Own Your Best Life Podcast

Welcome friends to Episode #145 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. One of the core skills you will need to learn as a leader in your life whether it's personally or professionally is planning. If it's something that you used to do and stopped, you're likely feeling the effects. A sense of not really knowing what's in store for you this year. Especially, if you are making a transition in your caree...

Welcome friends to Episode #144 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. There's a myth about being your own person that I want to bust. We often think that to be ourselves means to rebel and to fight against others. It means that we think we won't be the partners and team players that contribute to making the world a better place. It's not true and today's podcast on being your own person is going to b...

Welcome friends to Episode #143 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. I don't know about you, but I love both structure and freedom. I love having routines I know that work for me. I love having something that is so reliable that I can come back to whenever I'm feeling off, and my energy systems are one those things. You won't want to miss today's episode because we are diving into what an energy sys...

Welcome friends to Episode #142 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Whether it's because mercury is in retrograde or you've been burning the midnight oil, sometimes our energy feels off. How do you know if it's something within your control or whether or not you should just wait it out? Today, I'll share with you an energy audit practice I personally use to help manage my energy. LEARN MORE ABOUT C...

Welcome friends to Episode #141 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. The holidays are a great time to unwind and relax, yet it can often feel like you're off to the races with more obligations than time. Whether traveling, hosting or trying to catch up on two weeks of work, it can feel like anything but the most wonderful time of the year. This podcast is for you if you want to prioritize your well-...

Welcome friends to Episode #140 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Have you come across the term "manifesting" and wondered what it was? You might be doing all the things to make something happen in your life and you've turned to manifestation as a last resort. Maybe you love manifestation and have a lot of success with manifesting and want to turn that dial up a notch. Wherever you are, I've got...

Welcome friends to Episode #139 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've wondered why it feels like some people always know exactly what they want, and admire how direct or bold others are, you'll want to be a designer. How do you take the role of a designer in your own life? How do you create a life that is uniquely your own, not because you're trying to stand out and be different - but becau...

Welcome friends to Episode #138 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When we start thinking of making changes to our lives, it's hard to know where to start. There seems to be so much going on with our lives right now that if we even had a bit of extra time, how do we think about utilizing it for change? What's the importance of changing our lives for the future when things aren't working today? Tod...

Welcome friends to Episode #137 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. There are three givens in life. Death, taxes and change. As much as we want things to stay in status quo, or not - the one thing we know is that change occurs. There are changes that we plan for and changes that are unexpected. How do we handle the unexpected, whether it's the passing of a loved one or the loss of a job? How do we...

Welcome friends to Episode #136 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you have very little free time, you feel the weight of making the most of that precious time. What do you do in your spare moments before the kids wake up or after they go to bed? What do you do in the one or 2 hours you have for yourself? For those of you who have a goal or a desire you're bringing to life, this question beco...

Welcome friends to Episode #135 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. There's no escaping those feelings of self-doubt. No matter how much work you've done, how much of an expert you are in your field or how much you want to just not care - there's a part of you that feels self-doubt. It's not all the time, but enough of the time that you wonder if it will ever go away. We want to ensure that we don'...

Welcome friends to Episode #134 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. To know your purpose can feel like a gift. Finally, clarity around why you are here and what you're here to do in life. Yet, you often still need help pursuing that purpose. You need help believing that it's possible. You want inspiration from others who have succeeded. You long to feel that you're not alone and that you're making...

Welcome friends to Episode #133 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. As you grow in your career and life it becomes more and more obvious that you can't do everything on your own. Yet, when you think that you have to do it all and solve every problem yourself, asking for help feels hard. Doing it all is what got you here, but asking for help is what gets you there - to that place of surrender and op...

Welcome friends to Episode #132 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you start to feel disengaged, stressed or burned out at work or in your personal life - it often causes you to pause. You start to wonder what's the point of doing this work or living life this way? Especially when the never-ending to-do list keeps growing and the problems keep piling up, we start to lose our motivation for su...

Welcome friends to Episode #130 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you're on a new path, it can often feel like you're taking a leap of faith. It feels like a bold move to go into a place where you are investing your time, energy and resources into something that isn't yet proven. What if it fails? What if you fail? How do you know when it's the right time to take that leap or make that decis...

Welcome friends to Episode #130 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you have a hard time making a decision or deciding what to do next, it feels like the options are endless. How do you know what to do with your life when you don't know what is right for you? We've often been conditioned to think that what's right is what others think and believe are right, but we also know that we want to dev...

Welcome friends to Episode #129 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. There will be times when you've made a ton of progress. Congratulations. You're seeing the fruits of your labor. At that point, we often think about stopping and pausing. We wonder if we want to keep going hard or not towards this endeavor. Do we keep climbing? How do you keep forward momentum during those moments? When you've made...

Welcome friends to Episode #128 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've ever struggled with getting your point across or feel like people don't understand what you're trying to say, you know how frustrating it can be. You wonder if it's you or them and your confidence takes a hit when what you're saying doesn't seem to land. What can you do to be understood and be taken seriously? Whether it'...

Welcome friends to Episode #127 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. I don't know about you, but there are times when I just don't want to do the thing I know I need to do. We might be tired from doing so much already or we might just not want to do the thing you need to do. What do we do in those moments? If you find yourself delaying the task at hand and procrastinating, today's podcast is for you...

Welcome friends to Episode #126 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've been thinking about starting a side hustle or becoming an entrepreneur, one of the first questions that come to mind is, "Can I find stability as an entrepreneur?" We often worry about the risk of unpredictable income or the additional responsibilities required to own a business and we put the thought of doing our own thi...

Welcome friends to Episode #125 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. When you spend so much time thinking about who you are at work and working, it is often hard to pinpoint exactly what life looks like for you outside of work. Is it your never-ending to-do list of chores or places to go and see? Is this really what life is about? Work + non-work streaming into months, days and years? If you feel li...

Welcome friends to Episode #124 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Sometimes it feels like the thing we want is taking too long. We feel that we would go so much further and faster if we could just do it all alone. What do you do when you feel other people are holding you back? What if you are in a marriage, partnership or organization and you can't act alone? How do you still achieve your own goa...

Welcome friends to Episode #123 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Life doesn't always turn out exactly the way we thought it would. Perhaps you've had a loose idea of the type of person you would become or the kind of work you would do and now you're questioning it all. Perhaps you've never known exactly what you would do and you've surprised yourself with where you're at now. How do you find mea...

Welcome friends to Episode #122 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've ever had an idea, desire or ambition and thought to yourself, "But is this even possible? Is this real?" - you know that self-doubt often keeps you second guessing yourself. You know that perhaps you can play a little bigger and more bolder in your life, but you don't do it. When that level of safety seems to pervade and...