Owning Her Authority Podcast | For Ascending Women Ready to Boldly Amplify Their Impact

✨ Would you describe yourself as a people pleaser? ✨ Do you have a hard time being straightforward with your feelings? ✨ Do you have a tendency to beat around the bush if something is bothering you? ✨ Are you worrying about what other people are thinking about you?  This is something today’s guest Natalie Katona struggled with until she found her voice and started to speak her truth. Natalie s...

This week The Live By Design Podcast reached a podcasting milestone. We've officially hit 25,000 episode downloads! 🥂 To celebrate I've teamed up with my friends at Blissoma to giveaway not one, not two, but THREE Trial Skincare Sets! This is my all-time favorite brand, and I can't wait for you to enjoy all the benefits of all-natural, plant-based skincare too 💁‍♀️ Join the free g...

It’s a new year and with a new year comes goal setting. But what if you aren’t feeling excited about your goals? Or maybe you don’t know where to start. Perhaps you even feel overwhelmed by the whole process and have thrown in the towel when it comes to setting an intention for the year to come. I find when this happens that if we identify our fundamental core values first, we can allow them to be...

Welcome to Joyful Corner! Our mini episode each week where we choose to look for and celebrate the good that already surrounds us. I hope these episodes leave you feeling lighter and brighter after each listen! So let’s hop into this gratitude practice, together. This week I’m grateful for a recent bedroom-turned-workout-room conversion that my hubby and I have been working on and recently finishe...

Does this sound familiar?   ⭐You are flipping through family photos but there is someone missing. YOU! You shy away from the camera because you don’t feel confident in how your skin looks.  ⭐ You feel anxious going into a store to purchase skincare products because you don’t know where to start and what would actually work for you.  Well friend, this is also exactly how I felt and I ended up ign...

As we move into a fresh new year and set our goals it’s important to take time to reflect on the past year. What went well, what didn’t go well, what lessons we’re grateful to have learned, and what we’re choosing to release and leave in the past year. After this reflection process, we move onto setting goals for the new year that are aspirational and attainable! But this year, what if instead of...

Welcome to Joyful Corner! Our mini episode each week where we choose to look for and celebrate the good that already surrounds us. I hope these episodes leave you feeling lighter and brighter after each listen! So let’s hop into this gratitude practice, together. This week I’m grateful for my husband and I working together to tackle a long-lingering DIY project of ours - painting our kitchen cabin...

When you go out of your comfort zone to try something, do you feel scared? It probably does! But what you choose to do next makes all the difference. There are so many times in life that we let fear hold us back from what we really want to do and achieve. So friend, today I ask you, what would your life look like if you stepped fully into your self-confidence and left your mark on the world? That...

Did you dig yesterday's podcast episode all about habit tracking and how it's the key to achieving your goals? If not, give it a listen after tuning into this bonus episode! Today I'm sharing with you exactly how to complete your Live By Design Habit Tracker . I walk you through the three steps which include: Step 1: Planning your habit loop and proactive planning for when life inev...

We have all done this. It’s a new year with big expectations and intentions and we jump in with ALL resolutions. And then halfway through January we’ve already forgotten what those resolutions were because we tried to do all-the-things at the same time.  And the activation energy required to get going again when life inevitably happens is too great, and so we end up quitting…again. That’s why I’m...

Today we're kicking it old school with a throwback episode with Nick Cruz Velleman. Not only is Nick an old and dear friend of Kate's who continually inspires her to live a life committed to purpose and presence, but he's also a practicing artist, fine arts instructor, and Ted Talk speaker too! This January Nick's teaching two online art courses with The Leo Marchutz School - s...

Welcome to Joyful Corner! Our mini episode each week where we choose to look for and celebrate the good that already surrounds us. I hope these episodes leave you feeling lighter and brighter after each listen! So let’s hop into this gratitude practice, together. This week I’m grateful for my new evening routine! Instead of getting overtired and going to bed too late, I'm taking a more proact...

