STRESSPROOF Podcast
233 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 103 ratingsHold on to your brain because Empathic Executive Coach, Susan Choi, is going to blow you away with how to regain control over your mind when it comes to STRESS and SENSITIVITY. Through this podcast you’ll learn directly from Susan to help you better understand why a smart person like you is struggling to "let things go" despite being a proven leader. If you’re starting to play small in order to avoid feeling bad, then this podcast is for you. Don’t let stress or your sensitivity be the ultimate blocker to your success. Let’s get back to living an optimal life. To learn more visit StressproofPodcast.com.
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#31: Success Labels
October 02, 2019 08:30 - 16 minutes - 20.1 MBSuccess Labels… we all have them but this ONE thing determines whether or not Success causes you stress or gives you momentum. If you’ve ever been known for that special skill you have, or the one personality trait people admire over and over again… then listen to this podcast episode where we break down the difference between OWNING a Success Label vs. BEING SERVANT to a Success Label. Your inherent worth will never be found in the Success Label itself, and the key to owning a Success L...
#30: Filtered Reality
September 25, 2019 08:30 - 19 minutes - 23.9 MBMost stressed out people are living in Filtered Reality, a reality in which we created based on, yep, you guessed it, our filters, conditioning, and limiting beliefs. And when we live from this reality we create two problems. First, we create even more evidence to our limiting beliefs when we live in this reality, and second, we are living from thoughts that do not create a QUALITY life that we would rather be living. Listen to this episode and learn how we can instead learn to live in a...
#29: Emotions vs. Emotional Drama
September 18, 2019 08:30 - 20 minutes - 24.5 MBWhy is it that one person can be annoyed and get back to their work, and another can’t seem to stop sharing their story to anyone that will listen? It’s called Emotional Drama. There are two ways we experience emotions – through the BODY and through the MIND. One creates more drama and unnecessary stress, while the other simply allows the emotion to be a guidance system. The good news is, once we cultivate enough self-awareness to tune into when we engage in Emotional Drama, we can t...
#28: Listener Q&A: Overwhelm, Expectations, And Unreasonable Bosses
September 11, 2019 08:30 - 21 minutes - 26.4 MBDealing with overwhelm and managing expectations at a new job DOESN’T have to be hard. In fact, WE are the ones that make something so simple… complicated! Listen in as I read questions from our listeners and give you my thoughts on what is actually happening in each situation, from managing a new job to managing a team at a startup. If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key ...
#27: 5 Clear Signs You Need A Coach
September 04, 2019 08:30 - 30 minutes - 37 MBWe’re going to take a good look at what separates those that fast track their way to success and how these people are taking a completely different approach to their personal goals and successes. Because if you ask any successful person whom you admire whether they’ve worked with a coach, the answer will likely be a resounding YES. In fact, several yesses. If you’re not seeing any wins, have remained stagnant in a certain area of your life, or ask yourself, “Why can’t I figure this out?”...
#26: Constraining For The Gold Standard
August 28, 2019 08:30 - 27 minutes - 30.3 MBIn this episode we’re learning how to SIMPLIFY your life using this one concept of Constraining for the Gold Standard. When you identify the Gold Standard in five crucial areas of your life (Physical, Emotional, Mental, Spiritual, and Financial), suddenly your time has somewhere to go; suddenly the time it takes to make a decision is nominal because the decisions is already made for you! Discover how applying this one concept in each area of your life will help you achieve your goals fas...
#25: Achievement Addiction
August 21, 2019 08:30 - 17 minutes - 20.4 MBIf you always feel this void after every achievement and you wonder to yourself, “what’s wrong with me?”, listen to this week’s episode and discover whether or not you have Achievement Addiction. Achievement Addiction is stealth due to the fact that the symptoms can only be felt on the inside: the constant low grade anxiety of not having enough, the stress of looking at others to ensure you are “right on track”, and never feeling acknowledged or valued for what you’ve achieved thus far. ...
#24: How We Self Sabotage Our Happiness
August 14, 2019 08:30 - 16 minutes - 18.5 MBWhy is it that we feel a pit in our stomach when something GOOD happens in our life? Or where do the barrage of negative thoughts suddenly come from when we win an award at work, or when our Director acknowledges our efforts, or when we finally reach a sense of stability in our life? Two words: Upper Limit. When we do not recognize our Upper Limit, most people engage in self sabotaging behavior which often looks like binging, overdrinking, overworking, or retreating back to thinking nega...
