Millennial Midlife

I hope that you are having an amazing new year so far! It is mid-January, which is the time of the year when a lot of people drop their New Year's resolutions or best intentions for change. So today I want to talk to you about how you might continue with these resolutions if you want to and any support that I can offer you. In the episode, you will learn how thoughts and feelings drive actions, and how understanding this can lead to more sustainable change. I hope you’ll feel encouraged to look at your underlying beliefs and emotions to create lasting habits and change!Episode Resources:21 Day Kickstart ChallengeInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses hereAtomic Habits by James ClearHaley’s DIY podcast launch courseMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

If you’ve ever found yourself saying you’ll go to the gym every single day or creating any other unrealistic plans that no human being can actually stick to, this episode is for you! We all do this to some degree, but why does perfectionism happen? In this conversation, I’m going to dig deep into how trying to be perfect keeps you stuck and how to help your brain start seeing things differently. The truth is, you don’t need to become an entirely new person to make changes in your life. Here’s what to do instead. Episode Resources:The 5-Minute ShiftInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

In this episode, we’re going to talk about goal setting and how to do it in a way that works for your brain. You’ve probably set New Year’s resolutions before, and chances are, they failed or didn’t work as well as you wanted them to. The truth is, we set goals because we think reaching them is going to make us feel a certain way - accomplished, worthy, talented, whatever it is for you. But your mindset won’t suddenly shift once you get to your goal. It’s going to shift as you go along if you set the right intentions and create an action plan that truly works for your brain. Here’s how to do that. Episode Resources:The 5-Minute ShiftInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses hereMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Welcome to the New Year! I’m recording this episode just a couple of days after giving birth, and my postpartum experience got me thinking about the topic of creating a life that feels genuinely nourishing and brings you closer to yourself. If you’re a high achiever like me, it can be second nature to dismiss nourishing activities as something that’s not worth doing. Or you might secretly believe that you’re a better person if you do hard things instead of the things that you enjoy. As you’re setting your intentions for 2025, I hope that this episode helps you figure out how to love yourself deeper and take small steps to build a life you don’t want to step away from.Episode Resources:The 5-Minute ShiftInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Year-long course about loving yourselfMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

You’ve likely heard about your nervous system before, but you’re probably not sure how it works, what it does for your body, and, most importantly, why it matters. So, in this episode, I’m breaking down everything you need to know using simple and practical language. The truth is that your nervous system is constantly sending and receiving signals throughout your body that affect everything from your stress response to pleasure. And when you know how to work with your nervous system, not against it, you can make lasting changes and turn your brain into a calmer place to be.Episode Resources:The 5-Minute ShiftInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Today we're gonna talk about dread and how perhaps to feel less of it in your life. You can substitute pretty much any emotion in here for dread. So even if you don't tend to feel a lot of dread in your life, this will be applicable to you. If you're somebody who experiences the Sunday Scaries, or you dread upcoming social events or things like that, then this will be really helpful for you because I'll be talking specifically about dread. When you listen, you will hear practical strategies for understanding the physical sensations associated with dread, allowing oneself to feel it without resistance, and shifting perspectives to create a more positive emotional experience. But again, you can kind of apply this to almost any emotion. So that's where we're gonna go today, let’s dive in!Episode Resources:The 5-Minute ShiftInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

If you often tense up when others around you experience big emotions, such as anger or anxiety, tune in. These situations come up a lot during the holiday season when we spend time with family, but you can use the mindset shifts in this episode at any time of the year to center yourself. How we respond to other people's emotions is typically ingrained in our brains as children. But now that you’re an adult, you get to take responsibility for your feelings despite what’s happening around you. You can allow others to have their emotional experience and not rush them through it or feel like it’s something that’s happening to you. Learn how to detangle yourself and co-regulate in a positive and empowering way. Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Calmer Brain ClubThe 5-Minute ShiftMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

