I Have Notes with Coach Stephanie Finigan

Today's episode is a modified lesson from my upcoming money mindset course: Make it Make Cents. The course will cover all aspects of your money mindset - looking at your Past Self, Current Self and Future Self with money - and will help you see how your thoughts about money are creating your results with money.

The good news here? You can change your thoughts, and by doing that you will change your results with money.

Whether you're underpaid, overwhelmed, in a mountain of debt, or just ready to take your earning and money to...

Welcome to 2026! Not quite a “new year/new you” episode, but in this one we’ll go over what it is I am taking with me from 2025 into 2026 - habits, though patterns, actions - and what I’m leaving behind (I’ll miss you, Diet Coke and complaining about my lack of time!).

Resources mentioned in today’s episode:

Gabby Bernstein app

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We’ve all been there - or we’re there right now - overeating, overspending, just doing way too much around the holidays, and then deciding “I’ll deal with it in January”. There’s nothing wrong with any of it - unless you decide that there is. In this episode we’ll talk through how using your Future Self will get you through the season - massive Visa bill and all.

If you’re interested in going deeper on this work, let’s connect. Reach out over Instagram @lifecoachstephfini or email stephanie@stephaniefinigancoaching.com.

Merry Merry!

This episode of the I Have Notes podcast is a lesson from the upcoming Make it Make Cents money mindset training I’m about to launch! You’ll get a sneak peek inside the audio-based course by listening to this episode, which covers the concepts of scarcity, sufficiency and abundance, gives an overview of why our brains default to a scarcity mindset, and the steps you can take to start cultivating an abundant mindset, starting today.

The Make it Make Cents course will be available soon - get on the email list here to get early notice and...

This short episode will go over every new discount and offer this Black Friday - including brand new coaching programs:

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Welcome back to Part 4 in this short series highlighting all of the tools and practices that got me through the hardest year I’ve ever had. In this final episode of the series you’ll learn about the last 3 tools I used to navigate 2025 - and that I plan to keep using in the year ahead.

Hope you enjoy!

Stephanie

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Welcome back to Part 3 in this short series highlighting all of the tools and practices that got me through the hardest year I’ve ever had. In this episode you’ll learn about Tools 4 and 5 that I used to navigate 2025 - and one tool I’ve had for years that I actually dropped this year as well.

Hope you enjoy!

Stephanie

Contact:

Email: stephanie@stephaniefinigancoaching.com

IG: @lifecoachstephfini

Website: www.stephaniefinigancoaching.com

Welcome back to Part 2 in this series highlighting all of the tools and practices that got me through the hardest year I’ve ever had. In this episode you’ll learn about Tools 2 and 3 - tools that were surprising to me as well as surprising useful! Hopefully they will be to you as well.

Enjoy!

Stephanie

Resources:

Email: stephanie@stephaniefinigancoaching.com

IG: @lifecoachstephfini

Website: www.stephaniefinigancoaching.com

Mentioned in today’s episode:

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Gabby Bernstein Books

Manifest: 7 Steps...

In this episode you'll learn the reason behind the podcast title and vibe change up (from I'm the Problem to I Have Notes) and you'll also learn the #1 tool I used to get me through 2025, which was a hardest year I've had of many! And stay tuned - this is the first of a 4-part series where I'll highlight each of the other tools that helped me go from "Holy shit" to "I've actually got this handled" in a year where that was not at all a guarantee.

Enjoy!

Stephanie

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Coaching is all great and helpful and worth it...until it doesn't work. You have a goal, you hire a coach, and then you don't get there. So what does that mean? That coaching is useless? Or that your coach was bad? Or that you're just not one of those people who things work out for no matter how hard you try? And what do you do now? In this episode we look at what happens when coaching "fails" - and where to go from there.

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If you're going after new goal or trying to achieve something you've never done before, you could do it from a place of anxiety, or a place of confidence. It might not seem like a choice - it might seem like you either have confidence or not. But the truth is, taking action from a place of confidence is how you actually build confidence - and how you get what you want. It's not complicated but most people won't do this - and their goals will always remain too scary and too far away to ever seen possible. This...

When we're young we spend a lot of time thinking about the life we want...By the time we hit our 40's though most of us have more of a "I've made my bed, time to lie in it" mentality. How many times recently have your actually considered what you WANT to do, where you want to live, how you want to make money, who you want to spend your time with....And as soon as you start thinking about that, how quickly does your brain serve up all the reasons it's not possible for you?

Scarcity and abundance are talked about a lot in the coaching space, but how do you actually know if you're in one or the other - and how do you move out of scarcity (in money, time, or any other area of your life) and into scarcity? This episode makes the whole process much more simple and practical. Listen in to figure out how to have more of anything you want - it's easier than you think.

