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The Optimized Life36: Creating Clarity & Structure Around Money36: Creating Clarity & Structure Around Money
In episode 36, we’re diving into part 2 of our 3-part series all about money.
In part 1, we talked about your relationship with money and why money triggers you.
In this episode, we’re focused on getting clear with your money right now. We’re talking about cash flow, what lights you up, and how you can start having a conscious spending life.
Listen in as we talk about:
5:56 How to define your core values (and why it matters)
11:14 Clarifying your i...
2022-09-2352 minThe Optimized Life35: Why You Avoid Money35: Why You Avoid Money
How do you feel about money?
Does that question trigger you? If so, you’re not alone.
The truth is that no matter how we were raised, we all have stories about money that impact how we relate to money today. And for a lot of us, these beliefs and stories are holding us back from living the lives we want to live.
So in episode 35 of The Optimized Life Podcast, we’re kicking off a 3-part series all about money.
Listen in a...
2022-07-2949 min
The Optimized Life34: Working with Your Body's Natural Rhythms34: Working with Your Body's Natural Rhythms
You see posts on social media and you feel like everyone else has figured out this adulting thing and they’re sticking to a schedule, a routine, like a boss; and you’re a big hot mess with no structure, no schedule. Or maybe you are sticking to a schedule, but you’re exhausted and having to rely on caffeine or worse to get you through the slumps in your day. Can you relate?
Most of us have felt this way and have assumed that the problem is us -- we’...
2022-04-0646 minThe Optimized Life33: The Gut Brain Axis, Weight Loss & Happiness33: The Gut Brain Axis, Weight Loss & Happiness
Have you ever felt like you are doing all the things and still feel stuck? If so, this episode is for you.
On this episode of the Optimized Life podcast, we are joined by world renowned Psycho-Nutritionist and award-winning product formulator of nutraceuticals, Dr. Shawn Talbott.
Listen in as we dive into all thing gut-brain axis and how it impacts weight loss and happiness.
In addition to being the Chief Science Officer at Amare Global, the mental wellness company, he is the author of 14...
2022-03-0346 minThe Optimized Life32: How to Feel Safe While Expanding into Something You’ve Never Been Before32: How to Feel Safe While Expanding into Something You’ve Never Been Before
What if paying attention to your gut microbiome could allow you to feel safe in the uncertainty while you expand into something you’ve never been before?
Introducing KEEP AUSTIN HAPPY!
A movement to feel good, more often and the ripple effect that could create in your life and in your family system.
Over the past two years, Covid and long Covid has profoundly impacted the way we function in our bodies, live, work and relate to one anot...
2022-02-1037 minThe Optimized Life31: How to Feel Anger From a Place of Groundedness31: How to Feel Anger From a Place of Groundedness
In each of our lives, there will inevitably be someone or something that triggers in you either a burning rage or intense fear.
We know we should get it out of our nervous system and let it go, but that’s easier said than done. How can we so easily let someone off the hook after they cut us off in traffic? How can we not get angry when reading the heartbreaking news we wake up to everyday? Regardless of the reason, the fallout can often be...
2022-01-1550 minThe Optimized Life30: Consistency & How to Create More of It30: Consistency & How to Create More of It
Admit it. We all want consistency in our lives. In our eating habits, workout schedule, morning routine, cashflow, and even in our relationships…we crave consistency.
In an effort to better improve in this area, we buy all the best motivational books, watch the all recommended TedTalks and we hear the same message played back to us, “Consistency is the key to success.”
While that may be true…it begs the question how do we integrate consistency into our lives in a sustainable way? How do we stay...
2022-01-0746 minThe Optimized Life29: Ayahuasca and What Comes Next29: Ayahuasca and What Comes Next
Ayahuasca is way more than just “showing up and throwing up.” It helps your brain to rewire neuropathways, it allows your body to purge things that are no longer serving you, it heals the body and boosts mental well-being. With proper integration post ceremony, it has the power to create profound, positive changes in your life.
