Own Your Best Life Podcast

Welcome to episode #220 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Today we're going to challenge a belief that holds so many of us back: "What makes me so special when so many people are doing the same thing?" If you want to figure out what's next, join Spiritual Achiever® Coaching Follow May Empson's Socials: LinkedIn  | Instagram  | Facebook   Download the free Spiritual Achiever® Meditation Series

Welcome to episode #219 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. You can outwork pretty much any problem. The seats at the table and opportunities you desire are on the other side of the work that goes into it.  If you want to figure out what's next, join Spiritual Achiever® Coaching Follow May Empson's Socials: LinkedIn  | Instagram  | Facebook   Download the free Spiritual Achiever® Meditation Series

Welcome to episode #218 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you want a bigger life, you have to stop playing small. A bigger life can mean being paid well to do work you love. It can mean having time for people in your life. It can mean more confidence and less anxiety. It can mean going after the job, title and life that you've been thinking about but haven't yet made the moves towards. Today's...

Welcome to episode #217 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Sometimes, you will make moves in your work to make it more sustainable, but you still don't think you've figured it out. You're looking for more clarity on what career move to make next that will allow you to do stimulating work while also spending time with your family and taking care of yourself. You want to truly do the work that align...

Welcome to episode #216 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you feel like you have been stuck in a rut and you are wanting something to change, this is for you. We are back in the back to school, schedules and work rush. When this all collides, the schedules can seem so overwhelming that we don't know when and how we will get all of this done. We just know that we will.  If you want to figure ou...

Welcome to episode #215 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've ever struggled with working with other people or if it feels like people are constantly creating stress at work for you, you'll want to listen to today's podcast. We don't want to change who we are when we're dealing with other people, but we also know that life would be so much less stressful if we could figure out how to fight...

Welcome to episode #214 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. As we get more advanced in our careers, there's often a feeling of not wanting to give up everything you worked so hard for in the process of making any kind of change. You might have found yourself in a new role or promoted, wondering if this is what you really want. Or maybe you have thoughts of making a change to your life or career and...

Welcome to episode #213 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When work takes over our lives, it's hard for us to feel a sense of separation between ourselves and our work. We live, breathe and sleep thinking about our work. At the same time, we're happy when we don't have to focus on it as much and we start to wonder why our work feels like it is all encompassing? Today's podcast is on creating a fu...

Welcome to episode #212 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. One of the common misconceptions that I see both professionally and personally is that people don't think they're leadership material if they're not loud, aggressive, direct and extraverted. Leadership, however, isn't a personality trait that you innately have or don't have - it's a skill that you develop - and it pays dividends for years...

Welcome to episode #211 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Taking time off is both a skill and an art. Often we feel like we're just running off leaving things undone and hoping that no one calls us while we're gone but realizing that because of the way things are, those emails and calls are going to happen. Or we feel like we don't deserve to take time off until we've earned it via finishing the...

Welcome to episode #210 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When we're struggling with finding the "right" job or the career path that we think will be the most fulfilling, we often think that there is only one thing that will create happiness: getting our career "right." Knowing our one path. Getting that one job or promotion. Or maybe even not working at all. Finding that one job thing that makes...

Welcome to episode #209 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you're a busy professional who either has a corporate career or a business you're growing, you're juggling the competing demands of work and your personal life. We know that we're spending so much time on surface level things and that we need to spend more time doing deeper work or just having time to really attend to our personal liv...

Achievers, do you love the feeling of checking off your to-do list? In fact, you might even put things on your to-do list that you've already done to then check them off. You celebrate how you are maximizing every waking moment.  Achievers are often the person who gets things done so you feel the constant itch to be productive all the time and at the beck and call of others. Yet, what keeps achiev...

Welcome to episode #207 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. As a professional, you're used to working hard and doing the hustle. Pushing through pain and tough moments is part of the jobs we've decided to take on. We often have the mental pictures of success as being those who are martyred, dying and just making it through life while making lots of money or finally achieving the status they desire....

Welcome to episode #206 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. One of the sneaky beliefs of professionals that keep them where they are is thinking that they can't make any changes because they should be grateful. "I should be grateful….but". Every time you think about change, a sense of guilt comes over you.  Life is pretty good so why rock the boat?  Today's podcast on how you can be grateful and st...

Welcome to episode #205 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Have you ever experienced burnout? The kind of chronic fatigue where you're tired and running on reserves for more than just a day or a week at a time? You start to wonder if that exhaustion will ever end but keep telling yourself that it only be one more project or one more month until you find yourself wondering if you need to quit that...

Welcome to episode #204 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Last week, I went to Portugal on a retreat and it reminded me yet again of something I've been working on for a long time: not doing everything myself. Somewhere between taking radical responsibility and the ideas of leaning in, I gave so much of myself that I emptied my tank. I was capable and have already figured so many things out, so w...

Welcome to episode #203 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you're standing at the precipice of change, knowing that you cannot imagine yourself doing the same thing 5 or 10 years from now, you know it's time. If you want to figure out what's next, join Spiritual Achiever® Coaching Follow May Empson's Socials: LinkedIn  | Instagram  | Facebook   Download the free Spiritual Achiever® Meditation...

Welcome to episode #202 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. In a world where spirituality has become trendy and even extravagant, it's easy to believe that you don't have time, money or resources for spirituality. Yet, what happens when we start living lives devoid of meaning, connection and inner peace? We realize that something is missing. Today's podcast on how spirituality is a necessity, not a...

Welcome to episode #201 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you're surrounded by people who complain about their boss, workload and pretty much the overall business of life - it's easy for you to also think that work is just not for you. Maybe you've experienced some pretty tough or toxic work situations that have turned you off from corporate life or the idea of the rat race. Either way, you'...

Welcome to episode #200 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When people ask me how to actually live a life where they're fulfilled, what they're truly wanting to know is what changes do they need to make to create a life they love. How do you make personal and professional decisions that create fulfillment? You know that something is going to change, but how do you ensure that in your next chapter,...

Welcome to episode #199 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Sometimes our dreams feel far off, and that they are too big. Other times, it feels like we've lost the capacity to dream. Life feels so tiring and like we don't have the time to dream beyond today. If you're in either of these camps, this is not a problem. Today's podcast will break down why you need to start dreaming again. If you want t...

Welcome to episode #198 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. One of the most common questions that I get is how do I know if this is it and I should just settle? It comes from noticing that you're not that happy or fulfilled, but thinking that you should be grateful for what you have in life. Today's podcast will help you see that this life isn't just it and why. If you want to figure out what's nex...

Welcome to episode #197 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When we think about success in life, the driven and ambitious believe that in order to have success, it means we have to be amazing at every single thing in our lives and at work. It can feel exhausting and at times anxiety-provoking, and you're so used to working and living this way that this striving for perfection in everything is so in...

Welcome to episode #196 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. There are times in our lives when we realize that something's missing at work. The sense that we belong - truly belong - because our spiritual self is being fulfilled and acknowledged just isn't there. Or you feel like you're working for just a paycheck and not truly caring about what you do. Perhaps we feel that we have questions about th...