You've made some changes, achieved some goals, and are feeling pretty good.

Except - there's more.

You're treading water; there's more you want to do, but it's also fine right where you are. And you're not quite sure how to make the next shift, the level up, actually happen.

In this episode we talk about the mindset shift you need to make in order to go from good to great in any area where you want to achieve MORE.

Enjoy!

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It's enough with self care, right? Agreed. Except sometimes self care comes in forms we don't see - and in ways that really help. In this episode we break down a coaching session I had with a client that mirrored my own coaching session not 24 hours later - both about the ways small moves can make a big difference for our nervous system, decision making, and overall well being.

In this short episode you'll learn the one question you can ask yourself to make everything easier....(It's that simple).

It's really easy for life coaching, personal development, or any other self-help or wellness work to feel pretty shallow, self-centered or just pointless when we're in an acute crisis. But personal development work can also be the exact fuel we need to propel us forward during and after times of personal (or global) emergencies. In this episode you'll hear a life coach's perspective on how she balances being an aware, concerned, active global citizen with personal development/coaching work. - and why it matters.

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If you’re going through life on autopilot - not really thinking through your choices, not totally sure why you’re doing what you’re doing - then you’re not alone. Most of us do this. But if you want to live your life the way YOU want to, you need to pay attention to what you’re doing and why. In this episode I’ll walk you through an Autopilot Audit, showing you how to become aware of where you may be sleepwalking through your life - and how to wake up to make the choices you really want

Setting one goal and going after it with laser-focus is usually what most coaches tell us to do. Even if you have multiple goals/resolutions/things you want to achieve or change (which many of us do), a one-at-a-time approach is usually considered the best approach. But that’s not how I like to achieve my (multiple) goals or coach my clients to achieve theirs. In this episode I’ll walk you through my Phased Approach to setting and achieving multiple goals, and introduce you to a new 1:1 coaching opportunity I’m offering for those of you who want to go...

This week’s podcast ep is a personal one - I'm giving you a list of what’s actually changed for me since I started getting coached. While coaching isn’t for everyone, it might just be for you, and hearing the ways it’s impacted and improved my own life might be the nudge you need to start investing in yourself. From mindset management to money management to overcoming regret to weight loss, coaching has changed everything for me, and I'm unpacking the specifics in this episode. LFG.

This episode is for you whether you're a runner or not! Stephanie gives you a look inside why, after 14 marathons, her latest run was the slowest (by a LOT) of all time, and why it was also the one she's most proud of, and the 5 lessons she's taking away that can apply to anyone who has suffered a set back or hurdles on the way to a goal.

If you want to make a personal or professional pivot, if you want to level up or change in any way, you are going to probably need to make some choices that people around you don’t agree with or support. You will need to get comfortable with making unpopular decisions. In this episode Stephanie walks through an unpopular decision she made recently in her business, and gives you two tools you can use when you’re making your own unpopular decisions as you’re on your way to your big pivot.

Whether you want to change careers, start a business, lose weight, pay off debt, adopt a child, move cities, write a novel, feel less anxious and more confident in your everyday life, or make any other pivot, these 5 coaching tools will help you get there. In this episode Stephanie gives you an overview of the 5 tools offered in her free training which are designed to help you go from self-doubt and indecision to taking the action steps you need to get you to where you want to be.

Self doubt can creep in and put a stop to even the most confident person’s plans to make a big pivot in their career, personal life, or anywhere else. Self doubt is sneaky because it’s often disguised as us being “responsible” when really, it’s just our fear preventing us from going after the things we really want. In this episode you will learn 5 coaching concepts which can help you move through your self doubt and get you back on track to finally make your big pivot.

In this short episode Coach Stephanie Finigan walks through the many ways (including free ones!) that you can get coached at Pivot Coaching. From free email coaching to 1:1 multi-month deep dive coaching, if you’re looking for help making your pivot (in your personal life, professional life, or anything in between) there is an option that will work for you. Listen to this episode to learn more about the variety of ways to get coached and get pivoting at Pivot.

No matter who you are you probably have one (or many) thing(s) that you want in life that seem just out of reach. It can be hard to believe that thing you want so badly (the relationship, the career, the money, the family, the body, the friendships, the business….) will actually work out for you. And there’s a reason it’s hard to believe - it’s not because it’s not possible for you - it’s because that’s how your brain is wired. In this episode Coach Stephanie talks about the things that she wants that can...

Not being sure of what’s going to happen - with the new job, the relationship, your business, your family, or anything else - is scary. It’s also our reality. We can’t predict the future, but there are some situations in life where that fact seems a lot harder to handle than others. In this episode Coach Stephanie walks through her own, current experiences living with the unknown in her family and her business, and gives you 4 steps to help you manage your mind around whatever the unknowns are in your own life.

