This Miraculous Life

This Miraculous Life

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This Miraculous Life episodes

  • Grandma’s Secrets to a Well-lived Life
    What is the secret to a well-lived life? How about a long marriage? What privileges and challenges do we have today that we did not have 60 years ago? In today’s episode we hear from Lorraine Mullaney, Sara’s grandma. Because who better to give life advice than a woman who has been alive and happy with her life for over 95 years? To be honest, Grandma’s secret to a well-lived life brought me to tears.
    51 min
  • How to Confidence: Science-based tips for tapping into your most confident self
    Have you ever felt like you lack confidence in your professional life? How about socially? In this episode, Sara hears from a listener who has experienced a major life event, the loss of her mother, and can’t seem to recover her spirit and confidence. Along with expert guest, Louisa Jewell, author of Wire Your Brian for Confidence, Sara discusses how to navigate emotional events like the loss of a loved one, and shares science-based confidence building tips that are relevant for all of us!
    50 min
  • 5 Things You Need to Know About Marriage
    Engaged? Married? Horrified to even consider your name near the word marriage? This episode has actionable advice for all of the above! The prolific life coach, Dr. LaVerne Adams, joins Sara to share her expertise in couples and pre-marital coaching as well as her own personal story of what she wishes she could have known prior to her young marriage! The final “must know” is life changing.
    49 min
  • Networking Is Dead, Real Human Connection Is Alive & Well
    Does networking really work? How do you avoid wasting hours of your valuable and scarce free time? Is it possible to grow your network or are you better off just making the best of things with people you already call friends? Ashtan Moore, co-founder of digital marketing agency Model B (and “master connector” in Sara’s opinion), joins Sara to discuss the How of effective networking. Ashtan shares not only his 3 keys to successful networking - but also his innermost secret networking weapon!
    50 min
  • Part 2: How To Get a Career You Actually Like
    Rob Montz, founder of Good Kid Productions and local DC documentarian joins Sara on this episode as she continues to de-mystify the question of how one finds a career that they actually care about. Rob adds practical tips to the discussion and Sara describes how to harness the supportiveness of the universe. Founder of Full Service Radio, Jack Inslee, even chimes in with his experience of pursuing a passion career - both the delightful and the difficult sides. Listen to find out what might be possible for YOU. And to consider what you are willing to invest in pursuing a “dream” career.
    53 min
  • How to Get a Career You Actually Like
    Do you ever wonder how in the world you are supposed to figure out a job that you will actually enjoy while still managing to pay all of your bills? Or maybe you feel pressure to pursue a certain type of job because it is what society deems as “professional.” Today Sara delves into how to eliminate distractions from the career conversation in order to truly discover what is possible for your life. Ultimately, she explains how to start down a path of passion rather than settling in for a lifetime of drudgery.
    40 min
  • The How and Why of Interracial Relationships
    Psychotherapist and expert in interracial relationships, Huma Sikandar, joins Sara once again to help fill in the gaps of WHY interracial relationships are different and HOW to navigate those unique challenges. During this show Huma shares tips that apply not just to romantic relationships, but also to your interracial friendships. This episode will challenge you to delve deeper into your own racial identity and awareness, as well as challenge you to hold space for the emotions of your loved one even when you yourself are hurting.
    51 min
  • How to Overcome Chronic Burnout and Reconnect with Self Worth
    Sara breaks down the root cause of chronic burnout and how to tame the beliefs and behavior patterns that drive it. Sara discusses her own battle with “contingent self worth” and then presents her original formula for finding freedom from the nagging need to be constantly doing, proving, or achieving. Surprisingly, Sara explains why we should all be more willing to feel inferior.
    48 min
  • How to Navigate Interracial Relationships in Trump Era
    How do we stay connected when our families are at odds? Are most people in America actually racist? How do we prevent people of color from having to carry the burden of discussing and standing up for racial justice? Together with interracial relationship expert, Huma Sikander, Sara responds to a listener who has reached out for advice about how to navigate a strained interracial relationship post-trump. Learn the two most important keys to successfully navigating an interracial relationship.
    47 min
  • Overcome Millenial Burnout
    Sara takes up Anne Helen Peterson’s insight-breaking Buzzfeed article on Milennial Burnout. Building on the article Sara shares what Millennial Burnout is and how it came to be. Then, Sara begins to step toward what the brilliant Buzzfeed article could not quite uncover - how to OVERCOME and free ourselves of this never-ending burnout cycle! Liberation awaits.
    42 min

About This Miraculous Life

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This Miraculous Life offers direct access to host Sara Oliveri Olumba's two cents on liberating yourself from the BS, and tuning in with the miraculousness of life. Each episode Sara responds to real life problems with practical, sometimes science-based, and honest solutions for navigating life without losing touch with what it really is - a profound and awesome gift. Sara has a Master's degree in Positive Psychology - the science of human thriving - and is currently named the "Best Life Coach in Washington DC" for the 3rd year in a row as selected by readers of the Washington City Paper.