“Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.”
– Jim Rohn –
Our very own Michele Jones was invited and featured on the One Quest Life Podcast recently.
Have a listen!
“Your Life is the greatest work of art! You are both the creator and the masterpiece. So that to me is what living your best life is. It’s about courage”
– Michele Jones –
Founder of LYBL – Live Your Best Life
May 8, 2026 #PersonalGrowth #LiveYourBestLife #Purpose
In this episode of Our Infinite Potential Podcast brought to you by OneQuest, we sit down with Michele Jones to explore what it really means to live your best life – not as a perfect image, but as a courageous journey of self-awareness, purpose, emotional honesty and conscious choice.
So many people move through life on autopilot, chasing success, meeting expectations, and doing what they think they “should” do, only to realise they feel disconnected from who they really are.
Michele is a coach, mentor, speaker and author. For more than 25 years, she has supported people to create meaningful change in the way they live, lead and show up in the world.
In this conversation, Michele shares the pivotal experience at age 15 that shaped her path, and the lessons she has learned through challenge, uncertainty, meditation, nature, gratitude, leadership and inner trust.
Together, we explore how to move beyond autopilot, redefine success, listen to your inner wisdom, and create a life that feels more aligned, present and meaningful.
We also discuss conscious leadership, workplace wellbeing, emotional resilience, and how thriving individuals can help create more connected families, communities and organisations. If you’re navigating change, questioning what success really means, or feeling called toward a more intentional way of living, this conversation is an invitation to pause, reflect and reconnect with the wisdom already within you.
In this episode, we explore: Living your best life beyond the surface-level idea of success and how to move beyond autopilot and reconnect with your purpose.
The role of meditation, nature and gratitude in creating inner clarity and why emotional honesty matters when creating meaningful change.
How uncertainty and challenge can become part of your growth.
Conscious leadership and leading from within workplace wellbeing, connection and human-centred leadership.
How to build a more present, intentional and fulfilling life.
This Episode is Also Available On:
Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/episode/4qXBgopQof7E8oNgvaL0U6?si=FnfAEm8kSzGTYtVkWxQgpA
Apple Podcasts – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-purpose-mentor-are-you-really-living-your-best/id1774671619?i=1000766565613
Want to learn more about Michele?
OneQuest Profile –https://onequest.life/quest-coaches/michele-jones
OneQuest Course: Beginner Meditation With Michele Jones – https://onequest.life/quests/beginner-meditation-with-michele-jones
OneQuest Course: 21 Day LYBL Manifesting Challenge: Live Your Best Life – https://onequest.life/quests/21-day-lybl-manifesting-challenge-live-your-best-life
OneQuest Course: LYBL Live Your Best Life Blueprint Program – https://onequest.life/quests/lybl-live-your-best-life-blueprint-program
Website – https://www.lybl.com.au/
June Focus is Finance and Wealth Finance & Wealth: The Foundation of True Wellbeing
LYBL’s focus on Finance & Wealth highlights that true wellbeing is not only about mind, body, and spirit, but also about the security, opportunity, and freedom created by managing your resources.
Financial wellbeing is not about restriction, complexity, or pressure; it is fundamentally about developing awareness and intention around your resources and building simple, supportive habits.
When you achieve control of your finances, you create the space to breathe, plan, and choose your path with greater confidence.
The Core Philosophy: Money as a Reflection of Self
The core tenet of the LYBL philosophy is that money, at its essence, is simply an exchange of energy.
Your relationship with money and abundance is a direct projection of the relationship you have with yourself.
The way you manage money is a sign of the energy you invite into your life.
Abundance is a universal life force waiting for you to tap into it.
Practical Steps for Financial Flow
Meaningful financial change is achieved through small, consistent steps rather than big, overwhelming actions. To start building this momentum, LYBL encourages focusing on these intentional practices:
Establish Intentional Habits:
Start the flow little by little by creating intentional habits around money. This includes clearing clutter to make way for the new.
Track and Relate:
Track your incomings and outgoings to create a mindful relationship with money. Practical steps include becoming conscious about what you spend, right down to the last cent.
Set Goals and Intentions:
Centre your efforts around the philosophy to…
“Name it,
Write it,
Speak it,
Claim it,
OWN IT!”.
A foundational step is to WRITE YOUR INCOME GOALS DOWN!.
Mindset: The Most Valuable Asset
Building wealth begins with mindset shifts to move beyond limiting beliefs around money. LYBL emphasises that you are your most valuable asset.
Self-Worth:
It is YOU who determines your worth, not clients, competition, or others.
Embracing Your True Self:
Many believe they must change who they are to be wealthy, but money simply enhances who you are and does not change your true self.
Your abundance codes are already within you, you simply need to access them.
