
Your Courageous Life podcast
Kate Swoboda
Welcome to the Your Courageous Life podcast, where we talk about psychology and actionable tools for creating better habits, cultivating discipline, and practicing courage. Using a biopsychosocial lens, you'll learn the tools for creating a better life and developing more grit and emotional resilience.
Want more resources? Head to https://www.yourcourageouslife.com .
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Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best Your Courageous Life podcast episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to Your Courageous Life podcast for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite Your Courageous Life podcast episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

Ep 145: Use this question to shift self-doubt
Your Courageous Life podcast
08/19/24 • 7 min
Self-doubt is just another form of fear. When you're stuck in self-doubt, the anxiety, ruminating, and over-thinking things starts to take over until we feel tied in knots. But with one simple question, you can shift your self-doubt and stop letting it run on auto-pilot. Today's tiny courage episode is a short and sweet take on this essential question for how you can shift self-doubt.
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep 146: Six Ways to Shift Anxiety, Fast
Your Courageous Life podcast
08/26/24 • 21 min
There’s the deeper work that someone can do around shifting anxiety--looking at old trauma, familial patterns, the conditioning you were raised with. That tends to be longer term work to look at root causes that result in feeling anxiety in the here-and-now, and that is valuable work to do. But what about when you need to shift anxiety, fast? That’s the help I want to provide in today’s episode, offering 6 specific ways to shift anxiety, fast.
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep 147: A powerful reframe for difficult parents
Your Courageous Life podcast
08/26/24 • 9 min
In today's "Tiny Courage series" I'm offering a short-form podcast episode about a powerful reframe for difficult parents that I was offered during a coaching session, that altered the course of my life. If you've found that you've done some work to release the past yet still feel something that isn't fully resolved, this powerful reframe for your difficult parents can be life-changing.
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep 148: Stop People-Pleasing
Your Courageous Life podcast
09/09/24 • 31 min
People-pleasing is a tough fear pattern to transcend, because it brings with it so many unconscious benefits (approval!) and when we step out of it, we often feel discomfort (the guilt of not saying 'yes'!). In today' podcast episode, I'm diving into how you can recognize and stop people-pleasing by identifying your most common triggers and reframing the belief systems that underlie a people-pleasing pattern.
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep149: How to handle the things in life that you don't like
Your Courageous Life podcast
09/16/24 • 7 min
No one has a hassle-free life, and sometimes when we're going through a difficult time, the things in life that we don't like become out-sized in our mind, bigger and more of a challenge than they really need to be. In todays' "Tiny courage series" I'm sharing a reframe for how to handle the things in life that you don't like, with courage.
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep 150: Stop Getting Stuck in Negativity and Pessimism
Your Courageous Life podcast
09/23/24 • 23 min
Feeling negative or pessimistic isn't a judgment--you aren't bad or wrong if you experience these feelings. But staying in negativity and pessimism will only get you stuck in negativity and pessimism, and the only person who with the power to shift you out of that space is...you. In today's podcast episode, we're talking about how to get unstuck when negativity and pessimism have hung around for far too long.
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep48: Recognizing Self-Sabotage
Your Courageous Life podcast
09/08/19 • 24 min
Do you have trouble recognizing self-sabotage? That’s something of a trick question, because we typically only recognize self-sabotage in hindsight. In today’s Your Courageous Life podcast episode, I’m talking about how you can start recognizing self-sabotage *before* you’re actually doing it. We’re getting real about shiny object syndrome, taking two steps forward and one step back, and how to finish what you start.
Get bonus listener resources at https://www.yourcourageouslife.com/begin
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep59-Navigating an Uncertain World
Your Courageous Life podcast
03/13/20 • 32 min
Feeling fear or anxiety about the news headlines? Feeling frustrated by others who get anxious or fearful in response to the news headlines? This podcast episode is here to help as we talk about navigating an uncertain world and the tools and processes you can use to manage the feelings that come up.
Get bonus resources for subscribers, at https://www.yourcourageouslife.com/begin
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep66: Staying with the process
Your Courageous Life podcast
04/27/20 • 34 min
We’ve all been there--we try something, decide it’s “not for us” and then move on. But what if staying with the process and truly going all-in would give us more than we ever realized? In this podcast episode, I’m talking about what gets lost along the way and how sometimes the medicine we most need is the medicine we most resist--and only staying with the process will show us what we need to learn.
Get additional listener resources at https://www.yourcourageouslife.com/begin .
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.

Ep 141: Introducing Tiny Courage
Your Courageous Life podcast
07/22/24 • 6 min
“Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I'll try again tomorrow.” -- Mary Anne Radmacher
I'm introducing a new series to be part of the Your Courageous Life podcast: the Tiny Courage series which will consist of short-form podcasts taking on the small but important acts of "tiny courage" that we can step into each day.
For this introductory episode I'm going over a short but simple reminder of how far you've come and the courage it's taken to make progress and build resilience!
Web: https://www.yourcourageouslife.com
Gram: https://instagram.com/katecourageous
Tok: https://tiktok.com/@katecourageous
*Please note that while this podcast may discuss protocols to improve mental or physical health, listeners should always consult a qualified provider before following any advice or undertaking any changes to their lifestyle.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Your Courageous Life podcast have?
Your Courageous Life podcast currently has 151 episodes available.
What topics does Your Courageous Life podcast cover?
The podcast is about Courage, Discipline, Psychology, Podcasts, Self-Improvement and Education.
What is the most popular episode on Your Courageous Life podcast?
The episode title 'Ep 124: How to be more confident' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Your Courageous Life podcast?
The average episode length on Your Courageous Life podcast is 30 minutes.
How often are episodes of Your Courageous Life podcast released?
Episodes of Your Courageous Life podcast are typically released every 7 days.
When was the first episode of Your Courageous Life podcast?
The first episode of Your Courageous Life podcast was released on Jul 3, 2018.
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