Welcome to episode #198 of the Own Your Best Life Podcast. One of the most common questions that I get is how do I know if this is it and I should just settle? It comes from noticing that you’re not that happy or fulfilled, but thinking that you should be grateful for what you have in life. Today’s podcast will help you see that this life isn’t just it and why.

Whether it’s your kids or a home you live in, you know you have a lot to be grateful for. So you almost feel guilty not just being happy and trying to do something more. At the same time, you sometimes feel like you’re just giving up and wondering why are you not living a life that’s more expansive?

As an achiever with a pretty strong work ethic, there’s a paradox. You’ve built some things in your life that you’ve worked for when you’ve had almost nothing to lose so it is also natural to worry that making any moves might risk all that you’ve worked hard for if you make a change.

Yet, the more open-minded mentality that helped you change careers the first time or pivot the second time is not the only thing that you’re trying to bring back, it’s also the feeling that you’re building and not just creating something from scratch and starting all over again.

What if you didn’t have to start all over again? What if you just had to be willing to feel like you’re starting all over again?

Imagine the scenario of making money. You don’t have to have zero dollars in a checking or savings account in order for you to feel broke and hungry to make money and earn a living. Companies that need to innovate and change direction also need to take into account that they’ve got bills to pay and shareholders who expect earnings. There’s both.

Similar to your life, you have to be able to handle your current responsibilities, job and mental/physical health while also deciding what’s next and making moves.

It’s not just a problem or situation that’s unique to you. This is the same situation everyone who is making any change is facing. There is always some level of decision-making about what to change and how to change it intelligently.

When you’re an overworked achiever, you will find that it’s finances, time or energy that is holding you back. You think that someone else has better finances, more time and more energy – which is the reason why they’re able to do the things you want to do, but haven’t. Whether it’s changing careers, going back to school or making more progress in their lives, there will always be a reason why someone else did it and not you.

Yet, the only reason you need to worry about is your own.

How do you work through and overcome all these things holding you back?

You utilize spiritual, high-performance strategies like daily spiritual practices and flow activation rituals that help them clear their minds for their best thinking and work more effectively so they save time.

When your mind is clear and your resolve is steady, you are like a hot knife cutting through butter. Procrastination seems to dissolve and your life seems easier. Problems don’t feel so heavy anymore and your decision-making becomes quicker and more accurate.

The Flow activation rituals help you to move into a high-performance mode of working that feels less difficult and more creative. Stress no longer becomes the driving force of doing the work, nor does guilt. You start to enjoy the process more and you get more done at the same time. You get more time back in your day because you are working more effectively and you end up having a better problem, which is deciding what you want to do with the extra time you now have at your disposal.

You can decide that this is it or you can decide that you can have a more expansive life. The question is, which one would you want? Even if things are good, we are operating at a fraction of our potential.

The path of having a more expansive life means that you’ll start to stand out and lead. You’ll stop hiding and overworking. You’ll go from overworked achiever to spiritual achiever and have more time, emotional and financial freedom.

If you want to start on that path – where you get help on the matters that matter most, watch the free training on how to Stand Out and Lead, using spiritual, high-performance strategies. You can access the training at https://may-empson.mykajabi.com/stand-out-and-lead.

You can then apply to join my Spiritual Achiever® program, where you’re going to create your next chapter with spiritual and high-performance strategies to achieve time and financial freedom using my proven method. It’s risk-free. You either start seeing results within your first month or I give you your money back. Schedule your call HERE. We’ll see you inside.

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.

The next step?

Schedule a consultation to get clarity on how coaching can help you on your journey.

Once you’re accepted into the program, you’ll receive a calendar invite for a 2-hour deep dive 1:1 session to map out your personal goals and your own year-long journey.

You’ll have immediate access to the Spiritual Achiever process and philosophy – how to achieve your biggest goals and reinvent your life.

You’ll have immediate access to 5 modules of Career Revelation Academy – to love your career even more and launch that next chapter of your career in 30 days.

You’ll have the calendar invites for the upcoming group calls and retreats.

If this speaks to you, I can’t wait to talk to you live: Schedule a consultation.

Reach out at www.mayempson.com/contact for more information on my Spiritual Achiever coaching program. You’ll figure out what’s next and actually go and do it. 

That’s it for this week. Have an amazing one and I’ll talk to you next time.