Interrupt & Disrupt Your Rut

In today’s episode, Kimberly is sharing tools and resources to help you pull yourself out of feeling stuck or in a rut. First, she helps you identify when you’re in a rut and then unpacks the 6 areas of your life that could be playing into your negative emotions. Through her technique of “interrupt and disrupt,” KKL shares actionable tips to get you motivated, excited, and feeling fulfilled. Grab a pen, paper, and get ready to take some notes!

Today on Do I Dare?

• How to identify when you’re in a rut

• Why you want to strive for fulfillment vs. happiness

• How to reframe your mindset & disrupt routines

• Examples of how KKL has pulled herself out of ruts

• Simple ideas for getting out of a health rut

• Ways to connect with friends & strengthen relationships

• Resources for learning something new 

Top 3 relevant quotes:

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2. Interrupt the way your brain is approaching your life’s patterns and disrupt the way you actually act out your life in your routines.

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3. If you can figure out how to activate that reward center of your brain just enough to connect a few neural pathways, your rut will dissolve, and a clearer, more meaningful path can appear.

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4. When a rut is co-owned, work together to find a way out. The burden doesn’t have to be placed on one partner, but it might take one partner to make the rut obvious to the other.

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5. Switch up the way you approach the things that matter to you. 

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Resources:

• Dave Ramsey – Finance 

• Envelope Challenge 

• The Hill We Climb by Amanda Gorman – Poet Laurette, Biden Inauguration  

• Masterclass

• Triathlon

• Virtual Fitness Challenges

• Team Phoenix – Cancer survivors turned Triathletes 

• Peloton – App 2 months free

• Meal Kit Delivery lists

Book Recommendations:

• Disrupt Yourself – Whitney Johnson 

• Paradise Lost by John Milton

• The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor 

• Year of Yes by Shonda Rimes

• Disrupt Yourself by Whitney Johnson 

• Option B by Sheryl Sandberg and Adam Grant

• 10% Happier by Dan Harris 

• Dream Year by Ben Arment

If you think you might be depressed (more than stuck in a rut), please get help from a qualified professional. Here are a few resources to get you started:

• Talk Space

• Betterhelp

• National Suicide Prevention Hotline 800-273-8255

This show is produced by Soulfire Productions