The Owaken Podcast

In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, Hella Omega and Lukis Mac explore spiritual surrender and how to build a daily practice you can lean on during uncertainty.

They discuss choosing a life of depth through connection to a higher power, cultivating intuition through consistent “reps” like breathwork, meditation, journaling, nature, and gratitude, and building an “archive of evidence” by noticing when guidance unlocks a shift and when ignoring it is costly.

They share personal stories about distrust in God rooted in childhood pain, how crisis and suffering can catalyze awakening and healing, and how surrender is not passivity but releasing what’s outside your control while taking aligned action.

They contrast unintegrated hustle culture and over-reliance on masculine energy with balancing feminine receiving and masculine doing, address attachment to outcomes, and offer playful practices like “hiring the heavens” for everyday guidance.

00:00 Power of Surrender

01:09 Tea and Intentions

02:30 Choosing a Life of Depth

05:13 Building Intuition Reps

09:32 Trusting Through Uncertainty

12:34 Pain as an Awakening Doorway

16:10 Masculine-Feminine Balance

25:09 What Surrender Really Means

27:40 Healing Crisis to Faith

37:43 Hiring the Heavens

42:49 Letting Go of Attachment

45:20 Daily Practice and Farewell 

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In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, Hella Omega and Lukis Mac explore how life’s setbacks and challenges can prepare you for what you’re asking for by shifting your mindset from judgment and resistance to acceptance, resilience, and opportunity.

Drawing on their 10-day Vipassana meditation experience, they discuss how suffering is fueled by attachment and aversion and how equanimity creates freedom, including an example of transforming physical pain through acceptance and observation.

They share a practical four-step process: awareness, acceptance, authentic processing, and ascension, supported by somatic tools like Owaken Breathwork and journaling to regulate the nervous system, create space, process emotions, and reconnect to intuition and solutions.

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00:00 Setbacks as Preparation

00:47 Podcast Welcome Ritual

02:23 Mindset and Attitude Shift

03:21 Vipassana Lessons on Suffering

07:44 Acceptance Transforms Pain

10:50 Stress Reframe With Clients

15:09 Four-Step Resilience Framework

17:03 Breathwork and Four Bodies

18:57 Create Space With Breath

23:27 Journaling for Processing

24:53 Ascension and Solution Focus

27:36 Problems Are the Way

32:41 Cones Metaphor for Challenges

36:36 Closing Takeaways and Lyrics

39:09 Final Thanks and Subscribe

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In this episode of the Owaken Podcast Hella Omega and Lukis Mac explore the idea that the past can prepare you for your future through a “divine design,” and discuss transforming your relationship with time by “weaving your time stream” from past to present to future. 

They describe practices like Owaken Breathwork to revisit memories, process unfelt emotions, heal inner-child wounds, forgive, and release baggage so you can access more energy, clarity, and creative power in the present. 

Contrasting this with living on autopilot, they emphasize alchemizing pain into wisdom, becoming a cycle breaker with intergenerational trauma, and choosing empowering meaning over victim consciousness.

They explore concepts like mining your past for gold and looking for the lessons, wisdom, strength, and gifts hidden within the experiences you’ve been through. 

Rather than allowing the past to define or limit your future, they discuss how you can use what you’ve lived through as fuel for who you’re becoming.

00:00 Big Question Setup

01:07 Intentions And Breath

01:43 Past Can Empower

03:37 Weaving The Time Stream

05:39 Autopilot Vs Healing

07:18 Social Media Example

10:57 Alchemizing Pain Story

13:31 Trauma And Divine Design

16:39 Lineage And Cycle Breaking

29:56 Speaking Life And Courage

33:49 Creator Mindset Activation

36:03 Present Moment Power

40:30 Upgrade Operating System

41:12 Closing Assignment And Thanks

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In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, Hella Omega and Lukis Mac explore why so many sensitive, spiritual, growth-oriented people feel like they’re “too much,” leading them to read others, filter themselves, and dim their self-expression to avoid judgment or rejection.

Drawing from client work and personal stories, they discuss how early experiences can create “too much,” “too deep,” or “too weird” wounds, how empaths can become hypervigilant and disconnected from their center, and why discernment matters when sharing intuitive perceptions.

They emphasize that you’re not for everyone, encourage shifting from people-pleasing to self-leadership, and reframe personal power as choosing what’s aligned for you.

The conversation highlights building a healthy ego, accepting that not everyone will like you, committing daily to a focused timeline, and using practices like meditation, breathwork, and journaling to tune into your intuition and celebrate the very strengths you’ve been judging.

