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Shameless Leadership

228: Kate Swoboda The Courage Habit

Shameless Leadership

Sara Dean

Self-improvement, How To, Business, Management, Education

4.7 • 800 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2018

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Kate Swoboda (aka Kate Courageous) is a Shameless Mom to her three and a half year old daughter, the Director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification and creator of YourCourageousLife.com, where she teaches people how to change old patterns of self-doubt and create courageous habits (and courageous lives) using the neuropsychology of habit-formation. She helps individuals who feel stuck start connecting to their most courageous selves, and she helps companies to create more innovative office cultures where teams at every level feel valued for their contribution to the whole. Kate was deemed one of the top 50 bloggers in health, fitness, and happiness by Greatist. She has contributed to Entrepreneur, USA Today, Forbes, Lifetime Moms, The Intelligent Optimist, MindBodyGreen, Business Insider, and more. Kate works with companies, teams, and individuals around the topic of courage as it relates to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money mindset, wellness, increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal-setting using habit-formation techniques. Her first book, The Courage Habit: How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past, and Live Your Courageous Life (New Harbinger Publications) has just come out and you’ll definitely want to order it after hearing this interview. Kate and I dug into a lot of great topics here, but I think I was most delighted by one her response to my final question, “What makes you a Shameless Mom?” Make sure you pay special attention to that! Listen in to hear Kate share: How to get out of fear-based patterns and habits How to incorporate courage based habits Her thoughts around perfectionism, pessimism, martydom, self-sabotage 4 essential behaviors that cultivate courage and emotional resilience Why fear thrives in isolation and how to find your community How to get around the fear of shining too brightly in your life Links Mentioned: Kate on Facebook Kate on Instagram Kate on Twitter  Kate on Pinterest Program: The Courageous Living Program Certification: The Courageous Living Coach Certification Program: The Coaching Blueprint digital marketing program Book: The Courage Habit Free resources for listeners/viewers: Your Courageous Life Thank you to our sponsors: Songfinch: Create a personalized song for a special person or occasion using the Songfinch platform of over 300 professional musicians. To get 10% off your Personalized Song From Scratch, go to Songfinch and use the code SHAMELESS at checkout. Efy Tal: For beautiful jewelry, you will never want to take off, go to Efy Tal and use the code SHAMELESS at checkout to save 25% of your entire order. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

This is the Shameless Mom Academy episode 228 with Kate Swaboda.

0:05.0

Show notes for this episode, including all links mentioned and access to any discounts provided by our sponsors, can be found by going to shamelessmom.com and clicking on episode 228.

0:18.9

Welcome to the Shameless Mom Academy. I'm your host, Sarah Dean, and I'm here to give you and other passionate, dedicated moms the tools you need to bridge the gap between motherhood and living the life of your dreams.

0:30.1

I'm also here to help you be a little more shameless every day, because if you aren't building a life, you're extraordinarily proud of. What kind of legacy are you building?

0:38.8

So let's dive in.

0:41.7

Kate Swaboda, aka Kate Courageous, is a shameless mom to her three and a half year old daughter,

0:47.3

as well as the director of the Courageous Living Coach Certification,

0:51.1

and the creator of Your Courageous Life.com,

0:54.0

where she teaches people how to change

0:55.6

old patterns of self-doubt and create courageous habits and courageous lives using the

1:01.6

neuropsychology of habit formation. She helps individuals who feel stuck start connecting to their

1:07.2

most courageous selves, and she helps companies to create more innovative

1:10.8

office cultures where teams at every level feel valued for their contributions to the whole.

1:16.7

Kate was deemed one of the top 50 bloggers in health, fitness, and happiness by greatest.

1:21.7

She's contributed to entrepreneur USA Today, Forbes, Lifetime Moms, The Intelligent Optimist, Mind Body Green, Business Insider,

1:29.3

and more. Kate works with teams, individuals, and companies around the topic of courage as it relates

1:34.6

to personal development, releasing overwhelm, business and marketing, money, mindset, wellness,

1:40.3

increasing emotional resilience, and healthy goal setting using habit formation techniques.

1:45.6

Her first book, The Courage Habit, How to Accept Your Fears, Release the Past and Live Your Courageous

1:51.1

Life, has just come out and you'll definitely want to order it after hearing this interview.

1:56.1

Kate and I dug into a lot of topics here, but I think you'll be most delighted by her response

2:00.6

to my final question,

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