The Aligned Life Podcast
by Megan Schmidt
The Aligned Life Podcast is for women who love personal and spiritual growth and want to create real transformation in their life from the inside-out. You'll hear episodes on mindset, energy, consciousness, creating peak health, being on purpose, spirituality and more. My hope is that through this podcast you develop unshakable self belief, radical responsibility, and the discipline to stay consistent towards your goals and dreams. Expect to be inspired and motivated to create your most Aligned Life!
Episodes
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ALP: Your Cycle and Exercise
Send a text In this episode I share about your cycle and exercise. I talk about tracking your cycle, the phases of your cycle, and how you may feel in each of the phases. I share my own experience, how I plan my exercise and routine and how it changes from week to week. I touch a little on rest,...
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ALP: The Power of Self Concept
Send a text It's easy for a smoker to smoke, a runner to run, an over thinker to overthink or a chef to cook - because there is no effort to be who you claim yourself to be. THIS is the power of your self concept. Action becomes automatic when it aligns with your identity. You don't have to rely…
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ALP: The Running Episode
Send a text In this episode I'm sharing my running tips with you! I share my own running schedule, the different types of runs I do, heart rate zones, and more. I have been running since 2008 (minus a couple years when I was pregnant), but it's only been in the last 3 years or so that I have been...
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ALP: You always have a choice, so what are you choosing?
Send a text In this episode, we’re diving deep into the truth that you are always choosing—whether you realize it or not. Even in the moments where it feels like life is happening to you, you’re still making choices: what to believe, how to respond, what to hold on to, what to let go of. We’ll…
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ALP: How to Shift Your Mindset and Elevate Your Energy
Send a text In this weeks' episode we're talking about the connection between your mindset and your energy - and how to shift both to feel more positive and in control of your life. You'll learn: what it really means to shift your mindset and how to catch thoughts that are draining, unhelpful,...
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ALP: Step into Your Full Potential
Send a text Next week is the start of the Full Potential Challenge happening in my new membership: Daily Practice. While I don't actually believe we'll ever reach our Full Potential, I love the idea of striving towards it because we will accomplish so much more that way. I believe that we are...
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Full Potential Challenge
Send a text The Align membership has had a re-brand and is now Daily Practice. The idea behind Daily Practice is that you create results based on what you do daily, the habits, practices, rituals or autopilot behaviours, and that change can happen easily (or easier) by focusing on a few key…
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ALP: Wellness From Within
Send a text This week's episode is about the details of an upcoming online group program, Wellness From Within, which starts on March 26. This is a group program for women who are wanting to transform their health by transforming their relationship with food, exercise and their body. Some of the...
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AWP: You are Your Goal
Send a text You are a worthy goal. If you feel like you are lacking clarity or direction in your life, consider making your health and your personal growth your goal. Taking care of yourself, in both mind and body, will give your life a sense of purpose. The purpose of life is growth - so choose...
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ALP: The Power of Thought
Send a text Yesterday I was listening to a talk from Sydney Banks on "The Power of Thought" and I wanted to share some take-aways from what he shared. Some of the key points in today's episode are: Becoming conscious of what you think is always the first step It's not what you think but that you...
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ALP: The Things You Want Are Yours
Send a text In this episode I'm breaking down a lesson I learned from a Kabbalah teacher, David Ghiyam, about the purpose of personal and spiritual growth. The inner work and personal transformation you do is what "creates the vessel" to receive the things you want in life. There is no God in the...
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ALP: Making Empowered Decisions with your Food Choices
Send a text I've been a vegetarian for over 16 years and while I don't think that just being a vegetarian makes you healthier, it led me down a path of learning about the food industry, learning about ingredients and food labels, and being conscious about what I feed myself and my family. It can…
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ALP: What "Working on yourself" actually looks like
Send a text This week we are talking about the importance of personal growth work and what "working on yourself" actually looks like. This episode was inspired by the quote from Neville Goddard: "To seek on the outside for that which you do not feel you are is to seek in vain, for we never find...
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4 Components of an Aligned Life
Send a text It's been a minute since my last episode! After a couple months off I felt inspired today to share a back to the basics episode on the 4 components of an Aligned Life. I really do believe that each of us has a responsibility to be all that we can be and living an Aligned Life isn't…
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How to Create Better Mental Health
Send a text This week i'm sharing 6 ways you can create better mental health and have a rock solid mindset. A few things I really want to emphasize are: We are not meant to "feel good" all the time, because we don't! Life is both "positive" and "negative" and so nothing has gone wrong when we are...
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Marathon Recap
Send a text Yesterday was my full marathon and on this episode I'm sharing the details of what went well for my training and on the run, and what didn't go well or what I would do differently for my next marathon. If you are a runner or have a race coming up, I hope this episode will be helpful…
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AWP: Marathon, Dealing with Disappointment and Mindset
Send a text The marathon I've been training for since January is finally here (on Sunday) and I've been sick for the last 11 days. On this weeks' episode I share about my mindset and dealing with the disappointment of missing runs and adjusting my schedule and goal time. I also talk about making...
