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Choose Better Thoughts:
How to Make Your
Complex Life Feel Easy

 

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Choose Better Thoughts:
How to Make Your
Complex Life Feel Easy

 

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YOU'VE BUILT A GREAT LIFE ON PAPER, SO WHY DOES IT STILL FEEL SO OVERWHELMING?

If you’re tired of second-guessing yourself, feeling stretched too thin, and wondering why balance feels impossible, you’re not alone.

Here's My Latest Episode!

Episode #22: “Escaping the Trap You Didn’t Know You Built”

When you were deep in people-pleasing and perfectionism, the urge was to control. You controlled your tone, your timing, your calendar, your image. You got good at managing how others experienced you. And for a while, it worked. But once you stop performing and start telling the truth, a new urge can show up, the urge to escape. Not because your life is falling apart, but because it was built around a version of you who no longer exists.

This episode is about what happens after the unlearning. When you’re no longer shape-shifting to stay safe, but you still feel trapped inside the choices you made from that old version of you. It’s the part no one talks about: when freedom doesn’t feel freeing yet. We’ll talk about how to recognize the trap, how to understand the urge to escape, and how to stay with yourself long enough to let something new emerge. Not through fixing or burning it all down, but through honesty, presence, and slow return.

 

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Here's the Latest Episode

Episode #22: “Escaping the Trap You Didn’t Know You Built”

When you were deep in people-pleasing and perfectionism, the urge was to control. You controlled your tone, your timing, your calendar, your image. You got good at managing how others experienced you. And for a while, it worked. But once you stop performing and start telling the truth, a new urge can show up, the urge to escape. Not because your life is falling apart, but because it was built around a version of you who no longer exists.

This episode is about what happens after the unlearning. When you’re no longer shape-shifting to stay safe, but you still feel trapped inside the choices you made from that old version of you. It’s the part no one talks about: when freedom doesn’t feel freeing yet. We’ll talk about how to recognize the trap, how to understand the urge to escape, and how to stay with yourself long enough to let something new emerge. Not through fixing or burning it all down, but through honesty, presence, and slow return.

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Each episode blends brain science, real-life coaching, and practical mindset shifts to help you:

 

Make confident decisions without overthinking or regret

Set boundaries without guilt or fear of letting people down

Trust yourself so you stop questioning every choice

Find balance without constantly feeling like you're behind

 

Because when you change the way you think, everything else follows EFFORTLESSLY.

 

LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE PLATFORM

Each episode blends brain science, real-life coaching, and practical mindset shifts to help you:

 

Make confident decisions without overthinking or regret

Set boundaries without guilt or fear of letting people down

Trust yourself so you stop questioning every choice

Find balance without constantly feeling like you're behind

 

Because when you change the way you think, everything else follows EFFORTLESSLY.

 

LISTEN ON YOUR FAVORITE PLATFORM

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Choose Better Thoughts Podcast with Amanda Doyle

"ESCAPING THE TRAP YOU DIDN'T KNOW YOU BUILT"

In this episode, we explore the urge to escape after unlearning people-pleasing—when you're no longer performing, but still feel trapped in choices made by an old version of you. 

Choose Better Thoughts Podcast with Amanda Doyle

"YOUR BRAIN IS A PUPPY: GIVE IT A CHEW TOY"

In this episode, I share what’s really going on when we feel restless in the quiet, and why your brain instinctively reaches for drama, perfectionism, or dopamine.

Choose Better Thoughts Podcast with Amanda Doyle

"WHEN "I SHOULD" STOPS WORKING"

In this episode, I'm sharing a simple mindset shift, one that helped me go from “I should” to “what if I already was,” and how it completely changed the way I relate to my goals. 

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