Fresh off of a 3 day Ayahuasca ceremony, Jess reflects on back on her most recent medicine journey, the positive changes she is experiencing post ceremony and what comes next ... which is where the "integration" come...
2021-12-1056 minThe Optimized Life28: Feeling Through Love and Loss28: Feeling Through Love and Loss
Today Jess and Amy are sharing their very own experiences of grief, loss and also the profound joy that comes with the celebration of life.
Death and unconditional love are entirely interdependent. You can't have one without the other.
Our nervous systems have evolved in a way to protect us and keep us safe, and that includes resistance to change. So the big question is, how do we open ourselves up to that inevitable change that we have no control over?
Sometimes we need to just...
2021-11-2036 minThe Optimized Life27: The Great Resignation - What is Stopping You From Dreaming Big?Episode 27: What Stops You from Dreaming Big
There's something that's happening right now called the great resignation. People are looking for more fulfillment, more flexibility in their lives. They are starting to dream bigger.
Bigger dreams lead to bigger action, right? And bigger action leads to being able to have more financial resources and more financial resources leads to being able to make a greater impact. That impact leads to that bigger sense of purpose and more happiness.
Did you know that our dreams really stem from what makes us feel alive? Our...
2021-11-0951 minThe Optimized Life26: Learning to Trust Yourself26: Learning to Trust Yourself
What does it mean to trust fully?
“Trust is defined as choosing risk, making something you value vulnerable to another person's options.” - Charles Feltman
Knowing how to trust yourself is such a fun and timely topic to come back to our truth in this world that feels so chaotic right now. There is no better exercise for you to do in order to get grounded, stand strong in your full expression of yourself, and block out the external noise around out.
On this episode of the podc...
2021-10-3051 minThe Optimized Life25: Life Beyond the Amends Process25: Life Beyond the Amends Process
Why are the action steps so difficult for people when working through the 12 steps to recovery? Because if your nervous system is not regulated and optimized then it is all too easy to revert back to familiar coping mechanisms instead of facing your fears and owning your past.
On this episode of the podcast, we are talking about what it looks like in your life as a person who chooses recovery. It is our belief that we are all recovering from something and it's how you live in your body...
2021-09-2348 minThe Optimized Life24: Nona Kindsvater - How to Take Your Health to the Next Level in Recovery24: Nona Kindsvater - How to Take Your Health to the Next Level in Recovery
If you have ever been on a journey of recovery, you know there are several stepping stones to get to a place of healing. When we let go of addictive patterning, we almost always realize that we are physically unwell. Our guest today has over 25 years of experience in holistic nutrition and alternative medicine and specializes in complex health issues. She has also experienced this process first hand.
On this episode of the podcast, we talk about how to nurture our...
2021-09-0351 minThe Optimized Life23: The Pressure to Find Your Purpose23: Pressure to find your purpose
Have you ever wondered what your purpose in life is? Whether this is something you think about all the time, or something you haven’t given much thought to, take a little time to listen to episode 23.
In this episode, we talk about this idea of purpose, what it is, and the pressure to be on purpose, to live on purpose, to have a purpose. We will also talk about our experiences with purpose, and all the different ways that we’ve looked for it and what we found.
Li...
2021-08-2641 minThe Optimized Life22: How to Ditch Ruminating Thoughts and Overwhelm22: How to Ditch Ruminating Thoughts and Overwhelm
Have you ever found yourself replaying conversations and scenarios over and over again in your head? Whether they have or haven’t happened, or whether they’re maybe going to happen.
When we can't see something, our brain goes and tries to find evidence of what it might look like.
This leads us to ruminating, overthinking, over-analyzing, and attempting to control things.
Ruminating thinking is excessive or repetitive thinking centered on something that's happened in the past or something that hasn't yet happened.
As...
2021-08-1246 minThe Optimized Life21: Mike Govoni - Healing Masculine Energy21: Mike Govoni - Healing Masculine Energy
On this episode of the podcast we’re talking about how healing masculine energy, no matter your gender, can help you in your life, relationships, business and how you interact with money.