The holiday season is barreling towards us, and with it come family dinners, work parties, and just the general intensity of this time of the year. It’s easy to feel like you already know what’s coming and brace yourself for impact. But let me ask you a question, what if you could walk into these same situations but have a completely different internal experience? You can’t control your uncle drinking maybe a little bit too much or the gravy being *always* late, but you can change how your brain and body respond to these things. In this episode, I’m sharing regulation techniques that help you feel more neutral and grounded when surrounded by holiday chaos so you can actually enjoy the time you spend with your loved ones. Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Last week on Calmer Conversations, we talked about how I’m structuring my maternity leave. Go back and listen to that if you haven’t – it’s actionable even if you aren’t pregnant! Today, in this same vein, I want to talk about how you talk to yourself, but in the context of pregnancy. Again, this is something that even if you're not pregnant, it should be applicable to you. I'm at the end of a pregnancy, so that's the framing that I'm going to take today but the whole of the episode is about how you talk to yourself and how we talk to each other and how much this matters. While I've talked about this before, I think this is one of those foundational things that we cannot talk about enough and we cannot be presented with enough examples because it is so crucial to how we feel and how we live our lives. Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

On the newest episode of Calmer Conversations, I'm going to talk about maternity leave, but before you totally shut off if that's not a place you are in your life or will ever be, the framing in which I'm gonna talk about it is figuring out what you like, because I think it's really important and it plays a big part in in my maternity leave and how I'm approaching it. So even if you're not going on maternity leave in the near future or if you will ever go on maternity leave or if you have zero interest in maternity leave, this still might be an applicable episode for you!Episode Resources:The Big Leap by Gay HenricksListen: On Turning 40 and My 10 Year ReflectionInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

A lot of times when I’m out walking, doing yoga, or meditating, I get a lot of clarity around new topics for the podcast. Today’s episode is one of those topics – emotional responsibility, or taking responsibility for how you feel. I wanted to bring this to Calmer Conversations because it’s something that comes up very often in my 1:1 coaching and group programs. This episode is bite sized and will teach you how you can start to consider your own emotions, rather than the ingrained belief that many of us have which is that we are responsible for others’ emotions and conversely, that others are responsible for ours. I hope this helps! If you’re interested in more focused support, I encourage you to check out The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29!Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Today I want to talk about the rule of identity, and specifically past identity and future identity, in creating change in your life. That change could be something that feels relatively small, like you may want to feel calmer  (even though I would argue that's probably a big change), or it could be something really major, like you want to change careers or I you want to make a big move or do something else really drastic in your life. No matter where you are in that space, you're probably listening because you want to feel differently in your life on some level. What I'm going to talk about today can be applicable across the board,, so don't think that you need to have major identity shifts on your radar or changes in your life for this to be applicable for you. If that sounds good to you, let's get started.Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Have you ever set a goal, say waking up really early to work out before you get your day started… but then your alarm goes off in the morning and you hit snooze. You end up feeling disappointed, frustrated, and maybe angry. You set a new commitment to do better the next day, but then the cycle repeats. If so, this episode is going to be really interesting for you. We’re exploring the duality of the brain, focusing on the primitive and higher functioning parts. When you listen, you’ll learn how these two parts influence behavior, decision-making, and the challenges of procrastination. It’s really important to understand these brain mechanisms to facilitate change and improve mental well-being so let’s dive in. If you’re interested in more focused support, I encourage you to check out The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29!Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about my courses here.Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

A lot of times in this work you’ll hear me mention “brain based change”, but what does this actually mean? When I am talking about using your brain to change, about using a brain based approach to creating change in your life, to feeling differently, to acting differently, what I'm talking about fundamentally is understanding what's happening in your head. This means understanding what is happening in your nervous system and working with that so that you can create change from a root cause level. The foundation of this is, you can probably guess it, is understanding your thoughts – what is a story? What is a belief? How do they play into my life and what's happening? So that's where we're gonna start today. This episode is good for anyone who is just starting with this work or for those of you who have been doing this for a while, but need a refresher.Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Join The Calmer Brain ClubLearn more about Nervous System Self-CareMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

