Make Some Noise with Andrea Owen

This episode is for anyone who struggles with finding their strengths. With help from my guest, Kyle Elliott, we help you answer the question, “What am I great at?” We also explore the topic of job change and figuring out what is your specialty in order to advance yourself in your career.  For those new to Kyle, he is the founder and career coach behind CaffeinatedKyle.com. As a result of working with Kyle, senior managers and executives have landed jobs at Facebook, LinkedIn, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, and nearly every other Fortune 100/500 company you can think of. Tune in to find out how to identify and own what makes you fabulous!  Kyle shares how he became known at Caffeine Kyle and his journey to career coaching. The biggest barrier people face when it comes to achieving happiness in their careers/lives. If a lack of confidence is an issue for you - Kyle offers some strategies to boost confidence. How to identify what makes you fabulous. Owning your fabulousness once you pinpoint what it is.  LinkedIn Profile strategies for individuals looking for a career change. http://andreaowen.com/421 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Fear is one powerful emotion. This week’s episode focuses on how fear shows up in our lives (hello, there…imposter complex) and what we can do to move through it in order to open new doors. Joining me on the show is Judi Holler. Judi Holler is a keynote speaker, thought leader, podcaster, improviser, and author of the book, “Fear is My Homeboy.” Judi’s energy is contagious. I believe her work will resonate with you. Together, we explore the everyday things that happen to us and the blocks that get in our way. Judi walks us through some improv exercises to help open new doors and keep you moving forward. And as Judi likes to say, “Old keys don’t open new doors.” In this episode you’ll hear: Judi’s view of the imposter complex and some ways she teaches people to combat it. The improv mindset and how it can help build confidence. How to turn obstacles into opportunities and tools to help navigate even the worst of life’s storms. The fear-setting roadmap and how to keep your emotions in check in stressful situations.  Judi takes me through an improv exercise to showcase the true magic of the word, “and.” http://andreaowen.com/420  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week we are exploring the spiritual side of personal development. Kimberly Snyder joins me to talk about the various practices and teachings she shares in her upcoming book, You Are More Than You Think You Are: Practical Enlightenment for Everyday Life.We discuss the benefits of working with your energy to enlighten your whole life, creativity, confidence, and more. Kimberly also shares her story of religious deconstruction and her spiritual awakening, learning universal principles, and working with a deeper connection. In this episode you’ll hear: Kimberly’s turning point inspired her spiritual awakening and subsequent writing of her books.  What True Self is and tapping into your True Self potential. How to tune into the source and your intuition.  Yogananda and why is he important to people today. Why practices and techniques are important to helping us move into our highest potential. http://andreaowen.com/419  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, Kerra Bolton joins me to discuss her intriguing story to learn to swim, dive, and map sunken slave ships and overcome her fear of swimming in open water. As she shares her story, you’ll hear her explain the process of working through her fears and learning to respect the water and trust herself. We also dive into the layers and history of epigenetics and mtDNA and how our past can help us to understand our current state of being.Kerra is a writer, filmmaker, and CEO of Woodbine Films. She specializes in first-person, personal narratives that excavate joy from trauma. Currently, she is directing her first feature documentary, Return of the Black Madonna, and writing a book, Water in My Bones, about her epic quest.In this episode you’ll hear: Kerra shares her experience of learning to swim, dive, and map sunken slave ships; as someone who is fearful of water and swimming. (9:14) Kerra’s passion with diving for sunken slave ships. (15:31) Restorative practices: what they are and how they can help strengthen relationships within communities. Plus, how Kerra became a filmmaker in her 40s and the challenges of bringing stories to screen (31:50) http://andreaowen.com/418  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The word “wonder,” gets used a lot around the holiday season. But have you ever stopped to think about how wonder shows up in your everyday life? Andrea Scher joins me this week for a conversation about how to live a more vibrant life full of wonder, presence, and connection.Andrea is an artist, author, and life coach whose work is driven by her belief in the transformative power of creativity. She is also the author of Wonder Seeker: 52 Ways to Wake up Your Creativity and Find Your Joy. After having this conversation with Andrea, I am looking at the world a little bit differently.In this episode you’ll hear:  Andrea defines wonder and how it shapes her work and her life. (5:26) We explore some of the memories of wonder that are potent in our lives. (7:08) How wonder can be an antidote to anxiety. (14:22) The difference between wonder and joy. (26:26) The wonder of connection with others. (27:52) What it means to be a wonder seeker and how we can grow our sense of wonder in our everyday life. (32:03) Wonder is not about stepping over what is hard, it is being present with what is in front of you with compassion. (37:17) http://andreaowen.com/417  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week I am exploring a new modality for personal development with guest Laura Gevanter. Laura is a PSYCH-K® Facilitator, an Intuitive Alignment Coach, Pendulum Healing Practitioner and Home Space/Energy Clearer. In this episode, she explains what PSYCH-K is and how it can be used to energetically align your mind, body, and soul into a version you’ve always desired. Laura has been studying brain science, quantum physics, spirituality, and the law of attraction for most of her life. She is innately curious about people, nature, life and how it's all connected.I love learning about different modalities for personal development (and I’m sure you do too!) and the work that Laura does is fascinating.  