The Power of Oxygen 1st
When my son was little, I was a single mom who was doing it all alone. I was putting everyone else first and my own needs last. To everyone around me, I was successful but little did they know that my success was tied to pushing, stressing, sleepless nights and early morning workouts pushing my body and my limits to the extreme. Until one day I was flying alone and nearly crashed an airplane and I realized that I needed to take care of my own needs first before anyone else. You see, when you’re a pilot, if you have any issues in the plane, you put on your oxygen mask 1st, not your passengers. They need you to land the plane.
This podcast is all about this journey to healing, to getting clear on the desires of your heart… and stepping into them with courage while leaning into, asking for and receiving support. I hope you feel inspired to do less, to follow your passions and infuse them into your daily life and truly claim the life you were meant to live: a life filled to the brim with epic ADVENTURE.
Episodes
109 episodes
EP 108: When Your Why Changes: A Letter Writing Ritual for You in Transition
What if your why isn't meant to last forever?If you feels like the purpose that once drove you no longer fits, this episode is for you.Dot shares why your why is seasonal, not permanent, and walks you through a simple letter-writi...
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Ep 107: When Your Body Is Trying to Tell You Something: Functional Medicine, Mold Toxicity & Perimenopause with Becca Kyle, BPR, M.Ed., FDN-P, HHP
What happens when your body literally forces you to slow down? Sometimes the people who help save our lives are the ones who knew us long before life got complicated.In this episode, I’m joined by someone who has known me sin...
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Ep 106: Aligned Support Changes Everything: Why Business Owners Need Support to Grow Their Business
What if the key to growing your business isn’t working harder… but protecting your energy?In this episode we explore the powerful connection between support, personal vitality, and sustainable leadership. Many entrepreneurs believe succe...
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EP 105: Why You Can't Willpower Your Way to Growth (Energy Leaks & the Real ROI of Support)
Going to the gym without your trainer feels different, and that difference is exactly what this episode is about.In this continuation of the ROI calculator series, Dot takes you deeper into understanding energy leaks and the true cost of...
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EP 104: Tarot as Soul Homework: Tarot Lori on Manifestation, Full Moon Rituals & Building a Relationship with Your Tarot Deck
What if the tools you were taught to fear are actually the ones that could help you reconnect to yourself?In this deeply grounded and honest conversation, Dot sits down with professional tarot reader and author Lori Dyan to talk about wh...
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EP 103: Why Hiring Support Isn't Selfish, It's Strategic (The Support & Breathe Calculator Introduction)
Have you been putting off hiring help because the numbers don't seem to add up? What if the real cost isn't financial—it's energetic?In this episode, I'm getting vulnerable about my own journey with support. After relocating my family si...
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EP 102: The Story of Windy: Breath, Organ Donation, and the Power of Living Fully
Sometimes the most powerful oxygen first moments are the ones that remind us life itself is breath—and breath is not promised.In this deeply personal episode, I share the story of Windy, my best friend's other bestie, a woman whose kindn...
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12:44
EP 101: HR True Crime: The Friday Firing That Changed Everything (Fire with Grace)
What if I told you HR has its own True Crime stories? No bodies—but plenty of careers, culture, and businesses murdered by poor decisions.Welcome to the first episode of the Fire with Grace miniseries, where we're diving into workplace "...
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EP. 100: One Hundred Imperfect Breaths
One hundred imperfect breaths can change an entire life.This episode is proof that showing up consistently—even messy—creates real transformation.This is a pure celebration of 100 episodes and everything that unfolded along the wa...
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EP 99: Why Firing Isn’t Cruel, It’s Clarity: Fire With Grace™ Series
Firing done right doesn’t fracture a business, it restores oxygen to it.I am reframing one of the most avoided leadership moments: termination. Drawing from real experiences guiding CEOs through difficult conversations, Dot shares why fi...