00:00 Feeling Too Much

00:56 Podcast Welcome Ritual

01:23 Setting Intentions

02:14 Matcha Recipe Talk

03:01 Why This Topic Now

03:42 Too Deep Too Intense

05:54 Authenticity And Discernment

08:34 Empath Overwhelm Patterns

11:19 Dimming Your Light

13:17 Childhood Creativity Wound

16:41 Growing Up Feeling Weird

20:55 Choosing To Stand Out

22:12 Spiritual Roots And Mission

23:13 Permission To Be Weird

24:15 Not For Everyone

25:24 Stop Taking It Personally

26:49 Empowered Self Focus

28:01 Choose Yourself Daily

28:50 Healthy Ego Service

32:07 Judgment Is The Cost

34:49 Creator Not Follower

36:11 Courage Worthiness Blocks

41:10 Focused Timeline Practice

43:14 Wisdom FM Daily Rituals

44:57 Integrate Your Strengths

47:01 Thanks And Farewell

In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, Hella Omega and Lukis Mac explore the power of influence and how everyday interactions, first impressions, and your state of being shape connection, opportunity, and synchronicity.

They share stories about how small acts of kindness can change someone’s experience, then discuss contribution as a fast path to joy, energy, and purpose, and paying attention to “energy flow” and intuition in social situations.

They cover entering high-profile rooms without forcing connections, leading with self-worth and service, and trusting divine timing.

The conversation also touches on judgment and visibility fears for “lightworkers,” discerning who to let close, and choosing relationships that are uplift while allowing different kinds of connection with different people.

00:00 Power of Influence

00:47 Set the Intention

01:29 Workout Storytime

05:10 Kindness as Superpower

07:51 Energy and State

10:06 First Impressions Flow

14:11 Authenticity Over Clout

20:52 Lightworker Visibility Fears

23:53 Different Levels of Connection

29:45 Discernment and Self-Trust

32:07 Divine Timing & Synchronicity

39:26 Everyday Kindness Practice

42:56 Speak Life to Yourself

46:48 Choose Uplifting Relationships

47:42 Final Takeaways & Outro

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In this episode of The Owaken Podcast, Lukis Mac and Hella Omega explore why you cannot change friends, family, partners, or colleagues, and how attempts to fix or micromanage others often create frustration, resistance, and codependent dynamics rooted in fear and survival.They share the teaching “be love, be creative,” emphasizing that you can only create for yourself while allowing others to be their own creator, and introduce the “third probability” as a way to move beyond binary thinking and trust divine timing in others’ growth.Using the stages of change, they discuss discerning support versus spiritual bypassing, the importance of consent. They also cover boundaries, guilt, breathwork and meditation for processing emotions, leading by example, and outgrowing misaligned relationships.This episode is a powerful reminder that loving someone doesn’t mean taking responsibility for their healing, choices, or growth. Sometimes the most loving thing you can do is release control, honor their path, set clear boundaries, and bring your energy back to yourself.When you stop trying to change other people, you create more space to focus on what you can change: how you respond, what you choose, what you allow, and how you show up in your own life and relationships.00:00 Why You Can’t Change People01:07 Setting Intentions Together01:44 Be Love Be Creative04:39 Control Fear Codependency06:31 The Third Probability08:44 Stages of Change12:25 Boundaries Support Growth19:25 Guilt After Saying No26:02 Ask What They Need35:22 Stop Coaching Without Consent37:08 Lead By Example42:32 Choose You Don’t Dim46:26 Final Takeaways Wrap UpFollow for more insights and inspiration:Follow Owaken:instagram.com/owakenbreathworkFollow Hella Omega:instagram.com/hellaomegaFollow Lukis Mac:instagram.com/lukismacLearn more about Owaken Breathwork at:Owaken.com

In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, Hella Omega and Lukis Mac explore how to stay focused in a world full of distractions by raising your standards, protecting your time and peace, and intentionally designing your day. Drawing on lessons from 75 Hard, they share how time management exposes blind spots and why self-leadership, personal responsibility, and viewing discipline as devotion rather than punishment are key to creating lasting change.

The conversation explores how developing an intense level of focus builds confidence, strengthens embodiment, and helps you switch into the right “mode” when it matters most. Through examples from self-defense training, fitness, and entrepreneurship, they show how your self-concept shapes your energy, sense of worthiness, habits, health, finances, and ultimately your results.

They also discuss the importance of studying people who are already achieving what you want, simplifying your decisions by creating non-negotiables, and intentionally designing environments—including your social media feed—that support your growth instead of distracting you.

Timestamps

00:00 Focus and Becoming

00:43 Set Intentions

01:18 Distractions and Time

02:52 75 Hard Lessons

05:01 Design Your Day

07:13 Discipline as Devotion

11:03 Aggressive Focus Mode

13:51 Identity and Self-Concept

17:24 Rebellion to Responsibility

22:16 Non-Negotiables Simplify

34:31 Study the Details

42:46 Environment Shapes You

47:22 Social Media Mentorship

50:33 Wrap Up and Challenge

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In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, Lukis Mac and Hella Omega explore the psychology of abundance as a lived mindset that influences every area of life—from money, safety, creativity, energy, relationships, habits, and opportunities to the way we think, feel, and create our reality.

Drawing from their 20-year relationship and seasons of both struggle and success, they share why curiosity, vision, resourcefulness, and taking action with what you have are more powerful than waiting for the “perfect” moment.

