#672: Wanting More and Mastering Contentment (At the Same Time)

The Confidence Podcast: Mindset Coaching and Tips to Overcome Self-Limiting Beliefs, Self-Doubt, Perfectionism, Overthinking, Impostor Syndrome and Insecurity

Trish Blackwell | Life Coach, Confidence Coach, Mindset Coach

Impostorsyndrome, Education, Positivepsychology, Christianity, Confidencecoach, Christianlifecoach, Religion & Spirituality, Christianmentalhealth, Self-improvement, Eatingdisorders, Confidence, Accountabilitycoaching, Bodyimage

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🗓️ 7 October 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

How do you stay deeply grateful for what you have while also chasing big, impossible goals?

In this episode of The Confidence Podcast, Trish explores how to hold both contentment and ambition in balance. You’ll learn how gratitude keeps you grounded, why an abundance mindset eliminates comparison and jealousy, and how to use other people’s success as inspiration instead of intimidation. Expect practical tools, journaling prompts, and encouragement to help you pursue excellence, think bigger, and still rest in the truth that what you already have is enough.

You’ll hear about:

Why gratitude is the key to contentment.
How to want more without losing joy in the present.
The difference between scarcity and abundance thinking.
Ways to stay in your lane and use others’ success as possibility fuel.
Simple practices to master both ambition and gratitude every day.

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0:00.0	Have you ever felt guilty for wanting more? Like, you know you should be grateful for what you have. But deep down, you're still a little restless for that next level, the bigger dream, the impossible goal. And then you feel like, ah, like I'm not grateful and I should be grateful, but I also crave and want more.
0:18.7	Hey, so you're not alone. And that's exactly what we're
0:22.3	covering on this episode. We're unpacking one of life's greatest paradoxes. How to master contentments
0:30.8	without losing ambition. So if you've ever wondered how to stop feeling so torn between being content and wanting more,
0:39.5	how to love where you are, but also be so hungry for that next level that you do what it takes to get to the next level.
0:46.4	Get ready because that is all getting covered in this week's episode of the Confidence Podcast.
0:50.9	You're listening to the Confidence Podcast, your go-to space for high-performance
0:56.1	coaching designed for ambitious high achievers who want more out of life. You deserve confidence
1:02.6	that rises to meet your dreams. This is the podcast that will help you activate it fully.
1:08.1	I'm your host, Trish Blackwell. Let's dive in. Welcome to episode 672 of the
1:14.6	Confidence Podcast. I'm your host, Trish Blackwell, been coaching and studying confidence for over
1:21.3	13 years. I should really do the math. It might be 13. It might be 14. It might be 15. It's in that
1:27.3	range. I'm obsessed with helping you have the math. It might be 13. It might be 14. It might be 15. It's in that range. I'm obsessed
1:29.1	with helping you have the tools to be well equipped to be the best version of yourself, which is the
1:34.8	most confident version of yourself. The world does not need watered down, like hesitant versions
1:41.2	of ourselves. And I want you to know everyone has insecurity. And this is something
1:47.2	that I think people always are surprised to find out even those who seem the most confident,
1:52.5	the greatest athletes, the best leaders, all are human. You guys, part of being human is learning
1:59.5	how to wrestle with and then master and overcome your own
2:03.2	inner dialogue of self-doubt and insecurity and comparison.
2:07.5	And that's why this show is a resource for you.
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