Emonthebrain - Net Worth Is Linked to Self Worth, The First Step to Rewiring for Wealth

Episode Date: March 2, 2026

In this Q and A episode of Planet Em, Emily answers the questions she gets most often across the podcast and her content. She shares how the podcast went from feeling hard and vulnerable to becoming easier than making other types of content, and she breaks down what was actually behind the resistance, identity mismatch, fear of being seen, and procrastination. Emily also answers questions about guilt, wanting more, and money. She explains why money is a tool, why wanting more does not make someone selfish, and how abundance can be expressed through love, joy, gratitude, and freedom. She then explains the first step in rewiring the brain for wealth, connecting self worth to net worth and how higher self worth changes what people will ask for, accept, and pursue. The episode also covers when venting helps and when it becomes counterproductive, plus how to close the loop by extracting a lesson or reappraising the situation. Emily shares a practical take on discipline, self trust, and cheap dopamine, along with why starting smaller builds momentum. She closes with her why and the mission that drives her, plus a reminder to submit questions for future Q and A episodes. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/planetempodcast?igsh=NDYwZmtrZzRveHQz TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@planetempod Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1KV6h0wWN1Jh9t6qUPYIuQ Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/planet-em/id1852168666

Hello, my friends, and welcome back to Planet M, a podcast all about neuroscience, spirituality, philosophy, psychology, and everything in between. It is my goal to share with you real life tools that you can use every single day to manifest your best life. I have taken all of your most frequently asked questions on this podcast and just on my content in general, and I am going to answer some of them on this episode. I actually post. a story post asking you guys to submit questions and there were a lot of them that were very similar and there were also a lot of unique ones. So I got some good ideas for future episodes, but also I want to answer some of the ones that I felt called to answering. So without further ado,

let's just get straight into it. The first question, someone asked me, is the podcast easy for me to do now? I love this question because it really proved that this person has been on this journey with me. Well, yes, it is easy for me to do now. I would say, honestly, it's easier for me to do this now than even create other types of content. I love it. It's been great. But the reason I wanted to answer this question was because I wanted to share the story for people that don't know. When I was wanting to start this podcast, maybe around nine months ago, I faced a lot of internal resistance.

I found myself just procrastinating. And I really just wasn't getting to it. It went on for a while, months before I finally was thinking to myself, I am self-sabotaging. I am sabotaging my own growth and my own success by not doing this podcast. And I'm holding myself back. And I sat with myself. I did the inner work, like we talk about a lot here on this podcast and in my content. And in my live classes, which by the way, guys, come to my live classes.

I also host Q&As at the end, and they have been phenomenal, fantastic. The last one I did, we literally were all just sitting around hanging out, basically, just chit-chat in a way I was answering everybody's questions, and I was on there for probably an extra hour just answering people's questions. It's super fun. So I found myself realizing through doing a little bit of this inner work, little awareness, I'm like, what could be blocking me? Like, what is this, where is this procrastination, this resistance coming from?

and there were a few things that I had identified and you guys know that I have there are really three to four reasons why we procrastinate and the ones that I resonated the most with in that moment were that one my identity was not matching the identity of a podcaster. I did not identify as somebody who did podcasts who hosted a podcast, had a podcast. And so that was holding me back because my brain was not going to help me go and do that if I don't identify as a type of person who does that. So is the first thing. And then the second thing was fear. A huge reason why we procrastinate is fear. A lot of times we subconsciously fear our own success without even realizing it. And so I was subconsciously blocking myself from the success that I desired out of fear around being seen.

That's what I realized. Because honestly, and you guys probably have felt this, doing long form content and being in this setting, it is just a lot more vulnerable. Like, I'm here. I'm being very open with you guys. I share a lot of my own personal life on this podcast because that's how I like to teach through my own personal perspective and experience because that's how I learn. And so I knew that it was going to require another level of vulnerability from me that I hadn't really done yet, being that I'd only ever done short. form content. But after I identified that fear and I realized that this was subconsciously holding me back, I did the work. And I allowed myself to kind of go down that road. And this is something that

I always talk about with my students in Minecraft and the people that I coach. Let's say you've identified a fear. Take it all the way to the end. Okay. So what? All right. I'm fear. I have this fear of you know, you know, being a little more vulnerable. That's going to make people, what, not like me? And I went down that road and I said, well, yeah, probably there will be people that don't like you. And there will be people that don't resonate with some of the things that you say. And there will be people that are triggered by some of the things you said. There have been people that have been triggered by some of the things I've said. Also, there will be people that resonate so much with what you say will actually feel closer to you because of your vulnerability.

