Real, Brave & Unstoppable
133 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 months ago -Kortney Rivard is a life coach that helps women who crave more from their lives rediscover who they are and get clear on what they want so they can create a life they are excited to wake up to. Real, Brave & Unstoppable digs into topics and stories related to living a life that is true to who you are (REAL), finding the courage to do the hard things (BRAVE) and taking the steps to go for what you want and not stopping until you get where you want to go (UNSTOPPABLE).
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Believing in Magic
December 23, 2020 05:00 - 29 minutes - 20.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Episode #31: Believing in Magic My daughter just turned 11. In the past year, she learned the tooth fairy isn't real, and I'm pretty sure she knows the truth about Santa. She's asking a lot of questions! The other night, I was trying to ask questions that would help me figure out FOR SURE if she still believed or not. She won't say, but I'm still pretty sure she doesn't. But, I started wondering how the heck I was going to explain perpetuating this myth over he...
Feel Like You're Not Making Progress? Listen to This!
December 17, 2020 05:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBSend us a Text Message. This week on Real, Brave & Unstoppable, I talk about a different way to look at your progress. It's a marathon, not a sprint! Each day you are becoming a different person - closer and closer to the future self who has achieved your goal. It's easy to forget that a little progress each day adds up to BIG results. Don't forget that progress does not get made in a linear fashion. In other words, a straight line from point A to point B is not how this works! Think abou...
Finding Your Worth with Colleen MacDonald
December 07, 2020 20:00 - 49 minutes - 33.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Colleen MacDonald is an entrepreneur and elite ultrarunner (she runs races that are longer than 26.2 miles!). On this episode of Real, Brave & Unstoppable, we talk about so many things, including: getting out of a rut when things don't go as planned keeping your mind open to possibilities finding yourself and having the courage to show up as yourself every day picking yourself up after failing and going after what you want in life defining what success means...
Ep 28: How to Practice Gratitude and Why it Works
November 24, 2020 02:00 - 28 minutes - 19.9 MBSend us a Text Message. This episode is all about gratitude. Why it works, and how to practice it. I always tell the story about how my mom gave me a gratitude journal a long time ago when I was going through a hard time. The journal had a space to write down five things I was grateful for each day. At the time, I rolled my eyes and thought there was no way that simply writing down a few things I was thankful for would help me feel better. I did it, albeit half-assed, now and again wh...
Ep 27: Finding Joy This Holiday Season - YES you can!
November 18, 2020 03:00 - 34 minutes - 23.6 MBSend us a Text Message. The holidays are a stressful time for everyone. The to-do lists are longer, the obligations are many, budgets are tight and sometimes it's difficult to take a step back and just slow down and ENJOY it. 2020 has been a tough year for everyone and I think we all deserve to take a deep breath and reward ourselves with the gift of peace and presence. (not presents! although those are fun too). In this episode, I talk about the many sources of stress during the holi...
Ep 26: Finding Your Best Self w/ Yvette Bodden
November 12, 2020 06:00 - 57 minutes - 39.2 MBSend us a Text Message. Join me as I chat with author Yvette Bodden about her journey back to herself after divorce. We talk about losing our identity in marriage and motherhood and the importance of getting curious about the questions that are bubbling up underneath the surface - the questions about who you are and what you want from your life. Yvette Bodden is the author of The Journey to Becoming the Best Self and founder of Awakened Woman , a digital platform designed to inspire and ...
Ep 25: How to Divorce Your Inner Control Freak
November 05, 2020 16:00 - 41 minutes - 28.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Are you a control freak? Control shows up in so many areas of life. Relationships, finances, parenting, work, and even your living space. Control is rooted in fear - fear of failing, fear of losing something, fear of being betrayed, being alone, fear of looking stupid, etc, etc. Fear of uncertainty is also a big one for many people. This time of the year can be a time that people really start to feel like they need to control things. And the need for contro...
Ep 24: Are You on the Self-Help Hamster Wheel?
October 29, 2020 22:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBSend us a Text Message. How many self-help books have you read? How many courses and workshops have you taken? If you're like me, and a very, very, large portion of the population, your answer is likely a lot. Have you ever noticed that no matter how much you read though, nothing really changes? You might glean some really great nuggets from a book, but that book that advertises you can change your life in "3 simple steps" doesn't really pan out for you. Why IS that? Listen to this we...