Coaching is all about thinking new thoughts so that you can get new results in your life. But the tactical, practical nuts-and-bolts way to get rom thinking “I hate my job” or “I am so bad with money” or “I just can’t get in shape” or “I have the worst luck”, to thoughts that are much more useful and will ultimately get you better results in your life, is not something most of us are ever taught how to actually do. Enter today’s episode. Coach Stephanie walks you through how it is that thoughts actually do create your results, with r...

There are a ton of good reasons to hire a coach when you want to make a big life change, or uplevel yourself in any area. But no matter what your pivot is - professional, personal, financial, health-related, relationship-related, or anything else, there are 4 key ways a coach will help you unearth your current blocks, address them, and overcome them. In this episode Coach Stephanie talks about the ways her own life coach has helped her in her own pivots this year, the results of that help, and what a coach will do to help you get to wherever...

Coming close to achieving a goal or accomplishing a dream and then having it suddenly slip away can feel like the most helpless, powerless experience, and is the root of so much unhelpful thinking (“See, it’s just never going to work out for me….”). But what if the problem was all based in your mindset? If so, that would mean the solution is there too. Whether you know it or not, self-sabotaging thoughts, feelings and actions are likely at the core of your “so close but so far” experiences. In this episode Coach Stephanie walks you through her own experien...

Making your big life change - or your big pivot - os about more than just taking action. Your pivot won’t happen until you get your mindset right. No matter what the change is that you want to make, this episode will outline for you the exact steps you need to take to get your head in the right space to then do what you need to do to get it done. It’s totally possible to make your pivot - and these are the steps that will get you there.

No matter what your big goal (your big PIVOT) is - career change, weight loss, a crazy fitness goal, finding a new relationship, or anything else - and no matter where you’re at in the process of hitting it, there is one thing you should be doing to help yourself get there. In today’s episode Stephanie highlights what this #1 thing is, the reason it's so universal no matter what your goal is, and how to do it even if it seems like it’s not possible for you (it is!).

People pleasing is one of the most common topics people aim to address in coaching. So many of us are in the habit of being a “people pleaser”, and even though it doesn’t get us to where we want to be (because we stay stuck being focused on others rather than moving ourselves forward) we can’t seem to stop. In this episode Stephanie will outline the most important step in breaking the habit of people pleasing, as well as a few other tactics to help along the way - using Bravo’s The Valley as a real (reality) l...

It sounds like typical, unhelpful coaching advice to say “You can have anything you want, you just need to think better thoughts”. But it turns out that’s true. In this episode Coach Stephanie will break down exactly how our thoughts create our results, and outlines a process anyone can use to create any change, make any pivot, and achieve anything they want. Buckle up, this is the most helpful episode yet for people looking to make their future the best it can be.

In order to make a pivot or meet any big goal, you need self confidence. But what exactly that is, and how to build it, is something we’re rarely taught. In this episode Coach Stephanie walks through the difference between confidence and self confidence, why that matters when it comes to your goals, and how to create more self confidence so that you can have what you need to go after any, and every, goal you want to achieve.

Whether it’s money, weight loss, or any other number of topics that we may be wrestling with, most of us have at least one thing that we can’t believe we haven’t figured out by now…Decades of dieting, paying off credit cards just to run them up again…whatever the issue is, beating yourself up by not having solved this problem “by now” is not the answer. On this episode Coach Stephanie talks about her own “I can’t believe I haven’t figured this out yet” problem - credit card debt - and the 4 step process she uses with...

We all have them - those sneaky, scary worries that we can kind of push aside in the middle of a busy day, but always manage to creep back in in the middle of the night. Whether it’s “I am not saving enough money” or “I’m stuck in this unhappy marriage” or “I should have left my job years ago, it’s too late now” or “It’s too late for me to have the life I want”, it’s hard to deny how real these thoughts seem. In this episode Coach Stephanie unpacks how to shift away from this unhelpful t...

It’s easy to keep chasing your goal when it seems reachable - but what happens when your goal is so big that it feels impossible to reach? Do you change your approach? Make your goal smaller? Quit altogether? In this episode Coach Stephanie is talking about the tools to use to keep yourself going when that big goal seems just too far away, and she answers the question: "How do I know when I should quit?"

One of the most common topics people seek coaching for time management - or more specifically, the issue of not having the time to do all the things we want to do. On this episode Coach Stephanie walks you through the myth of “I don’t have the time” by giving practical steps for you to follow to uncover where you time is going, how to prioritize the time you have, and most importantly how to better manage your mind so that you can better manage your time.

