Rock Your Life with Amy Edwards

SHADOW.  What aspects of ourselves are we loathe to admit, acknowledge, be conscious of, and ... dare I say... LOVE? Can we love our shadow aspects? Let's rock this: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: I get real about delving into my own shadow and the complicated nature of figuring out just what the truth is there, and some practical ways of figuring that out for ourselves; the power of community and knowing we are not alone; and the beauty of accepting and loving our WHOLE selves! Find my Shadow Work PDF here, and my Instagram Live meditations every Wednesday at 9am! 2: (14:41) Go Aff Yourself with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: I talk about what came up for me with shadow post meditation; should we love our shadow or let it go?; loving the whole; the conditioning to beat ourselves up; ruminating and sitting with the shadow; suppression of darker emotions; detachment from the shadow if it doesn’t go away; removing worry and concern about what others think; and this week’s Aff is: I Am Aware of All Parts of Me. 3: (35:06) BYOBBB- Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: The shadow in business; the struggle between profit and what is right and how that can cause the shadow to emerge in business; the dark things that can get into the back of your mind and cause your passion to subconsciously decline; tips for cultivating accountability and understanding in your business; the power of community in shadow work; doing one hard thing for yourself every day. Don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your core brand values! Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

VULNERABILITY.  Ooh! It feels vulnerable just writing that! Ready to get vulnerable together? So are we! Let's rock this: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: I have some real vulnerability come up around this very show and my work, and also in life. I talk about all that and I have one practical, simple strategy and practice for dealing with it all. Listen for that and more. And don't forget that my FREE meditation is still available, too, and that I am doing Instagram Live meditations every Wednesday at 9am! Access the download and other free stuff HERE! 2: Go Aff Yourself with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Jill talks vulnerability with ourselves and what that means and our true desires; Jill pushes through and gets ultra-vulnerable (listen for that, so powerful!); the vulnerability of accepting where we are ‘right now’; I get vulnerable about love and relationships; and we talk the vulnerability of change; and this week’s Aff is: I Value Vulnerability. 3: BYOBBB- Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: The danger in business of being too concerned with making everyone happy can result in being too bland; social media fear around vulnerability; Bijou gets vulnerable about turning away at times and the overwhelm and her own fears around posting and using her voice; Byron Katie; we talk about the courses we are creating and the vulnerability behind that; creation and detachment; the necessity and embarrassment of old projects; and how to deal with and manage changing ourselves when others expect us to be a certain way or don’t understand. Don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your core brand values! Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

LUCK.  Are you superstitious? Do you feel lucky? All about LUCK today on the show, so let's rock: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: I update the love letter and get vulnerable as I read mine; answer a listener question about friends who are in a negative space; and delve into what I learned about luck this week! Does it exist? I consider myself lucky-- what can we learn from that in itself? Don't forget that my FREE meditation is still available, too! Access that and other free stuff HERE! 2: Go Aff Yourself (20:33) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Do we believe in luck? Do we have superstitions (spoiler alert:yes)? Where does divine guidance fit in? And what if what we consider lucky is simply a wink from the universe? Is it too much pressure to ‘make one’s own luck’? So many questions in the Go Aff discussion today, even our week’s Aff, which is: How Lucky Am I? 3: BYOBBB(38:43) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: Believing in ability vs luck; Do people who view things as out of their control do as well as others who view themselves as in control?; Is keeping a wish a secret a good thing, if words hold power?; What is fantasy and what is real, anyway?; Case studies in her business; love yourself and be prepared for opportunities; and the origin of the harder we work, the luckier we get. Don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your core brand values! Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

It's a special roundtable this week with Amy, Jill and Bijou to discuss LOVE. A must listen. Value, Lovability, Unconditionality, Darkness and Light, Labels, Falling back in love with your brand, and so much more packed in this discussion! And this week's Aff is: I Am Love. I Am Loved. Find the workshop creator Amy talks about, Brian Bounds, HERE. See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

INTENTION.  Overthinking? Anxious? Or simply can't find your intention? We are on it this week! Let's rock: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: I overthought intention this week. I got all crazy with what I should say and had to come back to something simple, and I share just that, along with something that I was worried about, mistakes, and what we can learn from SpongeBob. Three quick steps and we are aligned with intention... and my whole episode is a case in point! Let's get experimental with them, too, because why not? Don't forget that my new FREE meditation is out too! Access that and other free stuff HERE! 2: Go Aff Yourself (16:28) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: The pressure of intention setting; intention in yoga class and my issue with competitiveness; connecting internally and how that’s Jill’s go-to; living intentions; where we put our energy; and this week’s Aff is: I Return to My Intention That Authentically Guides Me. We also discuss how we are using these affs each week. And check out Jill’s Bookshelf HERE. 3: BYOBBB(35:16) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: SO MUCH good packed in this short chat, including: what’s behind your intention— why did you choose that one; actionable intentions and intention as a road map  her intention of organization; we find a common thread between our intentions and the end result; “Moving with intention— especially when you’re using your energy and your resources and your money— there needs to be a very crystallized intention behind your thoughts and your movements and the things that you spend your time on”; the intention of making money and the work of going deeper behind that; staying focused and not getting lazy; avoiding the pressure of intention with check-ins; I suggest an experimental tactic around intention; viewing it all as a gift to yourself; and setting new intentions if you’ve grown out of your old ones. Don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your core brand values! Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

RENEWAL.  Renewal comes in all sizes... extra large to tiny! No matter what, though, it's about change. And that can bring up a lot. So let's rock: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: I had a birthday and that and a few other items are what brought up renewal for me. It's con nected to root chakra, so let's dive into that and talk about the foundational needs we can connect to and strengthen as change in the shape of renewal arises! Don't forget that my new FREE meditation is out too! Access that and other free stuff HERE! 2: Go Aff Yourself (12:51) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Our regular aff practices; what to do when we neglect our foundational self-care; our monthly cycles and the opportunities for renewal in big and small ways; getting back to who we were before we became conditioned to be someone else; fear around renewal and letting go of our story; all the ways we can create space (energetically, spiritually; time-wise; physically) for renewal;and this week's Affirmation is: I Create Space For Renewal. 3: BYOBBB(31:15) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: Dopamine and your phone; cleansing and renewing from gut health to technology; organization tactics; how to be more organized in your business with your phone; what it means to renew your vows with yourself; our underwear drawers; and reviewing our week of renewal. Don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your core brand values! Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

