ALIGNED & ALIVE with Chrissy May
Are you ready to break free from limitations, step into deeper purpose, and rise into a life that feels clear, grounded, and fully alive?Aligned & Alive is the podcast for whole human evolution — where transformation meets faith, healing, and higher purpose.Each week, host Chrissy May—entrepreneur, transformational therapist, and retreat facilitator—shares the tools, perspectives, and high-level conversations that help you strengthen your mindset, elevate your emotional and spiritual maturity, and create a life rooted in clarity, integrity, and personal truth.Through honest, unfiltered storytelling and powerful interviews with leaders, visionaries, and experts, Chrissy brings forward the lessons, breakthroughs, and i...
Sunday Soul Drop: Releasing Shame and Unworthiness
Shame is heavy. Unworthiness is loud. And for so many of us, we've been carrying a story about ourselves that was never true and certainly was never meant to stay.
In this week's Sunday Soul Drop, I'm taking you to the ocean, because there is something powerful about the image of the tide taking what no longer belongs to you. With the Holy Spirit as our Comforter and Counselor, we release the shame, the unworthiness, and the old sentences that were spoken over us. And we receive, maybe for the first time in a long time, the...
Paradise Valley Retreat Drop-in with Annalie Howling: What Are You Protecting That's Quietly Costing You Everything
What if the very thing you’re protecting is quietly costing you everything?
In this episode of Aligned & Alive, I’m joined by my dear friend Annalie Howling, a globally recognized performance coach who works with elite athletes, former UK Special Forces, high-net-worth leaders, and individuals navigating major life transitions. Get ready for a powerful conversation about the stories we carry, the beliefs that shape our identity, and how shame and outdated patterns can keep us stuck in versions of ourselves that we’ve already outgrown.
We talk about what it really means to step into a...
Superwell Living: How to Reclaim Energy, Focus & Longevity with Lauren Pronger
What does it really mean to live and lead at your highest level?
In this episode, I sit down with Lauren Pronger, author of Superwell, to explore the intersection of performance, identity, and whole-human wellness. We dive into what sustainable success actually requires — beyond hustle, burnout, and surface-level habits. This conversation is about operating at an elite level without abandoning your nervous system, your values, or yourself.
In This Episode
• The true meaning behind Superwell
• Why high achievers burn out — and how to recalibrate
• Identity-driven performance
• Building standards that support long-term success
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Sunday Soul Drop: Preparing Your Heart For Miracles
In this week’s Sunday Soul Drop, we explore what it really means to surrender — not as passivity, but as strength. When we release control over outcomes and stay open to the unfolding, we create space for miracles.
You’ll be invited to:
• Release the timeline
• Quiet the internal pressure
• Re-anchor in faith
• Expect abundance, healing, restoration, and provisionScripture referenced:
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Deep Nervous System Regulation Practice
Your body cannot expand when it feels unsafe.
In this extended guided practice, I walk you through a powerful nervous system reset designed to signal safety to the body, calm stress responses, and bring you back into grounded presence.
This is not mindset work.
This is physiological recalibration.
Inside this episode, we explore:
How to move from fight-or-flight into parasympathetic regulationBreath patterns that communicate safety to the brainBody-based awareness to release stored tensionSimple anchoring techniques to create internal stabilityHow to build long-term resilience through repetitionIf this practice supported you, s...
Before You Quit: The 90-Second Monday Reset
Feeling stuck? Unmotivated? On the edge of wanting to quit?
Before you change the plan — change your state.
In today’s quick Monday reset, Chrissy shares one simple, science-backed shift you can use immediately to interrupt stagnation and create momentum in under 90 seconds.
Stuck isn’t a circumstance.
It’s a nervous system state.
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Sunday Soul Drop: Calling You Out of the Noise
In this gentle Sunday Soul Drop, Chrissy invites you to step away from the constant notifications, opinions, pressure, and mental spinning—and return to the only place clarity is actually found: stillness with God.
