The Energy Audit: Why You’re Emotionally Bankrupt by Noon (with Dr. Daryl Appleton)

About this episode

Tera and Dr. Daryl Appleton discuss the impact of comfort on emotional energy and the importance of conducting an energy audit to enhance personal growth.

What if the thing keeping you stuck isn’t a lack of motivation — it’s that you’re too comfortable? This week, Tera sits downwith Dr. Daryl Appleton — award-winning executive coach, high-performance psychologist, and host of the Vogue Top 10 podcast Feelings & Other F Words — for a conversation that will challenge how you think about comfort, fear, success, and the emotional energy you spend before lunch. They unpack why“good enough” might be the most dangerous place to live, how to run an energy audit on your week, and what happens when you finally name the fear that’s been running the show. Plus, Dr. Daryl does the Core Emotion Wheel live — and what she discovers surprises even her. Topics Covered Why focusing on what’s RIGHT with you outperformsfixing what’s wrong The CliftonStrengths assessment and how couples can useit to divide roles and reduce resentment What “success” actually means — and why you need towrite it down across three dimensions of your life Comfort as a trap: why “good enough” keeps people stuckin marriages, careers, and life The Energy Audit: a weekly practice to manage emotionalbandwidth instead of just managing time Why it gets worse before it gets…

People in this episode

Host: Tera

Guest: Dr. Daryl Appleton

Topics covered

• emotional energy
• comfort zone
• energy audit
• success
• fear
• Core Emotion Wheel

Keywords

• emotional bankruptcy
• energy audit
• comfort zone
• success
• fear
• Core Emotion Wheel
• CliftonStrengths
• self improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Feelings & Other F Words, CliftonStrengths, Connection Codes

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