Choice Before Chance : A Broaden Mindz Podcast

Choice Before Chance is a Broaden Mindz podcast focused on mindset, growth, and the power of intentional choices. Through conversations and insights, the show encourages listeners to broaden their thinking and take control of their future.

Choice Before Chance : A Broaden Mindz Podcast is a education podcast hosted by Vanita Prisha Daryanani, with 27 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Vanita Prisha Daryanani hosts Choice Before Chance : A Broaden Mindz Podcast, a education show with 27 episodes published.

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  The Freedom of Living from Awareness: Steve Barton's Game of Ten

  Aug 28, 202649 min

  What if the difference between a stressful life and a peaceful one came down to a single shift in awareness? Today's guest is Steve Barton. He's an executive coach, author, and creator of The Game of Ten: a framework for leaders and everyday people who want to shift from fear, guilt, and shame, into clarity, confidence, and choice. Steve brings over 47 years of real-world business experience, including growing a company from $200,000 to $2 million in annual revenue. But his path here wasn't a straight line. After a divorce left him to rebuild his life out of a one-bedroom apartment over his parents' garage, Steve turned his personal upheaval into the foundation for a coaching practice built entirely around conscious choice. In this conversation, Steve compares the difference between operating from the "game often played," which is a mindset ruled by fear, and the "game of ten," a state of full awareness and unlimited choice. He shares the story of co-authoring his book The Father, The Son and the Aha Moment with his 18-year-old son, and provides a live guided exercise for releasing self-critical thoughts. If you've ever been overwhelmed with feelings of shame or self-doubt, Steve's approach offers a way to step back into awareness and reclaim your choices. This episode is perfect for entrepreneurs, coaches, parents, and anyone who wants practical tools for quieting an overactive mind and living with more intention. As Steve's work makes clear: awareness turns an unlimited game of options into a life you actually choose. Learn more about Steve's work and coaching practice at BartonCoaching.com, or connect with him on LinkedIn. Because the life you want isn't waiting on chance, it's waiting on your next choice.

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  The Choice Within: How Self-Worth, Identity, and Daily Decisions Shape Your Life (A Conversation with Amy Lenius)

  Aug 24, 202639 min

  Let's face it: many of the choices we make every day may not actually feel like choices at all. In this powerful episode with Amy Lenius, we explore what happens when we begin questioning the beliefs, identities, and habits that quietly shape the way we live. Amy Lenius, director of group coaching at Next Level University, professional speaker, and personal development and success coach, shares how success is about far more than career or financial achievement. Drawing from her own journey from massage therapy into coaching and personal development, Amy explains how changing your identity, strengthening self-worth, and making intentional choices can completely redirect the course of your life. In this episode, you'll discover: Why we often make choices based on beliefs and values that may not actually be our ownHow to identify what truly belongs to you and what you've simply inherited from your family, society, or environment,The crucial difference between "self-worth" and "self-belief", and how each one can influence your success,How low self-worth can show up through people-pleasing, weak boundaries, comparison, and difficulty keeping promises to yourself,Why changing and evolving can challenge your existing relationships, and why that's not necessarily a bad thing,The power of the "circle of concern" and learning to focus your energy on what you can actually control,How small, intentional daily habits compound over time and shape the person you eventually become,Amy also opens up about one of the biggest choices of her own life: leaving a career she was comfortable and successful in to pursue a path where she could reach and help more people. Her story offers a powerful reminder that changing direction doesn't mean losing what you've built. Your knowledge, experience, and strengths can come with you into whatever you choose next.If you've ever questioned whether you're living according to your own values, struggled with self-worth, or felt stuck between who you are and who you want to become, this conversation offers practical ways to start bringing those unconscious patterns into awareness and making more intentional choices. As Amy puts it, "We're supposed to grow, evolve, and change." This episode is perfect for anyone interested in personal development, confidence, habits, relationships, identity, or creating a version of success that actually feels authentic to them.Because the life you want isn't waiting on chance, it's waiting on your next choice.