With us today is Mike Govoni. He is passionate about healing people in recovery and giving them a greater healing and transformation. He's been in recovery for over 16 years and has extensive experience in working in addiction recovery and has experienced, including supporting three major hospital emergency rooms in the Boston area, as well as working with bo...
2021-08-0637 minThe Optimized Life20: The Power of Letting Go20: The Power of Letting Go
In this episode of The Optimized Life Podcast, we're diving into the power of letting go. I mean, how relevant is this topic right now? So just as we're starting to presence this, think to yourself, what are you holding onto that's no longer serving you. What is taking up space in your head? What keeps you up at night?
Listen in as we talk about:
1:50 Amy shares her opinion on some outdated belief systems she has learned through the 12 step model and why they no longer work...
2021-07-2445 minThe Optimized Life19: Mackenzie McGehee - How to Create Healthy Love19: Mackenzie McGehee - How to Create Healthy Love
Did anyone give you a handbook on love and dating before you entered into that space of the world? Yeah, us neither. But lucky for you our guest today has dedicated her life’s calling to helping single women see that their dating behaviors, beliefs and patterns make sense based on their history.
On this episode of the podcast, we are going to be talking about love, dating, relationships and regulation and how we do all of these things in this very interesting time in our lives an...
2021-07-1641 minThe Optimized Life18: Coregulation and Building Safe Connections18: Coregulation and Building Safe Connections
Deep down we all long to connect with others in meaningful and authentic ways. Sometimes we think we are doing this, but we become so good at showing people what we want them to see and hiding the less desirable parts of ourselves. Through deeper connections with ourselves and with others, we begin to see healing from our trauma.
In Episode 18 of The Optimized Life Podcast, we’re talking about the special place that connections and co-regulation have in our journeys and how it can help you find clarity, courage an...
2021-07-0131 minThe Optimized Life17: Eva Medilek - How to Be an Ally for People of Color17: Eva Medilek - How to Be an Ally for People of Color
Over the past year, more of us are waking up to the systemic racism within our country. And while many of us mean well and want to be allies for people of color, the truth is that we often don’t know where to start.
So in episode 17 of The Optimized Life Podcast, we’re bringing in a guest expert to help us learn more about how to be an ally. We’re talking with certified high-performance coach and relationship success coach, Eva Medile...
2021-06-2448 minThe Optimized Life16: The Patterns That Keep You Stuck16: The Patterns That Keep You Stuck
The BEST thing we can be doing right now to change the world is to heal our emotional trauma and get OPTIMIZED.
Especially as entrepreneurs.
Emotional trauma and unresolved patterns play a big role in how we show up for our relationships, our commitments, and our businesses.
So this week on The Optimized Life Podcast, we’re taking a look at the patterns that are holding you back.
Join us for this episode, where we’ll uncover the patterns that are holding you back...
2021-06-1738 minThe Optimized Life15: Jesse Harless - Harnessing Your Strengths To Shift From Addiction To Abundance15: Jesse Harless - Harnessing Your Strengths To Shift From Addiction To Abundance
We can all use a little inspiration and whenever you’re doing something new in your life, it helps to hear from those who have been where you are and are a bit further along.
In episode 15, we’re talking all about the journey From Addition to Abundance with Jesse Harless. Jesse is a leader and facilitator in the addiction recovery and mental health space. As CEO of Entrepreneurs in Recovery®, he facilitates highly experiential online and in-person events that help individuals and organ...
2021-06-1148 minThe Optimized Life14: Freedom Is a State of Mind14: Freedom Is a State of Mind
In this episode, we’re talking about one of our favorite topics - optimizing your state of mind.
Even when we’re in this period when it feels like there’s so much happening beyond our control, we actually have the ability to take our power back.
Join us this week as we talk about our own experiences in creating freedom through shifting our inner states and share simple practices you can use today to start optimizing your state of mind.
Here’s what you’ll learn i...