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AWP: Doing Hard Things and Having Big Vision
Send a text I'm currently training for a marathon, which is on May 26th, and the process has me thinking about the importance of doing hard things and creating a big vision for yourself. The point of having a big goal is about the person you become in the process of working towards it. Even if…
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Values, Alignment and Fulfillment
Send a text If you want to create a life that's aligned and fulfilling you need to be clear on your values and what matters to you. In this weeks' episode we talk about: -how to know what's in alignment for you -valuing what you want to value -learning why something matters to make it a value…
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AWP: Confidence
Send a text I've talked about Confidence a few times on the podcast but this week I'm sharing a few new perspectives about it that you might not have heard before. As I share in this weeks' episode, confidence is not something that's outside of you, it comes from inside you, from how you think...
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ALP: Top 5 Biggest Hurdles Women Face in their Wellness
Send a text This week I'm sharing the 5 things I see as the biggest "blocks" that hold women back from creating better health and wellness for themselves AND how to overcome them. I truly believe we all want to be our best, feel our best, and do our best, but wanting something isn’t always…
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ALP: Reasons People Don't Reach Their Goals
Send a text In this weeks' episode I share 7 reasons why people DON'T reach their goals. Chances are, if you haven't accomplished a goal you'd like to for yourself, there are a few of these that are coming up for you. Always remember: you are the cause, so within each of these 7 points, it's...
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ALP: How to Know Yourself
Send a text It sounds so simple and obvious: you need to really know yourself for you to be able to create an Aligned Life. This weeks' episode will help you get to know yourself on a deeper level. I believe we all start off living default lives, trying to "fit in", be like others and follow the...
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ALP: The Mind-Body Connection
Send a text This week we are talking about the mind-body connection on the podcast. I share how you can build a better relationship with your body, be on your own side, learn what's coming up within the body and the connection between what you think, how you feel and any pain or disease going on....
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ALP: Purpose, Self Discipline and Energy
Send a text Welcome to the Aligned Life Podcast! A new year called for a slight refresh since we talk about more than wellness on this podcast. I am also sharing my episodes on YouTube so be sure you subscribe to my channel! This weeks' episode is about connecting to your purpose and giving…
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AWP: Finding + Living Your Purpose in 2024
Send a text Finding and living a purposeful life is a hot topic for people in my community and the personal growth space at large. This week I share about how we each have two paths of purpose in this life and what they each are so you can begin living on purpose and in your purpose in 2024 and...
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AWP: Limiting Beliefs around creating Peak Health
Send a text Peak health isn't 1 thing, it's a combination of many habits that all stem from the belief "I matter". When you fully believe that you matter (and therefore your health matters), you will inevitably take steps towards creating peak health. In this weeks' episode you'll learn about how...
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AWP: The No Complaining Challenge
Send a text Last week on Instagram I put out a "No complaining challenge". Since what we think and what we speak about creates our feelings, complaining will obviously create negative feelings, and it makes sense that we should eliminate it from our life. The problem for many people is that...
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AWP: The Ultimate Form of Self Respect
Send a text Self respect comes through living in alignment with your values, keeping your word with yourself and taking immaculate care of yourself + your well-being. To me, peak health is the ultimate form of self respect because it's honouring your mind and body. Peak health is not a certain…
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AWP: When You Feel Stuck or Lost in Life
Send a text Have you ever felt like you're stuck in rut or lost in life? Directionless? Apathetic? Unfulfilled? Off purpose? Whatever you want to call it, I believe it can happen to all of us at one point or another. The good news is: You're never stuck! The "bad" news is: You can't blame…
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AWP: Problems, Challenges + Difficult Situations
Send a text In this weeks' episode I share a quote from A.H Almaas on how problems and difficult situations are created for you, by a part of you that wants the best for you. This may not be everyone's belief system, but it's a part of mine and what I teach in the Align membership and adopting…
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The 1% and the 99%
Send a text This weeks' episode explains why being proactive instead of reactive, is so important. There is a 1% realm and a 99% realm. Everything starts in the spiritual (or energetic realm) first and trickles down to the physical realm but depending on our consciousness, we see and react to the...
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AWP: Fall in Love with Your Life
Send a text Falling in love with your life is two parts: there's the mindset and alignment. 1. Mindset: you need to have the consciousness (thoughts, beliefs and feelings) available to enjoy and love your life. 2. Alignment: you need to be in authentic alignment. This is the action piece: it's a...
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AWP: Understanding + Recognizing Your Personal Patterns
Send a text This is a powerful and deep episode to help you "see" your patterns which are causing you pain, discomfort or keeping you small. A pattern is a reoccurring theme that shows up again and again in your life. The people or circumstances may change, but the feelings you experience is the...
