Twenty Something with Olivia Burnett – Details, episodes & analysis

What does it actually mean to live in alignment with what you want? And how does that change your life?

In this episode, Olivia sits down with Shawn Moore, founder and CEO of COVE and a board member for Humanitarian Experience, to talk about health, happiness, purpose, and what it really looks like to build a life that feels true to you.

Shawn shares key decisions he made that initially scared him, but ultimately led him to a more intentional way of living and helped him find more peace, love, and fulfillment than he expected. Together, Olivia and Shawn talk about why “alignment” is more than a buzzword, how to know what your soul is actually longing for, and why the scariest decisions are often the ones that lead to the most freedom.

This conversation is for anyone who feels stuck, off-track, or tired of living in the same everyday rat race. It’s for anyone who feels like they’ve been measuring their life by someone else’s timeline and wondering why it doesn’t feel right.

This episode is a reminder that you don’t have to have everything figured out to start making choices that feel more honest, grounded, and aligned with the life you actually want.

Sometimes the smallest changes lead to the biggest differences.

In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How to know what you actually want
• Why living “in alignment” matters for your happiness
• How to stop measuring your life by someone else’s timeline
• Why scary decisions can lead to deeper peace
• How health, relationships, spirituality, and purpose all connect
• Why love and presence are at the center of a meaningful life

Connect with Shawn:
Instagram: @shawnybravo21

Connect with Olivia:
Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast
TikTok: @twentysomething_podcast
YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

In this episode ofTwenty Something, Olivia sits down with Rylee Thompson to talk about why your 20s are not about having everything figured out. They’re about trying, changing your mind, following your curiosity, and becoming confident enough to trust your own timeline.

Rylee shares how moving to a new state, pursuing her career, content creation, health and wellness, and deepening her faith have helped her build a life that feels more aligned, exciting, and true to her. Olivia and Rylee also talk about mental health, comparison, dating in your 20s, setting boundaries, learning to spend time alone, and what it actually looks like to become the version of yourself you keep picturing in your head.

This episode is for anyone who feels behind, stuck, scared to start over, or unsure if they’re allowed to change their mind.

Rylee’s reminder is simple: nothing is permanent, and changing your mind does not mean you failed, it might be the thing that helps you become who you were meant to be.

In this episode, you’ll learn about:

• How to stop waiting until you feel “ready”
• Why trying new things is one of the most important parts of your 20s
• How to change your mind without feeling like you failed
• Why comparison can steal joy — and how to move through it
• How to develop healthy friendship and dating relationships
• How spending time alone can build self-love

Connect with Rylee:Instagram: @ryleethompson1TikTok: @rylee_thompson

Connect with Olivia:Instagram: @twentysomething_podcastTikTok: @twentysomething_podcastYouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

There’s a version of your life you want.

But if you’re honest, you probably don’t fully let yourself go there.

Because hoping for it feels risky. If you really want it, and it doesn’t happen, that disappointment hits harder.

So instead, you stay somewhere in the middle. You work hard, you show up, but you don’t fully expect things to work out.

In this episode, I sit down with Blake Barney to talk about a phrase he lives by:

“Hope for the highest.”

And not in a cliché way—but in a way that actually changes how you think, act, and build your life.

In this episode you'll learn:

• Why we default to expecting the worst (especially in our 20s)
• How your expectations quietly shape your actions and opportunities
• The difference between measuring your life by outcomes vs. effort
• How habits like vision boards, affirmations, and environment actually rewire your thinking
• The idea of co-creating your life with God, instead of waiting for clarity or confidence first
• And how to keep going when nothing seems to be working (even when you feel behind)

Blake also shares his experience working toward a goal for years with no visible progress—and what it taught him about consistency, identity, and trusting the process.

This conversation is for anyone who feels stuck between wanting more and being scared to fully believe it’s possible.

Because maybe the shift isn’t doing more.

It’s learning how to hope for the highest—and live like it’s possible.

Connect with Liv:

Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast

TikTok: @twentysomething_podcast

YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Connect with Blake:

Instagram @blakebarney

If you’ve ever felt like you’re constantly starting over with your health, this episode is for you.

Because the problem usually isn’t that you don’t care. It’s that you’ve been taught to approach health in a way that isn’t sustainable.

All-or-nothing routines. Extreme plans. Trying to become your “ideal self” overnight.

And then when it doesn’t stick, you feel like you failed.

In this episode, I’m joined by Natalie Wilson - a fitness coach whose entire philosophy is built around sustainable health, realistic routines, and progress over perfection.

But this conversation isn’t just about workouts.

It’s about learning how to build consistency in a way that actually fits your life — and shifting your mindset so health becomes something that supports you, not something that overwhelms you.