Through guided breath, prayer, and reflection, you are led to:
• Receive clarity instead of chasing it
• Anchor your nervous system in peace instead of noise
• Move into the week held, not hurried
This is a short, sacred reset for your mind and spirit.
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Sunday Soul Drop: Anchored and Protected
In a season where division feels loud and culture feels unsettled, this Sunday Soul Drop is a reminder: we are not called to fear — we are called to stand.
Today we anchor in Scripture, put on the full armor of God, guard our minds, and refuse to let the spirit of the age shape our spirit. Protection is not panic. It is alignment with Christ.
If this message resonated and you’re seeking deeper spiritual grounding or discernment in this season, reach out to me directly: hello@ChrissyMay.com
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Anchoring Into Confidence & Reclaiming Your Power
In this episode, we explore what real confidence actually is and why so many people stay disconnected from their power despite doing “all the work.” True confidence comes from internal safety, self-trust, and alignment, not external validation or hustle.
When you stop adapting to environments that shrink you and start anchoring into who you truly are, clarity sharpens, standards rise, and your decisions become cleaner and more grounded.
This conversation is an invitation to reclaim your power from the inside out and lead your life from a place of steadiness and self-trust.
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Paradise Valley, Arizona Retreat: Your Next Level and Community is Calling
In today’s episode, Chrissy shares an exciting update as applications officially open for the April retreat in Paradise Valley. She reflects on the powerful response, why people are craving depth and integrity, and how real transformation happens through intentional environments—not isolation or overconsumption.
This episode is an invitation to discern whether you’re ready for deeper work and the right room to support your next level of becoming.
April Retreat Details:
📍 April 6–9, 2026
Paradise Valley, Arizona
Private, application-only immersion with world-class facilitators
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Sleep Meditation with Soothing Music
Tonight’s sleep meditation is an invitation to slow down, soften your body, and release the weight of the day.
Through gentle breath, calming awareness, and a closing prayer, you’ll be guided into a state of deep rest—allowing your nervous system to settle and your mind to quiet.
Let this be a safe place to land before sleep with soothing music.
Sweet dreams!
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...How to Regulate Your Nervous System: A Guided Body Scan
In this episode, Chrissy guides you through a slow, intentional body scan designed to regulate your nervous system and restore a sense of safety and steadiness in the body.
This is not about forcing relaxation or trying to “calm your mind.”
It’s about listening to your body, releasing held tension, and allowing your system to settle naturally.
You can listen seated, lying down, or wherever your body feels supported.
What You’ll Experience
• A guided body scan to gently release stored tension
• Nervous system regulation through sensation an...
Sunday Soul Drop: Trust the Unfolding
In today’s Sunday Soul Drop, Chrissy gently guides you into a space of stillness, peace, and deep connection with God.
This episode is an invitation to slow down, release the pressure to have everything figured out, and trust the unfolding of what is to come. If you’re walking through a season of transition, uncertainty, or quiet waiting, this is a moment to be led rather than pushed.
Through supportive scripture, spacious pauses, and a closing prayer, you’re guided into a place of surrender—where clarity doesn’t come from striving, but from resting in...
Proximity Over Information: Environments That Make You Rise
This conversation unpacks why environment is the real catalyst for growth, how the right room collapses timelines, and why who you sit next to matters more than what you’re taking notes on.
If you’ve felt stuck despite “doing the work,” this episode may reveal what’s actually been missing.
In This Episode
Why information alone rarely creates lasting changeHow proximity influences identity, behavior, and self-imageThe nervous system impact of being around emotionally mature, disciplined peopleWhy growth accelerates in environments with higher standardsHow the right room interrupts old patterns a...How to Choose the Right Mentor and Why It Can Change Your Life
In this episode, Chrissy explores how choosing the right mentor, coach, or consultant can either accelerate your growth—or quietly keep you stuck. Drawing from over 30 years inside elite coaching environments, she breaks down the real difference between inspiration and embodied leadership, and why mentorship is about far more than motivation or credentials.
This conversation is for anyone who’s done the work, invested in growth, and is ready for guidance rooted in integrity, lived experience, and real standards.
