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Lauren Lowrey
People talk about purpose, but no one tells you how to get there. That is, until now. AMPstigator takes the conversations out of your head and into your life. Join Lauren as she asks the questions you've been too afraid to answer about your life and your purpose.
Overdoing it is ingrained in our culture. So how do you go against the grain?
In this latest episode, host Lauren Lowrey takes you on a journey through our American obsessions with doing too much. Get the deets on how our nation compares to other countries when it comes to work-life (im)balance. Plus, what questions to ask yourself so you can DO LESS.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You're chronically doing too much.
- Your self-worth was based on how much you can produce.
- You bought into the equation that HARD WORK makes you A GOOD PERSON
📺 What you'll hear in this episode📺
The episode begins with Lauren detailing why Americans are so obsessed with overdoing it. Lauren takes you way back to the Mayflower to show how pilgrims laid a lasting foundation for American society. Even to this day, we see the impacts
- [4:26] But something changed in the digital age. Our obsession with work was accelerated and Lauren explains how.
- [11:26] Lauren walks you through the quantifiable disengagement happening in workplaces all over America and how it compares to other countries.
- [13:38] Tiny sneak-peak into what's coming up next for AMPstigator as Lauren details how she's taking her own medicine.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:27 - Lauren details how this episode is structured
1:34 - Our American history (Hard work = Heaven)
3:09 - Individualists vs Collectivists
4:26 - How the digital age accelerated our need to DO
7:03 - How the digital age has changed broadcast TV
8:12 - How "Just Do It" fueled the fire
9:30 - How this negatively impacts us
11:22 - We're seeing quantifiable disengagement in the workplace
12:33 - World Happiness Report
13:38 - Lauren's taking her own medicine on doing less
🗈 Show Notes 🗈
Ep. 31 At what cost? (When doing it all nearly kills you) [Spotify | Apple]
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Wait, you want me to face my pain!?! Woof!
In the latest AMPstigator episode FACE IT, host Lauren Lowrey teaches you that once you've experienced trauma, the pain doesn’t go away. It just blends with you over time. The difficulty in processing the trauma comes from your inability to move forward.
After we experience pain, we spend our lives trying to return to status quo. We try to get back to who we were before that pain. But we have to realize: We were literally changed by the pain and the person we were is gone.
In this episode, she shares 6 steps to FACE your pain and accept yourself for who you've become.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You've experienced any bit of pain that you can't seem to face
- You're ready to try something new to process your problems
- When you think about a particular thing that happened in your life, you can't help but cry
📺 What you'll hear in this episode📺
The episode begins with Lauren sharing a recent experience getting her annual blood work. Everything was perfect until the rubber tourniquet around her arm triggered a major MAMMA JAMMA trauma response. Whoa, Nelly! Didn't see that coming! She shows how tears indicate unhealed pain and why you need to FACE IT!
- [3:13] Lauren shares the PARADOX in trying to heal. Once you've experienced something, it's literally part of you. You are different so you need a different approach.
- [4:59] Why does talking-it-out work so well? It's literally a well-studied psychological foundation of Cognitive Based Therapy (CBT).
- [8:57] Lauren shares the steps you can take to begin to FACE IT in your own life. Her 6 suggestions include kicking judgment to-the-curb, stimulating the parasympathetic nervous system and implementing a gradual exposure.
Plus, how you'll know when the healing is all done!
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:27 - Lauren experiences her first MAMMA JAMMA trauma trigger
2:44 - Working to heal and facing your fear
3:13 - How pain becomes part of you
4:59 - Research around healing trauma, Cognitive Based Therapy (CBT)
6:52 - The root of the phrase "face it"
8:57 - How you can FACE IT in your own life
10:34 - Getting a re-do on a trauma trigger
🗈 Show Notes 🗈
Ep. 31 At what cost? (When doing it all nearly kills you) [Spotify | Apple]
Understanding PTSD, National Institutes of Health
Ep. 56 The 7 surprising things that started happening when I meditated 2hrs/day [Spotify | Apple]
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We look for reflections everywhere - in our friends, on our social feeds, in our work - but when do we ever see who we really are? In this episode of 2 Words that will Change Your Life, host Lauren Lowrey shows you how cameras give the ultimate reflection.
Listen as she shares stories from her own life as she learned how to be her true self.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You've ever seen a picture or video of yourself and said 'that doesn't look like me'
- You need help seeing your true self but can't find a good reflection
- You're curious about Lauren's methods using cameras for solid self-reflection
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We talk entirely too much! If our mouths aren't yappin', our minds will certainly fill the void. In this eternal conversation with our intuition, our racing thoughts create a barrier for us to listen to the guidance. You’re missing the best parts of your spiritual experience because you just can’t figure out how to SHUT UP.
So in this episode, we help you find ways to close your mouth, quiet your mind and just LISTEN to what you're being guided to do.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- Your mind talks too much and you can't get it quiet
- You're interested in research around why we do the things we do
- You need the Top 5 research supported ways to clear your mind
📺 What you'll hear in this episode📺
The episode begins with Lauren laying out what this episode is all about - SHUTTING UP! She shares her history as a compulsive communicator and what she's learned from getting quiet. In this episode, we also get into:
- [3:02] The sheer amount of research done about people who talk too much. There's even a Talkaholic scale where you can measure if you're a compulsive communicator.
- [6:12] The newest estimates about the number of thoughts you think every day and how overwhelming that would be if you said them out loud!
- [7:11] The Top 5 research-supported ways to quiet your mind. Lauren digs into the research around how to find calm and stillness in your mind and body.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:27 - Here's why you need to listen to this episode
1:54 - Little Lauren talked too much!
3:04 - Psychological research around talking too much
4:26 - Your mouth is closed but your mind won't stop talking
6:12 - You think 6,200 thoughts every day; your mind won't shut up
7:11 - Top 5 research-supported ways to quiet your mind (#1 Meditate)
8:57 - #2 Be in Nature
10:03 - #3 Be Creative/Artsy
11:33 - #4 Start journaling
12:55 - #5 Physical exercise
13:57 - Shut up your mind; listen to your intuition!
🗈 Show Notes 🗈
Talkaholic Scale (found here)
Ep. 59 JUST ASK (2 Words that will Change Your Life) [Spotify | Apple]
Ep. 56 The 7 surprising things that started happening when I meditated 2hrs/day [Spotify | Apple]
Ep. 31 At what cost? (When doing it all nearly kills you) [Spotify | Apple]
Ep. 39 How to trust, allow & let go (w/ Alyssa Rosenheck) [Spotify | Apple]
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You say 'I'M SORRY' more than you think. Research shows when we say it in the wrong situations we cause more harm than good.
In this latest episode of the mini-series '2 Words that will Change Your Life,' Host Lauren Lowrey explores how we constantly over-apologize [newsflash: women are repeat offenders]. Get ready to learn why we say it, the 8 things you should never apologize for and the 3 things you could say in it's place.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You've found yourself saying 'I'm Sorry' way too often
- You need a solid reflection about how people perceive your so-called apologies
- You didn't realize saying over-apologizing was such a detriment and want to stop
📺 What you'll hear in this episode📺
The episode begins with Lauren laying out why we say 'I'm Sorry' more than we realize. For many people it's a learned behavior that's hurting us in social situations.
- [2:17] Research shows when you say ‘I’m sorry’ you’re actually sending the message that you don’t have any confidence in yourself. Saying 'I'm Sorry' at the wrong time causes the other person to feel even worse.
- [6:59] Why are you apologizing for things you shouldn't? In this section, Lauren lays out the 8 things you should never say 'I'm Sorry' for.
- [9:39] Lauren shares three easily attainable options for other quotes you could use in place of saying 'I'm Sorry.'
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:27 - You say I'm Sorry way too much
1:16 - Using I'm Sorry [incorrectly] to appease and comfort others
2:17 - Research around 'I'm Sorry' (lack of confidence, anger, etc.)
3:13 - Why do we say 'I'm Sorry'???
5:58 - What Dr. PaQuita Pullen says about 'I'm Sorry'
6:59 - The 8 things you never should apologize for
8:31 - How to stop saying 'I'm Sorry'
9:39 - 3 things to say OTHER THAN 'I'm Sorry'
10:45 - Don't use this as a crutch
🗈 Show Notes 🗈
Ep. 20 Set Your Intentions w/ Lauren Lowrey
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WHAT IF you could change your $h!++y situation? WHAT IF you could change your reality? WHAT IF you could change your life?
You can! It all starts with these two words: WHAT IF?
In this installment of the mini-series Two Words that will Change Your Life, host Lauren Lowrey lays out a path to transformation. Before you ever make a choice, buy a book, or start a plan... you begin with imagination. Transformation starts when you allow yourself to imagine you have the power to change. We get there by asking 'WHAT IF?'
You'll hear the latest research around the sheer power of your mind and its ability to shape reality. Then, Lauren walks you through what the research says about identifying the $h!++y parts of your life that need re-shaping. She helps you apply the WHAT IF? principles to make change -- all in less than 15 minutes!
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You're at wit's end with a problem that just won't resolve.
- You have a sneaky suspicion there's more to this mindset stuff and you want to give it a try.
- You know something's off, but you need help identifying what that is.
📺 What you'll hear in this episode📺
The episode begins with Lauren detailing a new responsibility at work and how it threatened her views on the victim mindset. She uses her personal story to introduce and apply the principles of WHAT IF?
- [5:20] What is mindset? It's simply a set of assumptions that help us leverage our world. Beliefs that don't serve us lead to interpersonal problems, feeling of guilt, inadequacy, sadness, etc.
- [9:43] So how do you even change your mindset? Lauren shares how to identify the issues and how to apply the principles of WHAT IF?
- [12:20] Using WHAT IF? can bring healing, and in this part of the episode, Lauren shares a personal experience with applying the question and how it shaped a situation.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:27 - Come on, Lauren! You're not a victim!
1:32 - Disrupting beliefs with 'WHAT IF?'
4:21 - This big shift is MINDSET
5:12 - What the research says about your mindset
7:00 - Drawing attention to the 'red flags'
7:37 - Actual findings from recent studies
9:43 - How to use WHAT IF? to change your mindset
12:20 - How mindset shifts bring healing
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Consider this episode your call to action as trademark attorney Aleece McKnight encourages you to STOP fitting the mold.
Much of her advice comes from working with creatives to protect their intellectual property. She's also personally struggled to fit into they typical image of an attorney. After years of practicing family law, criminal law, civil litigation, bankruptcy and personal injury, Aleece admitted to herself she hated it all!
In 2019 she quit the big law firm to take time away, find silence and re-set. In that time of soul-searching she remembered her love of non-traditional law – particularly working within intellectual property. By the end of the same year, she started a law firm specifically to help and protect the work of entrepreneurs.
In this episode Aleece reminds us: you were called to break the mold.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥- You're fascinated by Aleece's story of hating traditional law and creating her own firm.