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AWP: 10 Things I'm doing to Prep for my 1/2 Marathon
Send a text I'm about a week away from race day for the 1/2 marathon I've been training for this summer and in this weeks' episode I share some things I'm doing to prepare for the run. (Pro Tip: This episode is not just for runners ;)) Each of these tips is a mindset tip, even if it doesn't seem...
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AWP: Discipline is the Effect, Self Belief is the Cause
Send a text Today's episode is a fresh take on Discipline. To me, discipline is freedom, but I don't really think about how I need to be a disciplined person, I think about what I want and what's important to me, and I spend time believing it's possible, then the discipline to accomplish things...
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AWP: 33 Thoughts About Life Worth Knowing
Send a text I turned 33 on the weekend so I made a list of 33 things worth knowing! I shared the list on Instagram but wanted to expand on each of the points a bit more for the podcast! I think you'll enjoy this one ;) Ps. Enjoy this weeks' episode and share it with a friend who also loves…
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AWP: You Should Want It All
Send a text Today's episode is about wanting it all: Why you should, why people don't and what that really means. In a course I'm taking this was a quote the instructor said: "You should want it all" and he also said, "not only should you want it all, the creator also wants you to have it all"…
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AWP: Some of my Core Beliefs about Life
Send a text In today's episode I share some of my core beliefs about life, health, relationships and being on purpose. I don't claim to know it all, but what I do know is that these beliefs help me live life the way I want and they feel really empowering when I believe them. Ps. Share this…
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AWP: Understanding Reactive and Proactive Behaviour
Send a text For you to create a better life for yourself you need to learn how to act greater than how you feel. I'm not talking about a feeling of intuition, I'm talking about the fleeting feelings we sometimes have that we use against ourselves. The feelings that we have when we are in a…
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AWP: The Shadow Self: Taking Your Personal Growth to the Next Level
Send a text I have been so excited to share this topic with you on the podcast: The Shadow Self. The shadow is the term used to refer to the parts of ourselves we deem as unacceptable or unloveable based on our early childhood experiences. If we experienced shame or pain growing up, or saw other...
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AWP: Summer, Consistency + Routines
Send a text I had a poll on Instagram asking how you were feeling about summer and your routine and an overwhelming majority of you replied that you were slightly anxious about things being off so I decided to share some thoughts on this weeks' podcast episode. If you are new to creating a self...
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AWP: The Power of Beliefs
Send a text A couple of weeks' ago I did an episode on The Law of Resonance and I shared something I learned from Dr. Wayne Dyer: "You don't what you want you get who you are." This week I share another thought: "You don't get what you want, you get what you believe." We also unpack beliefs a bit...
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AWP: Stress
Send a text This week we are talking about stress. Your mind is beyond powerful - that can be the best news ever, or not - depending on if you use or mind or let it use you. When you google the definition of stress you'll get: "Stress can be defined as a state of worry or mental tension caused by…
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AWP: You Always Find What You Look For
Send a text Today's episode is expanding on an Instagram post I made last week: "It's amazing how you always seem to find what you look for." I share examples from my own life of times I was looking for what I didn't want and found them to help you notice how you may be doing this too in your…
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AWP: The Most Important Law of the Universe
Send a text If you are into the Law of Attraction and manifestation you will love today's episode. Most people are familiar with the concepts of Law of Attraction, but the law I share in today's episode is what I consider the real Law of Attraction. The most important thing with personal growth…
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AWP: Actions Speak Louder Than Words
Send a text It's a cliche because it's true - actions do speak louder than words. It doesn't matter (necessarily) what you say or what you tell yourself or others that you believe - it matters what you actually do, it matters how you actually treat people, and it matters the energy you do it in!...
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AWP: 8 Quick Health Tips to Feel Your Best
Send a text Today I share 8 quick health tips that will help you feel your best! We talk about sleep, morning sun, the potency of right before you fall asleep and right when you wake up, whole foods, and how what you normalize becomes your normal. Listen to this weeks' episode to hear all the...
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AWP: The One with the Quotes
Send a text I love quotes and always screenshot them to save to my phone so this week I thought it would be fun to do a podcast episode sharing some of the quotes I had saved in a little cluster on my phone. I'd love to hear which quote from today's episode is your favourite? Screenshot today's...
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Bonus Episode: Release and Unwind Hypnosis
Send a text Grab your headphones and journal and get yourself to a quiet room for a bonus episode: Release and Unwind hypnosis. If you've never tried hypnosis before you'll love how relaxed, clear and rejuvenated you feel after the session - it's one of the best feelings. You may wish to journal...
About this show
The Aligned Life Podcast is for women who love personal and spiritual growth and want to create real transformation in their life from the inside-out. You'll hear episodes on mindset, energy, consciousness, creating peak health, being on purpose, spirituality and more. My hope is that through this podcast you develop unshakable self belief, radical responsibility, and the discipline to stay consistent towards your goals and dreams. Expect to be inspired and motivated to create your most Aligned Life!
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