Episodes

This season’s theme song is “Training Day,” by Infraction. Used with Permission.

This is episode number 113. Welcome to the Mindset for Life podcast. This is Bethanie, your coach from DrBCoach.com, coaching with power, purpose and practical tools to help you show up with confidence. Welcome to the podcast today. I'm so excited to have you here! We're going to talk about fortune cookies. Now, it's not really about fortune cookies, of course, it's actually about you. What you think, your thoughts, and what you can do with fortune cookies. So, I love eating Mongolian barbecue w...

#110: Slow Down. This is our last episode of season 2! We've enjoyed the inspiring, upbeat music of Danny Gokey as our theme song this year. Our license gave us one year of podcasts on which we were able to enjoy this special theme song. I hope you have loved it as much as I did! For today's episode, we're looking at just slowing down. Enjoy the listen! New Day, performed by Danny Gokey, (P) 2021 Danny Gokey, under exclusive license to Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc., was written by Ethan Hu...

This is episode number 108. It's all in your head. Welcome to the mindset for life podcast, I'm so glad you're here talking about mindset. Things that we think. And the way that our brain controls literally everything we do. There's so much out there that tells us that our thoughts about something create the future. Whatever we're thinking we are capable of doing, or what is possible for us, becomes our reality. Ultimately. Now, if you think about it, that really does have a lot of truth. I'm go...

#107: Do You Say No Enough? Welcome to the Mindset for Life podcast. This is Bethanie, your coach from Dr. B coach.com. Coaching with power, purpose and practical tools to help you show up with confidence. Welcome to the podcast. So excited to have you with us. Today we're going to talk about saying no, in fact, the question today is, do you say no enough? Do you need to say no more often? Do you feel like your time is sucked away and you have no control over your opportunities or your time? If ...

#106: How to Set Priorities for Your Time Welcome to the Mindset for Life podcast. This is Bethanie, your coach from Dr. B coach.com. Coaching with power, purpose and practical tools to help you show up with confidence. We're gonna talk about a mindset to set priorities around your time. What if there were these road signs in your life? Like you're driving around and you see a stop sign or a green light. What if in your life, these signs just sort of popped up in the corner of your view? What if...

#105: A Mindset to Know that You Matter This is episode number 105, A mindset to know that you matter. This is the mindset for life podcast. This is Bethanie, your coach from Dr. B coach.com. Coaching with power, purpose and practical tools, to help you show up with confidence. Welcome to the Mindset for Life podcast, I'm very excited to share with you today the topic, which is about how much you matter. This is about a mindset for knowing that you matter. And how can you do this? That's pretty ...

This is episode number 104: Three ways to lift your mood (instantly). Welcome to the mindset for life podcast. This is Bethanie Hansen, your coach. And I'm here to talk about three ways to lift your mood. Why would you want to lift your mood? Well, there might be a reason; maybe you're going into a difficult meeting or conversation. Or maybe you're just trying to get through the work day and you can tell that your mood is low. Whatever the reason, lifting your mood is going to help you to perfor...

This is episode number 103: Shorten your suffering. Welcome to the mindset for life Podcast. I'm Bethanie Hansen, your host, and I'm here to help you shorten your suffering today. The word suffering seems a little bit odd at times, I don't use that word in my vocabulary very much. Some people do. Perhaps you do. Maybe you don't. Regardless of how familiar that word is, we all suffer. We might suffer other people's attitudes; we might suffer limits placed on us from the outside world or people ar...

#102: Do You Say "NO" Too Often? Do you have a mindset to say no, far too much? If you’re busy saying yes to everything but feel overwhelmed, like there isn’t enough time to get things done, you might be saying “no” to yourself, too much. We’re all saying no to something, all day long. It’s the opportunity cost of choosing. When saying yes to something, we say no to something else. When you say no to taking a break, exercising, visiting family, and taking the time you need to be at your peak sta...

If you have a lot on your plate, and you want a tip for managing stress, this is your episode! Today, listen for encouragement and a strategy to try. New Day, performed by Danny Gokey, (P) 2021 Danny Gokey, under exclusive license to Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc., was written by Ethan Hulse, Coby Wedgeworth, and Danny Gokey. Copyright © 2019 Better Than I Found It (BMI) (adm. at CapitolCMGPublishing.com) All rights reserved. Used by permission; and EGH Music Publishing (BMI) / Be Essential...