- You want to know why creatives need to protect their intellectual property
- You want to learn how Lauren found Aleece to do work for AMPstigator
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Aleece sharing her personal story of practicing law but HATING it. She knew she wanted to be an attorney, so she needed to go back to the drawing board to discover what type of law to practice. It's how she remembered "non-traditional" careers in trademark and intellectual property.
- [7:44] When Aleece went out on her own as an attorney, she didn't have anyone who really supported her. Those around her would send job-postings even after she opened her own firm. Aleece shares the difficulty of being unsupported.
- [20:31] Aleece teaches her lesson about NOT fitting the mold. She details how crucial it is to find the path you were meant to walk. Sometimes that means walking alone, but others will always come alongside when you choose to live with purpose. She also teaches that you can break out of the mold you made for yourself -- for reinvention!
- [36:25] In this excerpt, Aleece explains why you must let things unfold with Divine timing. You can believe for an increase, but just because you want it doesn't mean you're ready for it. She encourages you to trust how things unfold.
Plus, Aleece shares what it's like to work with people every day who are pursuing their purpose.
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:37 - Lauren’s opening monologue
3:01 - How Aleece arrived in non-traditional law
6:48 - Aleece was reluctant to start her own firm
7:44 - The lack of support and encouragement
11:23 - How Lauren found Aleece
12:45 - How Aleece is living with purpose
14:48 - Typical ages of Aleece's clients
17:18 - Aleece wants to be accessible to creatives
20:31 - LESSON #1: DON'T FIT THE MOLD
24:48 - Where Aleece isn't finding peace
29:55 - LESSON #2: "In order to become, you have to let things BE."
36:25 - LESSON #3: "Just because you want something doesn't mean you're ready."
41:48 - People didn't support Aleece
44:18 - She gets to choose who she works with
47:20 - What happens when you step out in purpose
50:29 - Imposter Syndrome (You belong here)
55:46 - Coming up Next Week on Ep. 44
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When was the best time in your life? How 'bout the worst time? In this episode, AMPstigator host Lauren Lowrey is put on the hot-seat by two friends and podcast guests Dr. Joyce WIlliams and Keli Alvarez. Together, they turn the series of questions on the host. Press play to hear her answers!
Prepare to learn more about Lauren in the first 25 minutes than she's ever shared on this podcast before.
This episode also explores the lessons these three women are learning right now as they encourage you 'this, too, shall pass.'
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You've heard Lauren ask hundreds of questions on this podcast and you're ready for someone to interview her!
- You're curious about the lessons these 3 women are learning in real-time
- You listened to Part 1 of this conversation when it was released (Sep. 13th) as Episode 32 and you're ready to hear the rest.
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with host Lauren Lowrey taking a turn in the hot-seat. The first 25 minutes of the episode has Lauren answering the original AMPstigator questions from Seasons 1 & 2. She begins with the best time in her life.
- [10:59] Hear what Lauren calls 'the worst time in her life.' It's a section she thought about cutting out of this episode but decided to leave it in for honesty and authenticity's sake.
- [19:53] Lauren shares the reoccurring lesson she's learned 3 times in her life. She explains the meaning behind 'what got me here isn't why I'm here' and how you can use this powerful statement to ensure you're seeing the gift in every situation.
- [43:07] The three women set the record straight on all-girl exclusivity -- whether it's building community or an eye-roll producing extra.
Plus, in the episode's final minutes [54:01] Lauren shares her theory about spouses and partners – and what you can learn about your friends just from watching their significant other.
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
4:49 - Lauren answers the Best Time, Worst Time questions
8:50 - Post-traumatic growth & radical acceptance
10:59 - The worst time in Lauren's life
16:09 - What Lauren's been saying a lot lately: "At What Cost?"
19:53 - Lauren's reoccurring lesson: "What got you here isn't why you're here"
24:39 - What Dr. Joyce would tell her younger self: "You don't have to learn the lesson."
28:17 - What Keli would tell her 32 yr old self: "Run the mile you're in!"
35:37 - Learning to take the good with the bad
39:14 - How Dr. Joyce sees death and mortality
42:07 - Dr Joyce: "Everyone is here for a purpose"
43:07 - Setting the record straight on all-girl exclusivity; structure of seeking out community
50:44 - The necessity of female friendships
54:01 - Lauren's theory about spouses
57:09 - Coming up next week on #AMPstigator
📝Show notes📝
The Body Keeps the Score, Bessel van der Kolk
Ep. 31 At What Cost (Spotify, Apple)
Ep. 32 Cultivating Deep Female Friendships (Spotify, Apple)
Ep. 26 Transforming your worst time into your BEST (#Find the GIft) (Spotify, Apple)
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Prepare to gain a new perspective on giving from a powerhouse business woman who's co-founded a tech startup, run a non-profit, served on beaucoup boards and helped name the AMPstigator video podcast.
Pat Shea has provided background support for AMPstigator's efforts for the last 15 months, but now she makes her podcast debut with the lesson "How Giving Connects Us."
In this episode, Pat teaches you how to create a movement and shares why asking someone for money is actually doing them A FAVOR.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You follow AMPstigator on Instagram and loved the quotes you saw from Pat Shea
- You want to know more about the impact Pat had on AMPstigator and Lauren's roster of guests
- Pat's ideas around the power of giving are quite novel
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Host Lauren Lowrey sharing her first connection with Pat Shea over smash-burgers and fries. The two women became fast friends and Shea even helped name the podcast.
- [14:07] Pat is known for her knack for raising money and in this episode she shares why! It may surprise you to learn when Pat asks for money she sees it as doing YOU a FAVOR. She explains how her belief is based in human behavior.
- [25:43] Pat also encourages us to check-in with our motives to give. Research shows when we give joyfully, we're much healthier. In this part of the episode, she shares how giving has always been a great tool for self-love.
- [40:29] Pat & Lauren gush over the James Webb Telescope images that show the universe still being created. Pat reflects on how images of star nurseries influence her belief that we're all connected.
Plus, find out what's next for Pat Shea [47:03] in the realms of giving, politics and fundraising.
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:48 - How Pat Shea helped name this podcast
4:28 - Pat's personal story
8:01 - Pat co-founded a tech start-up in the giving space
13:30 - Pat's always been generous
14:07 - Fundraising is a favor to the giver
16:41 - Pat's lesson: How giving connects us
24:08 - You aren't on a solo journey
25:43 - Joyful giving is a form of self-love
28:14 - Health impacts of giving
33:31 - Pat has an internal purpose radar
35:13 - Pat is known for her 'LET'S DO IT' attitude
36:59 - What you give is often what you need
38:36 - Giving as a currency
40:29 - Lauren and Pat are obsessed with the James Webb Telescope images
42:28 - What things exist around us that we're unaware of?
47:07 - What's next for Pat Shea?
52:32 - Coming up next week on #AMPstigator
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Just because someone has letters behind their name DOES NOT mean they have it all figured out. So, what lesson is a doctoral-level therapist learning right now?
In this episode of AMPstigator, Dr. PaQuita Pullen, a therapist-professor-yoga instructor, shares the role scarcity continues to play in her life. You'll also learn how she helps her patients UNLEARN behavior to rediscover purpose.
In this LAUGH-OUT-LOUD episode, Dr. P gives real talk about having a clinician of color and what it's like to show up each day from a place of wholeness.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You follow AMPstigator on Instagram and LOLed with every Dr. P clip
- You're a high-functioning female in public, but a mess in private
- You want to know what lesson a therapist is learning in her own life
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Dr. Pullen describing her therapy practice, Ubuntu Counseling & Wellness, which offers personal coaching and development for anyone who needs mental health help. Dr. Pullen shares stats on the stunning lack of clinicians of color in America.
- [21:10] Dr. P describes what steps to take to find just the right therapist and why it's so necessary to get the perfect fit. Plus, how to know when you've outgrown your therapist.
- [23:45] Dr. P gets into the meat of the lesson of how to overcome scarcity. She helps you notice when fear from others is projected on to you and how fear can flourish within you. So, how do we root it out?
- [57:21] Dr. P describes her calling to train other clinicians of color. One of her focuses is on teaching therapy students to ask the right questions. She shares a story from her own experience that illustrates the power in how we pose questions.
- [1:02:11] In the final 8 minutes of the episode, host Lauren Lowrey asks Dr. P if everyone needs stillness. Her captivating answer gives insight into human needs and provides permission for stillness to take whatever form feels right for the practitioner.
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:40 - The meaning of 'Ubuntu'
9:38 - How ACES scores affect your personal development
13:35 - The lack of clinicians of color
19:13 - You have to find a therapist who you CONNECT WITH
23:45 - Dr. P's lesson in Overcoming Scarcity, Part 1
28:52 - #SoftBlackGirl
34:17 - How Dr. P helps people UNLEARN on their path to purpose
40:01 - Dr. P's lesson, Part 2: Sometimes people project their scarcity on you
44:41 - How your personal transformation may threaten other people
57:21 - The proper way to ask questions
1:02:12 - Ask Dr. P: 'Does everyone need stillness?'
1:12:10 - Coming up next week on #AMPstigator
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Alyssa Rosenheck is living in a forceful season of non-attachment. Once you listen to this episode you'll understand how it's made her stronger.
In this episode of AMPstigator, Alyssa shares her personal evolution from workaholic, to cancer survivor, to acclaimed creative. Her work as a celebrated architectural/interiors photographer provides the metaphors for her own life as she explores the light and shadows in herself. It's been the platform from which she's expanded into titles like 'celebrated speaker' and 'best-selling author.'
In this episode, Alyssa reflects on her use of visualization and meditation to show how powerful it's been in her physical healing and how you can use it in your own life. She also shares how she's embracing her divinely feminine wisdom and the role it plays in her work.
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
Alyssa shares her personal journey and her all-around views on life through stories and laughter. The episode begins with Host Lauren Lowrey's assessment of Alyssa's impressive evolution.
- [3:33] Alyssa admits she's an old soul but has realized she can redefine who she is as many times as she wants. It's an empowering message for every listener.
- [9:32] Alyssa shares how creativity saved her life during her battle with cancer and reveals how she felt called to pick up a camera.
- [21:18] Visualization and meditation are incredibly powerful practices for Alyssa. She begins to share how she uses both and how they play into this episode's life lesson.
- [41:57] In the final 20 minutes, the conversation turns to the divine feminine energies Alyssa draws on for her creativity.
Plus, Alyssa shares throughout the episode how she roots herself daily in different stilling practices.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥- You're a fan of Alyssa's photography and style
- You're going through a heavy time in your life and you want advice on how to handle it
- You're interested in learning how someone can balance their feminine and masculine energies
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:37 - Lauren’s opening monologue
3:33 - Alyssa is an old soul
5:24 - We get to redefine ourselves, change our story
8:13 - Work. Build. Create.
9:32 - How photography healed Alyssa
14:21 - Alyssa’s lens “identifies holes” in a space
17:34 - Photography plants seeds
19:42 - Alyssa needs inner stillness
21:18 - The power of visualization
23:01 - Alyssa’s a Generator in Human Design
25:17 - ALYSSA’S LESSON - Non, attachment, allowing & listening
34:16 - How do I want to show up today?