And when I realized that, you know, that's kind of when I went on my journey of being extra authentic and really realizing that, that if everybody likes you, then nobody loves you, right? You kind of have to be a little polarizing in the space to make it. So that is, that is, that was what I learned. And I put that into action. And I pretty quickly got the podcast rolling. And yeah, I mean, in the beginning, it wasn't muscle memory yet. It wasn't a pathway in my brain that was routinely activated. And so it was something that I did have to be more intentional about. But I would say now it's just the way that I think and I think it's so beautiful that the brain works that way, right, that in the beginning of this journey in the beginning when I first decided that I wanted to start doing this,

there was fear and it blocked me. I identified the fear. I overcame it. And then even then, right, it's not exactly a habit yet. I am having to be very intentional. Got to film this podcast. Got to do it. It took me a while to set up at first. It took me. It took me. you know, I would make mistakes at first. I would record a whole bunch and it would be out of focus. Just a lot of things that I, you know, and I'm still learning. I'm being so honest with you guys. I'm still learning.

We are still learning and growing. I've only been doing this for a few months. That's really the beauty of all of this because that's, that, that's been the journey. And now I'm at this point where I, I'm like, oh, I want to talk about this on my podcast or, oh, this would be a cool idea for the pod. and my brain is just automatically now filtering for opportunities to make the podcast happen. And that is one of the coolest things that I've experienced when it comes to starting new, you know, starting the journey toward a new goal is that at first you will face resistance

and then you get over that resistance. And even then there is a learning curve right. And that's through the power of neuroplasticity. Those pathways will become stronger. And then over time, it just becomes second nature to you. And I've fully experienced that now. Like for me, this podcast is not something that I have to force or put too much pressure on myself to do. It's something that I just feel comfortable doing. So anyway, to answer that question, yes, the podcast is easy for me now. Thank you for that.

Thank you for that question. And thank you for following along on my journey. The second question is a question that I used to resonate with a lot. and I actually have had to overcome this exact thing on my journey, so I want to talk about it. And the question was, how do you work through guilt of wanting more? This was something that I had to work through myself when I was on my journey in the very beginning. You know, I really started working on myself and I was experiencing just so much joy, so much

regulation, so much productivity, focus, all of it. My habits were on point. Everything was just great. and I went into my PhD, was studying, getting my PhD in neuroscience, and I started to have other dreams, desires. Of course, I mean, I personally want to make more money. Like, that is something that I am very open about. And I know that it's very common out there, especially in the spiritual spaces to be, to have the opposite and be like, oh, no, money is evil or money is bad and it's not good to want that. And I just don't agree with that. I think money is a tool. It's not positive or negative. It depends on who's using the tool, right? I could think of plenty of examples of how a tool could be used for good, like building a house and it could also be used for bad, like injuring somebody. So money's a tool and it amplifies whatever the energy of the person with it. I saw there's a study, a research study on testosterone. And for a long time, I think they thought that testosterone increasing it made, this is specifically an

animal study, but they made the animals in the study more aggressive. And that what they found in the study was that actually wasn't the case. It actually just amplified the tendencies of what the animal, the specific individual. And so some of them got more cuddly, more loving. And so it's sort of the same, money sort of the same way. I got to have some weird analogy, but money sort of works the same way. And I guess that is one of the first kind of things that I had to realize was that there are plenty of people doing really great things in the world with money. And I'm not trying to virtue signal at all, but since I have been able to make more money, for example, when there were natural disasters in Jamaica, like I donated because I like to travel to the islands. I'm actually traveling tonight

to the Caribbean. And I am like, you know, I love to go there. I want to support those countries that are over there whenever there was a natural disaster that hit. And if I did not have money, I wouldn't be able to do that as effectively. Like, I wouldn't be able to even travel. and go there and help. Like, I wouldn't be able to do that. I wouldn't be in the position that I'm in to help. So I don't think that it's a bad thing at all to want more. I think it actually gives you more time, more energy, more freedom to help and actually make a positive change in the world. So I don't, I don't think that it's a bad thing at all. I don't think that it makes you selfish. I think that it makes you human to want more. That's how we're wired. We're wired to want more,

