OFF STAGE with Lisa O'Neill
Lisa O'Neill hosts a podcast where she shares personal recommendations, realizations, and ramblings from her world. She describes herself as a maximalist who believes in the power of action and self-love. The show explores themes of freedom, conditioning, and living a magnificent life.
Episodes
Dress Like the Happiest Version of Yourself
If you don’t dress like everyone else, you don’t have to think like everyone else. That’s Iris Apfel, and it’s my whole philosophy this week. I’m talking about dressing like the happiest version of yourself (not the hottest), why saving your favourite things “for best” is nonsense, and my wish for you: wear something no one else likes.
Anticipation, Participation, Reflection
A surprise trip that went gloriously sideways taught me everything about the three parts of experience - anticipation, participation, reflection. This week I'm talking about why the planning is often the best bit, a simple idea for shifting a culture that badly needs it ("that's not okay," said out loud and with love), and the Byron Katie line holding it all together: everything happens for you, n
Energy Club | Your Body Says What Your Mind Won't
Our bodies hold on to what our minds won't say. This week, craving space in Nelson, I'm talking about Louise Hay's work and how emotional energy gets trapped in the body - shoulders for responsibility, hips for moving forward, the calendar-fear behind one friend's hay fever. Lie down, have a meeting with your body, and listen to what it's telling you.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take
You Can't Put More Time in Your Life, So You Need to Put More Life in Your Time.
This week, from a stormy stopover in Nelson, I'm talking about being a proper life addict, squashing catch-ups and experiences in around the work, why I built the Purpose Planner to hold all of it, and how to make your own week a little bit juicier.
Energy Club | The Curse of Capable
The curse of capable: you look after everyone, you're constantly disappointed no one matches you, and deep down you believe being useful is how you're loved. This week, I'm talking about why perfection is control and not peace, why the goal is to be redundant, and the joy of learning to be secretly capable.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who
Release Yourself From Past Versions of You
Release yourself from past versions of you, and turn your wounds into wisdom. This week, I'm sharing a timeline journaling exercise for exactly that, mapping your life in chunks and finding the advantage hiding in even the hard bits. Plus a glorious Spring Fling, why I've moved to giving experiences over gifts, and yes, it's the 21st of September.
Whatever You Believe, You're Right
Whatever you believe, you're right and this week I'm pointing that at Christmas, which is ten weeks away whether you like it or not. A little planning now gets you ahead, and Christmas is far more optional than we pretend. Plus: why spending Friday making paper flowers bigger than my head makes me better at work.
No One Is You, and That Is Your Power
No one is you, and that is your power. After two weeks in Bali and Fiji giving all four of my energies a proper workout, that's the message I keep landing on. This week, I'm talking about my training in doing nothing, why a 67-year-old singer on a Wellington stage is my new role model, and the one job only you can do: being the most you that you can be.
Energy Club | The Energy of Opposites
We get so rigid in who we think we are. Quiet, shy, not confident, always the organiser. This week I invite you to play with the energy of opposites: do the opposite of your instinct and meet a different version of yourself. Go big instead of small, loud instead of quiet, and bust out of the box everyone's put you in.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy.
A Mind, a Body, a Lifetime
We're all born with three things: a mind, a body, and a lifetime. How you use the first two determines the third. This week I'm talking about your head diet, why worrying is a waste of your time (be a nonstick fry pan), and why my biggest fear of being frail has turned me into someone who refuses help lifting her own bag. Nourish it, rest it, strengthen it.
You Are Not the Voice in Your Head
You are not the voice in your head. You're just the one who hears it. This week, I'm talking Michael Singer, why your thoughts are just goldfish swimming around a bowl, and the question I ask myself every hour of every day: what would make my energy better?
Energy Club | The Victim Corner
Being sick tipped me straight into the victim corner which isn't where I usually live. This week I'm talking about Stephen Karpman's Drama Triangle: victim, persecutor, and rescuer. None of them are the answer, we all have a default, and once you can see these energies in your relationships, you genuinely can't un-see them.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their en
Looking After Yourself Is the Main Focus
This week, I'm talking about why sleep isn't optional when people rely on your energy, and the thing we're all so bad at: doing nothing. My challenge to you? Get one full day to yourself out of the next seven.