36:26 - The importance of VISUALIZATION!!!!
41:57 - Masculine-Feminine energies
45:41 - A woman is powerful on her cycle
48:40 - Living in your light exposes others’ shadows
55:23 - How Alyssa continues to find inspiration in her work
1:00:44 - Coming up Next Week
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How do you define success? And is that definition even yours?
In today's solo episode, Host Lauren Lowrey shows why your definition of success is holding you back from PURPOSE. She encourages you to eradicate the word success and instead replace it with a better word that's expansive, uplifting and releases you from others' expectations of you.
In the final minutes, Lauren guides you as you uncover your true definition of success. She creates a mindful moment and guided meditation to help you understand your truth around what you're striving for.
It's another encouraging episode that will leave you calmer, lighter and ready to reconnect with what you really want.
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Lauren explaining why you need to hear this episode RIGHT NOW and how your views of success are holding you back from finding purpose.
- [1:30] Lauren starts by defining the word success and why we're so tied to it's financial implications
- [3:42] She unveils the word you should be using instead and shares how she uses it in daily affirmations.
- [10:06] Lauren shows how this idea of productivity is killing us. It's keeping us from discovering what we're really meant to do. We can't cultivate purpose when we're living by other people's rules.
PLUS, Lauren uses her knack for asking questions to guide you [11:34] through prompts and a meditation to uncover what you really want!
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You feel overwhelmed by the hustle and struggle of the pressure to be 'successful'
- You feel like the bar for success is way too high and you need help figuring out a better way
- You love Lauren's way of breaking down complex concepts and making change RELATABLE
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:36 - Your idea of 'success' is holding you back from purpose
1:30 - The actual definition of success
3:42 - The word we'll use to replace 'success'4:21 - Lauren's daily affirmations using the new word
6:29 - How replacing the word 'success' connects you back to gratitude
8:10 - How we're processing 'success' in the body
10:07 - Why your definition of success is keeping you from purpose
11:34 - Lauren's Prompts + guided meditation14:15 - An exciting guest is coming up next week!
Show notes:Ep. 26 "Find the Gift" Transforming your worst time into your best time
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Grief and loss are powerful emotions, but they can also be your greatest teachers. In today's episode, entrepreneur/wife/mom Katie Radel goes deep on her relationship with death, even calling it her "greatest teacher."
Katie grew up working in the family funeral home business, working Visitations, cutting the grass and maintaining the hearse. She saw what death did to families but was most struck by how people were remembered.
"I have this strange habit," says Katie. "I read obituaries all the time. To me, it’s just another reminder that ‘this life is short,’ and ‘what do you want that to say?’”
She was confronted with death when someone incredibly close to her died. Katie talks through what she learned through that traumatic loss and what it meant for her failing marriage at the time.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You know, first-hand, the pain of losing someone close to you
- You're fascinated by the concept that grief/loss could influence how you live
- You love Katie Radel and the PR work she does for companies and non-profits
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Katie talking through the odd-jobs she performed while working at -and living above- her family's funeral home. But the conversation quickly transitions to why death became her teacher.
- [9:01] How constantly seeing death taught Katie to live a fuller, more balanced life.
- [11:18] When Katie lost her mom, it made her realize she needed to divorce her husband and leave her failing marriage.
- [29:24] Katie's flow from entrepreneurship, back to corporate life, and then into the creation of a new company after her son was born.
Plus, host Lauren Lowrey goes deep into [45:23] abundance versus success and Katie Radel gives parting words about listening to your intuition [55:07].
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:22 - Katie grew up in a funeral home
7:50 - Death brings out the best & worst
9:01 - 'Death has taught me how to live'
11:18 - Losing her marriage and her mom
18:32 - Katie's familiarity with loss
19:32 - When Katie feels her mom's presence
23:09 - Katie's end-of-life plans
29:24 - Katie's profession in PR/Marketing
36:59 - Being a working mom is harrrrrrd
41:01 - Was anyone ever buried in their THINGS? No!
42:36 - The wisdom in obituaries
45:23 - Lauren's take: 'Success vs. Abundance'
52:28 - Lauren's take: 'Purpose comes from pain'
55:07 - Katie reminds us to trust our intuition
56:53 - Lauren's tease to next week
Show notes:Ep. 18 Shannon Schottler, The Illuminator
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️
On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
When was the last time you did something that took REAL courage? Something that made you nervous or forced you to trust yourself in a new way?
Sometimes courage can mean standing up for what's right. Other times it's more like accepting where you are in the present moment and saying to yourself: I belong here.
In this episode, speaker/author/entrepreneur Brittany Cole shares the times she's felt she might not belong and how she found courage to keep going.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥- You need encouragement about stepping into what's meant for you
- You love diverse viewpoints on DE&I and leadership
- You respect the personal journey of someone who left a major corp. to become an entrepreneur
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺This episode begins with Brittany Cole talking about what "thriving" means to her. Her company "Career Thrivers" helps train and equip leaders, so it's a word she uses often.
- [3:47] Brittany shares her belief that thriving comes from proper alignment with your gifts and interests, plus when you're aligned, you also operate with ease and flow.
- [5:58] Brittany's advice on what to do when you've worked your whole life for a goal, only to reach it and realize it doesn't make you happy.
- [14:50] You can't pour from an empty cup! Here, Brittany describes how to pour from your overflow.
- [20:30] Brittany shares today's life lesson: you belong where your feet are! She details the times she's wondered if she's ready for the challenge in front of her. You'll hear how she taps into courage and reminds herself she's been brought to this very moment -- and how you can find the courage, too!
Plus, during the interview [44:48] I was able to make the always-in-control Brittany Cole squirm by asking her one very specific question. SHE ANSWERED IT and shared something her FUTURE PLANS for Career Thrivers.
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:47 - What is 'thriving' to Brittany Cole?
5:58 - When Brittany WASN'T aligned
10:20 - How Brittany finds balance
14:50 - Pour from your OVERFLOW
20:30 - Lesson: "You belong where your feet are"
36:04 - Brittany battling personal identity and labels
44:48 - Brittany's vision for Career Thrivers
Show notes:Lauren & Brittany's mutual friends who've been on AMPstigator: DeLisa Guerrier (Ep. 10) and Kirbee Miller (Ep. 25)
Ep. 23 Clara Belden "The Untitled," including an authenticity exercise in Ep. 23
✔️ Connect with Brittany Cole✔️On her company website
Through her personal website
On Instagram
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
How do you handle it when you've been hijacked by your emotions?
When we consistently try to not to feel the suckiest of emotions, it sets us up to be completely derailed when one of them takes over.
In this episode, AMPstigator Host & Founder Lauren Lowrey talks you through a recent time where she was hijacked by fear, how she regained control and the questions she asked herself to find the true source of the emotion.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
-You're living in emotional limbo while you regularly try to diminish what you feel
-You realize it isn't healthy to keep avoiding the sucky emotions
-You're ready to heal a past hurt and let go
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
This episode begins with Lauren explaining a recent event where she was triggered at the sight of a friend's hospital wristband. Seeing the band immediately resulted in tears, which led Lauren into deep inquisition around the pain she stored and what needed healing.
- [4:50] Lauren explains the 6 emotions social scientists say are most often considered 'hijacking' emotions
- [9:19] She walks you through how to start asking yourself the questions that matter, like 'what's really stored here?' and 'what's the deepest source of this emotion?'
- [13:04] Lauren gives practical examples of how to process the most difficult emotions
- [15:03] Plus, she shares her formula, the 4 things Lauren does to calm her mind and recenter herself after a hijacking episode.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:38 - When Lauren was triggered by fear
2:25 - Make sure to listen to Ep. 31 "At What Cost" first
3:29 - Disconnection from our bodies
4:50 - The Sucky Six emotions (anger, sadness, grief, guilt, shame, fear)
7:48 - Missing the message from the emotions
9:19 - Asking yourself questions that matter
11:56 - Lauren identifies the source of her fear
13:04 - How to handle the emotion (example w/ Recycling center)
15:03 - Finding your formula (Lauren's 4 go-to's)
18:47 - Let's review! What happens when we feel hijacking emotions?
21:01 - Next week's episode
Show notes:
Ep. 31: At What Cost? When doing it all nearly kills you
Ep. 17: 3 Questions to Deepen Self Awareness
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
If you're burning yourself out from constant & punishing work, this episode is for you. Bestselling author Rea Frey is here to teach you a lesson about your value. Girlfriend, you have nothing to prove.
Rea's written 9 books and co-authored/ghost-written another 50 books. Her company Writeway has also shepherded another 100 books to publishing in the last 2 years. She's been SOOO busy. But she's standing on her soap box teaching the lesson she's had to recently learn: she doesn't have to do anything to prove anything to anybody. No one determines her value. Just her.
In this episode, Rea hammers the importance of getting out of your head and into your body, and how to down-regulate your system with one simple decision.
Plus(!!!), she introduces us to primal screaming: the way she handles her sacred feminine rage. Did you know this was a thing?!?
💥 This episode is for you if 💥- You struggle with constantly over-working to the point of burn-out
- You want to know how Rea balances creativity with entrepreneurship
- You're interested to learn how Rea uses her gut-instinct in client work
- You have an interest in the practical and "the woo-woo."
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺This episode begins with Rea and Lauren talking in-depth about their shared Human Design. Both women are "Manifesters" which gives them an immediate gut instinct in most every situation.
- [10:07] How you can cultivate your intuition, no matter your design
- [11:00] Rea gets into her work as a writer. She's authored, co-authored, and ghost-written nearly 60 books and has a contract right now to write 3 more of her own fiction novels.
- [30:40] Rea discusses sacred feminine rage and how her primal screaming practice has changed how she handles anger.
- [40:11] Lauren & Rea help you understand how easy it is to down-regulate your system with one simple step (hint: it may not be easy, but it's simple)
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:36 - Lauren's opening monologue
2:53 - Meet Rea Frey!
4:21 - Rea's gut instinct
8:32 - Using our traits as assets, not flaws
10:07 - Teaching others to use their gut instinct
11:00 - Rea's career as a bestselling author
21:53 - Writing a book as a pathway to purpose
24:41 - REA'S LESSON: NOTHING TO PROVE
28:08 - Rea's healing journey
30:40 - Primal screaming and sacred feminine rage
35:10 - Avoiding pain & protecting your energy
39:31 - Lesson #2 - Listening to YOUR NEEDS
40:11 - Put the phone down
46:48 - Being real with or without an audience
54:18 - Giving YOURSELF permission
1:04:44 - Lauren's closing monologue and look ahead
Show notes:
How to know your Human Design type
Rea and Lauren were introduced by Kirbee Miller, featured in #AMPstigator Ep. 25 "The Nourisher"
Rea's Primal screaming teacher, Elizabeth DeVaughn
✔️ Connect with Rea Frey ✔️On her website
Through her company, Writeway
On Instagram
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
Have something you want to do but you're too scared to jump? JUST GO FOR IT!
