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This Daring Adventure

This Daring Adventure

Trista Guertin 212 Episodes Jun 25, 2026

This podcast is for anyone feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or lost in life. Host Trista Guertin, a master certified life coach, provides practical tools and concepts to help listeners uplevel their lives in areas like relationships, career, mindset, and money. The show aims to guide you from living by default to living by design, turning your life into a daring adventure. New episodes are released every other Thursday.

Episodes

Endings Jun 25, 2026 14:35 Many of us build our identity around a role—a job, a relationship, parenting, caregiving, or a title we've held for years.But what happens when that role ends?In this episode, I share a message from an 81-year-old listener who was unexpectedly forced into retirement after working her entire life. What she is experiencing isn't really a retirement problem. It's an identity transition.We'll explore
Audacity Jun 11, 2026 14:31 What if audacity isn't arrogance?What if it's self-trust?In this episode of This Daring Adventure, we're reclaiming a word that women have been taught to fear. So many of us have spent years waiting—for the right time, more confidence, more certainty, or someone else's permission.But what if the life you want is waiting for you to decide?We'll explore why midlife women often abandon their own desi
Choosing Yourself May 21, 2026 14:23 How many years have you spent quietly putting yourself on hold?Waiting for confidence. Waiting for certainty. Waiting for the “right” time. Waiting for someone—or something—to finally choose you.In this episode of This Daring Adventure, I’m talking about one of the sneakiest ways women stay stuck: waiting to be chosen instead of choosing themselves.We explore why so many women postpone their dream
What's actually keeping you stuck May 7, 2026 11:35 You’re not stuck. You’re practiced.If you’ve been feeling like nothing is changing… like you keep starting and stopping… like you should be further along by now—this episode will shift how you see everything.Because the problem isn’t your motivation, discipline, or ability.The problem is the emotional pattern you’ve been rehearsing on repeat.In this episode, I break down why you feel stuck (in a w
Be Delusional Apr 30, 2026 14:32 Everyone told you to be realistic.I'm telling you that's exactly what's been holding you back.In this episode, we're talking about the one thing every person who has ever built something extraordinary had in common — they believed before the evidence arrived. They committed before the outcome was guaranteed. They were, by every conventional measure, a little bit delusional.And it worked.This is th
Your Brain is Lying to You Apr 23, 2026 14:27 You wake up and it hits you before your eyes are even open. That low hum of wrongness. Nothing specific — just everything, all at once.That feeling has a name. And more importantly, it has a cause.In this episode, I share the story of my client Sarah — a woman who had every reason to feel good about her life and couldn't. Not because something was wrong with her. Because something was wrong with h
How we argue for our limitations Apr 16, 2026 15:18 One of the most subtle ways we keep ourselves stuck is by arguing for our limitations.We present evidence.We explain the history.We list all the reasons something won’t work.And we do it so convincingly that it starts to feel like fact.In this episode, I break down a powerful coaching moment with a client who kept insisting she didn’t know how, wasn’t confident enough, and had never been able to d
Do the thing Apr 9, 2026 09:32 Today I share a short episode after feeling weighed down by the news, especially events in Lebanon where I worked for eight years as I worry about former colleagues, the country, and the stray animals and pets left behind.I reflect on an email from writer Sahil Bloom about a newspaper story in which a florist handed out coffee to people waiting outside a funeral home on a cold night, a gesture tha
How to stop quitting on yourself Apr 2, 2026 15:23 Most people think quitting happens in one big moment.It doesn’t.It happens quietly through little quits.These are the tiny decisions we make every day to choose momentary comfort over long-term goals.Skipping the workout. Delaying the project. Avoiding the uncomfortable conversation.Each one seems harmless… but over time they add up.In this episode, I explain:• The difference between big quits and
There is nothing wrong with you Mar 26, 2026 17:45 Have you ever looked at your life and thought — I know better, so why doesn't it stick? Why can't I just... change?If you keep bumping into the same thought patterns — the self-doubt, the second-guessing, the shrinking — this episode is going to reframe everything. The problem isn't you. It's the method. And once you understand the difference between managing your mind day to day and actually rewi
Start taking action Mar 19, 2026 24:42 You don’t have an action problem.You have a thinking problem.If you’ve been stuck in overthinking, waiting for motivation, or telling yourself you’ll “start next week”… this episode will show you exactly why—and what to do instead.Because the truth is:👉 You’re not stuck because you don’t know what to do. 👉 You’re stuck because of how you feel about doing it.And until you understand that… nothing c
The Real Reason You Want More Mar 12, 2026 20:28 Many women reach midlife and feel a quiet restlessness they can’t quite explain.Their life may look good on paper.They’ve built a career.Raised children.Supported partners and families.Done all the things they were “supposed” to do.But something inside them keeps whispering:There has to be more.In the final episode of the Reinvention Series, we explore a powerful question that most women never sto

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