Life Is Too Important to Be Taken Seriously
This week, I'm laughing my way through a birthday audit. I use my birthday like an end-of-financial-year review: what's working, what needs fixing, what does version 5.6 of me need? I'm talking food, fitness, why I don't drink, and the line I keep coming back to: if you fuck up your body, you've got nowhere to live.
Action Breeds Confidence
Action breeds confidence and I'm deep in an action phase this birthday week. I'm talking about why worrying is just worshiping your problems, the beautiful tension between "I am ashes and dust" and "the world was made for me," and my genuine advice for your next birthday: lie about your age, but go up. Because old age is a privilege.
Energy Club | Getting Your Aura Clean
I spent $90 getting my aura cleansed, and it got me thinking about why we'll spend that on an oil change without blinking but not on ourselves. This week, I'm talking about bodywork, energy cords, closing open loops, and having an actual meeting with your body to ask it what it needs. The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accounta
Spend Some Money on Your Energy
When you're running here, there and everywhere, your energy takes a hit. So this week I'm getting my aura cleansed between Sydney and Wellington. I'm talking about magnetic healing, why disease can show up in your energy field months before your body, and the simple truth underneath all of it: no one else is going to look after your energy. That's your job.
Energy Club | The Vibration Ladder
Every feeling you have has a vibration and once you know the ladder, you can't unsee it. This week, I'm sharing the chart I've been showing at conferences (print it, stick it on your fridge), the small things that lift my vibe, and why sometimes the healthiest thing is to sit in your shit for a bit before climbing out.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy.
Fitness, Friends, and Finances: The Three F's That Matter
We're at the midpoint of the year so what happened to all those January promises? This week, I'm talking about the three things I'm passionate about, the three F's everyone should sort by 40 (fitness, friends, finances), and my favourite thing in the whole world: taking responsibility for wherever you are, even when it's not your fault. You've got six months. Don't waste them.
Energy Club | Conducting a People Audit
Your people can make or break you so why do most of us pay so little attention to where our energy actually goes? This week, I'm making the case for auditing your people: leaning into the ones who lift you, gently leaning away from the ones who drain you, and getting prescriptive about the good ones you're still missing. Because hope is not a plan.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take re
Energy Club | Brainwash Yourself
You're the biggest brainwasher in your own life and most of the cruel stories you tell yourself came from other people years ago. I want you to catch it. Course correct. When you hear yourself say something cruel, talk back. Grab a friend to pull you up. And find your line — mine, from Louise Hay, is "I'm safe and loved." That's the good kind of brainwashing.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants
Busy Is a Choice
Busy is a choice, stress is a choice, joy is a choice. And here's the uncomfortable bit. If you don't make a decision, that's still a decision. Sometimes there's no good option, just the best bad one. So what's yours right now?
The Energy Comes After the Action
We sit around thinking "soon I'll feel amazing and then I'll do something." Flip it. Go do something then see how you feel. The energy comes after the action.
I Taught Myself to Rest
I'm not a natural rester. My ADHD and my packed life don't make space for it. So I taught myself, and after a weekend lying down at a retreat in the Coromandel, I'm not tired for the first time all year. This week, I'm talking about why rest goes deeper than sleep, what trees can teach us, and why "I haven't got time" is the exact belief keeping you exhausted.
Your Life Moves in the Direction of Your Strongest Thought
Your life moves in the direction of your strongest thought. So what's yours right now? Mine is lucky. This week, I'm talking about why that one word is changing everything, plus a moment at a women's conference in Queenstown that absolutely got me, and why everything, the tea you drink, the person you sit next to, the time you go to bed is an energy decision.
The Most Powerful Relationship You'll Ever Have Is With Yourself
Sometimes you have to reintroduce yourself from scratch. This week, I'm talking about getting to know myself again at 55, why "what are you into?" is a better question than "what do you do?", and why having an answer matters more than you think.
Energy Club | Fortifying Your Body
I got a cold and it reminded me that having a system matters. This week, I'm sharing everything I reach for when my body starts sending warning signals potassium broth, a hot whiskey remedy that a Scottish friend swears by, and the permission to tap out before you actually need to.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountabili
Fall in Love With Taking Care of Yourself
I used to exercise because I felt like I had to. Now I do it because it's a privilege and my body can and that shift has changed everything. This week, I'm talking strength, flexibility, coordination, and why falling in love with taking care of yourself is one of the most powerful decisions you'll ever make.
