Your Courageous Life podcast
Episodes
Ep57 - Beating Burnout
03 Feb 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Burnout is tough. Itâs far easier to preventively avoid burnout than it is to start beating burnout once youâre stuck in it. Todayâs episode, ho...
Ep56 - How to regulate emotions
27 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
What really throws us off, in our lives? Is it ânot knowingâ what we need to do? Sometimes, sure, but what throws us off more often is parsing thr...
Ep55 - What to do if you're feeling lost and confused
20 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In todayâs episode, Iâm talking about what to do when you feel lost and confused (the kind of lost and confused where youâre feeling stuck, unsu...
Ep 54 - How to set goals without getting stressed
13 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone needs to know how to set goals without getting stressed--at least, not so stressed that you end up sabotaging the goal or quitting, entirely....
Ep53 - How to start playing bigger
06 Jan 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Todayâs episode is a little different in tone than my usual Your Courageous Life podcast episodesâbecause for those of you who know that theyâre...
Ep 52: Stress-free holidays
25 Nov 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When the holidays are on the horizon, people start to feel stressed--but you can have a stress-free holiday by examining the belief systems that weigh...
Ep51: Dealing with difficult situations
28 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As I recorded this episode, the Sonoma County fires of 2019 were happening--and I live in Sonoma County, approximately 20 miles from the initial origi...
Ep50: Choosing who you surround yourself with
23 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Itâs common self-help advice that âyou are the aggregate of the five people you spend time withâ or to simply âlet goâ of people who are â...
Ep49: Learning to Trust Your Intuition
09 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you have trouble trusting your intuition, or feel like youâve got intuition on lock but could always use a few more insights, todayâs podc...
Ep48: Recognizing Self-Sabotage
08 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Do you have trouble recognizing self-sabotage? Thatâs something of a trick question, because we typically only recognize self-sabotage in hindsight....
Ep 47: Help with Perfectionism
01 Sep 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Todayâs Your Courageous Life podcast episode offers some help with perfectionism. Often, people say they know they are perfectionists, but they have...
Ep46: Stop People Pleasing
25 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Some people know that people-pleasing is an issue that needs to stop, and others may think itâs not an issue--but in fact, there may be some hidden ...
Ep45: Courageous Wellness and Empowering Your Body
19 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you (like me) grew up without an athletic background and have never particularly liked going to a gym, and if you (like me) have ever struggled wit...
Ep44: Take Action Now - No More Waiting
14 Aug 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Itâs time to take action now - no more waiting. You deserve more. You deserve better than the b.s. lies of âItâs not the right timeâ or âBut...
Ep43: Commitment to Excellence
07 Jul 2019
Contributed by Lukas
People often think that they are committed to excellence...when they are actually practicing perfectionistic behaviors that are wearing them down. In ...
Ep42: Getting Things Done
30 Jun 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Getting things done is part of life--and it often causes an immense amount of overwhelm for people. In today's podcast episode, I'm talking ...
Ep 41: Dealing with disappointment
27 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Need some help dealing with disappointment? Thatâs the subject of todayâs podcast episode. When youâve really wanted the big dream, and youâre...
Ep40: Tim Ferriss Interview Questions
20 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
I was reading Tim Ferrissâs book, Tribe of Mentors, in which he asks a set list of questions to different people who have attained success in their ...
Ep39: Why your life matters
13 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Our lives matter far more than we can possibly realize, far more than we can possibly give them credit for. Â We can never know when, just by being ou...
Ep38: Why we don't do what we say we should
06 May 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Tough truth? We donât do what we say we should, if we donât believe that any of it will actually work. Really, what do you believe? Because if you...
Ep37: When you don't know where to start
29 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Waiting until itâs the right place, right time, yadda yadda yadda is just a delay tactic. There is no right time, right place, right way, or right c...
Ep 36: How long will it take to feel better?
22 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Especially if youâve been efforting awhile, youâll wonder: how long is it going to take, to feel better? The answer? It takes as long as it takes....
Ep 35: Habits of Highly Successful People
15 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
If you want to live a better life, if you want to step into these habits of highly successful people, youâve got to stop wiggling out on your own in...
Ep 34: Develop a daily practice
08 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Skipping a daily practice is like saying, âI have the option to do something to improve my happiness and well-being, but hey, I wonât take it.â ...
Ep 33: Changing a Negative Mindset
01 Apr 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Without a doubt, itâs not helpful to try to bypass negative feelings--but itâs also not helpful to write off possibilities when changing a negativ...
Ep 32: Embrace the inner critic
25 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Embrace the inner critic? What? Yes--and hereâs why: If you practice abusive behaviors, you become the abuser--and this is true whether you abuse ot...
Ep 31: Personal responsibility and this isn't mine
21 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Taking personal responsibility for your life includes recognizing what *isnât* yours. Itâs good to own your part; itâs also necessary to be clea...
Ep 30: Embracing who you are
11 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
When others are uncomfortable with themselves, theyâll hide themselves--and ask us to do the same. But we donât have to play into that pattern. In...