When You Hit 100 Episodes, Celebrate It! Thanks for listening to the podcast. We're celebrating episode 100 today, by counting down the top 5 all-time podcasts in the Mindset for Life series. 5. #83 How to Let Go of a Challenging Situation https://drbcoach.com/83-how-to-let-go-of-a-challenging-situation/ 4. #48 How to Wake Up Happy https://drbcoach.com/48-how-to-wake-up-happy/ 3. #56 How to Use Your Emotions and Make Decisions https://drbcoach.com/56-how-to-use-your-emotions-and-make-decisions/ ...

You may have heard this one: You can win, or you can learn. Are you learning? Thanks for joining me today to talk about THAT kind of learning. I've always loved learning, especially as a younger school child. Not everyone loves learning. In fact, sometimes stretching to understand, and experiencing the discomfort that goes with it, is a very tough experience. Someone might say that you're naive to try to appreciate a hard situation and learn from it. But when you have two options--to choose nega...

Are You Staying Stagnant? Being comfortable is a really great thing. It feels good to be comfortable. Like your favorite sweater. A soft pair of slippers. Your "chair." Or the way the driver's seat is set up for you in your car. Your comfort zone is a safe space that makes us feel goof, familiar, and relaxed. We don't have to be too alert, try unusual things, or stretch. But in the comfort zone, we also have expectations. This invites judgement, accusation, and disappointment. In the comfort zon...

If you really want to achieve your goals this year, there are four steps you can take to make success much more likely. In fact, by achieving your goals, you just might be extraordinary! Take some time to consider why you want to achieve the goal. Dig deep here. It's got to be important to you. A superficial reason just won't cut it. What feeling do you hope to get from achieving this goal? And what kind of person will you need to be to reach it? You can take that even further, and consider how ...

In today's podcast, you will learn three tips to help you create better goals in 2022. If you have ever started a new year with good intentions and found it easy to forget the goal, you're not alone. Most people fail to keep new year's resolutions. But this year, to help you have the best chance of success, I'm sharing three tips for better goals. Here they are: Set imperfect goals. Focus on process, not outcome. Use strategy. If you focus on imperfect goals, you have more flexibility to reach t...

If you're looking for a way to close out 2021, you can use your strengths to celebrate the past year. We all have strengths, and perhaps you already know what they are. You have talents. Positive attributes. And if you want, you can take an assessment to discover more. The VIA Character Strengths inventory is a strength survey you might enjoy. And the Gallup StrengthsFinder is another. Whatever method you use to discover your strengths, enjoy them. Noticing your strengths can help you appreciate...

Have you ever wondered how to coach when you lead or teach others? You can help others succeed when you use a coach approach in your leadership or teaching. There are four main ways in which you might coach others. The directive style is more teaching-focused, and you might see this in prepared coach-style classes professional coaches offer. The supportive or co-active approach is much more client or others-centered, where the coach asks questions to guide the person to come to their own insight...

Today, we're going to look at how to be more confident. Are there times when you'd prefer to be more confident? Perhaps it's a situation in which you're leading others, or teaching. Maybe you are launching your business idea. Whatever it is, in today's podcast I'll give you three tips to move forward with confidence. Just click to listen... New Day, performed by Danny Gokey, (P) 2021 Danny Gokey, under exclusive license to Capitol Christian Music Group, Inc., was written by Ethan Hulse, Coby Wed...

If you want to reach your goals, and you've never attained them before, it's time to stretch your comfort zone. In today's podcast, we talk about what it takes to reach new, different goals. Are you open to doing new things? Does this depend on your potential audience? Video Podcast: Click to view this podcast in video form! Today, we will consider stretches that are low-stakes, and those that are high-stakes. The degree to which you are willing to stretch might vary, based on the degree of chan...

It might surprise you, but one thing can bring confidence, connection, and resilience. It's family history! Take a moment to listen to the podcast, and consider how you can increase your confidence by learning about your ancestors and who they were, knowing that they are part of who you are. Feel connection to your larger family group when you get to know them, even though they may no longer be living. Finding details and stories about your ancestors can help you see that your own life isn't sol...

Having a mindset to let go and forgive means that we release the past, get present to our experience right now, and generate energy to find peace and thrive. In today's podcast, Dr. Bethanie Hansen shares strategies to release your connection to negative stories of the past, including self-blame and regret. The four main ideas we'll explore include: Release regrets. When dwelling on regrets from your past, recognize that they are only alive in your mind. They did happen, but they happened in the...