453: Summer Series - How to be Full of Life
School of Self-Image
Tonya Leigh
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 6 August 2025
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Awakening Your Inner Spark: Steps to Reignite Your Passion
To truly embrace life, one must be open to experiencing a full range of emotions, both positive and negative, as they are essential to the essence of being alive. This idea is central to this podcast episode with host Tonya Leigh, who emphasizes that genuine vitality stems from embracing all emotions rather than shying away from the uncomfortable ones.
After taking a refreshing two-week vacation, Tonya shares her experiences of unplugging and reconnecting with loved ones, which reignited her energy and inspiration. She emphasizes the importance of feeling alive, engaged, and excited in our daily lives. Tonya explores how to embrace both the highs and lows of life, reminding us that joy and expansion are often highlighted by their opposites. This serves as a reminder to infuse our days with intentionality, presence, and beauty, encouraging listeners to seek out what makes them feel truly alive.
Tune in for insights that will inspire you to revitalize your spirit and embrace life more fully!
Talking Points:
00:50 - Taking Time Away From It All
03:00 - Emotional Avoidance Culture
06:34 - Hyper-Productive and Hustle Culture
11:05 - Curating Your Mind
16:14 - Embracing All Emotions
22:15 - Importance of Dreams and Goals
31:32 - Life-Giving Thoughts
34:24 - Gratitude and Celebrating Life
Quotes:
"We live in a world obsessed with feeling good and only good."
"Success is measured by output, not aliveness."
"Your mind is your greatest asset. And you get to shape it."
"Full of life is an intensity of emotion, and you can't have ecstasy without the opposite of that."
"If you want to be full of life, you need to do what alive things do."
"Being grateful for the life you have is the secret to creating the life you want."
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the summer series where we are revisiting some of the most loved episodes from the past. |
| 0:06.3 | And this week, we are diving into a very powerful reminder of what it means to be full of life. |
| 0:12.8 | If you've been feeling a little flat, a little routine heavy, or disconnected from your spark, this one is for you, my friend. |
| 0:20.8 | I hope it inspires you to infuse your days |
| 0:23.3 | with more energy, more beauty, more intentionality, and more presence, because how you live |
| 0:30.5 | really matters. So let's dive in. Welcome to the School of Self-image, where personal development |
| 0:36.9 | meets style. |
| 0:38.3 | Here's your hostess, Master Life Coach, Tanya Lee. |
| 0:45.8 | Hello, hello, friends. Welcome to the summer series. How's everybody doing? I just got back from |
| 0:56.8 | vacation. I unplugged for two weeks, which is rare for me. I haven't done that in a long time. |
| 1:05.0 | I even left my computer behind and enjoyed a week in California with some friends and went to see some |
| 1:13.5 | Alfonso's family and then we headed to Colorado to hang out with my daughter for a week, |
| 1:19.9 | which is fun. It's fun letting your child host you. I'm so used to being the hostess. |
| 1:26.7 | And it's like, wow, my little girl is a grown woman now |
| 1:30.5 | because she's hosting me for the holiday. |
| 1:34.1 | So we had such a good time. |
| 1:36.0 | And now I'm back, feeling so full of life, which is what this summer series episode is about. We are revisiting a podcast that I did. I don't |
| 1:46.7 | know how long ago, but it's called How to Be Full of Life. I really believe that's what |
| 1:53.9 | we're all after. We all just want to feel super alive. We want to feel turned on, inspired, excited, optimistic. We want to, we want to just |
| 2:05.7 | feel if you think about it, because you can't appreciate the excitement, the joy, the expansion |
| 2:12.9 | without its opposite, the contraction, the frustration, the disappointment. And I talk about this in the |
| 2:22.7 | episode, but to be full of life, you have to be full of feeling. You have to be willing to feel. |
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