October 2, 2025 • 8 mins
In this episode, Theresa Cesare discusses the journey from settling for 'good enough' to striving for 'unapologetically great.' She emphasizes the importance of recognizing energy leaks in our lives and how they can drain our emotional health. Through personal anecdotes and actionable reflections, she encourages listeners to identify areas where they can elevate their standards and take courageous actions towards greatness. The episode concludes with empowering affirmations to inspire listeners to embrace their worthiness of a fulfilling life.
Takeaways
- Stop settling for good enough; strive for greatness.
- Good can become a comfortable excuse that drains energy.
- Being unfulfilled is a clue to seek more.
- Reflect on what 'great' looks like in your life.
- Take messy action towards your goals.
- Identify energy leaks in relationships and work.
- Courageous conversations are necessary for change.
- Affirmations can help shift your mindset.
- You are worthy of a life that feels great.
- Greatness is contagious; inspire others.
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Theresa Cesare (00:06):
Hey guys.
Welcome to Heart to Talk thepodcast.
I am the host and creatorTheresa Cesare My intention for
this podcast is to deliver toyou wisdom, inspiration, and
consciousness.
Through solo episodes andconversations amongst insightful
people.
It is my greatest honor to bringto you talks that come from the.
(00:32):
Hey, beautiful souls.
Welcome back to another powerfulepisode with me, Today we're
gonna talk about going from goodenough to unapologetically great
to stop settling and reallystart thriving.
So often we treat good as theultimate goal because we're
taught to be grateful, notgreedy.
But deep down it drains us tosettle good, becomes a
(00:55):
comfortable excuse that leaksour energy and stalls our dreams
and visions.
It's far easier to convinceourselves that what we have is
enough than to risk claimingsomething even better in
relationships, in finances, incareer, in our bodies and
health.
But what if feeling unfulfilledisn't a flaw?
(01:19):
But a clue.
Today I invite you to stopmaking excuses for good enough
and let's make great our newminimum standard.
Because calling greatness intoour lives truly ripples out to
inspire those around us.
But first, let's talk about whywe normalize good and talk
ourselves into staying where weare in relationships, finances,
(01:41):
and our careers and our bodies.
Well look around you, everyonearound you most likely is
settling.
Their relationships are good,their finances are good, but
settling for good.
Literally over time creates anunseen energy leak and emotional
drain.
So if you think like, wow,everything's good in my life.
(02:03):
Like, why do I still feel sodrained?
And this is me, like, I'm like,wow, things are good here.
Things are good here.
And it's like, no good isn'tgood enough.
And the minute I called it out,the minute I took action, I got
a surge of energy so I'll giveyou an example.
Like for this podcast, I've donethis for five years I feel proud
of it, right?
And I do it all myself.
(02:24):
I do my do editing, I do mymarketing, and for so long it's
good.
But underneath there was anunseen energy leak and I
couldn't figure out where it wascoming from.
And it was this I was settlingfor good enough And making
excuses to not start to dovideos, to not launch more
(02:46):
episodes.
I was so tied to.
It's good enough to launch twoepisodes a month.
It's good enough to only doaudio.
What would great look like?
And as I'm speaking to you, I'mactually doing my first video
podcast episode in which I hopeto like make a really cute, real
(03:06):
or short, so I'm taking messyaction.
Imperfect action, that's the wayyou gotta do it.
You just gotta like jump in.
And that's what I'm doingliterally right now as we speak.
I switched platforms.
I went from my squad cast intoRiverside for so long I was
comfortable, because I had myroutine and it was easy, but
easy and good.
(03:28):
Just wasn't cutting it for me.
The ways good becomes.
A self-imposed limit is exactlythat, especially when it comes
to relationships, your health,your work, and finances.
We limit what's possible so myexample, again, this podcast,
what's good for me right now?
(03:50):
I launch every two weeks..
I'm consistent.
But what would an apologeticallygreat look like in this area?
And for me it was like, Let's dosome videos here.
So when I promote on socialmedia, people get a little
clipped.
They get to see my face becausegood allowed me to record in my
pajamas.
But great requires me to dressup when I record because I'm
(04:14):
gonna be on camera.
And not that everything has tobe perfect and polished, like I
go on Instagram without makeup.
And that's powerful too.
Being like authentic and nothave to be done up.
But I also wanna show myaudience, my clients.
My community respect.
And when you show up excellentand you look great, that
communicates something that goesfrom good to great, so as a
(04:36):
listener, right, as being partof my community, this is your
invitation, your permissionslip.
What I'm gonna ask you to do isthink about, one area in your
life, love, career, health,finances, friendships, where
good.
Isn't enough.
