Evolve Ventures

Co-hosts, Emilia Smith and Bianca Thomas are taking state-of-the-art research, experience, and data-backed methodologies to evolve the old version of themselves leveraging their obsessions into Evolve Ventures, a podcast designed to accelerate evolution, excellence, and extraordinary. Evolve Ventures is designed to radically equip you for today’s experiences, and tomorrow’s challenges, shifting you into unlimited potential. Topics will dive into the keys of leadership, elite brain performance, the not-so-scary parts of tech, the tools to navigate mental health, strategies for optimal living, relationships, and of course, personal development without the fluff. You can look forward to deeper stories, insights, and tactical takeaways to leverage and apply in your everyday life. Connect with the Evolve Ventures team on Instagram: @EvolveVentures @EvolvewithEmilia @EvolvewithBianca | Like the Evolve Ventures Facebook Page to connect with the global community: https://tinyurl.com/evolvev

Evolve Ventures is a education podcast hosted by Emilia Smith & Bianca Thomas, with 531 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Emilia Smith & Bianca Thomas hosts Evolve Ventures, a education show with 531 episodes published.

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  Episode #532

  #532 | What Your Dating Standards Say About You

  Aug 20, 202615 min

  Send us Fan Mail Your list was never really about them. It was always about you. In this episode, we unpack what dating standards actually reveal: the height requirement, the income bracket, the follower count, and the quiet belief underneath all of it that being chosen by the "right" person will finally make you feel worthy. We get into where these narratives come from, why low self worth gets externalized into requirements other people have to meet, the difference between a value and an insecurity wearing a value's clothing, and why so many people keep landing in the same relationship or no relationship at all. If you have ever pushed away someone good because they were available, this one is for you. Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #494 | How To Set Goals In Therapy - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000760417836 Learn more about: Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/ ️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZc Connect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community: Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794 Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1 Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:30) Welcome to episode 532 (2:05) The distorted checklist we call standards (3:04) A client who pushed away a good match (4:07) Where these narratives come from (6:13) Looking outward for worth you never built (7:26) Here's what Matthew has to say about the Evolve Ventures community and how it has helped in his journey (8:13) The pedestal and the celebrity you assign (8:53) Bianca on her own narrow standards (10:07) Auditing your standards through your nervous system (11:35) Wanting to feel good enough (12:19) Final thoughts and episode suggestion (13:06) Outro ***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION. (Stay tuned for this coming Monday's episode!)

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  Episode #531

  #531 | How Inaccurate Thinking Sabotages Love, Success, and Money

  Aug 17, 202627 min

  Send us Fan Mail You are not thinking nearly as much as you think you are. In this episode, we unpack how inaccurate thinking quietly sabotages love, success, and money, and why so many of our "decisions" are really impulses absorbed from the people around us. Emilia and Bianca get into metacognition, cognitive appraisal, and the uncomfortable reality that most of us are running on autopilot while telling ourselves a story about how deliberate we are. Bianca shares a client story that shows how an unexamined childhood pattern was still dictating his sleep two decades later, and Emilia walks through her denial framework, FREE for the four types of denial and HEAL for the antidote, because whatever you are denying you actively cannot improve. The conversation lands on humility as the greatest antidote to ignorance, and on the willingness to say "I don't know" as the entry point to better thinking. Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #480 | Everything You Need For Real Self Belief, Part Two - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000750453998 Learn more about: Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/ ️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZc Connect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community: Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794 Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1 Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:30) Why rational thinking beats emotional reasoning (3:07) Nobody blames their own thinking patterns (4:55) Pure impulse, social influence, and the truck example (7:46) Metacognition, shame, and the thought record (8:48) The client who could not let himself sleep (11:21) Living on autopilot and sabotaging what you want (12:07) Do you actually believe what you believe (13:08) Out of the Mud is our free live virtual event on the last Wednesday of every month (13:46) Researching denial and why the brain defends autopilot (15:52) The FREE and HEAL framework for the four types of denial (21:34) Humility as the antidote to ignorance (23:23) Outro ***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION. (Stay tuned for this coming Thursday's episode!)

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  Episode #530

  #530 | How to NOT Feel Like a Mess While Traveling

  Aug 13, 202643 min

  Send us Fan Mail Travel does not create the mess. It exposes what was never built. In this episode, we unpack why leaving home your base wrecks sleep, goals, and self-trust for so many people, and what to do about it long before you pack a bag. Emilia breaks down a client who feared a bachelorette party would drag her back into old world, the grief of outgrowing a circle that does not share your values, and the We Travel checklists that turn every bad trip into a lesson instead of a loss. Bianca adds why the ability to advocate for yourself at 11 PM in a hotel lobby is built well before the trip starts, and why travel being your only reprieve deserves a much bigger conversation. We also walk a live example of naming your values, attaching standards to them, and rating your own mess level from zero to ten. Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #511 | Why Alcohol Is an Easy Helper When You Are Stressed - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000771646317 The Growth Journey graphic referenced in this video - https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TjoFB6l-JBPkW2Pxf8GaYLQbJimvo_Ek/view?usp=drive_link Learn more about: Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/ ️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZc Connect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community: Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794 Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1 Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect Show notes: (0:00) Intro (2:13) Why vacations end up feeling wasted (4:08) Leaving home base disrupts everything (6:13) The client who feared derailing her goals (9:54) Going back into old world (14:53) Advocating for yourself when the group pushes back (17:12) Failing forward into better travel (19:22) Naming your values before you go (20:54) Mandi shares how Evolve group coaching helped her feel less alone in what she was going through (21:40) Inside the We Travel checklists (27:26) Live example: Wi-Fi, mattress, and a gym (33:28) Giving yourself a pass and regretting it later (38:49) Final takeaways and episode suggestion (40:46) Outro ***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION. (Stay tuned for this coming Monday's episode!)

