Change Wired

Angela Shurina

Change Wired: Change in days - not in years!   Ready to ditch slow change and start thriving sooner? Change Wired is your new favorite podcast for practical, punchy insights into personal growth and about navigating career, life and business transitions, meaningful productivity, mindset mastery, and creating high-performing, purpose-driven, thriving cultures of growth.   Hosted by Angela Shurina, an Executive & High-Performance Coach, Be-Sci Fueled Culture Transformation Strategist with 18 years of global experience (who now runs a culture transformation consulting & coaching firm).   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 strategies designed specifically for change agents, leaders, entrepreneurs, and growth-focused professionals eager to accelerate their evolution and impact beyond oneself - both personally and within their teams & communities.   Tune in, wire your brain for change, and get ready to transform in days - not years!

  1. APR 15

    Why "New Life from Monday" always fails. What Fresh Start Effect got wrong - and how to fix it.

    Monday motivation is one of the most expensive lies we buy. It feels like a reset, a clean slate, a brand new you, but nothing about your skills, schedule, or stress load upgrades overnight. So when reality hits, the plan collapses and we wonder what is wrong with us. I walk through the behavioral science behind the fresh start effect and explain the missing piece: psychology can spark action, but it does not create capacity. We get practical about what actually works for sustainable behavior change and habit formation. Then we zoom in on sleep. As an executive coach and certified sleep coach, I see the same three mistakes again and again with leaders and high performers: they never make a real decision to prioritize sleep, they do not create systems that protect bedtime, and they unknowingly work against their biology. We talk about sleep hygiene and circadian rhythm basics that change everything, including bright light at night and melatonin suppression, late meals, alcohol close to bedtime, caffeine timing, bedroom temperature, late workouts, and stressful tasks that keep your brain switched on. If you want better sleep quality, stronger recovery, and high performance that does not burn you out, hit play. Subscribe, share this with someone who keeps “starting over,” and leave a quick review if it helps. What is the one habit you keep restarting every Monday? Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

    20 min
  2. APR 12

    The Highway to Happiness: the values-bridge exercise and what to do every day to increase your happiness.

    That quiet, persistent thought, “My life is pretty good, but something is missing,” can be one of the most useful signals you get. I’m unpacking why that feeling so often comes from a values gap: what you truly care about versus what your days repeatedly look like. When our priorities shift over the years, we can keep living by an old internal scorecard without realizing it, then wonder why motivation drops and dissatisfaction creeps in. I share a personal story about growing up in Russia celebrating Space Day, and why mission and impact resonate more deeply for me than belonging or tradition. From there, I walk through a values bridge assessment I used after reading Becoming You and how it clarifies both conflicts and harmonies in your values. To make this real in daily life, I also give you a structured weekly reflection you can do in about 20 minutes. You’ll review wins and gratitude, extract lessons from setbacks, identify the 20% that drives results, name distractions, check health and autonomy, and plan a week that better matches your long-term goals. If you want more meaning, fulfillment, and alignment without copying someone else’s happiness formula, listen now, share it with a friend who feels stuck, and subscribe and leave a review so more people can find the show. The Values-Bridge Assessment The Weekly Reflection Template Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

    30 min
  3. APR 2

    How to Achieve Long-Term Goals: #1 technique every coach uses.

    Most people fail to achieve long-term goals because their goals stay foggy, vague, not deconstructed, sequenced, selected and kept accountable. Achievement that lasts has very little to do with talent and everything to do with the process. When “get healthy,” “become a better leader,” or “grow my business” is still a blurry vision, it’s almost impossible to know what to do on any day, let alone what to track, what to practice, and what to improve. And how to put the whole thing together. I walk you through one of the most fundamental coaching skills I use with clients: deconstruction (goal decomposition). We take any complex goal and break it into smaller, defined milestones and trainable subskills you can act on today. I ground it with a practical health example using the big four pillars of well-being: sleep, nutrition, exercise, and stress management, plus the real subskills inside nutrition like meal planning, protein, hydration, and emotion regulation. Then I bring in Tim Ferriss’s DISSS learning framework: Deconstruction, Selection, Sequencing, and Stakes. We talk about the 80/20 rule (Pareto principle) so you focus on the few actions that create the biggest return, how to sequence skills so you’re not “building a tabletop with no legs,” and why stakes and accountability are the difference between ideas and results. I also share how to use AI tools like ChatGPT or Claude to identify components, prioritize the high-leverage pieces, and draft a plan you can schedule and measure. If you want better goal setting, skill building, and a simple system for personal growth that actually works in real life, hit play and share it with someone who needs it.   Text Me Your Thoughts and Ideas Support the show Brought to you by Angela Shurina   Behavior-First, Executive, Leadership and Optimal Performance Coach 360, Change Leadership & Culture Transformation Consultant

    23 min
5
out of 5
15 Ratings

About

Change Wired: Change in days - not in years!   Ready to ditch slow change and start thriving sooner? Change Wired is your new favorite podcast for practical, punchy insights into personal growth and about navigating career, life and business transitions, meaningful productivity, mindset mastery, and creating high-performing, purpose-driven, thriving cultures of growth.   Hosted by Angela Shurina, an Executive & High-Performance Coach, Be-Sci Fueled Culture Transformation Strategist with 18 years of global experience (who now runs a culture transformation consulting & coaching firm).   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 strategies designed specifically for change agents, leaders, entrepreneurs, and growth-focused professionals eager to accelerate their evolution and impact beyond oneself - both personally and within their teams & communities.   Tune in, wire your brain for change, and get ready to transform in days - not years!

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