What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? 

Does this sound familiar? You wake up and even before your eyes open, your hand is reaching for your phone. You swipe it open, check social media, and before you know it, you’re on a stories binge watching everyone living their best lives while you’re still laying there without your teeth brushed. Yeah, that used to be me, too! 

On episode 13, I shared the top 5 lessons I learned when I took a 2 week social media fast… and let me tell you, I learned a lot… and now I’m back sharing what I’m doing to stay clean after my social media detox so I don’t relapse into social media dopamine addiction. So much good stuff! 

In this episode, I share how my morning routine has drastically changed since my social media detox, my intentionality has increased, and how & why I’m delegating metrics. I believe when we experience new things, it’s the perfect time to give yourself permission to build new habits. And like all the best lessons, what I learned about my brain, behavior, and myself has helped me change my habits moving forward when it comes to social media. Let’s dive in!  

 3 Reasons You Should Listen to Today's Episode  

- When you wake up, your hand grabs your phone before your eyes are even open. Yep, I used to be you. I share how a social media sober morning routine looks differently for me than before my social media detox.  

- If you’re curious about the nerdy neuroscience behind habit forming and how it plays a role into living & posting intentionally. I share how delegating social metrics helps you ask more quality questions to create more quality content. 

- If you’ve gotten into a default pattern of sharing great tips but nobody’s buying your thing… tune in!

This episode is brought to you by the Faith Activated Journaling Experience. The Faith Activated Journaling Experience is a year-long experience for the strong, ambitious woman who wants to activate her faith, reclaim her worth and build her wealth through journaling in just 5 minutes per day. 

If you want to manifest more freedom, gain more clarity, and earn more money, the Faith Activated Journaling Experience is right for you.  

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Where can you show up more fully self-expressed? 

My guest today on the Permission to Offend podcast is Michelle Ana! I discovered Michelle Ana through her incredible YouTube channel, Love, Michelle Ana: inspiration & style and quickly fell in love with her story & heart. Our conversation ran the gamut! Michelle Ana & I dive into curly hair, grief & loss, identity, entrepreneurship, YouTube, brand partnerships and all the things! 

In this episode, Michelle Ana lays out how giving herself permission to show up fully self-expressed after losing her husband at 26 helped her process grief, rediscover her identity, and build a business in alignment with her most authentic self. Her story is incredible and her personality vivacious! 

As you’ll hear in this episode, Michelle Ana had so much value to share and such an inspiring story - I could have talked to Michelle Ana for hours! Grab your journal, it’s a noteworthy conversation! 

3 Reasons You Should Listen to Today's Episode 

- If you’ve experienced grief, hearing Michelle Ana’s story of sharing unscripted grief after she lost her husband and how it led to healing and cultivated authentic connection. 

-You’re ready to rewrite the narrative of your life story. There is transformative power in releasing experiences, feelings, and roles that used to define us and seeing how God uses them to help us find our identity in Him.   

- Michelle Ana shares about building a lifestyle brand from being fully self-expressed and how it’s led to a successful business, brand partnerships, a platform to share her life & faith, and relationships.  

This episode is brought to you by the Faith Activated Journaling Experience. The Faith Activated Journaling Experience is a year-long experience for the strong, ambitious woman who wants to activate her faith, reclaim her worth and build her wealth through journaling in just 5 minutes per day. 

If you want to manifest more freedom, gain more clarity, and earn more money, the Faith Activated Journaling Experience is right for you.    

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How many times do you pick up your phone in a day? 

On November 1st I deleted all social media apps from my phone. Gone. As I shared last week in episode 11, I chose to take a 2 week social media fast… and let me tell you, I learned a lot… and I’m sharing those lessons with you today. So much good stuff! 

In this episode, I share 5 lessons I learned from taking time away from social media and spending more quality time with myself. I believe when we experience new things, it’s the perfect time to give yourself permission to get curious. And like all the best lessons, what I learned about my brain, behavior, and myself has helped me change my habits moving forward when it comes to social media. Let’s dive in!  

 3 Reasons You Should Listen to Today's Episode 

- Dopamine withdrawal is a real thing! I share nerdy facts about the connection between our brains, social media, and content creation. You’ll be shocked by how many times on average we pick up our phones each day! I have a hypothesis to run by you as well. 

- If you’re like me, you’d think productivity would be off the charts without social media, right?! Turns out, productivity is a choice. Let me explain my surprising discovery. 

- Two treasures that came from the quiet when you’re not consuming. These two things alone are incentive alone to change the way I engage with and consume social media moving forward. 

 This episode is brought to you by the Faith Activated Journaling Experience. The Faith Activated Journaling Experience is a year-long experience for the strong, ambitious woman who wants to activate her faith, reclaim her worth and build her wealth through journaling in just 5 minutes per day. 

If you want to manifest more freedom, gain more clarity, and earn more money, the Faith Activated Journaling Experience is right for you.    

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What comes to your mind when you hear the word Reinvention? 

