47. Silence Your Noise with Kristy Kuhl

What if the biggest obstacle standing between you and your dreams isn’t external—but the noise in your own head?

High-performance coach Kristy Kuhl reveals how she went from a six-figure corporate job to unapologetically designing her life, and the exact systems she uses to help others silence self-sabotage.

Discover why "simple doesn’t mean easy"—and how to finally take action on what matters (without waiting for motivation).

Key Takeaways:

1. Your biggest enemy isn’t failure—it’s the committee in your head. Childhood conditioning wires us to seek approval, and quieting those voices comes before crushing goals.
2. Every “yes” to others is a “no” to your future self. Kristy breaks down her battery metaphor—why draining energy on non-essentials leaves you too exhausted to build the life you want.
3. Regret speaks louder than fear. After interviewing a death doula, Kristy shares the shocking #1 deathbed remorse that now fuels her boldest decisions.
4. Five minutes is all you need to prove you’re unstoppable. Her counterintuitive method for leveraging chaotic moments (like school drop-off lines) to build unstoppable momentum.
5. Successful people don’t have better goals—they have better alarms. Why her “speaker scorecard” system (with sticky notes and music triggers) outperforms vision boards every time.

Timestamps:

00:00 - The Noise Holding You Back (And How to Spot It)

06:15 - "I Changed Who I Was at Age 8" (Kristy’s People-Pleaking Origin Story)

12:40 - Corporate Success ≠ Fulfillment: Why She Walked Away

18:30 - The Deathbed Regret That Will Make You Rethink Everything

25:45 - How to Outsmart Your Brain’s "Not Good Enough" Script

31:20 - High-Performance Hack: Taking Action in Peak Energy States

38:00 - The 3-Word Question That Unlocks Your Next Chapter

42:10 - Kristy’s "Chicken List" Strategy for Bold Moves

47:50 - Why You Need Fewer Goals and Better Systems

Connect with Kristy Kuhl:

Website: https://kristykuhl.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristy-kuhl-mba-84650b41/

Keep Rising with Kristy Kuhl: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/keep-rising-with-kristy-kuhl/id1723386662

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