As I'm recording this episode on September 10th, yesterday was my birthday and I turned 40, which feels momentous. So for this episode, I was thinking, because it was on my brain a lot yesterday and today even, that I might share a little bit about where I was 10 years ago in case that helps you and also just to give you a little bit more of an idea of my story and where I've come from and what's happened in my life and what I've kind of created over that time period. I’m blown away when I look at where I was a decade ago and compare that to what my life looks like today. At the core of a lot of the changes I’ve made in my own life, is the understanding that happiness comes within, which we touched on last week, so listen to that episode! But I hope that today’s episode will help demonstrate the significance of making changes and letting go of things that don't align with who we are, the concept of living our own lives instead of living someone else's, and the importance of measuring our progress and growth.Episode Resources:Bhagavad GitaInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Join The Calmer Brain ClubLearn more about Nervous System Self-CareMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Before listening to this episode, I want you to take five minutes to end this thought: “I’ll be happy when…” or you can insert calm/successful/loved or whatever it is you’re desiring at this moment. Give yourself the opportunity to brainstorm and write down everything that comes up, whether it’s something big or small. The reason why I want to start to play with this question and the reason why we're devoting an entire episode to it is because it pushes our happiness off into the future – that happiness can only come when you’ve checked all the boxes on that list. But what if you could retrain your brain to think that happiness is within you instead of dependent on something outside of you? That happiness is actually available now, in the present, rather than the unattainable future? This concept used to be really hard for me to understand, and maybe you’re reading this feeling the same way. So I hope this episode helps clear it up! Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Join The Calmer Brain ClubLearn more about Nervous System Self-CareMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

If you’ve listened to the past couple episodes of the podcast or if you’re connected with me on social media, you know that my family and I have recently moved from a small island in Maine to Virginia. Not only that, my kids are starting school for the first time ever. So in this episode, I want to discuss how I have been using her work to support myself and my children through the changes and shifts in our lives. You will learn the  importance of understanding and processing our own thoughts and emotions, as well as caring for our nervous system in order to show up as present and supportive parents. By doing this work, we can create a safe space for our children to experience and process their own emotions. Get started today! Episode Resources:Listen to last week’s episodeInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

In this episode, I thought I would share my personal experience of using the tools and skills I talk about in each episode of this podcast during a period of change and uncertainty in my own life. I’m sharing how I navigated the emotions and challenges that arose during our recent move (while being pregnant!) and how I stayed grounded and calm throughout the process. You’ll hear the importance of recognizing and accepting emotions, asking meaningful questions, and being aware of thoughts and beliefs. I’m also highlighting the power of practicing tools such as EFT tapping, coherent breathing, meditative walking, journaling, and prayer. It’s my hope that this episode will encourage you to commit to doing this work over time to create peace and calm in your own life.Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Wins Course or The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Today on Calmer Conversations, I want to talk about the difference between intentional thought work and toxic positivity. Sometimes when people find out about this work or sometimes when I get questions about it, they think that coaching or they think mindset work is really about only using positive affirmations or always keeping a positive mindset and I don't think that could be further from the truth. In reality, when I think about this work, I really think about how it's an embracing of all of your humanity and all of the thoughts you have, all of the emotions you have, and the entire human experience. But I understand why it can come across the other way and why people can even use this work as a new form of perfectionism or a new thing to do right. They can start feeling really bad if they do have negative thoughts – so that's what we're gonna talk about today, moving from toxic positivity and embracing all of your humanity to create lasting change. If that sounds like something you're interested in, this episode is definitely for you! Episode Resources:3 Tools for Calmer Change: AcceptanceByron KatieInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Today I want to talk about silly thoughts, more specifically that there are no silly thoughts or that what we judge as silly thoughts are actually not silly. While this sounds a little bit funny to be using the word silly so many times, I think this is something that comes up quite a lot, particularly for people who have an active cognitive brain, consider themselves to be overachievers, or have a decent understanding of how their brain works. Most thoughts don't make logical sense and are based on past experiences and beliefs. In truth, calling a thought silly puts the brain into resistance, making it harder to make changes. So I want to chat about the importance of curiosity and acceptance when it comes to “silly” thoughts, and suggest practices that will help you shift from judgment to curiosity and enable you to work with your thoughts and create change.Episode Resources:Visit the full show notes page here.Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Wins Course or The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