 My guest today on the Permission to Offend podcast is my friend, Cara Alwill! Cara is the Madonna of reinvention and female empowerment, Creator of The Champagne Diet, author of 9 books including the international best-seller, Girl Code, curator at The Champagne Diet Boutique, and mother of self-development. She’s such a fabulous example of reinvention in action! 

In this episode, Cara lays out how giving herself permission to reinvent herself led her to quitting her job at MTV, becoming a best-selling author, Master Certified life coach, and inspiring a movement of women taking their power back and reinventing themselves. Her story and all the mindset gems she drops are incredible! 

As you’ll hear in this episode, Cara had so much value to share and such an inspiring story - I could have talked to Cara for hours! Grab your journal, it’s a noteworthy conversation! 

3 Reasons You Should Listen to Today's Episode 

- If you’re multi-passionate and need to reframe reinvention as a strength for taking fearless action towards your dreams and goals.   

-You’re an empath learning to give yourself permission to keep strong boundaries, stand in your truth, respect differing opinions, and step away as needed for emotional and mental health. 

- You’re wondering if you can find a balance between reinvention and focus. You don’t want to come off as flaky yet you have so many great ideas you’d love to pursue. 

This episode is brought to you by the Faith Activated Journaling Experience. The Faith Activated Journaling Experience is a year-long experience for the strong, ambitious woman who wants to activate her faith, reclaim her worth and build her wealth through journaling in just 5 minutes per day. 

If you want to manifest more freedom, gain more clarity, and earn more money, the Faith Activated Journaling Experience is right for you.  

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Where can you give yourself permission to protect your peace? 

Have you ever noticed when something that usually brings you energy and joy… starts to lose it spark for you? Or maybe even a step further, it starts draining you and you start experiencing dread or resentment? Yeah, I experienced that recently, too. 

 In this episode of the Permission to Offend podcast, I share how I knew I needed to protect my energy and peace in a new way and why I chose to be off social media for a period of time, even though that is usually a place I find joy and connection. I hope that sharing my experience challenges you to assess where you’ve been showing up or going through the motions because you feel an expectation from others and instead give yourself permission to protect your peace, even if it disappoints others (or messes with the algorithm). 

3 Reasons You Should Listen to Today's Episode 

 - If you’ve ever had an idea and weren’t sure when to take action and when to hold off. 

 - If you’ve considered taking a break from social media and yet feel pulled in all directions. 

 - Wondering how social media affects our brains & behaviors. 

 Click here to listen! 

This episode is brought to you by the Faith Activated Journaling Experience. The Faith Activated Journaling Experience is a year-long experience for the strong, ambitious woman who wants to activate her faith, reclaim her worth and build her wealth through journaling in just 5 minutes per day. 

If you want to manifest more freedom, gain more clarity, and earn more money, the Faith Activated Journaling Experience is right for you.  

“If you want to live your best life, listen to Rachel Luna, this woman knows her stuff!”<– If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more people — just like you — to move forward on a journey of self-discovery, mastery, and total self-expression. Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! 

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Where can you give yourself permission to take action? 

We get so good about sitting back and waiting for opportunities to come to us. We also get really good at planning, that can easily become overthinking.  

My guest today on the Permission to Offend podcast is Emma Isaacs: entrepreneur, owner of Business Chicks, and author of the international best-selling book, Winging It: Stop Thinking, Start Doing: why action beats planning every time. 

In this episode, Emma shares why it’s time to stop waiting, hoping, and planning and give yourself permission to take action and create opportunities for yourself. 

Immediately after listening to this conversation, you must grab a copy of Emma’s book, Winging It! I have marked mine up and got so much value from reading it! Plus, the packaging totally hooked me! Attention to detail gets me every time. 

3 Reasons You Should Listen to Today's Episode 

- You’ll hear how Emma uses fear and discomfort to propel her towards action. She says facing fear doesn’t feel good until it’s over.  

- You’ll learn the importance of exploring your money stories and how they evolve at each new level. In doing so, give yourself permission to ask “what do I want?” 

- Emma and Rachel talk about how our stories about money, time, and success depend on our perspectives & seasons and how getting clear on your why informs the evolution of your stories and the actions you take. 

This episode is brought to you by the Faith Activated Journaling Experience. The Faith Activated Journaling Experience is a year-long experience for the strong, ambitious woman who wants to activate her faith, reclaim her worth and build her wealth through journaling in just 5 minutes per day. 

If you want to manifest more freedom, gain more clarity, and earn more money, the Faith Activated Journaling Experience is right for you.  

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“If you want to live your best life, listen to Rachel Luna, this woman knows her stuff!”<– If that sounds like you, please consider rating and reviewing my show! This helps me support more people — just like you — to move forward on a journey of self-discovery, mastery, and total self-expression. Click here, scroll to the bottom, tap to rate with five stars, and select “Write a Review.” Then be sure to let me know what you loved most about the episode! 

Also, if you haven’t done so already, subscribe to the podcast. I’m adding fresh episodes every Tuesday and Thursday and, if you’re not subscribed, there’s a good chance you’ll miss out. Subscribe now!