The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast

What is the role that luck plays in getting what we want, in succeeding in life in any aspect? What are some of the other factors that combine with luck in different situations to create success? What creates luck? In this episode, Eric Chow shares a few powerful lessons that will give you a greater appreciation for your life, get you thinking about the role of luck in your own life and what you did to earn it, and how we can actually create more luck this year. Listen to the episode to learn more and connect with Eric on all social media platforms @ericchowreal including Instagram, Twitter, YouTube, TikTok, LinkedIn, and more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast is back for 2023 after a nearly 8-month hiatus! In this episode, Eric Chow shares strategies to improve your intention and goal-setting this year and tips on making quality decisions in your life while using this podcast's history as the guiding example from its start in 2019 to the recent decision to bring the podcast back. Most of us are never taught how to make good decisions in our life, and yet we're expected to make them. Eric doesn't claim to be an expert on great decision-making but this podcast has always been a shining example. The formula? Knowledge + Input & Counsel + "Definiteness" makes for quality decisions. Listen to the episode to learn more. Connect with Eric on all platforms @ericchowreal including Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, TikTok, and YouTube. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

Over the past 2+ years, there have been countless struggles: figuring out why we are dissatisfied with our lives and what we should be doing instead, not being able to meet people and build meaningful relationships, being unable to find time for hobbies and interests and passions, and so much more. In this episode, Eric Chow talks about a mistake he noticed in the way we respond to these struggles and how we can respond appropriately. The answer is simple: Instead of stepping back from life, step in and experience all that life has to offer. For more from Eric Chow, listen to more episodes of The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast or connect with Eric on social media everywhere @ericchowreal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

In this episode, Eric Chow talks about a key principle to motivate yourself, make the most of your opportunities, and live an inspired life. The principle is incredibly simple but underutilized. It can be stated in many ways, but for the sake of this episode, we can call it: "The Front Row Mentality: A Principle for Motivation, Inspiration, and Success." For more from Eric Chow, listen to more of The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, connect with him on all social medias @ericchowreal or go to his website http://ericchowreal.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

When we think about the athletic kids growing up, one would probably not expect that they would deal with insecurity about their weight or physique, but for Zach Hose, that simply wasn't the case. After injuries took him out of sports in his teenage years, Zach found himself overweight and with a desire to improve himself, and for the past decade, has learned a lot when it comes to taking care of his physical & mental health. That's the story he shares with us today, and his thoughts on finding the balance between appreciating where you are (self-love) and a desire to improve (ambition), learning to be attached to nothing, and knowing when to tell yourself to shut the f*ck up. Zach is also a personal friend and fellow podcaster, hosting The ZAP! Podcast focused on passion which I was fortunate enough to be on several months ago. Follow Zach on Instagram @zachhose14 and on Twitter @zachhose14. For more of Zach in podcast form, check out The ZAP! Podcast available on nearly a dozen platforms. If you want to listen to Eric Chow's episode on The ZAP! Podcast, click here. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

Many big dreamers, naturally emotional and caring people struggle growing up in an environment with people who like to be logical and rational. We're told "that's not realistic, what world do you live in? Come back to reality." That's the story of Océane Chamoret, born in France, but growing up in several different countries including California for a time. At 25 years old, Océ was promoted to HR manager for a group of three hotels. Then the pandemic hit, and she saw an opportunity to dive into the world of transformational coaching, positive psychology, and now shares her story with us in the hopes of helping fellow dreamers learn to create their own reality. Check out Océ's website: https://www.coachoce.com/ and follow her on Instagram @coachoce. You can also find the host, Eric Chow, everywhere @ericchowreal or go to http://ericchowreal.com/ If you are looking for meditation platform suggestions, Océane and I both recommend Headspace and Calm are two of the best. You can have some access for free, or pay a small subscription to get the full experience. Océane also has heard good things about a free app alternative, Smiling Mind. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

