What if the friction you are feeling is not a sign that you need to push harder, but a sign that something in your life or business is ready to change?

In this solo episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly explores the friction so many entrepreneurs are feeling right now around content, visibility, business growth, and the ways they have been conditioned to define success. After hearing the same sense of exhaustion echoed by other female founders, she began questioning whether the answer is really more consistency, another strategy, or simply trying harder.

Carly shares how her own relationship with Instagram, manifestation, ambition, and success has been shifting, and why she is learning to separate responsibility from control. Through reflections on a bird feeder that required patience and a tree in her backyard that had begun choking itself through its own roots, she explores one of the hardest parts of self trust: knowing the difference between something that needs more time and something you have already outgrown.

This episode is an invitation to look at what you are really building toward, notice how much of the life you once wanted may already be here, and question the goals, habits, strategies, and identities you may still be carrying simply because they once worked.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and share it with someone who may be questioning what they are ready to carry into their next season.

Key Takeaways

• Friction is not always a problem to fix. Sometimes it is information that you have outgrown the way you have been doing something

• When you have spent years following formulas, trends, and algorithms, showing up authentically can require first letting go of the version of yourself you learned to perform

• It is worth questioning the definition of success you are chasing and whether it still reflects what you actually want in this season of your life

• Manifestation is not about controlling an outcome. It is about taking aligned action while learning to trust what happens after you have done your part

• A result is data. The story you attach to that result is something different, and self trust means learning not to make every slow month, no, or underperforming post mean something about your worth

• Sometimes self trust looks like patience and giving the seed more time to grow. Other times, it looks like recognizing that something has run its course and being willing to let it go

Jenna's substack: https://substack.com/@jennazoe

Episode 17: https://thefavouriteselfpodcast.buzzsprout.com/2597263/episodes/19467397

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What does it actually take to become the woman who can hold the success, visibility, and legacy she says she wants?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Jen Leigh, founder of Becoming Iconic, for a powerful conversation about identity, personal branding, wealth, visibility, motherhood, and the internal evolution required to build something bigger. Jen shares the story behind a major career pivot, the season where she was carrying $100K in debt while chasing external proof of success, and the moment she finally trusted the pull toward something more.

Together, Carly and Jen unpack why visibility alone does not create success, the importance of building a strong brand foundation before asking for a bigger audience, and the difference between performing a personal brand and fully becoming it. Jen also shares her perspective on investing in yourself, raising children inside an entrepreneurial household, moving through fear of success, and why she believes the greatest ROI often comes from who you become along the way.

This conversation is an invitation to stop rushing the lifestyle, stop waiting for more followers to validate your work, and start becoming the woman who can sustain the success you are building. Because the next level is not only about getting there. It is about developing the capacity, self trust, and leadership to hold it.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and share it with someone who is stepping into their own next level.

Key Takeaways
• Bigger success often requires an identity shift before it requires another strategy

• Investing in yourself is not only about immediate financial ROI. Every experience can deepen your standards, discernment, leadership, and self trust

• A powerful personal brand is not about performing someone else’s formula. It is about becoming more fully expressed in your own voice, taste, standards, and strengths

• Success is easier to sustain when you stop rushing the external lifestyle and give yourself time to become the person capable of holding it

• Motherhood and entrepreneurship can work together, especially when your children are able to witness resilience, possibility, creativity, and self belief in real time

• Intentionality is a defining part of Jen’s Favourite Self. Leading her day instead of chasing it allows her to show up with more presence, generosity, and purpose

Jen's Bio:

Jen is the Founder of Becoming Iconic® and the Founder and Editor in Chief of Iconic Magazine® as well as a mom of four. 

Jen has helped thousands of women worldwide build successful businesses, resulting in over $100 million in sales through her full service brand that incorporates mentorship and done-for-you creative services. Renowned for her innovative approach to business and her impeccable leadership, her consulting and mentorship consistently generate waitlists.

In 2022, after losing her social media, Jen launched Iconic Magazine alongside her top 100 podcast, the Iconic Podcast. This bold move transformed into a globally recognized media powerhouse. Often described as Forbes meets Vogue, the magazine has garnered over ten million impressions and reached 48+ countries. Now an established media company, Iconic Magazine provides a triple-threat PR opportunity for visionary women looking to be seen, heard and remembered.

