In this episode, Colleen introduces “future casting” — a mindset tool that helps you move from emotional reactivity into grounded awareness. She reframes every “problem” as an emotional one, reminding us that what keeps us stuck isn’t the circumstance itself, but the stress response and beliefs we attach to it.

Through this lens, future casting becomes a way to access perspective: to pause, regulate your nervous system, and imagine yourself on the other side of the obstacle — already having moved through it. From that calmer, wiser version of you, the next right thought and action become clearer.

This practice is both deeply practical and profoundly empowering. It invites you to stop fighting your emotions, reconnect with the body, and use imagination not for worry or control — but for possibility and calm.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• All problems are emotional before they’re logistical.
  
  

• Emotional regulation restores clarity and perspective.
  
  

• Future casting helps you access your “resolved self” now.
  
  

• Calm creates insight; anxiety blocks it.
  
  

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Transcript

In this minisode, Colleen reflects on the stories we grew up with — the ones where the lost princess or overlooked heroine is finally discovered and restored to her rightful place. These stories shaped how many of us learned to wait: for validation, timing, permission, or rescue.

She'll reframe that pattern through the lens of emotional sobriety. True power isn’t something that arrives once circumstances improve — it’s a mindset and a way of being that can exist even in the middle of the mess. Transformation doesn’t come from fixing yourself or performing worthiness, but from believing in the person you’re becoming before your life catches up.

You are invited to examine where you might still be waiting for rescue, and to practice showing up today as the version of yourself who already knows she’s capable, worthy, and ready.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

• The hidden impact of waiting to be “chosen” or saved.
  
  

• Power as a feeling that creates new behavior.
  
  

• How belief precedes evidence in lasting transformation.

If you are ready to get support from a community of women who are co-creating this change with intention and clarity— Click here to BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL.

Do you want help from Colleen with a situation you’re struggling with? Click here to submit your question for Colleen’s NEW Q&A episodes. Your name will not be mentioned on air!

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Transcript

You don't have a willpower problem. You have a nervous system problem.

In this episode, I'm breaking down the eight principles of self-directed neuroplasticity—how to actually rewire your brain so drinking less stops being a battle and starts becoming automatic.

Here's what most people don't understand: You can't change your drinking habits while you're operating in overwhelm. Your brain literally doesn't have access to the circuits required for behavior change when you're in survival mode.

Which is why all the rules, commitments, and white-knuckling haven't worked. You've been trying to force change from a state that makes change neurologically impossible.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• Why alcohol use disorder is a stress response pattern, not a character flaw

• The 5 steps of the stress response (and why recognizing The Wall changes everything)

• Why shame makes change impossible—and what to do instead

• The 8 principles that make lasting brain change possible

• Why short, gentle daily somatic practices work better than dramatic or intense lifestyle changes

• How to build new habits without fighting the old ones

This isn't fluffy self-help. This is neuroscience. And once you understand how your brain actually works, you stop blaming yourself and start solving the real problem.

Click here to BOOK A DISCOVERY CALL if you’re ready to fully commit to your personal growth and do the work to get emotionally sober. Side effects include an 80 percent reduction in drinking.

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