Own Your Work
Are you ready to get unstuck in your career and take your career to the next level? Are you an ambitious professional that just can’t seem to get ahead? Are you tired of feeling like your next promotion, your next opportunity is in the hands of someone else. Well, then this podcast is for you. Every week, Sonja Holmes brings you the inspiration, tools, and strategies to help you take control of your career and build a work-life that you love.Through interviews with thought leaders in the professional development space, Sonja asks all the right questions to help you get the answers and strategies you need to get ahead. She covers everything from landing the job or promotion, improving performance and productivity, personal branding in the workplace, effective communication skills at work, and much more. If you are ready to win at work be sure to subscribe through your favorite podcast app of choice or head on over to sonjaholmes.com/ownyourwork.
Episodes
52 episodes
Day 14: What Do I Need to Fully Release Today?
In today’s episode, I’m sitting with a question that’s stretching me in the best way:What do I need to fully release so I can fully receive what God is trying to give me?I talk about the tension of holding on to old...
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Day 13: What Am I Carrying That Isn’t Mine?
Today I’m sitting with a gentle but necessary question: What am I carrying that I’m not supposed to carry? So often, the pressure, urgency, and weight I feel… I’m the one who created it. And a lot of what I hold onto was never meant fo...
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Day 12: What Permission Do I Need to Give Myself?
Today’s episode is short, simple, and so necessary. I’m sitting with one question that’s been grounding me in this season of transition:“What permission do I need to give myself so I can move forward with peace instead of pressure?”
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Day 11: What’s Stirring in Your Spirit?
Today I’m sitting with a question I can’t shake: What is the next thing being stirred in my spirit—even if I can’t explain it yet? Not the edited version. Not the realistic version. The uncensored, unfiltered whisper.There’s...
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Day 10: If you could write this next chapter, what would you write?
In today’s episode, I reflect on the scripture, “My tongue is the pen of a ready writer,” and what it means to speak with intention. I ask myself — and you — a simple but powerful question: If your words are writing the next chapter...
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Day 9: How will I speak over this moment?
The question I’m sitting with today is this: 👉🏽 If I truly believe that life and death are in the power of the tongue, how would I speak over this moment?Sometimes it’s so easy to forget that our words aren’t just sound...
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Day 8: If I really believed that nothing was impossible… what would I do next?
Key Points:Reflecting on the truth that “nothing is impossible for those who believe.”Asking: If God delights in my desires, what does that mean for how I dream?Reframing desire not as self...
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Day 7: What if you truly believe you were right where you need to be?
Today I had this question looping in my spirit: What would it look like if I actually believed that I am right where I need to be?This came up because I noticed myself slipping back into those old patterns — the urgency, the nee...
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Day 6: What Is This Moment Trying to Give You?
In today’s episode, I share the question that’s been sitting deep in my spirit lately: “What could this moment be trying to give me?”I talk about this gentle whisper I keep feeling — don’t miss what this moment is try...
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Day 5: What Do I Need to Believe Right Now?
Today I’m sitting with a simple but grounding question: What do I need to believe about myself - and about God’s sovereignty - in this moment?I think about David in 1 Samuel 17, standing before Saul, naming the evidence o...
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Day 4: If I knew this was taking me from glory to glory, how would I move through this season?
If you really knew that everything happening right now — the uncertainty, the waiting, the transition — was actually working for you, how would you move through this season?I’m not talking about the surface-level “it’s ...
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Day 3: Who’s Emerging Because of This?
In this short, reflective episode, I invite you to pause and look at what’s forming in you and not just around you. So often, when life shifts or things fall apart, we focus on what’s being taken instead of what’s being ta...
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Day 2: What is yours to keep and how could that help you for what is next?
When everything shift- your title, your role, your season - it’s easy to feel like you’ve lost a piece of yourself. But even in the middle of change, there are things that can’t be taken: your growth, your lessons, your love, your character.
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Day 1 - Daily Question: From the other side of this, what would you tell your present self?
In this episode, I want you to really see yourself through this—whatever this is for you right now. I want you to imagine being on the other side of it, standing in your promised land, and ask yourself: what would that version of you s...
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Train Your Brain for the Battle: Why These Simple Daily Questions Might Be Your Secret Weapon
Before we dive into daily prompts, you need to understand WHY they work—so you don't skip them when you need them most. This episode breaks down the neuroscience of the Reticular Activating System (RAS), the brain's filter that decides what you...
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Laid Off: What if you're on the precipice of something big?
I got laid off from Amazon this week. My 9-year-old announced it to my 7-year-old: "MOM GOT FIRED!"This is me processing out loud. Figuring out what's next. In real-time.I'm launching Season 2 of Own Your Work and I will be doing ...
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How to Stop Silencing Ourselves and Others with Author, Elaine Lin Hering
In this conversation, Elaine Lin Hering discusses the power of silence and the importance of unlearning it. She shares her personal journey from being a lawyer to becoming a leadership development consultant and author. Elaine emphasizes the ne...
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The Salary You Didn't Know You Needed: Soul Salary with Author, Jess Kaskov
Are you ready to redefine success on your own terms and live a joyful life? That's what we did in our recent life-transforming conversation with the dynamic Jessica Kascov. As a bestselling author, speaker, and life coach, Jessica shared her jo...
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A Gentle Approach To Disrupting Your Default Modes
What if you could take control of the autopilot mode of your life? That's what we're diving into in today's episode. I share my personal journey of disrupting ingrained habits, those default modes that have been silently dictating the course of...
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Why You Need to Disrupt Your Default Mode and Try Something New
What if we could disrupt the ingrained habits and routines that dictate our actions and potentially hinder our growth? Join me as I candidly share my own journey of challenging my default mode, a habit of remaining silent when I should speak up...
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This Critical Question will Help You Cast The Right Vision For Your Life
What if the secret to a fulfilling future lies in your ability to understand your current life season? Join me as we dig into this question and unravel the importance of recognizing your life season when casting a vision for your future. We'll ...
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How To Master the Art of the Unplug
Unplugging: More Than Just a Day OffSure, we've all been there—those PTO days when you promise yourself a break, only to find yourself checking emails or brainstorming work ideas. Been there, done that. But what if unplugging coul...
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Let Self-Care be Self-Care: Lessons For a Healthier Take on Self-Care
Have you ever wondered about the real essence of self-care? Is it just about being better for others or more about recognizing our own worth? I'm Sonja Holmes, your host and I'm thrilled to share my self-care journey. Often, we see self-care as...
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Test Your Yes: How To Create a Criteria for Saying Yes at Work
Imagine truly owning your work life, making decisions seamlessly, and carving a career path that aligns with your desires. Sound impossible? Think again! The power to decide what you say 'yes' and 'no' to at work is the game-changer you've been...
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Break the Cycle Under-Earning in Your Career
What if being a high achiever and an under-earner were not mutually exclusive? What if the answer to breaking the cycle of under-earning wasn't just about shifting jobs, but about shifting mindsets? Welcome to a powerful episode of Own Your Wor...
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