What if I told you the best investment you could ever make isn’t in stocks, real estate, or even a retirement fund—but in your own brain?

In this episode, we’re diving into why your brain is an ever-appreciating asset and how investing in it can bring you compounding returns in every area of your life.

You’ll learn:

✅ How to shift your mindset and start seeing your brain as your most valuable resource

✅ The top ways to invest in your brain for long-term success and fulfillment

✅ Why coaching is a game-changing investment that fast-tracks your growth

✅ Practical steps to start expanding your mind today

If you’ve ever felt stuck, uninspired, or unsure of how to create real change in your life, this episode is for you.

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Welcome to This Daring Adventure podcast,

where we work on bridging the gap between

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where we are and where we want to be in

order to live a bigger and bolder life.

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In this podcast, we will provide

inspiration, tips, and skills

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you need to make your life the

adventure you want it to be.

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Here's your host, mindset mentor

and life coach, Trista Guertin.

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Trista: Hey everybody, welcome

back to the podcast and thank

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you so much for joining me today.

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Today I wanted to talk about

something that a lot of us haven't

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been taught to think about in this

way, but once you do, I think it

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will really change a lot for you.

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This is something that I learned from

my coach, Brooke Castillo at the Life

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Coach School, It really had an impact on

me, and I think about it all the time.

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Okay, so here it is.

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What if you saw your brain as

an ever appreciating asset?

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An investment that compounds

over time, just like money.

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what if the most valuable financial

investment you could ever make wasn't

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in stocks, wasn't in real estate or a

retirement fund, but in yourself, in

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your brain, in your ability to think,

grow and create your ability to go

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after goals and achieve those goals.

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challenges and do whatever

it is you set your mind to.

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So let's get into that.

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We all understand the concept of

compound interest when it comes to money.

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You put in a little, you let it

grow, and over time it compounds

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and makes you wealthier, correct?

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Now imagine if we applied the

same thinking to our brains.

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But most people won't, right?

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They don't.

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We're not taught this.

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Up until recently, we've been taught that

intelligence is fixed, our personality is

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fixed, that learning stops after school,

and that personal growth is optional.

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But that's just not true.

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Your brain is capable of

infinite expansion, learning,

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and development, growth, change.

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The more you invest in it,

the more valuable it becomes.

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And then the more it gives

back to you over time.

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Your capacity will grow.

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Your evolution will continue.

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Your world gets bigger.

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Let me ask you.

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How much are you investing

in your brain right now?

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Because here's what I know.

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The most successful, fulfilled,

and happiest people in the world

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think about their brain this way.

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They treat it like the most

valuable thing they own.

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And when you start seeing your brain as an

asset, an appreciating, compounding asset,

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your entire approach to life will change.

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So, this is really The best

investment you can make.

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This is one that will give

you the highest return.

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You don't want to be looking at

index funds and you don't want

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to be looking at real estate.

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Truly, your best investment

will be investing in your brain.

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And here's why.

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When you invest in your mind,

through learning, coaching, reading,

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challenging yourself, setting big

goals, you expand your thinking.

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You become more capable, and you'll

create more value in the world.

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And value is what leads

to financial success.

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And value is what leads to financial

success, to opportunities, to

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innovation, and to evolution.

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Your ability to think, is

what determines your results.

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You can hand somebody a million dollars,

and if they don't have the mindset or

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the skills to manage it, they'll lose it.

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We see this with lottery

winners all the time, right?

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Somebody wins a big amount of

money and then they lose it.

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Or you watch any of the big

athletes or actors, actresses,

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they earn all this money.

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And then they lose it, and they're

not happy, they don't know what to do.

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Their success means nothing because they

don't know how to be creating their own

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joy and creating their own happiness and

managing their minds and their emotions.

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If you take someone who has built their

mind, who has invested in their brain,

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they can create wealth, success, and

fulfillment, and joy over and over again.

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The return on the investment is infinite.

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And one of the best ways to invest

in your brain is through coaching.

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Now here's why.

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Coaching helps you see your blind spots.

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They say you can't read the

label from inside the box.

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Or a hairdresser can't cut their own hair.

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coaching helps you to

see what you can't see.

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And it challenges the way you think.

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It will disrupt your beliefs.

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It will help you to create new

patterns of thought that serve you.

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And it will help you to be with

your emotions in a way that is

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helpful, not holding you back.

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A coach will provide perspective that

you simply cannot see on your own.

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And just like the best athletes in

the world have coaches to push them

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further, the most successful people

invest in coaches to stretch their

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minds, to help them to evolve, to

help them to go to that next level.

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It's not just about solving problems.

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but it's really to help

you see what you can't see.

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Think bigger and go to the next level.

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It helps you to manage your

thoughts, which in turn shapes

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your emotions and actions and

creates the results that you want.

