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Do you feel like you’re constantly at war with yourself, trying to make the “right” choices to benefit your future self while berating your past self for not doing better? What if there was a way to shift this internal dialogue and create a more loving, supportive relationship with both your past and future selves? In this encore episode, I explore the concept of separating our past, present, and future selves, and how the way we think about each one impacts our current reality. By learning to approach our past and future selves with compassion and intentionality, we can break free from negative self-talk and judgment, and instead create a more positive, empowered relationship with ourselves across all timeframes. Tune in this week to discover how this simple yet profound mindset shift around your past and future self can transform your life and decision-making process. You’ll also hear personal examples and insights that illustrate how cultivating kindness and understanding towards our past self can lead to making better choices for our future self. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: How our thoughts about our past and future selves impact our current reality. Why separating our past, present, and future selves can lead to greater self-compassion and understanding. The power of cultivating a kind and loving relationship with our past self, even when they make choices we later regret. How being more thoughtful and considerate of our future self becomes easier as we mend our relationship with our past self. Practical examples of how this mindset shift can be applied to everyday situations, from food choices to productivity and self-care. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! Crumbl Cookies What is your relationship like with your past self? What is it like with your future self? Is it kind and generous and open and connecting and honest and full of accountability with love? Or is it like most people? Is it terrible and negative and unreasonably judgmental? This episode is an encore episode that aired several years ago, but I listened to it the other day and was like, that’s some good stuff. So we are going to listen once again to this important topic, past and future you. Please enjoy. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. Hey there, everybody. Hope you had a really lovely Christmas. This episode is airing right after Christmas. I hope you’re still just relaxing and enjoying some time off, some downtime. I hope the kids aren’t driving you too crazy being out of school. So whatever phase you’re in, I’m thinking of you. I’m sending lots of love to you. I hope that you’re staying warm and cozy. In this episode, which is such good content, I’ve been talking a lot lately about our relationships with our past self and our future self. But in this particular episode, you’re going to hear me refer to Be Bold, which is what we used to call The Lab. So that’s all I’m talking about is my coaching program. When you hear me talk about Be Bold, some of you have been with me for a long time since we were called Be Bold. That is now The Lab. And otherwise, I think all of this will make sense even though it came from a few years ago, it was a really good reminder for me when I listened to it and I hope that you find it to be the same and I’ll be back next week with a brand new episode. I will see you then. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you so much for tuning in. I just want to begin with gratitude for all of you who listen to the podcast, who share it with your friends and family, who leave me ratings and reviews on iTunes and who share it on your social media and in your stories. I honestly, I see every one of those. Every time you tag me in something on social media, that is me. I’ve tried to assign social media to my team and they’ve tried to take it on, but I’m sort of addicted to it. And so I end up intercepting them. So I think they all know now, like, just let Jody do it. She’s going to be on there anyway. So I probably am on there more than I should be. But what I want you to know is that I see your messages, I see when you tag me and when you share it, and I appreciate it so, so much. So please keep doing it. And please, if you haven’t done it, it’s not too late. And the reason I’m asking you to do that is it does serve me and my business, but it serves my mission even more so. There will be many, many people who will listen to this podcast who I will never get the privilege of working with on a deeper level, and that’s okay. I really desperately want to help impact the world more through these tools. So thank you to all of you who have done that and thank you in advance to those of you who will still share the podcast. Today’s topic, I decided to talk about this one because I just got done doing a live coaching call in Be Bold. For those of you that are in Be Bold, it’s November 10th, so you can go listen to the live coaching call from November 10th if you weren’t there. The last ...
