Episode 49: The Power of Shifting Your Focus: Why Small Adjustments Lead to Big Growth

🎙️ The Power of Shifting Your Focus: Why Small Adjustments Lead to Big Growth

📌 Episode Summary: In this episode of Running to Myself, Trisha Stanton shares how a small shift in focus during a gym workout led to a powerful mindset revelation. Whether you're lifting weights or navigating a challenging season of life, where you place your mental attention matters. Trisha explores how we often stay stuck, not because of what’s happening around us, but because of the stories we keep believing. She unpacks how small mental shifts like focusing on the process instead of the outcome or noticing the stories in your head can create big, lasting change. With personal stories, coaching insights, and practical tools, this episode will help you recognize when it’s time to shift your focus and how to do it with intention.

🔑 Key Takeaways:

1. Why even small focus shifts can lead to big changes in how we show up


2. 3 signs it’s time to reevaluate where your attention is going


3. The difference between focusing on the outcome vs. the process


4. How to interrupt negative thought patterns that keep you stuck


5. Why getting outside perspective, through coaching or conversation, can be the clarity you need

🛠️ Tools You’ll Learn:

Zoom in on the process: Break big goals down into smaller, manageable focus points.

Notice the story you're telling yourself: Replace old, unhelpful thoughts with more supportive ones.

Ask for perspective: Sometimes we can't see what's keeping us stuck until someone else holds up a mirror.

💬 Reflection Prompt: What area of your life feels heavy right now and could that heaviness shift if your focus did?