AUTHOR READING // Bettering your mental health can feel like it comes with strict guidelines on how you have to approach it - you must consult a medical professional, therapy is the way, medication is a must - but what if you don't want these roads or they don't work for you? I'm reading you the birds eye view of what the self-empowered path looks like - because those roads weren't my jam either. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

MOTIVATIONAL // Shame is a fierce beast to battle, especially when we try to bury it as deep as humanly possible within ourselves. Let's sit down for a short while and unpack shame as a concept a little further and then shatter through the ceiling telling you that you have to keep holding it. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

BOOK REVIEW CHAT // We don't always have to do inner work so directly. Support, guidance, and insight can come from the most unlikely places. Lately, I've been deep in the world of fantasy, and let me tell you, those characters hit me in the feels a lot harder than you might expect. Let's talk about finding your strength without having to dig so hard for it. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

HOW TO // Leave it to me to be forced into a spontaneous example of practicing what I preach. Sometimes in life we find ourselves stuck in a situation and it's up to us to play the brain game to help ourselves not feel so trapped by it. We're not looking for perfection here, just some mental relief. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

PERSONAL // Work life balance boils down to a few simple things that I am in a consistent practice with. When it comes to now working a full time job, running my business, and having a happy and healthy home life - this is a topic close to my heart. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

AUTHOR READING // Sharing about my move from non-fiction to fiction while still staying in the self-help genre and a reading of "The Moon's Whisper" from my current anthology in the works to explore how there's a place for learning through narrative and a place for learning through instruction. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

MOTIVATION // Whether you need me to give it to you or you want to give it to yourself - this episode is the permission slip for fun you've been waiting for. Not only that, but why making time for the fun in our lives is so valuable and even necessary to thriving in life. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

BOOK REVIEW CHAT // When we get hurt part of us can react and close ourselves in while also closing others out. Wild is the Witch by Rachel Griffin inspired me to talk about this topic and how fearing the hurt can shape us in ways that we may have never intended.  —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

HOW TO // There are plenty of tips and tricks for more confidence that can feel surface level at times. But there's a psychology to why we might be lacking confidence and there's one simple step that I think gets right to the heart of helping us feel more supported in whatever we're needing confidence in. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads  

AUTHOR READING // When victimization is hiding in plain sight and slowly eating you alive…no thank you. I'll be reading from Unboxed in this episode and chatting about the value in addressing what leaves us feeling victimized so that we can exercise courage in reclaiming that for ourselves. —-------------------------------- Check out my new podcast - Tangents with Oli & Jess on Apple Podcasts or Spotify —-------------------------------- Important Links: PATREON - If you are able and willing please offer some support to the show here -- www.patreon.com/simplyoli  BOOKS - Grab one of my books on self-empowered living here -- www.simplyoli.com/books  YOUTUBE - Get an inside look at life at my personal life & empowered living by subscribing to my SimplyOli vlog channel over on YouTube INSTAGRAM - Send me a DM & say hi over on Instagram @therealsimplyoli   Appreciate and love you so much! Thank you for taking the time to listen! If you enjoyed the episode, please let me know by leaving a review on iTunes! Xxx   Music: djquads