This Daring Adventure
Self-Improvement
About
Are you feeling stuck? Overwhelmed? Frustrated? Lost? If you know you want more for your life, but don't know what that is or how to do it, start here! This podcast will help you uplevel your life in all areas - relationships, career, emotional management, mindset, confidence, money, business, and family. I'm Trista Guertin, a Master certified life coach. I can help you figure out what you want and navigate through the change and growth process to the life you've always wanted. I will teach you practical tools, skills, and concepts that they never taught you in school, but which will help you uplevel your life in ways you never dreamed possible. Let's make your life a daring adventure and start living by design, not default. Pop in your earbuds and go for a walk or grab a cup of coffee and join me every other Thursday when we start expanding, growing, and upleveling together. This is our Daring Adventure. Let's go!
Episodes
- What's actually keeping you stuck
This episode explains that feeling stuck is a practiced emotional state driven by familiar thought and feeling patterns, not a lack of motivation or discipline. It offers strategies to interrupt these cycles, retrain the brain and body for…
- Be Delusional
This episode of This Daring Adventure argues that conventional realism hinders potential, advocating instead for a 'delusional' belief in future outcomes before evidence appears. It explores how to harness the RAS and subconscious mind, an…
- Your Brain is Lying to You
This episode delves into how the brain filters reality, focusing on the Reticular Activating System (RAS). It explores how intentional gratitude can serve as a powerful rewiring tool, illustrated by the case of a client named Sarah who str…
- How we argue for our limitations
This episode explores how people argue for their limitations, using evidence and past experiences to justify staying stuck. It explains why waiting for confidence is a trap and encourages arguing for potential and possibility instead, emph…
- Do the thing
In response to distressing news, the host shares a story about a florist offering coffee to mourners, emphasizing the lesson to
- How to stop quitting on yourself
This episode of This Daring Adventure discusses how quitting often happens through small, daily choices that prioritize comfort over long-term goals. It aims to help listeners understand and change this pattern to build self-trust and cons…
- There is nothing wrong with you
This episode reframes the struggle with change, suggesting the problem lies in the method, not the individual. It outlines five shifts to effectively rewire thought patterns and make changes stick, focusing on interrupting negative loops a…
- Start taking action
This episode explains that feeling stuck is a thinking problem, not an action problem, often rooted in primitive brain responses and a mistaken reliance on motivation. It introduces the ACTION Reset Method and emphasizes taking consistent,…
- The Real Reason You Want More
This episode of This Daring Adventure addresses the restlessness often felt by midlife women, suggesting it stems from a deeper craving for expansion and meaning, not superficial changes. It aims to help listeners understand this feeling a…
- Stop fixing the wrong problem
This episode explores why surface-level changes fail to resolve the feeling of being stuck for midlife women. It delves into the concept of the identity gap and how addressing your relationship with yourself, rather than just circumstances…
- It's not your discipline
This episode of This Daring Adventure discusses why midlife women often feel stuck, identifying hidden behaviors like scrolling and overthinking as culprits rather than character flaws. It emphasizes that reinvention stems from awareness,…
- Nothing will fix your life
This episode of This Daring Adventure discusses how waiting for confidence or clarity before taking action is a myth. It explains that emotional certainty doesn't precede decisions and encourages listeners to create momentum and start movi…
- This isn't a career problem
This episode addresses the feeling of restlessness despite a stable life, explaining it as a need for expansion rather than a career problem. It clarifies that overthinking and indecision often stem from trying to find external solutions f…
- Discipline or Regret
This episode discusses choosing discipline over regret, framing discipline as crucial for identity creation, not just productivity. It offers practical advice on building self-discipline through daily actions to foster self-trust and self-…
- The Clarity Audit
This episode introduces the Clarity Audit, a one-time session to identify patterns and habits affecting decision-making. Participants receive a personalized video analysis with actionable steps to improve clarity and self-trust.
- Shame is a liar
This episode of This Daring Adventure features Trista Guertin discussing shame, explaining that it is a self-punishing thought pattern rather than a driver of growth or accountability. Using the Life Coach School Model (C-T-F-A-R), the epi…
- Stop Starting Over
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on sustainable change by shifting identity. Host Trista explains that lasting change comes from altering your self-perception and consistently acting in alignment with a new identity, rather th…
- Hard situations, strong relationships
This episode of This Daring Adventure explores how to navigate hard situations without damaging important relationships. It offers a practical framework focusing on self-leadership, managing emotions, and choosing how to respond, providing…
- The year doesn't decide. You do.
This episode challenges the idea that the new year brings change, emphasizing instead the power of personal ownership, intention, and agency. It encourages listeners to recognize themselves as creators of their lives and provides guidance…
- Who better than you?
This episode explores a mindset shift for women who feel unappreciated, focusing on the power of meeting one's own needs rather than waiting for others. It discusses how unmet expectations lead to suffering and how reclaiming personal powe…
- Micro-Actions Matter
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on micro-actions, defined as tiny, consistent steps that build confidence and create significant change. It provides guidance for women, particularly those in midlife, on how to use these small…
- The illusion of safety
This episode of This Daring Adventure discusses the illusion of safety, contrasting external certainty with internal certainty. Host Trista Guertin provides actionable tips and daily practices focused on self-trust, emotional regulation, a…
- Stop asking why
This episode of This Daring Adventure discusses the trap of endlessly asking "why" to understand negative thoughts. Host Trista explains that analyzing thoughts differs from managing them, and that constantly asking "why" can lead to self-…
- You are not too emotional
This episode of This Daring Adventure explores the nature of emotions, challenging the idea of being
- When it still hurts
This episode explores why past hurts persist, focusing on how thoughts, not actions, keep us stuck. It offers strategies to stop comparing ourselves to others and release resentment, promoting emotional healing and peace.
