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The Mike Muldoon Podcast: Bite-Sized Coaching Sessions Empowering Transformation in Small Doses
Unlike those who’ve already reached their goals and now tell you how to get there, The Mike Muldoon Podcast isn’t about preaching from the finish line. We’re (yes, me too) on this journey together. I’m walking it with you—growing, learning, and striving side by side. This is about elevating our lives, building a stronger, more empowered mindset, and unlocking our full potential with clarity, confidence, and purpose.
The Mike Muldoon Podcast: Bite-Sized Coaching Sessions Empowering Transformation in Small Doses
Breaking Through Overwhelm: Why Starting Small Changes Everything
Change isn't the dramatic overnight transformation we often see glorified—it's the quiet victory of showing up for yourself day after day. I'm unpacking this truth while sharing my current adventure of opening a coffee and bagel shop in England (something I know almost nothing about!) while simultaneously moving houses and juggling family life and coaching.
When faced with overwhelming challenges—dealing with vendors, builders, licensing, councils, and the financial investment of a new business—I've discovered the power of focusing solely on the next step. This approach generates surprising momentum. Each small action builds upon the last, creating a foundation of confidence that isn't superficial but deeply rooted in proven capability.
The beauty of micromovement is its accessibility. Whether you're writing that book (just 100 words today), getting healthier (a 10-minute walk), changing careers (updating your resume), or rebuilding after loss (one deep breath, one kind word to yourself)—small doesn't mean insignificant. It means doable. And what's doable is what actually gets done. Life isn't about existing on autopilot; it's about living deliberately through these conscious choices.
What's that one step you can take today? It doesn't need to be flashy or perfect—just forward. Write it down, do it, and show up again tomorrow. You're stronger than you think, and you're just one step away from proving it to yourself. Subscribe, share with friends, and reach out if you're feeling stuck—I'd love to connect!
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Hey everybody, welcome to this week's episode of the Mike Muldoon Podcast. Thanks for joining me. Glad to have you. As always, it's late. I got to get it done tonight. My internet gets turned off tomorrow, not because we didn't pay the bill, but because so much is going on. We're actually moving and we're transferring service. I guess they need a 48 hour. I don't get it, don't understand it in this day and age, but apparently it's a 48 hour changeover. But we're going to talk more about that. Anyway, I'm going to share where I'm at.
Speaker 1:Like I said when I started this podcast, it was all about I didn't want to come from a place of hey, look how successful I am right now. And let me tell you I got there. My journey has been along with your journey. You know, if you go back and listen to my podcast, you'll see a lot of things that I've been through a. You'll see a lot of things that I've been through, a lot of risks I've taken and a lot of how it's all worked out. And each time I've made a jump in something, it seems to just worked out.
Speaker 1:I'm not saying it's always easy, but you know what I believe life is about living. It's just not about existing. See, the thing is, you know, we live in a world that glorifies these big wins, right, these breakthroughs, the dramatic transformations, the overnight success stories. But here's a I guess you could say a quieter truth that often gets lost in the uh, the noise of a real change. You know it's, it really happens in one sweeping move. I mean change and moving forward and accomplishing. It happens in these small, intentional steps. That steps, steps so late, steps, really, when no one's washing right. It's whether you're staring down a career pivot or, you know, healing from a tough season. Maybe it's a sports season, right, I actually coach American football right now, you know, trying to write that book or simply just trying to feel like yourself again. The road ahead can feel overwhelming and that challenge sometimes looks massive. Maybe your energy feels low and the question that really echoes in your head is where do I even start? And my answer is start small and Start now. Look, the answer isn't to climb the whole mountain one day, it's really to just take one step, just one step. Now. Let me tell you about where I'm at.
Speaker 1:Okay, my wife and I have decided to. Well, we didn't plan around this idea for a little while, but we've decided to open up a coffee shop and a bagel shop in our new town here in England and we're excited about it. But it wasn't a lifelong dream. We haven't been sitting around going, oh, someday we're going to open that shop and we're going to finally pull the trigger. It was just something we'd always talked about. Wouldn't it be cool if we did this? Wouldn't it be cool if we're going to do this? And lo and behold, here we are Signed the lease, got the keys, got builders in, got people looking at things, painters, this councils, licenses I mean there is so much when you're opening up a business.
Speaker 1:Now here's the other kicker. I know nothing about coffee shops. I know nothing about bagels shops. I've never worked in a cafe. I think I was fired from a restaurant once before when I was like 17 years old, did some catering back in it. And don't get me wrong, I'm not blind. I'm not going into this Like I've been doing the work, the research, the numbers, the vendors, the menus.
Speaker 1:I mean I've, I've been, I've been really, really involved in looking at all this and educating myself, right with it all. But the thing of it is is it still can seem very, very, you know, difficult if I look at the big picture, like if I just go, if I just, like you know, you always have to have an eye on the future, which is fine, but if I looked at everything it would be overwhelming. So it's almost like what I have to do is I have to keep my my head down and just look at the next step, look at the next step and, and as I've been doing that, I've been gaining momentum, I've been gaining traction and it's becoming more and more into fruition and we're getting really close and we're almost there to opening, which is exciting. But again I've had to take any sort of like really small steps. You know real small action, you know clear choices, one movement at a time forward. Because when I do that, again I'm gaining traction and from that traction again comes that momentum and with that momentum really becomes that strength to believe and to keep working on it. And just not that outer kind, right, but you know that more deeper kind, that resilience, that confidence, that grip.
