Les 1
Knowledge Is Power To Transform Procrastination Into Action
Knowledge preps our brains for change by pointing out that something is not serving us. From there, building awareness of our own thoughts and actions is the next step toward transformation. In this lesson, we will review some of the consequences of chronic procrastination. We will end by taking an easy action step together.
Les 2
Get Curious To Change Your Mind And Your Behavior
Curiosity is a superpower that fuels our brain with what’s often called “the feel good” neurotransmitter, dopamine which also facilitates learning, memory consolidation and is key in motivating us toward action. In this lesson, we're going to get super curious about procrastination and how our brain perceives time.
Les 3
Practice Connecting To Your Future Self
Being able to emotionally connect to our imagined future self decreases the risk of being distracted from the goals that matter the most to us. In this lesson, we will practice strengthening our future self-continuity through a guided visualization. Like anything else, repetition and practice will help us to build a stronger connection with our future selves.
Les 4
Practice Self-Awareness To Commit To Change
In this lesson, you will deepen your self-knowledge by exploring the root causes and different styles of procrastination. Listening exercises will help you to become more aware of your own unique style of procrastination.
Les 5
Validate Your Emotions And Create Little Successes To Build Confidence
Experts point out that no amount of even the best planning or time management tools will work unless we can manage our emotions. In this lesson we will work on emotional management and explore little successes to build our confidence.
Les 6
Practice Mind Management with Self Talk Scripts
In this lesson, you will be guided through creating validating self talk scripts that prevent you from falling into cognitive traps so that you can focus on action.
Les 7
Practice 25.TEN.onething For Clarity In Goals And Action Steps
In this lesson, you will be guided through an active writing exercise which I call 25.TEN.onething to help you clarify your most important goals and create manageable, small action steps. This exercise will increase confidence and belief in an action oriented version of ourselves.
Les 8
Self-Talk for When We Struggle to Get Started
In this lesson, we will tackle a very common stumbling block: just getting started. We will explore self-talk scripts and the two distinct phases of motivation in our brains.
Les 9
Practice Just Starting
In this lesson, we will take steps to overcome the powerful emotional hurdles that keep us from just getting started. How? By lowering the mental friction and prepping your space to make it easy to just start.
Les 10
How to Practice with the Tools in this Course
All the lessons and practices in this course have descriptive titles so that you can listen and work through the prompts whenever you need them. This course is designed to help you build the habits necessary to transform procrastination into action.
Les 11
Meditation Practice Only: 4-7-8 Breath and Self Inquiry
This lesson contains only the guided meditation so you can get right to practicing. In order for us to stop habitual action patterns, we need to pause and elicit our relaxation response so that we can consciously choose our actions. This breath practice with prompts will train your brain to slow down and choose wisely in the very moment in which we make the decision to either procrastinate or move forward on our most important goals.
Les 12
Meditation Practice Only: Guided Visualization to Connect to Your Future Self
This lesson contains only the guided meditation so you can get right to practicing. The better you are at feeling psychologically connected to your future self a.k.a. future self-continuity, the easier it may be for you to resist distractions and get to your important work. Practice this guided visualization often to strengthen the muscle to emotionally connect to your future self.