This 20-minute monologue is my happy new year message to you: wishing you an amazing year ahead, and sharing some ideas that I believe will help you make 2022 your year. If you listen carefully, pausing to think about the ideas, potentially even listening to it multiple times and reflecting on it with a notebook afterwards, you will have prepared yourself with the mindset, determination, and focus you'll need to make this year incredible.  I'll just say this: The comfort zone is characterized by doing the same things in the same ways with the same people at the same time and getting the same results. No wonder life doesn't get better. Those who don't grow are stuck because they are unwilling to leave what they've known and practiced to do something better. If you want to make changes this year, this episode will light a spark and give you guidelines on developing a game plan for an amazing year. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

After several years of serious alcoholism led her to regular panic attacks that sent her to the hospital, getting fired from her job, pancreatitis, and more, Nicole Marso decided to become sober. She left a relationship that lasted for almost a decade, and as a single mother of 2 kids, moved back in with her mom. Growing up she was an extremely athletic kid, too busy to get into alcohol, until a family tragedy led her to it. Now celebrating 16 months sober, this is her story of how she became an alcoholic, what it cost her, and what's happened since she's gotten out of it. Follow Nicole Marso on Instagram @nicolemarso, find her on Facebook @nicole.marso.5, and check out her new small business, The Wild Sunflower Boutique at https://thewildsunflowerboutique.com. As always, you can find the host Eric Chow everywhere @ericchowreal. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

Our 14th guest from the Yes Theory Family, the "Flag Boi" himself, Pranav Karakavalasa joins us for an episode sharing his personal experiences on how the phrase "Seek Discomfort" is, as he describes, "the way you need to live to overcome your inner demons" and face life's challenges. If that appeals to you, and you want to be more free as a person, this is the episode for you. This is an episode about lighting the spark, changing our perspective and mindset, and making principles a part of who we are because we have a desire to grow. Follow Pranav on Instagram @pranav.cr2 and follow me, the host, Eric Chow @ericchowreal everywhere. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

Hey amazing winners! This episode is a 20-minute monologue to give you the right mindset going into December 2021, and the New Year 2022. If there is anything at all that you aren't satisfied with in your life, if you plan on making changes this coming new year, if you are serious about improving your life in any way, this is where you start. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

For this week's episode, Eric Chow does a raw, transparent, unscripted monologue that will likely challenge you. Eric shares a powerful, practical strategy to help you empower yourself. If you've ever wondered why some people can be so positive, optimistic, ambitious, energetic, focused, determined, etc. they are likely applying the strategy Eric discusses in this episode. This is the strategy that makes becoming the person you want to be a natural byproduct. It's not just about thinking differently. It's about designing your life so you naturally begin to embody who you want to be. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

In this week’s episode of the podcast, Eric Chow is going solo to share his martial arts journey from a few years ago. Eric's journey of personal development--all the books he's read, podcasts and talks he's listened to, and conversations he's had--the journey started with martial arts. Eric believes that he wouldn't be who he is today, doing what he's doing today, talking to the people he talks to today, if it weren't for his time training. In this episode, he talks about his years in martial arts and shares a few of the standout moments, lessons, and takeaways that continue to play a role in his life and shaped who he is today. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

In the 12th episode of the podcast featuring guests from the Yes Fam, Theo & Taylor Baudry found each other a few years ago through the Yes Theory community, and as of a few weeks ago, are newly weds! In this conversation, they share their story growing up, connecting with Yes Theory, meeting each other, and growing as a couple, while sharing their perspective on what makes a great relationship, finding your life partner, overcoming people's doubts, and more. They are one of the cutest couples you'll ever see. You can find Theo & Taylor on Instagram @thetheobaudry and @taylor.baudry respectively. You can also subscribe to their YouTube channel T Squared. One of their recent videos happens to be their wedding day :) Enjoy! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

Hey everybody! This episode features a short monologue about the one word that started the show: "Empowerment." After more than 2 years of doing this podcast, Eric Chow shares how he got started empowering himself and then into empowering others, in the hopes of giving you some ideas to help you empower yourself and those around you. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

*Trigger Warning* This episode contains conversation around sexual harassment, rape, and suicidal thoughts. The conversation may be disturbing to listen to, and emotionally draining. I've known this episode's guest for close to a year now, and as I've gotten to hear her story in our conversations, I remember telling her that when she was ready, I wanted to give her a platform to share it. That time has finally come. Saying that she's had a "tough year" doesn't begin to describe the story she's going to share, full of emotional turmoil, anxiety, trauma, and more. But Anne's story is also one of holding onto hope, a determination to recover, and trying to be a kind person despite every reason not to. You can find Anne on Instagram @an._ne --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