In this episode, we’re jumping into the second bonus tool of creating calmer change: allowing. If you haven’t listened to the previous episodes in this series, be sure to do that first! Now, allowing is a foundational skill that can be used to shift your mindset and bring intentionality into your life. When listening, you will learn the  concept of allowing and its opposite of resisting and how resisting emotions can hinder personal growth. I’m sharing the importance of accepting and processing emotions, and providing some of my favorite techniques such as EFT tapping and coherent breathing to help with the practice of allowing. By the end of this episode, you’ll be ready to take action on allowing to create an increased capacity for change, connection, and creativity.Episode Resources:Visit the full show notes page here.Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Wins Course or The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Over the past few episodes of the podcast we've gone through the foundational tools that I use and teach over and over again, and they appear in almost everything that I talk about and everything that I teach – that is awareness, acceptance, and curiosity. So tune into the past three episodes if you haven’t. But as I was recording the episodes, these two other tools kept floating around in my mind as really foundational tools as well. I don't talk about them perhaps not as much, but I think that it's worth putting them here towards the beginning of this podcast because I think they are so key and they're so crucial and you might be able to start using them now, so why not have some episodes on them? These two tools are slowing down and allowing. Today we're going to focus on slowing down and next week we'll focus on allowing, but know that these are two kinds of bonus foundational skills that I use, that my clients use, and that I teach over and over again. On slowing down, I know it can feel cliché, and that being more present is something we’re all “striving for”, but what does this actually mean and look like in practice? Tune in to find out and take action on this tool today. Episode Resources:Visit the full show notes page here.Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Wins Course or The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

If you’ve missed it, we are in the middle of a three week series that's about working with your brain, specifically the three tools that I use daily and that I teach over and over again in different permutations with my clients, so they are underlying all of the work that I do. These three tools are awareness, acceptance, and curiosity. Last week, we talked about acceptance and the week before we talked about awareness. So before tuning into this episode, be sure to go back and listen to those two first. Today though, I am excited to dive into curiosity. When you move into curiosity, you can start to look at the beliefs you need to adopt to support you in taking the actions that you need to take to create change. This is a crucial (and sometimes difficult) step for calmer change, but I think it’s one that you can get really excited about. Episode Resources:Visit the full show notes page here.Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Wins Course or The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Welcome to the newest episode of Calmer Conversations, right now we're in the middle of a three-week mini series on working with your brain and nervous system (so tune into last week’s episode if you haven’t already). Throughout the series, I'm talking about the three specific tools that I use and teach over and over again to create lasting change in my clients lives. Most of the work that we do comes back to these three tools because they manifest in different ways and we use them in different ways as individuals. The three tools are awareness, acceptance, and curiosity. Last week we talked about awareness, and now we’re moving onto acceptance. Acceptance is what happens after you cultivate non-judgmental awareness – what do you do with this information? First, you have to stop resisting the path to change. Let’s talk about how.Episode Resources:Visit the full show notes page here.Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Calmer Brain ClubiRest Yoga Nidra with Richard MillerByron KatieYour Most Productive 90-Days Course Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Over the next three episodes of Calmer Conversations, I'm going to cover three tools that I think are key in creating more calm in your life or making change in your life. These three tools are something that I use over and over again with my clients and that I use every single day in my own life – awareness, acceptance and curiosity. Today we are focusing on awareness. We're going to start at the beginning, and specifically look at non-judgmental or gentle observer type awareness. I’ll be the first to say that awareness is simple but not always easy, and it can be a powerful tool for transformation. When you become more of a gentle observer, you’ll be able to start to make changes in your life from a more understanding and grounding place.Episode Resources:Instagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Calmer Brain ClubEpisode #3 – Rewiring Your Brain: How Thought Habits Shape Your Life Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Today our topic is your nervous system and why it matters. If you are even tangentially interested in personal growth, which I'm guessing you probably are if you're listening to this podcast, you've likely heard about your nervous system and nervous system regulation. A lot of personal growth focuses on mindset and understanding and working with the thoughts that you have. This is really huge, important life-changing work, it's a big part of what I do, it's what we've talked about in the first two episodes – but here's the thing, I don't actually think that you can make a real lasting change unless you also address your nervous system. Our nervous system is so crucial in driving, how you act, what you think, and how you are day to day. You’ll see that if you don't actually work with it, you’re going to be fighting an uphill battle if you're only working with your thoughts while ignoring your nervous system. After today's episode, you’ll have some foundational information on your nervous system and why your nervous system matters to you in your life. You'll also learn about your nervous system defaults and how to start shifting that. I hope this helps! Episode Resources:Visit the podcast's blog here for a full list of links and resourcesInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

