Episode 69: Investing in Your Future Self with Kathy Washburn

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If you were a stock today, would you buy shares of yourself? Kathy closes out the first quarter of 2026 with a practical, powerful reset that moves you from self-awareness toward self-advocacy. You will walk through a clear list of daily investments that raise the value of your life over time, from walking and sleep to values and negative self-talk. This episode is a gentle but direct invitation to stop building everyone else’s life and start investing in the person you are becoming.

In this episode, Kathy discusses:

  • investing in your future self

  • self-awareness to self-advocacy

  • values discovery and identity change

  • emotional suppression and the body keeps score

  • negative self-talk and self-compassion

  • habit change from the inside out

  • daily walking for mental health

  • sleep and grief healing

Timestamps:

  • 00:00:48 — Self-awareness to self-advocacy theme

  • 00:01:12 — Would you buy shares of yourself

  • 00:01:55 — Buenos Aires leap and the Unsettled program

  • 00:03:07 — Tracing choices backward

  • 00:04:50 — When life feels muted

  • 00:05:23 — Self-neglect and the body keeping score

  • 00:06:18 — Brad’s stock question

  • 00:07:28 — Emotions as energy in motion

  • 00:08:42 — Inside out change

  • 00:09:19 — Personal investments list

  • 00:09:54 — Walk every day

  • 00:11:05 — Wander and wonder

  • 00:12:09 — Know your values

  • 00:13:05 — Hydrate like you mean it

  • 00:13:50 — Learn to sleep

  • 00:14:46 — Clear what doesn’t belong

  • 00:16:48 — Change negative self-talk

  • 00:17:48 — Learn your strengths

  • 00:18:28 — Reflect daily

  • 00:19:20 — One investment for this week

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