#23: How To Deal With Boredom
August 07, 2019 08:30 - 14 minutes - 16.8 MBIf you find yourself bored (often) and wonder to yourself whether or not you’re truly leading a meaningful life, then this episode is for YOU. Most people literally try to fill the void once boredom hits; this may look like finding something to eat, ordering the extra drink, or incessantly scrolling Instagram. But what is boredom really saying? What are you making boredom mean? Is boredom a bad thing? Find out the answers to all of this and discover how we can use boredom to discover the...
#22: Why You're ALWAYS Right, Even When You're Wrong
July 31, 2019 08:30 - 15 minutes - 17.4 MBIf you’ve ever said, “SEE!” whenever you find evidence of why you’re right or to prove a point you just made… then you have to listen to this week’s podcast. Find out whether or not the evidence you are seeing is actually a form of self sabotage. Your brain, particularly the Reticular Activating System, will always seek to find and serve evidence based on your deeply seeded beliefs and how you present the problem at hand. In this case, the QUALITY of how you present the question or pro...
#21: How I REALLY Recovered From Adrenal Fatigue & Extreme Burnout
July 24, 2019 08:30 - 12 minutes - 14.3 MBBy popular request, I am sharing how I REALLY recovered from adrenal fatigue and severe burnout. No, it wasn’t a magic pill or an auspicious guru…. It was simply a question I asked myself that changed my entire life and how I started to truly live. If you’re suffering from burnout or adrenal fatigue, you don’t want to miss this podcast! Get clarity on how your focus of resolving this problem is actually draining you of your finite energy, time, and resources. Learn instead how to find peac...
#20: Introducing My Greatest Teacher
July 17, 2019 08:30 - 14 minutes - 15.5 MBToday I have the greatest honor of introducing one of my greatest teachers and the biggest lesson I learned. If you easily get angry, or someone at work particularly bothers you, or perhaps you’re tired of constantly solving a new problem in your life, then you don’t want to miss this episode! Learn why embracing your problems as your new “edge” is pivotal to your own growth and transformation. It will completely change how you think about problems forever! If you enjoyed this podcast,...
#19: Feeling Emotionally Breakable
July 10, 2019 08:30 - 21 minutes - 24.6 MBIf you’ve ever avoided relationships, career progression, or deepening certain life experiences because you are too afraid to feel certain emotions, then this episode is for you. In this podcast we break down what it means to feel Emotionally Breakable and learn specifically what it takes to overcome this fear. Once we understand it is a process of transforming emotions as well as thinking specific thoughts, you will be able to build an emotionally resilient reservoir you can tap into at a...
#18: Redeciding
July 03, 2019 08:30 - 13 minutes - 15.2 MBWhen we feel duty or obligation to someone or something in our life, oftentimes that comes from a different energy state of “HAVING” to do something versus owning the fact that we have created this circumstance in our life. We dismiss the fact that we can choose differently, if we so choose, and this new concept in today’s podcast is going to help you to stop living from a place of victim mentality, but rather start creating your life again from a place of personal power. Learn how Redec...
#17: How To Get Unstuck From Our Problems
June 26, 2019 08:00 - 16 minutes - 19.2 MBThe actual words we use can keep our brain STUCK in a problem! And in this podcast we’re breaking down the concept of Nominalization (how we turn a process into a definitive STATE). When we continue use words that keep problems “broad”, we don’t allow ourselves to see the solution because the problem is now fixed in our minds. It becomes a fact of our life. It just IS. And this is how we get stuck in Problem Oriented Thinking vs. training our brain to be more Solution Oriented. Lea...
#16: The Real Reason We Get Annoyed At Co-Workers, Partners, and Children
June 19, 2019 08:30 - 15 minutes - 16.9 MBAnnoying co-workers, partners, or even family members can be a significant stressor in our lives. But what if I told you that the REAL reason why specific people annoy us is because of a very specific word we are using in our thoughts that are causing unnecessary stress and suffering? That word is: SHOULD. Should presupposes that something or someone is not “right”. And in this episode we’re going to deconstruct what that truly means and why “should” is a dangerous word that needs to be ...