Do you ever find yourself saying yes to things without really thinking it through? We’ve all been there – flattered by an opportunity or eager to please someone we respect. But what if there was a better way? What if we could learn to give a more powerful, intentional yes? In this episode, I explore the concept of a “powerful yes” that I learned from my friend and mentor, Dr. Benjamin Hardy. It’s about taking the time to thoroughly understand what you’re being asked to do, considering the benefits and sacrifices for both parties, and allowing space for change or even saying no if needed. Join me this week to hear how, by learning to give a more powerful yes, we can improve our relationships with others and ourselves. We can be more honest about what matters to us and make sure our time and talents are being used in the best way possible. It may seem like a small thing, but I believe this subtle shift can have a big impact on our lives. Listen in to learn how! Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: Why it’s important to take your time and ask questions before saying yes to something. How to allow space for a “no” in order to give a more powerful “yes”. The benefits of being honest about what matters to you when considering an opportunity. Why a powerful yes should allow for change and revisiting the terms later on. How treating both parties as worthy of respect leads to better outcomes for everyone. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! Dr. Benjamin Hardy We talk a lot in the world of self-help about saying no, about how we probably should all be saying no more often, about how to say no, about why it’s so hard to say no, but what about saying yes? Are we saying yes from a powerful place and why does that matter? That’s what I’m going to teach you today. Welcome to Better Than Happy, Episode 492, A Powerful Yes. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. Hello everybody. Welcome to the podcast. Thank you so much for joining me today. I’m so delighted that you’re here. I so appreciate that you take the time to press play and give these concepts a chance, and I also appreciate how you share it and let other people know about it, please keep doing that. It helps me to get my work out into the world. It helps us to spread mental and emotional confidence and health as that is our mission. So today we’re gonna talk about this concept of a powerful yes that I learned from my friend and teacher and mentor, Dr. Benjamin Hardy. I am in Dr. Hardy’s Q4, I can’t remember what he named it this year. Last year I took it too and it was called Rapid Transformation and it’s, maybe it’s the same name anyway, it’s a transformative challenge that he has done for a couple of years and well, he’s probably done it longer, but I only discovered it last year. This is my second year doing his Q4 challenge with him. And Dr. Hardy, if you’re not familiar with him, is a brilliant author and teacher and coach. You can find him online. He has many amazing books. I highly recommend his work. At any rate, Dr. Hardy talks about this concept of a powerful yes and a powerful no. I’ve heard him mention it a few times. I never really thought too much about it. And recently when he said it on one of the calls I was on, I think it was like a pretty casual mention again. It’s not like something he elaborated on very long. I don’t even know exactly how he would define it, to be honest. But for some reason it stopped me in my tracks. And I had one of those moments, have you ever had these moments where you kind of see a flashback of a bunch of different scenarios and all the pieces come together about what that concept means for you and your life and how maybe it’s an opportunity to develop yourself and evolve and grow. I had one of those kind of moments and it really got me excited about working on this because this is the kind of thing that’s easy to chalk up to like, well, it doesn’t matter. It’s not a big deal. Not like I’m doing anything really wrong. I’m not doing anything dishonest. I’m not harming anybody. I could go my whole life with weak, powerless yeses, like I have been. And it would be fine. I wouldn’t know what I was missing out on. But I do believe that sometimes these little, subtle things that we change have a ripple effect in our lives in ways we can’t even anticipate. I think it’s not just about me having more powerful yeses, learning how to give more powerful yeses. I think it’s also about my overall relationship with myself, the way I see myself, my relationships with other people, my interactions with other, and how much more intimate and connected and powerful those relationships could be. And all that can translate into so many different things for me personally, for my business, etc. So it’s a little enough thing that it’s easy to just ignore, but it’s also a little enough thing that I do...
Have you ever found yourself sticking with a decision or course of action simply because you’ve already invested time, money, or effort into it… even when it’s clear that moving on would be more beneficial? This common phenomenon is known as the sunk cost fallacy, and it affects all of us to some degree. While it will always be at play in our lives, we can learn to minimize its effect by becoming more aware of what it is and how it drives us. And in this episode, I explore how it can hold us back in various areas of life, from relationships and business to personal projects and purchases. Tune in this week to learn what the sunk cost fallacy means and the value of learning how to recognize it in your decision-making process. I share real-life examples of the sunk cost fallacy in action and offer my top tips for making rational, forward-thinking choices that align with your true goals and values, rather than being swayed by past investments. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: What the sunk cost fallacy is and how it can manifest in various aspects of life. How commitment bias and loss aversion contribute to the sunk cost fallacy. Why focusing on the future, rather than the past, is key to overcoming this cognitive bias. The value of reframing wasted time or money as valuable learning experiences. 3 tips for making more rational, forward-thinking decisions in the face of sunk costs. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! Is the sunk cost fallacy at play in your life? Is it preventing you from getting the absolute most out of your financial decisions, the way you spend your time, and where you put your effort and attention? Well, the answer to this question, according to the experts, is yes, it is at play in all of our lives. And the way to minimize its effect on each of us is to become more aware of what it is and how it drives us. From awareness, you will have the ability to make wiser decisions. And that’s why today I wanna dive in to The Sunk Cost Fallacy, episode 491. Let’s go. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. All right, everybody, welcome to the podcast. How’s it going? How’s your holiday going? How’s December treating you? Are you enjoying it? It’s a really bizarre year for my family and I because we moved to the San Diego area at the beginning of the summer. And so for my two youngest kids anyway, this is their first time experiencing Christmas in a place that is sunny and relatively warm. I noticed the people around me are getting out their beanies and coats and talking about how cold it is. And I do still like to wear a coat and I get kind of cold, but I’m like, this is not cold people. It’s interesting because my younger kids kind of miss the feeling that cold weather brings that they associate with Christmas and I keep reminding them that’s just because that’s how you know Christmas as gray and gloomy and dark but after a couple years we’re gonna have Christmas memories in the sun and also we’ll go visit the snow don’t worry. I love to visit snow, I just don’t love living in snow. So at any way, we can always find something to complain about, right? Anyway, I hope you’re having a great holiday. We are having a beautiful time overall. We’re loving it, loving the holiday season, loving living here in San Diego. And I’m thinking of all of you, especially those of you in the cold. I wanna dive into this concept today, this phenomenon of the sunk cost fallacy. Obviously I did not make this up. We’re gonna go to an official definition in a minute, but it’s one that I have thought about a lot over the past few years and tried to really notice in my life. And according to the experts, like I kind of said before, apparently none of us can totally get rid of it. It’s just a part of how human beings operate for some reason. But I do think that being aware of it can help us to minimize it. So I’m going to start out with a story for you. So I remember a few years ago when we lived in Washington state and we decided to go skiing one day. So my husband got online and got lift tickets for the kids and I and we got all of our gear loaded it up in the car drove up to the ski mountain got our clothes on went up and started skiing and it was a cold day. I don’t remember if it was snowing or raining, which I know for the true skiers, the real skiers love skiing when it’s snowing because you have fresh snow. But for a skier like myself, that is just a recreational, maybe we’d even call me an obligatory skier because I really only ski because my family loves it so much and I do like to be with them and I want to be helpful and supportive and take them skiing. But at any rate I don’t love skiing when it’s snowing because it’s wet and it’s colder and the visibility’s worse. And those are just the things I don’t like about skiing anyway. So anyway, we’re skiing and we break for lunch and we’re sitting in the lodge and I’m thinking how good it feels to be not skiing and to be out of the cold, to just be resting, eating some food, and I think to myself, well, I guess I could just stay in the lodge and...
Do you ever feel like you’re not fully owning your agency and power as a woman? What does it mean to be a truly sovereign being, trusting in your own choices and inner wisdom? In this episode, I explore these vital questions with a dear friend and inspiring leader, McArthur Krishna. McArthur is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, a prolific author, and a passionate advocate for women’s equality and empowerment. Her work centers around uplifting women’s roles, authority, and divinity within the church, and she’s here to share her wisdom on the importance of developing sovereignty, especially as women. Join us this week to hear McArthur’s journey of learning to trust in her own sovereignty, even when they didn’t align with cultural norms or expectations. She offers powerful examples from her own life and from the lives of other LDS women who exemplified “soul sovereignty,” and we discuss why it’s so essential for women to anchor in their own soul development and create lives that truly serve them. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: McArthur’s definition of female sovereignty. 2 reasons developing sovereignty is essential for women in the LDS church. What happens when you hold the power of being a sovereign being. The vital importance of women investing in their own “soul development”. Examples of how our sovereignty comes up in day-to-day decisions. Why becoming your best divine self takes investing in what lights up your soul. How to balance being a sovereign individual while living within a community and family system. Why obedience is about alignment with God, not external structures. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! McArthur Krishna: Website | Instagram Changemakers: Women Who Boldly Built Zion by McArthur Krishna In the Image of Our Heavenly Parents: A Couples Guide to Creating a More Divine Marriage by McArthur Krishna Faith Matters Foundation Stand As a Witness: The Biography of Ardeth Greene Kapp by Anita Thompson Jennifer Finlayson-Fife What does it mean to be a sovereign being? What does it mean to operate as one and to fully own your agency? And how do we negatively impact both our day-to-day lives and our relationships and our relationship with divinity if we aren’t fully owning our sovereignty? And how do we teach our children the importance of this as well? In today’s episode, I have a conversation to share with you where my guests and I are going to dive into this topic. And my hope is that you will use it as a springboard by which to develop your own ideas and your own insight about this topic. This is episode 490, Female Sovereignty with McArthur Krishna. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. Hello, everybody. Welcome to a very special episode of Better Than Happy. I am very excited to introduce you today to McArthur Krishna, if you’re not familiar with her, and to share with you a very interesting conversation I had with her recently. McArthur is an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and an author and someone who I met maybe a little over five years ago through the Faith Matters Foundation and have really just learned so much from and enjoyed watching her navigate the space that she feels so passionate about, which is helping to bring useful awareness and tools and insight and help us think a little bit deeper about topics within the culture of our religion and the doctrine of our religion around topics like equality for men and women and feminism and the divine feminine and Heavenly Mother. And I’ve just had a lot of interesting insights in the handful of conversations I’ve had with McArthur. Recently, she was in town and we went to lunch or dinner, we had a meal. And anyway, she was so fired up about this topic of women becoming sovereign beings. And I said, wait, wait, wait, wait, don’t tell me about it yet. Let’s get the mics out. Let’s press record and let’s talk about it when we can capture it for the podcast because it’s a topic that I feel passionate about as well. McArthur and I have, of course, our own viewpoints and ideas about it, but I’m very excited to share this conversation with you because it’s something I just want you to think through as well in your own life. I know that it will have relevance whether y...