And maybe for a while you feltlike that, but you didn't really
(04:56):
have the vocabulary.
And that was me, for a while Iwas like, what is this
unfulfillment I have?
And I felt like what's wrongwith me?
But once I heard.
Some of the people that I lookup to talk about going from good
to great.
I'm like, that's what I neededto hear.
And not only that, I'm gonnatake action, be in this process
myself and share it with all ofyou.
(05:16):
So again, go back to an area.
Love, career, health, finances,friendships, where good isn't
good enough, and ask if I couldhave it all in this area, what
would great.
Feel like here you wanna startwith feeling and then putting
the feelings with words.
(05:37):
It is so powerful because mostof the things that we desire, we
don't have a picture.
We don't even sometimes have thewords.
It's just a feeling, so I inviteyou to just reflect and write it
out what would that great visionbe?
But most importantly, what wouldyou di do differently today?
To be great in that area,whether it's your relationships,
(05:58):
whether it's in your finances,whether it's in your body, your
wellness, your fitness in, inlove, so what would it look
like?
So for me, like with, when Ithink about my kids, like we
have a.
We have good relationships, butI was like, I wanna be great.
I want our connection to be justsoul level.
And so great is like I'm presentwith them all the time.
(06:20):
My phone's never out.
When the kids and I are in thecar driving, when someone calls,
I intentionally don't answerbecause that's.
What makes a great relationshipis the power of our presence
with them.
And that is more memorable thanany gift or vacation, is just
what we do every day, right?
And building connection withthose we love most.
So that's what great looks like.
(06:40):
It's creating memories, doingincredible things together.
So because I love affirmations,I have an affirmation for you to
use as you are moving from goodenough to unapologetically.
Great.
So here's your affirmation.
I no longer settle for goodenough.
(07:01):
I'm worthy of a life, love andlegacy.
That feels great.
I'm thinking great, doing great,receiving greatness and
inspiring greatness.
Starting now.
Now, if this message wokesomething up.
In your spirit, share thisepisode with someone you love.
Remember, greatness iscontagious.
(07:23):
So be the example like startingnow.
And if you haven't yet, checkout my affirmation decks.
They are literally designed tohelp you go from good enough and
every area in your life.
To great and use promo codepodcast, you'll get a special
discount and a special thank youfor being part of my tribe.
You'll get 15% off this deck.
(07:44):
So again, friends, there's noexcuses, no apologies.
And thank you so much for tuningin this short and powerful
episode.
Again, choose great, love you.
Thank you so much for tuning into this
episode.
(08:05):
Please download, rate,subscribe, and share this
podcast.
Also, be sure to visit mytheresacesare.com to check out
my inspirational merch, connectto my social accounts, and much
more may you continue to befilled with wisdom, inspiration,
and consciousness.
Otherwise, friends, I will beback in two weeks for another
episode of Heart to.
Hey guys.
Welcome to Heart to Talk thepodcast.
I am the host and creatorTheresa Cesare My intention for
this podcast is to deliver toyou wisdom, inspiration, and
consciousness.
Through solo episodes andconversations amongst insightful
people.
It is my greatest honor to bringto you talks that come from the.
(00:32):
Hey, beautiful souls.
Welcome back to another powerfulepisode with me, Today we're
gonna talk about going from goodenough to unapologetically great
to stop settling and reallystart thriving.
So often we treat good as theultimate goal because we're
taught to be grateful, notgreedy.
But deep down it drains us tosettle good, becomes a
(00:55):
comfortable excuse that leaksour energy and stalls our dreams
and visions.
It's far easier to convinceourselves that what we have is
enough than to risk claimingsomething even better in
relationships, in finances, incareer, in our bodies and
health.
But what if feeling unfulfilledisn't a flaw?
(01:19):
But a clue.
Today I invite you to stopmaking excuses for good enough
and let's make great our newminimum standard.
Because calling greatness intoour lives truly ripples out to
inspire those around us.
But first, let's talk about whywe normalize good and talk
ourselves into staying where weare in relationships, finances,
(01:41):
and our careers and our bodies.
Well look around you, everyonearound you most likely is
settling.
Their relationships are good,their finances are good, but
settling for good.
Literally over time creates anunseen energy leak and emotional
drain.
So if you think like, wow,everything's good in my life.
(02:03):
Like, why do I still feel sodrained?
And this is me, like, I'm like,wow, things are good here.
Things are good here.
And it's like, no good isn'tgood enough.
And the minute I called it out,the minute I took action, I got
a surge of energy so I'll giveyou an example.
Like for this podcast, I've donethis for five years I feel proud
of it, right?
And I do it all myself.
(02:24):
I do my do editing, I do mymarketing, and for so long it's
good.