That's the lesson in today's episode with (soon-to-be) Captain Emily Kinzer Crews. Emily was a former TV News Anchor in Sarasota, FL who fell in love with boat life when she moved to Florida in 2019. By 2021 she had quit her job with a plan to sail the world with her soon-to-be husband. The story that follows is equal parts freaking-unbelievable and awe-inspiring.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥- You totally resonate with quitting your job to live your dream
- You want to hear how Emily plans to do life on a boat still make money
- You've followed Emily's TV career and you want to learn about her new life
- You're shocked someone could have this much guts and you want to be inspired
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺This episode begins with Emily explaining how she's one test away from obtaining her sea captain's license and how they just moved onto the boat as their full-time home two weeks ago. She explains how hard it is to learn minimalism in such limited space!
- [11:29] Emily shares the back story of her final two years in television and how an unappealing contract to stay in TV was the final straw. She decided to pursue her dream of sailing around the world and just GO FOR IT.
- [18:05] Living on a boat takes a lot of planning! Emily discusses what they needed to sell, what they needed to buy, and how they're affording all of it.
- [43:40] - How do you know when it's the right time to GO FOR IT? Emily shares how she knew.
- PLUS - how you can join the adventure on the Adventure Crews, the name of their boat!
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:38 - Lauren's opening monologue
3:32 - Emily is becoming a CAPTAIN
5:13 - Where the dream to sail the world originated
11:29 - Loving your life, hating your work & choosing to quit
16:04 - Lauren & Emily look UNCANNILY similar
18:05 - What's it like living on a boat, plus how they'll make money
19:28 - What's the lesson here: JUST GO FOR IT!
28:58 - What you'll see on The Adventure Crews Youtube
35:48 - Emily started a business after quitting TV!
38:19 - The company Emily created after quitting her job
43:40 - How do you know when it's the right time to GO FOR IT?
50:34 - When people close to you get weird about your dreams
53:56 - "I can do this. I'm GOING to do this."
1:00:25 - What's coming up next week
✔️ Connect with Emily Kinzer Crews ✔️On the Adventure Crews website
Adventure Crews on Youtube
The Adventure Crews Instagram
Emily's personal Instagram
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
Female friendships aren't a luxury. They're a necessity.
In this AMPstigator episode, Host Lauren Lowrey enlists the help of two of her closest friends in Nashville to talk candidly about cultivating deep female friendships. The women sip some bubbly while getting real about the struggles of cultivating deep, life-giving friendships, and how they support each other through life's hardest times.
If your friendships just aren't doing it for you, these three women discuss what should be present in every supportive friendship in a light-hearted, LOL-type-way. Together they explore WHAT'S THE LESSON?
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You love Happy Hour with girlfriends more than anything
- You want to meet Host Lauren Lowrey's gal-pals
- You've struggled to find close female friendships in adulthood
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺This episode begins with the trio joking about getting tattoos and how they want to blow-off mom responsibilities to get inked. It's the perfect way to introduce you to hilarious moms who keep-it-real.
- [8:10] You'll meet LL's friends as they introduce each other and talk about their adult lives up to present day. Learn Dr. Joyce's path into the ICU and Keli's plight as a Major League Baseball wife.
- [22:58] Lauren explains how her friends supported her during her traumatic hospital stays in August. Dr. Joyce visited every day to keep Lauren's spirits up.
- [37:45] The trio explores the tenets of life-giving friendships and how they serve as therapeutic self-care for each other.
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:33 - Backstory; Lauren's opening monologue
5:44 - Girl time! What our friendship is really like
8:10 - Introductions - meet LL's friends Joyce and Keli
16:35 - Keli's an MLB wife
19:28 - How the 3 of us girlfriends MET
22:58 - How LL's friends supported her in the hospital
27:51 - How we met in 2018
37:45 - First lesson: What deep friendships require
39:20 - How Keli encouraged LL to start AMPstigator
42:57 - The tenets of a LIFE-GIVING friendship
50:42 - We're a therapy-friends group
57:35 - The effortlessness of healthy friendship
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
In this Season 3 Premier, Founder/Host Lauren Lowrey explores the life-altering events of August 2022 and how three hospitalizations caused her to deeply understand the focus of Season 3: What's the lesson here?
In this episode Lauren details how an emergency appendectomy sidelined her, but surgery complications deemed "exceedingly rare" by her care team forced her to deal with past traumas and the pain of new scars. She covers the life lesson that got her out of the hospital and back to normal life.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You knew something happened to Lauren but you want every unbelievable detail
- You know the trauma of extended hospitalization and want someone else's account
- You want to learn Lauren's methods for overcoming fear and anxiety
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺This episode begins with Lauren explaining the goal for AMPstigator and why she decided to narrow the focus for Season 3, to go all-in on women and wisdom. She talks all about why lessons are so important and how we can learn from other women. Lauren also covers:
- [6:20] How August 2022 changed her life, starting with an emergency appendectomy that resulted in two separate surgery complications.
- [13:09] Fear and anxiety crippled Lauren and prevented her from accepting what was going on.
- [17:44] The major life lesson that an extended hospital stay teaches someone like Lauren who values productivity more than anything.
- [21:50] How this chapter required Lauren to come face-to-face with radical acceptance, meditation and stillness. Plus, she teaches you how to do it, too.
🔖 Chapters 🔖0:38 - AMPstigator and purpose
3:38 - The re-vision for Season 3 and the focus on lessons
6:20 - How Aug 2022 changed my life
10:50 - Complication #1
13:09 - Gripped by fear and anxiety
14:50 - Coming home after Complication #1
16:38 - The lesson I couldn't seem to learn
17:44 - AT. WHAT. COST.
19:25 - Complication #2;
22:12 - Radical acceptance vs. resignation
23:20 - My Divine Do-Over (how I overcame the trauma to manifest healing)
26:41 - How are you feeding your soul for True Wellbeing?
28:04 - The doctors figured out what was wrong!
29:05 - WHAT'S THE LESSON HERE?
32:10 - How you can incorporate this lesson
34:09 - Coming up next week on AMPstigator!
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝Living Untethered: Beyond the Human Predicament by Michael Singer
Ep. 30, Sneak Peek to Season 3
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
Get ready for Season 3! In this episode Lauren shares with you what you what's totally new in AMPstigator Season 3 (a new location, new focus, new conversations) as it shifts from "finding purpose" to a deeper connection of wisdom shared between women.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You wanna know what's coming up in Season 3
- You're interested in Lauren's inspiration for the upcoming season
- You like hearing the back story about creative decisions for AMPstigator
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺This episode begins with Lauren explaining when she was struck with the idea to shift the focus of AMPstigator Season 3. She covers inspiration, in detail, and how she's learned not to force creativity.
- [2:56] Lauren describes where she was and what she was doing the moment she had a new vision for the direction of AMPstigator, plus why it feels so aligned.
- [7:27] Hear why Lauren's recruiting her closest girlfriends to help with this season.
- [8:16] And find out the most important question every Season 3 episode will answer: what's the lesson here?
- 9:01] BONUS: Lauren explains why these conversations matter
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:24 - When do your great ideas strike?
1:09 - Waiting for inspiration on Season 3
2:09 - AMPstigator as a creative expression
2:56 - A sudden vision for Season 3
4:05 - Sneak Peek: Set colors
4:53 - Sneak Peek: New location
5:31 - Sneak Peek: Content & focus
7:27 - Sneak Peek: Who will Lauren interview?
8:00 - Sneak Peek: Modifying the Best time/worst time question series
9:01 - Sneak Peek: Why these conversations matter
10:32 - How to join the AMPfam
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝Sign up now for Mom's Night Out: Parenting to Inspire PurposeEp. 22 Need Inspiration? Do these 4 things (Apple | Spotify)
Ep. 18 Shannon Schottler is "The Illuminator" (Apple | Spotify)
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
When life is craaazy or a major setback is put in your path, you have a few options on how you react. You can freak the -eff- out (not advisable). You can decide you're the victim (also, not advisable). OR you can just flow.
In this shorty Lauren-only episode, the AMPstigator herself shares a life-lesson she's learning in real time: how to flow. Too often we get sidelined by struggle. We give up! In this episode, Lauren encourages you to see setbacks as opportunities to pause, reevaluate and move on.
She also details when to call in reinforcements in the form of therapists and friends.
BONUS: Lauren shares how to sign up for a special August event, Mom's Night Out: Parenting to Inspire Purpose with AMPstigator guest and Holistic Life Coach, Clara Belden.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥- There's zero chill in you- You need Coach Lauren to give you a major pep-talk- You want to hear the inspiration behind this life-lesson
- You like being reminded that you need to let go
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺This episode begins with Lauren explaining the inspiration behind today's life-lesson and what role a mighty Nashville river played.
- [4:41] How we constantly allow setbacks to diminish the force and magnitude of our mighty flow.
- [7:08] What to do when you're completely blocked from progress? How do you handle that level of setback and what are you options to work around it?
- [10:43] Why you sometimes have to do the OPPOSITE of what you think you're supposed to do. You want to grip tightly, when really, you need to let go and FLOW.
- [12:43] When to call in reinforcements. Why some blockages are really freakin' hard to clear on your own.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:20 - Lauren introduces FLOW
2:34 - What the Cumberland River taught me while taping Season 2
4:41 - Why we let setbacks diminish the force of our flow
6:07 - The importance of water for life
7:08 - What to do when you're COMPLETELY blocked
11:00 - Physical vs. spiritual limitations
12:43 - When to call in reinforcements
14:31 - LET'S MEET UP! Mom's Night Out: Parenting to Inspire Purpose
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝Sign up now for Mom's Night Out: Parenting to Inspire PurposeEp. 26 Find the Gift
Youtube Video, "Feeling the FLOW"
Water and the Human Body
Water attracts water (USGS)
✔️ Connect with Lauren Lowrey ✔️On the AMPstigator website
AMPstigator on Youtube
The AMPstigator Instagram
Lauren's Instagram
What does it look like to blaze a new path? To be so confident in who you are and what you bring that you don’t mess with pretense or attempt to impress anyone.
That’s Rhett Power, a world-renown business coach, speaker, best-selling author, podcast host, entrepreneur and CEO of Accountability Inc. He’s kind of a big deal. But he doesn’t let on.
Even after all the awards, the major international stages and all the success, Rhett tells Lauren Lowrey, he only just recently discovered his purpose: to help leaders be accountable, and not just in business, but in life!
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You’re interested to hear life advice from well-known business leader
- You want to understand the power of accountability in your life
- You need guidance from one of the great business coaches in the world
- You want to know more of Rhett’s personal journey
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
The episode begins with Lauren’s favorite game, Best Time/Worst Time where Rhett shares the difficulty of having a son born with tremendous special healthcare needs which should’ve killed him. Rhett shares what those years taught him as a father.
- [7:15] How Rhett’s work in the Peace Corps changed the course of his life. He chose to leave corporate America because he felt a calling to go to the middle east.
- [12:41] How accountability brought clarity to Rhett’s life. He found more happiness and the achievement of goals that otherwise were left unattainable.