Jen's Links:
Website: https://becomingiconic.co/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/becomingiconic/ 

Iconic Magazine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iconicmagazine__/ 

The Iconic Podcast: https://becomingiconicpodcast.buzzsprout.com/

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What if your sensitivity is not something you need to overcome, but one of your greatest strengths as a leader?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with creative entrepreneur Janette Downie to talk about building businesses that honour your energy, your relationships, and the life you actually want to live. Janette shares her journey from an unfulfilling corporate career to entrepreneurship, and how creativity has remained the through line across photography, her marketing agency Space Creatorz, and her newest venture, The Chill Space.

Together, Carly and Janette explore what it means to lead with empathy without allowing others to take advantage of it, why radical presence has been essential to protecting Janette’s energy, and how she learned to stop treating every request like an emergency. They also open up about motherhood, working alongside their partners, making decisions based on clear priorities, and using human design as a tool for greater self-understanding and compassion within relationships.

This conversation is a reminder that you do not have to sacrifice your family, humanity, or creativity to build a successful business. When you know what matters most, you can create boundaries, make aligned decisions, and give your full attention to the life directly in front of you.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and share it with someone who is learning to lead, create, and build a business in a way that feels more like them.

Key Takeaways

• Sensitivity can strengthen your leadership by helping you lead with empathy, intuition, and a deeper awareness of the people around you

• Protecting your energy does not require the perfect routine. It begins with giving your full attention to what is in front of you and remembering that not everything is an emergency

• Trying to hold every role at once can lead to resentment and burnout, even when you genuinely love everything you are doing

• Clear priorities make difficult decisions easier, especially when two meaningful opportunities compete for your time

• Choosing your family does not mean you are missing out. It can mean building your business around the life you intended it to support

• Working with your partner requires shared values, clear roles, honest communication, and room for each person to operate differently

• Human design can offer permission to understand your natural energy, honour your needs, and approach relationships with greater empathy

Janette’s Bio

Janette Downie is a Nova Scotia based marketing agency owner, photographer, podcast host, and experience designer who has built three creative businesses around one belief: sensitive creatives deserve to succeed without sacrificing themselves in the process.

She is the founder of The Chill Space, a pop up event activation, podcast, and content platform created for people who bring the energy and know when to protect it. She is also the cofounder of Space Creatorz, a digital marketing agency specializing in advertising and email marketing.

After experiencing burnout, stress addiction, and years of following frameworks that never felt designed for her, Janette found her way back to herself through creativity, community, and unlearning. Today, she helps other sensitive creatives build businesses and lives that feel good through content, events, retreats, photography, and honest conversations.

Janette’s Links

Website: https://www.janettedownie.com

The Chill Space: https://www.thechillspace.com

Space Creatorz: https://www.spacecreatorz.com

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heynettybaby/

Photography Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janettedowniephoto/

The Chill Space Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chillhappenshere/

Space Creatorz Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/spacecreatorz/

Free Resource: https://thechillspace.myflodesk.com/podcast-freebie

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What if the biggest transformation isn't changing your circumstances, but expanding your capacity to hold them?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly pulls back the curtain on a full season of family life, business growth, manifestation, uncertainty, and expanded capacity. She shares what this summer has looked like behind the scenes, from working more flexibly while her kids are home to watching their relationship grow and recognizing how differently she is able to hold both motherhood and business compared to just a few years ago.

Carly also shares the story behind manifesting Kathleen Cameron as her live podcast guest at the High Vibe Women Full Day Experience, the powerful response to leading a Favourite Self visualization at Gather Self and Style, and why these moments have felt like confirmation that she is stepping deeper into the work she is meant to do. She opens up about creating The Favourite Self Retreat, the evolution happening inside Web of Words, and the personal challenges her family has been navigating after her father-in-law’s serious accident.

This episode is a reminder that joy, grief, growth, uncertainty, and beautiful opportunities can all exist at once. Often, the biggest transformation is not that our circumstances suddenly change, but that we become the version of ourselves who can hold more of life without losing our connection to who we are.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and share it with someone who may need this reminder in their own full season.

