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The Renew Your Mind Podcast
The Renew Your Mind Podcast, hosted by Master Certified Life Coach Diana Swillinger, teaches practical skills to help you think differently, manage your emotions, and change how you show up in your life and relationships. Learn how your thoughts influence what you feel and do, how to find thoughts that are both believable and true, and how to take responsibility for what's within your control. Grounded in practical coaching tools and Christian principles, this podcast will help you build…
Episodes
The Renew Your Mind PodcastCalming Anxiety
Anxiety happens for many reasons. One reason is a misuse of your imagination! Learn the difference between normal anxiety and neurotic anxiety and how to take…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastJust The Facts
Our brains are very good at filling in the gaps and making up stories. This can create issues in our relationships and a slew of negative emotion. Instead, we…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastThoughts To Renew Your Mind
Renewing the mind is about questionting our thoughts and being willing to think differently. In this recap of quotes from RYM Boot Camp, find new ways of…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastWhy We Don't Do What Is Good For Us
There are things we want to do with our lives, be healthy, grow a business, raise good kids, take care of ourselves. We know what to do, and yet we struggle to…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastBe Your Best Coach
You can coach yourself to feeling better! Ask yourself: Is my thought true? What else is true? What are the facts? When you manage your thoughts, you can…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastRenew Your Mind Boot Camp Edition
Listening to a podcast doesn't help us at all unless we know how to apply what we learn to our lives. That is easy to do at Renew Your Mind Boot Camp. Hear…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastWhen You're Not Invited
It happens to the best of us. Something cool, something we really want to be a part of is happening, and we don't get invited. You can make it mean painful…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastDiscouraged About Chronic Health Issues & Having to Cook Makes Me Angry
Rianon asks listener questions about how to manage discouragement with chronic health flare ups and how to feel good about cooking when you dislike it and it…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastLoving The Mess
Loving the mess is learning to embrace all of life and learning to do it well, know what you can control, realize not all thoughts are true; embrace choices…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastFeeling Lonely
Every person struggles with feeling lonely at some time in their life. Many other people are teaching how we can connect with others to fill the void, but that…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastLoving Your Body
It's easy to dislike things about our body, but it doesn't serve us and it doesn't help us take care of our body that is our home! Learn a new way to think…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastMarriage Challenges & Feeling Again After Emotional Abuse
Listener questions with cohost Rianon: What do I do when my husband seems angry, but he says everything is fine? And… How do I feel again and be vulnerable…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastLoving Yourself
Revisiting a Top Five most downloaded episode "How To Love Yourself," we look at why it is so hard to love ourselves and we are supposed to love ourselves…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastWhat Motivates You
Why do we do or not do anything at all? What motivates us? It's our emotions. We are motivated to do or not do things because of how we think we will feel in…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastBeing Content Today & Feeling Guilty About Self-Care
Rianon asks listener questions: How can I feel content balancing spending time with kids and getting other responsibilities done? And… I feel emotionally…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastDon't Change a Thing
"If only they would act different, if only I had more of that, if only it was a little different, then I would be content with my life." We all do it. We all…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastYou Have Choices
Your situation does not have you stuck. You are not a victim of circumstance. You have choices. You just might be blocking yourself from seeing those choices…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastOvercoming Procrastination
Procrastinate much? Procrastinate a little? Whichever it is for you, learn how to think differently so that you stop procrastinating on things you want to get…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastToxic Family Members & Self-Diminishing
Rianon asks listener questions: How do you deal with toxic family members without letting them destroy your peace? And… How do I stop self-diminishing when…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastGive Yourself Grace
Gift #4 to yourself and the final in the series is grace. God modeled the giving of grace to each and every one of us and instead we choose to beat ourselves…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastGive Yourself Appreciation
We don't need to wait for other people to appreciate us! We can do it for ourselves anytime and get the benefits of feeling appreciated. Don't think there is…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastGive Yourself Space
Give yourself some space! Physical space for just you. Relational space when you need some breathing room in a relationship. And emotional, mental, and…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastGive Yourself Permission
'Tis the giving season! What are you giving to YOU? One thing you can give to yourself is permission. When you give yourself permission, you open up…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastFamily Stress, Winter Sadness, & Habits
Rianon asks listener questions: When family situations are stressful, how can I reduce my anxiety? How can I manage the emotional darkness that winter brings?…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastRetrain Your Brain With Scripture
You read scripture, you hear it, you know some of it pretty well, but are you purposedly using it to think better, to feel the emotions God promises (peace…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastStop Saying I'll Try
Here is another thought hack! Stop saying "I'll Try." Trying is not doing. Trying leaves room to fail, not do it, or find a way to stop. If there is something…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastIs Shame Necessary?