Energy Club | Letting Go
find another layer waiting underneath. This week, I'm talking about how to actually do it. The list, the plan, and yes, burning the paper, whether it's clutter, a habit, or a person who's been glued into your life way past their expiry date.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaon
I Am a Lover of What Is Because It Hurts When I Argue With Reality
This week when I opened my planner to page 146, I found Byron Katie's quote staring back at me: I am a lover of what is, not because I'm a spiritual person, because it hurts when I argue with reality. I've been using her four questions for about 20 years and I'm still not done with them. They're that good.The four questions are simple. Is it true? Can you absolutely know it's true? How do you reac
Energy Club | Supplement Support
I'm great at buying supplements. Taking them? That's where it falls apart. This week I'm talking about why I think every woman needs them, how to figure out what you actually need, and the simple tricks that help me remember to take the damn things. Your body has been asking for this. Time to listen.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want su
Be the Water That Goes Around the Rocks
When life throws rocks in your path, you can't always move them - but you can be the water that flows around them. This week Lisa shares the visualisation keeping her grounded through a genuinely ridiculous week, plus discovery calls, a seafood boil, and why you should watch the Jacinda documentary even if you hate politics.
Energy Club | Asking for Help
This week's Energy Wisdom lesson is about asking for help. We're shit at it because we're really capable. When you ask for help, you're giving people an opportunity to be generous, so do it as a game. Be specific, and don't feel guilty. The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill
The Difficult Times We Fear Might Ruin Us Are The Ones That Can Break Us Open
Elizabeth Lisa wrote the most stunning book called Broken Open and there's a quote that says, "the difficult times we fear might ruin us can break us open and help us blossom." My cup has overflowed with hard stuff but it's making me better not bitter. Hard is good because it stretches us. I'm in that stretchy bit where you can feel your muscles tweaking.
Everyone Is on a Spiritual Path
The Marianne Williamson quote in my planner says "everyone is on a spiritual path, most people just don't know it." What does your soul need? Not just courage, but permission or a shove to be braver. Our triggers are our teachers, crisis is a curriculum, the cave you fear holds the treasure you seek, and when was the last time you had your head held?
Everything's Possible in Shanghai
I'm recording this from Shanghai and I am absolutely living my best life. Eight incredible women, markets where the answer is always yes, and a city that runs entirely on possibility and contrast. This week I'm staying in the moment, because that's where the magic is.
Energy Club | Becoming a Spiritual Freelancer
This week's Energy Wisdom lesson is all about spiritual energy and beliefs. Some people were told what to believe, but I was raised by an atheist father and Presbyterian mother, so I got stuck in the middle and got to choose, which is actually a gift.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now
You Don't Find Out Who You Are Unless You Work At It
Iris Apfel says, "You don't find out who you are unless you work at it." The greatest project we ever work on is ourselves, and you're not a $5 note so don't find yourself. Try different things and reinvent yourself every two years instead of becoming forgetfully the same.
Energy Club | Understanding Your Mental Energy
This week's Energy Wisdom lesson is all about mental energy, the stuff that either makes you mental or stops you from being mental and how much clarity you have when your brain feels fuzzy, scattered, muddy, or crunchy.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill.co.nz
Monday Morning with Myself | Energy Flows Where Attention Goes
I get concerned about all the energy going into people being stressed and hating. Here's the recipe for an amazing life: stay present to where your feet are and find ways to enjoy every moment, hour by hour infusing your world with fun because it's hard out there.
Energy Club | Getting Inspired
nspiration is energy and if you feel uninspired, it's because you've abandoned yourself doing boring shit instead of living. Make a list of what inspires you. Movies, recipes, podcasts, sunsets, everyday people doing good human shit and go find some wow this week.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration
Monday Morning with Myself | 100 Hours
We are awake for 100 hours a week: 30 hours to be human, 40 hours of work, leaving 30 hours, but where does it actually go? Keep a tally this week because the Buddha says "the trouble is you think you have time" and maybe you haven't.
Monday Morning with Myself | How You Are You?
Today's question is: how youare you? Are you at the epicentre of you or miles away from it? Look at what you're wearing. Is it the you or just the cleanest shirt? You're an unrepeatable person, so how can you be 100% you today?
Energy Club | Loving Your Body
I just found the most gorgeous poem, Dear Body, written by Jan Brierton. It really aligns with my view on our bodies and how we need to look after them and love them and make friends with them.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill.co.nz
Monday Morning with Myself | We Die Twice
I don't know who said it, but someone famous said that we die twice. We die the first time when our heart stops beating and the second time we die is when people no longer mention our name, when they stop talking about us.
Monday Morning with Myself | Ten Days of Happiness
People don't really know what makes them happy and people don't know how to get happy. And I've spent a lot of time thinking about this, and I reckon there's ten steps that we have to go through to get happy.
Energy Club | Five Major Contaminators
In the Energy Book, I wrote about the five major contaminators that we can come across. The Drama Queen, the Human Dumpster, the Control Freak, the Virtuous Victim, and the Mighty Narcissist. In this episode, I'm sharing with you how to handle each and what they're teaching you. You've always got power: journal, practice "fuck off" in the car, and remember it's not your job to fix them.The Energy
Monday Morning with Myself | Choosing Courage Over Comfort
This week, the quote on my planner is a Brené Brown one of choosing courage over comfort. Outside of the comfort zone is the stretch zone. Courage means to be scared and do it anyway. and that's where you have to step into courage.
Monday Morning with Myself | I Dwell in Possibility
Today's quote is Emily Dickinson's "I dwell in possibility" and I love that hope is the thing with feathers that perches in your soul.
Energy Club | Taking Responsibility for Your Body
Taking responsibility for your body means investigating what's wrong, asking why it's happening, making informed decisions, being proactive with tests, and not just outsourcing everything to doctors without understanding what's going on.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill
Standing Observations | Overfunctioning
If you're a high capacity human, you will often attract low capacity people. You give other people permission to be an underdoer and you over function.
Monday Morning with Myself | Organise Don't Agonise
My greatest piece of advice this week is organise, don't agonise by Nancy Pelosi. Whatever you're stressed about, organise it.
Energy Club | Re-mattering and Re-membering
Re-mattering and re-membering are about rejoining yourself (reconnecting with your soul's desires) and reclaiming your importance (teaching yourself and others that you matter again).The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill.co.nz
Monday Morning with Myself | Life As Art
Maya Angelou wrote that we need to treat life as art because the routines we follow, we often forget that life is an ongoing adventure. The sooner we realize that, the quicker we'll be able to treat life as art, to bring all of our energies to each encounter, to remain flexible enough to notice and admit when what we expected to happen did not happen. We need to remember that we are created, creat
Standing Observations | Being Intentional
Marty Supreme got me thinking about Rabbi Simcha's teaching: carry two pieces of paper saying "I'm everything" and "I'm dust." This year, I'm committed to being intentional, asking "what is my intention?" in every moment, knowing what deserves my all-in commitment and what deserves letting go.
Energy Club | Energy Is A Decision
Energy isn't something that happens to you. It's the result of conscious (or unconscious) decisions you make every single day about what you eat, wear, surround yourself with, and do.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill.co.nz
Monday Morning with Myself | Five Values That I'm Running My Life Through Now
I'm taking my five words (authentic, creative, responsible, thoughtful, kind) and applying them to what they look like to myself, to my people and in my business. Five words, three categories. That's a little matrix that I'm playing with.
Monday Morning with Myself | New Podcast: Business Matters
I'm filming a brand new podcast with my friend Peter Cook. It is a podcast to support business owners because it's hard out there being one. We want to add some inspiration and a few ideas out there into the world of business.
Standing Observations | Get Your Power Back
I've always been very keen on people having power. I have five different ways for reclaiming personal power: saying no, creating a daily spiritual practice, auditing relationships, receiving help, and caring for your physical body. Go get your power back.
Energy Club | The Game of Could
A really freeing way to look at your energy is just to play a game of could. There's so many possibilities. Think about what you could change and see how that makes you feel.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill.co.nz
Monday Morning with Myself | My Official First Day Back at Work
Happy first week back for me and maybe for you. What's happening in your week? What are you doing? What is your focus? Go out there and have an amazing day.
