Robin S Brown

TITLE: Can We Just Talk About Your Mindset?

Description: It wasn’t too long ago that I finally learned how important a positive mindset really was.  And when I started REALLY paying attention to my thoughts, that’s when my life - and my habits - began to change for the better.  I mean, my dad had always preached to me “What you think about you bring about” but I really didn’t pay it much mind. Girl, I was the Queen of Negative Thinking!

Why did my life always seem to have chaos?

Why did my life always seem to have so many hurdles for me to jump over?

Why couldn’t things just be easier?

Encouragement:

- You CAN change your path.  All you have to do is decide you want to.  I am not promising it will be easy…..but I am promising it will be worth it.

- Once you begin to realize that you are responsible for the thoughts that create your life, it’s a game-changer.

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I preach it all the time.  It’s part of my WHY.  It was something - throughout my whole life I never actually did and I fought like hell to finally get to the place in my life that I COULD.  So why is there a part of me that’s sort of “in hiding”?

Why is there a part of me that’s trying to fake it?

Maybe not fake it so much as deny it?

I’ve for sure not been living it.

And right now - I’m coming clean about it.

Encouragement from this Episode
- Be confidently you. Embrace who you are. Embrace your age. .

- We’re all going to get older, doesn’t mean you have to live like you’re older.

- You’re a work in progress, always.

- A genuine smile is better than a pretty one.

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This was a tough one!  Have you ever had a single thought totally take on a life of its own and get all kinds of outta control?  Maybe it begins with a thought...or maybe it begins with a feeling that becomes a thought and slowly (or even sometimes super fast) it weaves its way through your mind - maybe gathering other thoughts and feelings along the way - and before you know it, that’s all you can see.

Then the pounding, racing heart begins.

Maybe you start feeling a bit light-headed.

Your throat or chest - or both! - tighten and you swear you are either choking or you can’t breathe.

And then the dread steps in.

All from one single thought.

That’s anxiety.

And it might feel like nobody understands but I promise you - you’re not alone.

Let’s talk about it.

Encouragement from this Episode

-You have the power to define your anxiety.

-Don’t hide from your symptoms. Feel them. Get to know them so you know how to recognize them.
-If you think, “this situation is going to make me have a panic attack.” You’re more likely to have one. Stay positive! Repeat after me, “I am not going to have a panic attack today.”

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You’ve heard it before…”change your thoughts - change your life”.

I’ve lived my life - believe it or not - as a huge pessimist.  In all things.  I think it came from a combination of my early life experiences and what I learned to believe about myself.  It’s no surprise that when I started getting older and able to make decisions and choices for myself, it was a series disappointments.  One right after another.

When I finally listened to that one important sentence that my dad had been saying to me ever since I was a little girl….when I finally HEARD the meaning behind it at and also discovered a book that would become so important to me (that just so happened to fall right in line with what my dad always said), well, that’s when my I made some very big changes in my life.

And you can do the same.

Encouragement from this Episode
- What you think about, you bring about.

- God’s timing is PERFECT.

- Dream the dream you want to make a reality.

- Make it as easy as possible for good things to happen to you.
- Stop those negative thoughts right in their tracks.
- BE GRATEFUL!

We all do it. I’m talking about the Comparison Game. Why is it so easy for us to tend to focus on what we perceive to be all the negatives about ourselves while focusing on all the positives we see in everyone around us?

In this episode, I’m going to tell you where the Comparison Game is rooted and how learning a few simple tricks - the ones that I used to climb out of the ugly habit of always comparing myself to anyone around me and STILL use - that will help you instead focus on always being the absolute best version of yourself.

Encouragement from this Episode

- What screws us up most is what we imagine life is supposed to be like.

- “I wish” implies “I don’t,” “I can’t,” “I’m not.” Girl, you CAN, you ARE!

- Letting other people inspire you is a good thing, but don’t focus on your negatives in the process.

- Be open to the things people compliment you on. Choose to listen and absorb the positivity.

- Do you count your blessings and actively practice gratitude?
- If you stay focused on everyone else’s blessings, you won’t ever see your own.

I’m gonna take you back to THAT day and show you that even when you don’t think God is paying attention - that He isn’t seeing your struggles and feeling your lost hope - He is.  And how that day I found what would become my mantra forever and helped me to find my brave.

Encouragement from this Episode
- At any given moment you have the power to say, “This is not how my story is going to end.”
- “For I am the Lord, your God, who takes hold of your right hand and says to you do not fear, I will help you” - Isaiah 41:13

- Choose to be brave and unfearfully you.

- God created you purposefully and with perfection.

In this introduction episode I’m going to share some of my story with you.  It’s personal and raw, but I’m hoping it’s relatable to some of you who might also be struggling. I talk about the root of my anxiety, my lowest low, and how I started my journey to a confident life.

We could easily let our life experiences define us. Mine were….but I didn't even realize it.  So much anxiety and depression surrounded me for so many years and I never really understood why.

Let me tell you...it can leave you feeling defeated in every single area of your life.  And once that happens, we typically fall into the comparison game...and that makes things even worse. I had been living that game though for my whole life!

Encouragement:

- You CAN change your story.  All you have to do is decide you want to.  I am not promising it will be easy…..but I am promising it will be worth it.

- Ending your life is never the answer. And there is always someone to reach out to that can help you with getting clear, finding balance and creating a new path.