Rianon asks questions about shame in response to recent episodes about shame on this podcast. Is shame necessary? Why does shame feel necessary? What's the…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastUnhealthy Relationships, Choosing Emotions, & More
Rianon brings more listener questions. How do I stay healthy in an unhealthy relationship? How do I create more contentment in my life? And more! If you would…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastNumbing Emotions with Alcohol
Diana reads a blog post from a few years ago called, The Day I Broke Up With Vodka. It reveals how we try to stuff and numb emotional pain, and when we do that…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastHow To Feel More Joy
God promises us joy in any situation, and yet it seems so illusive sometimes! In this episode, we get clear on what joy is and how to learn practices to start…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastShame & Vulnerability
At the core of every person, shame and our fear of vulnerability are the greatest enemies of connection and joy. In this episode, Diana shares insights from…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastTrying To Think Positive
Everyone says to you, "Think positive!" or some version of that. And yet… it just doesn't seem to help. There is a reason for that! Thinking positive doesn't…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastManaging High Pressure Situations & Setting Your Mind Above
Rianon brings Diana more listener questions! What do we do in the moment of a high pressure situation? What does it mean to set our minds above? How do we do…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastA Mind Shift Story
What does it look like when a coaching client becomes a master at using mind shifting tools to renew her mind? What is it like when emotions are no longer…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastShame
Lots of people think as Christians we should feel shame. When we sin, we should feel shame. Really? Is that helpful? In this episode we take debunk some…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastHow a Life Coach Stays Mentally Healthy
How does a life coach stay mentally healthy, confident, and even-tempered? That's what Diana's client wanted to know. The answer? Tools, nutrients…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastCounseling V. Coaching, Faith During Hard Times, Rollercoaster Emotions
Rianon is back and bringing questions from the RYM Community like: What's the difference between counseling and coaching? - How do I keep my faith strong when…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastPsychology, Mind Shifts, and Mind Renewal
Feel better, live better, create the life you want with the Mind Shift Tool. In this episode Diana explores two theories in psychology that changed her life…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastThe Negative Voice In Your Head
Everyone has that pesky voice in their head that pops up to say, "you're no good." It's that negative voice in your head! But that voice is just offering words…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastI Can Figure This Out
If you think you can figure this out, you will. If you think you can't do it, you won't. Choose your thoughts to change your reality! Find this link to join…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastAm I Enough, Others Needs Before My Own, & More
Diana is interviewed by her client, Rianon Jaeger, and asked questions like, "how do we know if we are good enough?" and "aren't Christians supposed to place…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastTake Care of Your Brain
Do you take care of your brain? In this episode, Diana gives you three easy things you can do to make sure that your brain's physical needs are taken care of…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastStaying Out of Family Drama
We all have it and most of us prefer to stay out of it. What is it? Family drama. As usual, the question is, "but how?" In this episode, we'll explore some…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastWhat's Your Dream?
There is a dream inside each one of us, but too often we hesitate because of fear or doubt or outside influences. None of those is a good reason to not go for…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastGood Thought Bad Thought
Let's play a game! Learn how to determine if a thought is a good thought or a bad thought with this creative way of paying attention to its effect on you! Not…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastWorry, The List, Marriage, Drama from Listener Questions
Diana answers questions about worry, life altering things that happen, the list for your husband and how it affects you, and more mind renewal things! Join The…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastFiguring Out God's Will
We all agonize over next steps and choices because we really want to honor God and be in His will! But most of us are complicating it and creating unnecessary…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastHow To Guide Your Teen
Diana talks with Teen Life Coach and friend, Joey Mascio. Joey is a teacher of teens and an expert in how to help them get unstuck and on the path to success……
The Renew Your Mind PodcastHow To Do Amazing Things
The first step in how to do amazing things is to stop worrying about the how. How does that work? Take a listen and learn three things you need to do if you…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastPreferences
We get to have preferences. They are one of the ways that we express who we are. We don't need to deny them to appease others or to try to make things easier…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastHopes and Dreams with Lauren Apple
Diana talks with Lauren Apple about putting time and effort toward family life AND toward keeping our dreams and hopes alive. You don't have to let your dream…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastHow To Respond
What others do is not in our control but how we respond is. We've heard this, we know this… but how do we actually get control over how we respond?? Listen to…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastSneaky Sabotaging Thoughts & More
In this episode, listen in on Diana's candid conversation with her friend Angel Cellucci as they talk about sabotaging thoughts, processing emotions and so…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastMind Renewal Thoughts
After five days of Diana teaching coaching tools at Renew Your Mind Boot Camp, an attendee captured inspiring and empowering quotes from throughout the week…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastWhy Worry
We all worry, yet most of us wish we didn't. Find out why we worry, what's happening in the brain, and strategies to redirect your brain so you can worry less…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastI Am Enough
Everyone wonders if they are enough at different times in their lives. This is normal. But when we continue to believe it is true that we aren't enough, that…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastEmotions – The Missing Piece
When we want to improve our lives we tend to choose to think differently and act differently. If that's not working for you, it is likely because you forgot…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastLetting Go of The List
When we have a list of expectations of others, usually it just makes us feel resentful. If we want to drop the resentment, we're going to have to let go of the…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastStop The Fearful Thought Spin
The fear that something bad has happened, we all get it. We have one piece of evidence that something is out of the ordinary and soon we are down the rabbit…
The Renew Your Mind PodcastPeople Are Human
It's easy to get frustrated at people when we are more concerned with how they fit into our script for life instead of seeing them for the humans they are…