Key Takeaways:

• Life does not always get easier, but your capacity to hold motherhood, business, and change can expand

• Manifestation becomes more powerful when you stop trying to control every step and begin operating from trust

• The work you do on yourself often creates more growth than another strategy, system, or productivity hack

• Joy and grief can exist at the same time, and you do not have to diminish one to honour the other

• The biggest transformations often happen because you change, not because your circumstances become perfect

Links: 

High Vibe Women Full Day Experience: https://www.highvibewomen.ca/october-2026-event (use code CARLY50 to save $50 on your ticket)

Favourite Self Podcast Episode 3: How to Live and Lead as Your Most Authentic Self with Maria Tassi https://thefavouriteselfpodcast.buzzsprout.com/2597263/episodes/18976012-3-how-to-live-and-lead-as-your-most-authentic-self-with-maria-tassi 

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What happens when the chapter the world knows you for ends, and you are asked to meet yourself in a whole new way?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Olympic champion Jennifer Jones for a conversation about introverted leadership, identity, visibility, motherhood, and life after elite sport. Best known as one of the greatest curlers of all time, Jennifer opens up about the quieter parts of her story too: the self-doubt, the pressure of leading at the highest level, and the inner work that shaped not just her career, but the person she has become beyond the medals.

Together, Carly and Jennifer talk about retiring from competitive curling, writing and publishing her book Rock Star, stepping into new forms of visibility through speaking, broadcasting, and podcasting, and allowing ambition and motherhood to exist side by side. This conversation is a powerful reminder that reinvention is not about becoming someone completely new. It is about allowing more of who you really are to come through in each new season.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and connect with Jennifer through the links below.

Key Takeaways:

• Why introverted leaders often make the strongest leaders
• Navigating retirement and identity after elite sport
• Balancing ambition, motherhood, and personal fulfillment
• Building a personal brand beyond the career that made you famous
• Why reinvention is really a return to yourself

Jennifer’s Bio:

Jennifer Jones is an Olympic gold medalist, lawyer, mom, speaker, broadcaster, podcast host, and the #1 national bestselling author of Rock Star. Best known as one of Canada’s most accomplished curlers, Jennifer now brings the lessons she learned through elite sport, leadership, and motherhood into conversations that help others stop playing small and start asking themselves, Why not you?

Through speaking, broadcasting, and her podcast Rock Stars, Jennifer shares a message rooted in presence, trust, resilience, and the belief that you do not have to choose between ambition and kindness or become someone you are not in order to succeed.

Jennifer’s Links:

Website: https://jennifer-jones.ca/
Rock Stars Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/rock-stars-with-jennifer-jones-and-brent-laing/id1873345372 

Rock Star: https://www.indigo.ca/products/rock-star-6 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jjonescurl?igsh=dWJtZDVqbG10dDYz 

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What does it really take to build a personal brand that creates opportunity?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with personal branding and PR expert Katrina Owens to talk about visibility, big brand energy, and what it means to build a personal brand with intention. After leaving a decade-long career in corporate marketing and PR, Katrina started from scratch with no online presence and a lot of resistance to being seen. Since then, she has built a six-figure personal brand through speaking, brand partnerships, sold out events, and strategic visibility.

Together, Carly and Katrina explore how personal branding can become a powerful business asset, why being seen requires both strategy and self trust, and how women can use their voices to create real momentum in their work. This conversation is a reminder that visibility is not just about showing up more. It is about showing up in a way that reflects your value, your vision, and the direction you are growing into.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and share it with someone who needs this conversation too.

Key Takeaways:

• Visibility is not just a marketing strategy. It is also a self belief practice

• Personal brands can become powerful revenue generating assets when they are built with intention

• Big brand energy comes from owning your voice, your expertise, and your value

• You do not need to wait until you feel fully ready to start showing up and being seen

• Speaking, partnerships, and aligned opportunities often grow from the courage to build your personal brand publicly

Katrina’s Bio:

Katrina Owens is a podcast host, speaker, and personal branding and PR strategist who helps founders and leaders turn their personal brands into revenue generating assets. After leaving a decade-long career in corporate marketing and public relations, she built her own six figure personal brand from scratch through speaking, brand partnerships, sold out events, and strategic visibility.