We talk about why most people struggle to stay consistent, what actually works long-term, and how to stop feeling like you’re constantly starting over.

✨ What you’ll learn:

• The 3 shifts that make healthy habits actually stick
• Why motivation isn’t the thing you should rely on
• How to build routines that fit your real life (not your ideal one)
• The biggest mistakes people make when trying to “get healthy”
• How to stop starting over every time you miss a day
• Why extremes and perfectionism are keeping you stuck
• How to build a healthier relationship with your body and yourself

💬 Connect with Liv:

Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast TikTok: @twentysomething_podcast YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

🤍 Connect with Natalie:

Instagram: @natwilsonfitness App & Workouts: (insert her app link here)

In your 20s, it can feel like you’re doing everything right… and still somehow falling behind.

You’re working, trying to build a life you actually want, navigating relationships, figuring out your faith, and instead of clarity, you’re left with more questions. About God. About timing. About who you’re supposed to become.

And if you’re honest, sometimes it feels like everyone else got the memo except you.

In this episode, I sit down with Hank Smith - BYU professor and co-host of the Follow Him podcast - to talk about what’s actually going on underneath that feeling.

Because what if the reason you feel disconnected from God isn’t because you’re doing something wrong? What if it’s because no one ever taught you what that relationship is supposed to feel like?

We talk about spiritual disconnection, overthinking, feeling behind in life, and how to build a relationship with God that actually feels real; not forced, not performative, but personal.

This episode is for anyone who:

• feels like their life doesn’t look how they thought it would
• is tired of feeling behind
• struggles to feel close to God
• or just wants something that feels honest and grounding

You’re not behind. You’re not forgotten. And you’re not doing this wrong.

In this episode, we talk about:

• Why feeling “behind” might not mean what you think it does
• What to do when you feel disconnected from God
• The gap between expectations vs. reality in your 20s
• How to actually build a relationship with God
• Why your life still has purpose, even if it doesn’t look how you planned

If this episode resonates with you, send it to someone who’s been feeling the same way.

Connect with Liv:

Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast

TikTok: @twentysomething_podcast

YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Connect with Hank:

Instagram: @hankrsmith

Podcast: Follow Him

Why do so many men feel exhausted, disconnected, and unfulfilled—but struggle to say they’re sad?

In this episode of Twenty Something, Liv sits down with men’s coach Nate Johansen to unpack the emotional reality behind burnout—and why it’s often misunderstood.

Because what if burnout isn’t just about doing too much… but about being disconnected from who you are?

Nate shares why so many men are taught to suppress emotion, how that shows up as exhaustion, isolation, and disconnection, and why so many people feel stuck in lives that don’t fully feel like their own.

If you’re a man, this episode will help you understand what you’re actually feeling—and why. And if you’re trying to better support the men in your life, this will give you a perspective you may have never considered.

But this conversation is also about all of us.

It’s about the quiet ways we ignore what we feel, the roles we step into without questioning, and what happens when we keep pushing through instead of slowing down.

In this episode, we talk about:

1. Why burnout might actually be emotional disconnection
2. The difference between feeling “exhausted” and actually being depressed
3. How fear and shame shape the decisions we make
4. Why avoiding your emotions keeps you stuck
5. What it looks like to reconnect with yourself

Whether you’re trying to understand yourself—or someone you love—this episode will shift the way you see it all.

Because maybe you don’t need to fix your life. Maybe you just need to reconnect with yourself.

Connect with Liv: Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast Tiktok: @twentysomething_podcast YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Connect with Nate Johansen: Instagram: @nate_johansen

In this episode, I sit down with Shay Martin for an honest and deeply human conversation about what it looks like to keep living after loss. At just 25 years old, Shay’s husband, Tanner, was diagnosed with stage IV colorectal cancer. What followed was years of navigating treatments, uncertainty, and learning how to hold onto hope while facing a reality neither of them expected so young.

Along the way, Shay and Tanner shared their journey online, building a community of hundreds of thousands of people who followed their story, drawn to their honesty, their love, and the way they chose to keep living fully, even in the hardest circumstances.

In 2025, Shay became a mother to their daughter, AmyLou. Just weeks later, Tanner passed away, leaving Shay to navigate grief, motherhood, and a completely reimagined life all at once.

In this conversation, Shay opens up about what grief actually feels like beyond the moment of loss, how it changes over time, how joy and sadness can coexist, and what it means to carry love forward instead of feeling like you have to move on. We talk about what helps (and what doesn’t) when someone is grieving, how to support people in hard seasons, and how to keep becoming when life looks nothing like what you planned.

Whether you’re navigating loss, heartbreak, or simply a season that didn’t turn out the way you hoped, this episode will meet you there.