whether it be money. I'm using the example of money, but it doesn't have to just be money. It can be happiness. Actually, in Minecraft, in the program, I remember this came up a while ago. It might be over a year ago now, but I had a specific student that asked me, she said, you know, I'm feeling so happy, but then there are these things that are going on in the world. Like, I feel guilty for being happy. It's a common thing. Like, I even have gotten hate before for like, well, how can you be happy when these things are happening in the world? And it's like, well, how can you? we make the world a better place if we're not being the change that we want to see in it? As long as you are not acting unethically and you are doing what you can do to improve the world

yourself first because it starts with you and then the people around you, right? And then, you know, whoever else you can reach and through that becomes a butterfly effect. But I actually think that one of the best ways that you can help the world is be a positive lighten it. Your focus doesn't have to be around wanting more. Like for me, it never was like, I want to make more money. I was never money driven. I was mission driven. And then when I was mission driven and I loved, I love what I do. Like, I love it. I love coaching and helping people. I love creating content. Like, I love it. And so when you love what you do and you are, you know, when you're obsessed with it and you're passionate about it and you believe in yourself and you believe in

your mission, you become good at it kind of by default because you love doing it. And you're it and nobody can stop you from doing it. And then the money kind of just comes. There's this song that I was listening to for a while. This song is called Rich on Accident. It might be an AI created song. I'm not exactly sure. I think it might be.

But anyway, it's called Rich on Accident. The song is funny. It's not, you know, this like amazing song or anything. But he's talking about, it's an affirmation song. And he's talking about, you know, got rich on accident. Because he just kind of was pursuing his dream. And I feel, I don't want to say that I, you know, started making more money on accident because I definitely worked for it. But it was never the mission and it was never the goal. And it's kind of how I even

became a content creator in the first place and started coaching and consulting and all that. That happened completely unintentionally. Like that, that was not on purpose at all. I was just getting my PhD in neuroscience and improving myself because I needed work. Like, I needed work. And as I started working on myself and discovered all these tools that really helped me and learned through my own experience. I was like, guys, and I need to share this with you. That's how it all started. And so I think the final step for me was actually whenever I was in my PhD, I was going to this temple and I was listening to the spiritual master teach and he was traveling the world, whatever, teaching at these different temples. And it was really cool. So I wanted to go listen to it, you know,

download some wisdom. Another girl that was studying there, she, She actually asked, I think she was a monk in training or something actually. And she asked the question, she said, how do you not feel guilty for wanting to be abundant? Like, how do you not feel guilty for desiring abundance? And the teacher said, it is actually in your true nature to be abundant. It is actually the most spiritual thing you can do. Because look out into the world, nature is abundant. The universe is abundant.

The stars are abundant. The divine God is abundant. And so you living in abundance is actually you living in alignment with the divine. That's when I realized, oh, yeah, no, that makes complete sense to me. It is in your true nature to be abundant. That doesn't have to mean money, right? That can mean in love, abundant in love. Abundant in gratitude and joy.

I mean, happiness is love flowing out of you. So if you're not living in abundance, then you're probably not living in abundance, then you're probably not living. in alignment with God and with the divine. And again, that doesn't mean, doesn't have to mean material abundance. I know personally from my own experience, when I am living in complete alignment with the divine and I'm remembering that I am not alone and that I am divine life force energy in a human body and that I am supported and divinely guided and protected and all that when I'm in that, yeah, it's pretty hard to be mad, sad, super anxious, upset. Like, obviously there are still times when I'm feeling that way, but usually it's when I forget that, right? And so when I remember again,

I'm like, oh, yeah. And then the peace can come back and I can go back to living, you know, in alignment with my values and my joy and love and gratitude, right? Gratitude. And so aligning with your true, divine, spiritual nature allows you to connect to the abundance that you are. And then I think that there's a worthiness piece to that as well. You know, the question is, you know, how do you work through guilt? And I think worthiness is a big, big, big, big part of this, right? So if you don't feel worthy of more, then you're going to feel guilty for having it or asking for it. And I found that worthiness, it kind of operates in levels, on different levels, not in any particular order, but worthiness is self-love and self-respect, right?