LEADERSHIP.  What does leadership trigger in you? I know it triggered some things in me... so let's rock this: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: This week was interesting for me, as leadership is not something I have ever focused on. all the segments touch on the qualities that make a leader, and I looked and smaller ways that we can lead and the daily practices that can make us actualize our innate leader. I also talk about the acts of service that Alain talks about, and a reframe of that. Don't forget that my new FREE meditation is out too! Access that and other free stuff HERE! 2: The Interview (12:57): Interview this week is with Alain Hunkins, bestselling author of Cracking the Leadership Code and CEO of Hunkins Leadership Group. Every single thing Alain says in our conversation is so worth listening to! We covered how shifting our mindset around leadership can be crucial; anything we do essentially takes leadership; the real key to leadership; how to find the connection with others when we can’t be one-on-one (so good!); I ask about using the power of leadership for good vs. evil; he tells me what he’s learning right now; the importance of grounding ourselves; the beautiful reframe and power of intentionality; and Alain says, "Leadership is everyone’s business. And if you’re really keen on growing yourself, the number one thing you can do is reach out to other people and ask for some feedback. And find people who are going to tell you the good and the bad and the ugly— you have to ask everyone out there. Leadership— and personal personal and professional development— is much better done when traveling in groups. So find a support team, coaches, some allies, that can help you on the path." He emphasizes being of service as a leader and that we can all find ways to do that. Definitely listen to this interview, very inspiring! And you can also connect with Alain on LinkedIn and download a free chapter of his book HERE. 3: Go Aff Yourself (29:44) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Is Michael Scott a leader? Do leaders really eat last? We talk about stepping up in certain situations; familial roles; leading by example wherever you are or in whatever way; being a leader in the context of self-love; subtle leadership qualities like vulnerability;and this week's Affirmation is: I Live and Lead By Example. 4: BYOBBB(44:04) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: Bijou feels that it is hard to be a leader right now in this climate and thinks judgments are running high. What do we do when we don’t know where to look for leaders or know how to find It ourselves? I feel a responsibility to lead; I talk about the compassion required of a leader, and the noise vs looking within; we talk about who leaders we look to are (that’s a little harder than we thought!); I speak about what leading looks like for me in podcasting and life; and we talk the New Moon and Intentions. Don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your core brand values! Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

OPTIMISM.  Ready to slip on your rose-colored glasses? Seems like a weird time to do it, but let's give it a shot, anyway! Let's rock: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: Optimism has ups and downs, but focusing on it this week gave me a lot of clarity on practices to regain it when it fades. I felt particularly down early in the week, and it has been a while since I played a teary voice memo. Anyway I used daily practice and a few other things to boost my optimism this week, so listen for that and more as I get real about dating, divorce, and money. Don't forget that my new FREE meditation is out too! Access that and other free stuff HERE! 2: The Interview (15:32): Interview this week is with Jody Rivera, owner of Swamp Mermaid Beauty Project. Speaking with Jody, I was having a day; I was teary; Jody is on the precipice of a fourth marriage and talks about recapturing the optimism of love and accepting yourself; recognizing red flags and toxicity early and moving on then; not falling in love with potential; I asked about prenups and the optimism there (don’t miss her answer!); how she gives when she feels depleted and how that can bring perspective; and much more. Connect with gorgeous Jody HERE! 3: Go Aff Yourself (32:57) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co:. Jill has a much needed convo about moving and decisions that may be already made; forgetting to ask for signs; are we optimistic and trusting about signs?; what do we do when the excitement wears off and worry sets in?; clarifying a distinction between knowing the right things are going to be there for us vs they already are there; what can throw us off the optimism track; is optimism equivalent to expectations; sticking with trust in many ways; and this week's Affirmation is: I Know That Things Are Going To Work Out. 4: BYOBBB(47:39) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney:  We address how our brains adapt to these topics when we focus on them; optimism strategies during the pandemic; the feeling of not getting enough done; my strategy for getting things done and tricking myself and what we tell our subconscious; creativity boosts and de-pressuring ourselves; realigning expectations; what it means to make a difference and allowing it to be enough when we have small success and how that can help us be more optimistic; what we are reading; understanding the brain and how it helps us understand how to live; and don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your brand values and your PLAN! Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

COMPARISON.  We all do it. And it's not good for us, unless we can use it as inspiration. But what about the times that we don't? Let's get into it: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: I get real about comparison and it ain't pretty. I have done it and still do, and I am grateful to have had something some up this week that challenged me. Listen for that, and for a tactic derived from Byron Katie's "The Work" to help us get out of those negative comparative moments! Don't forget you can sign up for my newsletter, my free 5-step habit building guide is still available, AND I have a new (my first!) meditation coming out this week, too! 2: The Interview (14:17): Interview this week is with Paige Casey, @paigeydahling, influencer, social media strategist, and photographer. She is in the industry and has a grasp of the production behind the scenes, so listen to this for a lot more (really great and useful!) perspective on social media. She talks about the importance of competitor analysis in branding and not getting stuck there. I ask her opinion of being in that industry and how she really feels about it as an influencer. She is incredibly forthcoming and talks why she shares what she does to help people. Paige has successfully shifted her mindset and understanding of social media, and that helps her not compare and use it as business. Be sure to check out her upcoming webinar this Wednesday, August 12th, register on her site, and follow her on social media at @PaigeyDahling! 3: Go Aff Yourself (32:12) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Comparison led us to truth seeking. Comparison comes up for Jill with body issues and on social media. When does it start and how can we stay more conscious of it, and what practices or reframes or coping strategies do we use when it comes up? And we talk affirmations, The Work, and truth seeking when we do say the negative to ourselves. This week's Affirmation is: I SEEK WHAT IS TRUE. 4: BYOBBB(47:14) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney:  Bijou’s new home is a big change and the previous owner came to visit and comparison ensued. How we can change, shift, and even let go of the mentality that we must compare ourselves to ourselves? Bijoiu gives the advice to "Hike your own hike"; and we cover comparison in relation to our brain and competition and survival. And we boil it down to this: is it really time well spent? And don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your brand values and the action you take that we talk about in today's episode. Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

HOPE.  I am hopeful about the future, and this podcast...news about that in my intro, and the changes that are coming soon! Here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: Well, this week basically changes my entire outlook and attitude toward hope! I have started to realize that hope is foundational in all the actions that we take, and I look at the big picture of the world right now and what might be the opposite of hope. I've felt devoid of hope in the past and I talk about what that was like and how it has changed for me. Don't forget you can sign up for my newsletter, and my free 5-step habit building guide is still available, too. 2: The Interview (12:47): Interview this week is with Susie Moore, life coach, writer, and contributor to The Today Show, Oprah Magazine, Cosmopolitan, and many more. Susie is also the author of a new book "Stop Checking Your Likes: Shake Off the Need for Approval and Live an Incredible Life. Susie and I talk a bit about her book, social media, and the understanding that there is so much more than that to us as people and how our worthiness is fixed. Susie says that hope is the most powerful human emotion; she adds that the currency of hope is very high and can move you forward. She turns hope around for me by saying the control that we do have with it, and how surrendering it can be a way to hide ourselves. We also get into staying in our own business, she reveals her practical strategies for the actions she takes when she doesn’t feel hopeful, and I had to ask her about hard work and the idea of “let it be easy.” I love that part! So work easy and find her and the book at susie-moore.com and on Instagram at @susie.moore! 3: Go Aff Yourself (33:15) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Jill has HOPE tattooed on her was a reminder… of what, exactly? We cover that, the difference between hope and the energy of hopefulness, and whether we attach to certain outcomes with hope. Jill talks about hope creating a sense of continued longing, and I ask if it makes us delay happiness sometimes. How do we have hope and detach from outcome? And our Aff this week is: Hope Reminds Me to Trust. 4: BYOBBB(50:31) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: We get immediately into how much we need hope these days, and we dive into hopes around making money. Does hoping imply lack of confidence in business? She pairs hope with a plan, hard (??) work (listen to the interview with Susie for more on that!), and diligence. We also talk about the relationship between hope and faith, how hope can look during COVID times, and the unknowns we all face. On the brain front, I ask Bijou how she views hope with psychedelics and more. And don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your brand values and the action you take. Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

