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In this episode of The EmPOWERed Half Hour, Becca sits down with sales leadership coach, founder, and former tech executive Amy Evans for a conversation about reinvention, alignment, authenticity, and trusting yourself enough to choose a different path.

In this episode we explore:

• Why high achievers often delay their dreams for "one more year"
• The hidden cost of staying on a treadmill that no longer serves you
• How layoffs and life transitions can create unexpected clarity

Quotes from this episode:

"Give yourself permission to want something." – Amy Evans

"The person who knows what you want is about the seven or eight-year-old version of you." – Amy Evans

"I don't know what the hell I'm doing, but I'm going to do something." – Amy Evans

"What do I actually want?" – Becca Powers

"There is a way back to yourself no matter where you are." – Becca Powers

Connect with Amy:

• Website
• LinkedIn

Mentioned on the episode:

• Women In Sales Leadership Podcast

Connect with Becca:

Website: https://www.beccapowers.com
Instagram: @beccapowers1313
LinkedIn: Becca Powers
Facebook: Becca Powers

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This conversation is about the unraveling that happens before real growth and learning who you are beyond performance, productivity, and external success.

In this episode we explore:

• Why the skills that make you good at your career don’t automatically make you good at business ownership
• The hidden cost of building your business around tactics instead of foundations
• Why entrepreneurship humbles even the most successful high performers

Quotes from this episode:

“The best decision that I ever made in my entire life was when I made the decision to truly surrender and loosen my death grip on the how.” – Ryan Lang

“The skills that make you good at what you do are not the same skills that make you good as a business owner.” – Ryan Lang

“The most successful people that I have ever known are constantly seeking the next level of themselves.” – Ryan Lang

“There’s always a next level available to us that we should be striving for.” – Becca Powers

“When we hit a certain level and we’re not growing, all of a sudden your fulfillment tanks.” – Becca Powers

Connect with Ryan:

• Website: http://www.empirepartners.io
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realryanlang/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ryan.lang.984
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryan-lang-b46a545b/

Mentioned on the episode:

• Empire Partners Quiz

Connect with Becca:

Website: https://www.beccapowers.com
Instagram: @beccapowers1313
LinkedIn: Becca Powers
Facebook: Becca Powers

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Free resource:
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This conversation goes into the cost of suppressing pain, living in survival mode, and the difficult but powerful process of rebuilding yourself from the inside out.

In this episode we explore:

• What happens when your entire identity is built around achievement and service
• Why emotional pain eventually manifests physically in the body
• The hidden cost of constantly trying to prove you are “strong enough”
• How compartmentalizing emotions can quietly push high performers toward burnout
• Why asking yourself “why” five times helps uncover the real root of your emotions
• The difference between healthy growth and pushing yourself until you break
• How athletes and high achievers tie their worth to performance from a young age

Quotes from this episode:

“We don't grow when we're comfortable.” – Amber Houghton

“Who are you if you're not a mom? Who are you if you're not a chief or an airman? Who are you if you're not a CEO?” – Amber Houghton

“There is a very fine line between pushing yourself enough to grow and be uncomfortable, to pushing yourself to where you're broken.” – Amber Houghton

“Each time I come out the other side, I am so much more aware of life and its preciousness, capabilities, and potentials.” – Becca Powers

“When we don't listen to our bodies' red flags, we push past them and everything gets impacted.” – Becca Powers

Connect with Amber:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amber.houghton.94/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Amber.Leigh.Houghton/ and https://www.facebook.com/ElitePerformanceStrategies
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/amberhoughton/

Connect with Becca:

Website: https://www.beccapowers.com
Instagram: @beccapowers1313
LinkedIn: Becca Powers
Facebook: Becca Powers

Join the community:
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Get the book:
A Return to Radiance: https://www.beccapowers.com/a-return-to-radiance

Book Becca to speak: https://www.beccapowers.com/keynotes

Free resource:
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