Episode 554: The 3-Step Process to Taking Control of Your Mindset with Yvonne Trost

April 08, 2026•2 min read

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In this master’s class episode of the Smart Real Estate Coach Podcast, I sit down with Yvonne Trost, happiness coach, certified hypnotherapist, and co-founder of Limitless You, for a conversation that hits the hardest part of our genius model head-on: mindset. We can teach skill set. We can teach systems. But when life throws curveballs, mindset is what determines whether you stay stuck or move forward.

Yvonne shares her journey from a small-town upbringing in central Illinois, to a high-performing consulting career, to a life-changing personal transformation that led her into hypnotherapy, mindfulness, and transformational coaching. We unpack how limiting beliefs get formed, why so many high achievers are unknowingly running on subconscious autopilot, and how fear, judgment, doubt, and self-pity quietly cap your growth in business and life. We also talk about anxiety, nervous system triggers, identity, visibility, and why self-help is not selfish.

If you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or leader who knows the next breakthrough is not just about tactics but about who you are becoming, this episode will give you a fresh lens on how to stop recreating the past and start building your future on purpose.

Key Talking Points of the Episode

00:00 Introduction

01:10 Who is Yvonne Trost?

02:13 Yvonne’s backstory: small-town Illinois and a sheltered upbringing

03:46 How love can still create limiting beliefs

04:50 Divorce as the wake-up call

05:35 How hypnotherapy changed everything

06:51 The yacht and dock metaphor: why so many people stay stuck

08:05 The past and future do not exist the way we think they do

09:02 Creating your future present instead of your past present

10:21 Why hustle and grind may be the wrong operating system

11:16 Understanding that things are happening for you, not to you