RECEIVING. We can all have some unpacking to do when it comes to aloowing ourselves the space and openness to receive! Here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Let's Rock with Amy: I have been working on receiving all my life, but I have viewed myself as worthy of it only in how much I give, I think. I look at my love language, why we feel such angst over receiving, and a lot more this week. What if we get still and allow ourselves to receive? And how does receiving look in daily practice? I share mine, along with dating work I am doing, and lots more this week. Don't forget, too, to sign up for my newsletter and get my free 5-step habit building guide here, too! 2: Go Aff Yourself (17:23) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Jill is working on this, and I asked what that even means to her. She has had a hard time receiving and we explore why. We look at it from the feminine perspective, and whether we need to create space by getting rid of the things that aren’t working and taking up that space in which we could receive anything: love, opportunity, whatever is right for our lives. “I have concern about coming into this selfish space of receiving, because it is not what I am used to. But as I allow myself to do it, in the future, I think it will allow me to give more.” I talk about what I am learning in relationships about worthiness and receiving and my new approach in relationships. I bring up love languages and how strange I feel about my truth, how we need to look for this in places we wouldn’t, and then we give ourselves permission to receive this week with our Aff: I Give Myself Permission to Receive.  3: BYOBBB(33:16) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Certified Branding Consultant and Entrepreneur Bijou Finney: What does this look like in business when we are the ones who give and work? Bijou says being open to receive has been important to her in business a lot lately, and we explore the confidence and worthiness aspect of it in a brand and business context. Bijou has been flooded with ideas in business and more as she has meditated on receiving, and covers the work of Abraham Hicks as well. We can want to give too much in business and forget about the fact that we need to get OK with receiving. And is the moon trending? We dip into talk about the new moon which was this past week, and our intention setting rituals, mind movies, and we tell embarrassing stories about our inner thoughts. Listen for that and more! And don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your brand values and the action you take. Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

UNPREPAREDNESS. Does the thought of being unprepared trigger anything in you? It does for me. Let's dive into that. Here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: I confess that I was unprepared this week, and we look at how we truly are unprepared for the unpredictability and chaos that is life. But upon closer inspection, are we really as unprepared as we think we are? I really leaned on this week's affirmation and I came out with two realizations: one, we are always much more prepared than we may allow ourselves to realize, and two, we can use our daily routines to train ourselves to handle the stress and panic of unpreparedness when it arises. That and lots more, including references to the book "Improv Wisdom" on my segment this week, and also you can sign up for my newsletter and get my free 5-step habit building guide here, too! 2: Go Aff Yourself (17:04) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Are we preparers or shower-uppers? Jill suggested the topic this week as we didn't have an interview and I was experiencing some angst around that. It turned out to be such an excellent topic to explore! We both are ‘wing-it’ types and reflect on the anxiety that we have felt around this. How can improv and the scariness of making mistakes due to being unprepared teach us in life? And do we cast judgment when someone else isn’t prepared? How are we showing up for people who are unprepared? And do we attach our worth to our preparedness? The Aff this week is: I Trust Myself to Come Through in the Moment.  3: BYOBBB(31:59) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Certified Branding Consultant and Entrepreneur Bijou Finney: Bijou is always preparing and we get into that first off. She feels anxiety around not having the right thing but then recognizes how having what someone needs- preparedness- makes her feel good and can be tied to her own worthiness. Surrendering and just showing up go against Bijou’s inclination, and she is reconsidering how to approach these ideas in order to let go of the control and anxiety and allow for more flow in life. We cover a lot about how COVID affected businesses and the unpreparedness of that and whether it will make businesses more prepared in the future. And don't forget, too, you can still access our free pdf that can help you with your brand values and the action you take. Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter! See omnystudio.com/policies/listener for privacy information.

VITALITY... let's breathe more vitality in all we do this week!The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: I talk about last week's affirmations and adding Black Lives Matter as one and what that can mean to us; I also tell my Kambô journey and talk about how i work to remain in a space of vitality and what that means to me. Rebecca says in her interview today that all change and transformation is preceded by crisis, and how that is the law of the universe. Perhaps transforming into a human and a society with more vitality is on the horizon for us as we push through crises. Kambô certainly puts you through a purge in order to clean and unblock. Listen for more, and also, the free PDF and my 5-step habit building guide are both still available for download, too, just click the link, and here is the book I recommend again, Ibram X. Kendi’s How To Be Anti-Racist. 2: The Interview (12:18): Interview this week is with Rebecca Naylor (@mysticradiance on Instagram or @kambospiritpath // kambospiritpath.com). Rebecca is a Kambô medicine practitioner and energy healer, and a bright shining soul in the universe. Vitality is a key part of her practice and all she does. She shares about her daily divination practice, which is a heart-centered morning ritual that we can all embrace: she tunes into her heart center daily upon waking and calls in her guides. This starts her day tuned in to vibration and blessings and vitality; she also tells me about her influences, Buckminster Fuller, and we get into energy and how the energy that we create has the ability to shape everything. We touch too on subtle energy work, ley lines, meridians, and the work that we can do to unblock the energy centers to gain more vitality. "We live in a universe that is always full of vitality. Nature doesn’t know how to be anything but full of vitality and full of abundance. And us as humans, we come into the world kicking and screaming, into a world of density, and as we go through life and we are tapped into the subtle energies of the earth and connected to the earth, and when we really get into the simple practices of observing the natural cycles of the earth and really being in tune with her energy, then we’re like a water hose, where the earth’s energy and vitality is just pouring in and we are able to ride that frequency like a surfer.” Don't miss this interview! 3: Go Aff Yourself (31:40) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Jill defines vitality for us, and she was already working on vitality, as it came up for her in therapy not long ago. Is she putting vitality into the things that are important to her? You can actually be draining energy when you don’t approach something with vitality and energy. She says that the more energy we can keep within, the more energy we are able to give out. And we both had a caffeine crisis, and talk about how we can bring vitality to everyday mundane things. And this week's Aff: I Put Vitality Into The Things I Care About. 4: BYOBBB(46:04) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: Fantastic branding chat today on BYOB. We talk about looking the part of our brands all the time, and we delve into the definition also. Bijou brings up constantly doing the work to bring vitality and freshness into your brand and your work all the time. My website feels lifeless, and what I am doing about it? Am I complacent?  Where can we find creativity? Inspiration? And how can we do that?  We shift to brain vitality and get very macro on that issue and the entire cosmos, too. Listen for this great segment, and remember that you can access our free pdf, too, that can help you with your brand values and the action you take. Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter!