Today, Katrina helps ambitious entrepreneurs, executives, and service based business owners become recognized authorities in their space and turn that recognition into real opportunities, including media features, paid speaking engagements, partnerships, and long term business growth. She is known for helping women show up with intention, build famous feeling brands, and use visibility as a tool for expansion.

Katrina’s Links: 

Website: https://katrinaowens.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katrinaowenspr/

Fame-Ready Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/1EtM44q77XACmT9cHrg7vN?si=5hv36rhNTjGWN3oxc_Kl7Q&utm_source=copy-link

Free Guide to Your First Feature: https://knockoutdirective.thrivecart.com/your-first-feature/

Join the waitlist to be the first to hear about the launch of The Six-Figure Personal Brand in August 2026: https://katrinaowens.myflodesk.com/six-figure-waitlist

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What if your resistance to showing up online is not something to push through, but something to listen to?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly shares a real-time reflection on why Instagram has not been feeling exciting or aligned lately, even as someone who has spent years helping others show up online. After a week unplugged at the family cottage and a difficult personal situation back home, she opens up about the tension between building a business through visibility and wanting to be fully present in real life.

Carly explores the difference between fear that is asking you to grow and inner wisdom that is inviting you to shift. She shares how to get curious about resistance instead of judging it, why discernment matters in seasons of change, and how honesty can become the doorway back to connection. This episode is a reminder that showing up online should not come at the cost of your truth, and that sometimes your next level is not about doing more, but about doing it differently.

Key Takeaways:

• Resistance is not always fear. Sometimes it is a sign that something in the way you are showing up is ready to evolve

• It is important to discern whether you are avoiding being seen or whether your current way of being seen no longer feels aligned

• Taking space from social media can help you reconnect with your real life, your energy, and what actually matters most

• The most meaningful connection online often comes from sharing what is honest and true, not what is perfectly strategic

• You do not need to force yourself through misalignment. You can get curious, listen inward, and adjust how you show up

• In a louder online world, your truth is what cuts through

• Astrology can be a helpful reflective tool for understanding what themes you are being asked to look at more closely, especially around communication, visibility, and personal expression

Astrology Chart: https://astro-charts.com/
The Pattern App: https://www.thepattern.com/

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What if personal style is about so much more than clothes, and is actually one of the ways you step into the version of yourself you are becoming?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Suzanne Colmer, founder of Your Shop Girl, for a conversation about personal style, confidence, identity, and how what you wear can shape the way you think, feel, and show up. Suzanne shares her human centered approach to style and why building a wardrobe that truly reflects your life goes far beyond trends or buying more. It is about feeling aligned, intentional, and fully like yourself.

Together, Carly and Suzanne talk about the difference between looking good and actually feeling good in what you wear, how to reconnect with your style in a way that supports your next level, and why your closet can often reflect who you have been more than who you are becoming. This episode is such a powerful reminder that style can be a practical and meaningful tool for self trust, confidence, and personal evolution.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and share it with someone who needs this conversation too.

Key Takeways: 

• Personal style is not just about clothes. It can be a reflection of your identity and the version of yourself you are stepping into

• Looking good and feeling like yourself are not always the same thing, and both matter

• A supportive wardrobe should reflect your real life, not just your past self or who you think you should be

• Buying less and wearing more can create more clarity, confidence, and ease in how you get dressed

• Style can be a practical way to build self trust and show up more powerfully in your day to day life

Suzanne bio:

Suzanne Colmer is a Toronto-based image and style consultant and founder of Your Shop Girl. She helps people feel confident, powerful, and fully themselves in how they present to the world. Suzanne’s work goes beyond clothes, guiding clients to build wardrobes that reflect who they are and who they are becoming.

Known for her human-centred approach, Suzanne specializes in closet cleanses and shopping your closet so clients can buy less, wear more, and get dressed with greater ease and intention. Her practical, supportive style has made her a trusted voice in the industry, with features on Global TV, CBC, The Globe and Mail, and internationally with Tourism Toronto.