In This Episode:
The difference between a mentor, coach, and cons...When Things Don’t Go as Planned: Learning to Let Life Flow
In today’s episode, Chrissy shares a real-life moment that didn’t go according to plan—and why that disruption became a powerful reminder about flow, trust, and letting go of perfection.
✨ If this episode resonated and you’re feeling called to deepen your work—through retreats, immersive experiences, workshops, or speaking—connect with Chrissy directly at hello@chrissymay.com.
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Stop Ghosting Your Goals, Start Dating Your Safety
In this episode, we explore why self-sabotage isn’t about laziness or lack of discipline, but protection. Often rooted in fear of rejection and loss of safety, self-sabotage shows up right before growth, visibility, or deeper connection.
This is a grounded conversation about self-trust, clarity, and leading yourself with compassion.
In This Episode:
Why self-sabotage is self-protection, not failureThe link between rejection, safety, and behaviorHow the nervous system influences decisionsSimple ways to begin healing the root of self-sabotageClosing emotional loops to create calm and clarityIf you’re inte...
Why Slowing Down Makes You More Effective
In today’s episode, Chrissy explores why real growth happens when you move with peace, privacy, and discernment — not urgency or noise. This is a grounded, reflective conversation about protecting your energy, being selective with your time and environment, and choosing where your attention truly belongs.
If you’ve been feeling scattered, exposed, or stretched thin, this episode invites you to pause, reflect, and realign, without force or overthinking.
In This Episode, We Cover:
Why slowing down actually makes you more effectiveHow discernment shapes what grows and what drains youWhe...Sunday Soul Drop: Let Go and Let GOD
God Is in Control | Sunday Soul Drop
This Sunday Soul Drop is a calming, faith-centered meditation designed to help quiet the mind, release anxiety, and rest in the truth that God is in control of every detail of your life.
Through gentle breathing and Scripture, listeners are invited to let go of overthinking and trust that nothing is random — not the delays, the closed doors, the seasons of silence, or the changes they didn’t plan.
This episode is especially supportive if you are navigating uncertainty, feeling anxious about the future, or n...
A Gentle Guide To Deep, Restful Sleep
This gentle sleep meditation is designed to help you unwind, quiet the mind, and ease naturally into rest.
This episode is ideal for:
• settling the mind before bed
• releasing mental noise from the day
• creating a sense of safety and calm
• drifting into deep, uninterrupted sleep
The meditation closes with a short prayer, inviting peace, protection, and rest as you sleep.
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Emotional Safety, Loneliness and the Missing Piece of Connection
In this episode, we explore how loneliness is being reframed by leading voices in personal development and mental health — not as a lack of connection, but as a lack of emotional safety.
In this episode, we cover:
Why loneliness exists even with a full social lifeThe difference between contact and true connectionHow self-editing and emotional guarding create disconnectionThis episode also introduces the intention behind Chrissy’s upcoming April retreat — a safe, grounded, in-person container designed for those ready to open up, drop the armor, and be fully themselves without perform...
Nervous System Regulation: Calm Your Body and Mind
Pause into Presence: A Nervous System Reset
This short episode is an invitation to pause and return to the present moment.
If your mind has been racing, your body feels tense, or the noise of the day has been pulling you in too many directions, this is a moment to step away and reset.
In this guided drop-in, you’ll be supported to:
Pause without needing to “do” anythingGently regulate your nervous system through a unique breath rhythmRelease distraction, urgency, and mental noiseTo explore 3-Month Mastery Immersions, private retrea...
4 People to Forgive So You Can Rise
In today’s episode, we unpack the four people you must forgive to move forward without dragging emotional weight behind you:
This conversation is about traveling lighter, reclaiming your power, and refusing to let resentment become part of your identity.
Because unforgiveness is emotional debt — and debt always costs more than you think.
Ready for deeper work?
Our April immersive experience in Paradise Valley is designed for men and women who are ready to release old narratives, raise their standards, and step into their next level with a high-integrity community.
