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Co-hosts, Emilia Smith and Bianca Thomas are taking state-of-the-art research, experience, and data-backed methodologies to evolve the old version of themselves leveraging their obsessions into Evolve Ventures, a podcast designed to accelerate evolution, excellence, and extraordinary. Evolve Ventures is designed to radically equip you for today’s experiences, and tomorrow’s challenges, shifting you into unlimited potential. Topics will dive into the keys of leadership, elite brain performance, the not-so-scary parts of tech, the tools to navigate mental health, strategies for optimal living, relationships, and of course, personal development without the fluff. You can look forward to deeper stories, insights, and tactical takeaways to leverage and apply in your everyday life. Connect with the Evolve Ventures team on Instagram: @EvolveVentures @EvolvewithEmilia @EvolvewithBianca | Like the Evolve Ventures Facebook Page to connect with the global community: https://tinyurl.com/evolveventures

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August 17, 2026Episode 53126 min

#531 | How Inaccurate Thinking Sabotages Love, Success, and Money

Send us Fan MailYou are not thinking nearly as much as you think you are. In this episode, we unpack how inaccurate thinking quietly sabotages love, success, and money, and why so many of our "decisions" are really impulses absorbed from the people around us. Emilia and Bianca get into metacognition, cognitive appraisal, and the uncomfortable reality that most of us are running on autopilot while telling ourselves a story about how deliberate we are.Bianca shares a client story that shows how an unexamined childhood pattern was still dictating his sleep two decades later, and Emilia walks through her denial framework, FREE for the four types of denial and HEAL for the antidote, because whatever you are denying you actively cannot improve. The conversation lands on humility as the greatest antidote to ignorance, and on the willingness to say "I don't know" as the entry point to better thinking.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #480 | Everything You Need For Real Self Belief, Part Two - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000750453998Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZcConnect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community: Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794 Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnectShow notes: (0:00) Intro (1:30) Why rational thinking beats emotional reasoning (3:07) Nobody blames their own thinking patterns (4:55) Pure impulse, social influence, and the truck example (7:46) Metacognition, shame, and the thought record (8:48) The client who could not let himself sleep (11:21) Living on autopilot and sabotaging what you want (12:07) Do you actually believe what you believe (13:08) Out of the Mud is our free live virtual event on the last Wednesday of every month (13:46) Researching denial and why the brain defends autopilot (15:52) The FREE and HEAL framework for the four types of denial (21:34) Humility as the antidote to ignorance (23:23) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Thursday's episode!)

August 13, 2026Episode 53042 min

#530 | How to NOT Feel Like a Mess While Traveling

Send us Fan MailTravel does not create the mess. It exposes what was never built.In this episode, we unpack why leaving home your base wrecks sleep, goals, and self-trust for so many people, and what to do about it long before you pack a bag. Emilia breaks down a client who feared a bachelorette party would drag her back into old world, the grief of outgrowing a circle that does not share your values, and the We Travel checklists that turn every bad trip into a lesson instead of a loss. Bianca adds why the ability to advocate for yourself at 11 PM in a hotel lobby is built well before the trip starts, and why travel being your only reprieve deserves a much bigger conversation. We also walk a live example of naming your values, attaching standards to them, and rating your own mess level from zero to ten.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #511 | Why Alcohol Is an Easy Helper When You Are Stressed - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000771646317The Growth Journey graphic referenced in this video - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjoFB6l-JBPkW2Pxf8GaYLQbJimvo_Ek/view?usp=drive_linkLearn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZcConnect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community:Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794 Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnectShow notes: (0:00) Intro (2:13) Why vacations end up feeling wasted (4:08) Leaving home base disrupts everything (6:13) The client who feared derailing her goals (9:54) Going back into old world (14:53) Advocating for yourself when the group pushes back (17:12) Failing forward into better travel (19:22) Naming your values before you go (20:54) Mandi shares how Evolve group coaching helped her feel less alone in what she was going through (21:40) Inside the We Travel checklists (27:26) Live example: Wi-Fi, mattress, and a gym (33:28) Giving yourself a pass and regretting it later (38:49) Final takeaways and episode suggestion (40:46) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Monday's episode!)

