The Favourite Self Podcast
The Favourite Self Podcast is a show about identity, entrepreneurship, and the courage it takes to grow into the version of you who feels most alive, most authentic, and most rooted in your purpose. Hosted by founder, author, and brand strategist Carly Ottaway, this podcast explores how the way you see yourself shapes the way you show up, lead, and scale—and why identity is the foundation of your brand, your business, and the life you create. Each week, Carly shares honest reflections and conversations with founders, creatives, and leaders expanding in real time—from scaling businesses and rewriting limiting beliefs, to balancing ambition and parenthood, to learning how to own your voice and lead without abandoning yourself.
Episodes
30. How to Build a Profitable Business and Change Your Money Mindset with Vanessa Bowen
What if growing your revenue isn’t actually making your business more profitable?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with money mindset expert and CPA Vanessa Bowen to talk about the difference between revenue and profit, why so many entrepreneurs chase top line numbers, and what it actually takes to build a wildly profitable business.Vanessa breaks down how pricing, exp
29. Working With Your Spouse: The Truth About Building a Business and Family
What does it really look like to build a business, raise a family, and do life with the same person?In this special episode, Carly sits down with her husband and business partner, Luke Ottaway, to share the behind the scenes story of building Web of Words together. They reflect on the decision that changed the trajectory of their lives, how their roles evolved around their individual strengths, an
28. How to Heal Your Inner Child and Break Self-Sabotage Patterns with Adele Tevlin
Show NotesWhy do the same patterns keep showing up in your relationships, money, business and success, even when you know better?Carly sits down with identity and nervous system expert Adele Tevlin for a deep conversation about inner child healing, subconscious programming, self sabotage and the difference between mindset work and true identity transformation. Adele shares how motherhood and becom
27. Stop Downplaying Your Dreams: How to Own Your Success and Celebrate How Far You've Come
Do you downplay your accomplishments, move the goalpost, or struggle to celebrate your wins without immediately focusing on what comes next?In this solo episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly explores why we minimize our success, how comparison and fear of judgment can disconnect us from our dreams, and why celebrating how far you’ve come is an important part of building self trust. She refl
26. From Burnt Out Teacher to Aligned CEO: How to Manifest Your Dream Life with Nicole Crone
What happens when you stop building the life you think you should want and start trusting the one you actually desire?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Nicole Crone, cofounder of My Aligned Purpose, to talk about manifestation, entrepreneurship, identity shifts, motherhood, and the self trust required to follow a vision before you know exactly how it will unfold.N
25. Your Why, Your Vision, and the Business You Actually Want
Before you set another goal, do you actually know why you want it?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly shares five reflection questions to help you get clear on your why, redefine what success looks like in this season, and make sure the business you are building still supports the life you actually want.She explores purpose, business vision, your role as a founder, your brand prom
24. The Astrology of Your Life Purpose with Marina Lynn
What can your birth chart reveal about your life purpose and the direction you are being called to grow?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with evolutionary astrologer Marina Lynn to explore the North Node, South Node, Chiron, Saturn returns, and the deeper meaning behind your birth chart. Marina explains how evolutionary astrology can help you understand subconscious p
23. You Don’t Need More Proof. You Need More Self Trust.
What if the friction you are feeling is not a sign that you need to push harder, but a sign that something in your life or business is ready to change?In this solo episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly explores the friction so many entrepreneurs are feeling right now around content, visibility, business growth, and the ways they have been conditioned to define success. After hearing the sam
22. Jen Leigh on Becoming Iconic, Holding Success, and Building a Legacy Brand
What does it actually take to become the woman who can hold the success, visibility, and legacy she says she wants?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Jen Leigh, founder of Becoming Iconic, for a powerful conversation about identity, personal branding, wealth, visibility, motherhood, and the internal evolution required to build something bigger. Jen shares the story
21. The Power of Radical Presence: Building a Life and Business That's True to You with Janette Downie
What if your sensitivity is not something you need to overcome, but one of your greatest strengths as a leader?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with creative entrepreneur Janette Downie to talk about building businesses that honour your energy, your relationships, and the life you actually want to live. Janette shares her journey from an unfulfilling corporate career
20. A Life and Business Update: Expanded Capacity, Big Manifestations, and Holding Both
What if the biggest transformation isn't changing your circumstances, but expanding your capacity to hold them?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly pulls back the curtain on a full season of family life, business growth, manifestation, uncertainty, and expanded capacity. She shares what this summer has looked like behind the scenes, from working more flexibly while her kids ar
19. Olympic Champion Jennifer Jones on Introverted Leadership, Reinvention, and Life After Curling
What happens when the chapter the world knows you for ends, and you are asked to meet yourself in a whole new way?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Olympic champion Jennifer Jones for a conversation about introverted leadership, identity, visibility, motherhood, and life after elite sport. Best known as one of the greatest curlers of all time, Jennifer opens up ab
18. Visibility, Personal Branding, and Big Brand Energy with Katrina Owens
What does it really take to build a personal brand that creates opportunity?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with personal branding and PR expert Katrina Owens to talk about visibility, big brand energy, and what it means to build a personal brand with intention. After leaving a decade-long career in corporate marketing and PR, Katrina started from scratch with no onl
17. What My Resistance to Instagram Was Trying to Tell Me
What if your resistance to showing up online is not something to push through, but something to listen to?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly shares a real-time reflection on why Instagram has not been feeling exciting or aligned lately, even as someone who has spent years helping others show up online. After a week unplugged at the family cottage and a difficult personal situatio
16. Personal Style, Confidence, and Dressing for Your Next Level with Suzanne Colmer