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When you have someone guiding you like

that, when you have a coach helping

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you to uncover the stories that you're

telling yourself, the beliefs that

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are holding you back, the thought

loops that you're stuck in, and then

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teaching you how to think on purpose,

you will really accelerate your growth.

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This is when we're pouring

fuel on the fire, right?

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It's like putting your brain in

a high yield investment account.

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It compounds faster and it's giving you

bigger returns in every area of your life.

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It has that ripple effect.

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It affects every area of your life and you

just can't help but show up differently.

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So how do you do this?

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How do you start investing

in your brain today?

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I have a couple of ways.

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The first is to learn on purpose.

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Growth isn't just gonna happen

on its own or if it does it

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happens at a very slow rate.

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You have to be intentional.

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Read the books, take the courses, listen

to the podcast, work with the coach.

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Do this daily.

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Even if it's just for 20 minutes,

it can have a huge impact over time

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when you're persistent with it.

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Second, you need to learn

to manage your thoughts.

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Your brain is definitely the most

powerful tool you have, but most

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of us just let it run on autopilot.

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We don't use it intentionally.

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So we need to start directing our

thoughts, questioning our beliefs,

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and choosing what we want to focus on.

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Otherwise, it just takes us into the

gutter, and it just focuses on the

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negative, and looks for problems,

and just keeps thinking the same

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thoughts over and over again.

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And that's how you land up just living

the same day over and over again.

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Third, you really need to be

willing to be uncomfortable.

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Growth doesn't happen inside your comfort

zone, but when you push yourself, you

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challenge yourself, you stretch your

thinking, and you are willing to feel

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the discomfort and any emotion that

comes up, knowing that you're going to

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be okay, that's when you, your brain

evolves, that's when your world expands,

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that's when you're able to take on

bigger and bigger challenges and goals.

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Fourth, you want to take action.

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Learning isn't enough, because

it's very passive in some

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respects, but you want to apply it.

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The real investment happens when you

apply what you learn and you take action.

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Take the risks, make the

decisions, and create the results.

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It doesn't have to be perfect,

it doesn't have to be huge.

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But massive action means that you

start taking action and you keep going

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until you get the results you want.

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Take the next step, and then the next step

after that, and the next step after that.

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There will be failures, but think

of failure as something just not

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turning out the way you had hoped.

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And you learn from that.

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You evaluate, you learn, you apply, and

you go again, and you just keep going.

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And that's when magic happens.

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When you start investing in your brain,

when you prioritize your thinking, your

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learning, your growth, you begin to change

the way you see yourself and the world.

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You stop feeling stuck.

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You stop believing that you're at

the mercy of your circumstances.

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Your life just is not happening to you,

but you are living more intentionally.

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And you realize that everything

you want, every dream, every

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goal is available to you.

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And the only thing that's standing

between you and it is how you think.

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You have to just overcome yourself

and this is the work that we do.

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When you build your brain,

you build your future.

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You create opportunities, confidence,

wealth, fulfillment, anything you want.

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And you're doing it from the inside out.

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So here's what I want you to

take away from this episode.

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Your brain is the most valuable

asset you will ever have.

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It is an ever appreciating, ever

expanding investment that will

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compound for the rest of your life,

if you choose to invest in it.

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Start today.

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Pick one way to grow your

brain, to challenge yourself,

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to invest in your thinking.

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Because the return, it's unlimited.

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Alright, that's what I have for you today.

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Thank you so much for joining me.

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and if you want to take this work

deeper, I do offer free one to

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one coaching sessions with me.

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It's 50 minutes, bring any issue you wish,

try coaching for yourself and see what

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it's all about and how powerful it can be.

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The link to my calendar

will be in the show notes.

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I think this is such a great opportunity

if you've never tried coaching

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before, if you're interested in

learning more about working with me.

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If you just want some help on whatever

you're working on, bring it, let's do

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it, and it's a lot of fun, I promise.

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You don't have to prepare

anything, you don't have to do

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anything advanced, just show up.

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And keep your eyes and ears

open, I will be offering a free

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group coaching session in

February, another free webinar,

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and lots of other things going on.

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I will be sharing more information

about my Unstuck coaching program.

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It's three months, really powerful

coaching to get you unstuck and moving you

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towards the life that you want to create.

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So lots going on, lots of

links in the show notes.

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Otherwise, if you're able to

subscribe, comment, review, rate,

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share, please do so for the podcast.

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It helps me to reach more and

more listeners and provide them

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with some of this great advice

that we're sharing in the podcast.

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I'll talk to you soon.

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Bye bye.

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Thank you for listening to

This Daring Adventure podcast

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with your host Trista Guertin.

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We hope you enjoyed the tips

and conversations on how to

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get excited about life again.

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As always, you can head

to tristaguertin.com

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