Own Your Best Life Podcast

Welcome friends to Episode #71 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Time is one of our most precious assets and resources. The more we are connected through technology, the easier it becomes to feel like our time gets consumed through work and the ability to always be doing something. Today, we're going to talk about some of the foundational principles of creating more time in your life. FREE SPIRIT...

Welcome friends to Episode #70 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've been trying to figure out how to make or have more money, I'm so excited for you to dive into today's episode. We're going to dive into your biggest obstacle and how that's keeping you from reaching your financial goals.   Welcome friends to Episode #70 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've been trying to figure out...

Welcome friends to Episode #69 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've ever gone on a trip and felt that just as you were beginning to relax, it was time to go home - then you've probably thought about taking a longer trip. No matter where you are in the spectrum of getaways, we know that there's something pretty special about taking time for you. If you want to take a 4-week trip and aren't...

Welcome friends to Episode #68 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Have you ever been so frustrated about the lack of results in a certain area of your life that you want to just give up? When you're trying to stretch yourself into a new level of financial freedom, creativity, health or intimacy in your relationships, things don't always work out the way we thought they would. Today, we're going to...

Welcome friends to Episode #67 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've been thinking about going away on a retreat, or have one planned in the near future, there's a chance that you've been wondering what's going to happen while you're on retreat. You're also probably wondering how to make the most of the time and money you're investing into the retreat. Whether or not it's an in-person retre...

Welcome friends to Episode #66 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Do you find yourself using things outside of ourselves to escape? Take a look at what you are currently desiring. It's likely due to a feeling you wish to create in your life. It might be to escape pain, boredom, sadness, frustration or loneliness. What if we stayed instead of escaped? What would we learn from doing the opposite? To...

Welcome friends to Episode #65 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you ever feel like you're constantly fatigued with headaches or other pain in your body, you've probably thought about the things that are happening in your life. Have you just taken on a new job or promotion? Have you moved recently or had any other big changes in your life? What about the stress of finances, relationships or wo...

Welcome friends to Episode #64 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. I've been personally very interested in this idea of simplifying my life in the last several years and if you love Marie Kondo, the idea of minimalism, or are even just intrigued with the possibility of simple living, you're in for a treat. I'll share the 13 ways you might be overcomplicating your life right now and what you can do...

Welcome friends to Episode #63 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. I've often found that changes to our lives can bring us to rediscover another part of ourselves. Changes in our lives dissolve our identities. Take the pandemic. As we emerge from the pandemic, I began to think about what I would want to remain from this last year, and how to handle the oncoming travel, social agenda and return to l...

Welcome friends to Episode #62 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Many of us have a strained relationship with food. We love it, we hate it, we blame it and through it all it shows up every single day. Let's change our relationship with food for the better so it's no longer an emotional roller coaster to eat and take the steps towards what it is we do want: a high quality nurturing relationship. H...

Welcome friends to Episode #61 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Are you thinking about creating a side hustle or a business? Maybe you've already started a side hustle but you're not sure how to find the time to continue working on it without sacrificing your 9-5 or personal life. If you're wondering how to find time for it all, you're in the right place. Today, I'm sharing how much time you nee...

Welcome friends to Episode #60 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Prioritization is high on the list of life-changing principles. Whenever we feel overwhelmed, it's often because we don't know what to do next. If you've faced indecision and feel like you would love to get more time back in your life, knowing what to focus on now - is a critical unlock. Today, we're going to talk about how to prior...

Welcome friends to Episode #59 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've got a lot on your mind or desire to unearth your creativity - I'm going to share with you a practice of journaling that I've used to help me and many others move forward in life. LEARN MORE ABOUT COACHING: https://mayempson.com/contact MAY EMPSON INSTAGRAM:   https://www.instagram.com/mayempson   OWN YOUR BEST LIFE SHOWNOT...

Welcome friends to Episode #58 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you've ever struggled with making decisions, and have been curious about a framework for making decisions, you're in luck. Today I'm going to introduce you to the chakra system and how it can help you make decisions. Maybe you don't know what the chakra system is or maybe you have an extensive knowledge of this system - it doesn'...

Welcome friends to Episode #57 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. We often have competing priorities in our lives and feel overwhelmed figuring out how to manage all of it. We make lists, we make plans, and we create goals - yet, we still haven't followed through. It feels useless to keep trying so we stop going after what we know will be good for us, and instead stay in the status quo. If you're...

Welcome friends to Episode #56 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Changing our lives often involves a bit of faith in what we don't fully understand yet or know. Specifically, how do we create a future for ourselves when we don't understand the framework of what we are experiencing and how we interact with others, and the world around us. If you've ever wondered what the Akashic field is and how t...

Welcome friends to Episode #55 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. The ability to decide, choose and respond appropriately to what life provides you is one of the most amazing ways we can demonstrate our own personal power. That realization alone may change your life. Why? You suddenly realize that if you have the power to choose how you want to live your life, that means that you can create a life...

Welcome friends to Episode #54 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. There are some things in our lives that give us both so much trouble and so much joy. One of those things is people and our relationships with people. Whether we want it to be the case or not, we do have to deal with people and all their intricacies. If you've got someone on your mind who you want to forgive and you're having troubl...

Welcome friends to Episode #53 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Let me ask you: Have you ever looked in the mirror and thought, "Wow, I thought things would be different, I thought things would be better by now?" If you have, you're not alone. But what if I told you there's one thing -- just ONE THING -- that can make a shift so you can realize that this is the greatest time in history and in yo...

Welcome friends to Episode #52 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. It's a funny thing about how we go through life completely unaware of this idea of a purpose and suddenly, when we start to wonder "what is my purpose?" - we suddenly feel this sense of overwhelm. We've been so busy making a living that we didn't think about what this means to us. Maybe you've had a traumatic event happen in your li...

Welcome friends to Episode #51 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. I love the power of rituals. How many of you love to start your day with a coffee, tea, juice, smoothie or even a glass of warm water with lemon? Do we think about them as just something we consume or do we infuse it with intention? What if we could create intentional rituals that lead to more magical days? This is the power of ritu...

Welcome friends to Episode #50 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Have you ever wondered what it would be like to start a business based on your passions? Maybe you've traveled to some amazing location and wondered what it would be like to live there. Today, I talk to Liloa Akoi who I met when I was in Maui, Hawaii. She's a mom and entrepreneur with a passion for Hawaiian living, plants, skincare...

Welcome friends to Episode #49 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Are you ready for a career change? If you're starting to feel like you've tapped out where you are, and you want to do work that feels more aligned with your values and passions then you're likely thinking of switching to something else. Whether it's another company, job, career or just figuring out what it is you want to do now tha...

Welcome friends to Episode #48 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. If you're listening to this podcast, you're likely someone who wants to be a better version of themselves. You're likely also someone who gives easily and wants to help others. You're the strong one that others rely on. You're the champion for others, but today - we're going to dive into how to not lose yourself in the process of he...

Welcome friends to Episode #47 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. Today, I'm sharing with you a meditation that will help you learn to trust yourself and your inner wisdom. This is a meditation I've used daily for years and it cultivates that ability to know with a sense of pragmatism how to solve that problem or issue that's on your mind. If this type of meditation resonates with you, I have a fe...