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In this edition of Monday Morning with Megan, I chat about this quote: "If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change." - Wayne Dyer

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In this episode, Megan wraps up the four-part Pillars of Becoming series with the final - and arguably most important - pillar: course corrections. Because no matter how clear your vision is, how aligned your goals are, or how solid your habits become, life will happen - and you’ll need a way to stay on track when it does.

Using the road-trip metaphor woven throughout the series, Megan explains why detours, closed roads, disappointments, fear, doubt, and chaos are not signs you’re doing it wrong - they’re simply part of the journey. The key isn’t avoiding them, but knowing how to respond so they don’t knock you completely off course.

This episode is about mindset management and practical refocusing - learning how to tell yourself better stories, return to intention after busy seasons, and keep becoming who you’re meant to be even when the road gets messy.

You’ll learn:

• A quick review of the first three pillars of becoming:

  • Vision as the milestone

  • Goals as mile markers

  • Habits as both trajectory and bridge

• Why course corrections are inevitable - and why they don’t mean failure

• How fear and doubt quietly stop progress before it even starts

• Why leaning into possibility is more powerful than waiting for confidence

• How past experiences don’t determine what you’re capable of now

• Why disappointment doesn’t mean you’re on the wrong path - just not there yet

• How to reframe setbacks as protection, refinement, or preparation

• Why it’s okay to pull over, cry, and rest - as long as you get back in the car

• How chaos, busyness, and unexpected life events derail focus (and how to recover)

• When cruise control is helpful - and when it’s time to take the wheel again

• A practical weekly refocusing practice to keep your vision and goals top of mind

• Why mindset work and practical planning must work together

• How all four pillars support each other throughout the entire journey of becoming

Intentional becoming isn’t about staying perfectly on course — it’s about knowing how to return when life pulls you off. Detours don’t disqualify you. They’re just part of the road.

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In this edition of Monday Morning with Megan, I chat about this quote: "The power of habits lies in their ability to free up our energy for meaningful decisions." - Gretchen Rubin

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In this episode, Megan dives into the third pillar of becoming: Habits - the quiet, powerful decisions that shape the trajectory of your life. Building on the road-trip metaphor woven throughout this series, she reframes habits not as heavy, intimidating obligations, but simply as choices you make on repeat. And because choices can be changed, habits can too.

Through personal stories, everyday examples, and her signature bridge analogy, Megan explains why habits are less about discipline and more about identity - how one intentional daily habit becomes the bridge between who you are and who you’re becoming. You’ll hear why we cling to “false benefits,” why emotional and mental habits matter just as much as physical ones, and why your habit percentage shifts the moment you stop living on autopilot. This episode is equal parts clarifying and empowering: your habits aren’t your destiny… unless you keep choosing them.

This is your invitation to build the bridge to your future self - one intentional habit at a time.

You’ll learn:

• Why a habit is simply a decision repeated until it becomes automatic

• How focusing only on your “bad habits” hides the good ones already serving you

• Why habits exist to conserve energy and how they can help or hurt you

• The difference between short-term false benefits and long-term support

• How your habits determine your life’s trajectory (and how to change it)

• Why emotional and mental reactions are also habits and how to interrupt them

• How to shift your thoughts and feelings to change the direction of your day, week, or year

• Megan’s powerful “bridge habit” metaphor for crossing into your future self

• How one intentional daily habit can make all your other habits easier

• Why your percentage of habits changes when you stop living on cruise control

• The three pieces of hard-earned wisdom Megan learned after years of failed habit attempts

• Why your past struggles with habits say nothing about your future capability

• How “rock in the bucket” voting helps you break all-or-nothing thinking

• Megan’s #1 habit rule: do. not. negotiate.

• How to make decisions from your highest self - not your exhausted one

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In this edition of Monday Morning with Megan, I chat about this quote: "If you want to be happy, set a goal that commands your thoughts, liberates your energy, and inspires your hopes." - Andrew Carnegie

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In this episode, Megan breaks down the second pillar of becoming: Goals - the mile markers on your path to who you're becoming. Building off the foundation of vision from Episode 200, she explains how goals help you measure progress, build self-trust, and actually become the person you see in your vision. Using real stories - from road trips with her kids to committing to 200 podcast episodes - Megan reveals why so many women avoid setting goals, why “should goals” fail every time, and how to choose goals you truly want (not goals rooted in guilt, pressure, or comparison).

She dives into the heart of why setting goals feels vulnerable, why falling short erodes our self-trust, and why intentional, desire-driven goals are the key to becoming the woman you’re meant to be. This episode is both a challenge and a warm invitation: if you’re going to spend your life becoming someone, why not become her on purpose?

You’ll learn:

• Why goals are mile markers that help you track your progress toward your bigger vision
• How lack of self-trust—not laziness—is the real reason so many women avoid setting goals
• Why failing at past goals makes new goals feel emotionally risky
• The truth about “should goals” and why they never work
• How to choose desire-driven goals instead of guilt-driven or comparison goals
• Why setting fewer goals leads to more follow-through (and more transformation)
• The power of anchoring your goals into your vision so they actually matter
• How following through—even once—dramatically rebuilds your self-trust
• Why becoming requires intention, effort, and courage… and why it’s absolutely worth it
• How to shift out of cruise control and into Breakthrough Mode at any time

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In this edition of Monday Morning with Megan, I chat about this quote: "Often, it's not about becoming a new person, but becoming the person you were meant to be, and already are, but don't know how to be." - Heath Buckmaster

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In this milestone episode, Megan launches Breakthrough Mode — a rebrand rooted in momentum, intention, and the decision to stop coasting through life. Using the metaphor of shifting a car into sport mode, she reveals what it means to move from passive cruising into active, intentional becoming.

Through personal stories, honest self-reflection, and a powerful breakdown of how default choices shape our lives, Megan introduces the first of her four pillars of becoming: Vision. She explains why most people drift into lives they never chose, how unintentional decisions keep us stuck, and why creating a vision isn’t about perfection — it’s about direction.

This episode is an invitation to wake up to your life, step on the gas, and start becoming who you actually want to be—on purpose.

You’ll learn:

• Why “cruise control living” keeps you busy but not fulfilled
• What shifting into breakthrough mode really looks like in your day-to-day life
• The difference between unintentional default choices and intentional becoming
• Why having a vision matters - and why it doesn’t have to be perfect to work
• The real reason most people avoid creating a vision (and how to overcome it)
• Three practices to discover what you truly want:
  • Admitting your desires honestly
  • Observing your natural pulls, envies, and curiosities
  • Asking yourself clarifying questions that reveal what matters most
• How fear, doubt, and limiting beliefs clutter your inner “house” - and why it’s your job to clear it intentionally
• Why you only need the next two steps, not the whole map
• How becoming is continual - and why intentional becoming changes everything

From Impossible to Inevitable is now Breakthrough Mode. We're shifting out of cruise control and into Breakthrough Mode!

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