Saying 'no' to people and opportunities can seem like a reflex. In this episode I explore opening yourself up to people and opportunities by saying 'yes'.

We hear so much no from a young age it becomes a familiar and safe reply to most things. What would happen if you started saying YES?

This theme has been on my mind since my early twenties. Perhaps it was my first clue that I had so much fear in my life despite my outward confidence at times.

Learning to say yes doesn't have to be an over commitment but is a chance to overcome our fears. Saying yes can lead to stronger relationships in your personal or professional life. Saying yes can lead to discovering new joys.

Saying yes feels great when it comes balanced with healthy nos. Only you know your boundaries which are as important to defend as they are to explore.

I would love to hear from you and what you want to say YES to, email me at [email protected]

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Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

Accountability comes with all sorts of negative connotations but it is about so much more than taking responsibility for things that go wrong. It refers to completely taking ownership of the circumstances of your life and understanding that you are responsible for your relationships, reactions, choices, actions, communication and attitude.

In today's episode I talk about the different areas of our lives where this can be relevant and how we can take action to create accountability and improve our chances of achieving our goals and have peaceful relationships.

Accountability requires confidence in yourself. Confidence is key. We not only need to be confident in ourselves but we need others to know we are confident in them to ensure they too can be equally accountable.

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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

Getting started is always the hardest part. When you can compartmentalize getting started and separate it from the on going experience it is easier to see how the pain and suffering is likely to be short term. I share a breaking moment in my life that gave me the push I need to get started with making a huge change in my life.

When the pain of change is less than the pain of staying the same, you're ready to get started.

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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

Season 2 of the More than Lucky Podcast launches with a look back at the past nine months since I decided to work on letting go of controlling things in my life. I've let go, I've found peace and I feel more relaxed. I share my ideas about creating space and how we can help ourselves slow down.

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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

The past few months as I've talked to family and friends I've been noticing the various levels of comfort we all have when we have moments where we realize we need to talk. I made this episode for everyone who is thinking about talking to someone, including myself.

My sister Erica joins me for a thoughtful conversation about seeking support for your mental health. Erica shares her experiences of trying to figure out what to talk about,  finding someone helpful to talk to, and the different stages of the journey.

We talk about how our changing identities can be a scary and confusing. How can we become more of ourselves if we have no idea who we are?

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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

At one point in my life I thought my skin was what it was and I couldn't necessarily change it but just make it not as bad. I had a very dry t zone, very flaky on my nose and brow. One day while walking through The Bay a lady at the Estee Lader counter stopped me for one of those mini make overs. She showed my some skin care and a basic look. I was super impressed with how much moisture she added to my skin and I was sold. 

That didn't solve my problem 100% but it was a huge improvement. I was hooked, this was the beginning of me taking my skin more seriously and I have learned so much since. In this short episode I share the skincare chores I think make an impact for me and what I choose to focus on because we can't do it all!

Enjoy the episode, I have also posted details for everyone here!

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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

Today's episode is all about money. Have you ever considered what your relationship is with money? Is it stable? Are you confident in your choices? Or do you wing it and hope for the best? Each of us have our unique experiences and situations but there are common things we can do to ensure we aware and intentional in managing our money no matter your income.

I share my own experience with money, debt, credit cards and saving money. While I haven't always gotten it 100% right I have used a personal budgeting system for years to ensure I am aware of my expenses and income. My super simple check in each time I get paid keeps my priorities straight and helps me be realistic with my expectations of myself.

Credit cards aren't for everyone but if you can treat them right they will deliver great rewards. Credit cards can also lead to temptation and create significant and unmanageable debt which we talk about as well. 

No matter where you are in your financial journey, saving cash for rainy days or big purchases takes planning. If you're saving money for the first time start with a small goal. 

I also have one savings I never mentioned, the coin jar! I always raided my dad's growing up when you only needed a $1 or so for a snack at Pizza Pizza or McDonalds. Frankly these days with decreasing use of cash this might not work as well but there have been times where I've dumped out $60 or so. 

I share all this in hopes to encourage conversations about money and its ok to admit you have no idea what you're doing! 

Follow me on Instagram @morethanlucky.podcast or email me your money story at [email protected]

Brunch Club news coming soon!
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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

This week's episode features Rachel Despres, Career Coach for Rebels. Rachel and I talk about career lifestyle options, it doesn't have to be a 9-5 at your work-from-home-office. People around the nation are ready to ditch the dining table desk and take a leap of faith across the ocean of fear to try something new when things don't seem like they could get any worse.  Part way through the episode we talk about how to explore the nagging callings in the back of your mind and who you should be talking to in your life when considering making a change. When making a big change it is also important to have fair expectations of yourself and realistic timelines which we also cover in our chat!

The whole conversation goes in a direction I didn't expect so I know you will love this episode as much as I do.

Find Rachel at
RACHELDESPRES.COM
@racheldespres

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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

Cara and I haven't seen each other in a while and dive right into the conversation about life in South Africa and why she choose to study music therapy at the University of Pretoria. Our chat about music therapy looks at how the practice is different in Africa vs the US or Canada and how cultural histories and experiences influence different uses of music.

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@heycarasmith
@umoja_global

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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.

On this week's episode I am joined by Kiran Singhachaudhuri for a light hearted chat about how we are intentional about creating our own joy and what we're doing to relieve the pressure in our lives. We chat about how having fun has changed during the pandemic and the importance of supporting your local businesses.

What are you doing to create your own fun?

Kiran can be found on insta @currently_on_my_

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About the Host

Stephanie Lear is a thoughtful guide for women who are ready to create meaningful change — without losing their peace.

With a professional background in leadership, program development, and community-building, she has spent years designing spaces that bring people together with intention. But her most meaningful work has been the quiet, personal evolution that happens behind the scenes — the mindset shifts, perspective changes, and spiritual grounding that shape a life from the inside out.

Known among friends and colleagues as the one who gives the pep talk that actually lands, Stephanie has a gift for helping women zoom out, reconnect to what matters, and move forward with calm confidence. She shares what she’s learning in real time — not from a pedestal, but from lived experience.

Through More Than Lucky, she blends practical mindset tools with grounded spiritual insight to support women navigating reinvention, growth, and intentional next chapters.

Her belief is simple: peace and ambition can coexist.

And the life you want isn’t random — it’s created.