The Owaken Podcast

The Owaken Podcast
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Join the founders of Owaken Breathwork - Hellè Weston & Lukis Mac - as we explore practical spirituality for modern living. Together we’ll dive deep and embark on a transformative journey where Owaken Breathwork intersects with personal development, cutting-edge science and spirituality. Grab your cacao or matcha, get comfortable and tune in!

  1. 3d ago

    Stop Dimming Your Light: Step Into Your Power & Become Unapologetically You

    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

  2. Aug 21

    The Power of Influence: Energy, Intuition, Networking, Relationships & Success

    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 Follow for more insights and inspiration: Follow Owaken: instagram.com/owakenbreathwork Follow Hella Omega: instagram.com/hellaomega Follow Lukis Mac: instagram.com/lukismac Learn more about Owaken Breathwork at: Owaken.com

  3. Aug 14

    Why You Can’t Change People: Relationships, Family & Codependency

    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

  4. Jul 31

    Focus Like Your Future Depends On It: 75 Hard, Discipline & Rewiring Your Brain

    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 Follow for more insights and inspiration: Follow Owaken: instagram.com/owakenbreathwork Follow Hella Omega: instagram.com/hellaomega Follow Lukis Mac: instagram.com/lukismac Learn more about Owaken Breathwork at: Owaken.com

  5. Jul 14

    The Psychology of Abundance: Nervous System, Mindset & Manifesting.

    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 Abundance00:50 – Welcome and Intentions02:00 – Abundance Through Life Seasons03:52 – From Broke to Vision06:15 – Curiosity Creates Possibility08:40 – Thrifting and Manifestation12:18 – Resourcefulness and Starting Now15:49 – Scarcity and the Nervous System20:29 – Nature’s Seasons and Money Cycles23:29 – Receiving, Self-Worth and Overgiving27:19 – Rewrite Your Story and Choose Again28:17 – The Bali Story Begins28:48 – Betting the Last $12030:42 – Festival Miracle Vouchers31:18 – How Breathwork Opened the Door to Los Angeles34:50 – The Fork in the Road36:03 – The Ice Cream Manifestation Story38:13 – Dream First, Figure Out the How Later39:35 – Why Wealthy People Invest in Their Environment41:51 – Buy Nice or Buy Twice44:38 – Surrender and Embody Your Future Now50:10 – Effort as an Abundance Practice53:50 – Effort Is Love. Standards Are Self-Respect.55:21 – Closing Reflections and Call to Action TimestampsFollow 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

  6. Jul 5

    Mind vs. Soul Growth: It’s Not What You Think!

    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 Follow for more insights and inspiration: Owaken Breathwork instagram.com/owakenbreathwork Hella Omega instagram.com/hellaomega Lukis Mac instagram.com/lukismac Learn more about Owaken Breathwork at: Owaken.com

  7. Jun 22

    When the Universe Tests You: Will You Grow or Stay Stuck?

    If you’re wanting to join Hella Omega’s Mastermind, here’s a link to find out more and apply: https://hellaomega.com/mastermind 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 Follow for more insights and inspiration: Follow Owaken: instagram.com/owakenbreathwork   Follow Hella Omega: instagram.com/hellaomega   Follow Lukis Mac: instagram.com/lukismac   Learn more about Owaken Breathwork at: Owaken.com

  8. Jun 12

    Reclaim Your Power: Lead From Your Wisdom, Not Your Wound!

    In this Owaken Podcast episode, Lukis and Hella explore what it truly means to reclaim your personal power by leading from your inner wisdom rather than your unresolved wounds. If you’d like to try my favorite cacao, Ascend, here’s a link to check it out:https://ascendmushrooms.co/products/mushroom-infused-ceremonial-cacao?variant=48292269293843In this episode they unpack how survival-based coping mechanisms such as emotional eating, pornography, gambling, social media addiction, and substance use can become attempts to avoid, numb, or regulate difficult emotions. The conversation highlights the importance of self-leadership and “self-parenting” as powerful tools for emotional regulation, healing, and lasting transformation. Key themes include recognizing and breaking unconscious patterns, overcoming people-pleasing and the fawn response, setting healthy boundaries, and choosing authenticity over fear-driven behavior. Lukis and Hella discuss building self-worth, developing self-trust through aligned action, navigating conflict with honesty, and teaching others how to treat you through the standards you set. The episode also explores the impact of unconscious consumption, including endless scrolling and digital distractions, and offers practical insights for living with greater intention, presence, and purpose. 00:00 Reclaim Your Power 00:40 Welcome and Intentions 02:34 Wounds vs Wisdom 03:30 Survival Mode Patterns 05:44 Coping Mechanisms Loop 08:59 Men Purpose Over Pleasure 10:28 Self Leadership Parenting 11:44 Fawn Response People Pleasing 16:10 Authenticity vs Self Abandonment 19:54 Boundaries and Worthiness 23:13 Speak Up and Be Honest 24:46 Ending Excuses With Friends 26:06 Reframing People Pleasing 27:08 Move Through Shame 27:59 Friendship And Friction 30:36 Wisdom Versus Wound 31:20 Self Trust Signals 36:34 Build Trust Daily 37:25 Values And Integrity 42:26 Focused Timeline Choice 43:43 Attention And TikTok 50:30 Self Defense Realignment 53:08 Final Wise Self Follow for more insights and inspiration:Follow Owaken:instagram.com/owakenbreathwork Follow Hella Omega:instagram.com/hellaomega Follow Lukis Mac:instagram.com/lukismac Learn more about Owaken Breathwork at:Owaken.com

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Join the founders of Owaken Breathwork - Hellè Weston & Lukis Mac - as we explore practical spirituality for modern living. Together we’ll dive deep and embark on a transformative journey where Owaken Breathwork intersects with personal development, cutting-edge science and spirituality. Grab your cacao or matcha, get comfortable and tune in!

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  • Creator
    The Owaken Podcast
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    45
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