When you embrace ALL of yourself, you begin to value yourself, which in turn helps money arrive, stay, and grow.
Consciousness:
Embracing abundance consciousness involves practicing gratitude and actively focusing on possibilities rather than dwelling on limitations.
To help align your finances with what truly matters to you, LYBL utilises simple, powerful programs.
Our Founder Michele Jones notably used intentional strategies:
1. The $5 Note Challenge – to help reduce significant debt and achieve financial freedom
2. 21 Day LYBL Manifesting Challenge – this challenge provides tools and resources to call in more wealth and abundance.
Building wealth is not just about numbers, but about confidence, resilience, and giving yourself the freedom to live life on your terms.
Your wealth journey starts not with luck, but with the decisions you choose to make today.
To help align your finances with what truly matters to you, LYBL utilises simple, powerful programs:
21 DAY LYBL MANIFESTING CHALLENGE!
21 Day LYBL Manifesting Challenge: https://www.lybl.com.au/product/21-day-manifesting-challenge
The ’21 Day LYBL Manifesting Challenge’ kicks off!
This Challenge is centred around shifting the dial on your Money, Wealth & Abundance.
For only $21 (or $1 Per Day) you’ll receive daily LYBL abundance hacks delivered straight to your email, including video trainings and our hottest tips to manifest more wealth and abundance into your life.
This is a great way to make some significant change not only over the next 21 days to rewire some new thinking around money, wealth & abundance, but to also implement some new strategies in this area of life that will set you up for a more abundant life.
In other words, to bring some simple yet powerful focus and in essence raise up our collective consciousness and high vibe energetic vibration to call in what is so readily available to us all.
Let’s raise our vibration to become a manifesting magnet and usher in more Money, Wealth & Abundance over the month of June to set us up for an incredible 2nd half of the year and beyond.
$5 NOTE STRATEGY
The $5 Note Strategy!
The journey towards financial freedom always starts somewhere.
The $5 Note Strategy.
I want you to try this!
I used this little saving trick in the midst of my journey towards financial freedom.
You will be so surprised by how quickly it builds up, and it will allow you to freely save without feeling the financial sacrifice.
I’d like to think of it as a stepping stone towards your money goals.
So what I did was get a little box, and every time I had a $5 note I would store it in there.
And over a short few months I would always have a few thousand dollars sitting there in that box.
And you can use that for anything, like paying down debt, or a down payment on a big purchase, a holiday… the list goes on.
And the best part is, you hardly notice that $5 note missing, so it feels unbelievably easy to save.
And yes, I know…I
can hear you say from here…
“But MJ, no-one carries cash anymore!” So, I’ll say, there’s always a way…simply implement the “Round Up” function on your bank account so it rounds up to the nearest $1 or $5 each time you swipe or wave your card!
This process also allows you to get into the flow of money..
creating your own nice big payday and feeling of abundance.
What do you think?
What are you willing to do today to change your own story?
$5 away or round it up is a great place to start!
What are your hot tips for creating your own abundance!
WHAT IS NEW AT LYBL??
Something new has been quietly unfolding behind the scenes!
And we’re so pleased to finally share it with you.
Our refreshed website is now live!
Growth often asks us to evolve, and this is part of ours.
We’ve created a new online space that feels more aligned, more intentional, and more reflective of the journey we’re on.
Every detail has been designed with purpose.
We invite you to step inside, take your time, and experience the new energy for yourself.
We are live NOW:
Lifestyle Tips:
I meant to share this with you…
I want to share ‘My Journey to Financial Freedom – Michele Jones’ ledger book’ that I created to claw my way back from my own extreme financial debt were the intentions that I also declared at the front of the book (that in some ways became like my journal).
Image above is a page out of my Michele Jones ledger book, of my DEBT…
It was HUGE!!!!!
What I’ve learnt to be true, is that achieving anything great or going from good to great, definitely always starts with becoming intentional, and I mean an all-in kind of intentional, where you’re are completely in.
This means you bring what’s currently unconscious to the conscious and into your version of reality. And as you can see, it didn’t even look pretty (even more reflective of how I was feeling at the time about who I was & my life).
These were the statements that I declared as part of my intention prior to getting started on my own manifesting abundance turn around techniques.
These simple yet powerful statements allowed me to get clear & focused around the first steps to creating the shift & change that were required for me to become not just debt free but financially free.
1. The Universe loves order….to put that into perspective, at the time I felt like my life had crumbled and that I had none – it was like I didn’t even know where to begin!
2. This strategy will allow me to break free of financial worry….I had nothing to lose, it was time to break free!
3. I need to be conscious about what I spend – right down to the last cent….as you will see from the following entry, I really got intentional about this, to the point where when my outgoings were exceeding my incomings, it would make me physically sick with stress. I filled this entire ledger book with entries from every week.