Connect with Liv:

Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast

TikTok: @twentysomething_podcast

YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Connect with Shay:

Instagram: @tannerandshay

Podcast: Grief Witnessed

Health Is Wealth: Building a Fitness Brand with Annika Orozco

Behind every “overnight success” is years of quiet work no one sees. Starting something is hard, but sticking with it is harder.

In this episode, Liv sits down with Annika Orozco, founder of Annika, a newly opened fitness studio and gym built around the belief that Health is Wealth. Just days after opening her doors, Annika shares what it really looked like to bring this vision to life: the risk, the pressure, the discipline, and the mindset it took to keep going when things felt uncertain.

From losing over 75 pounds to building a business rooted in sustainable habits and real community, Annika opens up about the small decisions that changed everything. Liv and Annika talk about gym anxiety, beauty standards, imposter syndrome, and what it actually takes to create lasting confidence - not just physically, but mentally and professionally too.

They also get into the business side of building something from the ground up: putting yourself out there, learning in rooms where you don’t feel qualified yet, staying consistent when no one is watching, and trusting that progress compounds over time.

If you’ve been wanting to feel better, start something, or finally follow through on the goals you keep putting off, this conversation will meet you exactly where you are.

In this episode, you'll learn:

• The small, sustainable habits that lead to real change

•Gym anxiety, body image, and navigating beauty standards

• Taking ownership of your health without shame

• Building a business and brand from the ground up

• Imposter syndrome, consistency, and doing it anyway

Connect with Liv:

Instagram: @twentysomething_podcast

TikTok: @twentysomething_podcast

YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Visit Annika:

Gym + Studio: https://www.annika.com/

Annika Memberships: https://www.annika.com/members

Instagram: @annika.wellness @annika.orozco

If you’ve been feeling stuck, uncertain, emotionally overwhelmed, or like life isn’t unfolding the way you thought it would by now, this conversation is for you.

In this episode, Liv sits down with author and Of Stone and Clay podcast host Taylor Church to talk about what it actually means to navigate the “in-between” seasons of life, the moments when old versions of you no longer fit, but the next chapter hasn’t fully arrived yet. Together, they explore how to understand your emotions instead of fearing them, why so many of us feel behind in our 20s, and how learning to be present can completely change the way you experience your life.

This isn’t a conversation about fixing yourself or having everything figured out. It’s about learning how to live fully inside your life right now, even when you’re waiting for clarity, love, direction, or change.

Because when you’re in a season of uncertainty, the last thing you need is pressure to reinvent your entire life. What you actually need are healthier ways to understand your feelings, trust your timing, and stop postponing happiness for some future version of yourself.

By the end of this episode, you’ll walk away with a new perspective on emotions, relationships, and what it means to truly be present — along with practical ways to become more self-aware and grounded in your everyday life.

You’ll learn:

-Why sadness and uncertainty aren’t problems to fix

-How to stop waiting for your life to start

-The difference between dating and finding real love

-How journaling helps you understand your emotions and beliefs

-Why being present changes how you experience joy, relationships, and growth

If you’ve ever felt like everyone else is moving forward while you’re still waiting for your next chapter, this episode will remind you that you’re not behind — you’re human.

There’s nothing wrong with being in the middle of becoming.

And sometimes, learning how to live fully right now is the very thing that moves your life forward.

Connect with Liv:

Instagram @twentysomething_podcast

Tiktok: @twentysomething_podcast

YouTube: @TwentySomething-OliviaBurnett

Grief is something we think we understand — until it happens to us.

In this episode, we’re talking about what it feels like when loss doesn’t just hurt, but changes you. Losing someone to suicide leaves behind more than sadness. It leaves shock. Questions that don’t have answers. Guilt you didn’t expect. A quiet realization that people can be carrying far more than we ever see.

Bannon Greer shares about losing one of his closest friends and how that loss reshaped the way he moves through the world. How it shifted the way he sees conversations, friendships, and even ordinary days. And how it pushed him to become more intentional — to check in, to show up, to care more deliberately.

We talk about the disorientation of grief. The way life keeps moving when yours feels paused. And how small acts of service — simple, consistent presence — can become part of healing.

If you’ve ever felt blindsided by loss… If you’ve wrestled with questions that don’t have clean answers… If you’ve felt alone in your pain while everyone else carried on…

This conversation is for you.

If you or someone you know may be struggling, please know you are not alone. Support resources are listed below.

📌 Suicide Prevention & Support Resources

If you are in the U.S.: • Call or text 988 — Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (24/7, free, confidential) • Chat online at 988lifeline.org

If you are outside the U.S.: • Find international helplines at: www.opencounseling.com/suicide-hotlines

If you are in immediate danger, call 911 (or your local emergency number).

If you’re not in crisis but need someone to talk to, consider reaching out to a trusted friend, a licensed therapist, or a local mental health provider. You deserve support.

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