Twenty Something with Olivia Burnett

This week, Olivia sits down with one of the most influential mentors in her life, Natalyn “Natty” Lewis. Natty first came into Olivia’s life as her high school soccer coach, but the lessons she taught her then have followed Olivia well into her twenties.Natty is a speaker, executive coach, entrepreneur, and business strategist who has spent more than 26 years studying human behavior, leadership, and what helps people move forward when fear tells them to stay exactly where they are.Together, Olivia and Natty talk about why uncertainty can feel so uncomfortable in your twenties, what’s actually happening when your brain starts sounding the alarm, and why being afraid doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on the wrong path.They also unpack one of Natty’s biggest lessons: stop focusing so much on the outcome and start paying attention to who you’re becoming along the way.In this episode, you’ll learn:Why your twenties can suddenly feel more anxious and uncertainHow fear can keep you stuck even when the “cage door” is wide openWhy trying to avoid difficult emotions can actually make them feel biggerHow to separate what you can control from the outcomes you can’tWhy failure doesn’t have to mean you’re moving backwardHow to create a vision for your life without knowing exactly how it will happenWhat it looks like to keep moving forward even when you’re scaredIf you’ve been wondering what comes next, feeling afraid to hope again, or putting pressure on yourself to have your entire life figured out, this conversation is for you.Connect with NattyInstagram: @natty.o.lewisWebsite: nattyo.comConnect with OliviaInstagram: @twentysomething_podcastTikTok: @twentysomething_podcastYouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Grief doesn’t only happen when someone dies. It can show up after a breakup, a major life change, losing a job, losing a version of your future, or saying goodbye to a person or chapter you thought would always be there.In this episode, Olivia sits down with Patrick McCarthy (@misterpjm) for an honest conversation about what grief actually does to us — emotionally, physically, and even in the way we see our lives.After losing his mom, Patrick began sharing openly about grief online and quickly found that thousands of people were carrying versions of the same pain. Together, he and Olivia talk about what it means to stop running from grief, how to live alongside it, and how loss can eventually reshape the way you love, connect, and choose to live.In this episode, you'll learn:Why grief can feel so lonely, even when loss is universalWhat happens when you avoid, suppress, or outrun griefHow grief can show up physically in your bodyWhy there is no “right” way or timeline to grieveHow to handle jealousy when other people still have what you lostWhy you may feel guilty for laughing, feeling joy, or not being “sad enough”How grief can make it scary to love and attach to people againWays to keep someone’s memory alive after they’re goneHow to support someone you love who is grievingWhy grief can change what matters to you — and sometimes become a source of meaning, courage, and deeper loveWhether your grief is fresh, years old, or tied to a loss that looks completely different from someone else’s, this episode is a reminder that you don’t have to grieve perfectly. You just have to let yourself grieve honestly.Connect with PatrickInstagram + TikTok: @misterpjmWebsite: We The GrieversConnect with OliviaInstagram: @twentysomething_podcastTikTok: @twentysomething_podcastYouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Can I be a good mom and still miss my old life? Can I love my kids more than anything and still want time alone? Can I be ambitious, love my career, and not feel guilty for wanting something outside of motherhood?These are the hard questions so many moms ask themselves — and the ones we don’t always say out loud.In this episode, Olivia sits down with Kylee Noorlander, founder of Come Home Collective, to talk about what it actually looks like to become a mom without losing yourself in the process.Kylee became a mom at 21, and she opens up about loving motherhood while also grieving parts of the life she thought she would have in her twenties. Together, they talk about the guilt of wanting more, the pressure to be everything to everyone, the identity shift that comes with motherhood, and why taking care of yourself is about so much more than “self-care.”They also get into career and motherhood, comparison, nervous system regulation, learning to trust yourself, letting go of the life you thought you were supposed to have, and figuring out what you actually want your life to look like.Because maybe the question isn’t whether you can do motherhood perfectly. Maybe it’s: How do you build a life where you can deeply love your kids and still recognize yourself inside of it?Kylee recently launched the Come Home Method, a program designed to help women do exactly what this episode is all about: get more connected to who they are, what they need, and how they want to live.Twenty Something listeners can use code TWENTYSOMETHING for 20% off the Come Home Method.Follow Kylee on Instagram at @comehome.collective. Learn more: https://comehomecollective.com/Connect with Olivia and the Twenty Something community: Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast TikTok: @twentysomething_podcast YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

In this episode, Olivia sits down with Richard Ostler, host of the Listen, Learn & Love podcast, to have an honest conversation about LGBTQ+, faith, and the LDS Church. Richard is the author of Listen, Learn & Love: Embracing LGBTQ Latter-day Saints and has spent years listening to and sharing the stories of queer Latter-day Saints through his podcast, which now has more than 900 episodes and 8 million downloads.Richard shares how serving as a YSA bishop changed the way he understood and supported queer Latter-day Saints, and why listening to people’s lived experiences became such an important part of his own faith journey. Together, Olivia and Richard talk about shame, belonging, personal revelation, same-sex marriage, church participation, suicide prevention, allyship, and what it really looks like to become a safe person for the people around you.They also get into the questions that don’t always have easy answers: What do you do when someone you love feels like their identity and their religion are asking them to choose between two parts of themselves? How do we support people without trying to decide their path for them? What can we do to make our homes, churches, and communities safer places for queer people? And with rates of anxiety, depression, and suicidal ideation so high, what does meaningful support actually look like?This conversation isn’t about having every answer, but it is about listening better, loving people more deeply, and making room for honest questions, complicated experiences, and real faith.Connect with Richard:Instagram: @papa_ostlerPodcast: Listen, Learn & LoveConnect with Olivia:Instagram: @twentysomething_podcastTikTok: @twentysomething_podcastYouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Politics and the news can feel impossible to keep up with. There’s always another headline, TikTok, breaking story, opinion, or person telling you what you should believe; and sometimes trying to stay informed just leaves you feeling even more overwhelmed. So what do we do? A lot of us get overloaded and stop paying attention altogether.In this episode, Olivia sits down with 10x Emmy-winning journalist Spencer Joseph to talk about how to actually stay informed without letting the news, and all the emotions that come with it, consume you. Olivia and Spencer also talk about how algorithms shape what we see, why your social media feed can make one perspective feel like the only perspective, how to spot bias and lies, how to hear people you disagree with without abandoning your own beliefs, and why it’s okay to say, “I don’t know enough about that to have an opinion yet.”Spencer shares what he’s learned from years working inside the news industry, including how stories get reported, why breaking news rarely gives you the full picture, how to recognize more trustworthy sources, and why going back to original documents, videos, and reporting can completely change the way you understand a story.If politics stresses you out, you’ve stopped following the news altogether, or you just want to become a more thoughtful and informed person, this episode gives you practical ways to understand what’s happening in the world without letting it take over your life.Connect with Olivia:Instagram: @twentysomething_podcastTikTok: @twentysomething_podcastYouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnettConnect with Spencer:Instagram: @SpencerJosephTV