Have you ever had someone in your life who showed you what was truly possible? Someone who inspired you to dream bigger, love deeper, and live more fully? For me, that person is Brooke Castillo. In this episode, I share how Brooke has been an incredible example, mentor, and friend to me, not just through her teachings, but through the way she lives her life. As she closes a chapter with her coaching programs, I want to take a moment to express my gratitude for the profound impact she’s had on my personal and professional growth. Join me this week as I reflect on the four key lessons I’ve learned from Brooke Castillo, and the power of leading by example. From her ability to choose love in challenging situations to her generosity, integrity, and confidence, Brooke embodies so many qualities we can all aspire to. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: The 4 major ways Brooke has been an example of what’s possible to me. Why choosing love is always the most rewarding and beneficial option, regardless of the circumstances. The importance of living with integrity and telling the truth, even when it’s difficult. Why embracing your strengths and weaknesses is essential for true confidence. How having an inspiring example can give you permission to become the best version of yourself. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! Brooke Castillo It is Thanksgiving weekend. And I’ve been thinking a lot about the things, people, experiences, and places that I am thankful for. And one person is standing out in my mind a lot. I’m going to tell you why this person is on my mind more than usual even, why this person has been so impactful in my life, and share with you some of the key turning points that changed everything for me in my personal, professional life, and in every other way. This is episode 489, An Example of What’s Possible. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. Hello, everybody. Welcome to the podcast. Hope that you are having a lovely week. If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I hope it was enjoyable and peaceful and all the things. And thank you for joining me on the podcast today. So I recently heard this quote from the poet Rumi. It says, “The breezes at dawn have secrets to tell you. Don’t go back to sleep. You must ask for what you really want. Don’t go back to sleep.” So I love this quote because I’m kind of at that stage of life where I wake up in the night a little bit more than I used to. And sometimes I have a hard time going back to sleep once I wake up and it’s easy to get frustrated by that and start thinking thoughts like, I’ve got to get back to sleep or I’m going to be so tired tomorrow. But this quote from Rumi really shifted it for me. I decided from now on, if I wake up in the night, I’m going to decide it’s because the breezes have secrets to tell me, and I’m going to try not to go back to sleep. So recently, I woke up in the night, and I started to just think about things in my life, think about experiences and people, and it is the month of Thanksgiving. So I try to focus even more so on gratitude. And I kept thinking about my teacher, my mentor, my coach, and my friend, Brooke Castillo. She just kept coming to my mind. Now, I will mention that you guys have heard me talk about Brooke Castillo a lot because about half of the tools that I use as a coach and that I talk about here on this podcast, I learned from Brooke. So I’m constantly referencing her. But today I wanna do something a little different. I don’t wanna dive into the tools that she’s taught me. I do that all the time. I wanna talk to you about how she has been such an example of what’s possible to me in kind of more subtle ways, just through the life that she lives and the person that she is. And I’ll tell you that one of her kind of driving motivators in life, you might say, the purpose that she sees as her life that really drives her and inspires her is to be an example of what’s possible. And she does it so beautifully. Now, before I build her up, let me just clarify that I know that she is not perfect. She knows that she is not perfect. I’m not suggesting that she is. I’m not trying to put her on a pedestal above anybody else. In fact, she has some teachings or values or ideas about life, et cetera, that I disagree with. And I love that she and I can disagree. And in fact, I remember talking to her once saying, I don’t even agree with everything you teach. And she’s like, I know, I hope not. I think that would be weird if anyone agreed with everything I teach, right? So anyway, I don’t mean to elevate her in an inappropriate way, but I do just wanna take a moment to celebrate and be grateful for her. She is closing down Self-Coaching Scholars, which has been the coaching program she’s had for many, many years, and she’s taking a pause from certifying coaches, and she’s gonna spend some time with her family, and I’m sure she will be around doing many other amazing things, becaus...