#15: Decision Making & Emotional Responsibility
June 12, 2019 08:00 - 21 minutes - 24 MBIf you’re currently struggling with making a decision this episode is for YOU! Oftentimes the underlying reason why we can’t make a decision is because we fear WHO we will have to become and WHAT we will need to do in order to make this dream a reality; and what most of us end up doing is we delay our lives because of this fear. Listen as I explain and dig deeper into why decision making is so hard and what we can do about it so that we can start living the life we KNOW DEEP DOWN we truly ...
#14: Elizabeth Polito on Stress, Death, and Healing
June 05, 2019 08:00 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBHey beautiful people, as you all know I bring guests on from various backgrounds so we can learn from other people’s experience with stress and the journey it led them towards. Today’s podcast features none other than Elizabeth Polito, a former Broadway performer turned Wholistic Healer and Higher Awareness Coach. We didn’t expect this to happen but there IS a theme for this podcast episode and it is around Elizabeth’s connection to grief and loss. She mentions losing important people in h...
#13: How To Get The Best Years Of Your Life Back
May 29, 2019 11:00 - 16 minutes - 18.5 MBWhy does reminiscing about the past make you feel worse and how can you re-create “the best” moments so that we are living our best years NOW? In this episode of STRESSPROOF we deconstruct the idea of “the best years of our life” as well as learn more about how our brains our wired when it comes to memory. Is our memory accurate? Can we create memories? And how can we replace meaning on certain memories? All of these questions are answered in this week’s podcast so that you can leverage ...
#12: What's Wrong With Me?
May 22, 2019 07:30 - 14 minutes - 15.7 MBIf you’ve EVER asked yourself, “What’s WRONG with me?” then this episode is just for you. So many people blame themselves or believe there must be something wrong if we feel something negative, especially over a period of time that seems “unreasonable”. But what often happens is we begin to start a new cycle of suffering by feeling bad ABOUT feeling bad! In this podcast, we will be discussing the law of polarity, why our brains are wired to seek negative emotions, what question to ask yo...
#11: Listener Q&A and Living Stress Free
May 15, 2019 07:30 - 24 minutes - 28.7 MBHave you ever cried at work? Wonder why this happens and how you can stop it? This episode is a special Listener Q&A where I answer YOUR questions! We’ll discuss what it takes to maintain control of your emotions while at work, and whether or not it’s possible to truly live a stress free life. If you enjoyed this podcast, please screenshot this podcast on your device and tag me @susanchoiwellness on Instagram stories and let me know what your key takeaways are from this episode! Want t...
#10: How To Deal With Feedback
May 08, 2019 08:00 - 16 minutes - 18.9 MBIf you dread feedback this is a clear sign of Problem Oriented Thinking! Most people play defense when it comes to feedback during mid-year or end of year reviews. And this doesn’t apply to just work! This same concept I’m about to share applies to your personal life, whether it’s with close friends, family, or even your partner. Listen to this episode to learn how to leverage FEEDBACK to fuel your life and start making your dreams a reality. After listening to this episode you’ll learn ...
#9: How To Feel Better
May 01, 2019 07:00 - 24 minutes - 27.4 MBHave you ever woken up just feeling… blah? Trust me, you aren’t the only one! There’s this low level, chronic way of living most of us tolerate because we don’t know how to feel better. And in this episode of STRESSPROOF, I break down each step towards feeling better and how to transform any difficult emotion such as stress, anxiety, and overwhelm. We talk about emotions such as shame, humiliation, and anger, and why we can never truly “get rid” of these emotions. We also discuss why TRANS...
#8: This ONE Thing Will Determine Your Breakthrough
April 24, 2019 07:00 - 17 minutes - 19.8 MBMost people give up on their next level of success, whether it’s the promotion, the long desired partner, or the new number on the scale, because they don’t understand and apply this key concept – Middle School. In this episode I cover the fundamentals of why we desire to change, what happens when we are faced with fear, and how to apply this key concept in order to finally BREAKTHROUGH to the next level of your life. Key examples used include promotions, weight loss, and a personal stor...
BONUS: Keeping It All Together
April 19, 2019 07:00 - 4 minutes - 4.88 MBIf your burnout, exhaustion, and the endless mind chatter stems from the need to keep it all together... you're not alone. There's a reason why there are songs, parodies, and memes around "keeping up with the Joneses". And by all means there is NOTHING wrong with what money provides us. However, when we chase what money can get us first, that is when the burnout, exhaustion, and stress comes into play much more systemically. In this bonus episode, I read to you an excerpt from my wee...
