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Ever feel uncertain about moving forward?
Meet Zach. He's 19, fresh out of high school, and stuck. No job, no plan, just hours of gamingābecause in the game, he knows what to do. Real life? No strategy guide, no clear objectives, just pressure.
But one night, he asks himself the question that changes everything: If I donāt figure something out now, where will I be a year from now?
This episode isnāt about quitting what you loveāitās about navigating through uncertain times in your life when you don't have it all figured out, about how to start from nothing and nowhere. Don't worry about if you're moving slow. You're already ahead of those who haven't started.
š§ Tune in and learn how to take control of your futureāone step at a time.
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Danny had his whole future mapped outāa DI tennis scholarship, a fresh start, a life beyond the struggles he grew up with. But one night, one ride with his best friends, changed everything. A split-second crash, and suddenly, heād never walk again.
At first, Danny shut everyone out. His dreams? Gone. His future? Uncertain. But real friends donāt leave when life gets hard. They show up. They remind you of who you are, even when you forget. And when Danny finally stopped looking at what was lost, he started seeing what was still possible.
Because setbacks donāt define youāhow you handle them does.
š§ This episode will make you think, reflect, and maybe even appreciate the people who show up when life hits hardest.
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People assume skaters are all the sameāpartying, smoking, living reckless. But Leah and her crew? Theyāre built different.
They donāt drink. They donāt smoke. They donāt care what people think. Because when you know who you are, you donāt need validation.
But what happens when the pressure builds? When life hits hard? When temptation creeps in? Thatās when real friends step up.
š Because good friends support you. Great friends check you. And the best ones? They make sure you never forget who you are.
š§ Listen now to find out if your crew is keeping you on trackāor letting you drift.
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Some choices feel smallāuntil they change everything.
Dawson had one last ride before the season ended. One last time with his best friends. One last chance to chase the thrill. But when the mountain gave way beneath him, that last ride became his final ride.
This episode is about loyalty, risk, and the cost of ignoring your gut. Itās about the friends we keep, the choices we make, and the bravery it takes to walk away before itās too late.
š Because the hardest part of growing up isnāt just making better choicesāitās leaving behind the people who wonāt.
š§ Listen now, and ask yourselfāwho in your life is worth the risk?
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What if the way you talk to yourself is the most powerful tool you have?
In this episode of Mental, we sit down with Mollie Dare, a collegiate wrestler at Colorado Mesa University, who shares how self-talk not only shaped her mindset in sports but literally saved her life.
šØ Did you know? Nearly 50% of our mental skills are formed by age 18ābut most people never learn how to take control of their inner voice. Molly opens up about:
How self-talk helped her battle through an eating disorder š¤ÆThe exact mental techniques she uses before every match šš„Why changing a few words in your daily thoughts can change everything š¢Whether youāre an athlete, a student, or just someone trying to gain control over your mindset, this episode will hit home. Because your biggest opponent is often the voice in your own head.
š§ Listen now and learn how to turn self-talk into your biggest advantage.
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Hereās a fact: You become the average of the five people you spend the most time with. Your mindset, your habits, even your successāall shaped by your circle.
Emily, a self-taught coder in NYC, learned this the hard way. She was the only one in her friend group who lived for coding. The only one who thought in lines of code instead of social events. And the digs? They were constant.
"Come on, just skip your weird coding stuff and come out for once.""Not everything is 1s and 0s, you know."
At first, she laughed it off. But then, she heard a quote that changed everything:
š "If you want to fast-track your growth, change the people in your inner circle."
Emily didnāt cut people off overnight. But she made space for those who aligned with her future. A game developer. A software engineer. And suddenly? She wasnāt defending her passionāshe was thriving in it.
šØ So hereās your challenge: Look at your inner circle. Are they pushing you forward or holding you back? If you want to grow, surround yourself with people who make you better.
š§ Let's go! Your future self will thank you for it. šš”
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At just 14 years old, Allie was fighting cancer. But if you met her, youād never know it. She wasnāt bitter. She wasnāt blaming the world. Instead, she focused on what she could control.
Her older sister, Emma, didnāt get it. She blamed everythingāteachers, friends, bad luck. Life felt unfair.
šØ This episode will make you pause. Are you focused on problems or solutions? Are you blaming or taking ownership? You donāt always get to decide what happens to youābut you DO get to decide how you respond.
š§ Press play. Because once you start thinking like Allie, everything changes. šš„
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Eli Carter was so close. A 22-year-old snowboarder from Park City, Utah, on the verge of making the 2022 Winter Olympics. He had the talent, the tricks, the confidenceābut no accountability.
Excuses were easy. Ownership? Not so much. And thenāhis chance was gone.
ā³ Fast forward five years. No Olympics. No career-defining moment. Just Eli, alone in his momās basement, rewatching old clips of what could have beenāuntil she handed him a plate of foodā¦ and a mirror.
