Your Words Shape Who You Become - Brainz Podcast with Case Kenny
Author, keynote speaker, and leading voice on the language and psychology of optimism Case Kenny joins the Brainz Podcast to explore how the words we use can shape the way we feel, behave, and ultimately who we become.
In this episode, Case shares why optimism isn't simply positive thinking, but the belief that things can change. He explains how language can influence motivation, resilience, behaviour, and identity, and why the person we become is built through the small choices and actions we repeat every day.
The conversation also explores the surprising relationship between language and emotion, including why saying \"I am anxious\" or \"I am sad\" can cause us to identify with what we're feeling rather than see it as something we're experiencing. Case explains how changing the words we use can create distance from difficult emotions, shift our self-perception, and give us greater choice over how we respond.
Case also explores self-respect and relationships, why fear and scarcity can keep us in situations we've outgrown, why patience can be reframed as faith in ourselves, and why keeping the promises we've made to ourselves is one of the most powerful expressions of self-respect.
From optimism and identity to relationships, self-talk, emotions, and personal growth, this conversation reveals how seemingly small shifts in language can have a profound impact on how we experience ourselves and our lives - and why changing the way we speak to ourselves can begin to change who we become.
With podcast host Míceál O'Kane
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