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EP 98: Grow or Go: When Choosing Yourself Changes Everything
You don’t need to earn your right to breathe.And yet so many of us are doing exactly that—at home and at work.In this episode, I continue the grow-or-go conversation by sharing a deeply personal reflection from my own life, includ...
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EP 97: Turning Annual Reviews Into Powerful Grow or Go Moments
Annual reviews don’t fail because they’re broken — they fail because we approach them from fear instead of alignment.In this episode I’m talking about why annual reviews create so much tension in businesses and how we can turn them into ...
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EP 96: Goodbye 2025: Shedding Old Selves, Speaking Truth, and Building a Life That Feels Like Oxygen
Some years don’t just change you, they strip you down to the truth of who you are.This episode offers a gentle exhale, a closing ceremony for the year that asked more of you than you expected and revealed more strength than you knew you ...
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EP 95: Ego vs. Instruments: What JFK Jr. Teaches Us About Self Trust
A lie your body tells in the dark can feel louder than truth until you learn to trust the instruments that keep you steady.In this episode, I take you into the cockpit with me during my private pilot training: the night my instructor bli...
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EP 94: The Others: Finding Family Beyond Blood with Anjilee Ferguson
Family isn’t always the people who share your last name. Sometimes the deepest healing comes from the “others” who choose you, love you, and hold space for the life you actually have, not the one you imagined.In this tender, heart-forwar...
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EP 93: The Art of Letting Go: Release What Drains Your Energy and Step Into Your Role as Chief Energy Officer
What if the very thing you’re holding onto is the reason you feel stuck, exhausted, or uninspired?In this episode, I am exploring the art of letting go in business, leadership, and life.From releasing employees who no lon...
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EP 92: Letting Go: The Courage to Make Space for What’s Next
I’m back and it feels so good to finally say that. After moving across Colorado, going through a divorce, and restructuring my business, I’ve learned firsthand what it means to let go and start again.In this episode, I’m s...
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Trailer: The Power of Oxygen 1st
Welcome to The Power of Oxygen 1st, the podcast that helps you stop running on empty and start leading your life and business with intention, joy, and energy. Hosted by Dot Rock, a CPA turned Chief Energy Officer, solo mom, and fi...
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EP 91: Writing Letters to New Beginnings
Have you ever paused during a major life transition to really honor what it means to you? In this heart-opening episode, I share a deeply personal ritual that's helping my family navigate our move from Durango to Fort Collins, Colorado....
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EP 90: Finding Peace in Transition
Sometimes the most powerful moments of clarity come when we're surrounded by chaos. In this deeply personal episode, I take you along on my journey of packing up our home for a major move while reflecting on the incredible transformation my son...
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EP 89: The Sacred Balance of Motherhood, Business, and Breathing Room
What happens when the buck stops entirely with you as a parent? When there's no tag-teaming school mornings, no every-other-weekend off, and every decision—from lunch packing to therapy scheduling—falls squarely on your shoulders? This is the r...
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EP 88: What Happens When We Start Parenting Through Brutal Honesty?
The moment when honesty breaks through darkness can change everything. After watching my son battle depression for nearly two years following a traumatic divorce and multiple hospitalizations for a toxic appendix, I witnessed a profound transfo...
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EP 87: How To Release What No Longer Serves You
Letting go is never just about the physical act—it's about honoring what was while creating space for what's next. In this deeply personal episode, I open up about the emotional journey of selling the home that held me through divorce, single m...
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EP 86: What If Gratitude Is the Most Powerful Therapy?
Gratitude transforms us in ways we rarely recognize. While we often think of gratitude as a polite expression of thanks, its power runs much deeper – it's actually a potent emotional detox that lifts heaviness from our souls and raises our vibr...
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EP 85: Remembering Who You Really Are - The Journey Back to Your Truest Self
Have you ever wondered what happened to that fearless, authentic version of yourself from childhood? The one who didn't apologize for taking up space, who followed curiosity without hesitation, who led with heart instead of fear?This ep...
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