WORTH. Whether it's your own worth, our work's worth, or the worth of the lives of others, it matters, and let's get into rocking it this week. The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: This week I cover Black Lives Matter and a few resources to further educate ourselves, and what I'm doing, and then relate that back to remembering our worthiness. I've forgotten too many times to count, and it seems like we are all remembering right now and working toward that. What triggers me to remember and how can we get better at it and help others? That's the main thing this week. Listen for more, and remember this too: the free PDF and my 5-step habit building guide are both still available for download, too, just click the link. And as I mention in the episode, here are links to my interviews with Mobley, and with Eric Webb on Austin360.com and the anti-racism book roundup and Ibram X. Kendi’s How To Be Anti-Racist. 2: The Interview (14:32): Interview this week is with Emily Roberts, MA, LMHC, Psychotherapist, Author, and Speaker, also know as The Guidance Girl. Emily was fantastic to talk to this week. We saw worth as foundational-- as a bedrock for life-- and she talks about her line of therapy tools and bracelets, Rock Your Worth, and what physical reminders can add to our mental health and how much we need those. We also talk about the expectations we put on ourselves about being enough rather than knowing our own worthiness in just showing up and trusting that purpose for being here, and Emily says, “All these things come up around worthiness- it spills into our lives in different ways- and at the end of the day, I want people to recognize that just being human is enough, and it’s worthy of respect and it’s worthy of our own self-compassion and the compassion that we would give other people... and we’ve got to remind ourselves of that." She adds, "How can I show up for you... for me... for other people in the world? Just these simple acts matter. It can be a daily action or a small shift in your consciousness and in your mindset, to bring more love and joy into the world.” 3: Go Aff Yourself (29:33) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: We question weighing our worth in output and what we give, and Jill says her worth feels low because she isn’t feeling a lot of worth because of less “output.” When we equate our worth with what we are putting out in the world- about doing rather than being- does that serve us? I also talk about this Facebook group I am in that has shifted my attitude about self-worth in dating, and how it has helped me understand further that just being is enough. We recognize, too, the need for and power of repetition. And this week's Aff is a two-fer: We Are All Inherently Worthy // I Am Inherently Worthy. 4: BYOBBB(43:54) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: I address the after effects of belief and surrender, and how those were out of line with my own inner conversation about worthiness. Bijou says we need to stay very aware of our worth in both business and in life, and how charging less can be detrimental to you and your business. “You’ll always be on the discount rack if you don’t charge what you're worth.” We also recognize the problem of Amazon and its effect on us devaluing work and lives and the things we can so easily get. "Worth is a horrible problem right now— we don’t know the worth of our environment, we don’t know the worth of the resources out of our planet, we don’t know the worth of people’s time and energy, we don’t treasure anything anymore— and I think that we should all work on that. The worth of our children and their time with you, and the worth of your clients and the care they take in using the little money they have to use your services- all this should make us so grateful, if we truly knew the worth of everything.” Listen for this great segment, and remember that you can access our free pdf, too, that can help you with your brand values and the action you take. Please rate, review, and subscribe! For the references in today's episode, go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter!

BELIEF. Hoo boy... this one always proves to be tough for me! So all the more reason to dive in to what it truly means to believe. I took it to heart this week and put in the work to lean in and really find out what I needed to learn about belief. The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: I had a crisis on day one, and recorded my mini-breakdown to share. Whether it's the world around us that seems to be falling apart more every day, or it's the matter of believing in ourselves, how can we truly believe? And even further, know? I find a common thread through the week's conversations, and it is this: keep going. That's belief in action. And that shows the universe that we do believe, even when it might feel as if we don't. Listen for my tearful moments and lots more today. And last week's free PDF and my 5-step habit building guide are both still available for download, too, just click the link! 2: The Interview (11:48): Interview this week is with Dwight Baker, porducer, songwriter and one half of the musical duo The Wind + The Wave. Dwight has told me for years, "You just have to believe." So I went to him when this topic came up to find out just what that meant to him, as he has had immense successes in his life, and I wanted to know how his belief aided in those. We talked about cliché believing, how it's easier for men than women, how belief can shift over time but still retain the same vision and bigness, body image issues, trying to prove something, positive thinking, the importance of truthful friends, and lots more. He also turns the subject around on me to ask if I’m really believing in what I do and directionally focused on believing in that. He says, “It’s about continuing to just do it. And the positive thinking is true in the sense that if you tell yourself, ‘I can’t do this, I can’t go on,’ then you’re right, you definitely can’t. And if you tell yourself, ‘I can do this,” you still might not be able to, but you have a way better chance of doing it if you do say that and believe in yourself.” Find Dwight on Instagram HERE and his fantastic band at The Wind + The Wave.com. 3: Go Aff Yourself (32:47) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: We recap signs and I recognize belief as my nemesis. We discuss belief in higher power and talk doubt, vision, and the deep seated problems we have truly believing. Can we brainwash ourselves into believing? And if we believe in other things, why can’t we parlay that belief into other things, like believing in ourselves? We discuss varying ways of belief including WW2, our president, and more. This week’s aff doesn’t come easy, but shakes out to the ultimately very self-help-y but very useful: I Choose to Believe in Myself. 4: BYOBBB(48:31) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: We cover branding as belief, and reach into how to achieve that and what it really means to believe in your brand. Also, we work on the limiting beliefs we may have in our business and our brands, and look at how to remain conscious in our own brand and those we work with. I talk about how I haven't truly embraced my brand over the years and the problem of that. We also hit on the importance of believing that being yourself is enough and finding your niche as that while building a brand foundationally.  Remember that you can access our free pdf from last week, too, that can help you with your brand values and the action you take. Please rate, review, and subscribe! Lots of references in today's episode, so go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter!

