasts) for the growth mindset that got him through repeated failure, including a franchise that went bankrupt right out of university 💥 A near-fatal bee attack 30 meters up a rock face, followed by a broken neck and foot — one of two close calls that reshaped how he sees mortality and risk 🦴 Broke his fibula in the Dolomites right as he began his year as EO Global Chair, then spent 45 days on IV antibiotics for a bone infection — a real-time stress test of his systems and mindset 🧘 Stoicism (Ryan Holiday, Marcus Aurelius) as an operating philosophy, and why he believes falling into victimhood is "a very hard place to fall into" 💊 Why he calls discounts "cocaine" for a business, and the simple framework he uses to choose — and fire — clients ⏰ His 1-10-10-10 "miracle morning" (tracked for 2,000+ days), intermittent fasting, and a weekly huddle built around one word, one win, and one bottleneck 👥 Building a company of "collaborators, not employees" with 10–17 year tenures, a hard stop at 5pm, and a belief that culture beats strategy 👥 How relationships — not tactics — got him elected to lead 22,000 entrepreneurs across 68+ countries 🙏 The advice he keeps giving younger entrepreneurs: don't be afraid, because your brain isn't you — it's just trying to keep you alive ... and so much more!😃 If you've ever wondered how to keep building after your business fails, your body breaks, or your title disappears — this conversation is for you. Bio Joaquín Cordero is CEO and founder of Lumen, a communications and advertising company operating across Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras, serving global brands including Volkswagen, Danone, and Mitsubishi. Over 25 years, he's founded or co-founded 11 ventures — from a VHS rental shop and a rock-climbing gym to Kinimovil, a mobile content and billing company that operated across 12 countries and partnered with more than 20 telecom providers. A 14-year member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), Joaquin climbed every rung of its leadership ladder to become Global Chair for 2025/26, leading a network of 22,000+ entrepreneurs across 68+ countries. He hosts the Lumen Podcast, is a devoted rock climber and adventure motorcyclist, and lives in Guatemala with his wife and daughter. Links Mentioned LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/joaquin-r-cordero-a1268b3b/Instagram (@time.line.traveler): https://www.instagram.com/time.line.travelerLumen: https://www.grupolumen.com/Lumen Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/3xFOU99D3FJPQMTABZVxfNYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCH-1UVFenIp5bCtQNmMl9mw📚Books mentioned: The Obstacle Is the Way & Ego Is the Enemy (Ryan Holiday), Meditations (Marcus Aurelius), How to Win Friends and Influence People (Dale Carnegie), The Laws of Human Nature, Mastery & The Art of Seduction (Robert Greene), Die With Zero (Bill Perkins) 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.

    From 11 startups to Entrepreneurs' Organization Global Chair: Joaquin Cordero's unlikely climb through broken bones, bee attacks and buying failing companies.
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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
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 Change Wired
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    Change Wired

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