Ep 23: Life Lessons I Learned from Running
October 20, 2020 00:00 - 29 minutes - 20 MBSend us a Text Message. Lots of people love to run, but even if you don't, you'll get a lot out of this episode! Listen as I share some things I've learned from one of my favorite activities - running. I've learned that just like a long run, life has ups and downs. Neither the ups nor the downs last forever, and the downs make us stronger. I've learned that the proper shoes are essential to supporting me and absorbing the impact of my feet hitting the ground, just like having the prope...
Ep 22: Kayleen Johnson on Motherhood, Marriage, and Finding Your Worth
October 13, 2020 05:00 - 55 minutes - 37.9 MBSend us a Text Message. As a mom, I know I've thrown myself into my job to the point where I have no time for myself at times. I know it's a common thing! In today's episode, I talk with Kayleen Johnson, who grew up in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints in a very conservative farming community. Growing up, she was taught that her sole purpose in life was to be a wife and a mother. Kayleen reached a point in her life where she struggled with this idea of having no worth outs...
Ups and Downs - Getting Through the Seasons of Life
October 06, 2020 10:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MBSend us a Text Message. Life isn't meant to be rainbows and unicorns all the time. We can't know happiness without sadness, right? Sometimes, life ticks along and everything feels like its firing on all cylinders, things are clicking and feeling good! And then sometimes... well... it just doesn't. What do we do when we lose our mojo? What do we do when we feel like things are just not clicking and we feel like our mindset is in the toilet? A few things. We tell ourselves that nothi...
Emily Otto on Doing What You Love
September 29, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBSend us a Text Message. Today on Real, Brave & Unstoppable, I talk with Emily Otto, Life Purpose + Job Freedom coach about finding a career that is aligned with who you are and that lights you up - whether that's working in corporate, spending more time with your family, or starting a business of your own. We talk about how, if you are feeling stuck in your 9-5 job, it is possible to quit and do something you love. Planning is key, and overcoming mindset blocks is essential as well. Em...
Ep 19: All About Journaling... What, When, How, Why, Where?!
September 23, 2020 00:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBSend us a Text Message. Journaling can be a lot of fun if you take the time to explore the many ways you can go about doing it! There are bullet journals, art journals, stream-of-consciousness journals, gratitude journals and more! Listen to Episode #19 for some reasons you should consider journaling, ideas for different ways to journal (it's not just writing down the events of your day!), how to find time and some fun tools you can try out. Shoot me an email at [email protected]...
What Are Your Capital-S Stories?
September 15, 2020 04:00 - 34 minutes - 24 MBSend us a Text Message. Capital-S Stories. Everyone has them. Capital-S Stories are internal narratives and assumptions that we make about things, ourselves, or how the world operates. But they may not be true - they're really just the lens you see through. Capital-S Stories can be helpful, but it's the ones that are limiting that I'm focusing on today. The ones that keep you from being unstoppable. Some examples of Capital-S Stories: I'm not an athlete. I could never do a marathon ...
Meet Yourself Where You're At
September 09, 2020 02:00 - 37 minutes - 26.1 MBSend us a Text Message. When it comes to going after goals and dreams, sometimes we get a little bit ahead of ourselves and get frustrated when we aren't as far along as we'd like to be. We have a couple of choices: First, we can beat ourselves up for being inadequate, or not as far along as we think we "should" be. OR We can meet ourselves where we're at, accept our current place on the path and take the next right steps to continue making progress on the journey to reaching our goal o...
Beating the Back to School Stress Cycle
September 01, 2020 04:00 - 26 minutes - 18.3 MBSend us a Text Message. Do you have back to school stress? No doubt about it, school is DIFFERENT this year! A lot of us are pretty stressed. How are we going to juggle the schedule if we work? Will the kids learn enough? How am I going to keep my child engaged in front of a computer screen for 6 hours a day? If I"m sending them back in person, will they get sick? Will the school disinfect properly? How will they make the kids keep their masks on? There is a lot of uncertainty around...