August 10, 2026Episode 52921 min

#529 | The Truth About Wanting Them to Apologize

Send us Fan MailWaiting for an apology is its own kind of prison, and they hold the key on purpose.In this episode, we unpack what is actually happening inside you when you cling to an apology that may never come. Bianca opens with a client who cannot let himself heal because getting better feels like letting the people who harmed him off the hook. We get into the bulldozer and the house, why an apology can never rebuild what was demolished, and the difference between reconciliation and repair. Emilia breaks down the unconscious expectations we carry into rupture, why naming the impact feels like admitting the harm was okay, and how the nervous system is really reaching for safety, not words. We land on the hard truth: an apology is a nice to have, not a need to have, and your pain was already real without their acknowledgment.The how to apologize guide mentioned in this episode, from Emilia and Alan on The Conscious Couples podcast:https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVsyimNpa2-XBOlWBY52mzp3VsD0ZQLP/view?usp=sharingHere's a related episode that builds on today's conversation:#521 | How to Trust Yourself and Eliminate Self-Doubt - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000776557116Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZcConnect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community:Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page)Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemiliaBianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE:https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnectShow notes:(0:00) Intro (1:29) The truth about wanting them to apologize (2:29) What is happening inside you while you wait (2:46) A client who cannot let himself heal (4:24) The fear that getting better lets them off the hook (5:44) The limiting belief underneath the waiting (6:18) Unconscious expectations we bring into rupture (7:22) Reconciliation versus repair (8:45) Overestimating what other people are capable of (9:27) Emilia invites you to Out of the Mud, our free live virtual event hosted the last Wednesday of every month. (10:25) An apology does not undo the damage (10:48) The bulldozer and the house (11:29) Nice to have, not a need to have (12:17) Why some people cannot apologize (13:04) Why naming the impact is so hard (14:15) Rebuilding is not accepting the harm (16:21) Their apology does not make your pain real (17:05) Bringing the locus of control back inward (18:47) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Thursday's episode!)

August 6, 2026Episode 52837 min

#528 | How Vital the Mother Role REALLY Is

Send us Fan MailStrength is not a personality trait, it is a practice, and children learn it by watching.In this episode, we unpack why the mother role is one of the most vital and least supported roles there is. Emilia and Bianca make the case that you cannot be an empowered mother without first being an empowered woman, and that most women are attempting exactly that inside a culture that quietly resists it. They get into leading by example in the gym, in community, and in the language you use about your own child, and why a mother's presence shapes emotional safety, brain development, and a sense of self long before a child has words for any of it.They also name the cost of getting it wrong: the Ferber method and the cry it out generation, the gap between good enough parenting and exceptional parenting, and the ownership mindset that surfaces when a parent believes they get to decide who their child is. Two client stories anchor the conversation, one single mother who describes motherhood as continuously getting to learn who her daughter is, and one woman who could not reach her own emotions until she had to co-regulate her toddler through a terrifying afternoon. This is not mother bashing. It is a call for women to be supported, for men to back them, and for the cycles to stop here.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #527 | How Important the Father Role REALLY Is - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000779642049Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZcConnect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community:Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page)Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemiliaBianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE:https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnectShow notes:(0:00) Intro (3:05) Empowered mothers start with empowered women (4:53) Why empowered women feel like a threat (5:33) Leading by example in the gym (9:40) What limiting beliefs do to new mothers (10:25) Building a community that leads by example (14:13) This is not mother bashing (16:11) Ownership versus agency in parenting (21:17) Isaac shares what it's like to be part of the Evolve Ventures team and what he loves about it (22:10) Getting to learn who your daughter is (26:22) The mom who stayed regulated when her son went missing (34:31) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Monday's episode!)

August 3, 2026Episode 52745 min

#527 | How Important the Father Role REALLY Is

Send us Fan MailNobody hands boys a blueprint for fatherhood. In this episode, we unpack why the father role is one of the most under examined forces in psychology, and how it quietly sets a child's self-worth, nervous system and sense of what is safe to allow into their life. We look at the patriarchal scripts fathers inherited and passed down, the myth that dad exists to balance out mom's emotion, and why so many men arrive in their thirties having never once pictured themselves as a parent.This is not a man bashing session. It is a call to the dads, the future dads, the uncles and the men who never had a father figure of their own. We break down the words that actually define the role: encouragement, play, leadership, attunement, reliability and safety. We share stories from the therapy room about direct and indirect harm, the gymnastics dad who got it right, and one gamified daily practice that costs nothing and changes the trajectory of a family.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #459 | What Your Family System Role Says About You - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000740185898Bianca mentions this episode early in the conversation:#507 | Breaking Down Patriarchy, Matriarchy, And Our Role Within It - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000769445396Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZcConnect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community:Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page)Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemiliaBianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE:https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnectShow notes:(0:00) Intro (1:49) Why the father role matters now more than ever (6:05) Patriarchal norms fathers inherited and passed down (7:47) How low self-worth traces back to dad (12:04) The myth that dad is there to balance out emotion (15:22) Boys are never taught to imagine fatherhood (19:28) Play matters, but not at the expense of showing up (22:50) Reactive parenting when the damage is already done (26:02) Ego and the fear of failing as a father (26:43) Bianca invites listeners to join Out of the Mud, the free live virtual event hosted the last Wednesday of every month. (27:21) You cannot nurture what you were never taught to feel (29:39) Encouragement, play, leadership, attunement, reliability (34:46) Direct and indirect harm in the father role (37:31) The gymnastics dad and what safety looks like (40:56) One daily tool: name a new emotion (42:56) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Thursday's episode!)