- [32:30] What his interviews with hundreds of business leaders worldwide has taught him about people’s needs.
- [42:22] When Rhett realized his purpose and how he actively pursues it every day.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:00 - Intro
0:31 - Lauren's intro to Rhett Power
4:38 - Best Time/Worst Time
6:42 - Rhett’s son nearly died multiple times
10:49 - How international Peace Corps work changed Rhett’s life
16:07 - How accountability brought clarity to Rhett’s life
19:29 - The business of accountability and why it’s so necessary
24:50 - Why accountability is so important
35:46 - We need to be kinder to each other
39:27 - Rhett works to overcome two big things
42:10 - Imperfections and accepting responsibility
46:00 - Rhett’s purpose to bring accountability
49:50 - How do we bring accountability into our lives?
53:51 - Lauren's wrap-up
✔️ Connect with Rhett Power ✔️
Rhett on LinkedIn
Rhett’s website
Rhett’s book
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝Rhett writes "Did you know I used to sleep in my van?"Ep. 19 Dr. Kelly Goldsmith is The Manipulator
What could you accomplish if someone believed in you? Maybe you could go faster or further? Or maybe a person's belief is the one thing you needed to begin the journey toward a new phase in life.
Amanda Banks is your person. She believes in people, opens the door for them and encourages them along the way. As CEO of Sports to Suits, a company using technology to develop a workforce development solution for collegiate and professional athletes, Amanda connects deeply with people. She's a mom, entrepreneur and student of life.
In this episode we dig into her past as a competitive child gymnast and how it served as the root of her perfectionism problem, but it also gave her the basis of understanding to launch her new company that serves the athletic community.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥- You're interested in how Amanda came up with this idea for Sports to Suits
- You want to hear how a CEO also manages life at home with her kids
- You totally understand perfectionism and you're working on it, too!
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
We start the conversation with the AMPstigator "Best Time/Worst Time" game, which reveals the best time in Amanda's life, [4:32] when a destructive and deadly tornado ripped through Nashville just two weeks before COVID lockdown.
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[8:56] The root of Amanda's problems with perfectionism and how she battles it, plus [29:21] how perfectionism holds people back.
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[18:20] Why she decided to leave corporate life to create her startup, Sports to Suits, which uses technology to mitigate problems within the athletic community
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[39:21] What kind of guts does it take to become an entrepreneur, especially when you have a family?
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[55:26] And why it's so critically important for you to share your story of IMPERFECTION
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:00 - Intro
4:32 - Best Time/Worst Time
8:56 - A fear of cameras and perfectionism
11:35 - Where perfectionism began for Amanda
18:20 -Leaving corporate life to create Sports to Suits
29:21 - Why perfectionism holds you back
31:22 - Amanda is an incredible connector of people
39:21 - What it took to get into Entrepreneurship
45:02 - How Amanda supports others
51:44 - Step One toward happiness
55:26 - You need to share your IMPERFECT story
✔️ Connect with Amanda Banks✔️
Her business, Sports to Suits: https://sportstosuits.com/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg8fvYr9sCnsw1P-n_41xQg/featured
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amanda-banks-9945502b/
What if the worst thing that ever happened to you turned out to be the best thing?
Consistently, the people on AMPstigator who've discussed finding purpose say, for them, it came after some level of pain. But the choices they made in spite of the pain helped them overcome negativity, stress, and disillusionment.
Let's be real, life ain't all butterflies and roses, so in this episode we talk about why you have to find the strength to transform pain into purpose and focus on ONE VERY POWERFUL way to do that: SHOWING GRATITUDE. #FindTheGift
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
-You struggle with gratitude
-You're in the middle of a pretty big storm that you can't seem to get a handle on
-You need encouragement to let go of negativity
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
What if this stormy period in your life is the exact gift you need to blow away bad habits, wash away limiting beliefs and drown-out an old identity? In today's episode:
-[4:47] Lauren shows gratitude is embedded deep within us because giving gifts and showing gratitude pre-dates our widespread use of language
-[9:27] Our connection to gifts and why changing our ideas about what they are is the key to feeling gratitude, even in the darkest times.
-[14:58] How purpose is the culmination of repeatedly making choices to overcome -- and nature's ability to teach us this every hurricane season.
-[20:51] A reflection session with Lauren where she asks you to think about what gifts are in your life.
Plus, receive Lauren's 5-step guide to starting a gratitude practice, reserved only for email subscribers. To receive it and sign up, email her directly: Lauren@ampstigator.com
Chapters
0:23 - What if the worst thing was the best thing?
4:47 - Our connection to giving gifts
6:16 - A vision that teaches us to Find the Gift
9:27 - Research-backed benefits of feeling gratitude
10:51 - How to feel grateful in the hardest times
14:58 - Purpose is the culmination of repeatedly choosing to overcome
15:25 - How loss teaches us gratitude (The Hurricane)
18:26 - What changed for me when I committed to gratitude
20:51 - Reflecting on where to find the gifts
Other AMPstigator episodes mentioned in this episode:
-Ep. 4: MaryBeth Hyland, The Bridge
-Ep. 5: Kristoffer Carter, The Transformer
-Ep. 17: 3 Questions to deepen self-awareness (w/ Lauren Lowrey)
-Ep. 20: Set your intention (w/ Lauren Lowrey)
Are you human? Do you get hungry?
If you answered ‘yes’ to those questions, then you can be a part of Kirbee Miller’s events mixing culinary with good conversation.
As a former hospital administrator with 3 science-based degrees, Kirbee is analytical. A few years ago, she decided to follow the entrepreneurial undercurrent that she felt was pushing her to food. Her delicious and accessible popcorn (of all things) was what garnered the most attention and even ended up in Grammy swag bags for attendees.
A tragic car accident in 2019 rendered her mom paralyzed and unable to speak. Kirbee left her full-time hospital job and became her mom’s full-time caregiver. All the while, Kirbee has maintained her drive to be an entrepreneur, pursuing her purpose as a nourisher to people who need to be fed physically and spiritually.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥-You know the struggles of being a caregiver
-You need encouragement to pursue your dream
-You’re analytical but feel a pull to explore spirituality
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
What does purpose and transition look like in real time? Kirbee Miller’s life is a good example. In this episode, she shares her journey as she balances entrepreneurship and full-time caregiving of her mother who was paralyzed in a tragic car accident in 2019.
She begins by sharing her big ideas on purpose and finding your path, but tells the story [13:51] of how she left her job to take care of her mom.
-[20:46] Kirbee shows so much grace as she talks about her gratitude practice and the affirmations she says as she prepares for the day. You’ll feel uplifted and encouraged.
-[24:41] How many people can say popcorn changed their life? Kirbee tells the full story of how she started making popcorn and how it launched a whole new path
-[45:32] She also talks at length about unifying her analytical and spiritual sides. It’s a beautiful example of the evolution of a person who commits to follow their heart.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:00 - Intro
5:12 - Why Kirbee’s on AMPstigator
12:08 - Magnetism of purpose
13:51 - How Kirbee left her job
18:51 - Being a caretaker for a parent
20:56 - Kirbee’s gratitude practice and mantras
24:41 - How popcorn changed her story
35:01 - Best time in Kirbee’s life
41:05 - Worst time in Kirbee’s life
45:32 - Unifying the head and heart
48:50 - When she realized her purpose to nourish
50:52 - What’s next for Kirbee
✔️ Connect with Kirbee Miller ✔️KiNiMi Kitchen www.kinimikitchen.com
Instagram https://www.instagram.com/kinimikitchen/?hl=en
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝
5 Truths of Purpose https://www.ampstigator.com/opt-in-45f0cdcf-3810-43d7-b905-26a02d0c2a0a
Other AMPstigator episodes mentioned in Kirbee's episode:
-Ep 10, Delisa Guerrier, The Groundbreaker (Kirbee's friend)-Ep 17 3 Questions to Deepen Self Awareness (with Lauren Lowrey)
-Ep 23, Clara Belden, The Untitled
-Ep 24, Frank Castellano, The Healer Part 2
Frank Castellano is singular. He's a 6th generation psychic medium who maintains a 16-month wait for readings in Nashville. He was 4 years old the first time he remembers having abilities and was counseled through how to use them by a relative with the same gifts.
Learn more about how his gifts work by going here.
In Part 2, we delve deeper into spirituality and how to weave it into everyday life. We also talk about how to heal your energy and shedding toxicity in our lives.
You can't help but love the guy and feel so supported in every conversation with him. During this episode, you'll get a clearer sense why his episode is named "The Healer," because he brings so much closure to wounds of the past. He has a way of making everyone happy, even on their worst day.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥-You're interested in meeting a person with psychic abilities
-You loved Frank's 1st episode and you want a deeper follow-up
-You wonder how a person could be Christian but still celebrate other religions
-You're in awe of Frank (like everyone else who meets him)
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺We start off by talking about why he honors the spiritual practices of other religions, even though he was raised in the Christian tradition, and move into the idea of [12:27] what we’re all here to embody. This particular quality is connected to PURPOSE in a powerful way.
[23:06] Frank also reveals how to heal a person’s energy and how we can begin to do that on our own.
[32:15] In this section, Lauren shares a viewpoint about healing past traumas that Frank disagrees with. Hear his take on why it's important to just let things go.
[45:09] He ends with the encouragement that “You’re never off you’re right path. You can never mess it up. You’re always where you’re supposed to be.”
Like all conversations with Frank… they’re never long enough.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:00 - Intro
7:03 - Everything is spiritual
9:38 - Honoring spiritual practices
12:27 - Love, hate and embodiment
16:22 - Love as a spectrum of many emotions
23:06 - How Frank heals energy
24:51 - Step One for healing energy
25:39 - Asking questions of yourself
28:50 - Frank’s view of Astrology
32:15 - Toxicity in our lives and reframing past
36:50 - Looking at our design (Frank’s an enneagram 8)
37:59 - A shared goal of science & spirituality
42:32 - Astrology for America right now
45:09 - “You’re never off the right path”
46:32 - Coming up next week
✔️ Connect with Frank Castellano ✔️Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frankacastellano/
Website: https://www.thespiritchrysalis.com/home.html
How tightly do you cling to your labels?
In this episode of AMPstigator, Clara Belden (certified holistic life coach) goes into detail about how labels keep us from connecting with our authentic selves. Her episode is called "The Untitled" because of the work she's done to define her own life authentically -apart from labels- and how she helps others do the same.
"You don’t have to have a severe trauma to work on yourself," says Belden who keeps therapists, life coaches, energy and nutrition coaches on staff.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
-You're into personal transformation
-You struggle with perfectionism and you want to hear Clara's journey
-You're a MOM (lots of good stuff here for parents!)
-You want to go through an Authenticity exercise with Lauren
📺What you'll hear in this episode📺
[6:15] This episode begins with an understanding about Clara's business, The Happy Hour and why she created it. Clara goes into detail about her own personal transformation from corporate marketing into entrepreneurship and shares the question she could never seem to answer for herself: who am I? Clara is a perfectionist and works to combat that, regularly. She shares helpful reminders for anyone dealing with the same thing.