But underneath there was anunseen energy leak and I
couldn't figure out where it wascoming from.
And it was this I was settlingfor good enough And making
excuses to not start to dovideos, to not launch more
(02:46):
episodes.
I was so tied to.
It's good enough to launch twoepisodes a month.
It's good enough to only doaudio.
What would great look like?
And as I'm speaking to you, I'mactually doing my first video
podcast episode in which I hopeto like make a really cute, real
(03:06):
or short, so I'm taking messyaction.
Imperfect action, that's the wayyou gotta do it.
You just gotta like jump in.
And that's what I'm doingliterally right now as we speak.
I switched platforms.
I went from my squad cast intoRiverside for so long I was
comfortable, because I had myroutine and it was easy, but
easy and good.
(03:28):
Just wasn't cutting it for me.
The ways good becomes.
A self-imposed limit is exactlythat, especially when it comes
to relationships, your health,your work, and finances.
We limit what's possible so myexample, again, this podcast,
what's good for me right now?
(03:50):
I launch every two weeks..
I'm consistent.
But what would an apologeticallygreat look like in this area?
And for me it was like, Let's dosome videos here.
So when I promote on socialmedia, people get a little
clipped.
They get to see my face becausegood allowed me to record in my
pajamas.
But great requires me to dressup when I record because I'm
(04:14):
gonna be on camera.
And not that everything has tobe perfect and polished, like I
go on Instagram without makeup.
And that's powerful too.
Being like authentic and nothave to be done up.
But I also wanna show myaudience, my clients.
My community respect.
And when you show up excellentand you look great, that
communicates something that goesfrom good to great, so as a
(04:36):
listener, right, as being partof my community, this is your
invitation, your permissionslip.
What I'm gonna ask you to do isthink about, one area in your
life, love, career, health,finances, friendships, where
good.
Isn't enough.
And maybe for a while you feltlike that, but you didn't really
(04:56):
have the vocabulary.
And that was me, for a while Iwas like, what is this
unfulfillment I have?
And I felt like what's wrongwith me?
But once I heard.
Some of the people that I lookup to talk about going from good
to great.
I'm like, that's what I neededto hear.
And not only that, I'm gonnatake action, be in this process
myself and share it with all ofyou.
(05:16):
So again, go back to an area.
Love, career, health, finances,friendships, where good isn't
good enough, and ask if I couldhave it all in this area, what
would great.
Feel like here you wanna startwith feeling and then putting
the feelings with words.
(05:37):
It is so powerful because mostof the things that we desire, we
don't have a picture.
We don't even sometimes have thewords.
It's just a feeling, so I inviteyou to just reflect and write it
out what would that great visionbe?
But most importantly, what wouldyou di do differently today?
To be great in that area,whether it's your relationships,
(05:58):
whether it's in your finances,whether it's in your body, your
wellness, your fitness in, inlove, so what would it look
like?
So for me, like with, when Ithink about my kids, like we
have a.
We have good relationships, butI was like, I wanna be great.
I want our connection to be justsoul level.
And so great is like I'm presentwith them all the time.
(06:20):
My phone's never out.
When the kids and I are in thecar driving, when someone calls,
I intentionally don't answerbecause that's.
What makes a great relationshipis the power of our presence
with them.
And that is more memorable thanany gift or vacation, is just
what we do every day, right?
And building connection withthose we love most.
So that's what great looks like.
(06:40):
It's creating memories, doingincredible things together.
So because I love affirmations,I have an affirmation for you to
use as you are moving from goodenough to unapologetically.
Great.
So here's your affirmation.
I no longer settle for goodenough.
(07:01):
I'm worthy of a life, love andlegacy.
That feels great.
I'm thinking great, doing great,receiving greatness and
inspiring greatness.
Starting now.
Now, if this message wokesomething up.
In your spirit, share thisepisode with someone you love.
Remember, greatness iscontagious.
(07:23):
So be the example like startingnow.
And if you haven't yet, checkout my affirmation decks.
They are literally designed tohelp you go from good enough and
every area in your life.
To great and use promo codepodcast, you'll get a special
discount and a special thank youfor being part of my tribe.
You'll get 15% off this deck.
(07:44):
So again, friends, there's noexcuses, no apologies.
And thank you so much for tuningin this short and powerful
episode.
Again, choose great, love you.
Thank you so much for tuning into this
episode.
(08:05):
Please download, rate,subscribe, and share this
podcast.
Also, be sure to visit mytheresacesare.com to check out
my inspirational merch, connectto my social accounts, and much
more may you continue to befilled with wisdom, inspiration,
and consciousness.
Otherwise, friends, I will beback in two weeks for another
episode of Heart to.
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