The Everyday Awesome Project
The Everyday Awesome Podcast is your mega dose of multivitamins for building your mental muscles, physical body and an empowered life. Your hosts Polly and Sam are on your dream team; lifelong coaches in business, health & fitness and human potential. They are on fire to ignite change in the lives they touch.
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The Everyday Awesome Project is a movement. We invite you to join our mission to connect and inspire humans to live their full potential and reconnect to themselves and others.
Through our coaching programs, live experiences and weekly podcast we explore what is possible for everyday humans. Their motto is "Every day is a new opportunity to find your AWESOME!"
Episodes
131 episodes
127: Serotonin Dopamine-Happiness Hormones
Dopamine isn’t your brain’s “treat.” It’s your brain’s chase signal, and once you see that clearly, a lot of modern life makes uncomfortable sense. We talk through why dopamine spikes show up in everything from social media and gambling-style a...
126: Forgiveness - Why Its Not About Other Person
Forgiveness has a branding problem. People hear the word and think it means letting someone off the hook, pretending harm didn’t happen, or walking back into a relationship that still isn’t safe. We don’t buy that. We frame forgiveness as an in...
125: This 15 Minute Exercise Builds Resilience & Self Compassion. Self-Awareness Practice.
Your week leaves marks, even when you pretend it didn’t. I’m Coach Sam, and I’m sharing a simple weekly journaling practice I call “Highlights and Heartbreaks” to help you get emotionally honest, feel less numb, and stop letting life blur by on...
124 : GUEST: Nissa Noble on Complex Mother-Daughter Relationships
Loving your mom doesn’t automatically make the relationship safe, easy, or even tolerable. We sit down with Nissa Noble, founder and creator of Planet Gayle (@planetgayle), to talk about the reality so many adults carry quietly: complicated mot...
123: You Are Not Your Diagnosis: How Not To Let A Lab Report Run Your Life!
A diagnosis can land like a stamp on your forehead, and if you’re not careful, it starts running your decisions, your confidence, and even your future plans. We’re pushing back hard on that. A diagnosis is a snapshot of what’s happening right n...
122: I Rewired My Brain in 30 Days with Self Hypnosis. Here's What Happened with Coach Polly
Coach Polly solo this week- talking FEAR and how it can be totally irrational and still feel completely real. I know that firsthand, and for a long time I kept treating it like a discipline problem: read another book, make a bigger plan, try ha...
121: Don't Wait! Why Most People Think They Have More Time & Lose Out
“Don’t wait” sounds obvious until you realize how many of us are quietly living like our real life starts later. Today we pick up The Five Invitations by Frank Ostaseski and dive into the first invitation, using death awareness and Buddhist wis...
120 : Taming Your Inner Critic with Coach Sam
Coach Sam solo this week schooling on the INNER CRITIC! You know, that “not good enough” voice that can sound like motivation, but it usually runs it's mouth on fear, shame, and moving goalposts. #truthtalk I’m sharing what’s been c...
119: Overgiving Trap! Confessions of An Overgiver Turned Boundary Badass
If you’ve ever walked away from a hangout feeling like you just donated a pint of blood, we made this one for you. We’re talking about the overgiving trap, that sneaky pattern where “I’m just being kind” turns into over-functioning, people plea...
118: Hypnosis Curious?
Odds are- you are probably getting “hypnotized” every day and not in the stage-show way! When you’re half awake in bed, locked into a movie, stuck in doomscroll mode, or deep in a run where everything goes quiet, you’re in a trance-like state t...
117: Reinventing Yourself: Taking the Road Less Traveled with Coach Polly
Coach Polly solo today! Your resume might look like a patchwork quilt, and you might secretly wonder if that means you are unfocused. It's more common than you might think. In this episode you'll learn how a simple comment with a cl...
116: Lessons in Elite Personal Development
Your life can look successful and still feel heavy, tense, or unfinished. We get into the kind of personal development that doesn’t just hype you up for a weekend, it retrains how you think, speak, and show up when it actually counts.We...
115: Manifestation with Coach Sam
Coach Sam solo this week! Here to share how a single iPhone memory cracked open a bigger story: what if manifestation isn’t magic at all, but the moment you take full ownership of your life? We trace a straight line from a 2018 desert summit ph...
114: "A Year to Live" Course / Concept Introduction
What actually changes when you live as if time is short? We open a year-long journey inspired by Stephen Levine’s A Year to Live and the Spirit Rock program led by Vinny Ferraro, Pam Dunn, and Frank Ostaseki, and we get honest about fear, freed...
113: Build Your Self-Capacity with Coach Sam
Coach Sam solo today! Tired of chasing endless fixes that leave you drained and doubting yourself? We flip the script on self-improvement by introducing a sturdier, kinder lens: capacity. Instead of treating your life like a DIY project, we foc...
112: Art Of The Comeback; Rising Strong After The Life's Reckoning Moments
A wrecking ball can shatter plans, but it doesn’t have to shrink your future. We dig into the real mechanics of a comeback—how to move from shock and spirals to post‑traumatic growth that outgrows your old life. From job loss to heartbreak to a...
111: Why Change is So Scary | Post Traumatic Growth Moments
Change doesn’t just knock; sometimes it blows the door off the hinges. We dive into the kind of change you didn’t choose—losses that upend your plans, injuries that shake identity, and detours that feel like freefall—and show how to find your f...
110: Women's Circles: The History of Thriving
Swipe culture says you’re connected. Your nervous system says otherwise. We dig into why loneliness is surging despite endless “friends,” and how small, trusted circles restore the regulation, resilience, and joy our bodies and hearts are wired...
109: Stop Self Sabotaging with Coach Polly
Coach Polly solo this week telling you that your goals aren’t failing because you’re weak; they’re colliding with a brain designed for safety, comfort, and the familiar! We dig into the real engine of self-sabotage—how pain and pleasure drive e...
108: Commitment to (your) Self
Tired of resolutions that fizzle by February? We’re trading quick fixes for a revolution of agency, and it starts with a bold commitment to self. Together we unpack how to stop outsourcing your life to motivation, approval, or trends and start ...
107: Why You Slack - 3 Keys to Discipline with Coach Polly
Coach Polly solo this week- helping you start strong towards goals without burning out! We take a clear-eyed look at why goals fade—especially right after the new year—and share a practical blueprint for unshakable discipline that doesn’t rely ...
106: NY Day Happy Healthy Living Dispelling Myths
New Year’s Day begs for a reset, but we’re not selling anti-aging fantasies—we’re building healthspan. We take on the loudest myths about getting older and replace them with choices that actually move the needle: frequent “exercise snacks,” who...
105 : Permission to be Awesome! Unpack Your Gifts
We celebrate the season by granting a bigger gift: permission to be awesome. We unpack why pretending costs so much, how to spot inauthentic habits, and practical ways to find and express your gifts at home, at work, and in community.• ...
104 - 3 Simple Steps To 'Begin Again' with Coach Sam
Coach Sam Jam Solo this week! Reminding you that the odds that you exist are staggering—and once you feel that, self-compassion stops sounding like fluff and starts feeling like strategy. We break down a simple three-step reset to help you begi...
103- PUMP IT UP: Unblock Creative & Connective Energy
Ever felt strangely numb after a big stressor or medical recovery—like your pain is down but your spark is gone? We open up about the odd “flatline” that can follow anesthesia, steroids, and forced stillness, and we map the path back to energy,...