The OverThinker's Guide to Joy

Discover the importance of working hard and taking opportunities when they’re presented. James Roday Rodriguez is an actor, writer, director, and producer best known for his starring role in the hit comedy series Psych. In 2015, he made his feature debut as a director on the film, “Gravy,” which has gone on to become a cult classic horror-comedy.

James is sharing how he combined hard work, talent, and a little bit of luck to forge an impressive career, the biggest thrills of his career, and how he’s dealt with the stress and anxiety of maintaining a successful career.

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Marc and Angel Chernoff are podcasters, coaches, and New York Times bestselling authors. They've spent the past decade writing about and teaching proven strategies for finding lasting happiness, success, love, and peace, and they're joining me this week to talk about about hacking life.

Discover the life hacks that will bring you peace and happiness. Marc and Angel share how they built the habit of consistency, how they landed a publishing deal, and how they’re continuing to build on this success every day.

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This week, I'm joined by pro surfer turned lifestyle brand creator Micah Nickens. Micah left the safety of corporate life to develop his own brand and philosophy, embrace change, and show the rest of us that it’s never too late to make a big change in your life. His brand and journey inspires me, and I know after hearing this conversation, it'll inspire you too.

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It’s never too late to follow your dreams. To demonstrate what’s possible when it comes to reinventing your life and taking the steps to turn your passion or hobby into your second career, I’m interviewing someone very special to me: my brother, Greg Colden.

Discover the secret to turning your passion into your second career. Greg is sharing how he left the corporate world to start a second chapter of his life. We’re discussing what it takes to step out of your comfort zone, explore what else is possible, and the value of having hobbies, whether or not they turn into your next career.

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For all of us who work on self-improvement, it’s easy to fall back into old habits. As we grow, we adopt new and better systems and strategies, but there is still a sneaky saboteur in all of us waiting for the other shoe to drop and bring us back down to earth. This is a particular problem for recovering perfectionists and overthinkers.

Tune in this week to discover how we negate the joy, victory, and gratitude of our lives, and how we can instead take from the cardinal rules of improv comedy, saying, “Yes, and…” accepting what your fellow performers are offering as a potential gift, and keeping the laughs coming.

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This week I'm joined by an old friend and colleague from the entertainment business. Jen Grisanti is a coach for screenwriters, and like me, she is a former television executive. She is an author, International Speaker, 13-year writing instructor for NBS’s Writers on the Verge, and a former 12-year studio executive.

We’re discussing all things coaching, writing, and television, and Jen is sharing how she helps talented writers break into the industry, shape their material, write their emotional truth, hone their pitches, and focus their careers.

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If speaking up in the workplace induces stress and anxiety for you, you’re in luck. I’m speaking to Ivna Curi who is the founder of Assertive Way: a company that provides consulting, talks, and workshops on assertive communication speaking up skills for employees and leaders.

Ivna shares her best practices for speaking up in the workplace anxiety-free, the value of speaking up early and often, how this helps you show up more powerfully in all facets of life, and how to become practiced at speaking with conviction and assertiveness while inviting collaboration. 

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Relationships are tricky, especially for overthinkers. We often think our partners need to change in order for us to have a happier, more fulfilling relationship. However, my guest has a different perspective to share on how you can create a 5-star marriage by working on yourself as an individual.

Master Certified Life Coach and modern marriage mentor Maggie Reyes specializes in helping driven, ambitious people create their best marriages without waiting for their partners to change. She's sharing her expert advice around how to deal with those situations where it feels like you’re the one doing all the hard work, and all of her tips for cultivating an environment of marital bliss.

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Now, more than ever, it’s vital for women to embrace their uniqueness and practice self-love and self-compassion. That is the mission of my guest this week, my good friend and fellow life coach Lori Lander.