Do you secretly wish you had more money but feel ashamed of that desire? Do you worry that wanting more money means you’re ungrateful or greedy? What if I told you that craving more money and feeling deep gratitude can actually go hand-in-hand? In this episode, I explore why I coach on money so frequently and offer some powerful tools to help you develop a healthier, more abundant relationship with money. Because here’s the truth: you can want more money and be thankful for what you already have at the same time. And as we head into Thanksgiving week, this is the perfect time to recognize how gratitude and financial ambition can enhance one another beautifully. Join me this week as I share five strategies for having more money in your life. From creating a healthy relationship with your past and future self to the power of generosity and appreciation for your current financial reality, you’ll learn how to create more monetary abundance, and it all starts with your mindset. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: 5 strategies for having more money in your life. Why there’s no shame in desiring more money in your life. The importance of creating a healthy relationship with both your past and future self. How to rewire your brain to embrace financial abundance. Why you must be willing to work and get creative to have more money. The power of generosity and gratitude in your spending habits. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! Myron Golden Brooke Castillo Do you wish that you had more money in your life, in your family, in your home? Are you kind of ashamed of that? Do you keep it a secret because you make it mean that you’re not grateful or that you’re greedy? Well, this week I want to talk to you about how to have more money. I want to talk to you about why this is something that I coach on all the time. And it’s the week before Thanksgiving. So shouldn’t we be talking about gratitude, not about trying to get more? Well, guess what? I do not believe those things are mutually exclusive or even in opposition to each other. I think that they go hand in hand. That’s what I want to teach you today. This is episode 488, How to Have More Money. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. Well, hey everybody, happy Thanksgiving, happy end of November. If you don’t celebrate Thanksgiving, happy-here-comes-winter. It’s getting cold, right? Even where I live in California, it’s getting cold, but not as cold as where I used to live. So I’m sending out warm thoughts to all of you who live where there’s real winter and just sending lots of love and gratitude to everybody at this time of year. So we’re going to talk about money today. It’s one of my favorite things to listen to other people talk about because I find it really fascinating how our brains are with money, all the drama we have around money, all the shame and morality we give to money and the strong opinions and emotions it brings up. And I think for valid reasons, but I want to offer you some things to consider today as you maybe work on healing your relationship or, or maybe your relationship doesn’t need healing, but really just intentionally creating the relationship that you want with money so that you create the results you want in your life with money. I do think it’s fascinating how a lot of it is our socialization maybe or the way we were raised, but I think it’s fascinating how money is the one subject that people will say they don’t want too much of, right? Here’s what I mean. And I learned this from listening to someone else who talks a lot about money, a gentleman named Myron Golden, and he talks about this idea that we will say, how good do you want your marriage to be? As good as it can possibly get. How healthy do you want to be? As healthy as I can be. How long do you want to live? As long as I can live. How close do you want to be to your children? I want to be as close as I possibly can. Like with most other things we want and will outright admit that we want things to be as big or abundant or as “good,” as possible. But when it comes to money, people often say, how much money would you like? Just enough to get by, not too much. And that’s okay. I don’t think that everybody has to want tons of money. I just want you to question why. Money is just a tool. I’m going to talk about tools in a couple of ways today. And I’ve been talking about this a lot lately in my coaching. Those of you in The Lab know, but money is a tool that we can use in our lives and we can use it for good, or we can use it for harm. And just like any tool, just like a pair of scissors can be a really useful tool, I can also injure myself and others with those scissors if I misuse them or don’t treat them with the proper care and respect that they need. And that is true with money as well. So I want to just start from that premise and offer to you to consider it. And then I want to give you some things to focus on when it comes to your ow...
Do you ever find yourself feeling confused, frustrated, or stuck in negative emotions about certain topics or situations in your life? It’s possible that your brain is either oversimplifying complex issues or overcomplicating simple ones, and in this episode, I explore how our minds tend to distort reality in these two distinct ways, leading to what I call “dirty pain.” When we oversimplify multifaceted topics like politics, religion, or parenting choices, it’s easy to feel angry and confused. On the flip side, when we overcomplicate straightforward issues like how to eat healthily or grow a business, we can get stuck in guilt, overwhelm, and indecision. Recognizing these patterns is the first step to breaking free. Join me this week as I share examples of how this plays out in various areas of life, from personal health to relationships and entrepreneurship. You’ll learn why our brains love to stay stuck in confusion rather than take action, how to identify when you’re in dirty pain, and my top tips for steering your mind back to simple, honest truths that will help you make progress in the areas you want. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: How oversimplifying complex topics can lead to anger and confusion. Why overcomplicating simple issues keeps you stuck in guilt and overwhelm. The difference between “clean pain” that helps you grow and “dirty pain” that keeps you stuck. How to recognize when you’re experiencing dirty pain due to oversimplifying or overcomplicating. Simple strategies to steer your mind back to clear, productive thinking for better results. Why your brain prefers confusion and complication as a way to avoid necessary discomfort. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! Human brains are so fascinating. Mostly they take really good care of us. We don’t even have to think about it and we have unconscious or subconscious things happening that really make our lives better and easier and make us better. But occasionally, our brains need a little bit of management, a little bit of direction. And I find the best way to do that is with some awareness. Today I want to bring awareness to this funny thing that the human brain does, which is to take complicated topics and simplify them, or to take really simple things and complicate them. Why do our brains do this? How do we know when we’re doing this? Why is it a problem? And what do we do about it? That’s what I’m going to be teaching you today. This is episode 487: It’s Simple. It’s Complicated. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. Hello, everybody. All right, I have this theory and I’m gonna talk about it here on the podcast, and I’ve thought through it well enough that I feel comfortable doing a podcast episode on it, but as I talk it through with you all, sometimes I surprise myself by some insights and discovery. So let’s just see if that happens today. But I wanna talk about how our brains take things that are complicated and simplify them, and then we take simple things and we make them complicated at times. And my theory on this that I’m going to test out as we speak through it is that we can know when we’re doing this because we will be creating some kind of dirty pain. Okay, so there’s this concept created in the world of behavioral psychology called clean pain and dirty pain. And I love this concept. I find it to be really useful because I’m not a believer that we should feel positive and happy all the time. I don’t think that’s normal or necessary and I don’t think it serves us to try to be happy all the time even. I think that we should learn how to allow negative emotions. We don’t want to think positively about everything. And just learning to be with our emotions, to process them, to breathe through them, to make it okay for ourselves and also for our children or for other people that we have influence over is a big part of my work. It sets you free to learn how to just feel your feelings. But clean pain is the kind of pain that is really refining. It makes us better versions of ourselves as we experience and allow clean pain. The best way I can think to describe clean pain is it almost feels spiritual, right? Like grief when we’ve lost a loved one or a relationship has ended or we’ve gotten some kind of bad news that we want to interpret as bad news. That is clean pain. It’s natural and normal to go through a grieving process, which can include all kinds of things, right? Sadness, anger, bargaining, denial, et cetera, all the emotions that come along with grief, right? Necessary, useful, moves us through an experience so that at some point we look back and realize that we are more expanded, maybe more patient, maybe more generous, more grateful. In some way we are better for having gone through that experience. Now, when we’re in the thick of it, none of us wanna hear anyone remind us that you’re gonna be better on the other side of this, but it is the reality of what happens when we experience and allow clean pain. It can move us through an experience and refine us and make us better, right? Dirty pain, on the other hand, is not necessary. Now, I don’t want to imply that that means that you’r...
Do you struggle with knowing what you want for your birthday? Does the thought of celebrating another year around the sun bring up complicated emotions? In this episode, I explore why birthdays can feel so loaded and share five strategies for navigating the big day with more ease and authenticity. As I turn 50, I’m reflecting on what it means to honor my own desires while still considering the needs and expectations of my loved ones. I believe that birthdays offer a unique opportunity to reconnect with ourselves and practice telling the truth about what we really want – even if it goes against the grain. Join me as I unpack the art of celebrating your birthday in a way that feels true to you. From figuring out your genuine preferences to communicating them clearly and letting go of perfectionism, I share my best tips for making your special day a reflection of who you are and what you value most. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: Why it’s so challenging for many of us to know what we want, especially when it comes to our birthdays. How comparing ourselves to others and ignoring our own needs can lead to a disconnection from our true desires. The importance of considering your preferences before factoring in the wants and expectations of your loved ones. Why telling the truth and assuming others are doing the same is the key to authentic relationships. How to spend a moment connecting with yourself on your birthday through journaling, reflection, and dreaming. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! Guess what day it is? It’s my birthday. I’m recording this episode on my actual 50th birthday. And I have some thoughts about how to celebrate your birthday and why birthdays are so complicated for some of us, especially as we get older, so emotional, try to play it cool, it brings up a lot of stuff. So today I want to talk to you about how to celebrate your birthday. This is episode 486, Better Than Happy. Let’s do it. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. What’s happening, everybody? So I am recording this episode on my birthday, which is Halloween. I’m a Halloween baby. So you’re going to be getting it next week. It will be after my birthday, but I wanted to record it today when it’s my actual birthday and just give you some ideas about how to consider thinking about your birthday and how to make decisions about how to celebrate your birthday. I know there’s some people who are of the opinion that birthdays are just another day on the calendar. It’s just a date. Why do we make a big deal out of it? And I would say, on the one hand, that’s true. If you don’t want to make a big deal of it, you absolutely don’t have to. If you do want to, great, I’m in for that too. I think where we complicate things, especially as adults and as women and as mothers, is we let all the noise of should and what we think other people want and trying to manage other people’s opinions and feelings interfere with figuring out what we even want. And at the same time, I don’t think that what our loved ones want or need or expect is irrelevant information. I think there’s a reason why we want to consider that. So we’re going to sift through some of that today. I hope this will be helpful. This is how I think about birthdays. First, quick story. I share my birthday with Halloween and with many of you. I love hearing from other Halloween babies. So that’s been to me kind of fun because there’s always something going on. It kind of feels like a special day. There’s always some kind of a party. It’s not a present holiday, so it doesn’t create weirdness when you’re a kid. And I’ve loved having my birthday for the most part on Halloween. As a mom, of course, Halloween is a kid holiday for the most part, right? Like my kids like dressing up and even as they get older, Halloween is less fun, I guess you might say. And I love that about it. I love having just fun things to do with the kids. And also, if I want to have a day or a time when it feels like we’re celebrating me, I make sure I make that happen somewhere around my birthday, not necessarily on Halloween, maybe on a different day or a different night. So I’m going to talk to you a little bit about that. But this morning, I just, this is what I was going to share with you. My daughter, who is almost nine, because I’m turning 50 today, she said, “Mom, you have another decade. You made it another decade.” I thought that was so cute. I’m like, “You’re right, I did. I made it to my fifth decade. Look at me doing it. I’m still alive. Good job, me.” Okay, so I have five things I want to talk to you about today when it comes to considering how you want to celebrate your birthday and what to do on your birthday. And the first thing is that you have to figure out what you want. What do you want to do? Or what do you not want to do? What are your preferences or opinions? Now, I say that you have to figure this out because it’s actually not easy. Have you noticed? Do you know what you want to do? I know so many people, and this is myself included at times, who when you ask, “What do you want to do?” The answer is, “I just...