Loving yourself. Like, if you were in love with yourself, you would know that you're worthy of more. And you would not feel guilty for asking for it. I love, you know, I don't have a human child, but I have a dog that I fully birthed from my own womb. At least that's what I claim. I love her so much. And when I look at her, right, and sometimes I just imagine, like, what if I had a daughter? What would I say? I want to give my dog the world. Like, I want to give her the world. She is worthy of

everything she desires. If I had a kid, a human child, I, she's, that my child is worthy of, like, she's worthy. I love her so much and I want to give her everything that I can. And so, I think a lot of times also this comes back to kind of reparenting ourselves and, and healing our own inner child, right? And in those situations, it's like, what would you say to your kid? They're guilty if asking for more. First of all, you are worthy of it. But second of all, if you don't believe that you're worthy of it, then maybe you're not working for it. And this was something that whenever I wanted to work on my own worthiness and not feeling guilty of asking for more, I had to understand the abundance piece and also that I am innately worthy because I am, like,

I'm because I exist, I am innately worthy. But then there's a third piece to that. And right, and on that second piece, though, like, I was doing the affirmations. You know, I am worthy. I, I deserve to make money when I talk. like different affirmations like that. You know, I'm worthy of, you know, receiving for just being me. Peace. But then the third on worthiness is, all right, if you still don't feel worthy of it, something inside of you is resisting because you are not a match for what you're asking for. I feel way more worthy when I'm doing things and I'm showing up as my best self. And when I'm getting up in the morning and I'm on top of my morning routine and I am, you know,

making sure that I'm on top of my habits and not just working, but the habits that I know align me with my highest self, like saying my prayers and meditating and exercising and spending time and at least having a conversation with somebody that I love every day and sending love out into the world, creating, whether that be a podcast episode or just journaling, like, whatever that looks like that day. But when I'm showing up like that, I'm worthy. I feel extremely worthy because I am moving as my best self. If you're not doing anything, then it makes sense that you might feel a little guilty asking for more. Now, of course, the situation depends, right? This question was very vague. So this could be about asking for more love or attention. And if it's love,

and you're in a relationship and you're feeling guilty for asking for more love, the second part of my answer answered that. If you are in a relationship and you're wanting more love, then it's kind of like, okay, well, love yourself more and raise the standard for what you deserve, and then you won't feel guilty asking for it. I think the long story short is just love yourself more. Self-love looks like showing up for yourself. It looks like respecting yourself, respecting your boundaries, respecting your values, respecting your own word and doing what you said you were going to do. When you're doing all those things, you increase love for yourself, right? Take care of yourself, show up for yourself.

And when you're doing all that, you won't feel so guilty asking for more from others, from the world. There's this meme. And it says the universe isn't on a budget. Ask for more. Asking for more doesn't always mean that you're taking from somebody else. Me having more joy doesn't take joy from anyone else. If anything, it spreads it to others. So making more money, I think a lot of times,

Yes, there are people that make so much money that it does kind of probably take from the world. But for me and you listening here, it's like us ask you for more money. That doesn't really apply. So ask for more. Like just ask for more. All right. I'm giving you permission right now. So you can stop feeling guilty about it.

All right. Let's go to question number three, which is what would be the first step in rewiring your brain for wealth? Wow. So I'm just realizing that these questions really go hand in hand here. And I think that's probably why I put them in this order. I think the first step to rewiring your brain for wealth is realizing that your net worth is highly correlated with your self-work. There's actually research studies on this.

There are many research studies on this. You can look it up. They found that when even controlling for education, for IQ, for background, for socioeconomic status, controlling for everybody's past factors when they control for all those factors, they found that people with higher self-esteem and self-worth end up with higher net worths. Why? Because when you have high self-worth and you love yourself, well, you stop settling for less. You don't feel guilty going up to your boss and asking for a raise.

You don't feel guilty raising your prices and charging more. You don't feel guilty. Why? Because you love yourself and you know you are worthy of it. I think that's the first step. Obviously, there are so many different mindset. tips and tricks that I could share on this because I've learned a lot when it comes to the mindset around money because I grew up, you know, hearing money doesn't grow on trees, you know,

that we can't afford that. And just a lot of kind of those limiting beliefs that can really keep you from making more money because I'm just going to bust that one right now. Money is everywhere, everywhere. You go to the grocery store and look around at all the people going in there shopping. Every single person has a different job. making money from a different way. Go to the mall. Same thing. There are so many different ways that money can come to you. One of my students in Minecraft had some, they notified her that her condo, the previous owner or previous renter, overpaid by three months or something like that and she saved that much money in rent. Someone just received a check for the exact amount of money that she paid to be in