The first solo episode I've done in about 1.5 years! After celebrating 2 years of the podcast, I wanted to bring these short monologues back. This episode has a monologue about self-image. "Most of the problems we face in life are the result or the symptoms of the greater problem that is not believing in ourselves enough" (Eric Chow), and that we hold ourselves back as a result. You'll hear me talk about that in this episode, along with some ideas around how to raise your self-image and the lifelong journey you'll be undertaking.  I'm also starting a new segment in these solo episodes, which is a Q&A. I asked on Instagram for some questions you guys want me to answer, and I took one of those questions, "What inspired you to start a podcast?" and answered it. I'll continue answering questions in future episodes, so if you want me to answer one of yours, dm me your question @ericchowempowers on Instagram, or @ericchowreal anywhere else. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

We live in a world today where celebrities and the people under the public eye are put under immense pressure. Unglamored by Jessie Cheng is a novel about a famous Asian-American singer who struggles secretly with an eating disorder in an industry that demands perfection and glorifies thinness. It's a story about mental health in the entertainment industry, with the goal of bringing awareness and creating empathy for the celebrities of today, and for us to understand yet another way how mental health affects people's lives. In this episode, we go deeper into the inspiration behind this story and why Jessie felt the urge to write this book. Unglamored comes out August 2021.  Summary of the book: "Nineteen-year-old Rose B.D. is the nation’s top star, a famous Chinese-American singer who appears to have it all: a large fan base, a glamorous career in Shanghai, the perfect body. But behind the camera is a girl the public does not recognize, a girl who fights daily with the monsters in her head. Join Rose B.D. as she navigates the pressures of celebrity life, experiencing love, friendship, betrayal, and everything in between." Follow Jessie on social media! Instagram: @jessiejmcheng Website: jessiejmcheng.org Email: author@jessiejmcheng.org Book Promo Video: https://youtu.be/eircCKcWQ5c --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

This episode's conversation takes a different turn than the regular ones on this show in the sense that I'm not getting to know someone, I'm not interviewing them, and I'm not actively extracting meaningful, empowering messages or ideas. For Episode 50, I've brought on my sister. You'll hear about our relationship, fun childhood stories, some of our favorite travel experiences, and more. If you want to know more about us on a personal and casual level, this is the episode for you. You can find my sister on Instagram @hail_ysc. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

The regular listeners of my podcast know that over the past year I've featured 11 friends from the Yes Fam community created by the amazing YouTube channel Yes Theory, and something I've been thinking a lot about is the power of finding and engaging with a community of quality people. The values of human connection, authenticity, vulnerability, and an open-mindedness towards others have been a theme in the past episodes, and in my life. As one of two community managers for the Yes Fam, with over 159,000 members from around the world on Facebook alone, this episode's guest is the perfect person to continue that conversation. Allow me to introduce, Dora Bobanovic. Follow Dora on Instagram @dorabobanovic, and Join the Yes Theory Fam Facebook Group --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message

A man who feared nothing, not even death, and a woman who feared everything, never getting out of her comfort zone. They got married. "He sucked me in his world of thrill and excitement. He took me to his midnight car races, he took me to jump trains, he took me on his motorbike rides throughout the city." Then, when she had come back home to the United States, one day, he was gone. Crushed between a pillar and a car. It's been two years now. That is the story of today's guest on the podcast. yes, it's a story of pain and hardship, but it's also a beautiful story of love and growth. I am proud to introduce someone who has been through much, who won't ever claim she is perfect, but has a truly kind and loving soul. Someone who is growing past her fears, focusing on what matters in life, and has a maturity beyond her age. This is Kulsum's story. Join the Yes Fam Groups on Facebook! Join the "It's Zoom Time" Facebook Group, where Yes Fam members post Zoom calls for people to join, including Speed Friends events! Join the Official Yes Fam Facebook Group to interact with other Yes Fam members from around the world! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/ericchow/message