Suzanne links:

Website: https://yourshopgirl.com
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/your_shop_girl/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yourshopgirl

The Favourite Self Retreat:  https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What if joy is not something you arrive at, but something you return to again and again?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Jillian Schecher, joy educator, founder of the Academy of Joyful Living, creator of The Joy Method, and a coach who helps people lead, feel, and live from a place that is rooted in truth. What unfolds is a deeply honest conversation about emotional honesty, overfunctioning, sobriety, presence, and what it really means to build a life that feels as good as it looks.

Jillian shares how her journey into this work began after getting sober, when everything she had been avoiding rose to the surface and invited her into a different way of living. Together, Carly and Jillian explore the difference between performative positivity and real joy, the importance of listening to your body, and why the life you are creating can only feel as good as your ability to actually receive it. This is such a powerful conversation for anyone craving more truth, more softness, and a deeper connection to themselves.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and share it with someone who needs this conversation too.

Key Takeaways:

• Joy is not a destination you arrive at. It is a daily practice of coming back to yourself.

• Real joy is not performative or about being positive all the time. It begins with telling the truth about what you actually feel.

• Overfunctioning can disconnect you from your body, your emotions, and the life you are trying to build.

• The life you desire will only feel as good as your capacity to receive it.

• Listening to your body is often the first step toward deeper alignment, honesty, and healing.

Jillian’s Bio:

Jillian Schecher is a Joy Educator, coach, speaker, author, and founder of The Academy of Joyful Living. She is the creator of The Joy Method™ and helps individuals, leaders, and communities reconnect with joy as a daily practice rather than something to chase or earn. Through her work, Jillian guides people back to themselves so they can lead, live, and create from a place that actually feels good.

Jilian’s Links:

Website: https://jillianschecher.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillianschecher?igsh=MTB5bHoxcHRoNnEzNA==

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jillianschecher/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@jillianschecher

Joy Facilitator Certification: https://www.theacademyofjoyfulliving.com/joy-sessions-facilitator-program

The Joy Nest: https://www.theacademyofjoyfulliving.com/the-joy-nest

Free Resource, The Joy Reset: https://jillianschecher.com/joyreset

50% off Intro to Joy: 8 Week Joyful Living Program: https://www.theacademyofjoyfulliving.com/introtojoy (Use code JOY50)

The Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast

What if the story holding you back is also the one that is meant to set you free?

In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly dives into authentic storytelling, visibility, and why the stories we tell ourselves eventually become the stories we tell the world. She unpacks how the beliefs sitting beneath the surface, about not being enough, being too much, or needing more experience before being seen, can quietly shape the way we show up in business, branding, and content.

Carly also breaks down what makes a signature story powerful, why transformation matters more than the event itself, and how to tell stories that actually connect. From understanding your brand as a mirror to learning the difference between sharing your wounds and sharing your wisdom, this episode is a reminder that people do not connect with perfection. They connect with truth, transformation, and the version of you that is willing to let them in.

If this episode resonates, be sure to follow and subscribe to The Favourite Self Podcast, and share it with someone who needs this reminder.

Key Takeaways:

• The stories you tell yourself shape the way you show up in your brand, your business, and your visibility

• Your signature story is not just a dramatic event. It is the transformation you have moved through

• People connect more deeply with transformation than perfection

• Vulnerability in storytelling is not about sharing everything. It is about sharing the wisdom that came from what you lived through

• The most powerful stories follow a clear arc: situation, struggle, shift, and solution

• Your audience does not need a guru who has it all figured out. They need a guide they can see themselves in

• The stories that stick are the ones that act like mirrors and help people feel seen in their own experience

The Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Carly's Links
Website: carlyottaway.com / webofwords.ca
Instagram: @‌itscarlyottaway / @‌webofwords_
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlyottaway

Favourite Self Retreat: https://www.carlyottaway.com/the-favourite-self-retreat

Coming Home: https://www.amazon.ca/Coming-Home-Path-Favourite-Permission/dp/1069218308

Watch on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@favouriteselfpodcast