July 30, 2026Episode 52643 min

#526 | How Self-Disciplined Are You, Really?

Send us Fan MailYou can show up every single day for ten years and still be lying to yourself about being disciplined. In this episode, we unpack the story most of us have quietly built into our identity: that consistency in one arena means we have the muscle everywhere. Emilia walks through a conversation with a business owner who had opened his doors seven days a week for a decade and could not get himself to the gym once in three months, and what happened when the difference between self-discipline and survival got named out loud.Bianca recorded this one after calling out sick, which turned into the clearest example we could have asked for. We get into non-negotiables and why you have to choose your arenas before you can expand them, the ping-pong between "I am not disciplined at all" and "I am completely disciplined," the shift from being held accountable by the people around you to doing it when nobody would ever know, and the neuroscience underneath it all. Plus the reframe that changes the whole thing: discipline is not suffering, it is being the butler to your future self. Start where you are.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #458 | How To Connect To Your True Self - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000739645300Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZcConnect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community:Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech(Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemiliaBianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE:https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnectShow notes:(0:00) Intro(1:43) Showing up sick and recording anyway(3:19) Waking up delirious and calling out of work(5:31) Choosing your non-negotiables before you expand(7:36) Streaks, fitness, and keeping your word to yourself(10:17) The client who was certain he was self-disciplined(14:06) Survival, social risk, and the identity story we build(18:16) The brain behind discipline: ACC, striatum, amygdala(20:20) Charlie highlights the invaluable role of the Evolve community support system in her journey toward self-discovery(20:49) Bianca's two competing beliefs about her own discipline(23:29) The 70-30 split and doing it when nobody would know(25:09) The messy middle and unlearning the old narratives(27:33) Intrinsic, extrinsic, and why discipline is not all or nothing(30:13) Discipline is not suffering, and the Out of the Mud challenges(31:50) Be the butler to your future self(34:44) Thank you past Bianca: the back, the tattoos, the money(38:08) Start where you are, small enough to actually do(40:30) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Monday's episode!)

July 27, 2026Episode 52535 min

#525 | Day Trading Costs You More Than You Think

Send us Fan MailNinety seven out of one hundred hand everything in their pockets to the three people in the front row. In this episode, we unpack the real cost of day trading, why so many smart, driven people get pulled into the vortex, what the numbers actually say about who wins and who pays, and how the gambler's fallacy and sunk cost bias contort the brain into doubling down on losses again and again.But this conversation goes far beyond the market. Day trading is just one mask among many: gambling, book buying, doom scrolling, antiquing, Netflix binges. Underneath them all is the same root, a lack of purpose, unspoken shame, and a life spent numbing instead of facing. We share real client stories, the deeper questions to ask yourself, and how to take honest stock of where your time, energy, and money are really going.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #467 | What The Holidays Reveal With Money - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000743786719Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZcConnect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community: Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook (Public Page) - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTechEvolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794 Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia & Bianca from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect?month=2025-07Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:29) Welcome to episode 525: the pattern behind day trading (4:10) The lecture hall: 97 out of 100 empty their pockets (7:20) The client who said the market is rigged (8:56) What it really costs: time, energy and money (11:21) The gambler's fallacy (13:43) Emilia invites you to Out of the Mud, our free live virtual event held on the last Wednesday of every month. (14:38) Cognitive biases and the sunk cost trap (16:11) The skydiving pitch on the beach (23:39) Everyone is selling you something (25:35) What your behavior is really masking (28:16) Shame and the search for purpose (32:52) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Thursday's episode!)