Mindcraft, which is actually really cool. So many different avenues for making money. I think we tend to pigeonhole ourselves and limit ourselves to thinking, oh, money can only come from this revenue stream, this job, this thing. And I remember actually when I was first starting out and was doing everything that I do now, it was actually another content creator that I was talking to. And he said, you know, in this space, I think you just have to realize that you're going to make money from a lot of different places and don't try to pigeon your whole yourself and only make money from one thing because you limit yourself when you do that. And I think it is important to open your mind. But the first step really would be to improve yourself worth because when you believe,

when you love yourself and you feel worthy of more, you'll start asking for more and you'll put yourself in positions to make more money. The next question is a really good one. I think venting too much is counterproductive. What do you think? Venting too much. So complaining or just, you know, talking about your problems, basically, is what venting is. As with everything, there is nuance, right? But when it comes to venting, let's say you go through something and you're dealing with something and you want to share it with somebody else.

That improves social bonding. So if I am struggling right now with a problem and I got on here. and I shared my problem with you guys, you would feel more bonded with me. Maybe not on this podcast, but in person, you guys get it. When you go and you call, something happens and you call up your best friend and you guys talk about it, that improves bonding when you share a problem with someone else. That actually is really, really healthy. And it's something that I didn't use to do at all. I used to bottle up my emotions and I used to not tell anybody when I was going through things. I just grew up very independent, never really, you know, I've been, I remember this one time when

I was in my PhD right before one of my finals. I got horrible news, like horrible, horrible, horrible news. And I couldn't even really study for my final. Still Iced it. But anyway, after that final, I packed up my car and I drove to San Diego, like seven hours to San Diego, and literally just stayed there for days by myself depressed. It was sad. And then I went back to San Diego. I went back to Tucson where I was, you know, doing grad school. And one of my friends, my best friend that I had made in the PhD, she said, why didn't you call me? I told her why I had gone? And she goes, why didn't you call me? And it was crazy because I had never even thought of calling her. I was, I just was so used to going through everything by myself. And so that, I don't even know if she

realizes that that really, like, changed my trajectory when she asked me that. But it made me realize, oh, damn, like I can lean on people. I can leave. on my best friends. And so that is a situation where I should have called her and told her what had happened and allowed her to support me. So venting does have a dark side though. And I want to talk about it because yes, it's true that venting too much is counterproductive. It absolutely is. Getting your problem out there, expressing it, sharing it with somebody that you love, that you can lean on, absolutely amazing for social bonding. It's not great for you unless you come up with some sort of resolution or re-appraisal of the situation.

If you just call up your friend and you vent a whole bunch about, let's say, let's use a kind of silly example of, oh, you just went on a terrible date. The, you know, guy or girl was terrible and you're venting about it. And then the girl goes, oh, that's why men suck. I hate men. Or vice versa, like, oh, I hate women or whatever. I just, I can, I use I hate men example because it's just. is so common I hear it all the time with women especially. That does not benefit you to do that.

If that reinforces your problem and then you sort of just increased your brain's bias for looking for that problem even more and trained your brain and activated those pathways and strengthened them around the topic of that problem. If you share it once, whatever. But if it starts to become a pattern right and let's say something happens and then you're talking about it with like four different people and you're just like oh yeah that's why i hate men and it's like over time you are reactivating the problem over and over and over again and so they've actually shown there are studies on this there are studies on this that venting too much is counterproductive unless there is some sort of reappraisal or resolution so that doesn't mean that you have to go through the situation and be

like oh but and and make something up if it if it sucked it sucks like that's fine but you can come up with some sort of either resolution like, oh, this date sucked, but then be like, okay, well, it was just, you know, this problem with this specific person. And I am not going to take that into the next day. I'm going to learn from it. And I'm going to say, this is how I'm going to filter who I go on dates with in the future, right? You came up with some sort of way to learn a lesson from what you, the problem that you faced and then take that lesson, take the information that you learned and apply it in the future. That's where venting can actually be very helpful. When you talk about something specifically with my best friend, I'll call her up, I'll talk about something with her,

and I will usually come to some sort of realization or realization about a learning lesson that I needed to take away from this situation, right? And that's where sharing your problems is extremely healthy and very beneficial to you and your growth. And so kind of one way to make it beneficial is through extracting some sort of lesson. But then the other way is through reappraisal, right? So you can get some sort of resolution by learning a lesson that closes the chapter, right? When you face a problem or a challenge, it opens a loop in your brain. And when you vent over and over and over again, the loop stays open. When you extract a learning, lesson that you can take and say, ah, this is why, this, I was meant to learn this, and now I can

