The End of the Day Podcast with Kari Watterson: Using Mindset Work to Live Your Best Life
The End of the Day Podcast is a mindset podcast for people who feel stuck in life but know they're made for more. Each week I explore different ways we hold ourselves back, and how mindset tools can help us work through our thoughts so we can start taking action and start living the lives we want.
Episodes
103 episodes
Ep. 103 - Affirmations, Reframed: Why You've Been Practicing Them All Along
You’ve always been affirming something—whether you realized it or not.In this episode, I explore why affirmations can feel cringey to some and grounding to others—and how much of that has to do with language, not logic. I break down the ...
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Episode 103
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Ep. 102 - Casey Stillwagon: Ultrarunner, Teacher, Mental Health Advocate Behind @Run5555km and #StrongerEveryStride
Casey Stillwagon is a teacher, ultrarunner, and mental health advocate based in Tokyo, Japan, and the human behind the uplifting Instagram account @Run5555km.Along with the mantra, Stronger Every Stride, Casey shares messages of...
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Ep. 101 - Resisting Perfectionist Resetting for Completion Thinking
What if the real reason you keep restarting your goals isn’t about discipline — but about how uncomfortable it feels to watch yourself do the journey imperfectly?In this episode, I’m naming something I call perfectionist resetting...
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Episode 101
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Ep. 100 - Guest Host, Ken Li: Top Life Coaching Tools & Insights + What You Should Do First
What would you share if you had just 45 minutes to offer someone a few tools that might stick with them for life?That’s the question that sparked this special 100th episode.When I was invited to speak to my daughter’s high school ...
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Ep. 99 - Liberating Yourself From Your Inner Helicopter Parent
We’ve heard a lot about inner child work—and many of you might also be familiar with reparenting.But what happens when the inner parent you created to support yourself becomes the one holding you back?This episode was born out of ...
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Episode 99
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Ep. 98 - The Inner Voice: What It Is, When It Breaks Down and How to Work With It
We all have an inner voice.It helps us plan, reflect, problem-solve, and create meaning.But when that same voice starts spiraling into rumination, self-doubt, or mental noise—or chatter—it can become the very thing that k...
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Episode 98
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Ep. 97 - Salience: What Is It and Why Understanding It Can Change the Game
Why do certain thoughts feel impossible to shake? Why does your brain keep looping on self-doubt, worry, or fear—especially when you know those thoughts aren’t helping? In this short but powerful mini-episode, w...
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Episode 97
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Ep. 96 - When Life Feels Hard & Unbalanced: The Want of an Interesting Life
What if the reason life feels so heavy right now isn’t because it’s hard… but because it’s the only thing in focus?In this episode, we explore what happens when the little things—like chores, emails, or keeping up with life—start to take...
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Ep. 95 - The Craving-Reward Habit Loop
What makes a habit sustainable—one that makes you excited to build?It’s not just about discipline or consistency. It’s about what your brain wants to come back to.And that comes down to choosing the right craving—and satisf...
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Ep. 94 - Gently Strong
For so long, we’ve been taught that strength looks like pressure. That discipline has to hurt. That if we ease up, we’ll fall behind. But what if there’s another way?In this episode, I explore the idea of Gently Strong—a quiet, ro...
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Ep. 93 - Thinking Greater Than Your Emotions: Interrupting the Mind-Body Feedback Loop
Ever notice how you can go from feeling confident… to spiraling in self-doubt… in a matter of minutes?That’s not weakness. That’s a pattern.And once you see it, you can change it.In this episode, we’re unpacking the mind-bo...
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Ep. 92 - Releasing Mental Busy Work
We all know what busy work looks like at the office — tasks that take time, energy, and focus away from making meaningful progress on the projects that actually move the mission forward. They feel productive, but at the end of the day,...
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Episode 92
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Ep. 91 - Not Choosing Is Choosing: Disengaging Autopilot
Have you ever felt like you’re moving through life on autopilot—checking off the to-do lists, meeting obligations, doing what’s expected—without feeling truly alive? You're not necessarily unhappy, but you're not fully alive either. Yo...
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Episode 91
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Ep. 90 - Letting Yourself Be Happier
"I wish I had let myself be happier."In this episode, I share insights from a conversation with ChatGPT on one of the most profound regrets from Bronnie Ware’s memoir, The Top Five Regrets of the Dying, based on her exp...
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Ep. 89 - Ways to Move Forward When You're Not Sure What You Want
Many personal growth strategies assume you already know what you want.But what if you don’t?Not having a clear vision can feel like an obstacle to progress. It’s easy to believe you need answers before you can take action. But wai...
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Ep. 88 - Endurance for the Journey
We hear a lot about motivation, discipline, and consistency when it comes to transformation—but what about endurance, the ability to sustain change long enough for it to truly take root?In this episode, we’re exploring the often-o...
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Ep. 87 - Part 3: Closing Open Loops: An ADHD Tip to Reduce Cognitive Load
This is the final episode in a special three-part series on ADHD-friendly strategies for improving productivity—focusing on task initiation, continuation, and completion.(Missed the first two episodes? This episode builds on Episode 85: ...
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Ep. 86 - Part 2: Starting With a Mindset of Sufficiency - An ADHD Strategy for Rebuilding Self-Trust & Belief in Capacity
This is Part 2 of a special three-part series on ADHD-friendly strategies for improving productivity—or, more specifically, task initiation, continuation, and completion. (Missed Part 1? This episode builds on Episode 85: Touchi...
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Ep. 85 - Part 1: Touching the Task: An ADHD Strategy for Overcoming Task Avoidance (ft. the work of Dr. Russell Ramsay)
One of the biggest challenges for individuals with ADHD (and honestly, for many of us) is overcoming the initial resistance to task initiation.In this episode, we’re diving into a simple yet powerful strategy called Touching the Tas...
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Episode 85
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Ep. 84 - REPLAY - Who Is The Real You: A Look Inside The Alter Ego Effect by Todd Herman
If you’ve ever struggled to sustain change—whether in your habits, your mindset, or the way you show up in a specific area of your life—it’s likely because your brain is holding onto an identity that doesn’t yet match the change you’re trying t...
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Ep. 83 - Do You Take Your Capabilities Seriously? If Not, Why? A Look Into Dan Sullivan's Capableism
Why Taking Your Capabilities Seriously Might Be the Missing Link to the Change You SeekWe all have unique capabilities—strengths, skills, and talents that set us apart. But here’s the question: Are you actually taking them ser...
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Ep. 82 - Let's Talk About the Nike Super Bowl Ad
We all carry an internalized voice telling us what we can’t do. Maybe it came from culture, society, past experiences, or people around us—but at some point, we absorbed it. And for many of us, it’s been running the show.Nike’s ...
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Ep. 81 - Self-Compassion Backlash and the Reframe We've Been Missing
If you’ve ever felt that tension—grateful for self-compassion but wondering if it’s holding you back—this episode is for you.Maybe you used to struggle with an unrelenting inner critic but found self-compassion and now have a kinder rela...
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Ep. 80 - Quick Ways to Go From 0 to 1: Think Things Once; The Two-Minute Rule
What if you could tap into momentum as an energy source to shift your state and start moving—without relying on motivation?In this episode, I break down two simple but powerful productivity hacks—inspired by David Allen’s <...
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Episode 80
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Ep. 79 - First, Let's Not Make Things Worse: A Surprisingly Powerful Tool to Stay Grounded In Tough Moments
We’ve all been there—those moments when life throws a curveball, and our first reaction is to spiral into frustration, stress, or self-blame. In this episode, we explore a simple but powerful mindset shift inspired by author Jon Acuff: “If ...
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