#7: Problem Oriented Thinking vs. Solution Oriented Thinking
April 17, 2019 07:00 - 18 minutes - 20.9 MBHow do you keep from firing off the hasty email or snapping at someone you love? Stress and overwhelm can make it far too easy for anyone to do something they might otherwise regret, but NOT until you’ve had a chance to apply this one simple model that can change your life! Learn how to apply this life changing model so that you can be more at peace faster than ever before, as well as learn how to get out of the perpetual problem oriented mindset and instead, learn how to think more strate...
#6: How We Automate Stress And How To Change Our Stress Response
April 10, 2019 07:00 - 21 minutes - 25.4 MBDo you find yourself riddled with anxiety every time you hear a notification? Is Netflix or wine the new norm after dinner? This could very well be the automation of your brain via neural pathways. In this episode, I share how many of us understand intellectually why we don’t need to stress as much as we do, and yet our bodies feel tight and wound up with worry and anxiety, which end up causing us even more unnecessary stress. Learn to understand why your brain is so good at this and ...
#5: How Tony Award Winning Producer, Nick Demos, Went From Burned Out To Optimal Living
April 03, 2019 07:00 - 1 hour - 70.4 MB“I thought I was going to die.” Anyone who has ever been to the depths of what stress can do to you understands this statement. If you know on some deep level your stress needs attention sooner rather than later, join Nick Demos and I for a serious, yet light hearted chat about stress in the creative field. As a Tony Award winning producer, Nick Demos found himself at a cross roads when he realized that stress just might kill him. Learn as Nick shares his journey back to wellness and how he ...
#4: The Secret To Building True Confidence
March 27, 2019 07:00 - 17 minutes - 20.9 MBHave you ever noticed you are confident in one area of your life but lack confidence in another? Have you also noticed this lack of confidence leads you to feel stressed and wonder, "what’s wrong with me"? What does it require to build true confidence so that you can make strides towards the things you truly desire? In this episode of STRESSPROOF, learn what it actually takes to build true confidence wealth so that you can achieve everything your heart desires without the fear of rejection, ...
#3: Does Self Care Work? When It Does... and When It Doesn't
March 20, 2019 17:09 - 14 minutes - 16.6 MBHave you tried every self care regimen, hack, and stress relief strategy and yet you still feel the edge? Why do problems keep coming back and what can you do about it? This episode is all about how to properly use self care in a way that actually prevents stress from building so that you can live an optimal life. Learn why most self care in the way it is used today does not work, and learn how you can effectively use the power of self care to its fullest potential. Have a question for...
#2: THE Order Of Stress And Where It Really Comes From
March 20, 2019 16:56 - 14 minutes - 16.2 MBWhere does stress start with you? Is it the job? Finding your purpose? The partner or lack thereof? What if I told you that mental & emotional stress starts in the same place for every single person, and there is an ORDER to how stress is actually created? In this episode I'm going to be sharing a key concept as to how you can relieve unnecessary stress and suffering no matter what we think is causing the stress. Learn how you can begin to reverse stress and begin to think more strateg...
#1: How Years of Stress Led to Burnout & Adrenal Fatigue
March 15, 2019 16:36 - 17 minutes - 19.8 MBWelcome to the first episode of the STRESSPROOF Podcast! In this episode I share how years of stress led to burnout and eventual adrenal fatigue. I breakdown what adrenal fatigue is, as well as share what it took to overcome adrenal fatigue. Listen as I share what it actually took to regain control over stress and how you can start living an optimal life. Have a question for me? Submit your questions over at www.stressproofpodcast.com/contact to be featured on an upcoming Listener Q&A!
Welcome to Stressproof
March 13, 2019 16:00 - 1 minute - 2.05 MBWelcome to the Stressproof Podcast! Join me as I share what every successful and thriving person that loves their life is actually doing to live a Stressproof life. Every week I will share exactly what it requires to reduce unnecessary stress and worry so that you can get back to feeling BETTER than you’ve ever felt before. I’m Susan Choi, I’m a High Performance Stress Management Coach and I help smart people like you, finally understand your stress like never before so that you can ac...