How many meaningful months do you actually have left?
Karen Salmansohn confronts the fear of death head-on & shows how it can fuel joy, growth & focus. This conversation covers mortality-based mindset shifts, bioharmonizing daily routines, & creating identity habits that connect your actions to your deeper purpose.
Meet our guestKaren Salmansohn is a best-selling author & Behavioral Change Expert known for blending psychology, neuroscience & bold humor to help people live with greater intention. With over two million books & courses sold, she’s the founder of NotSalmon.com, a personal development hub with 1.5 million followers, and has appeared on Oprah & in Psychology Today.
Her unique background in advertising & design fuels her witty, research-backed content, including bestsellers like How to Be Happy, Dammit. Karen empowers others to break free from autopilot & create more purposeful, fulfilling lives.
Thank you to our partners
- Outliyr Biohacker’s Peak Performance Shop: get exclusive discounts on cutting-edge health, wellness, & performance gear
- Ultimate Health Optimization Deals: a database of of all the current best biohacking deals on technology, supplements, systems and more
- Latest Summits, Conferences, Masterclasses, and Health Optimization Events: join me at the top events around the world
- FREE Outliyr Nootropics Mini-Course: gain mental clarity, energy, motivation, and focus
- Stop living on autopilot by focusing on presence over just going through the motions
- Use mortality awareness to fuel urgent positive action instead of fear or paralysis
- Make decisions through the lens of your future self to avoid regret later
- Write your eulogy now to clarify what truly matters & aim for meaningful goals
- Replace your to-do list with a to-die-for list filled with lasting experiences & deep relationships
- Anchor daily habits to core values since identity creates lasting behavior change
- Bridge the gap between your current self & eulogy self with intentional daily actions
- Use tools like marble jars & life maps to make time visible & inspire better choices
- Apply the greater-than sign to choose long-term fulfillment over short-term comfort
- Swap bad habits with better stories & behaviors that support who you want to become
04:01 Living a “To Die For Life” With Intention
06:38 Using Death Awareness to Design a Better Life
15:35 Building Identity-Based Habits That Stick
36:41 Practical Tools to Anchor New Behavior
48:54 Overcoming Resistance, Self-Doubt & Old Patterns
Links- Watch it on YouTube: https://youtu.be/RTHQ4rFZPu0
- Full episode show notes: outliyr.com/219
- Subscribe
- Leave an Apple Podcast review
- Suggest a guest
Do you have questions, thoughts, or feedback for us? Let me know in the show notes above and one of us will get back to you!
Be an Outliyr,
Nick
Popular Podcasts
On Purpose with Jay Shetty
I’m Jay Shetty host of On Purpose the worlds #1 Mental Health podcast and I’m so grateful you found us. I started this podcast 5 years ago to invite you into conversations and workshops that are designed to help make you happier, healthier and more healed. I believe that when you (yes you) feel seen, heard and understood you’re able to deal with relationship struggles, work challenges and life’s ups and downs with more ease and grace. I interview experts, celebrities, thought leaders and athletes so that we can grow our mindset, build better habits and uncover a side of them we’ve never seen before. New episodes every Monday and Friday. Your support means the world to me and I don’t take it for granted — click the follow button and leave a review to help us spread the love with On Purpose. I can’t wait for you to listen to your first or 500th episode!
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com