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  Episode #529

  #529 | The Truth About Wanting Them to Apologize

  Aug 10, 202621 min

  Send us Fan Mail Waiting for an apology is its own kind of prison, and they hold the key on purpose. In this episode, we unpack what is actually happening inside you when you cling to an apology that may never come. Bianca opens with a client who cannot let himself heal because getting better feels like letting the people who harmed him off the hook. We get into the bulldozer and the house, why an apology can never rebuild what was demolished, and the difference between reconciliation and repair. Emilia breaks down the unconscious expectations we carry into rupture, why naming the impact feels like admitting the harm was okay, and how the nervous system is really reaching for safety, not words. We land on the hard truth: an apology is a nice to have, not a need to have, and your pain was already real without their acknowledgment. The how to apologize guide mentioned in this episode, from Emilia and Alan on The Conscious Couples podcast: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KVsyimNpa2-XBOlWBY52mzp3VsD0ZQLP/view?usp=sharing Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #521 | How to Trust Yourself and Eliminate Self-Doubt - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000776557116 Learn more about: Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/ ️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZc Connect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community: Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794 Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1 Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect Show notes: (0:00) Intro (1:29) The truth about wanting them to apologize (2:29) What is happening inside you while you wait (2:46) A client who cannot let himself heal (4:24) The fear that getting better lets them off the hook (5:44) The limiting belief underneath the waiting (6:18) Unconscious expectations we bring into rupture (7:22) Reconciliation versus repair (8:45) Overestimating what other people are capable of (9:27) Emilia invites you to Out of the Mud, our free live virtual event hosted the last Wednesday of every month. (10:25) An apology does not undo the damage (10:48) The bulldozer and the house (11:29) Nice to have, not a need to have (12:17) Why some people cannot apologize (13:04) Why naming the impact is so hard (14:15) Rebuilding is not accepting the harm (16:21) Their apology does not make your pain real (17:05) Bringing the locus of control back inward (18:47) Outro ***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION. (Stay tuned for this coming Thursday's episode!)

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  Episode #528

  #528 | How Vital the Mother Role REALLY Is

  Aug 6, 202637 min

  Send us Fan Mail Strength is not a personality trait, it is a practice, and children learn it by watching. In this episode, we unpack why the mother role is one of the most vital and least supported roles there is. Emilia and Bianca make the case that you cannot be an empowered mother without first being an empowered woman, and that most women are attempting exactly that inside a culture that quietly resists it. They get into leading by example in the gym, in community, and in the language you use about your own child, and why a mother's presence shapes emotional safety, brain development, and a sense of self long before a child has words for any of it. They also name the cost of getting it wrong: the Ferber method and the cry it out generation, the gap between good enough parenting and exceptional parenting, and the ownership mindset that surfaces when a parent believes they get to decide who their child is. Two client stories anchor the conversation, one single mother who describes motherhood as continuously getting to learn who her daughter is, and one woman who could not reach her own emotions until she had to co-regulate her toddler through a terrifying afternoon. This is not mother bashing. It is a call for women to be supported, for men to back them, and for the cycles to stop here. Here's a related episode that builds on today's conversation: #527 | How Important the Father Role REALLY Is - https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/evolve-ventures/id1511831621?i=1000779642049 Learn more about: Out of the Mud (OOTM) - "The Difference Between Avoidance and Self-Protection" - https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/IykObX8eR7ixJaQ-qqZogw#/registration Evolve Group Coaching - https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-group-coaching/ ️ Insightful films. Meaningful growth. Join our Evolve Movie Club - https://forms.gle/bBZUbFEeD2ijypCT7 The #YouDoYou Therapy Program gives you support when and how you need it. No pressure. Just real help. Start your free 7-day trial today - https://buy.stripe.com/fZe8Avdfx8bW9gcfZc Connect with Emilia, Bianca & the EVOLVE VENTURES Community: Website: http://www.evolveventurestech.com Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/evolveventures/ Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/EvolveVenturesTech (Public Page) Evolve Ventures Society (Private Facebook Group) - https://www.facebook.com/groups/457130589193794 Emilia's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithemilia/ Emilia's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithemilia Bianca's IG - https://www.instagram.com/evolvewithbianca/ Bianca's TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@evolvewithbianca?_t=8gq3wqu4fAx&_r=1 Connect with Emilia from Evolve Ventures for FREE: https://calendly.com/emiliasmith/free-evp-communityconnect Show notes: (0:00) Intro (3:05) Empowered mothers start with empowered women (4:53) Why empowered women feel like a threat (5:33) Leading by example in the gym (9:40) What limiting beliefs do to new mothers (10:25) Building a community that leads by example (14:13) This is not mother bashing (16:11) Ownership versus agency in parenting (21:17) Isaac shares what it's like to be part of the Evolve Ventures team and what he loves about it (22:10) Getting to learn who your daughter is (26:22) The mom who stayed regulated when her son went missing (34:31) Outro ***Leave them a 5-star review if you felt their energy, became inspired, or felt the value was added to your life in your EVOLUTION. (Stay tuned for this coming Monday's episode!)

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