Lori is a female empowerment coach, helping women who feel disconnected, unfulfilled, and stuck in their lives. We’re discussing why, after a lifetime of putting others first, it’s time for women to start prioritizing themselves, why this work isn’t easy, and Lori’s practical tips for getting started bringing more self-love into your life.

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In this episode, I’m joined by my coach colleague and friend Kirsten Parker, and we’re talking all about how to make decisions. Kirsten is sharing why creatives and academics are particularly prone to overthinking their decisions, why she decided to start helping others make decisions that are free of shoulds and obligations, and a simple exercise for deciding what you want and deciding that you’re worthy of it.

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Something I’ve been guilty of throughout my life is the unconscious practice of catastrophizing. You might be familiar with it. It’s that chain reaction of imagining one thing going wrong, then the next, and another, and before you know it, it’s resulted in a disaster you’ll never recover from.

This week, discover how to stop catastrophizing. You’ll hear why it’s so easy for our brains to default to this place once we’ve developed the habit, the quick checklist I go through when I notice myself catastrophizing, and my top tips for managing a mind that loves to catastrophize. 

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Join me this week to hear my top tips for improving your well-being. I’m sharing the myriad of factors that greatly influence your well-being, the importance of identifying how something or someone makes you feel, and how to begin experimenting with where you might want to make small changes or adjustments to start feeling a lot happier. 

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I have a special guest for you all this week and I can’t express enough how excited I am to be bringing you this interview. I'm talking with my client and friend, Liz Astrof, an award-winning executive producer and one of the most successful sitcom writers in television. Liz has always been able to make a joke out of any situation. However, there are significant emotions underneath these stories, and we’re unpacking all of it in this episode. Tune in to hear about our experiences as working mothers in Hollywood and so much more.

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Codependence can take many forms and can be incredibly challenging to unwind, unpack, or even admit. It may have many tentacles in your life without you even realizing it. Join me this week as I share what I’ve learned about codependence from Melanie Beattie’s book, Codependent No More. You’ll hear why we all have a little codependence on someone or something, how we bring it forth into our adult relationships, why it can be so self-destructive, and of course, how to break out of a cycle of codependence.

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An empath is someone who literally feels other people’s emotions, energy, and physical symptoms in their own bodies, and it can take a toll emotionally and physically. Tune in this week to get some much-needed control over your empathic tendencies. I’m sharing why many people find being an empath so exhausting, and I’m giving you the tools you need so next time you jump in the proverbial pool to save someone, you don’t end up drowning yourself.

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Do you give yourself permission to have fun? So many people feel a level of shame attached to taking time off and enjoying themselves. So, tune in this week to give yourself the gift of fun, presence, and real rest. I’m showing you how to spot the thoughts that are stopping you from having fun and how to meet yourself with compassion so you can start giving yourself permission to enjoy yourself.

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Join me this week to discover whether you need to give yourself permission to unplug. Whether it’s for a day, a week, or even a month, what do you need? And what’s stopping you? Because just maybe, it’s not your kids or your boss who's stopping you. Maybe you’re getting in your own way, and you just need to give yourself permission to take a break.

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Do you attribute your success to luck instead of your skills and work ethic? This is imposter syndrome and you're not alone in experiencing it. Tune in this week to discover what imposter syndrome is and why it plagues successful overachievers like you. I’m sharing how to identify where it’s showing up for you and I’m giving you some new strategies to eliminate imposter syndrome from your life.

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Join me this week as I share how, like a mid-life crisis, the issues of a quarter-life crisis are often very similar. While change can be hard to navigate, I’m showing you how leaning into the curiosity that surrounds change allows us to create opportunity. And where there’s opportunity, a new adventure awaits us. 

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If you have children of your own, you’ll likely resonate with the nesting period we go through before the baby comes. It turns out that that instinct can sometimes show up later in life too when the baby birds leave the nest, and that’s what I’m going through right now. If you too are in this place, listen in because I’m offering my practical tips and tricks for navigating this transitional period.

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