[34:44] A powerful part of the episode is the conversation geared specifically to parents who struggle to balance the important self-work with the responsibilities to their children. She guides parents to understand the emotions kids exhibit and help them to reconnect to how we really feel in situations.
[39:39] In this episode we dive deep into the meaning of "shadow work" and how to do important self-work when you're a parent. Clara focuses especially on moms who need support, saying "the work you do on yourself is work you do for the world."
[49:10] Lauren and Clara are teaming up to host a special night just for moms coming up on August 23rd (listen for all the details)!
[57:05] PLUS - in this episode, the tables turn. Learn even more about Lauren Lowrey than she's ever revealed in other episodes as Clara walks the AMPstigator host through an Authenticity exercise.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:00 - Intro
0:37 - The backstory for this episode
6:15 - What is The Happy Hour?
9:46 - From corporate to entrepreneurship
12:15 - Asking the question Who am I?
17:13 - Clara’s personal road to creating The Happy Hour
18:31 - The importance of curiosity in transformation
23:14 - Happy Hour as a disruptor in the mental wellness space
25:47 - How she helps connect people to purpose
27:36 - Best Time/Worst Time
28:54 - Turning Point
33:07 - How Clara overcomes perfectionism
34:44 - Teaching kids their power
39:39 - How to do shadow work
43:10 - Doing this kind of work when you’re a parent
49:10 - AMPstigator & Happy Hour are teaming up!!!
50:41 - Stop, Breathe, Reflect, Choose
51:53 - Clara’s purpose is to help people find purpose
55:53 - What does an authenticity coach do?
57:05 - Lauren answers questions in an authenticity exercise
1:04:53 - How Lauren names episodes
1:07:09 - How old is someone when they connect with purpose?
Show Notes:
Ep. 17: "3 Questions to Deepen Self Awareness (w/ Lauren Lowrey)"
The Happy Hour https://www.thehappyhournash.com/
Research is pretty clear about the benefits to being inspired: more creativity, optimism, competence, self-esteem and FLOW. Inspiration is even a predictor for how many U.S. patents someone holds. But inspiration is elusive and happens spur-of-the-moment. So, how can you lay the foundation to be inspired?
In this episode, Lauren details:
[2:59] The three components of inspiration and what sparks the difference between something you're inspired by versus inspired to do. She also details how inspirational thought transcends ordinary thought and motivates you to act.
[11:08] Lauren goes in-depth on the four things that come before inspiration, as it's understood in psychological research: openness to experiences, work mastery, small accomplishments and exposure to inspiring role models. She helps you understand how you can use those things to foster more inspiration. Plus, she details a bonus 5th signifier for inspiration she's noticed in her own life.
[20:24] Throughout the episode, you'll hear the benefits of inspiration, plus:
[6:58] A BONUS! Lauren does a mini-meditation for you to remember your most recent inspiration and identify what triggered it.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
2:59 - Researching inspiration & the 3 Components
5:23 - Active and passive inspiration
6:58 - Inspiration meditation
8:43 - The Inspiration Scale (IS)
11:08 - (How to be inspired) Openness to experiences
12:55 - (How to be inspired) Work mastery
17:01 - (How to be inspired) The final 2
18:40 - (How to be inspired) Lauren's bonus 5th predictor
20:24 - Benefits of Inspiration
23:05 - Research Recap
For Lauren's research and show notes, email her at Lauren@AMPstigator.com
Sign up for weekly emails at www.AMPstigator.com
How do you overcome bankruptcy, ego, greed and a victim-mindset? Former NFL Offensive Lineman, Marques Ogden knows how. He went from the National Football League to nationally-acclaimed speaker and coach.
But It’s the journey in between the two titles that’s created the man. After his 5 years in the NFL, he built a multi-million dollar company and lost it all through greed and ego. He filed bankruptcy, lost his business, his home, his car, his money – became a janitor - and embarked on a gut-wrenching journey to build everything back up again to find the other side of success.
In this episode, Marques shares his personal story of overcoming shortcomings and building a business based on coaching, public speaking, podcasting and writing. His story brings inspiration and forces a hard look in the mirror about where we’re failing and how commitment and determination can turn it around.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
-You like hearing life perspective from former pro athletes
-You love a good underdog story from someone with a chip on their shoulder
-You're interested in how someone could go from boom, to bust, back to boom again
-You love motivational speakers!
📺 What you'll hear in this episode 📺
The episode begins with Lauren Lowrey's trademark collection of questions: Best Time/Worst Time. Marques details how losing his father at the age of 25 rocked his world.
We also talk in great detail throughout the episode about the loss of his business after his career in the NFL. Marques comes clean about where he failed and how he had to overcome his own ego. He also discusses overcoming his victim mindset and how he helps others work through the blame-game.
In this episode, you'll hear Marques say he coaches people who want to AVOID becoming like him.
🔖 Chapters 🔖
0:00 - Intro
0:38 - The Back-story
4:20 - Best time in Marques’ life
4:51 - Worst time in Marques’ life
8:10 - Greatest moment of clarity
11:39 - Getting out of victim-mindset
13:48 - People didn’t believe he could speak
17:12 - Bankruptcy is “hell on earth”
20:40 - Life as a professional athlete
26:27 - Transitioning from “player” to “coach”
30:53 - How Marques coaches people to leave victim-mindset
35:58 - The problem with impatience
37:12 - Be a farmer, not a hunter
38:34 - Belief vs. Trust
43:18 - Unhappiness among pro athletes
46:56 - How to create the life you want
53:36 - Black speakers are rare
57:29 - Marques’ purpose
This week is all about setting intentions. In this episode we cover three important facets of intentions:
-what intentions are
-what intentions are not
-how to set intentions
Lauren also details how to set intentions every day and scale them to cover what you want to focus on for months at a time - or until you've completed what you set out to do.
"Setting intentions is an important lesson in connecting with your values and understanding that doing inner work on yourself can impact your ability to live a life you dream of," says Lauren.
This episode is for you if:
-You need help in understanding the power of intentions
-You've never really understood intentions
-You want examples of how Lauren sets intentions
Chapters
2:22 - Intention is not expectation
4:41 - Intention is not assumption
6:31 - So what is intention?
7:17 - The link between intention and purpose
10:27 - Intention is born from what you value
12:56 - Your intention is an arrow
16:48 - How to use intentions every day
20:48 - Lauren’s current seasonal intention
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝
LAUREN-ONLY EPISODE LINK"
https://open.spotify.com/episode/54Y8oNUp4Gjm7LO0QfWcBF?si=H18dtKhnQeuXEM_5DSxNOw FRANK'S EPISODE LINK: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4cOWwxF2ZBjGUbj9xy3Vym?si=vJrhN4AsRVygiTL2HL5Nuw MARYBETH'S EPISODE LINK: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2AXLNdeRvXF0TiWhEs4hCV?si=2KXJfHxGRdKN_5e-9WmDjw Link to Lauren's video, 5 Truths of Purposeful People https://www.ampstigator.com/opt-in-45f0cdcf-3810-43d7-b905-26a02d0c2a0a
Not signed up for AMPstigator emails? Here's how you can get the note sheets and prompts Lauren sent related to this episode: Email Lauren directly at, Lauren@AMPstigator.com
Prof. Kelly Goldsmith, PhD is a brilliant researcher in the space of marketing and human behavior. She was the person who helped America understand why we were hoarding toilet paper at the start of the pandemic. It was her work to understand scarcity that helped people laugh at themselves in the midst of a stressful situation that was out of their control.
In this episode of AMPstigator, we talk through what the research says about setting goals, finding happiness and living with perceived scarcity. Goldsmith explains how to overcome our human nature to better pursue a life with more meaning and purpose.
PLUS! We delve into her 24-day stint on Survivor and her strategies for making it on and staying on the show.
This episode is for you if:
- You love witty fast-talkers with high IQ’s (Kelly is GOLD for this)
- You geek-out over research on human behavior
- You want to better understand why you never reach your goals
- You want to understand why you’re afraid to take the leap and live with purpose
- You want to hear about Kelly's stint on Survivor
What's in this episode?Prof. Kelly Goldsmith, PhD brings her 20+ years of research into bite-sized and simple ideas that help you understand human behavior and better harness it to live a life with purpose. We start by discussing goals and why we usually don’t meet them: we have unrealistic timelines, we don’t make them quantifiable, and we just give up.
We also talk about happiness - more specifically - why we don’t try to be happy. Most people perceive happiness as something others can impact. When people perceive their level of happiness as something they can control, their overall measure of happiness improves. Goldsmith specializes in scarcity - which is how consumers respond to not having enough.
In this episode of AMPstigator, she applies her research in scarcity to a person’s fear of changing their lives or living with purpose. She also discusses her 24-day stint on Survivor Season 3. Her account of getting on the show is laugh-out-loud funny and what it taught her about herself and others.
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝
Amy Cuddy, “Presence: Bringing your Boldest Self to Your Biggest Challenges” https://www.amazon.com/Presence-Bringing-Boldest-Biggest-Challenges/dp/1478930152
Research in embodied cognition (fake it till you make it)
The Mere Urgency Effect
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Yang-Yang-355/publication/327103570_The_Mere_Urgency_Effect/links/5fe35ee0a6fdccdcb8f592b5/The-Mere-Urgency-Effect.pdf
Find the full transcript by going here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/kelly-goldsmith-show-notes
If we're disillusioned and disenchanted in life, what the heck do we do? Shannon Schottler specializes in getting people out of the "mucky middles" (as she calls it) and into a life that's suited for their purpose.
Shannon is a career transition coach, but she walks people through the deep inner work that has to be done BEFORE a major transition out of a career that isn't in your calling. Shannon shines the light into the places of ourselves we don’t otherwise know how to explore and she does it by reconnecting people with their bodies. She calls it embodied sensation - which is essentially a somatic experience.
Shannon also talks at length about her foster care journey, which took four years to get a child placed in her home. Her, now adopted, daughter is 7 years old and has been the muse in much of Shannon's work to (re)learn rest and play. She brings those lessons to her clients, too, as she teaches self-compassion and devotion.
This episode is for you if:-You've felt stuck for a while and know you need a change
-You don't have the slightest clue how to start transitioning out of something that isn't right for you
-You're really into somatic experience and conscious sensation
-You're on a foster journey and need encouragement
What's in this episode?Why is resting so hard for Americans?
What do we do if we need to transition but have no idea where to start?
Shannon is full of wisdom on the topics of transition and helps explain what role rest plays in finding the right answers for yourself. You'll hear her prescription for lifting the fog of indecision in your life.
We also talk at length about reconnecting people to their bodies and how we disconnected from those somatic messages in the first place.
Shannon also is very forthcoming about grief and loss and the ridiculous corporate path that got her into this work to begin with.
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝
Hudson Coaching Institute in Santa Barbara, CA https://hudsoninstitute.com/
Shannon's cocooners workbook https://shannonschottler.com/product/cocooners-workbook
Find the full transcript by going here: https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/shannon-schottler-show-notes
Let me ask you a question: What does your self-talk sound like? Mine sounds like questions.
