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Most podcasts about success will teach you to do more. optYOUmize starts from a different premise.
If you've been chasing goals and still feel like something's missing — if you're burned out on hustle culture and ready to start optimizing your life instead of just your output — this is your show. optYOUmize is a life optimization podcast built around one idea: a truly optimized life isn't the maximum output life. It's the most meaningfully lived one.
Host Brett Ingram spent 20 years in digital entrepreneurship chasing the standard definition of success before realizing the better question isn't "how do I do more?" — it's "what does a genuinely good life actually look like for me?"
Every episode explores one of seven pillars of intentional living: Mind, Body, Purpose, Relationships, Money, Time, and Growth. Whether you're navigating burnout, rethinking what success means, or designing a life on your own terms — you'll find conversations here that go deeper than productivity tips.
This isn't a hustle podcast. It's a life design podcast for people ready to stop optimizing their output and start optimizing their life.
Emotional Intelligence Is Not About Feelings: A Practical Guide
Emotional intelligence isn't about feeling more — it's about reading your emotions as data and choosing your response. A practical reframe ...
Chronic Stress — and the Life Changes That Actually Help
Chronic stress stops feeling like stress and starts feeling like you. Brett Ingram explains the biology and the small shifts that genuinely...
The Growth Trap: When Self-Improvement Becomes Avoidance
Self-improvement becomes a trap when it stops being a choice and starts being a hiding place. Learn the 6 signs and what to do instead.
How Much Money Is Enough? Defining "Enough" for Your Life
Why does the financial finish line keep moving? This episode reframes "enough" as a values question, not a math problem — and gives you a w...
The Friendship Problem: Why Adult Connection Fades and How to Rebuild It
Adult friendships don't end with a fight — they fade quietly. Learn why genuine connection disappears after your 20s and what you can actua...
From Broken to Unbreakable: How JC Chamberlain Built Resilience Through Catastrophe
JC Chamberlain survived a near-fatal cycling accident, cancer, and paralysis. He shares his emotional wealth framework for building resilie...
Why We Sleep Wrong — And What It's Costing You Beyond Tiredness
Sleep isn't rest — it's the foundation everything else is built on. Learn why most people sleep wrong and what it's actually costing them i...
The Second Mountain: What Comes After Success
What happens when achievement stops feeling like enough? Explore the shift from success to meaning, purpose, and meaningful work.
Overcoming Fear of Visibility: How to Show Up Online with Chrissy Conner
Visibility strategist Chrissy Conner reveals how she went from camera-phobic introvert to Visible CEO — and the exact steps to show up auth...
What Self-Knowledge Actually Is (and Why It's Harder Than You Think)
Self-knowledge isn't a personality quiz result — it's the ability to see yourself clearly in motion. Learn what real self-knowledge means a...
The Optimization Paradox: Why More Doesn't Mean Better
Over-optimizing your life can make it measurably worse. Learn to recognize the paradox and redirect your effort toward a life worth actuall...
Finding Meaning Beyond Success: Mo Issa
Entrepreneur Mo Issa built material success across three continents — and found it hollow at 40. Here's what he discovered about meaning, i...
“Brett Is really a great host that asks great questions and is very well prepared. I definitely recommend.”
Jay Styles
Founder
Aspiring Authors of Change
“It was a great conversation with deep, meaningful questions. I truly enjoyed recording the episode.”
Lidia Chmel
Founder
Get It Done Coaching
“Brett is the perfect host - warm, energetic, curious. Brett is a man on a mission. Delightful.”
Andrew Matthews
International Speaker & Author
BEING HAPPY!
Brett Ingram
Coach, Speaker, Podcast Host, and Award-Winning Entrepreneur
The self-improvement industry says a better life means more output — more productivity, more achievement, more optimized routines in service of bigger goals. optYOUmize begins from a different premise.
You are not a machine to be tuned. You are a whole person — with competing needs, deep relationships, finite time, and an interior life that deserves as much care as your calendar.
After 20 years in digital entrepreneurship and focusing on self-improvement and productivity, I've come to believe the most important question isn't "how do I do more?" — it's "what does a genuinely good life actually look like for me?"
That question is the foundation of optYOUmize. Because a truly optimized life isn't the maximum output life. It's the most meaningfully lived one. The podcast, the content, the conversations — all of it is organized around maximum alignment, not output — of the seven pillars: Mind, Body, Purpose, Relationships, Money, Time, and Growth.
If you feel like you've been chasing the wrong things, something's missing, or you're just burnt out from the hustle culture and you're ready to ask better questions — you're in the right place.
“Brett is an exceptional host who creates a welcoming atmosphere and leads engaging discussions! I highly recommend tuning in for inspiration on your entrepreneurial journey.”
Barbara Turley
Founder & CEO
The Virtual Hub
“Brett is a fabulous podcast host because he is a terrific listener. I am so impressed by his deep dives with guests. Every episode I walk away being wiser than before.”
Danny Brassell
Speaker & Co-Founder
WellCrafted Story
“It was an absolute pleasure speaking with Brett on the optYOUmize podcast, it was more of a conversation and we discovered we had quite a similar background.”
Robin Waite
Founder
Fearless Business

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