4. I will attract more money at a faster rate if I am clear on it – at the time I didn’t realise how truly powerful this statement was!
5. To become clear I need to write down everything I spend – this was when new strategies started to appear such as my Post It Note & $5 Note Strategies
6. This practical step will allow me to free up the energy I hold around money so I will attract more of it in to my life, easily and effortlessly….little did I know that my lessons would lead me to understanding it was more about my energy than I thought…that money simply put is an exchange of energy.
7. Every single cent and dollar will become part of my financial freedom…this was when I learnt that it was never about the money, it was all about me!
8. I will nurture every dollar…and the best part was that I didn’t know at the time, was that this journey would empower me to nurture me like never before.
Now, Best Lifer, what I know to be true more than anything…
I am no-one special, and if I can do this you can do it too!
And it didn’t take long…
Within 1.5 years I had reduced my ($329,736.79) debt down to just under ($80K) and was able to refinance that final amount into a consolidated loan as part of a home loan that enabled me to get back into the property market again, which then became the stepping stone to my now current property portfolio.
All it took was a bit of a reality check…
I honestly had nowhere else to go, I was just surviving, yes, I had survived cancer but I wasn’t living my best life.
I was doing my best, but I just knew if something didn’t change then nothing would change. It had to start with me.
My invitation to you is to do the same.
You don’t need to be as down and out as I was before you make a change.
Hi Best Lifer!
This month, I want to invite you to look at your finances a little differently. Not as something overwhelming or restrictive… but as something that can support you, guide you, and ultimately create more freedom in your life.
The core truth is this: it’s not even just about the money… it’s about YOU.
Your relationship with money, and all things abundance, is often a reflection of the relationship you have with yourself. Money is simply an exchange of energy, and the way you manage it can reflect the energy you are inviting into your life.
For many of us, money can carry old beliefs, habits, or pressures we’ve picked up over time. But what if this was your moment to reset that relationship? To approach your finances with more awareness, more intention, and more self-compassion?
You don’t need to make big, dramatic changes overnight. It’s the small steps that matter. If you want to begin shifting your financial energy, start gently. Create intentional habits around money.
Clear your clutter to make space for the new. Track your income and outgoings so you can build awareness and a stronger relationship with your finances.
A foundational step is to WRITE YOUR INCOME GOALS DOWN!.
Remember the mantra: Name it. Write it. Speak it. Claim it. Own it!
You are your most valuable asset. It is YOU who determines your worth, not your clients, not your competition, and not anyone else.
When you begin to truly embrace ALL of yourself, you start to value yourself differently…
and that is when money begins to flow, stay, and grow.
I share this with you because I’ve been there too. Within 1.5 years, I reduced my financial debt from $329,736.79 to just under $80K.
It started with a reality check… and a decision that everything had to change from within me. I am not anyone special, and if I can do it, so can you.
You don’t need to reach your lowest point before you choose to change.
If you feel called to deepen your financial wellbeing, our 21 Day Manifesting Challenge offers tools and guidance to help you call in more abundance. And the $5 Challenge (one of the strategies that appeared for me) is always a powerful, simple way to start shifting your money mindset.
My hope for you this month is that you begin to feel more in control, more confident, and more supported in the way you manage your money.
Because financial wellbeing isn’t just about what you have…
it’s about how you feel. And you deserve to feel empowered, abundant, and free.
Live Your Best Life ALWAYS!
Big Love,
Michele Jones
Founder | Coach | Consultant | Mentor
Amazon Best-Selling Author & International Professional Master Coach
Get your copies of Michele’s #1 bestselling book ‘Live Your Best Life’, at the LYBL online store!
AND your LYBL merchandise, inspirational items and much more at the LYBL online store!
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Looking Ahead: Relationships
Next month at LYBL, our focus shifts to Relationships in Work, Business & Life.
Because at the heart of everything we do… is connection.
It’s not just about what you do, but how you show up, for others, and for yourself.
The way you relate to people shapes your experiences, your opportunities, and the quality of your everyday life.
Relationships live in every space, our work, our business, our families, and most importantly, within ourselves.
This month is about creating more conscious, healthy connections grounded in respect, communication, authenticity, and strong boundaries.
We’ll explore how to:
Build stronger professional relationships.
Communicate with clarity and confidence.
Strengthen boundaries in work and life (this is non-negotiable, Best Lifer!)
And deepen the relationship you have with yourself.
Because when you change your internal relationship… everything around you begins to shift.
This is about connection, not perfection.
Growth, not pressure.
We’re excited to step into this next theme with you, because the way we connect is the way we create our world.