Did I eat vegetables today?
When will I have time to go to that?
What's the right way to do this?
The question about my self-talk is what inspired today's episode (the first Lauren-only iteration of AMPstigator). It was a question I was asked recently while being interviewed on another podcast.
If you’ve been following along for a while, you know I do long-form one-on-one interviews focused on wisdom-sharing, soul-baring conversations that help you connect deeper with purpose. This episode is no different as I discuss what role questions played in my own search for purpose and what questions you should be asking yourself on your path to fulfillment.
This episode is for you if:
-You find yourself feeling unhappy or unfulfilled but you aren't quite sure where to start-Your self-talk needs an overhaul and you want suggestions
-You just freaking love Lauren and you want more of her story
-You want to get to know Lauren and the journey of how she came to create AMPstigator
What's in this episode?
This episode begins with Lauren describing the difficulty in recording this episode, both because she's living in a remodel and also because she's been coached for 16 years not to insert herself into the story. She tells several instances related to her role as a news anchor where she's been encouraged to keep herself out of it.
Lauren discusses the role questions play in deepening self-awareness during transition. She tells her own personal story of transition and the questions she asked herself in the process of discovering what would give her life meaning.
Lauren closes with the questions you should be asking yourself to deepen your awareness and refine your path to purpose.
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝
Find the full transcript and corresponding blog post by going here: https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/questions-deepen-self-awareness
To many people, Dr. Alex Jahangir was the face of COVID in Nashville. He was the one who said “stay at home” or “wear a mask” and he faced hostility for it. But despite any ideas you have about his upbringing or his privilege, he’s endured the kind of life-defining hardship most of us will never understand.
At 6 years old, his family abandoned their life on the other side of the world when war made them refugees. He came to America speaking zero English and was bullied for his heritage and his real name (which is Amir, not Alex). Despite it all, he's devoted his life to improving his community through his work as a trauma surgeon at Vanderbilt Health since 2009.
This episode is for you if:
-You want to understand the man behind the mask
-You're interested in how he's devoted his life to Nashville and his family
-You already love Dr. Alex Jahangir and you want to hear about the experiences that made him who he is
What's in this episode?
In this episode, you'll learn about Dr. Alex Jahangir's commitment to his role as an orthopaedic trauma surgeon with a specialty in saving limbs. He downplays his role with humility, using his phrase "don't believe the hype."
Dr. Jahangir talks at length about being an immigrant, moving to the US at age 6 to escape the Iran-Iraq war in 1984. His parents gave up everything to give Alex and his brother a better life. Dr. J describes being bullied and doing everything he can to honor his parents and the sacrifice they made.
In this episode, he also covers how he decompresses from his most challenging days, clinically, and the weight he felt in March 2020 as he announced the city was putting into place a "Safer at Home" order which would shut down most in-person operations. He also covers the physical response people had to that order.
We end the episode with everyone's favorite AMPstigator game, Best Time/Worst Time where we cover some life defining moments and how he's changed just since COVID.
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝
Find the full transcript by going here: https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/alex-jahangir-show-notes
Katelyn and Derek Drye are a singing/songwriting duo in Nashville. They’ve been writing and performing music together since they first started dating 16 years ago. What sets them apart is the emotions they capture in their music, touching poignantly on love and loss.
Recently, CMT began playing their music videos and the reception has been huge for songs like Dolly Would and House on Fire. But their path hasn’t been easy. They’ve struggled with loss and an industry that isn’t quite sure what to do with them. But they aren’t deterred because they’re doing it together.
This episode is for you if:
-You love stories of couples who are doing incredible things together
-Want to know what it's like starting out in the music industry in Nashville
-Need encouragement in your creative process
-Want to hear music that makes you feel less alone
What's in this episode?
Starting out in the music biz isn't easy. Katelyn and Derek describe the help from family and friends when they first moved to Nashville. They also discuss writing and performing together as a married couple and the level of trust it requires.
The pair has also experienced a great deal of loss, which comes through in their music. At the age of 8 months old, Derek's mother died by suicide. He had never heard his mother's voice until they found old video tapes of her a few years ago. It inspired the song "War" which has garnered millions of streams.
Katelyn also describes the feeling she gets when a song is particularly vulnerable. It's often how she knows the song will touch the hearts of their fans. The Dryes also play the AMPstigator Best Time/Worst Time game where they describe their purpose here and now.
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝
Find the full transcript by going here: https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/the-dryes-show-notes
Amy Porterfield is an internationally known expert in digital marketing. She’s been named one of the top 50 most influential people in social media in the world. In the last 10 years, she’s helped hundreds of thousands of subscribers through her multi-million dollar online course empire.
But at her core, Amy stands for freedom. Freedom to be your own boss and make your own rules. On top of that, she teaches and encourages with love, because she’s been there and knows what it takes to create the life you really want.
This episode is for you if:
-You love stories about make-it-happen women
-You need encouragement as you plan to transition out of your corporate career
-You want to know you're not alone in taking the leap to entrepreneurship
-You're obsessed with Amy Porterfield (because who isn't?!?)
What's in this episode?
Amy takes us back to her years as a corporate marketing and content expert for Tony Robbins before she left her job around 2010 to strike out on her own. In this episode she talks at length about making the choice to pursue freedom in her work and how that played out the first few years as an entrepreneur.
Amy discusses the way she knows she's making the right or wrong choices in her business. She talks about the physical feelings of constriction or expansion in her chest and how she's learned to follow it. She also describes the worst time in her life and business when she ended a partnership that was financially lucrative, but had steered her away from choices that felt representative of who she really is.
Amy digs deep into her purpose, which she only just discovered in the last couple years.“In my business, something I feel is my purpose is to be an example to women of what’s possible,” says Amy.
She covers creating an encouraging community of women entrepreneurs looking for freedom to be and create the life they want.
By the end, Amy plays the AMPstigator game, "Best Time/Worst Time" and gives a window into her life and business empire.
📝 Show Notes & Mentions 📝
Find the full transcript by going here: https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/amy-porterfield-show-notes
Mary Gauthier is a Grammy-nominated singer/songwriter who moved to Nashville at the age of 39 to start her career in music. She battled addiction early in life and overcame it with the help of writing and performing music. She's been named one of the greatest songwriters of her generation because her work pierces and transcends with its grit and honesty.
This episode is for you if: -You struggled with addiction
-You love incredibly deep and introspective conversations with artists
-You appreciate a good story with a late-bloomer main character
-You're obsessed with Mary Gauthier (as is Host Lauren Lowrey)
What's in this episode?Mary does a deep dive into the healing power of music and the role it plays in helping people know they're not alone. She goes into great detail about her struggles with drugs and alcohol and how she found her purpose.
Mary's story expresses two powerful ideas. First, that purpose can call at any time. She was a head chef who opened and owned restaurants around Boston in her 20's and 30's. At age 39 -and eleven years sober- she left it all to move to Nashville to write songs full time. Mary's story also illustrates the way her soul's purpose communicated with her, describing it as "a whisper."
Best of all, Mary uses her guitar to show how she translates emotion from a story to a song and her process of co-writing songs with people who need the most healing: combat veterans.
📝 SHOW NOTES 📝
Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/mary-gauthier-show-notes
Lauren Sikes is the founder and CEO of Truth Collective, a company that helps companies and employees create a vision for how they want to live and work. She asks questions like ‘who are you today and who do you want to be” to get people to their answers. Their truth. This episode is girl talk between two recovering perfectionists. Grab a glass of wine and listen to (basically) live therapy.
This episode is for you if:
-You're a recovering perfectionist
-You grew up in a southern-, achiever-, purity-culture family
-You like podcast episodes that feel like therapy sessions
-You want to hear host Lauren Lowrey be pretty vulnerable
What's in this episode?
Lauren Sikes typically asks the questions to help people uncover a deeper part of themselves. She steps away from that to be vulnerable with her own story. Lauren shares how she got into this life-changing work -- from her own struggle with perfectionism.
At age 10, Lauren Sikes was a competitive swimmer who ranked 3rd in the world for her age group. She went on to swim in college but admits to never enjoying it. Sikes taught school for 13 years until she felt compelled to start a business to help companies and their employees get clear on their vision.
📝 SHOW NOTES 📝
Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/lauren-sikes-show-notes
Frank Castellano is a well-known precognitive clairvoyant and clairaudient psychic medium. It means he can see and hear in the future and communicate with those who have passed on. In this episode he explains his gifts and abilities, plus spells out what purpose is for people.
This episode is for you if:
-You want to understand what a precognitive clairvoyant psychic medium is
-You want to hear about Frank's gift
-You're really into spirituality
What's in this episode?
This episode is a deep dive into the psychic abilities of Frank Castellano, the well-known psychic in Nashville who people wait more than a year to get a reading.
You'll be mesmerized as he describes what it's like each day in his head. Frank also details how he straddles the two worlds: physical and spiritual.
In his Best Time/Worst Time section, Frank explains how he got into the military and began a difficult time in his life where he was disconnected from purpose and his abilities.
It's a fascinating episode!
📝 SHOW NOTES 📝
Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/frank-castellano-show-notes
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/kristoffer-carter-show-notes
DeLisa Guerrier is a real estate developer with nearly a quarter-billion dollars of property under construction right now (Feb.'22). In 2016 she began having a series of dreams about building a community park. When she learned of the abysmal literacy rates in America, she focused her energy toward making a park that would encourage kids to read for fun. Storyville Gardens emerged, the $1 billion theme park opening in 2025.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
-You resonate with a strong Christian message
-You like business-women with real estate backgrounds
-You want to learn the full story behind Storyville Gardens, opening in 2025
DeLisa Guerrier is an everyday example of purpose, but her story is far from typical. In her early 20s she began working for her husband’s business which she helped grow from $100,000 a year to $10 million annually. At the same time she began selling homes as a 23-year old realtor, helping friends nearing foreclosure to update and sell their homes. You’ll hear how she went from realtor to developer.
DeLisa also tells the full story of the inception of Storyville Gardens, a park concept that came to her in a dream. You'll also hear the way she chose her lead park designer and what she’s had to battle to bring the park to life. This episode brings life lessons from a person who has focused and achieved so much with a steady resolve. How she overcame doubters and followed her heart in the pursuit of purpose.
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Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here: https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/delisa-guerrier-show-notes
There’s nothing normal about Charlie Nelson’s story of finding purpose. He was 21 years old when he and his brother discovered a roadside historical marker 25 miles north of where they were raised. The historical marker had his name on it. It was the first time he’d ever heard that his triple-great grandfather was a whiskey mogul in the late 1800s and ran one of the largest whiskey producers in the country. All the history was lost in prohibition. So, Charlie spent his entire 20s and 30s rebuilding that family legacy.
This episode is for you if:
-You're a sucker for wild stories
-You're a big fan of Belle Meade Bourbon (NGB's best-selling spirit)
-You resonate with the winding path Charlie Nelson took to finding purpose
What's in this episode?