move forward. You close the loop and you can move on. So that's one way to move through a challenge or a situation. And then another way to do it is through reappraising kind of what happened. It's like, okay, maybe this person was having a bad day. Maybe all men or all women aren't all bad, you know, reapraising the situation. And so those are, that's, you know, kind of two, those are two ways to make venting work for you rather than against you because if all you do is vent and continue to talk about the problem without ever coming up with some sort of resolution or extracting a lesson or reappraising the situation and making sense of it and being like, oh, it's not that bad or it's not all bad, then you just, if you don't do any of those things,

then you just stay in the open loop and you don't learn anything, you don't level up. And yeah, it's not helpful. and also it's just energy draining as well. Like you're draining your own energy by continuing to focus on your problem without ever closing the loop. And you're also draining other people's energies as well by talking about them over and over and over again. Okay, another person asked a question that honestly, I could talk about this question for a long time. Someone said, I can't be disciplined for more than two days. It really wasn't even a question, but maybe it was just somebody asking for help with that. And my immediate thought and reaction to that is yes, you can. And as long as you tell yourself that you can't, you won't. Because whether you say you can or you say you can't, you're right. So start with telling yourself that you can.

Maybe you haven't done it yet and that's fine. But you need to believe in the possibility of your desires. So if it's something that you want to be is more disciplined, then decide that you can. And I just want to leave a little note here because it actually is, I'm realizing that you're disciplined. I'm realizing. now. It's very much on theme for this episode is self-love and discipline, in my opinion, is self-love. That's what it is. I was just talking to my assistant about this and she is allergic to gluten and she still eats it. And then she's like, oh, but I know my limits because I'll get a rash. She's going to listen to this and be like, can't wait if you called me out. But you know what I told her, I said, you need to love yourself more. Because why are you putting your body through that?

Every single cell in your body is a living being that depends on you, that works night and day for you. No matter what, no matter how you treat it, no matter what you put in your body, no matter whether you work your body out or not, it's still trying. It's best for you. And you're going to do it dirty like that. That's true for exercising. That's true for your routines. It's true for going outside and getting sunlight in the morning. It's true for how you eat. It's true for showing up and staying true to your word when you tell yourself you're going to do something and you don't do it. You're teaching your brain not to believe in you. You're teaching your brain not to trust you. And everything else that we've talked about on this episode kind of just flies out the window when

you don't trust yourself and you don't believe in yourself. That really is such a core foundation for everything that you do in life. It was one of the, it was one of the biggest shifts I made in my life was deciding to love myself and believe in myself. Now obviously it wasn't just deciding that. I had to do a lot of work to get there. But if you can't be disciplined for more than two days, start by telling yourself you can, start by loving yourself more. You need to love yourself enough to show up for yourself. You deserve that. You deserve you showing up for you. But then also check, check yourself, right? Because what are you really trying to be disciplined at doing? Is it going to the gym? Does it match your identity? If you're trying to do something and you have a goal and you're

trying to work toward a goal or a routine or a new habit and you're falling off after two days, it doesn't match who you think you are. And that's the problem. But you might also have a cheap dopamine problem where your brain is just not going to put in any sort of long-term effort because why would it do that when short effort like picking up your phone is going to give you dopamine? So stop giving yourself so much cheap dopamine because it's teaching your brain that rewards don't require effort. And they don't always have to require effort. Like sometimes just you could just eat that ice cream cone. So check your dopamine sources as well because that is a huge player. But then also just start small. If you're falling off after two days, start so much smaller. If you're trying to go to

the gym ever, if you're trying to work out every day, make it easier. Buy two five pounds. Go to go to the store, get two five pound weights and do 10 minutes of exercise at your house every day. Like, Make it way easier to do and start so much smaller. Make the barrier to entry so much more minimal. And it'll be way easier to do it. And then you'll build momentum. And I feel like we've come so full circle in this episode because that's exactly what I was talking about with starting the podcast. After I started, there were barriers to entry.

