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This Daring Adventure

Trista Guertin
This Daring Adventure
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    What It Actually Takes to Feel Like Yourself Again

    2026/10/08 | 10 mins.
    Most women think feeling like themselves again requires a big life change. It does not. In this episode, I share the three things that actually move the needle: seeing what you are thinking, stopping the belief that every thought is true, and practicing a new thought on purpose. I also walk you through a simple thought download you can do this week.
    Inside this episode:
    - Why you can have everything you said you wanted and still feel checked out
    - The real reason your feelings do not come from your circumstances
    - How to use a thought download to see what is actually going on in your brain
    - Why changing one thought at a time is more powerful than fixing your whole life
    - A simple practice to start feeling like yourself again this week
    Free resource: The 5 Signs You’ve Lost Yourself in Your Own Life mini-workbook
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    Trust Yourself

    2026/10/01 | 30 mins.
    How to Build Self-Trust and Stop Second-Guessing Your Decisions
    What if you’re not afraid of making the wrong decision—but of how you’ll treat yourself afterward?
    You want to change careers, start the business, date again or finally say what you need. But the possibility of regret keeps you researching, overthinking and asking everyone else what they would do.
    Meanwhile, another month passes, and you’re still having the same conversation with yourself.
    In this episode of This Daring Adventure, we explore how to build self-trust, overcome indecision and move forward through the uncertainty of midlife change.
    Self-trust isn’t knowing everything will work. It’s knowing you will stay on your own side if it doesn’t.
    You’ll discover:
    Why fear of self-criticism can keep you stuck in overthinking.
    What postponing decisions costs you in time, energy and opportunity.
    How to take responsibility without turning a mistake into a verdict on your worth.
    A practical exercise to help you make decisions without needing a guarantee.

    If you’re a woman navigating a career change, life after divorce, a new business or the question “What do I want now?”, this episode will help you see what’s keeping you stuck—and how to begin changing it.
    Ready to stop circling the same decision?
    Book a complimentary 30-minute consultation with me. We’ll talk about what you want to change, what’s getting in your way and whether my six-session private coaching programme is right for you.
    Together, we can work toward making the decision you keep postponing, speaking up for what you want and taking
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    Become Inconvenient

    2026/09/24 | 23 mins.
    Your dreams can be incredibly inconvenient.
    They don’t care about your age, your schedule, your responsibilities, what other people think, or whether pursuing them fits neatly into the life you’ve already built.
    And maybe that’s the point.
    In this episode, I’m talking about what happens when you stop asking your dreams to become more convenient—and start becoming deeply inconvenient in your pursuit of them.
    We’ll talk about why we become so good at being reasonable, responsible and easy to accommodate, why your brain naturally resists the unfamiliar, and why discomfort doesn’t necessarily mean you’re going in the wrong direction.
    Most importantly, I’ll ask you to consider a different question:
    Who would you need to become to create the life you actually want?
    Not fearless. Not perfectly confident. Not certain it will all work out.
    But a woman who knows herself, can handle discomfort, trusts her decisions and doesn’t abandon what she wants simply because pursuing it gets hard.
    Maybe your dream doesn’t need to get easier.
    Maybe you need to become harder to stop.
    Ready to get unstuck?
    If you know you want something different but keep finding yourself stuck in the same patterns, I invite you to book a complimentary 30-minute consultation with me.
    We’ll look at where you are, what you want, and what may actually be keeping you from moving forward.
    My private coaching program is designed to help you understand your patterns, build emotional resilience, strengthen your relationship with yourself, trust your decisions and start creating what’s next.
    Book your complimentary consultation and let’s talk about what could change when you stop waiting and start becoming the woman who creates what she wants.
    BOOK YOUR CONSULTATION HERE
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    Argue for your Greatness

    2026/09/19 | 34 mins.
    Argue for Your Greatness
    What if you stopped building such a convincing case for your limitations—and started arguing for your greatness instead?
    Your brain is very good at collecting evidence for why you can’t change: I’m too old. I’m not confident. I’ve always been this way. I don’t trust myself. I don’t know what I want.
    But those aren’t necessarily facts. They may be conclusions you’ve practiced believing.
    In this episode, we explore why your brain defaults to the familiar, why becoming a new version of yourself can initially feel uncomfortable, and how you can start creating evidence for who you want to become.
    You’ll learn why you don’t need to wait for confidence or certainty—and why your past doesn’t get to decide what you’re capable of next.
    Your brain will present the evidence from your past. Your job is to start creating evidence for your future.
    Ready to find out what’s possible for you?
    If you’re tired of feeling stuck and ready to understand what’s actually keeping you there, I invite you to book a complimentary private 30-minute consultation with me.
    We’ll look at where you are, where you want to go, and what needs to change to get you moving. I’ll also tell you about my six-session private coaching program, designed to help you build emotional resilience, self-trust, confidence and a new relationship with yourself—so fear stops making your decisions and you start creating what’s next.
    Book your complimentary consultation using the link below.
    https://tristaguertincoachingsession.as.me/consult
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    Stop settling for fine

    2026/09/10 | 22 mins.
    What if nothing is terribly wrong with your life… but you still know something needs to change?
    Your job is fine. Your relationship is fine. Your life looks pretty good on paper.
    And yet, underneath it all, there’s that quiet question:
    Is this it?
    In this episode, we’re talking about one of the hardest kinds of stuck — when your life isn’t bad enough to force a change, but deep down, you know you don’t want to keep living exactly like this.
    We’ll talk about why “fine” can keep you stuck for years, how we use gratitude and responsibility to talk ourselves out of what we really want, and why waiting until you’re absolutely certain can quietly cost you more than you realize.
    You’ll also learn why restlessness doesn’t necessarily mean something has gone wrong. It might mean you’ve simply outgrown something.
    If you’ve been telling yourself you should be happy, you should be grateful, or you don’t have a good enough reason to want more, this episode is for you.
    The question I want you to take away:
    Where am I tolerating “fine” because I don’t think I have a good enough reason to want something different?
    You don’t have to blow up your life.
    But you do have to start telling yourself the truth.
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About This Daring Adventure
Your life has changed. Maybe in ways you never expected or wanted. A divorce. A career change. A job loss. Retirement. An empty nest. Or simply one too many years of putting everyone else first. And somewhere along the way, you've lost your confidence, your sense of direction, and maybe even yourself. You keep thinking, I just want to feel like me again. Here's what you need to know: You are not finished. Not even close. I'm Trista Guertin, Master Life Coach, and I help women who feel stuck after life's big changes rebuild their confidence, trust themselves again, and create a life that actually feels like theirs. On This Daring Adventure, we're going to talk about what's really keeping you stuck. The thoughts you believe. The patterns you repeat. The emotions you avoid. And the ways you've learned to doubt yourself and hold back. More importantly, I'm going to teach you how to change all of that. You'll learn practical tools to manage your mind, navigate difficult emotions, stop second-guessing yourself, make decisions, set boundaries, and start moving forward. Because confidence isn't something you either have or you don't. Self-trust can be rebuilt. And your past doesn't get to decide what happens next. You don't need to become the woman you used to be. You get to decide who you want to be now. New episodes every Thursday. Pop in your earbuds, grab your coffee, and let's get to work. This is your life. Let's make it a daring adventure.
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