Rural Realities

Identify & Reset Unhealthy Default Settings

Penn Vieau, Professional Speaker & Coach Season 2 Episode 4

"Identify & Reset Unhealthy Default Settings” with Penn Vieau, Professional Speaker & Coach 

It is easy to overemphasize the negative and dismiss the positive things in our lives. Penn Vieau, professional speaker and coach, and Karen Endres from the Wisconsin Farm Center share how these unhealthy default settings can cause stress, fatigue, resentment, and get us off track. In this podcast, they share how and why our minds come pre-wired to focus on the negative and how identifying the positive, establishing a personal board of directors, and planning your priorities can help you overcome the negatives and maintain better focus on your farm and personal priorities.  

Experiencing a challenge on the farm? Contact the Wisconsin Farm Center! With more than a hundred years of collective agriculture experience, the Wisconsin Farm Center team offers free and confidential financial and transition planning services, conflict mediation, veterinary diagnostic analysis, and more. They can be reached at 800-942-2474 or farmcenter@wisconsin.gov. More information on programs and services is available at https://farmcenter.wi.gov

If you are experiencing increased stress, depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, or just need a welcoming ear to talk to, please contact the free and confidential 24/7 WI Farmer Wellness Helpline at 888-901-2558 for immediate support. In-person and tele-counseling sessions are also available by request.

"More information on the concepts, strategies and tactics shared in this episode can be found in Roger Seip's Train Your Brain For Success (copyright 2011) and Roger's and Robb Zbierski's Master Your Mind;Counterintuitive Strategies to Refocus and Re-Energize Your Runaway Brain (copyright 2019).  These programs are available from Freedom Personal Development, at www.freedompersonaldevelopment.com."