But I built momentum and we're here now. And it's so much easier, right? So start so much smaller. It'll make it easier. And the last question that I want to answer is a meaningful question that someone asked me. And it is, what is your why? And I like that question. And I don't, I think that I have shared that on this podcast before, but my why is my purpose. And my why drives me. So I actually have a mission statement that I've created based on my top values in life. And my mission really is to master myself through mastering my mind and my body, like mastering myself comes first and spreading love and being joy and making an impact on the world, a positive impact on the

world. That's my mission. Like that is my purpose here. To master my mind, to be love and joy and make a positive impact on the world. Like that really is. That's what drives me every single day. I and if I'm doing those three things I am extremely fulfilled in my life if I am growing as a human mastering my mind getting on top of I I feel so good and when I will say in the very beginning of all of this I kind of had this realization that I really want to elevate the vibration of the planet and I just I just want to yeah elevate the vibration of the planet like I want the planet to be a better place for everybody to live. That's, that's what I want. And what I have realized is that all desires are selfish desires, right? Like, of course, I want to help everybody out. But also, you know,

the team is only as strong as its weakest link. So I want everybody to be happier and healthier and in more joy. It's like when you go to the beach and everyone's on vacation. It's a great place to be because everybody's happy and free and they're on vacation. They're having fun. Imagine if the world was like that. Like imagine if our planet was like that where everybody, was happy and in their joy and, you know, living out their purpose and helping each other and spreading love and joy to each other. Like that just sounds like a great place to live. And it might be a delusional mission to be to be after. And I understand that it is. And I'm completely okay with that because it's the delusional mission and the big dreams that drive me.

That's my why. And let's wrap this episode up. with the three wonders of the week. My three wonders of the week are one. I actually had a revelation about my book and I've realized that every single chapter that I've written of my book has called me to integrate and really implement and embody the chapter that I'm writing. So for example, when I, and this has become only really clear in hindsight as I'm finishing the book. When I was in it, it didn't really, I didn't recognize. But I recognize now that when I was writing, the focus chapter, we were snowed in and I was writing the focus chapter at my fiance's house where there were people and noise and distractions and the old version of me would have never been

able to focus and not environment. But I locked in and I was able to focus. And for example, when I was writing the beliefs chapter, I started doubting myself a little bit and then I started looking at some inspiration. And as I was looking at inspiration from some of the bestselling books, I had this realization that, wait, my book is going to be insanely, good. It takes the best components of all these books that I like and put and it's obviously through my lens and it's my work and all that. But it takes these components from these books that I really like and it puts it all together. And it combines everything that I think is really important in one place. And I just had this realization like, whoa, I started really believing

again in my own work and in myself. And when I was writing the nervous system regulation, one. I was, I started getting really back onto my morning routines and everything. And as I was writing the, the challenges or opportunities to level up. Boom. I'm faced with tests. And that's where we're at now. So that was my first wonder of the week. And I just thought it was really cool and kind of magical and a little bit mystical that every chapter as I'm writing it, I'm living it. And I'm being called to integrate it even deeper. I think that's, it's kind of really mystical. I don't know. It's cool. When I realized that, I was like, whoa, that's interesting. My second wonder of the week is my puppy Trea. I just am absolutely obsessed with her and she makes my heart explode every time I look at her and I'm so grateful

for her. Like, I'm just so extremely grateful for her. She's, she blows my mind with love. Literally. Like, I feel like I'm going to explode when I look at her. Like I love her so much. She's perfect. I'm so grateful for her. Like, I would not trade her for anything. I love her so much. And on that note, my third wonder of the week is my relationship, my fiancé, and I just feel so grateful for him. And I feel, yeah, I just feel so lucky to have him.

And I feel so lucky to have met him and to have this person in my life. And, yeah, I feel so, like, I just feel so grateful. It's love is, you know, like, it is a blessing. And it is an honor to be in a relationship where you just feel so deeply loved. Like, I feel so deeply loved and cared for and respected and cherished and honored. And of course, I feel the same way about him. And this past week, we've been really locked in every single day. There have been nights where I'm writing until 2 a.m.

And he's there with me. He's locked in, too, on his own stuff. So it's been really amazing. And I feel like it's kind of connected us even more. So those are my three Wonders of the week. week and I highly recommend you guys do your three wonders of the week to rewire your brains to look for more of the good in life and you'll start to see it. Anyway, guys, I'm sending each and every single one of you so much love. And the next time I do a Q&A box, like submit your questions because

I was looking through them. There were a lot of good ones. I'll do another Q&A episode for sure in the future. So be on lookout for that. Until next time, guys, have a great week. I'm sending you so much love. I'm proud of you. Forgive yourself frequently. Give yourself grace and recognize how amazing you are. Give yourself more credit. All right? I'll see you soon. Bye, everybody.