šØ What you getāor donāt getāis rarely someone elseās fault. This episode will challenge you to own your choices, take responsibility, and stop blaming luck, timing, or other people for whatās missing in your life.
š You can either feel the pain of discipline todayāor the pain of regret forever.
š§ Press play. Your future self is watching. š„
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š” Want to change your life faster? Change your circle.
Stefan wasnāt just smartāhe was 15-year-old genius smart. When he and his two best friends stumbled onto Khanmigo, an AI-powered tutor, they didnāt just use itāthey hacked it to work better, smarter, and faster.
š Whoās in your circle? Are they pushing you forward or holding you back?
š In this episode, we break down:
Why your friend group is your biggest asset (or limitation).How to find people who challenge you and help you grow.Why real, in-person connections matter more than just online ones.šļø Your mindset matters. Your friendships shape it. Choose wisely. Press play now. ā³š„
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Despite being the most digitally connected generation, young adults report feeling the loneliest. The truth? Whoāand whatāyou surround yourself with shapes your future.
š Meet Lizzie. At 21, she was a mother, an artist, and completely alone. Her friends had moved on, her dreams felt distant, and the quiet nights became unbearable. Drinking numbed the paināuntil it became her escape.
But who you choose to admire and copy determines who you become.
One night, Lizzie finally saw her reflection for what it was: a warning. She knew if she wanted a different life, she had to start choosing different influences.
She tried. She reached out. She fought to rebuild. But the thing about habitsāthe ones built in the dark, in the lonelinessāis that they donāt let go so easily.
And in the end? You'll have to hear what it did or didn't cost her.
šØ This episode will make you pause. It will make you ask yourself:
Who am I becoming?Who am I surrounding myself with?Am I choosing a future Iāll be proud of?Because you canāt be the person you used to be and the person you want to be at the same time.
š§ Press play. Your future is listening.
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Most people wait for opportunities. The ones who win? They create them.
Everett thought his future was setācaptain of his high school hockey team, a college career ahead. But when the leadership list came out, his name wasnāt on it. No captain. No assistant. Nothing.
Hereās the truth: Opportunity doesnāt come to people who quit. It comes to people who keep showing up.
šļø This episode is your blueprint for success. Because itās not about luck, or talent, or the perfect moment. Itās about consistency. About showing up when no oneās clapping, when no oneās watchingāuntil one day, the right person does.
šØ Your move: Where in your life do you need to just keep showing up? A sport? A skill? A goal that feels too far away?
Because the truth isāmost people quit before they ever see whatās possible. Donāt be most people.
This could be the moment everything changes.
š§ Press play. Your future is waiting. ā³š„
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Did you know, our social connectivity (hanging our and talking with friends in person) is as much of an indicator for how long youāll live as your obesity, smoking and physical inactivity?
šØ Letās be realākids today are navigating a world thatās faster and more challenging than ever before. From the pressure of social media, violent content to sextortion, the digital world is throwing challenges at young people that they donāt always know how to handleālet alone talk about.
š” The problem? Many teens wonāt tell adults what theyāre going through because they donāt want to lose their phones. Meanwhile, their mental health is taking hit after hit. Anxiety, isolation, and trauma are at an all-time high, and we canāt just scroll past this conversation anymore.
In this episode of Mental, we sit down with Elizabeth Clark, a mental health therapist whoās spent years working in schools, juvenile jails, and trauma-informed care. Sheās seen firsthand how technology is reshaping the way teens handle relationships, emotions, and self-worth.
š What weāre diving into:
The hidden ways social media is keeping teens in fight-or-flight mode.How doomscrolling and exposure to violent/explicit content is rewiring young brains.Why kids donāt talk to adults about online dangers (and how we can change that).The #1 way to increase mental health. Spoler alert - it's not an "attention grabbing" answer.How to build emotional discipline in a world that makes it easy to quit, cancel, and move on.š„ Hereās the truth: Weāve never been more digitally connectedāand yet people feel more alone than ever. But thereās a way forward. And it starts with honest conversations, building and sustaining your mental resilience, and learning to take control of your mind instead of letting algorithms control it for you.
š§ Tune in, take notes, and letās talk about how to actually protect and strengthen your mental health in a world thatās constantly testing it.
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š Crazy stat: Only 8% of people actually follow through on their goals. That means 92% of people set big dreamsā¦ and then ghost themselves. Donāt be that person.
š Hereās the secret: You donāt have to be the most talented, the luckiest, or the smartest. You just have to be what most others aren't. Consistent.
š Meet Trent:
16 years old.Soccer isnāt just his sportāitās his dream. ā½And heās never been one of the fastest or tallest, but he is the one who stays after practice, putting in extra reps when no oneās watching.š Your challenge: Whatās your āsoccerā? Your sport, your music, your class? Whatever it isāare you only showing up when itās easy, or are you proving to yourself that youāre built different?