Letting Go and Surrendering to What Is
August 25, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBSend us a Text Message. My son just turned 18! And he is starting college! Whoa. How did that actually happen? Wasn't it just yesterday he was a baby? I'm feeling all the feels about having a kid that's an adult, and all of the letting go that is happening inspired me to look at the other areas in life where we all have to constantly practice letting go. In this episode, I talk about different areas of our lives where we tend to hold on tight to the way things are and I give my though...
The Importance of Investing in Your Mental Health
August 18, 2020 05:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBSend us a Text Message. We spend money on so many things in our lives, but we tend to neglect ourselves when it comes to the intangible - our own mental health. In today's episode, I talk about why it's important to invest in our health. It's like routine maintenance. If we take care of ourselves, we will be much better equipped to handle the difficult times in our lives. Resources 21-Day Kickstart Program Book a complimentary DISCOVERY Call with me (learn more about coaching) Journ...
Finding the WOW in your life
August 11, 2020 14:00 - 30 minutes - 20.9 MBSend us a Text Message. In this week's episode, I talk about my Grandpa, who passed away last December. He was my hero and a role model of the way I appreciate life as I grow old. My Grandpa was able to find amazement and wonder in everything in life. He was the most positive person I have ever known. It was his positivity and his appreciation for life that allowed him to live such a long, full life. My Grandpa used to say something that makes me smile every time I hear it. When he wa...
How to be Courageous
August 04, 2020 23:00 - 21 minutes - 15 MBSend us a Text Message. This week's episode is a quickie! Sometimes, fear is a helpful thing, but most of the time it it can really hold you back. This week, I talk about fear and how you can get out of your "default" patterns when you're afraid so that you can get out of your comfort zone and really go after the things that you want in life. Fear doesn't have to hold you back! Have you signed up for Master Your Mindset: Stop Doubting Yourself and Start Living an Amazing Life yet? It...
How To Embrace Your Strengths AND Your Weaknesses
July 28, 2020 04:00 - 33 minutes - 23.3 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode, I talk about Gretchen Rubin's 4 Tendencies. Learn a little bit about each of the 4 Tendencies and the pros and cons to each. We all have strengths AND weaknesses, and typically we want to keep what we deem bad and get rid of what we don't like. Life doesn't work that way. Learn why it's important to look at your weaknesses, or the things about yourself that you don't like and try not to separate them into good vs. bad. You can take the 4 Tend...
Lessons Learned from Pema Chodron
July 21, 2020 04:00 - 32 minutes - 22.5 MBSend us a Text Message. Pema Chodron is a Buddhist nun and one of my very favorite authors. She teaches about meditation and the lessons of Buddhism in a very down-to-earth way that shows how these teachings can apply to our modern, everyday lives. She writes a lot about getting comfortable with uncertainty and the concept of impermanence. Nothing is permanent - not the bad OR the good. That's why we need to learn to live in the moment. This moment is all we know for certain. Some of ...
Shifting Your Mindset from Scarcity to Abundance
July 15, 2020 12:00 - 40 minutes - 28 MBSend us a Text Message. Your mindset can alter the course of your life. Adopt a scarcity mindset, or a fixed mindset and you view the world in a way where creativity and possibility is stifled. Adopt an abundance, or growth, mindset and the universe will expand for you. You will see opportunities for growth and doors of possibility opening. Your energy will attract positive into your life and you will feel more joy, freedom and purpose. Sounds pretty good, right? But how do you get ...
Your WHY - The Secret to Reaching Your Goals
July 06, 2020 19:00 - 30 minutes - 20.7 MBSend us a Text Message. Setting goals is easy, but reaching them can be hard. Did you know that only 8% of people that set new year goals reach them? That's a pretty dismal statistic, but there are things you can do to be one of the people who reaches your goals every time. How? There are several steps, which you can learn about in this episode, but the key is knowing your WHY, or your compelling reason for wanting to achieve your goal(s). Learn why having a WHY is important and how to ...
Perfectionism: Is it helping you or hurting you?
June 29, 2020 21:00 - 29 minutes - 20.2 MBSend us a Text Message. These days, our society seems to view perfectionism as a badge of honor. But there is a difference between striving for perfection and healthy striving. In this episode, I talk about what perfectionism is, and how to know if you are one. I also talk about the ways that being a perfectionist can be harmful to your well-being, as well as some strategies for loosening up a bit. Freebie download: 10 Signs You Are a Perfectionist Blog post: My Secret to Overcoming Pe...