2021-04-0939 minThe Optimized Life13: Hiep Tran - Creating Residual Income Through Mental Wellness13: Hiep Tran - Creating Residual Income Through Mental Wellness
(2:45) Hiep’s journey into entrepreneurship
(6:05) Entrepreneurship and mental health
(7:39) The birth of Amare Global, the world’s 1st Mental Wellness Company – the vision to create the largest mental wellness company in the world
(11:40) Why mental wellness
(21:25) The power of residual income
(28:08) Why network marketing as the distribution model
About Hiep Tran:
Hiep is husband, father, and successful entrepreneur. In 2008, he co-founder and principal of Meritus Payment Solutions. Meritus was named one of Oran...
2021-03-2733 minThe Optimized Life12: Amplifying Your Message & Impact Through PodcastingEpisode 12: Amplifying Your Message & Impact Through Podcasting
(1:31) Finding your voice
(5:50) Your life experience matters, use your life experience to make an impact
(6:55) Podcast statistics
(13:22) Have fun with the process, flow with the details
(17:01) How we got started with The Optimized Life Podcast
(20:31) How to make your podcast real
Podcast tools:
Anchor - free hosting and distribution platform
Canva - make your podcast cover and episode images
Filmora - video/audio editing
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2020-08-1231 minThe Optimized Life11: Optimizing Your Environment For Remote WorkEpisode 11 Show Notes: Optimizing Your Environment For Remote Work
(3:15) Being highly scheduled with purposed while working remotely
(4:50) Before you start your week do this
(7:00) Getting honest with your time
(10:15) Optimizng your time through time blocking
(12:10) Plan your work and day around your energy levels - listen to your body
(14:29) Listen up women!
(16:23) Tips and strategies to optimize your remote work environment
(21:10) Take frequent breaks to boost productivity
Episode References:
Book Reference - When: The Scientific Secrets...
2020-07-1739 minThe Optimized Life10: Optimizing Your Belief SystemsEpisode 10: Show Notes: Optimizing Your Belief Systems
(1:13) Tony Robbins on belief systems
(4:50) How many of you have struggled with believing in yourself?
(7:25) A framework to shift your belief systems
(21:43) New level, new devil
(26:52) Learning to what your body is telling you without resorting to OTC medications
(35:46) Suggestions to optimize your belief system
Additional Resources:
Muscle testing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKCQCHbbJWM
A simple 3 step framework to help you shift your belief systems
Ask, check in with your body...
2020-07-1148 minThe Optimized Life9: Optimizing Your Nervous SystemEpisode 9 Show Notes: Optimizing Your Nervous System
(00:52) How to make your nervous system you ally
(6:41) Have you ever felt this way in Costo?
(10:06) What no one told you about what it looks like to have an optimized nervous system
(14:04) Dulling the nervous system vs treating the root cause
(15:45) Over giving leads to resentment
(19:22) Over controlling much? Gift yourself a break
(21:35) Ways to optimize your nervous system
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2020-06-2435 minThe Optimized Life8: Optimizing Your RelationshipsEpisode 8 Show Notes - Optimizing Your Relationships
(2:00) You don't have to sit through a bad movie because you paid it
(5:01) Do you unconsciously take baggage from one relationship to another?
(9:33) Do you pause to ask yourself if you feel safe in your relationships
(14:00) The feelings were always there but I didn't know how to express them
(15:00) I didn't just start to feel this way, I just started to have to courage to say these things out loud
(19:57) An optimized relationship through Jess's eyes
(27:12) What I w...
2020-05-2237 minThe Optimized Life7: Optimizing the Way You Generate MoneyEpisode 7 Show Notes - Optimizing the Way You Generate Money
(1:10) Optimizing the way you generate
(4:56) Do you love the action you to take moment to moment as you are generating?
(6:43) Do you feel overwhelmed, stressed out or anxious while you are working?
(14:20) The excuses you be making
(24:24) What no one told you about generating
(33:57) Have you suddenly been faced with homeschooling, an unemployed partner or a reduced salary?