Beyond Comfort: Choose The Life You Want
This episode breaks down the real reason most people don’t have what they say they want: comfort. We explore why discomfort is the toll you pay for results, how environment shapes your evolution, and the subtle ways excuses, delayed decisions, and familiar circles keep you stuck. If you’re ready for more — this conversation will hit home.
In This Episode:
• Why discomfort is the bridge to everything you want
• How excuses masquerade as logic
• The role of environment in shaping your identity
• How to recognize when you’ve outgrown rooms
• The self...
Evening Reflection for a Clearer Tomorrow
This Monday episode drops in as the day closes instead of when it begins. It offers a grounded moment to integrate, release mental pressure, and give yourself a cleaner runway into the week. Instead of motivation or hustle, you’ll be guided through gentle reflection questions and a closing prayer to support peace, clarity, and rest.
In This Episode You’ll Hear
A short teaching on why integration mattersHow endings influence the rest of your weekA simple reflection practice that relieves internal tensionThree powerful questions to close the day with intentionA nurt...Sunday Soul Drop: Connecting with the Holy Spirit
This Sunday Soul Drop is a guided meditation centered on presence with God, intimacy with Jesus, and sensitivity to the Holy Spirit. Rather than focusing on pace or productivity, this session creates space for communion — to be with the Father, acknowledge the Son, and welcome the Spirit who guides, comforts, and reveals truth according to Scripture.
Listeners seeking deeper connection with God, spiritual maturity, clarity through the Holy Spirit, and a grounded way to begin their week with Christ at the center.
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Guided Off-Load for Restful Sleep: Surrender the Day
Tonight’s episode is a guided off-load for anyone listening in bed, unwinding from the day, or quietly trying to get their mind to slow down and ready for a sound nights sleep.
In just a few minutes, we’ll move from mental noise into nervous system calm—without forcing breathwork, changing positions, or doing anything perfectly.
This session blends three simple steps to support deep, restorative sleep.
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Quiet Wins: Big Weekend Reset
It’s Friday and before we sprint into the weekend, today’s episode slows you down just enough to recognize what this week actually held. Whether the last five days felt productive, chaotic, or quietly transformative, there’s meaning in it — but only if you pause long enough to see it.
We’ll walk through three simple reflection prompts to help you recognize what went well, what you learned, and what you’re not taking with you into Saturday. This is less about metrics and more about the human side of your week — where growth actually happens.
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Guided Evening Calm For Deep Sleep And A Softer Mind
Tonight’s episode is designed to help you transition out of the noise of the day and into stillness. There’s nothing to analyze, nothing to revisit, nothing to fix—just space to breathe, soften, and settle.
If you’ve been carrying mental tension, irritability, or restlessness into your evenings, this short nighttime reset will help your nervous system downshift and your body feel supported as you prepare for sleep.
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Regulate Your Nervous System, Reclaim Your Week
This midweek guided drop-in helps you regulate your nervous system anywhere — without needing extra time, space, or perfection. If you’ve been feeling anxious, irritable, overwhelmed, or foggy, this short practice will bring your body out of stress and your mind back into clarity.
Drop in & Drop the noise with me for a moment!
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Gratitude and Presence: Recognizing the Gifts
In this light Transformation Tuesday episode, Chrissy invites you to pause and reflect on the simple, beautiful moments that make life feel meaningful.
Through the lens of presence and gratitude, she explores how everyday details—morning light, warm coffee, laughter, clean water, a lingering hug—quietly shape the richness of our human experience.
This is a gentle reminder to slow down, notice what’s already good, and sink into the kind of gratitude that softens the heart and anchors the mind.
If you’re craving presence, appreciation, and simplicity, this episode will meet you there.<...
Environment Always Wins: How Environment Shapes Identity and Why Standards Matter
Today we’re talking about the quiet but undeniable force that shapes who you become: environment. We all want growth, clarity, alignment, confidence, and purpose, but those things don’t grow in isolation, and they certainly don’t flourish in misaligned spaces.
In this episode, we explore why environments either accelerate your identity or erode it, why standards matter more than information, and how to discern the rooms that pull more of you forward from the ones that keep you shrinking.
