Ep. 141 Andrea Owen on Making Noise, Taking up Space, and the Four Steps to Unlearning
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On the podcast today is Andrea Owen, author, global speaker, and professional certified life coach who helps high-achieving women maximize unshakeable confidence, and master resilience.
She has taught hundreds of thousands of women tools and strategies to be able to empower themselves to live their most kick-ass life through speaking, her books, coaching, and her wildly popular podcast with close to 3 million downloads.
In today’s episode Andrea and I chat about:
What it means to take up space, why we fear shining too bright, and the impact of the culture we’re raised in on how we show up in the world
The four steps to unlearning what we’ve been taught
Why women’s empowerment is an act of rebellion, modeling a new model of leadership, and why speaking our truth can be intimidating
Andrea’s obsession with Cha Cha DeGregorio from the movie Grease, and Andrea’s advice when it comes to cultivating more confidence
Why it’s important we take what we need and leave the rest when it comes to self-help, the biggest risk Andrea’s ever taken, her biggest dream, and so much more!
My biggest takeaway from our conversation is simple: you are here to make some noise and shine your light! To do so, you have to dig deep and get to the root of the why - the anxiety, the fear - and when you do, you get to do the fun stuff, the unlearning! Ok fine, it’s not that fun BUT the rewards are awesome and so worth it. The world becomes your oyster.
I’m so excited to share this week’s new episode with Andrea, and I can’t wait to hear what you think! Make sure to join the conversation on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter!
“I’m obsessed with getting to the root of the problem. I want the most efficient way to fix things and what I started to realize is that many of the problems that my clients came to me for, whether it’s for coaching or on the podcast, like perfectionism, people pleasing and negative self-talk, a lot of that is rooted in the culture that we were raised in.”
“Confidence is built by just having a tiny bit amount of courage and taking the leap not knowing if the net will appear. The net might not appear, I can’t promise you that it will and we might fail and fall on our face, and that’s how we build resilience.”
Andrea is the proud author of How To Stop Feeling Like Shit: 14 Habits That Are Holding You Back From Happiness (Seal Press/Hachette Books) which has been translated into 18 languages and is available in 22 countries, as well as her inaugural book, 52 Ways to Live a Kick-Ass Life: BS Free Wisdom to Ignite Your Inner Badass and Live the Life You Deserve, (Adams Media/Simon & Schuster). Her latest book, Make Some Noise: Speak Your Mind and Own Your Strength is coming in August 2021, published by TarcherPerigee/Penguin Random-House.
Andrea is a Certified Professional Co-Active Coach (CPCC) from The Coaches Training Institute, a Professional Certified Coach (PCC) with the International Coaching Federation, a SHE RECOVERS® coach, as well as a Certified Daring Way™ Facilitator; a modality based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. She holds a Bachelor of Science from California State University in Kinesiology with a specialty in Health Science. Andrea has been featured on The Huffington Post Live, xojane.com, NBC, and Entrepreneur.com.
She has facilitated many workshops for girls hosted by Dove’s Campaign for Real Beauty whose efforts inspire and empower women and girls to live confidently and change the world around them.
In addition, Andrea has been sober for close to a decade and is active in the world of recovery.
When she’s not juggling her full coaching practice or writing books, Andrea is busy riding her Peloton bike, chasing her two school-aged children or making out with her husband, Jason. She is also a retired roller derby player having skated under the name “Veronica Vain”
“Women’s empowerment is an act of rebellion because we are pushing back on these ways of being that we are taught that are good, that are our place.”
To connect with Andrea visit her website andreaowen.com and connect with her on Facebook facebook.com/yourkickasslife and instagram.com/heyandreaowen and you can find “Make Some Noise” here
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