ACTION! Everybody wants action, right? But... which direction do we go? And are we taking the right action? How do we know? All this and lots more this week on Rock Your Life! The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: While later in the episide we talk about lining our actions up with our values, I got to thinking this week about what my actions are showing me about my own value. Am I choosing the actions that reflect my own value? Hmm... often, I'm not, and I get real about that and more. I reevaluated my actions in that light and learned that we honor our value with our actions. And what is the feeling intended behind the actions we take? Listen for more, plus, Bijou and I have this week's FREE PDF available for download, and don't forget that last week's free habit building guide is still available for download, too! 2: The Interview (11:50): Interview this week is with Martha Pincoffs of Waking Giants, a subscription-based box service that centers on activism and providing people with the tools they need to move toward collective action to make change. We cover their accelerated need for realignment during this time, how Martha got started as a member of the LGBTQ+ community and advocating for rights, and she has practical tips for starting anywhere on whatever you care about: “You don’t have to change the whole entire world. Pick out something that you care about and maybe send a postcard. But just start, and start with reasonable expectations and let it fit in your life- whatever it is that your life looks like, if you are interested in moving justice forward, in whatever shape that takes, just start somewhere, anywhere.” I loved our conversation and the simple idea that nowadays, simply educating ourselves about trailblazers of the past can be a beautiful and worthy action. “Sometimes action- especially in these times- can be finding voices to be led by. Sometimes educating myself is the action i take. Because slowing down and reading a book and nourishing my understanding everybody who has come before and led before and all that they have sacrificed, and the trails that they’ve blazed. We stand on the shoulders of others," she says. You'll enjoy our conversation, listen for more, and follow her on Instagram as well HERE. 3: Go Aff Yourself (27:31) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co:, Jill has a strange relationship with action, and we get into not only that, but trust, fear and finding signs to point us to the actions that are right for us. She brings up the negative association of force within action, and the problem thinking like that when it can result in inaction. For her, she is looking more for subtle actions that create long term change. Do we meet challenges to push through them? Or are challenges there to show us another path, and that there is resistance? We develop this week's beautiful aff from this concept: I Trust That I Am Guided to the Next Right Action. 4: BYOBBB(43:40) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: We address the actions we need to take in business, and how to align our core values with those actions. Are you doing what you need to do? She puts me on the spot and I know I am not, and she tells me this about taking action: "Everybody has trouble taking action, and the ones who succeed are the ones who get past it." She's right. Are we going to take the actions needed to succeed in our brands and our businesses? We talk about having too many words on your website, the power of 5 seconds, and lots more. And access our free pdf that can help you with your brand values and the action you take, and making sure you align! Please rate, review, and subscribe! Lots of references in today's episode, so go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter!

ROUTINE. What's sexy about routine? Well, while we agree that it might not be the sexiest topic, it's got it's own charm. It doesn't have to mean a rut, or drudgery. Let's dive in and see what we can rock about our routines. The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: What, ultimately, is routine about? For me, it's about becoming better little by little, and becoming better is a way of showing gratitude for all that we have- even what we have that exists as potential. Need more clarification? Listen to my segment for my daily routines and more on what it can bring to us and our future selves! Also, I have a free offer available for download to help build new habits! 2: The Interview (19:16): Interview this week is with the very lovely Mariska Nicholson, founder of skincare line Olive + M. Mariska recognizes the obligatory nature of scheduling and we discuss that in contrast to the value of routine. She tells us her self care routine and her skin care routines, and how that helps calibrate the day ahead. She brings up the beautiful ability of being able to change our minds, and how now the grounding of our routines can be something we choose and that we can enjoy. “As I got older, and I saw the value of routine, I made friends with it. And I think that you have to do that with the things that you’re resistant to. If you can make friends with them, you dissolve the resistance, and then you can move to a different place with it.” Listen for lots more, and how she suggests ways to reframe routine! And follow her on Instagram as well HERE. 3: Go Aff Yourself (33:29) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co:, How do we feel about routine and the “supposed to” nature of it? And how are we working the affs into it? Jill says she doesn’t have routines… and we dive into what that really means. What is the connotation of the word itself? What does it bring up in you- perhaps, the potential to fail? Routine is important now, and how can we foster that? We get into all this and also Jill's mew meditation practice. This week’s aff is: My Daily Life Includes All That I Need. 4: BYOBBB(48:51) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: Bijou and I talked her thoughts on routine in light of her own personal upheaval, and she gives solid advice on biz and brand routines. She shares also about her upcoming e-course and advice she got about implementing routine in our businesses, and with a bigger-picture scheduling effort: “You should be thinking about routine in your business by the day, by the week, by the quarter, by the year. And think about what that routine is, and religiously do it.” I ask what this means for someone like me, without a team, and she clarifies that I’m still a business, and it should happen no matter what your size. We may have to re-find our way with this and she encourages us to write that down. We cover how to deal with social media routine, how planning can benefit us, and our brain routines that are for brain optimization. Schedule time to make your routine, she says, and while she gives advice on how to go easy on yourself, the routine is about setting up a habit and it’s important to be diligent and consistent. Please rate, review, and subscribe! Lots of references in today's episode, so go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter!

SURRENDER. Surrendering to what life is showing us is way different than giving up. What does it mean, and how can we embrace more surrender, you ask? We got you this week! The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: This week, I get real about the things that I truly need to surrender to, and the ones I have surrendered to in the past. Surrender can be easy, sure, but there are times in my life that it's been exceedingly difficult. I share about those particular times and what surrender really, truly means in my life. What does it really mean? Listen to my segment to find out! 2: The Interview (12:56): Interview this week is with Kimi Inch, aka Mistress Nina Payne. Kimi is professional dominatrix, a somatic therapist/healer for couples and individuals, a kink and BDSM expert, consultant and educator, and a core energetics practitioner. You can find her on Instagram @kimiinch or @domidollz, and at domidollz.com. We get into what kink means and the breakdown and psychology behind it, and the power exchange within that, and the control versus surrender that the type of play and work she engages in and fosters with others can have, including positive effects throughout our lives. We cover how we can hide the things we do and her process of surrender into who she truly was. “It’s really hard to surrender if you don’t trust, and if you don’t feel a sense of safety.” We cover how that can positively bring power to your whole life. And how so much of what she does isn’t about control, but rather, connection, and how that can be a form of vulnerability and surrender. “And that connection and dance is really what kink is, and if we could let go and apply that more to our lives, then imagine how much more freedom and choice and options that we would have.” It's such a great interview, listen from more! 3: Go Aff Yourself (30:39) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co:, we talk surrender as letting go, and how it can be ironic that it’s hard to try to grasp the concept of something that is about loosening the grip—  and how we visualize surrender and how Jill feels it in the physical. What do what we envision with surrender? (Spoiler: Jill is laying on a cloud!) And leaning on trust in times of surrender, even when we don't understand our purpose. And this week’s aff keeps it simple: I Surrender. 4: BYOBBB(46:02) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: I ask Bijou a few hard questions, like: How much is surrender defining your life right now? We get into empathy and all the different types of surrender; our discussion on goals vs surrender; how we think everyone needs to record their own podcast; surrender to feelings vs events; how hard it is on your body when you don’t surrender, and how in business it can mean a pivot. Please rate, review, and subscribe! Go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more that are referenced in the show, and to sign up for the newsletter!

POWER. How do we look at all the different facets of power, and what it means to us? From the control aspect, to giving it away to others, to specific ways to project it into the future, we got you this week with power! The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: I have some legal things that can leave me feeling power-diminished, and I talk about one specifically and how I am dealing with it in relation to staying in my own power. It's tough when you have moments of inadequacy, loss, or situations that are out of your control. Especially when money comes into play, too. But it can be done. I talk about my process for staying in my power and the choices around that. Whew! 2: The Interview (13:46): Interview this week is with Jeff Ward, talk radio host of The Jeff Ward Show now on Statesman News Network. Jeff is a radio veteran with 20 years on KLBJ, and he was voted by the Austin Chronicle as the "Best Afternoon Host" five times. He is now hosting The Jeff Ward Show on SNN Mon-Fri 9 - noon. Jeff hides from his kids to get this chat done, and in doing so, he hits on what he has learned about what can take you out of the moment, and not to focus on that but rather to play the play, so to speak. We also cover the way that talk show hosts can be viewed and then we get into parenting , a little bit of chaos, and living in the moment and how that can be powerful in itself. 3: Go Aff Yourself (29:09) with Affirmation Maven Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co:  What about when we feel power-less and out of alignment? And more importantly, what happens when we give our power away in relationships? What does that even really mean? When we are wanting to please others, that gives our power away. And we settle in real time on the aff today, and focus on taking full ownership of our own power. Jill also gives and an update on stickwithit.co, and this week’s Aff is: My Power Is Mine. 4: BYOBBB(43:55) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: We look through the lens of business, and at power vs control. How does being at home affect our power in business? And how can we use past times when we had a powerful feeling and project that into the future? We also talk about power being something we are grateful for and how to enact that into your daily practice. And finding that space where we don’t need to flex, but stand in our own power. Oh, and she declares me a power suit. Please rate, review, and subscribe! Go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more, and to sign up for the newsletter!

