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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