Our wildest sale of the year ends at 11:59pm tonight! ⏰ If you've been on the fence about enrolling in the Pursue Your Purpose Masterclass or joining us in the LBD Collective - then this is your sign to hop on in, friend! If you want 2023 to be the year you embraced living by design and not by default, then this offer was created just for you! ✨ For a limited time, I'm offering the Pur...

How often have you found yourself in a destructive cycle of negative thoughts? Where you’re thinking unkind, critical thoughts about yourself…and you know you want to shift that inner narrative but you’re not sure how to do it.  What if you could break that negative mindset and shift into positive thoughts? And no, we aren’t talking about toxic positivity here, but about intentional thinking .  Wh...

It’s a new year and with it comes excitement and new possibilities!  Today I’m embracing that excitement and am sharing a Yung Pueblo inspired meditation with you. It’s my hope for you in this new year that you stay in touch with what’s in your heart, that you embrace the goals and vision you have for 2023, and that you make time for what feels important to you! And as we meditate together - eithe...

What if 2023 was the year you chose yourself? Chose to shift your mindset towards growth. Chose to say yes only to what feels abundant and aligned. Chose to practice self-love. Chose to set goals and  implement habits that help you reach them. Chose to surround yourself with other women who are also living by design and not by default. Chose to release the overwhelm, get unstuck, and finally take...

Welcome to Joyful Corner! Our mini episode each week where we choose to look for and celebrate the good that already surrounds us. I hope these episodes leave you feeling lighter and brighter after each listen! So let’s hop into this gratitude practice, together. This week I’m grateful for a fun, spontaneous playtime outside with my two little guys. We spent over an hour rolling pumpkins down a bi...

Did you know that episode 77 of the podcast is one of our top downloaded shows? It's all about morning routines: the benefits, how to start one, what to include, and what mine looks like so you can start one too! Today I wanted to record this episode with you as an update to our previous episode, because my season of life has continued to shift and with that my morning routine has changed too...

Did you hear?! I'm hosting the biggest sale in Live By Design Co. history, but act quick because this wild sale goes away soon! If you're tired of feeling overwhelmed or like you're stuck spinning your wheels on your personal growth journey, then I'd like to personally invite you to join me in the Pursue Your Purpose Masterclass and the LBD Collective. Especially if it's o...

Welcome to Joyful Corner! Our mini episode each week where we choose to look for and celebrate the good that already surrounds us. I hope these episodes leave you feeling lighter and brighter after each listen! So let’s hop into this gratitude practice, together. This week I’m grateful for family traditions, quality time together, and some delicious meals that I'm looking forward to! If you k...

Do you want to craft a vision board for the new year, but you're not sure where to start? I got you, friend! In today's episode I'm sharing my best practices for creating a vision board that actually works. I could talk about vision boards all day because they're the intersection of two things I love - goal setting + art!  So if you're ready to think big, evaluate where yo...

Who's excited to set exciting goals for the new year?! Same here, friend! 👋 I've been studying goal setting for years, and between personal experience and almost a decade of research I've honed in on four guiding principles that I want you to use when choosing your next big, and dare I say - audacious! - goals. And no, these aren't your run-of-the-mill S.M.A.R.T. goals. While...

Did you hear?! I'm hosting the biggest sale in Live By Design Co. history! If it's on your heart to start the new year with intention and purpose-aligned action - then this sale is for you, friend! For a limited time, I'm offering the Pursue Your Purpose Masterclass + Membership to the LBD Collective for January - March of 2023 for just $97! 😱 ✨ Use code “holidays2022” to unlock t...

Welcome to Joyful Corner! Our mini episode each week where we choose to look for and celebrate the good that already surrounds us. I hope these episodes leave you feeling lighter and brighter after each listen! So let's jump into this gratitude practice, together. This week I’m grateful for a special surprise my husband and I planned for our boys - rescuing a puppy! Last weekend we brought ho...

Are you excited for the new year? For a fresh start? To set intention-focused, habit-based goals? Same here, friend! But before we start to vision-cast into the future and dream big for 2023, let's take a moment to reflect on the past 12 months. In this episode we're going to celebrate our wins, distill lessons out from our "losses," and choose what we're leaving behind an...