July 23, 2026Episode 52430 min

#524 | Leveraging AI for Peak Productivity and Mental Health

Send us Fan MailThe tool is only as sharp as the question you bring to it.In this episode, we unpack why so many of us burn an hour fighting with our AI and walk away with nothing, and what that back and forth is quietly costing our focus, our critical thinking, and our mental health. Emilia breaks down the adoption curve that has AI outpacing both the personal computer and the internet, and why cognitive overload is showing up at record levels right alongside it. We get tactical with the decision making matrix, the difference between urgent, important, and significant, and two prompts you can drop straight into your chat window: one to select and break down your highest leverage task for a 50 minute block, and one to debrief afterward so your brain actually registers the win. Plus, Bianca on where the boundaries belong so AI stays an asset instead of becoming a crutch that costs you the skills you cannot afford to lose.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation:#462 | How to Set Up Your Workplace for Safety and Success - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000741806906Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZc_________________Connect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community:Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page)Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemiliaBianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia & Bianca from Evolve Ventures for FREE:https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect?month=2025-07Show notes:(0:00) Intro(1:24) Arguing with your AI instead of using it(6:01) User error is the hidden cost of adoption(8:27) Boundaries so AI doesn't become a crutch(9:46) AI is outpacing the internet and the PC(11:29) Cognitive overload and record burnout(14:51) Julie gives a shoutout to Evolve Ventures and Bianca for the transformative coaching she received that made a huge impact in her life(15:42) Personifying your AI instead of treating it as a tool(17:52) The decision making matrix: urgent, important, significant(19:14) Prompt engineering and the 50 minute priority prompt(22:28) The debrief prompt that logs your wins(25:19) Staying humble in the age of AI(28:29) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt as though the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Monday's episode!)

July 20, 2026Episode 52332 min

#523 | The Mental Health Skill Business Owners Understand That Most People Don’t

Send us Fan MailYou can check off seven of ten things on your to-do list and still go to bed feeling like a failure. That is not a productivity problem, it is a self-assignment problem.In this episode, we unpack the mental health skill successful business owners lean on that most people never learn: recognizing your inputs instead of obsessing over what is left undone. Emilia shares the client story that inspired this conversation, Bianca opens up about her evolution from feeling wildly incompetent to running eleven therapy sessions a day, and together they walk you through the systems thinking loop of input, output, measure, and adjust that you can apply to your productivity, your habits, and your mental health. Plus, one simple action step you can take before the end of today to start building self-belief through self-assignment.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation:#499 | The Real Reason People Give Up on Their Dreams, Part 2 - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000763768162Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZc_________________Connect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community:Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.comInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page)Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemiliaBianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia & Bianca from Evolve Ventures for FREE:https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect?month=2025-07Show notes:(0:00) Intro(2:11) The client who couldn't celebrate her wins(4:47) Lost in the minutia of what didn't get done(6:51) Bianca's story: from incompetent to eleven sessions a day(11:09) Upgrading your thinking to handle more(13:00) Self-actualization and high capacity resilience(15:41) Bianca invites you to Out of the Mud, our free live virtual event hosted the last Wednesday of every month.(16:18) Nobody wakes up wanting to be average(19:13) The midnight mile promise(22:58) The systems thinking loop: input, output, measure, adjust(26:56) Your one action step for today(30:34) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt as though the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION.(Stay tuned for this coming Thursday's episode!)

July 16, 2026Episode 52230 min

#522 | Fitness Can Be Scary... Here's Why It's So Important for Mental Health

Send us Fan MailThe scariest part of fitness is never the workout. It's the story in your head before you even start. In this episode, we unpack why fitness feels so intimidating for so many people and why it's one of the most powerful tools for mental health that exists. From Bianca's fitness journey that began in self-hatred, crash diets, and toxic yo-yo cycles before becoming one of the things she's most proud of, to Emilia learning to work with her body instead of against it, this conversation gets honest about the destructive narratives, taboo body relationships, and quiet fears that keep people from ever starting.We also dig into a wake-up call moment at the gym that sparked a deeper conversation about what our bodies reveal about our minds, the vicious cycle of eroding self-trust through maladaptive coping, and why "scary" evolves at every stage of life, from entry-point fear to injury fear to losing muscle mass in your 50s and 60s. Whether your version of fitness is strength training, yoga, hiking, or silent disco, you hold the pen of what fitness means for you, and your mental health will thank you for writing that story.Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #474 | Why Poor Decisions Get All the Hype - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000747149581Learn more about:🤝 Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration📆 Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/📽️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7🌱 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZcConnect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community:Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1Connect with Emilia & Bianca from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect?month=2025-07Show notes: (0:00) Intro (2:28) How fitness brought Emilia and Bianca together (4:07) Starting fitness from self-hatred, not self-love (6:38) Your body is your most important asset (8:12) Why our relationship with our bodies feels taboo (10:11) A wake-up call at the gym (13:01) Bree reflects on her incredible journey as a member of the Evolve Ventures team (13:34) Breaking the vicious cycle of self-hatred and fitness (15:49) Learning to work with your body, not against it (17:46) Fitness touches every area of your life (21:36) What "scary" looks like at every stage (24:36) You hold the pen of your fitness story (28:32) Outro***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION. (Stay tuned for this coming Monday's episode!)