Speaker 1:Now, again, if you've listened to my podcast in the past, I've been through so much that I'm so you know, I've built up so much resilience to things that what would bury people and make it seem so insurmountable. I I've built up that strength because even in the, even in the um, in why all of this is going on, my wife and I have also decided to move. So I'm in the process of moving. I spent my day today, half the day, in the shop trying to clean up stuff that the builders have done, get out some stuff that the previous tenant left, and then I came home and I've started part packing, cause we're moving into a new house. So it has been absolutely crazy. But how do I do it? I just keep one step at a time, and this is the goal.
Speaker 1:If you're trying to change anything in your life, you just have to focus on something. You have a goal and you have a vision, but don't try to look at it all at once, because it'll seem crazy. See, the thing is, big change again just happens in these micro movements. You know, the mountain doesn't get smaller, right, as you start working towards it. You just get stronger, and you do so by doing that kind of movement, right, not all at once, bit by bit.
Speaker 1:Now, for you, you know, for me, right now, it's opening up a business, it's moving, while simultaneously keep in mind I've got kids, I'm married, I, I, I coach American football. I've got a ton, which drives me even more crazier when people tell me they don't have time, they're not married, they don't have. Who knows people like this? Right, they're not married, they don't have kids. I don't have any time. You have all the time in the world and I don't care if you work 12 hours a day because you got 12 more hours to get things done. I know there's a lot of people like me. You know you just got to. You got to really, really maximize your time.
Speaker 1:But let's just say, your goal, you know, is something like writing a book or getting healthier, right, quitting that job that's draining you or, you know, maybe it's even rebuilding your confidence after some sort of setback. You know, but what if today's job isn't to solve that whole thing? It's just again, like taking a step, building a business, just one manageable step. You know, writing a book for you might just be. You know, I just actually wrote a book right, five basic keys to living successfully.
Speaker 1:In between, it took me a while and again, even with that, it was just let's get a page done a day, but maybe it's a hundred words a day, maybe getting in shape for you is walking 10 minutes and drinking an extra glass of water or leaving your job. Maybe it's just you start updating your resume, reach out to one person in your network and maybe it's a rebuilding after a loss. You know one deep breath, you know one kind message. Speak one kind word to yourself. See, small doesn't seem or mean insignificant. Small means doable, and what's doable is what actually gets done, because tiny wins build true strength. I mean, every time you show up, even just a little, you're proving to yourself that you can, you're building trust in your ability to move forward and that trust becomes the foundation for everything else you do.
Speaker 1:And again, you don't need to do it all day. Like I said, if I focused on everything I mean. And like I said, if I focused on everything, I mean dealing with vendors and builders and all the money I'm spending and councils and governments and ID institutions and everything that you need to get. It's in surmount. So I just have to sit there and focus on one thing at a time. And again, I'm also in the middle of a move with boxes and everything all over. But if I don't, I'd go crazy and I have to keep reminding myself I don't have to do it all over, but if I don't I'd go crazy. And I have to keep reminding myself I don't have to do it all today. I just need to show up for myself. And you need to show up for yourself, because you're not stuck, that you're still moving right now, even if it's just an inch at a time. You're moving.
Speaker 1:So I ask you, what's that one step you can take today? Really, just take a breath, think about it. Like, what's that one small thing? It doesn't have to be flashy, not perfect, just forward. What can you do today? If I was you, I'd write it down, do it and show up again tomorrow, because that's how change is made one step, one moment, one act of courage at a time. Because You're stronger than you think and you're just really one step away from proving it, cause, like I said seven months ago, if you would have said Mike, you'd be, you know, opening up a coffee bagel shop, um, moving houses, doing all this stuff oh, by the way, in a foreign country, um, when you know nothing about this world, I don't know what are you talking about. But it's amazing.
Speaker 1:When you just slowly start putting yourself towards stuff, you gain strength, confidence, momentum, and then, even when you come up and you look at it, maybe a little bit sometimes it's not as overwhelming, because you start to trust yourself. You start to trust yourself and when you know what really happens, you have more control. You have more to trust yourself. You start to trust yourself and when you know what really happens, you have more control. You have more control of yourself. You have more control of your life because, again, life is about living, it's not about existing. I've talked about it many times and I talk about it in my book.
Speaker 1:Most people are just going through their lives, not even realizing they're on autopilot, wanting to make change, not even realize that change is possible. So here, if you're one of those people, change is possible. You just might have to do it one tiny step at a time. Just start moving towards it and you'd be surprised how quickly those steps turn into a fast walk. That turned into more of a jog, that eventually turned into a sprint. All right, all right, everybody. That's all I have for you tonight.
Speaker 1:Sorry if I sound a little hoarse. It is, it's, it's late and uh, but I promised I'd do whatever I can. I got to get this podcast in every week. I'm trying, I'm trying to have been consistent now for a hundred and something episodes. I haven't missed one. I appreciate you being with me.
Speaker 1:Uh, share it with your, uh, your family, your friends. You know, please, if you're on Spotify, apple, please just make sure you hit that subscribe button, leave a comment If you have any questions or concerns. Uh, you know, you can always reach me at Mike Muldoon, at Mike Muldoon, lccom. If you think somebody might need some help, you know, send them my way. More than have to talk to people I'm not a therapist, though I'm not a therapist talking about more for people who just maybe feel stuck in their lives I can always find time to talk to people. I feel like there's a little bit of a gift and it's a gift that should be given forward. All right, everybody, thank you so much for tuning in, thank you so much for being with me and, as always, I got nothing but love for you.