(36:50) The 4 things you can start doing today
Take Action
Define...
2020-05-1247 minThe Optimized Life6: Danielle DiGrandi - What Optimizing Looks Like in Real Life6: Danielle DiGrandi - What Optimizing Looks Like in Real Life
(3:50) Danielle's optimization story and how she was finally able set healthy boundaries
(7:32) Traditional recovery vs optimized recovery
(12:05) How Danielle optimized her mental wellness
(15:30) How plant medicine allowed Danielle to take her recovery to the next level
(24:51) Combining your practices as way of life
(25:13) Creating financial abundance through living on purpose
Podcast Guest: Danielle DiGrandi
Danielle helps sober millennial women claim their power and up-level their mindset, wellness and prosperity
2020-05-0130 minThe Optimized Life5: Optimizing Your Financial Wellness Without Guilt and ShameEpisode 5 Show Notes: Optimizing Your Financial Wellness Without Guilt and Shame
(2:34) How COVID-19 can be an opportunity for you
(5:29) Financial wellness starts with knowing your numbers
(6:28) More is never enough mentality
(11:26) How big do you want to play?
(13:20) Taking your power back and decoupling from societal conditioning
(6:40) The importance of how you feel while you are making money
(24:23) Conditioning of generation financial trauma
(33:10) Residual income: work smarter not harder
(45:00) Are you ready to optimize your financial wellness?
...
2020-04-2747 minThe Optimized Life4: Optimizing Your Life With Plant Medicine and Psychedelics with Ian BenouisEpisode 4 Show Notes: Optimizing Your Life With Plant Medicine and Psychedelics with Ian Benouis
4:26 How optimizing is a lifetime journey
5:44 - Taking care of yourself is the best low side to having a positive impact on the world
5:50 - If you know anyone who has served in the military
9:24 - Getting through something and not around something is the power of this medicine
11:18 This medicine is in phase 3 trails at the FDA
11:37 The systematic medicating of our kids
13:56 - The western medicine masking to the pla...
2020-04-1135 minThe Optimized Life3: Optimizing Your Stress Resilience with Gut-Brain Axis Expert Dr Shawn Talbott3: Optimizing Your Stress Resilience with Gut-Brain Axis Expert Dr Shawn Talbott
(3:35) Dr Shawn on the relationship between uncertainty and stress
(6:50) Dr Shawn on what drives you to drink and use
(7:45) Take the mental wellness quiz here: http://10043.amarecontent.com
(8:50) Stop the overwhelm before it turns into anxiety
(11:10) Putting together all the tools in your toolbox
(15:00) When bone broth and kombucha isn't enough
(17:45) Whats in it for you
About Dr Shawn Talbott:
Dr. Shawn Talbott is fascinated by the l...
2020-03-2728 minThe Optimized Life2: Optimizing Your Mental Wellness - What No One Taught YouEpisode 2 Show Notes: Optimizing Your Mental Wellness - What No One Taught You
(:57) Optimizing Your Mental Wellness - what no one taught you
(2:05) Feeling an emotion
(2:47) Adverse childhood experiences
(7:54) Coping mechanisms started to show up
(12:50) Getting to the root cause
(24:22) The Sledgehammer approach you might be taking
(29:52) The real optimal life happens when ...
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2020-03-2239 minThe Optimized Life1: How to Optimize Your BoundariesEpisode 1 Show Notes: How to Optimize Your Boundaries
(:52) Jess Intro
(7:44) Amy Intro
(12:36) Jess Why setting healthy limits feels hard
(13:31) Amy/Jess Defining healthy limits
(15:30) Amy What fear feels like when you set a limit with family
(16:20) Amy Safety comes from within
(16:50) Amy You reserve the right to change your mind at anytime
(17:05) Amy Can you communicate the limit effectively
(20:00) Jess explains how it negatively impacted her life and how its likely impacting yours
(21:50) Jess How saying yes is bad for bot...
2020-03-0540 min