Your Mind Is Lying to You! Stop Overthinking and Start Living! - TTST Interview with Author and Coach Dr. Patricia Timerman Barbosa da Silva from Advocate to Create

**🔥Show Notes🗒** **Squad, what an absolute blast chopping it up with my good friend Dr. Patricia Timerman Barbosa da Silva, aka Dr. T! Founder of Advocate 2 Create and author of *Why Are We Fighting?*, Dr. T brings some serious knowledge nuggets on breaking free from survival mode, managing overthinking, setting healthy boundaries, and communicating with intention. We even take lessons from the Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu mats into everyday life! This conversation is about owning your responses, finding your voice, and creating a life of options, not obligations. Grab your notebooks, squad. This one delivers!** **📣QUOTE:  “So one of my mantras is, ‘Better some than none,’ because for a long time I was an all or nothing person.” 🔥 - Dr. T.**   **Coach Fergie’s Top 5+ Knowledge Nuggets and Take-Aways:** - **Responsibility is your ability to RESPOND, not react! Slow down, own your actions, and choose your next move with intention. 🎯** - **Your rearview mirror is small for a reason! Learn from yesterday, but keep your eyes on that big windshield and the life you're creating. 🚘** - **Your intention doesn't guarantee someone else's perception! Get curious, ask better questions, and seek understanding before defending yourself. 🧠** - **You can serve others without sacrificing yourself! Healthy relationships require reciprocity, and boundaries are a form of self-respect. ❤️** - **Ten percent of something beats 100% of nothing! Ditch the all-or-nothing mentality. Small, consistent actions create massive momentum. 💪** - **There's POWER in the PAUSE! Not every trigger deserves a reaction. Give people the benefit of the doubt, listen with your whole body, and respond with purpose. ⏸️**     **🔹 Valuable Time-Stamps🔹** **🕐 00:08:00 - Letting Go Creates New Possibilities** **🕐 00:10:00 - Responding Instead Of Reacting Emotionally** **🕐 00:13:00 - Setting Boundaries In Your Relationships** **🕐 00:20:00 - Creating Your Future Self Intentionally** **🕐 00:35:00 - Three Columns For Better Communication**     **🛠️Recommended Resources:**   **🌐** Advocate2Create Website **🔗** Dr. T’s LinkedIn **🔵** Advocate2Create Facebook **📷** Advocate2Create Instagram **📘** Dr. T’s Book: Why Are We Fighting?  **🙏**Please Consider Supporting the 988 Suicide and Crisis Hotline**🙏** **Music Courtesy of: fight by urmymuse (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0) license.** http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/urmymuse/58696 **Ft: Stefan Kartenberg, Kara Square** **Artwork courtesy of Dylan Allen**