Nobody talks about this part of the journey—the part where the excitement fades, progress stalls, and self-doubt creeps in. The middle is where most people quit—not because they couldn’t do it, but because they thought it wasn’t supposed to feel this way.In this episode, I’m breaking down why the “messy middle” is actually where growth happens, why so many people give up too soon, and how to push through when results aren’t showing up yet. I’ll share my own experience with starting my digital product business, plus lessons from my network marketing journey—where I saw people quit before they gave themselves a real chance.If you’ve ever felt stuck, discouraged, or ready to throw in the towel, this one’s for you. Keep going—one day, you’ll look back and realize this chapter made you.Listen now! 🎧
In this deeply personal return episode, I open up about the journey that led to my extended break since April 2022. I share the major life changes I navigated, from moving to a new place and feeling isolated to the emotional toll of my infertility journey and the difficult decision to step away from treatments. I also discuss the challenges of teaching through burnout, imposter syndrome, and feeling stuck in both my career and personal growth.A pivotal shift in my business helped me realign with my values, leading me to trust my gut and surround myself with the right people. I reflect on why I needed to step away from the podcast—overwhelm, exhaustion, and losing confidence in my voice—and why I’m now ready to return.Moving forward, Courage to Try will feature more raw and real conversations about life, resilience, and growth. Expect personal reflections, interviews, and lessons from this journey. Most importantly, I invite you to be part of this space, sharing your own Courage to Try moments.It’s never too late to try again.
You are responsible for the energy you bring. In this episode I go over the principals shared in the book The Energy Bus by Jon Gordon. It's an enlightening and inspiring overview that reveals ten secrets for approaching life and work with positive, forward thinking that will change your day and impact others around you.
You can't and won't reach a new level without growing yourself first. As much as you want and wish for change, the only way to get different is to do different. It's not easy and it's definitely uncomfortable, but it is also what will challenge and grow you into the next version of you. Come grow with me.
Accountability to yourself is how we take responsibility for ourselves, our lives, our healing and our growth. In life there are many hard things that can happen to us that is out of our control and not our fault. While it's sometimes okay to feel upset about these things, learning how to improve the external circumstances of your life can play a huge role in moving forward. Truly stepping into our own power occurs when we realize that we are fully responsible for our own growth. We can't blame, shame, or justify our way out of our problems or simply hope, wish or think about things getting better. We are the only ones who have the power to change our own mindset and reality through our own intentional actions. When we take accountability for ourselves, we take control of our life and stop letting life and circumstances control us. As with everything in life, this can be both incredibly rewarding and scary at the same time. Join me in this episode as we talk about it all.
Ever catch yourself telling someone that maybe or you'll try to attend their event or commit to that thing when really, you have no intention or desire to? Have you ever not responded to someone by ghosting them and leave them hanging because you just don't know how to say no? I get it, and as a former people pleaser, I've done it too. What is the cost of this behaviour in terms of how it is impacting our relationships and how others view us? Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a people pleaser as “a person who has an emotional need to please others often at the expense of his or her own needs or desires.” Are we compromising our own needs and integrity through our need to people please? I discuss all of the above in this episode! Let's do and be better by unlearning people pleasing and instead learn how to authentically communicate with others while keeping (and honouring) our power.
Ever feel like you've made gains towards your goals but then you start to head backwards? Did you achieve something great but then more problems and challenges came along? Welcome to the peaks (highs) and lows (valleys) of business and life my friend. In this episode I share some of my greatest failures, lessons learned and victories within my life. I remind listeners that success is never a destination and no matter how high we climb, there will always be new obstacles and lessons to be learned. If you feel like your are in a hard time and wondering, "why me" this episode definitely is for you.
We’ve chatted about courage before, but for our first chat together in awhile I wanted to revisit this topic. Courage is the gateway to personal empowerment. It unlocks and reveals the greatest version of you. Can you find it within yourself to use your courage more each day? It’s time to get out of your head and into your heart 🤍
You are the master and keeper of your own energy. Is life happening for you, or to you? In this episode I chat about the power of energy and the high or low vibration of emotions. We feel our best when we are in a state of love, joy, appreciation and empowerment, and at our worst with feelings of shame, unworthiness, fear, grief, powerlessness and depression. How can we work to get ourseleves back to a high vibe when we are feeling low? Listen to this episode to find out!
Temi Oni is a qualified Occupational Therapist, and aspiring Transformational Life Coach with extensive experience within the mental health field. She is super passionate about helping people break through the limiting mental barriers, holding them back from obtaining the life they deserve. Her passion is what drives her to support hundreds of people daily who may experience anxiety, depression or a lack of purpose, by supporting them through her lifestyle redesign package which has consistently produced quality results for the people she serves. She is also a founder of the cosmetics brand, IMMISSONI Cosmetics, offering high quality cosmetics at an affordable price point. Find her on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/_immissoni_/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/immissoni Twitter: immissoni_shop
Pain will push you until your vision will pull you. Do you dream about where you want to go? Do you have a vision for your life? I believe that these visions of our best, happiest lives is a window into our own souls. It's a higher power showing us what's possible, and giving us nudges. It's up to us however to choose to act upon them, or not. Where we are today is the outcome of past choices and thinking. The good news is, we don't have to worry about the past, must focus on the present, and know that our thinking, choices and action NOW can take us closer to our vision or further away from it. So what is YOUR vision for your own life? What will it require to achieve it? Let's chat vision my friends and know how much I believe that you are worthy of living it. My goal and intention is for you to know and believe it too. Communicate with me! I'd love to hear your feedback and your wins. Lets grow together! Find me on instagram at: https://instagram.com/angelaonajourney?utm_medium=copy_link
Hard things happen. To everyone. The question for this episode is how do we act, cope and navigate hard times? You may be going through a tough season or encountering things that are hard, frustrating, sad, and more! In this one we chat about obstacles and the mindset that everything, YES EVERYTHING, is figureoutable.