So many of my clients have it all together when they come to work with me… at least on paper. They’ve historically been really great in the academic space, they are really accomplished in their jobs, and they’ve accomplished a lot in their lives; however, they don’t feel great while in it and a big part of their success has only happened because they have been really mean to themselves. Are you nodding along? Do you feel like you can only thrive under massive amounts of shame and self-discipline? This used to be me too. So in this episode, we're going to dismantle this myth – that you can only be a better person using force that doesn’t actually feel good. After today's episode, you're going to walk away with an understanding of what's happening behind the scenes in your brain and get an idea of how to start working with your brain and nervous system so that you can create change in a way that actually feels good. Episode Resources:Visit the podcast's blog here for a full list of links and resourcesInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Welcome to the inaugural episode of Calmer Conversations – I am so excited to be podcasting again and to give you a more expansive view of what I talk about in my videos on Instagram. This work is so impactful and meaningful and I can’t wait to dive in with you. In this first episode, I want to talk about something that is really the foundation of the work we will do here together on this show, which is changing your conditioning. Why? Recognizing and then shifting your mental and nervous system habits is the fastest way to create lasting change in your life. Throughout the episode, I’m going to be sharing more about thought habits and how they really form how we think about ourselves and the world around us and why becoming more aware of these habits will lay the groundwork to make change more possible for you. If you commit to this work of just becoming more aware of your thoughts and habits over the next week or the next month, you'll be so much further along to making that change that you desire. I’m happy to be in your corner. Come visit me on Instagram to let me know your favorite takeaways and if this episode resonates, feel free to write a review and/or subscribe to the show.Resources:Visit the podcast's blog here for a full list of links and resourcesInstagram: @ceceliabmandrykLet’s work together! Learn more about The Calmer Brain ClubMentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course

Imagine a life where you feel good and are accomplishing your goals without stress, overwhelm, or willpower… Welcome to Calmer Conversations. Your host and coach, Cecelia Mandryk, knows that the secret to feeling better in life – to actually enjoying your life – is creating a calmer conversation between your brain and body. Those feelings you’re dealing with on a daily basis aren’t just a ‘you’ thing, they’re human things, and totally workable. In each episode you’ll get evidence-based, bite-sized tips you can implement in your life to create lasting change. Let's change the conversation between your brain and your body, and change your life in the process.The show officially launches this July, but you can connect with Cecelia on Instagram (@ceceliabmandryk) to stay up to date. Mentioned in this episode:The 5-Minute Shift Mini CourseLearn more about The 5-Minute Shift mini course, a brain-based approach to feeling better now. It’s on sale for $29! The 5-Minute Shift Mini Course