Common Limiting Beliefs That Are Holding You Back From Greatness
June 23, 2020 01:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBSend us a Text Message. As a coach, I help my clients with limiting beliefs all the time. But, what I've learned recently is that a lot of people don't necessarily know what it means to have limiting beliefs, and it also doesn't occur to them that they actually have them. In today's episode, I'm diving into some of the most common limiting beliefs and how they might show up in your life. I also walk you through a great exercise to help you dismantle those unhelpful beliefs and create new...
The Difference Between Existing and Living
June 14, 2020 21:00 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MBSend us a Text Message. Do you ever feel like you're rolling out of bed in the morning, dreading the same old routine? Maybe you feel like you're going through the motions. You can't seem to find a spark in your life? In this episode, Kortney talks about the difference between really living your life to the fullest and just existing, making it by day after day without feeling fulfilled or passionate about much. Listen to learn signs that you are just existing and what you can do to st...
What the Heck Does a Life Coach Do?
June 02, 2020 15:00 - 36 minutes - 24.8 MBSend us a Text Message. There are a lot of folks out there that aren't familiar with what life coaches REALLY do. For a while, coaching has been viewed as some kind of fluffy, woo-woo profession that isn't a necessity. Well, that is SO not the case, and I'm here to talk to you about what life coaches really do and how coaching can change your life. I hired my own coach to help me figure out what I wanted to do with my life after my divorce. I was overwhelmed and knew I had to figure i...
What the Heck Does a Life Coach Do? And How Can It Make Me Unstoppable?
June 02, 2020 15:00 - 34 minutes - 23.9 MBThere are a lot of folks out there that aren't familiar with what life coaches REALLY do. For a while, coaching has been viewed as some kind of fluffy, woo-woo profession that isn't a necessity. Well, that is SO not the case, and I'm here to talk to you about what life coaches really do and how coaching can change your life. I hired my own coach to help me figure out what I wanted to do with my life after my divorce. I was overwhelmed and knew I had to figure it out, but I had no idea ...
Dealing with Overwhelm During the Pandemic
May 29, 2020 21:00 - 36 minutes - 25.1 MBSend us a Text Message. We've all been thrust into this pandemic situation really quickly and we've had to adapt on the fly. This has caused a LOT of stress and overwhelm for us. In this episode, Kortney talks about things you can do to deal with the overwhelm and uncertainty that we're experiencing right now. Support the Show. Want more? For more information about the podcast, visit www.realbraveunstoppable.com. To learn more about your host, Kortney Rivard, visit www.kortneyrivard.co...
How to Be Real: Practicing authenticity so you can get unstuck and live a happier life
May 29, 2020 21:00 - 40 minutes - 27.6 MBSend us a Text Message. In this episode, Kortney talks about how finding your true self and having the courage to show up in the world as that person - or to comfortable being yourself in any situation - can help you get unstuck and live a happier life. Please visit https://www.kortneyrivard.com to learn more about what I do and how you can work with me. You can also find me on social media: Instagram Facebook Twitter Pinterest Support the Show. Want more? For more information about t...
Welcome to Real, Brave & Unstoppable - the podcast about authenticity, courage and going for it
May 27, 2020 18:00 - 45 minutes - 31.2 MBIn the inaugural episode of Real, Brave & Unstoppable, Kortney discusses what the podcast is all about and what you can expect in future episodes. She talks about how finding your true self, showing up authentically and having the courage to go after your dreams are keys to living a happy, purposeful life that is true to who you are. Please visit https://www.kortneyrivard.com to learn more about what I do and how you can work with me. You can also find me on social media: Instagram Facebo...
Episode 1: Welcome to Real, Brave & Unstoppable - the podcast about authenticity, courage and going for it
May 27, 2020 18:00 - 46 minutes - 32.1 MBSend us a Text Message. In the inaugural episode of Real, Brave & Unstoppable, Kortney discusses what the podcast is all about and what you can expect in future episodes. She talks about how finding your true self, showing up authentically and having the courage to go after your dreams are keys to living a happy, purposeful life that is true to who you are. Please visit https://www.kortneyrivard.com to learn more about what I do and how you can work with me. You can also find me on socia...