Your brain does not distinguish very well between visualization and reality. You've probably heard that, right?

And so sometimes overplanning can create this kind of, I don't want to say dopamine boost because that is a really overused, inaccurate term, but it creates a sense of reward that can temporarily relieve the feeling of stress that you're

experiencing but doesn't actually create long-term change.

I'm Amy and I'm Abby and as women, we are constantly comparing ourselves to others.

But your life isn't supposed to look like hers.

Being your best self means standing firm in your decisions and always being willing to grow with a purpose.

We get vulnerable and real with an honest look into the challenges and triumphs we all face.

Every woman listening gets the opportunity

to choose what life looks like for herself. Amy and I are so excited to have our friend

Karen Norton on the podcast. She is a PhD in behavior change expert. You guys, our minds were blown

throughout this episode. We knew we were so excited to have her on as soon as we met her.

And then her Instagram content, her emails, she just has so much information for moms on how

to make the changes that we want to make, but actually follow through with them.

And I'm telling you guys, it's a lot easier than what

we've been doing. I know for me and myself, I have been strong arming so many of these

decisions and changes. And she really goes about it in a much more gentle way and a much more

small way that we can actually do the things that we want to be doing. So we are so excited to

have her on. We cannot wait to hear what you think. Here's our

interview with Karen. You are a behavior change expert. So we wanted to start with what does that

mean? What do you do for women? And how did you get started down this career path? Yeah. So I have a

couple of degrees. I have a bachelor's degree in psychology. I have a

master's degree in interpersonal communication, so focused on connecting, sort of one to one to

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