COMFORT ZONE.Uncomfortable in your comfy space? That’s what it’s all about, as this week we get into what rocks our comfort zone! How can we see that we've gotten out of it when we don't have perspective? Also, we find some practical ways to get out of it in quarantine, and more. The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: Surrendering to the unknown and finding peace in that might be the most uncomfortable thing of all. We have to just give in, trust, and yeah, be vulnerable at times. And those can be hard internal places to go! We are forced into letting go of control right now, which is what comfort zone is all about - letting go of control and going into the unknown. But that's where we grow! Oh, and I take cold showers, which is wayyyy outside my CZ... listen for that. 2: The Interview (13:46): Interview this week is with John Gorman, essayist, storyteller, speaker, and top-100 Medium writer. John is so candid, easy to talk to, and the convo just flew by. We met through the Ketamine clinic, Illumma, and he had written about his experience, which pushed him out of his comfort zone. We talk about how he defines comfort zone, pushing ourselves to the next level until it becomes our baseline, and how he views this through the lens of depression, which is something he is actively working on. How can we see this all as a debit system-- one in which we build up the good to counter the negative and maximize our investment in ourselves? Going out of our comfort zone is where the reward of this lies! John also emphasizes the importance of lateral movement when you’re stuck, and how we can look for catalysts in our life to find those places where were can find momentum. And he says: "Something is going to happen-- so you might as well be the reason that the good thing happens, and keep making bigger decisions." 3: Go Aff Yourself (29:09) with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co:  We talk action vs. the comfort zone, and Jill asks: is it ever good to stay in your comfort zone? We talk about the internal, intangible comfort zones; resistance; and Jill observes this: "Nobody else is in charge of getting us out of our comfort zone. It’s nobody else’s responsibility. And on the other side is where the growth is." We wonder about the opposite of comfort zone, and this week’s Aff is: I Trust My Expansiveness. 4: BYOBBB(47:13) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: She is experiencing a lot of upheaval in her own life, and we get into how uncomfortable that is, and what that’s bringing out In her personally and in her business. What happens when home is now not the comfortable place we want it to be? How we can adapt, in many ways? We also discuss that if you’re alone and working alone, how important it is that we find someone to give us reminders of how far we've come? This expands into some self exercises to see how far you’ve come and give yourself perspective.- and perhaps make a practice of looking at how we have grown and gotten past our comfort zone when we have had our heads down and been working, unable to realize our own growth. And the unknown is where we create!
 Please rate, review, and subscribe! Go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more, and to sign up for the newsletter!

VIBES! This week we work on raising our vibrations and what that means from an energetic standpoint and how we can go about doing so, from the practical everyday strategies to the deep work that lies in our subconscious. The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: How are your vibrations this week? Mine were not on point, despite doing all the "right" things. So I dove deep to explore what we can learn from that and how we can embrace the lower vibe moments and use them to teach us and ultimately raise our vibration. I get into the vibrational power of honesty and how we can tap into that and use it to raise us up. 2: The Interview (12:12): Today we talk with Giselle Koy. Giselle is a powerful vibrational force, and the author of six books, her latest being "The Codes of Immortality." She is a certified epigenetic coach and a transformational coach centering on getting people into their full power and fulfilling their soul and destiny. She talks about how she is handling this time, talks practically about using a spiritual and vibrational checklist, which I love, and she takes this further into how vibrations affect our DNA and other things we can be doing to raise our frequency. She addresses that we have to lay the right foundation to raise our frequency, and what we can do to make that happen more optimally. And she mentions what she's working on now, and to get that, simply email her at gisellekoy@gmail.com. 3: Go Aff Yourself (31:43) with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: Jill vows to work on her accents, and we determine that this can raise your vibration! How? Listen to find out. We talk about who we are inherently and what happens to our vibration in this experience. Resetting and expanding your vibration is our focus, and it enables us to be our true self in the world. Can we have high vibration without the “productivity” we are used to? And what about when no one is looking?. This week’s Aff is: I release my blocks. 4: BYOBBB(51:23) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: Neither of us were feeling high-vibe the day we recorded, so it was a great time to talk about what to do in those moments. We touched on work flow and the roller coaster of vibes even when you are doing al the “right” things, and self medicating when our vibe is really low. What do we do on low vibe days when we can’t do any more? And how pervasive is the collective vibe, and what does honesty bring to the table? Please rate, review, and subscribe! Go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more, and to sign up for the newsletter!

What a time to focus on GRATITUDE, huh? These weeks during the pandemic prove to be an excellent time to learn when we focus, so this week was really fun to develop new ways of finding gratitude. The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: I found myself wondering about potential this week, and looking at how easy it is for me to see it in others and how hard it can be to see in myself. If we truly want to actualize our own power, how can we use gratitude to do this? I do something different in my gratitude practice to experiment with growing my power in the future, and future gratitude. 2: The Interview (12:30): Today we talk to Deanna Wheeler, Texas music artist and singer-songwriter. Deanna is a USAF veteran and a single mom to three kids, who was in an abusive relationship, faced and overcame paralysis with guillaume barre in 2018, and is honest and candid about her life and all she has been through. We talk about being un-grateful and how she hones in on gratitude in her daily life. “Whenever your soul is happy, it’s easier to heal.” Through her life and healing journey, she speaks about the integral need for patience as a part of gratitude, which I hadn’t really considered until now. “You can’t really have one without the other [patience and gratitude]. You have to have patience in understanding your past.” We talk about being patient with yourself in finding the gratitude while looking back, because it’s not always easy- in many ways. We talk too about what we are grateful for in this moment, and Deanna asks me about my own drive and where I find that. 3: Go Aff Yourself (29:40) with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co: This week we discuss gratitude practices and the challenges we all face right now, and we come up with this affirmation to help ourselves look for gratitude in every situation and to help us train ourselves to operate from this perspective more and more.  This week’s Aff is: I am able to find gratitude when/where ever I look for it. 4: BYOBBB(45:16) Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: Bijou had an accident this week and talks through how that has affected her gratitude, her job, and everything. We discuss the impact of focus each week and the positivity and effect that has on our mental states and practices. We get into how when it is the hardest is the best time to focus on something. We talked about the uncertainty of the future, and how living through this is making her ultra grateful and appreciative of even the hardest times at work— developing a practice of being grateful for things that she didn’t know to be grateful for in the past. The power that knowledge and behavior has on our immune system, and how she had to find ways to be kind to herself and her partner and the effect that it had on her physical and mental well-being and the return on investment. And I talk about the book “Turning Pro” and how I am finally ready to fully understand the concepts in it, and are we using “pro” attitudes in quarantine. Please rate, review, and subscribe! Go to amyedwards.com/blog for links and more, and to sign up for the newsletter!

This week we get down with some PASSION. And during a pandemic, no less! While that is definitely challenging, we still all find ways to look into what it means and how to find it. The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: Segment 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: Amy asks a lot of questions this week. She also gets into not feeling passion at the moment, what this week's affirmation brought to her life, and how allowing herself to feel pushed her to get deeper to find what she is truly passionate about, and how you can too. When we are triggered, what is that showing us? Segment 2: The Interview: This week's it's with Wes Hurt, the founder of CLEAN Cause organic sparkling yerba mate drinks which provide 50% of all their profits to support recovery from alcohol and drug addiction through sober living scholarships which you can find out more about at clean cause .com. Wes is also a husband and father to two children and lives in Austin and is a recovering addict. Wes and I get really real really fast, which we both prefer. We talk about stripping away the layers to find what’s underneath the surface of exterior passions. Wes raises strong questions within this, too. He asks, “Would I be proud of what I do today if the pandemic eliminated next week? And how will I be seen by people, and the actions I made and the way I handled it, if it stopped? THAT is my new litmus test by the decisions I make.” We get into regrets, what makes our character, our places of purpose, powerlessness, and, yes- what truly matters and what we truly care about when we face death. Segment 3: Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co. This week Amy and Jill talk about the company she founded and her passion for that. We get into hobbies and side hustles, music, and whether or not we lose passion in the process of doing the work, sometimes? The Aff this week seems beautifully prescient for the times we are living in right now. Allowing ourselves to feel overwhelming and powerful emotions moves us both to explore this idea in all its contexts. And we end with Jill thinking about recharging and giving, and what she needs now, and it follows perfectly with what Wes talks about in The Interview. This week’s Aff is: I Let Myself Feel. Segment 4: BYOBBB -Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: We both feel depleted of passion and get real about our struggles with our brands and businesses. We dive into how this affects our brands and our businesses. We discuss the luxury of passion and the fight or flight response that can be attached. Bijou has been on an entrepreneur call and discusses the general climate of that, when products or services are not needed at this time. What do we do when passions feel extinguished? Our takeaway is to mix it up when we are feeling limited, and find time to fan your embers and take care of yourself. Please rate, review, and subscribe! More at amyedwards.com/blog and sign up for the newsletter!

Time to rock that BRAIN this week, and we could probably all use it with waht's going on in the world right now.... the virus, the shelter in place orders.... How are we coping and how can we maximize this time for our minds? The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: Segment 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: Amy explores what we can do with this time we've got on our hands, the habits we can build, the surrender that we are asked to make now, and how paying attention to our sleep can impact our brains. And Amy gets personal this week with a reframe realization of an issue she's had her entire life. Segment 2: The Interview: Art Markman, Ph.D. of Psychology and Professor at UT, author of several books including Smart Thinking and most recently, Bring Your Brain to Work, and he has the podcast "Two Guys on Your Head." Art is great at explaining how our brains function at times like we are currently experiencing. We cover motivations, emotions, habits, how not to make a decision about what we are “supposed to be feeling” right now, what we can do to leave work when we are working from home, and so much more. And what's most important right now? He says, "Take the time to rethink. Do I want to do things differently while I have the chance? [This time] is a really great chance to rethink the way that we interact with the people that are closest to us and to make that better." Learn more about Art HERE. Segment 3: Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co. This week Amy and Jill talk about the effect that affirmations have had on our brains over the years of doing them; subconscious negative patterns of thought that we may choose because they are familiar; and Jill has a big aha! moment. This week’s Aff is: I Work With My Brain. Segment 4: BYOBBB -Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: Bijou and Amy both have had cases of zombie brain; they cover sales in the time of coronavirus and how to focus on the clients you already have; how our brains work with choice; and ultimately, this week's grand takeaway about reframing and how we can work to find the good in any situation. Please rate, review, and subscribe! More at amyedwards.com/blog and sign up for the newsletter!

Let's get that FUTURE SELF going this week. Can we live as our future selves in the present? That’s the big question, and with all that’s going on in the world, how do we possibly navigate that… and what if we don’t? The podcast is in four segments, and here’s this week’s breakdown: Segment 1: Rock Your Life with Amy: Amy goes deep on how she's finding her future self through a self-experiment, and attempting to live as her. And the deeper ‘what if?’ of the future self… what if we try? What would that be like? Segment 2: The Interview: Taylor Ellison, Lifestyle Host and Producer on CBS Austin’s We Are Austin morning show and Austin After Hour talk show, also is a sound healer and regularly hosts meditations. Taylor shares about always knowing her future self existed, and how we can believe more deeply in ourselves. “You have to act as if. Let me step into the role that I want to have, and act as if I already have it, and eventually that self catches up to the self you’re trying to be and they merge together.” She talks further about the power of the present and the excitement of the future, even as we live in trying and uncertain times, and how she does the work to live as her higher self. More about Taylor HERE. Segment 3: Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co. This week Jill talks about the physical reality of her now and the incongruency of that with her future self. Amy remembers a song she wrote about how our future self is always within us, and plays it for Jill. This week’s Aff is: I Am Who I Desire To Be. Segment 4: BYOBBB -Build Your Own Brand, Biz + Brain with Bijou Finney: This was recorded this a week ago, and what a difference that week has made in our work lives. We talk about the future self in a work context at the beginning, but move on to a lot more, with a lot of great info on gratitude, self work practices and habits that you can do at home— those things we can do for tomorrow’s self that will pay off when we look back. My future self cuts me some slack and Bijou talks plants. As Bijou says, “What you give yourself— all the water and food and positivity— will help you grow into what you should be.” Please rate, review, and subscribe! More at amyedwards.com/blog and sign up for the newsletter!

In a week that can feel dark, we are working on rocking our LIGHT. In Amy's Rock Your Life, she talks about ketamine, finding our light, and how times of darkness can be the most important moments to go within and do the work to find our light and nurture it. The Interview is with Alli Waddell of Illumma Ketamine Infusion Clinic of Austin, and she speaks about her personal journey to mental health after depression, bulimia, and suicidal ideation, and how she has found her light and helps others find theirs. Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co covers lightness in body and mind, and our aff this week is "I Step Into The Light." On Build Your Brand with Bijou Finney, we get into the very timely discussion of how businesses go through cycles of light and dark. BONUS content at the end: Austin360 Radio's interview with Alli to learn more about Illumma Clinic. More at amyedwards.com/blog.

Who doesn't want more ABUNDANCE in their lives? Well, Amy learns a lot about focus and abundance this week, while also discussing her daily practices around the topic. Our guest is the very lovely and very wise Qi Dada of Divine and Conjure. Qi is a Priestess, Musician, Community Leader and much more, and she shares about her years of studies of abundance and how her perspective shifted after her recent trip to Africa and the loss of a close friend. Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co brings the aff "I See The Abundance and I Welcome More" which brings up a lot for Jill about money. Bijou and Amy build our brains and brands with a chat on our animalistic natures, purpose, and an abundance spell. More at amyedwards.com/blog.

Let's get CHARISMATIC this week! What even is charisma, anyway? Amy explores if we can really embrace learning things like charisma if we are weighed down by our thought loops, and she shares her latest foray into therapy. This week we are joined by Barron Cruz of The Charisma Matrix, a very popular YouTube charisma learning channel, and Barron gives us a few keys to the nuances of charisma and what we can do to enhance and improve our own. Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co brings the aff "I Inspire Others" which makes Amy intensely uncomfortable. And Bijou and Amy build your brand by discussing the other aspects of charisma, including humor, high vibes, confidence, and how it all matters in life and in business. More at amyedwards.com/blog.

NUTRITION is our topic and it flows out into all areas of life! Amy talks malnourishment in relationships and more; guest this week Ellie Rome of Mindful Bellie is insightful about waking up to nutrition and how that can move us into mindfulness in every area of life. We also talk compulsions and how to break them. Go Aff Yourself rocks the aff "I Have a Healthy Relationship With What Nourishes Me" and that affects Amy deeply this week as she and Jill (stickwithit.co) talk body image and more. Bijou Finney (@storyxstyle and velvetcartel.com) covers how intertwined entrepreneurship and nutrition are and what concrete steps we can take to use nutrition to better our business. More at amyedwards.com/blog.

JOY! What a great place to spend time....isn't it? Or do we even know what brings us joy and how to find it? Amy got into making space for joy, and how release might be tied to doing just that. Our guest this week is John Dulworth, Certified Professional Coach, who not only explains what joy is and how it is different from enthusiasm and happiness, but also how to start a habit and practice of joy in our daily life. On Go Aff Yourself, Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co talks laughter and more and the week's aff is "I Welcome Joy.”  Bijou gets into the importance of celebrations and it's awesome. For references and more, go to amyedwards.com/blog/.

This week is all about CONNECTION. Amy gets into unblocking people, her techniques for connecting to herself daily, and more; guest this week is Randi Marks, Spiritual Guide and Healer, who shares that the core of her work is connection and how we can do that; on Go Aff Yourself, Amy and Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co talk energy, pep talks, and the week's aff "I Engage With My Life"; and Bijou covers the work when you don't connect with a client and Amy talks about a disconnect in a voiceover job. More at amyedwards.com/blog.

Mind-Body. This week Amy tries new physical tactics to affect her mind; Interview with the very magic and very effective Clinical Hypnotherapist Marina Pirkle; find her at @moderndaymagicwoman on Instagram. Jill and Amy get physical too with this week's of-the-moment aff, "My Mind and Body Work Together for my Highest Good." And Bijou has four fantastic points about the week's focus and how to use it to build better habits and strengthen your branding and style. Find this week's references at amyedwards.com/blog.

CONFIDENCE is what we are rocking this week! Amy has a play-by-play of her confidence arc through the week, and her grand takeaway; we talk with Brooke Nichol, RN, CANS, of Saving Face Austin, whose motto is "Look good, feel good, do good," and she has beautiful wisdom around this philosophy and what she does in life; Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co and our weekly aff is "I Trust Myself" and we cover our Aff origins and habits; and our practical tips and strategies for habit building with Amy and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney of Velvet Cartel. Find this week's resources and sign up for Amy's newsletter HERE.

What's so radical about self love? Oh, pretty much everything! Amy gets real about the universe enacting self-love lessons in her life; interview this week with Dr. Alyse Snyder, doctor of chinese medicine and licensed acupuncturist (follow her on Instagram, she's amazing); Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co and our weekly aff is "I LOVE MYSELF"; and our practical tips and strategies for habit building with Amy and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney of Velvet Cartel. Find this week's resources and sign up for Amy's newsletter HERE.

PATTERNS patterns patterns! This week, Amy talks with Liz Davis, Hypno-healer, Reiki Master, Life Coach and Yogi. Liz teaches us where our patterns originate and how we can pull them into the light and heal ourselves; Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co and our weekly aff is "I work with my patterns"; and our practical tips and strategies for habit building with Amy and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney of Velvet Cartel as Amy and Bijou talk plant medicines and more. Find this week's resources and sign up for Amy's newsletter HERE.

CHOICE is up this week, and Amy talks with Women's Fashion Designer Brittany Allen, who is also a contestant on Season 18 of Project Runway; Brittany believes wholeheartedly that we choose our lives and design them ourselves; Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co and our weekly aff is "I connect with my inner wisdom and I make conscious choices all day"; and our practical tips and strategies for habit building with Amy and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney of Velvet Cartel. Find this week's resources and sign up for Amy's newsletter HERE.

RISK can be a good thing, and that's our focus this week. Fantastic interview with entrepreneur Tara Chapman of Two Hives Honey who took the risk of quitting her job with the CIA and starting her own business arouns bees; Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co and our weekly aff is "I Am Open To New Possibilities"; and our practical tips and strategies for habit building with Amy and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney of Velvet Cartel. Find this week's resources and sign up for Amy's newsletter HERE.

Let's rock our BALANCE this week! Interview with Marybeth Brady of Wildheart Yoga, Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner of stickwithit.co and our weekly aff is "I Am Centered"; and our practical tips and strategies for habit building with Amy and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney of Velvet Cartel.

Let's rock some AUTHENTICITY this week. Amy gets into personal authenticity and being true to your word; Interview this week with Brittany Goss, Astrologer and Life Coach at Rebel Astrology and Coaching; Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner (stickwithit.co) and this week's affirmation is "I Am Authentic" which sounds basic but we get into it; and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney joins Amy to get deep on authenticity in your brand and business. Find Bijou's new resource HERE.

This week is all about BOUNDARIES....Amy gets to chat with the amazing Addie Broyles, food writer for the Austin American-Statesman; Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner (stickwithit.co) and this week's affirmation is "I Communicate Openly and Honestly"; and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney joins Amy to talk practical tips, strategies, and habits. And be sure to download Bijou's awesome new branding resource HERE.

Let's talk TRANSFORMATION this week....Amy has a fantastic interview with engineer, former political candidate, and trans woman Danielle Skidmore; Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner (stickwithit.co) and this week's affirmation is "I Am Growth"; and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney joins Amy to talk practical tips, strategies, and habits.

Amy's first episode is all about FEAR! Interview with Austin360 Radio personality Whitney Stropp; Go Aff Yourself with Jill Faulkner (stickwithit.co) and this week's affirmation is "I Have All That I Need"; and certified branding consultant Bijou Finney joins Amy to talk practical tips, strategies, and habits.