Energy Club | Pottering and Pondering
Pottering and pondering is what I've been doing. I think that is the greatest thing you can do right now, to start pondering what's possible. Start pottering, get a journal, start pondering what you want and what is your year going to look like.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up
Standing Observations | Slow Down and Be Kind
I've learnt over the years that when you're in the hectic times, you've just got to slow all the way down. This is the time of year we're going to need a lot of kindness.
Energy Club | My Brain and Heart Divorced
"If you're exhausted about your heart's obsession with the fixed past and your mind's focus on an uncertain future, your lungs are the perfect place for you." I love this line from John Roedel's poem, My Brain and Heart Divorced. It's just divine.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration.
Monday Morning Meeting with Myself | It's the Week to Get Things Done: You've Got Time
There's always a bit of organisation in my world, but I think this is the week. It's the week to get things done.
Standing Observations Rewind Episode | Going Forward
For today's Standing Observation, we're revisiting an old episode about the stories we all got, shit that happened to us and people did to us. These stories are like boxes. We need to process our stories and move forward without carrying these boxes.
Monday Morning Meeting with Myself | The Power of Connection
I reckon we're disconnected from ourselves. I think we've just lost who we are because we're so busy. I think being connected to yourself comes from space. I love just sitting down and thinking about what's going on, what my focuses are, what I need to do, what I have to do and what I want to do.
Standing Observations | Transformation and Bravery
Transforming yourself is a lovely opportunity and you might need a tablespoon of courage or bravery. This is the year of transformation. Have a think about what you'd like to transform. How could you be braver?
Monday Morning Meeting with Myself | Repotted Week
How much of a luxury is it to have the first week of December, just to think about what you want to create, be, do and have in 2026? That's what I'll be doing. I'm literally off the grid and just 100% focused on repotted. We plant dreams, we pull out weeds, and we grow the next stage of our lives.
Energy Club | The Summer of My Body
So I've decided this summer as the summer of my body. It's the summer of just leaning into looking after my body. What it means is being really gentle with her and exercising her in a in a loving and gentle way.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill.co.nz
Monday Morning Meeting with Myself | Giving Myself Space
I'm going to give myself a slow Monday because I don't normally have a slow Monday. I just needed to have some space. Go through your calendar today, find some little gaps. Find some space where there's nothing and just block it out and pretend you've got something on.
Standing Observations | The MeToo Movement
I like the idea of a MeToo movement for everything. It's lovely when you've got someone that understands you. Go and find someone you've got something in common with.
Monday Morning Meeting with Myself | Pre-worrying
I really like Karla Sorensen's quote that says worrying is like trying to win a race while you're sitting on a rocking horse. Worrying is worshipping a problem. I've been talking to lots of people recently about worrying and worrying an advance, like just getting so ahead in, so worried about shit that may or may not happen.
Standing Observations | Networking
A lot of people hate the idea of networking but if you put a bit of effort in, you might just meet the coolest person, someone super interesting, some new friends and a new space. It might change your life.
Energy Club | Raft of Responsibility
How often have you felt like wanting to run away from life? Sick of everybody leaning on you and feeling like you're gonna fall over? And then you can't fall over because everyone's living on it? Are you just pegging around on your raft of responsibility, being responsible for everyone?The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, ac
Monday Morning Meeting with Myself | Purpose Planner Week
The Purpose Planner 2026 is arriving today and we're going to get them all sent out this week. If you've already ordered your purpose planner, we've snuck in some stickers (fun, space, planning, and movement) that will help you plan your weeks and months.
Standing Observations | Generosity
If you've got money sitting around doing nothing, give it away because money's energy. When you're giving out energy to the world, I reckon you'll get it back.
Energy Club | Christmas Energy and Traditions
This is a really good time to think about the energy that you want at Christmas. I think we don't put enough thought into how we want Christmas to look and feel and be and what the energy we want out of it.The Energy Club is for anyone who wants to take responsibility for their energy. People who want support, accountability and inspiration. Sign up now at lisaoneill.co.nz
Monday Morning Meeting with Myself | Live Life as if Everything Is Rigged in Your Favour
Rumi's quote says, live life as if everything is rigged in your favor. The reason we don't is because we're all so full of doubt. What are you doubting at the moment?
Standing Observations | Make Yourself a Certificate
I think we all deserve an award. If you had to give yourself a certificate today, what would you give yourself a certificate in?
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