Do you ever feel like there’s an imbalance of power or responsibility in your marriage? Are you stuck in feelings of resentment, manipulation, or shame when it comes to money, sex, household duties, or raising children? If you’re operating from power plays, martyrdom, passive-aggression, or self-pity in your marriage, and you’re tired of the shaming and blaming cycle, this episode is for you. While it may not be the picture of romance and fairy tales we’ve been sold, consciously dividing responsibilities and making joint decisions as equal partners is the foundation of a strong, modern marriage. In this episode, I share my observations and insights from coaching thousands of women on creating healthier dynamics in their homes and show you how approaching marriage as an equal partnership can lead to greater empowerment and peace. Join me this week as I lay out some of the most common factors that contribute to a dynamic of inequality among genders in the home, and share practical examples of how approaching your marriage like a business can work with finances, intimacy, chores, and parenting. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: Some of the most common factors that contribute to a dynamic of inequality in the home. Why you should view your marriage as an equal partnership, like running a business together. How to navigate money issues by understanding it’s “our” money. The importance of owning your sexuality and desire rather than expecting your partner to fulfill you. How my husband and I run an actual business together and how it translates to our personal lives. Why household duties are equally valuable as earning an income, regardless of gender roles. How to make parenting decisions jointly while respecting each other’s perspectives. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! 484. The Rise of Feminism in the LDS Church Part 2: Guest Expert Kara Loewentheil Check out Natalie Clay’s Marriage Prep course Dr. Jennifer Finlayson-Fife We’re talking about the rise of feminism in the LDS Church, and today’s episode is going to be filled with my own thoughts, insight, and observation. I’ve tried to preface this with two other episodes that demonstrate the way I coach around it, as well as bringing in a guest expert last week, Kara Loewentheil. But today’s podcast is a little bit more in my own head, again based on the literally tens of thousands of people I’ve coached who have mostly been women, the roadblocks I see that we need to work on, and specifically we’re going to focus on your home situation. Welcome to The Rise of Feminism in the LDS Church, Part 3, The Dynamics in Your Home. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. Okay, everybody buckle up. It’s truth telling time. One of the things that I view as my responsibility as a coach is to tell people what I see as the reality, the truths that I see that they may not see in themselves. And from that place, I hope to empower you. All progress starts from the truth. However, it is not my place to say what you should do with that truth. I know for myself, sometimes when I am either handed the truth, shown the truth, or I discover the truth, I still choose what are not always the most ideal patterns or behaviors. I don’t want you to expect perfection of yourself. But if we’re afraid to look at the truth because we think we have to change it, that doesn’t serve us either. All right? So I’m going to point out what I see as some of the common problems in the home that are contributing to the dynamic of inequality amongst the genders. We all want to point to institutions and policies and society and socialization as the cause of these problems. And even if that’s true, in many cases, they are where we picked up our ideas about the roles of men and women and whether or not we should have equal power, decision-making authority, et cetera, in our lives. In the end, if we don’t start with our own view of ourselves and others as well as in our homes where we have a lot of influence, then this changes that we hope to see happening I should say will not be long-lasting and impactful to us in our lifetime. We must be doing the work on a personal level as well, starting with ourselves and also translating into our relationships and the dynamics in our home. All right? So that’s what I’m gonna be talking about today, especially specifically the dynamic between a husband and wife or male and female partner. So there are four areas I want to address. We’re going to talk about money. We’re going to talk about sex. We’re going to talk about household duties or responsibilities, and we’re going to talk about raising children. These are the four areas I probably coach on the most frequently and the four areas where I see that we have a lot of opportunity to evolve ourselves and the way we view both genders, frankly, in the relationship....