In This Episode
• the hidden impact of environment on identity
• how...
Sunday Soul Drop: Connection and Guidance
This Sunday Soul Drop is a gentle space to pause, exhale, and reconnect. This episode invites you to lean into presence, open your heart to guidance, and remember you don’t have to carry everything on your own.
A soft landing place after a full week of noise, distraction, and decision-makingAn invitation to move from overthinking into stillness and simple awareness with JesusA focus on deepening your connection to God’s presence and your own inner wisdomA reminder that you are seen, supported, and not walking this path aloneIf this episode speaks to you, share it with...
Mustard Seed Courage: How Small Steps Create Big Change
In this episode, Chrissy explores why a “mustard seed” of courage is enough to interrupt patterns, shift identity, and build the internal evidence needed for transformation.
You’ll hear fresh perspectives on:
• Why micro-courage matters more than big leaps
• How small decisions build self-trust and identity
• The real relationship between fear and courage
• What future-self decision making looks like
• Simple questions that create immediate momentum
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Quick Mood Shifts For a Better Day
In today’s quick Friday episode, we walk through a few simple ways to shift into a great mood without overthinking, over-analyzing, or trying to “fix” anything. From changing your environment to connecting with real people and doing something kind for someone else, these small shifts can change your entire state. We wrap with a closing prayer for peace, joy, and a weekend that feels lighter and more grounded.
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How to Change the Stories That Hold You Back
This episode explores the quiet stories that shape how we love, lead, and take risks. From “I’ll never find someone who loves me that way again” to “I’m too old to start over,” we break down how these narratives form and how to replace them with grounded, believable truths that create possibility instead of shutting it down.
In This Episode We Cover:
Simple steps to move through limiting internal narrativesHow to shift old stories around love, timing, confidence, and worthExamples of how these narratives show up in real life What it looks...Midweek Check-In: A Moment of Reflection
This short midweek episode is an invitation to pause, reflect, and reconnect with yourself — right in the middle of life.
In this episode, you’ll be guided through five deep reflection questions designed to bring clarity, integrity, and awareness into the rest of your week, followed by a grounding prayer to close.
Whether you listen during a walk, a drive, or a quiet moment alone, this midweek check-in is meant to help you move forward with intention, honesty, and peace.
Take a breath.
Check in.
And carry this awareness with you...
Why Nothing Feels As Good Anymore: How Overstimulation Rewires the Brain
In this episode of Aligned & Alive, Chrissy explores a powerful insight from neuroscience: addiction isn’t just about substances — it’s the gradual narrowing of what brings us pleasure.
When our nervous system becomes accustomed to constant stimulation, everyday life can start to feel flat, restless, or unsatisfying. This conversation invites you to gently examine what your brain has been trained to need in order to feel good — and what might be getting drowned out in the process.
In This Episode, We Explore
• How high levels of stimulation recalibrate the brain’s reward syst...
Minimize to Maximize: A Simpler Way to Start Your Week | Monday Mindset
Monday Morning Mindset: Coffee with Chrissy!
Overwhelm isn’t always a sign that you’re doing too much.
More often, it’s a signal that too much of your time and energy is going toward what doesn’t actually matter.
In this Monday Mindset episode, we slow things down and talk about how overwhelm builds quietly — through constant consumption, automatic scrolling, and giving your attention away before you’ve even checked in with yourself.
This is a grounded, coffee-in-hand conversation about minimizing the unnecessary so you can maximize what truly matters.
In this...
Sunday Soul Drop: Let Go of the Weight and Trust God To Lead
Welcome back to Aligned & Alive!
Today’s Sunday Soul Drop is a sacred pause — an invitation to step out of the noise, release what you’ve been carrying, and begin your week rooted in stillness, trust, and faith.
This episode is about surrender.
Not striving for answers.
Not revisiting the past.
But placing every concern, every unanswered question, and every heavy thought into God’s hands — and allowing Jesus to gently lead you forward.
Through guided stillness, breath, Scripture, and prayer, you’ll be invited to...