You had to know this was coming. There can't be a podcast called "I'm the Problem" that doesn't have an episode about Taylor Swift. But this one will be useful for you whether or not you're a Swiftie. Taylor is, among other things, a master at the art of making a pivot, and there's a lot we can all learn from the professional and personal pivot's she's made over the years. In this episode, coach and devoted Swiftie Stephanie will walk through 4 key lessons from Taylor's pivots that anyone can use as they're making their own big life changes...

We've all heard that we should "think positively" when something in our life goes sideways, or when we hit a wall and start asking ourselves, "Why is this happening?" But we all also know that throwing a few good thoughts on top of your problems doesn't make them go away. Positive thinking works - but only if you know how to think positively in a way that your brain actually buys into. This is where coaching comes in. In this episode Coach Stephanie will use her current example of a never-ending spring sickness to highlight the process of going...

What is it that you really want to do, but you feel like you just can’t because it’s too late, you waited too long, you should have started sooner, or you’re just too old to do it? Do you want to change careers, start a business, write a book, train for a marathon, get married, get a divorce, leave it all behind and travel the world….? Whatever it is that you want to do, it’s not too late, you haven’t waited too long, and you are never too old. In this episode, Coach Stephanie will explain...

Setting boundaries is the first step, but actually following through when someone crosses your boundary is a whole other challenge - so this topic is getting a whole other episode! Building off of the previous episode about setting boundaries, and continuing to use examples from reality TV's favorite boundary-breakers, the cast of Vanderpump Rules, Coach Stephanie uses this episode to outline common reasons people struggle to following through on the boundaries they set, and how to overcome those challenges so that you can be someone who not only sets boundaries, but carries them out too.

Setting boundaries is something we should all know how to do, but very few of us are ever taught how to do it...And watching Vanderpump Rules is something we probably never need to do, but so many of us do it. In this episode, Coach Stephanie will walk you through how to set a boundary in a way that's actually going to be helpful for you - and gives you an example of how this is (and isn't) done on a vintage episode of Vanderpump Rules. Because who better to learn "what not to do" from than those...

Worrying about what other people think of you is normal, but it's not very useful. And if you're someone who is trying to make a pivot - like change your career, your relationship, where you live, who you spend time with, how you spend your money, your health habits, or anything else - it can be really easy to get sidetracked by the opinions that other people may have about what you're trying to do. In this episode Coach Stephanie walks through this very common problem (she experiences it often when telling people she's a life coach!), and offers...

We all know there's no such thing as "perfect" and yet so many of us let our perfectionism get in the way of our goals. We think, "If I can't do this perfectly, what's the point of even trying?" Whether it's weight loss, relationships, making money, building a business, paying off debt, launching a podcast, or accomplishing anything else that we want, perfectionism can get in the way even for those of us who never thought of themselves as perfectionists. On this episode Coach Stephanie talks about being a perfectionist (without realizing it), and how it impacted even the...

Regret is an incredibly common human emotion, and yet it's one we typically don't talk about...we'd rather suffer in silence or try to avoid or ignore it (which never works) rather than deal with it. And as a result, most of us walk around carrying past regrets into our futures. You don't need to do this. In this episode Coach Stephanie will walk you through her 7 step process for overcoming regret so that you can leave your past in the past, and move forward without past regret weighing you down.

If you're looking to make a career change, this is the episode for you. Life coach Stephanie Finigan will walk you through how got started making her own career pivot by focusing on changing her self identity first, and will break down a 5-step process for you to make your pivot possible.

If you're a "worst case scenario" thinker, this episode is for you. You will hear life coach Stephanie Finigan talk through her own experience as a "worst case scenario" thinker and how that played out recently in her life, as well as the coaching process she puts herself through in order to change her mindset and her outcomes, and how you can do the same.

This episode will walk you through the problem of trying to get "back" into shape. Life coach Stephanie Finigan will talk through her own experience of trying to become a runner like she was in the past, the problem with "past focus" thinking, and how to change your thought patterns to be future focused instead, which is the key to accomplishing your goals.

In this episode, life coach Stephanie Finigan will walk you through the fundamentals of what life coaching actually is, how and when it makes sense to hire a coach, and what the limits of coaching is as well. You will hear how Stephanie found coaching herself, and walk away with a solid understanding of the purpose and usefulness of life coaching.

Welcome to the I'm the Problem Podcast with Coach Stephanie Finigan. Stephanie is a certified life coach who is also, often, the problem. The good news is, she's her own solution too. This show will highlight how to apply life coaching tools to your own life in order to overcome everyday challenges, and will give you real life examples of how Stephanie, and her clients, use these tools as well. This brief episode will give you an overview of the show and tell you want to expect each week as you listen. Welcome!