Be Decisive

Being in integrity with yourself can benefit your physical and mental health. Listen as Sonya reflects on the value of integrity and shares how she puts it into practice in her daily life. 

How in touch with your strengths are you? Do you think about how you can use your strengths in times or conflict, in your career, and in your relationships? Do you consider your blind spots and how you can minimize them? In this episode, Sonya talks with her childhood friend and Clifton Strengths coach, Christy Dunn, about how to understand how our strengths and weaknesses work in our lives and how we can use them to create the lives of our dreams. You can find more information on Christy's coaching at https://www.awakenandaccelerate.com/

"With gratitude, optimism is sustainable." Michael J. Fox Psychologists have determined gratitude serves us in many ways; it makes us more resilient, helps us to experience joy at a higher level, and it activates our prefrontal cortex. Do you have a daily gratitude practice? Listen in as Sonya discusses why gratitude is essential to our personal development journey and ways that you can incorporate gratitude into your daily life. 

Do you have trouble making decisions about your life? Do you spin round and round wasting time in indecision? If so, this week's episode is for you! Sonya offers 5 steps to help you move out of indecision and into action, saving you time, energy, and sanity. Our decisions are always made in an instant. Listen in and learn how to honor your future self by being decisive. 

Blame, born from a place of shame, can have detrimental effects on our mental health, leading to increased stress and anxiety. But how do we shift from blame to responsibility? Listen in as Sonya discusses the power of self-compassion and how we can treat ourselves with the same kindness we offer to friends, fostering greater self-awareness and personal growth. Discover the significance of normalizing mistakes and sharing our humanity with others. Tune in for this empowering episode, as we shed light on the transformative journey from self-blame to self-discovery. Remember, self-blame and growth cannot co-exist; embrace your humanity and empower yourself to do better each day!

Are you tired of letting self-doubt hold you back from achieving your dreams? In this week's episode, Sonya dives deep into the roots of self-doubt and how it affects us. Discover the difference between those who let self-doubt become an excuse to quit and those who use it as a catalyst for growth. Learn how to approach self-doubt as an activator, a tool for self-discovery, and a path to uncovering your true potential.  Join us in this empowering episode, and together, let's embrace self-awareness as the key to abundance and growth. Don't miss it!

Humans use narrative to make sense of our lives. As we create these stories, we take on various characters within our stories. This week, Sonya describes the three of the most common characters we can assume: the villain, the victim, and the hero and explains how we can move out of our villain and victim stories to heroically traverse the story of our lives. 

The perfect summer episode! How often do you do absolutely nothing? In this age of cell phones and always being available, few of us schedule time where we do nothing. Listen as Judith and Sonya make the case for scheduling nothing time into your daily routine.

This week, Sonya explores the idea that we don't need to eliminate our negative thoughts if we change our relationship with them. The episode challenges the binary thinking patterns ingrained in our minds and suggests zooming out to view complex issues in a more nuanced light. By questioning our own "shoulds" and exploring the complexity behind them, we can develop a deeper understanding of ourselves and the world around us.

Are you ready to unlock the hidden power of failure? This week, Coach Sonya examines how the way we approach failure in our 20s and 30s can shape our success in our 40s and beyond. We will examine the mindset needed to embrace setbacks as stepping stones to our greatest achievements. Tune in and embark on a journey of growth and resilience.