Because the results you want donāt come from what you do sometimes. They come from what you do consistently.
š§ Tune in and subscribe to Mental and letās build the mindset that gets you where you want to be. And please leave a review - it helps us connect to more that are like-minded.
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Did you know that 92% of people set New Yearās goals and thenā¦ completely bail on them? Yeah. Brutal. But hereās the real question: Will you be part of the 92%āor the 8% who actually follow through?
Meet Ava. āļø Sheās 18, a high school senior in Colorado, and sheās always loved playing piano. But this year, she doesnāt just want to playāshe wants to master it.
She starts strong, full of energy and motivation. But life happens. School gets busy. Senior events take over. The piano sits untouched. Sound familiar?
So she does something different:
She creates a system instead of relying on motivation.Practices 15 minutes a day, 5 days a weekāno excuses.Tracks her progress and gets accountability from a friend.And guess what? Some days, she still doesnāt feel like practicing. But she does it anyway. And the more she shows up, the more momentum she builds.
The 2026 version of you is watching and waiting. Donāt quit on them. š
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Ever taken a massive risk only to feel like you just face-planted in front of the entire internet? š© Meet Jacksonā22, college dropout, convinced heād make it big with his clothing brandā¦ until reality hit.
š¦ First launch? Total flop.š Zero sales.š¤Æ Cue the "Did I just ruin my life?" spiral.
Sound familiar? That gut-wrenching feeling when your big move backfires? But hereās what separates the 10% who make it from the 90% who donāt: They donāt stay down.
Jackson didnāt quitāhe pivoted. He asked the hard questions, found his real audience, and rebuilt stronger. Fast-forward a year, and his brand isnāt just survivingāitās thriving.
Hereās the truth:š„ Resilience isnāt about winningāitās about refusing to lose.š„ Setbacks arenāt roadblocksātheyāre your training ground.š„ The question isnāt if youāll fail, but how bad do you want it?
So letās talk about you. Whatās something youāve failed at recently? Now ask yourself:ā What went wrong?ā What can I learn?ā Whatās ONE step I can take today?
Because failure isnāt where your story ends. Itās where your next chapter begins. Hit play and letās rewrite your mental playbook. š§š” #ResilienceMode
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Ever feel like you're running on autopilot? š Like you're chasing goals but somehow getting nowhere? Welcome to Mental, your go-to playbook for building a mindset that works for youānot against you.
In this episode, weāre diving into reflectionāthe cheat code nobody talks about. š§ š” Because if you donāt stop to zoom out, how do you know you're even headed in the right direction?
Meet Ava. š She had big goalsāgraduate with honors, hit the gym, bond with her little bro. Fast forward to December, and those goals? Lost somewhere between homework and endless scrolling. š± Then one quote changed everything:
āIf I repeated this day for 100 days, would my life be better or worse?ā š³
Thatās when Ava did something differentāshe asked better questions, built a simple system, and made real progress without burning out. Now, it's your turn.
š„ Three questions to change your game:ā What skill do you want to learn in the next 3 months?ā Whatās one small system to make it happen?ā Whatās one thing you can tweak right now?
Reflection isnāt a soft skillāitās a power move. š You donāt need a total life reset. Just one better question, one small shift, and momentum takes care of the rest.
Hit play now & take 10 minutes today to check in with yourself. Your mindset is your greatest assetādevelop it, protect it, and use it to create the life you actually want. š„ #ReflectRefocusRise
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What can farmers teach us about reaching our goals? A lot more than you might think! In this episode, we explore how patience, consistency, and trusting the process can help you crush your goalsāeven when results feel far away. Discover why success is like planting seeds: it takes time, care, and resilience to grow. Tune in for a fresh perspective on goal-setting that will inspire you to keep showing up every day and enjoy the journey along the way.
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Motivation gets you started, but commitment keeps you going. In this episode, we dive into what it takes to stay consistent when the excitement fades and things get tough. Learn how to create systems and habits that make success inevitable, and discover why small, daily actions can lead to big wins over time. Whether itās crushing it in school, hitting fitness goals, or building mental strength, this episode will give you the tools to stay on track and be great by choice, not by chance. Tune in and take the first step toward leveling up!
It's a new year, needing a new you. Your future self depends on it.
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Today, I help you make sense of goals and how they shape who you are and become.
We talk about how small things lead to big things, and what is most important when setting goals in the first place?
Goals are an important ingredient to your success, but your habits and reasons for accomplishing the goal are bigger. Have a listen and share with someone who can benefit!
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Today, I share the hard truth about goal setting and pursuing them. Rule #1, don't set multiple goals at once - it won't work!
Now that we've figured that out, what's just one thing you can do today, that moves you closer to your one goal?
Join me as I share some ideas with you, and more importantly SIQ (simple, immediate and quick) tips you can do today, to help you thrive tomorrow!
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