It's been over a year now of a global pandemic and especially for those of us in Ontario, Canada, I don't think any of us expected the last 13 months to have played out like they have. The last year has been heavy, different, unusual and challenging. Although there has also been some blessings, there have been many obstacles too and if you're like us, you've probably been tested in some way. In this episode recorded for the podcast "Soul Riffs" by Jennifer Jones, she and I discuss resilience, compassion, grief, love, understanding and the full rainbow of emotions that we've been experiencing. It's been a roller coaster and we are all doing our best. I think this may be one of the most relatable episodes yet. Let's chat about it because are all in this together. Find Jen on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/holisticgarage/
I've lost my motivation. I just don't have the time. I don't feel like it today. Excuses, excuses, excuses. Have you been there, done this? Have you gotten in the way of your own success before? "Discipline determines your level of success." I've been working hard to develop my discipline, so in this episode, we talk about it! What is a discipline and how do you grow it? Why is it important that we build this self control muscle? Life is tough, but so are you! My goal in this episode is to remind you that you can do hard things and achieve more than you ever thought possible if you're willing to develop your grit and self discipline.
In this episode I talk about the importance of saying what you really think and not EVER feeling like you need to lie or hold back from speaking your truth. There is power when living, thinking and acting from a place of authenticity, especially if it is always done in a kind, respectful and loving way! Own your YES. Own your NO. No is always a complete sentence. Learn how to use your voice because we all need to hear it.
Join Mel Hart and I as we chat Healthy Habits! Would you call yourself a busy person? Then this woman is for you! Mel works multiple jobs, just finished up her nursing program, and runs a successful online business. Despite it all, she still finds time to "fit it all in" and prioritize the things that are in alignment with achieving her goals. Utilizing a powerful morning routine, Mel incorporates habits into her daily living to help her feel her best.
In this episode we chat about the importance of self love, and while although it doesn't always mean "me first", it does mean, "me too". Cait shares some of her story and why she believes that making choices, setting boundaries and honouring your athentic self is critical when creating a life that you love and find joyful. Cait began her journey into the world of personal development & entrepreneurship in 2014, at the age of 23. Her education & background is in the Dental field as a Dental Assistant and she is also a licensed esthetician, having her own freelance make up business for 9 years. In 2014, she was struggling to find her purpose, was burning out and breaking down from panic attacks at work. She always knew deep down that she had a massive desire to serve others, she just didn't know how to take the first step. It was through her Network Marketing business & the community that it offered that she took her first step for change. She submerged herself into being around people who had huge visions for their lives, people who were not afraid to DREAM BIG & people who were on a mission to serve the world. This changed everything for her. She started to envision what was possible for her future and has been on a life changing self growth journey for the past 8 years. She shows up big on social media where she strives to be an example for others and to show what is possible! She passionately shares that the only limits we hold are the limitations in our minds that we put on ourselves. You can find her on instagram @caitdhamilton and on facebook @Cait Hamilton.
Welcome to the Courage to try Podcast. I am your host Angela Lyons: a never ending dreamer, doer, entrepreneur, teacher, wife and encourager. My purpose and passion is to help you to discover the greatness and gifts that you already have within. In this episode for my first ever podcast (wow), I share my story. I will get vulnerable with you to share parts of my journey that launched me on a mission of growth and self discovery. This podcast has been a dream in the making for 5 years and I'm so honoured and grateful that you are here. My intention is to add value, to help you think past your own limiting beliefs and fears, and for you to build unwaivering courage, confidence, skill and passion for whatever your heart desires. Are you ready to grow together? Let's go.
Welcome to the Courage To Try Podcast with host, Angela Lyons! In this podcast we chat all things related to holisitic health: health and wellness for the mind, body and spirit. Nothing is off the table for what we might discuss because being real and vulnerable helps us all to break down barriers, know ourselves better and muster the courage to try! Life is a journey of experiences, growth and evolution. Join us as we chat, learn and grow together! Much love and thanks for listening!
Do you feel like you lack confidence or struggle to feel confidence about your path and purpose in life? This episode is one for the soul! I chat with Kristen Dorion, a confidence and clarity coach. Kristen is passionate about helping people create confidence and clarity in all aspects of their life. Throughout her own journey she has understood the energetic laws of the universe and manifestation. She knows that when people have confidence in themselves and they are clear on what they want that the universe will present it to them. Kristen believes that all your desires exist in the quantum field and when you align your beliefs, thoughts and actions you can bring them to life in your physical realm. Nothing is out of reach. Kristen guides female entrepreneurs, business owners, network marketers, healers and anyone looking to better their life into the direction of theirs desires and goals. Through emotional encouragement, manifestation practices, empowering self-reflection, Kristen has been able to guide women into understanding themselves deeper, increase their connection with the universe/ source, achieving business goals, raising their prices, knowing their worth, believing in themselves, feeling healthier, waking up happier, loving the journey of growth and feeling excited and certain about their goals. Find Kristen on instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/kristen.dorion/