- He’s Needy, My Boss Is Oppressive, and I’m Just Telling the Truth
This episode of This Daring Adventure explores how our thoughts, like "He’s needy" or "My boss is oppressive," create our emotional reality. Host Trista explains how to separate facts from interpretations to improve relationships and caree…
- You Can’t Protect Them From Their Thoughts
This episode discusses how trying to shield children from their own thoughts and feelings can hinder their growth. It offers guidance on teaching emotional literacy and self-management, shifting the parental focus from fixing to empowering…
- The Hidden Reason You’re Still Angry
In this episode of This Daring Adventure, Trista Guetin reveals that anger frequently conceals deeper feelings like unprocessed grief and regret. The discussion covers identifying triggered reactions, understanding the difference between s…
- You won't be the same in 6 months
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on achieving real transformation by combining inner work (mindset, identity) with outer work (habits, routines). It explains how thoughts influence feelings and actions, and offers a practical…
- Better than before
This episode of "This Daring Adventure" discusses how the mindset of being "better than before" can prevent progress. It explores strategies to overcome buffering behaviors, build self-trust, and foster lasting change through self-respect…
- Managing everyone else's moods
This episode discusses the exhaustion from managing others' moods and the hidden costs of people-pleasing. It offers practical steps to reclaim energy and confidence, and explains why disappointment is a valuable life skill for children.
- Introducing You, Redefined
This episode introduces the You, Redefined coaching membership, designed to help women overcome feeling stuck. The program incorporates mindset, emotional resilience, nervous system regulation, and aligned action to support personal transf…
- Stop chasing freedom
This episode explores the concept of true freedom, explaining that it is an internal feeling rather than a circumstance. It delves into why external pursuits like food, alcohol, or vacations offer only temporary escapes and provides practi…
- Choose no regret
In this episode of This Daring Adventure, the host discusses regret, explaining that it stems from thoughts after decisions, not the decisions themselves. Listeners will learn how to let go of regret, build self-trust, and reframe choices…
- Quiet the noise
This episode of This Daring Adventure discusses how high-achieving women, particularly in medicine, can combat self-doubt and comparison. It offers strategies to quiet the inner critic, rebuild confidence, and thrive in demanding careers b…
- When they just won't do it
This episode of This Daring Adventure discusses how to handle situations where a partner consistently fails to follow through on tasks or responsibilities. It offers tools to improve communication, reduce resentment, and build a healthier…
- Releasing resentment
This episode explores dealing with disappointment when others don't meet expectations. It offers strategies to transform resentment into resilience, focusing on managing your own reactions and redefining support, with a 30-day challenge to…
- The quiet identity shift
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on the concept of identity shifts, explaining how outdated beliefs can hold you back. It outlines a three-step process to foster lasting internal change and encourages listeners feeling stuck t…
- Take Yourself Seriously
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on the importance of self-commitment and taking oneself seriously to achieve goals. It addresses challenges like indecision and overwhelm, particularly for women in their 40s-60s, and includes…
- Choose your hard
This episode of "This Daring Adventure" discusses the importance of intentionally undertaking difficult tasks for personal growth. The host shares her transition from doubting her entrepreneurial abilities to becoming a life coach, highlig…
- Brain Sabotage
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on managing emotions and intentional thinking for personal growth. It explores how the primitive brain can hinder progress and offers strategies for developing value-based decision-making to ov…
- Intentional becoming
This episode of This Daring Adventure discusses intentional self-reinvention, focusing on bridging the gap between current and desired future selves. It provides actionable steps for managing thoughts and feelings to foster personal growth…
- Not good enough
This episode of This Daring Adventure addresses the 'not good enough' belief common in women entrepreneurs over fifty. It explores the belief's origins and impact, offering three tools: thought-fact separation, cost analysis of negative be…
- How to stop self judgment
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on helping women entrepreneurs in their fifties overcome self-judgment. It offers strategies to shift mindset towards growth and improve self-talk for enhanced success.
- No more drama
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on how women entrepreneurs can overcome hidden dramas that hinder their business growth, such as fear disguised as preparation. It emphasizes the importance of taking imperfect action, understa…
- From binge eating to bodybuilding with Nan Saysana
Nan Saysana, a certified life and weight loss coach, discusses her personal transformation from emotional eating to becoming a bodybuilder at 50. She shares strategies for managing cravings, dissolving emotions, breaking free from food gui…
- Get Uncomfortable
This episode explores the concept of comfort zones and their impact on business growth for women over 50. The host emphasizes embracing challenges and discomfort for progress, sharing personal experiences of growth through demanding activi…
- Hope is not enough
This episode of This Daring Adventure focuses on empowering women over 50 to transition from passive hope to active decision-making for business and life success. It emphasizes the importance of commitment, clarity, and certainty, offering…
- How to build confidence
This episode focuses on building confidence as an entrepreneur, emphasizing that confidence comes from action, not before it. It provides mindset shifts and practical strategies to overcome self-doubt, take bold action, and achieve busines…
- Dare to Imagine
This episode of 'This Daring Adventure' targets women entrepreneurs in their fifties who feel they are playing small. It emphasizes thinking bigger, imagining possibilities, and leaving comfort zones to build a more audacious future, intro…