As women, we are often socialized to see ourselves in a certain way based on the messages we receive from society and our religious communities. These subtle (and not-so-subtle) influences shape our thoughts about our own capabilities, roles, and worth – often without us even realizing it. Have you ever stopped to consider how the society we live in has impacted the way you think about yourself as a woman? For this series on the rise of feminism in the LDS church, I knew I needed to bring in some experts with more experience in this space than I have. The first person who came to my mind is my dear friend, New York Times Bestselling author, podcaster, and Master Certified Life Coach Kara Loewentheil. Tune in this week for a fascinating discussion about becoming aware of societal influences, rethinking what it means to be a woman in the Church, and learning to embrace your own authority. Whether you consider yourself a feminist or not, this episode will challenge you to examine your own beliefs and empower you to create change in your life and community. Want free coaching? Join me for a complimentary coaching workshop by clicking here. If you’re serious about succeeding in your coaching business, you want to join our newest program, The Lab: Coach Access. Click here to find out more! What You’ll Learn on this Episode: Why it’s important to talk to people who don’t share your point of view. How to recognize the subtle ways gender roles and the patriarchy influence your thoughts. Why taking on your own authority as a woman is a powerful form of personal growth. How to contribute to positive change within your religious community. The importance of doing your own internal work while also advocating for structural change. Why anger is a valid emotion for women and how to process it in a healthy way. How gender roles, stereotypes, and expectations are harmful to both women and men. Mentioned on the Show: Call 888-HI-JODY-M or 888-445-6396 to leave me your question, and I can’t wait to address it right here on the podcast! Come check out The Lab! Follow me on Instagram or Facebook! Grab the Podcast Roadmap! Kara Loewentheil: Website | Instagram | Podcast Take Back Your Brain: How a Sexist Society Gets in Your Head–and How to Get It Out by Kara Loewentheil Sexism & Sensibility: Raising Empowered, Resilient Girls in the Modern World by Jo-Ann Finkelstein The Life Coach School Amy Morin The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives – TV show Moana – movie 483. The Rise of Feminism in the LDS Church Part 1: Coaching Session Welcome back to the podcast my friends. Boy, do I have a treat for you today. If you are not familiar with Kara, I cannot wait to introduce you to her. Not only is she brilliant and kind and a Master Coach, but she also has the best wit and humor. Every time I talk to Kara, I leave with my stomach hurting from laughing so hard. And this conversation was no different. So when I decided to do a series on the rise of feminism in the LDS Church, I knew I needed to bring in some experts, some people who know more and have been working in this space longer than me. And the first person who came to my mind is my dear friend, Kara Loewentheil. So Kara and I first met when we were both studying and working as coaches through The Life Coach School. We have a long history together, and we couldn’t be more different in many other ways, though. Kara and I come from different religious backgrounds, different socioeconomic situations, different education levels, let’s just say, with Kara being far above mine, and she is one of my most favorite people to learn from, and she really always challenges and expands my thinking. So I am so excited for you to learn from her and experience her personality as well. This is The Rise of Feminism, Part Two with Guest Expert, Kara Loewentheil. Welcome to Better Than Happy, the podcast where we transform our lives by transforming ourselves. My name is Jody Moore. In the decade-plus I’ve been working with clients as a Master Certified Coach, I’ve helped tens of thousands of people to become empowered. And from empowered, the things that seemed hard become trivial, and the things that seemed impossible become available, and suddenly, a whole new world of desire and possibility open up to you. And what do you do with that? Well, that’s the question… what will you do? Let’s find out. Sometimes, listening to a podcast is enough. But sometimes, you’ll feel inspired to go deeper. If you hear things that speak to you in today’s episode, consider it your invitation to a complimentary coaching workshop. On this live, interactive Zoom call with me, you’ll get a taste of the power of this work when applied in real life. You can participate, or be a silent observer. But you have to take a step if you want to truly see change in your life… two steps, actually. Head to jodymoore.com/freecoaching and register. Then you just have to show up. Your best life is waiting for you. Will you show up for it? Jodymoore.com/freecoaching. I’ll see you there. — Jody Moore: Hello, Kara Loewentheil. Kara Loewentheil: Hello, Jody. Jody: We’re acting official now, like we haven’t been just been chatting for 10 minutes. Kara: We’ve already had like three laughing attacks and now we’re like, welcome to this podcast of professional women. Jody: Very serious around here. Thank you for coming on the show again. I always love talking to you and I used to get to talk to you more and just due to life changes. I haven’t talked to you in a while and I wanted to just, I don’t even think I told you this part, but I secretly wanted to just get ...