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  The Dyslexic Advantage: How to Turn Struggling Readers Into Extraordinary Minds (A Conversation with Russell Van Brocklin)

  Aug 21, 202638 min

  The school system was never built for a brain like today’s guest. Meet Russell Van Brocklin, "The Dyslexia Professor," who introduces us to the one teaching method that flips dyslexia from a deficit into an advantage, and why traditional reading instruction quietly fails the kids who need it most. Russell was flunked out of his own political science program before he taught himself to read and write in law school, then went on to build a program that took students from middle-school-level writing to the average range of typical college graduates. The cost of this transformation is under $900 a student. Russell has worked with children as young as five all the way through gifted students headed for published research, and along the way he's turned a personal crisis into a repeatable method. In this conversation, he demonstrates his teaching approach live, explains the real neuroscience behind why a dyslexic brain processes language differently, and walks through why starting with a child's specific passion works where generic instruction fails. In this episode, you'll discover: ● The real neuroscience of dyslexia, and why a dyslexic brain is wired to specialize ● The simple method Russell uses to teach word analysis and articulation in minutes ● Why waiting until fourth grade to intervene can turn a fixable problem into a lifelong struggle ● The early warning signs of dyslexia parents often miss, and why boys and girls show it differently If you've ever wondered whether a struggling reader just needs a different way in, Russell's approach offers a way to find out, and a path forward. This episode is perfect for parents of struggling readers, homeschooling families, and anyone who wants to understand how the right kind of attention can turn a child's biggest challenge into their greatest strength. As Russell's work makes clear: every child deserves to know they are not broken, they may simply be an academic specialist whose gifts the system hasn't learned to see yet. Learn more about Russell's work and teaching approach at dyslexiaclasses.com. https://dyslexiaclasses.com/author/admin/ Because the life you want isn't waiting on chance, it's waiting on your next choice.

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  The Mindset That Can Save Your Life (A Conversation with Dr. Michelle Kehrer)

  Aug 17, 202622 min

  Discover what happens when you stop asking "why is this happening to me" and start asking "how is this actually for me." Dr. Michele Kehrer, a business growth coach, entrepreneur, and four-time cancer survivor, shares the mindset shift that carried her through cancer, divorce, and deep personal loss — and how she now helps others make the same shift to grow through life's hardest seasons. Michele built a physical therapy practice in downtown Chicago, helping over 100,000 patients with dizziness and balance disorders, before selling it and moving to Florida to help people find their "why." She opens up about the people who didn't show up for her during her first cancer diagnosis, the "angels" who did, and the mindset work that eventually became her book, Brave Shift: 30 Mindset Changes to Transform Your Life . In this episode, you'll discover: Why a "bad day" is really just a "bad moment" — and why that reframe matters How to find your purpose when you feel like you've lost it The uncomfortable but necessary work of "cleaning house" on relationships that only take Why asking for help — and not stopping until you get it — is an act of courage, not weakness How small, consistent mindset shifts add up to a completely different life If you've ever felt like adversity is something that just happens to you, Michele's story is proof that you can choose what it means and what it builds in you. This episode is perfect for anyone walking through a hard season, rebuilding after loss, or looking for permission to ask for help. As Michele puts it: it's not about changing everything — it's about changing the one thing that changes everything. Learn more about Michele's work and her book, Brave Shift , at michelekehrer.com. Because the life you want isn't waiting on chance—it's waiting on your next choice. https://michelekehrer.com/

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  The Soothing Presence: How to Raise Emotionally Resilient Children (A Conversation with Dr. David Marcus)

  Jul 31, 202654 min

  Let's face it - you may have a responsibility in choosing how you raise your kids. In this fascinating episode with Dr. David Marcus, we discover the one skill most parents assume their children already have — and why that assumption is quietly breaking down communication at home. Dr. David Marcus, a clinical psychologist with 40 years of experience working with families under stress, shares why "use your words" fails so often with kids, and what it actually takes to raise a child who can name, tolerate, and work through their emotions. David has worked with children as young as three all the way through custody and parent-alienation cases as an expert witness, and along the way he's learned as much from the children as from their parents. In this conversation, he introduces the idea of a "soothing presence," explains how emotional reactions get silently internalized from parent to child, and walks through why punishment so often fails where real discipline succeeds. In this episode, you'll discover: Why children don't actually have an "emotional language" just because they're smart or verbal — and how to build one with them What a "soothing presence" is, and why it's the foundation every child (and adult) needs to work through intense emotion How parents unconsciously pass their own stress responses on to their children through internalization The real difference between punishment and discipline — and why lectures rarely teach the lesson you think they do David's four-part definition of resilience, and the simple phrase that helps any child feel truly heard If you've ever felt like you're talking to a stone wall with your child — or your partner — David's insights on emotional language and validation offer a way through it. This episode is perfect for parents navigating tantrums, teens, or tense family communication, and for anyone who wants to understand why we react to stress the way we do. As David puts it: therapy — and real connection — begins where the words run out. Learn more about Dr. Marcus's work and listen to more of his podcast appearances at parentrx.org. His book, Parent Rx , is coming soon. Because the life you want isn't waiting on chance—it's waiting on your next choice. https://parentrx.org

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