idk, let's ask my mom: Recent Episodes
Annika Edwards
Hi! My name is Annika and this podcast is about me sharing my mom and life coach with you! Follow along for a new best friend that's always got your back.
In this episode, Karen and Annika dive into a viral social media story about a girlfriend who felt sidelined on vacation when her boyfriend seemed to prioritize his female best friend over her. They explore the importance of trust, boundaries, and responding to red flags in dating relationships.
In this episode, we explore how an adult daughter is learning to set limits, prioritize her independence, and resist the urge to manage her mom's emotions while maintaining their relationship.
Annika and Karen talk about the Positive Intelligence Assessment and how easy it is for our survival brain to get us in the habit of doing everything out of fear. They dive into the Hyper Achiever saboteur and Karen gives advice on how to let go of it.
There’s a link to the assessment if you want to see how you tend to sabotage yourself.
https://www.positiveintelligence.com/saboteurs/
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-Annika & Karen
Annika and Karen answer questions and talk more about boundaries and how to make sure they're healthy.
Annika and Karen discuss how setting boundaries with someone that's taking advantage of you does not make you a bad person.
In this episode, Annika and Karen explore how our survival brain can create a scarcity mindset. They share the story about someone who feels threatened when his friends get close, showing how fear of 'not enough' can impact relationships—and how to shift toward connection and trust."
Karen and Annika help a follower find ways to deal with a friend who commits but never follows through.
“Am I being an irrational crazy girl because my boyfriend won’t take any pictures for me on his family vacation...or should I call him out on his behavior?“
Annika and Karen discuss the disappointment that can come when others don't fulfill our expectations.
Annika and Karen discuss the frustrations that come with competitive friends and how to stay empowered.
Karen and Annika discuss a text thread between a daughter-in-law and her future mother-in-law and ways to create healthy relationships with extended family.
As requested Annika and Karen are talking all about resentment in this newest episode. Listen now and find out how to take care of it so you can stay in charge of your life.
Karen shares how she stopped sabotaging Mother’s Day. Listen in as Annika and Karen discuss why some women get triggered and struggle on Mother’s Day, and how they can create a better experience for themselves.
In this episode, Karen teaches us how to retrain our brains after we discover the thoughts that aren't serving us using her "copy and paste" method.
Episode 63 is all about the silent treatment and how easy it can be to fall into this when a problem arises. Using the silent treatment can actually make it harder to explain your feelings and come to a solution in your relationships.
Annika and Karen discuss mistakes and the gift behind them. Making a mistake can help you find out who you aren’t.
Just a fun conversation with my mom about distractions and social media while we wait for a table.
In this episode, Annika and Karen talk about the fear of rejection and how our survival brains use it to keep us in the cave.
Annika & Karen discuss how over-apologizing can become a habit that sabotages your relationship with your self and your confidence.
Karen and Annika talk about their goals for 2024 and how they set themselves up for success when setting a new goal.
Annika and Karen talk about what healthy work boundaries look like in the workplace with our guest, Grace Albinson (@legally_calm).
Tune in as Karen, Annika, and her dad Steve, dig deeper into how easy it can be to slip into a victim mentality and the blame game.
Join in as Annika and Karen discuss common misconceptions about setting boundaries and how to make sure they are healthy and beneficial to your life.
Annika and Karen talk about victim mode..how we put ourselves there and how we can get ourselves out.
Annika and Karen talk about the "tracks" that can form in our brains when we have thoughts about our circumstances. Those thoughts can sabotage our new experiences if we aren't careful.
Annika asks Karen questions about motherhood and Karen shares her experiences with being a mom.
Annika and Karen discuss a huge cause of anxiety, uncertainty, and how to stop being so afraid of the unknown.
Karen answers the question, "How can I help my kid overcome fears?". Annika and Karen share their thoughts on the dreaded feeling of fear.
This week we're talking all about dopamine and how to manage your relationship with it.
Karen and Annika talk about the useless quest of caring what other people think about you. Come learn about why it's none of your business what other people think about you!
In our latest episode, we're talking all about self-pity...why it comes, why it gets us stuck, and how to leave the pity party before you fall into victim mode.
Karen and Annika share a recent embarrassing moment and discuss why the feeling of "embarrassment" really isn't so scary. Embarrassment can lead to connection and growth.
Annika and Karen talk about one of the best ways to grow your confidence... keeping the promises you make to yourself. When you know you're going to do the things you say you'll do, you create safety and trust within yourself.
We're back! In our newest episode, we're talking about why so many people dread their birthdays. Join us and find out how your brain might be sabotaging these special moments in your life.
In this episode, we talk about why it's so hard to let things go and how to get better at it. Your survival brain wants to HOLD ON, but your true self wants to MOVE ON so it can keep creating and growing.
Karen and Annika discuss an article Karen wrote about confirmation bias and how it can hurt our relationships. They dive deeper and recognize how it affects their own views.
Here's a link to the article:
https://lifecoachdirectory.com/confirmation-bias-and-how-it-hurts-our-relationships/
We're back! Listen in as we talk about managing expectations. A lot of our negative feelings come from our own expectations. Find out how to stay in charge of your brain so you don't miss the beauty in ALL the parts of your life.
Why do our brains sometimes romanticize the past? It's just another way it's trying to keep us safe. In this episode, Karen and Annika talk about ways to stay balanced with past memories and how to use them to build your future.
In this episode we talk about the difference between clean and dirty pain. Pain is part of life, but you still have agency over what you do with it.
