Monday Mindset Reset

Latosha Leonard
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Monday Mindset Reset is a weekly podcast hosted by licensed counselor and transition specialist Latosha D. Leonard, LPC. Each episode is 10–15 minutes built around one idea from the Middle of Change framework — the philosophy that the space between what ended and what hasn't started yet is a real, navigable place. Every week includes a short teaching, a guided practice you do in the episode, and one honest reflection question to carry into the week. For women navigating life transitions, identity shifts, and the quiet disorientation that doesn't have a name yet.

  1. Episode 1

    You Are Not Lost. You Are in the Middle.

    MONDAY MINDSET RESET — EPISODE 1 You are not lost. You are in the middle. 10–14 min · Naming the middle of change · Season 1 If you have been calling this season of your life failure, or weakness, or evidence that you made wrong choices — this episode is for you. There is a phase between what ended and what hasn't started yet. It has a name. It has a map. And once you have language for where you are, everything about what's possible from here starts to shift. IN THIS EPISODE → What the middle of change actually is — and why disorientation is not the same as failure → Why your nervous system sounds an alarm when the familiar disappears (and what that tells you) → The Oklahoma metaphor — and why it changes everything about how you see where you are → The five phases of transition: a map for locating yourself honestly → A reflection question to carry into the week THE FIVE PHASES OF TRANSITION → Disruption — something ended or destabilized. You're activated, numb, or both. → Disorientation — you're not where you were. You're not yet where you're going. This is Oklahoma. → Identity Reconstruction — deeper questions are surfacing. Who am I without that role, that relationship, that version of my life? → Intentional Choice — energy is returning. Small steps feel possible. → Integration — this transition is becoming part of your story, not the whole story. THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION What have you been calling this season of your life? What word have you been using? Lost. Behind. Stuck. Confused. Burned out. A failure. Now try a different one. In the middle. Not there yet. Not failing. In the middle. Notice if anything shifts. ANCHOR STATEMENT The middle of change is not a problem to solve. It is a location. And you can orient yourself from a location. ABOUT THE HOST Latosha Leonard, MS, LPC is a licensed professional counselor and founder of NextACT in Austin, TX. Her work centers on the Middle of Change framework. The framework centers on the philosophy that the space between what ended and what hasn't started yet is a real, navigable place. She is an Air Force veteran, AALI Alum, and Fall 2026 doctoral student in Counselor Education at Texas A&M University." RESOURCES → Free quiz: Where are you in the middle of change? — nextacttherapy.com CONNECT → Website: nextacttherapy.com → LinkedIn: Latosha Leonard, LPC → Instagram: @nextacttherapy If this episode landed for you, share it with someone who is in the middle of something. They need the language too. New episodes every Monday.

  2. Episode 2

    What Oklahoma Feels Like from the Inside

    MONDAY MINDSET RESET — EPISODE 2 What Oklahoma feels like from the inside 10–13 min · Naming the middle of change · Season 1 Last week you got the name for where you are. This week we stay there. Because naming it once isn't always enough. Disorientation has a way of convincing you that you're the only person who has ever felt this way. That everyone else has a map and you lost yours. You didn't lose anything. You're in a place that doesn't have familiar landmarks. And this episode is about what that actually feels like from the inside. IN THIS EPISODE → The quiet unmooring — what disorientation actually feels like, and why it isn't obvious to anyone watching → Why your nervous system has been scanning for something that's no longer there (and why that's physiology, not weakness) → The story of Renee — a client who had everything built and still felt like she was disappearing → A sensory grounding practice you can use anywhere, anytime the scanning gets loud → This week's reflection question THE PRACTICE — SENSORY GROUNDING When the disorientation starts to feel like evidence of something being wrong, this practice pulls your nervous system out of what might happen and back into what is actually here. → 5 things you can see — look at them, don't just name them → 4 things you can physically feel → 3 things you can hear → 2 things you can smell → 1 thing you can taste Then ask: in this exact moment — not last week, not next month — am I actually in danger? Almost always the answer is no. Uncomfortable. Uncertain. But not in danger. That's the distinction your nervous system needs. Not reassurance. Just accuracy. THIS WEEK'S REFLECTION What familiar landmark disappeared — a role, a relationship, a version of yourself — that your system is still scanning for? Not to fix it. Not to decide whether you want it back. Just to name what your nervous system has been looking for in the dark. The body can't grieve what the mind won't name. And it can't stop scanning for what the mind won't acknowledge is gone. Name it this week. That's all. ANCHOR STATEMENT "You are not behind. You are not broken. You are between two knowns. That is a real place. It has a name. And it has a way through." ABOUT THE HOST Latosha D. Leonard, MS, LPC is a licensed professional counselor, licensed clinical supervisor, and founder of NextACT in Austin, TX. Her work centers on the Middle of Change framework — the philosophy that the space between what ended and what hasn't started yet is a real, navigable place. She is an Air Force veteran, AALI Alum, and Fall 2026 doctoral student in Counselor Education at Texas A&M University. RESOURCES → Free quiz: where are you in the middle of change? — nextacttherapy.com/quiz CONNECT → Website: nextacttherapy.com → Instagram: @nextacttherapy → LinkedIn: Latosha D. Leonard, LPC If someone in your life is in the middle of something and doesn't have language for it yet — send them this episode. Next Monday we go deeper — into the map. Five phases of transition, and a practice for locating yourself honestly. Subscribe so it's there when you wake up. New episodes every Monday.

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Monday Mindset Reset is a weekly podcast hosted by licensed counselor and transition specialist Latosha D. Leonard, LPC. Each episode is 10–15 minutes built around one idea from the Middle of Change framework — the philosophy that the space between what ended and what hasn't started yet is a real, navigable place. Every week includes a short teaching, a guided practice you do in the episode, and one honest reflection question to carry into the week. For women navigating life transitions, identity shifts, and the quiet disorientation that doesn't have a name yet.

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  • Creator
    Latosha Leonard
  • Episodes
    3
  • Seasons
    1
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Copyright 2026 Latosha Leonard
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