Ep 29: How Will You Let It Define You
04 Mar 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How Will You Let It Define You? That thing you didnât ask for. The hard season. The failure, the loss, the betrayal, the burnout, the breakdown.It h...
Ep 28: You are allowed to have a process
25 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
You Are Allowed to Have a Process. Let that land.In a world that worships speed, instant results, and tidy transformation stories, it can feel like so...
Ep 27: The Hunger for more
18 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Hunger for More is realâand no, youâre not selfish or ungrateful for feeling it.In this episode of Your Courageous Life, we explore what it me...
Ep 26: Courage to relate
11 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
The Courage to Relate isnât about being fearless in relationshipsâitâs about being real. In this episode of Your Courageous Life, we unpack what...
Ep 25: fear of failure
04 Feb 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Failure. Just the word alone can bring up a flood of fear, shame, or self-doubt. But what if failure isnât something to avoid at all costsâwhat if...
Ep 24: How to know what you want
28 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Youâre not alone if youâve ever asked yourself: Why canât I figure out what I want? In a world full of expectations, pressure, and constant comp...
Ep 23: Habits to reduce anxiety
21 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Anxiety can feel overwhelming, unpredictable, and all-consumingâbut what if there were simple, supportive habits that helped you meet anxiety with m...
Ep 22: creating your courageous year
16 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
What would it look like to make this the year you stop playing small, speak your truth, and choose what really matters to you?In this episode of Your ...
Ep 21: How to stop compromising yourself
09 Jan 2019
Contributed by Lukas
How often do you say yes when you mean no? Stay silent to keep the peace? Shrink your truth to make others comfortable?In this episode of Your Courage...
Ep 20: Taking self-responsibility
03 Dec 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Radical responsibility isnât about blaming yourself for everything thatâs ever gone wrong. Itâs about owning your choices, your reactions, and y...
Ep19: How to know when to quit
29 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Weâre often told that quitting equals failureâthat we should keep pushing, keep going, never give up. But what if quitting is actually the most co...
Ep18: Navigating a life transition
24 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Big life transitionsâwhether chosen or unexpectedâcan shake everything up. Maybe youâre moving, changing careers, ending (or beginning) a relati...
Ep17: Fear of declaring your dream
01 Oct 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Why is it so scary to say out loud what you really want? In this episode of Your Courageous Life, weâre diving into the fear that often shows up whe...
Ep16: How to love yourself
21 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Self-love is more than bubble baths and affirmationsâitâs a daily practice of choosing to be on your own side, especially when it feels hardest to...
Ep15: Why change is so hard
11 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
If youâve ever asked yourself, âWhy is it so hard to changeâeven when I really want to?â youâre not alone. In this episode of Your Courageou...
Ep14: Unhooking from illusion
04 Sep 2018
Contributed by Lukas
So many of the things that keep us stuck in fear, doubt, or overwhelm arenât actually realâtheyâre illusions weâve unconsciously bought into. ...
Ep13: If I told the truth
27 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
I started podcasting because I wanted a more intimate forum to tell the truth (and the first episode of the Your Courageous Life podcast fell in line ...
Ep12: Courage when you hate your job
24 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
A lot of people hate their jobs--and while I can't change that, I can help with the low-grade "meh" that often has people feeling like ...
Ep 11: Playing by your own rules
21 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
What if the rules youâve been living by were never really yours?In this episode of Your Courageous Life, we offer five courageous, repeatable practi...
Ep10: Courage and Money
05 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Letâs get honest: you'd probably loooove to have more money. In this episode of Your Courageous Life, we unpack the discomfort so many of us ca...
Ep9: The Power of Releasing Expectations
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Expectations can quietly run the showâuntil we notice the resentment, anxiety, or constant mental replays that signal weâre holding on too tightly...
Ep8: Protect your energy
20 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a radical take on how to protect your energy: thereâs no such thing as an âenergy vampire.â Thatâs just a way we dodge responsibil...
Ep7: Caring what other people think
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Letâs get real: we all care what people think. Wanting to be liked isnât weaknessâitâs human. In this episode of Your Courageous Life, we stri...
Ep6: Becoming More Resilient
13 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
The world isnât slowing downâand neither can we. In this episode of Your Courageous Life, we explore what it really means to be resilient in a tim...
Ep5: Stop Doing What Isn't Working
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We all do itâstick with habits, patterns, or choices that arenât working. In this episode of Your Courageous Life, we normalize why: because theyâ...
Ep4: How to be softer
10 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
We all build emotional armorâsarcasm, control, perfectionism, shutting down. In this episode we're honoring the truth: that armor once protecte...
Ep3: How to be tougher
09 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Forget the grit-your-teeth, push-it-down toughness. In this episode of Your Courageous Life, Kate Swoboda redefines what it really means to be emotion...
Ep 2: How to change your life
06 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
How do we really change our lives? In this episode of the Your Courageous Life podcast, Kate Swoboda sits with that very questionânot to throw quick...
Ep 1: What is true courage
03 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 of the Your Courageous Life podcast begins with this question: What is true courage? Itâs not a hashtag. Itâs not bravado. (Itâs defi...