What if personal style is about so much more than clothes, and is actually one of the ways you step into the version of yourself you are becoming?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Suzanne Colmer, founder of Your Shop Girl, for a conversation about personal style, confidence, identity, and how what you wear can shape the way you think, feel, and show up. Suzanne sh
15. The Truth About Joy, Presence, and Sobriety with Jillian Schecher
What if joy is not something you arrive at, but something you return to again and again?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Jillian Schecher, joy educator, founder of the Academy of Joyful Living, creator of The Joy Method, and a coach who helps people lead, feel, and live from a place that is rooted in truth. What unfolds is a deeply honest conversation about emoti
14. Authentic Storytelling and the Power of Being Seen
What if the story holding you back is also the one that is meant to set you free?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly dives into authentic storytelling, visibility, and why the stories we tell ourselves eventually become the stories we tell the world. She unpacks how the beliefs sitting beneath the surface, about not being enough, being too much, or needing more experience before b
13. Renée Warren on Wanting More and How to Stop Apologizing for Success
What if the life and business you want are not built by waiting to feel fully ready, but by trusting yourself enough to go first?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with award winning entrepreneur, angel investor, and Into the Wild host Renée Warren for a bold and honest conversation about confidence, visibility, ambition, motherhood, and what it really takes to stop shr
12. When Growth Doesn't Look The Way You Thought It Would
What if feeling behind is not actually a sign that you are off track, but a sign that you have not paused long enough to recognize how much you have already grown?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly shares a personal mid-year reflection on the first six months of the year and the unexpected emotions that surfaced while looking back. What started as a simple monthly recap turned in
11. Anna Lozano on the Messy Middle, Raising Your Frequency, and Building a Business in Alignment
What does it actually take to build a business and a life that feel as good as they look on paper?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with serial entrepreneur, brand builder, and founder Anna Lozano for a powerful conversation about identity, alignment, intuition, strategy, and what it really looks like to grow through transition. With more than 16 years of entrepreneuri
10. Why Visibility Feels Unsafe and How to Move Through It
What if the reason showing up online feels so hard has less to do with strategy and more to do with safety?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly unpacks what is really happening beneath the surface when entrepreneurs struggle to post consistently, share their story, or fully show up online. She reflects on the overwhelm that comes from conflicting social media advice and explains wh
9. Psychedelic Therapy, Microdosing, and the Many Paths to Healing with Morgan Weatherup
What if healing is less about fixing yourself and more about learning how to trust yourself again?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with registered social worker, clinical therapist, and founder of Healing Recovery Centre, Morgan Weatherup, for a conversation about psychedelic-assisted therapy, microdosing, entrepreneurship, and the deeper work of coming home to yourse
8. Trusting Your Voice and Letting Go of Perfection
What happens when you finally start trusting your voice, only to lose it completely?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly reflects on the recent stretch of speaking, podcasting, storytelling, and visibility that has asked her to use her voice in bigger ways than ever before. After losing her voice following a keynote style talk at her old high school, she shares how symbolic that ex
7. Rewriting Success in Business and Motherhood with Kristina Bartold
What does success look like when the version you once chased no longer fits the season you are in now?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with Kristina Bartold, co-founder and CEO of The Social Snippet, co-founder of High Vibe Women, and host of Community, for an honest conversation about entrepreneurship, motherhood, ambition, community, and the identity shifts that com
6. The Mirror Effect: What Your Life, Brand, and Leadership Are Reflecting Back to You
What if your business, your relationships, your clients, and even your kids are all reflecting something back to you?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly shares the powerful concept of the mirror effect and how your internal world shapes what you experience externally. She explores how this shows up in branding, marketing, leadership, motherhood, and personal growth, and why the pa
5. How to Expand Your Capacity for More Money, Visibility, and Growth
What if the real reason you have hit a ceiling in business has nothing to do with strategy and everything to do with what your nervous system feels safe holding?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with High Performance Business and Leadership Coach Sarah Lambert for a powerful conversation about business growth, identity, nervous system capacity, personal brand, and moth
4. The Visibility Stretch: What Publishing My Book Taught Me About Being Seen
What if the discomfort you feel around visibility is actually a sign that you are growing?In this episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly shares the behind the scenes of launching the podcast, navigating a major visibility stretch, and moving through the fear that can come with being more fully seen. She opens up about the emotional side of sharing your work, the reality of receiving criticis
3. How to Live and Lead as Your Most Authentic Self with Maria Tassi
How do you make the switch from the path others expect you to follow to the path of true alignment and authenticity?In today’s episode of The Favorite Self Podcast, Carly welcomes Maria Tassi, co-founder of High Vibe Women and The Social Snippet, to dive into the transformative power of embracing your truest self. Maria opens up about the moment she realized that her life felt like it was mirrorin
2. Why Your Business Can’t Outgrow Your Self-Belief
What if the thing holding your business back isn’t your strategy, but your self belief?In this episode, Carly shares why your business can only grow to the level you feel safe holding. Through personal stories of rebuilding after loss, manifesting dream opportunities, and stepping into greater visibility, she explores how identity, self trust, and subconscious beliefs shape the results you create
1. The Power of Breathwork with MJ Renshaw
What if learning to breathe could change the way you heal, lead, parent, and live?In the first guest episode of The Favourite Self Podcast, Carly sits down with breathwork facilitator, author, and founder of The Being Method, MJ Buckner, for a powerful conversation about breathwork, nervous system regulation, emotional healing, motherhood, and entrepreneurship.MJ shares how breathwork first became
Welcome To The Favourite Self Podcast
In this very first intro episode to the podcast, Carly shares a bit about her journey, how she moved from hiding behind other people's stories to finally embracing her own, the inspiration behind the concept of “favorite self”, and how it’s shaped the path she’s on today. This podcast is all about getting real, digging deep, and exploring what it means to show up as your truest, most aligned
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