In this episode you’ll hear:  PSYCH-K: what it is and how it works. (5:49) Why PSYCH-K is unique and how is it different from other transformational modalities. (10:04) Benefits to health issues and healing. (27:15) How PSYCH-K helps with worthiness and money issues. (30:19) It takes courage to decide to make changes in your life. (32:26) Home-space clearing and energy alignment: what it is and why it matters. (35:54) http://andreaowen.com/416  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Today I am sharing the final two Make Some Noise listener stories, from Gail and Nancy. Their stories offer lessons around resilience, setting boundaries (and enforcing them), and breaking family patterns that no longer serve us. Gail shares her story of reinventing herself after 20 years of motherhood. Her story is one of resilience. Of falling down and getting back up, over and over again. Gail summed up her experience profoundly, “I found myself again. I do have worth, compassion, and knowledge that I thought I had lost forever.” Yes, Gail, yes! Nancy then shares her story of setting boundaries, having hard conversations, and breaking family patterns. Y’all, boundaries are hard enough, but when we have to set boundaries with our family - that is Ph.D. level work. And, Nancy is doing the work. Her story is a testament that we can do hard things and move past familial patterns that have been so ingrained in our lives since we were children. Thank you to Nancy and Gail, and all of the women who shared stories of how they are making noise in their lives! I’ll be doing this again in the new year - so keep an eye (and ear) out on how you can share your story in a future episode. http://andreaowen.com/415  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Laura McKowen returns to the show! Laura says, “Much of recovery is about accepting the good and the bad, as well as accepting the contradictions.” She joins me to talk about her sobriety story, how she processed the emotions of sobriety, and how she works with people now to inspire them to say yes to a bigger life. Laura is the author of the bestselling memoir, We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life, and the Founder and CEO of The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support program.In this episode you’ll hear: Laura shares her sobriety story and how she went from working in advertising and drinking to sober, teacher, coach, and speaker. (3:58) What inspired Laura to write her book, We Are The Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life. (15:08)Sober Curiosity: We all have something that shatters the concept of self as we know it. (18:31) Some ways in which a newly sober person can learn to hear and speak their truth, and renew their sense of meaning and purpose. (36:38) http://andreaowen.com/414  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Raise your hand if you’ve ever been in a situation where you decided to make noise in your life; you speak up, you have a hard conversation, or you ask for a raise, and...it backfires. Inevitably, chances are, that is going to happen. Alright, now raise your hand if you’ve had a time in your life where you hit rock bottom and really needed help. Yet, reaching out for help felt like the hardest thing in the world. Today Emily and Erin, Make Some Noise Podcast Listeners, share their experiences on worthiness, asking for help, and healing. Emily shares how she confidently asked for a raise only for it to backfire; and how that led to her evaluating and understanding her worth. She is now making much more than she did at her previous job and is happy about how things turned out. Next, Erin opens up about her struggle with thoughts of suicidal ideation and how she found support from her best friend. It was through that support Erin was able to utilize writing as a creative outlet for healing. Erin said,” It took hitting close to rock bottom in order for me to realize my voice needed to be heard.”And yes, Erin’s voice, Emily’s voice, and all women’s voices need to be heard. They deserve to be heard. The world needs more women’s stories. I am so grateful Erin and Emily shared their stories with us this week.http://andreaowen.com/413  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

This week, twin sisters Dr. Lexie Kite and Dr. Lindsay Kite join me for a discussion on body image resilience. As women, we've been conditioned to care about how we look and as such, become fixated on our beauty and body. And for many women, only when we feel we have conformed, do we feel confident. In addition to informing us how to step into body image resilience and away from body shame, Lexie and Lindsay offer their insight about topics such as self-objectification, body shame, and how internalized misogyny is central to our self-perceptions. “Body image resilience provides the opportunity to see the trigger as a stepping stone instead of a burden you carry around the rest of your life and cope in the same ways you’ve always had.” Dr. Lexie KiteLexie and Lindsay received their PhDs from the University of Utah. Their academic research on media studies and body image inspired them to establish the non-profit Beauty Redefined in 2009 (while concluding their co-written master’s thesis and beginning their doctoral research) to help women recognize and reject harmful messages about their bodies, worth, and potential, and redefine the meaning and value of beauty in their lives.In this episode you’ll hear: Lexie and Lindsay’s book, More Than a Body: Your Body Is an Instrument, Not an Ornament, takes on the topics of body image positivity and a reclamation of a woman's body. They share what inspired them to write this book. (6:30) Body image resilience: what it is and why it is important for women to work to raise theirs. (8:35) Why it is important to normalize the diversity of all bodies. (28:25) Many of us are disordered eaters and we don’t know it because it has been normalized in our culture. (36:12) We can prove the worst fears about ourselves are wrong. (39:44) The first step towards body image resilience includes taking inventory of your environment. (51:41) http://andreaowen.com/412  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices