Welcome to Episode #230 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast.
Today, we’re going to focus on blending soul and strategy — and why high-achievers can learn how to succeed without losing themselves in the process.

I want to speak directly to the part of you that’s tired of pushing… The part of you that craves space. Meaning. Peace.

Because this is not just about what you’re building. This is about how you feel while building it.

What Do You Really Want to Create?

When you begin to design the next version of your life, there’s one powerful question that opens the door:

What do I want to create?

When I launched my soul-driven business, I didn’t just follow a strategy. I followed a vision. A vision of a circle — where people come together through technology and in person. That’s how the Spiritual Achiever movement was born.

It wasn’t about scale at first. It was about soul.

Why Burnout Happens to the Best of Us

I hit my limit. Burnout. Exhaustion. Resentment. The things that made me exceptional — my drive, my passion, my resilience — became the very things that drained me.

It hit me hard: Everything that helps us can also hurt us. Your biggest strengths often become liabilities if left unchecked.

I had to ask myself:

How do I create from energy, not depletion?

The Secret to Sustainable Success: Flow States

That turning point led me to the science and soul of flow states. The zone where productivity and presence meet.

I found my metaphor in surfing. You don’t force the wave. You learn to ride it.

The 4 Stages of Flow:

1. Struggle — resistance, distraction, tension
2. Release — letting go, finding rhythm
3. Flow — full immersion, high focus
4. Recovery — integration and rest

Why Recovery is the Missing Link for Women Leaders

High-achievers love the hustle. But we often skip the recovery. And that’s what leads to burnout cycles.

When I began tracking my own emotional and energetic rhythms, everything changed. I use a proprietary tool with clients called the Inner State Map — a guide to understanding how your body signals what it needs.

This tool isn’t available publicly. It’s part of my private coaching practice.

Curious about how to use your energy wisely, not constantly? DM me the word FLOW on Instagram or apply for a free consult.

You’re Not Too Late. You’re Right on Time.

If you’re craving peace, purpose, and more time for what truly matters — you’re not alone. And you’re not broken.

You’re evolving.

It’s time to trust your body. Honor your energy. Reclaim your leadership.

Because true success isn’t just about achieving.

It’s about becoming.

Next Steps: Create Space for Flow

Here are two powerful ways to start today:

• Micro Recovery: Take a 5-minute pause, a breath, or a stretch. Tune in.
• Macro Recovery: Schedule a longer rest moment — sleep, yoga, nature, or stillness.

And if you’re ready to stop forcing and start flowing? DM me FLOW on Instagram or apply for a private alignment session.

Let’s build your legacy — the soul-first, high-performance way.

If you’re ready to build these skills and more, this is exactly what we work on inside the Spiritual Achiever® Coaching Program. You’ll learn everything from embodiment practices to high-performance strategies—tools that help you lead and live with confidence, clarity, and calm.

Start Here: Free Training

👉 Watch the free training:
STAND OUT AND LEAD – How to use spiritual and high-performance strategies to achieve time and financial freedom.

Apply for Coaching

Ready to live a life that feels as good as it looks?

📞 Apply now at www.mayempson.com/contact
Risk-free: If you don’t start seeing results in your first month, you’ll get your money back.

Want to know more about what happens when you join?

1. When you join Spiritual Achiever® Coaching you’ll be supported for a full year: Career Revelation Academy: A 5-step career change process (if you have a job you want to stay in, I’ll show you how to love it even more) that can launch you into your next career chapter in 30 days.
2. 2x/month group training and coaching on Spirituality, Achievement, Earth Energy and Harmony. You’ll know how to design your days for breakthroughs, create a personal brand and community, lead yourself and others through change, become more physically and mentally fit, reduce stress and reinvent what’s possible in this next chapter of your life.
3. Discover your Leadership Strengths and Branding Workshop: Increase your awareness of what makes YOU different from others and how to become even better at your genius zone.
4. Your Best Year workshop: Create your one year plan and design this next year, no matter what time of the year it is.
5. Your Next 5 Years one-day virtual retreat: Vision what’s possible 5 years from now and break out of your old routines so you can step into new habits, behaviors and routines.
6. Tickets to all in-person Spiritual Achiever retreats (discounted rates): Highly immersive and intimate gatherings where we spend time in nature, experience energy work, eat and move well – all while making big decisions and committing to what’s next for us.
7. Monthly 1:1 Coaching Sessions: To help you break through obstacles, define your individual path, and to work on both strategy and mindset.