In this episode, we are talking about being triggered. Feeling triggered is a very normal response to things happening in our lives, and sometimes it even serves us. Listen in to learn how to understand and handle your triggers.
We are all seeking safety. It's a human need. Unfortunately, our survival brain can sabotage us with thoughts that safety comes from the love and attention of others, our accomplishments, our appearance, etc... none of which we can always depend on. Listen in as we talk about specific ways we can be our own safe space.
Maybe constantly keeping ourselves busy isn't something that's serving us. Learn why constantly being busy and striving to be a "multi-tasker" might be doing more bad than good and why we tend to use it as an escape from our feelings. Sometimes being restless and trying to do and experience everything leads to us not being able to really experience anything.
Episode 35 is all about FOMO! We discuss why we feel it, what we do to avoid feeling it, and what it ultimately creates. You can create the life you really want, not the life others say you should have.
Why do we love to hate? Hate is one of the most intense emotions we can feel, but it's a problem for us because it's our survival brain's answer to fear. Hate and disdain may feel good in the moment, but it only provides temporary safety, will not empower us, and will create negative results.
Karen explains the difference between being nice and being kind. When we are kind to ourselves it shows up in our interactions with others and we are kind without people pleasing.
Finding a way to play with your survival brain and anticipate the thoughts it will give you helps you find ways to fight it. It's empowering to be one step ahead of your enemy!
Podcast Instagram: @idkletsaskmymom
Karen's Coaching Instagram: @karenedwards.coaching
In our latest episode, Annika and Karen discuss how our sneaky brains can sabotage us from enjoying our achievements through our Hyper-Achiever. (Positive Intelligence)
This episode isn't about your abs but it's about finding your core values! Karen and Annika discuss the three reasons why finding your core values is vital and give advice on how to find them.
Annika and Karen talk about how to know your "why?". Asking yourself "why?" can give you more insight into why you want what you want or why you feel what you feel.
We talk a lot about our circumstances being neutral…but what if our circumstance is pain? Karen and Annika discuss different ways to think about pain and how to empower yourself so your survival brain doesn't take over.
Karen and Annika talk about the different ways we can try to find a new perspective when something doesn't go the way we planned in life. We get to choose how we feel about everything that happens to us!
In this episode, Annika and Karen talk about how to transform regret into something that's more useful, like knowledge.
Karen gives advice on how to be ok when someone's mad at you. Sometimes someone being mad has nothing to do with you.
Annika and Karen discuss the reasons we avoid and how buffering from and avoiding our emotions can hurt us.
In this episode, Annika and Karen dive deeper into comparison and why we get pulled into it. Karen also shares insights on how to get your social media to serve you.
Annika and Karen talk about perfectionism and how it can feel helpful but it actually sabotages us by making us believe everything has to be perfect. (Positive Intelligence)
In this episode, Annika and Karen talk about the benefits of failing and their own experiences with it. Failure isn't something to be afraid of! It's a part of life, learn to embrace the opportunities it gives you.
Annika and Karen discuss three Positive Intelligence strategies you can use when you start to see a thought isn't serving you. You can stop what you're thinking before it becomes a belief.
Annika reflects on times of jealousy and what Karen has said to be able to help her feel admiration instead of envy.
In this episode, we talk about what a healthy friendship looks like and how to take your power back when you feel like you're not getting what you want from a friend.
With the New Year coming up, setting goals and sticking to them can be overwhelming. Karen gives us some tips on how to set goals for real!
Karen and Annika talk about the different ways we can sabotage ourselves (Positive Intelligence) and how to be more aware of how our negative thoughts lie to us.
In this episode, Annika and Karen discuss stress and how to stop your survival brain from taking over.
In this episode, Annika's little sister joins in as Karen shares her thoughts on self-love.
Annika and Karen discuss people-pleasing, why we fall into the habit, and how it sabotages us from what we’re really striving for…connection.
We discuss some of the most asked questions when it comes to dating. Karen gives her opinions and tips on how to create a healthy relationship.
Don’t let a difficult person turn you into a difficult person. Learn how to find your power when dealing with someone that is challenging.
Change can be a hard thing to deal with and it can be easy to resist it. In this episode, we talk about why change isn't bad at all. Change could be the best thing for us.
Karen and Annika talk about how to be more decisive and how to trust yourself to make the best decision. If you're not afraid of failing, nothing can hurt you.
In this episode, Karen and Annika discuss the danger of labeling ourselves and how that can turn us into our own little bullies.
The way we look at the world around us affects us but we can choose to look at our circumstances any way we want, and our brain will help us. You don't have to just let life happen to you. Take control of your story!
In this episode, Karen & Annika discuss comfort zones and why they aren't always as comfortable as we think they are.
Karen and Annika discuss body image and how the only opinion that matters is your own. Positive body image is just a thought away and it all starts with you.
Book: "More Than a Body" by Lindsay and Lexie Kite
One of Annika's friends, Greta, gets coached by Karen. They talk about why vulnerability can be hard, but why it's so worth it!
Do you ever feel like you create a problem in your life and you can't get past it? In this episode, we talk about why we sometimes create problems for ourselves. It's part of the human condition to search for the negative, but is it causing more bad than good? Find out how much power you really have when it comes to solving your problems.
Karen and Annika discuss the difference between confidence and self-confidence, what it means to be your own best friend, and how to be happy with who you are now! Your confidence is closer than you think!
In this episode, you meet my mom! We get introduced and talk about life coaching and common questions people have when it comes to getting coached.