They unpack how scarcity activates the nervous system into survival (fight, flight, freeze, and fawn), leading to contraction, fear, holding on, and stagnation, while abundance creates greater flow through trust, giving, receiving, and aligning with the natural seasons of life.

Throughout the conversation, they share pivotal personal stories—including spending their last $120 on festival tickets in Bali that unexpectedly led to life-changing connections and an invitation to Los Angeles, as well as a childhood manifestation experience that shaped their understanding of intention and possibility.

This episode also explores self-worth, receiving, overcoming subconscious blocks, making decisive choices, investing in yourself and your environment, treating effort as devotion, and learning to embody the feelings of your future while surrendering the need to control exactly how it unfolds.

00:00 – Psychology of Abundance
00:50 – Welcome and Intentions
02:00 – Abundance Through Life Seasons
03:52 – From Broke to Vision
06:15 – Curiosity Creates Possibility
08:40 – Thrifting and Manifestation
12:18 – Resourcefulness and Starting Now
15:49 – Scarcity and the Nervous System
20:29 – Nature’s Seasons and Money Cycles
23:29 – Receiving, Self-Worth and Overgiving
27:19 – Rewrite Your Story and Choose Again
28:17 – The Bali Story Begins
28:48 – Betting the Last $120
30:42 – Festival Miracle Vouchers
31:18 – How Breathwork Opened the Door to Los Angeles
34:50 – The Fork in the Road
36:03 – The Ice Cream Manifestation Story
38:13 – Dream First, Figure Out the How Later
39:35 – Why Wealthy People Invest in Their Environment
41:51 – Buy Nice or Buy Twice
44:38 – Surrender and Embody Your Future Now
50:10 – Effort as an Abundance Practice
53:50 – Effort Is Love. Standards Are Self-Respect.
55:21 – Closing Reflections and Call to Action

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In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, Lukis Mac and Hella Omega explore the idea of soul planning and the difference between living from the mind and conditioning versus living from soul-level guidance and intuition.

They discuss how to cultivate a lifelong relationship with your soul through practices such as meditation, breathwork, and other non-ordinary states of consciousness. They also explore the challenge of integrating these experiences when the mind returns with fear, doubt, and the need for control.

Throughout the conversation, they share practical ways to strengthen your intuition by paying attention to the body’s signals of expansion and contraction, curating your relationships and the content you consume, and practicing energy hygiene—especially for empaths who naturally absorb the emotions and thought patterns of others.

Through personal stories about career changes, unconventional travel, and embracing seasons of inward reflection, Lukis and Hella highlight the importance of trusting change, letting go of comfort in order to grow, and taking aligned action to create synchronicities, quantum leaps, and a more meaningful life.

Timestamps

00:00 – Soul Planning Intro

00:47 – Setting Intentions Together

01:35 – Mind vs. Soul

03:33 – Tools for Accessing Intuition

06:13 – Integrating Insights Into Everyday Life

11:18 – Curating Your Environment and Inputs

13:04 – Following the Body’s Signals

15:33 – Energy Hygiene for Empaths

20:58 – Soul-Level Retirement

25:16 – Letting Go to Grow

25:50 – Tattoo Artist Career Pivot Story

33:12 – Unconventional Soul-Led Choices

40:13 – Seasons of Life: Winter & Summer

43:44 – Living a Soul-Led Life

47:54 – Subscribe & Reflect

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In this episode of the Owaken Podcast, hosts Hella Omega and Lukis Mac explore viewing life as a journey of spiritual growth, where challenges are “tests” and divine assignments. They speak into the shift from believing life is happening to you, to recognizing that it is happening for you.

They discuss how focusing on problems can trigger victimhood, lack, and survival states, while focusing on solutions activates creativity, faith, and aligned action, sharing examples from entrepreneurship, as well as struggles with self-image and skin issues.

They highlight the mind-body connection and the role of processing stress, emotions, memories, and limitations through Owaken Breathwork to reclaim your power and stop repeating old patterns.

The conversation also covers expanding your tolerance for uncertainty, trusting your intuition, giving up the good for the great, their move from Bali to LA, and relationship growth through personal transformation and letting go of codependence.

00:00 Life Lessons Overview

00:48 Welcome and Intentions

02:29 Life as Spiritual Growth

03:27 Tests and Victim Mindset

06:13 Problem vs Solution Focus

07:33 Entrepreneurship Flop Pivot

10:11 Mirror Self-Love Lesson

14:32 Mind-Body Healing Link

16:05 Breathwork Chronic Illness Project

19:24 Repressed Emotions and Power

22:17 Build Capacity and Tolerance

24:57 Faith Reps and Guided Action

29:39 Solution Focus, Not Denial

31:21 Good to Great Leap

33:05 Crossing Fear to Faith

33:48 Bali to LA Reset

37:20 Synchronicities and Tests

38:49 Capacity for Uncertainty

41:19 Three Catalysts for Change

46:21 Health and Relationship Examples

52:48 Old Patterns, New Life

53:53 New Relationship Rebirth

57:00 Choosing Love, Not Fear

59:17 Closing Reflections

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