Charlie talks at length about some pretty wild stories, like how he got a bartending job in Paris without really speaking French and backpacking in Southeast Asia near the Mekong.
He also details the moment he realized his purpose in life: to resurrect a rich family history in distilled spirits that lie dormant for nearly 100 years.
Between his family stories and his personal journey, he'll have you hanging on every word.
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Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/charlie-nelson-show-notes
Mattie Jackson Selecman has all the titles. She’s a best-selling author, a podcaster, a sommelier, a former restaurant owner, a current non-profit Co-Owner and the oldest daughter of Country Superstar Alan Jackson. But there’s one title she has that she doesn’t want: widow. In 2018 at the age of 28, she lost her husband Ben during their first year of marriage.
The journey through grief was excruciating. And because so much of her life is public, she wasn’t given the space to grieve like you might expect. But COVID lockdown in 2020 proved to be the time-out she needed to process that grief in a new book titled “Lemons on Friday.” It’s about how to honestly process grief in all of life’s trials, without losing hope.
This episode is for you if:
-You’re interested in Mattie’s personal grief journey
-You need encouragement from someone who knows the pain of loss
-You like a Christian-centered message of hope
What's in this episode?
In this episode, Mattie discusses finding purposes in the greatest loss. In 2018 at the age of 28, she lost her husband Ben in their first year of marriage. She details how the situation devolved in less than two weeks and how she had to process grief in her darkest moments.
Mattie talks at length about what she learned in these last three years and how she brings hope to people now through her podcast, NaSHEville organization and through her new book Lemon’s On Friday.
She walks you through the format of the book, including the questions she asked in her darkest times and the spiritual and emotional resolutions to those questions. Each chapter is a way Mattie transformed her suffering.
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Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/mattie-jackson-selecman-show-notes
Zulfat Suara is a Nigerian immigrant living in the American Christian south. She's the first Nigerian woman elected to public office in the United States and created a movement in Nashville, Tenn. that mobilized people around her causes. She's an expert at building power and relationships in places some people would think she doesn't belong.
This episode is for you if:
-You're captivated by Zulfat's story of immigration and activism
-You're interested in a Muslim woman's experience in the American Christian south
-You want to hear stories from Z's personal life that shaped who she is today
What's in this episode?
Zulfat Suara is an activist and politician who is all about faith, family and advocacy. Suara’s father was the driving force for not only her career, but the way in which she lives a fulfilled and purposeful life. In this episode, she tells us how she took those teachings while growing up and has implemented them in the lives of her own five children.
Zulfat details growing up in a household with multiple religions and what that taught her about life. She shares her passion for changing the education system which she sees as the way to fix a broken justice system. Her infectious laugh and smile will have you hooked as she talks about everything from life in Nigeria to advocating for women in America.
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Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/zulfat-suara-show-notes
Kristoffer Carter - better known as KC - is an Executive Coach, meditation teacher, author, podcaster, husband and dad. He’s the ultimate hype man for purpose and transformation. His recent book “Permission to Glow” is a beacon on the pathway to meaning, fulfillment, and peace. He coaches people through their own personal transformation after he transformed all those years ago.
This episode is for you if:
-You feel unsure of where to start on your journey to transformation.
-You feel disconnected from purpose
-You need to reconnect with inspiration
-You love life advice in easy to digest, hilarious soundbites
-You want a guided meditation (at the end!)
What's in this episode?In this episode, he walks you through his personal transformation from being a professional musician, to nearly passing away from stress-related illness at 26 years old. The 20 years that followed led him to become a Kriyaban Yogi who meditates for one hour every day. He now coaches executives for major companies across the country.
KC walks us through the framework of his book, Permission to Glow, which gives us four permissions on the path to meaning and fulfillment. He really digs into the meat of meditation and how it strengthens every area of our life. Meditation also helps us to see ourselves more objectively.
This episode culminates with a live meditation at the end of the episode!
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Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/kristoffer-carter-show-notes
Brooke Martin is a former award-winning TV News Anchor who came to national prominence in 2019 at the birth and immediate death of her daughter, 21 minutes later. In this episode, Brooke goes into great detail about the decision to leave television, the loss of her child and the renewed hope she's found.
This episode is for you if:
-You need a good cry (seriously, grab the tissues)
-You can identify with struggling to find your identity
-You can identify with the overwhelming feeling of loss
-You need Christian-centered inspiration
What's in this episode?
In this episode, Brooke Martin begins with the Best and Worst Times in her life, answering questions from Host Lauren Lowrey about the moment she had clarity in her life and when she found purpose.
You'll also hear from Brooke about what drew her to TV news and how her experience in the bright studio lights went from shining to burning as the years wore on. She details her final years in the industry and what was changing, personally, that pushed her to move on.
Brooke details finding out her daughter had a 0% chance of survival and still choosing to carry her full term. She describes the birth and staying with her daughter's body for three days to grieve.
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Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/brooke-martin-show-notes
MaryBeth Hyland overcame the trauma of child abuse and a clinically diagnosed work addiction to find purpose in her work as a meditation teacher, coach and workplace culture expert. She builds bridges for people to move from out-of-touch to in-the-flow.
This episode is for you if:
-You love energetic, fast talkers (like MaryBeth and Lauren)
-You're a little unsure about the spiritual stuff
-You're pretty grounded in your corporate career, but somewhat unfulfilled
-You identify with overcoming abuse or perfectionism
What's in this episode?
MaryBeth hits every note with this episode. She starts at the ground level to introduce spirituality to even the most obstinate observer, using wellbeing as the gateway. She teaches people to listen to their bodies, first, before ever introducing the idea of intuition. She's also very open about her own misgivings about the path until she found herself on it.
MaryBeth speaks in detail about her abusive father and her constant work to overcome perfectionism. Both things have informed her work to teach mindfulness and meditation. She gives people permission to be human in the most freeing way.
She's constantly going into workplaces to help companies change their culture, so MaryBeth talks at length about the feedback she's getting about what people need right now: authenticity and connection.
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Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/marybeth-hyland-show-notes
Just when you think Rabbi Manis Friedman has stoked the fire he started in your brain, he pours gasoline on the flames. Don’t let the length of the beard sway you, you’re likely not expecting the life advice Youtube’s favorite Rabbi has in store.
This episode is for you if:
-You love it when someone challenges long-held religious beliefs
-You long for deep and thought provoking conversations
-You want to be challenged in how you think about a higher power
What's in this episode?
In this episode, we sit down to talk sex and marriage, religion getting it wrong and innate human desires that will have you rethinking your views on life and death.
Rabbi Friedman will help you find answers to questions like ‘why am I here?’ and tell you why he believes love and sex are ruining marriages. If you’re ready to take a long, deep, hard look at your life, this episode is for you.
Get ready to ‘hmmm’ out loud.
Rabbi Manis Friedman was born in Prague and immigrated to the United States at the age of 5. He is an author, social philosopher and public speaker.
📝 SHOW NOTES 📝 Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/rabbi-friedman-show-notes
Sophie Shear is a longtime Nashville vocal coach who's been singing professionally since childhood. She's helped tens of thousands of singers through in-person and online coaching go beyond their instrument to excavate who they really are. This is an energetic episode that gives a peek behind the curtain of what even the most well-known singers must overcome: themselves.
This episode is for you if:*
-You LOVE to sing (Sophie breaks into song A LOT in this episode)
-You love fast talkers (like Sophie and Host Lauren Lowrey)-You're captivated by her work of bringing out someone's true voice
-You resonate with a story of personal transformation
-You love a Christian message*
What's in this episode?
Sophie Shear grew up the daughter of a Christian recording artist who was big in the 1980s and 1990s. She began singing professionally at 8 years old, so music and singing has always been connected to her purpose, but her own struggles prevented her from embracing her sound. She now helps other singers excavate and overcome their own personal issues so they can truly find their voice.
Sophie describes she sees a person's voice like a plant with three parts: the plant, the soil and the bedrock. The plant is the voice that everyone hears. The soil is the emotional stories, lies or truths that a person tells themselves. The bedrock is who a person really is. All of those things impacts the sound of someone's voice. Sophie helps singers excavate their true selves to find their voice and share their message.
Sophie also describes how she addresses voice-work with clients and sings some some hilarious examples in this episode.
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Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here:
https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/sophie-shear-show-notes
Ian Morgan Cron is a best-selling author, psychotherapist, speaker and Episcopal priest. He's obsessed with stories and how we weave them throughout our lives. He helps people change their own narrative to live with purpose and he does it through enneagram, an ancient personality typing system.
💥 This episode is for you if 💥
- You need support in reframing your story
- You like deep conversations that force you into self-awareness
- You geek out on enneagram and Ian Morgan Cron's work
Chapters
0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Why enneagram?
6:56 - Ian’s personal story
9:14 - Why am I here?
11:21 - The story of YOU
15:38 - Acceptance vs Resignation
19:46 - The power of story
25:30 - Why Lauren started AMPstigator
26:38 - How you physically feel purpose
29:35 - The goal of Ian’s books
35:08 - Best Time/Worst Time
46:24 - Ian’s purpose
52:07 - Kintsugi
Ian Morgan Cron awakens people to the truth about themselves and their lives. He uses enneagram to help people get clarity around their personality and the way they've chosen to interpret a situation. He also helps us understand suffering in an objective way, walking us through the transformative process of reevaluating what we've been through.
"When we allow difficulties to carve out space within us," says Cron, "It can feel empty, but it leaves room for your greatest self to emerge." Ian details the difference between accepting a situation and resigning to it, a critical difference that will allow you to move past the negativity and break through to the other side.
"Human beings are processes; we move toward wholeness," says Cron. "We ebb and flow like the tides."
📝 SHOW NOTES 📝 Direct link to full show notes, including transcription and mentions here: https://www.ampstigator.com/blog/ian-morgan-cron-show-notes
I’m Lauren Lowrey and this is AMPstigator – a podcast dedicated entirely toward helping you find purpose and fulfillment in your life.
I can’t wait for you to jump into these episodes because I know they’ll have an impact! But before you do, I want to give you an idea of what you’re getting yourself into.
Recently, I sat down with 13 incredible people from all walks of life. They were all vastly different ages.
Different races, different nationalities, religions, orientations. But every conversation was centered around this one topic: purpose!
I'm fascinated that we could have wildly different experiences, but still somehow end up at the same place: a turning point, a moment of clarity and the eventual arrival at our life's purpose.
This debut episode gives you a taste of the types of people you'll hear from on the AMPstigator podcast.
Your purpose is calling. Will you answer?
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Soundbites featured from 7 of our 13 podcast guests:
Mary Gauthier, Grammy-Nominated Singer/Songwriter
Charlie Nelson, Co-Founder, Nelson's Green Brier Distillery
Sophie Shear, Vocal Coach
MaryBeth Hyland, Founder and Chief Visionary of SparkVision
Ian Morgan Cron, Best-selling author, psychotherapist and speaker
Zulfat Suara, At-Large member Nashville Metro Council
Kristoffer Carter, Meditation Teacher, Executive Coach, Podcaster and author