Solo episodes
One idea, taken apart properly — the research behind it, where it shows up in real life, and what to do differently on Monday.
The podcast
optYOUmize
Optimize your life. Not just your output.
For high achievers who are tired of hustle culture — who hit the targets and still feel like something's missing. 110+ five-star reviews and counting.
True optimization is not about maximum output. It's about maximum alignment.
The show
What it's actually about
Most optimization advice is a productivity system in a trench coat. It assumes the goal is more — and the only open question is method. optYOUmize starts a step earlier, with the question most high performers skip: what does a genuinely good life look like for you, and is the thing you're optimizing actually pointed at it?
Guest conversations
Founders, coaches, researchers and practitioners with a specific point of view and a real story behind it. No press-tour talking points.
Seven pillars
Every episode lands in one of seven life domains, so the catalogue works as something you can navigate rather than scroll.
The framework
Seven domains where alignment gets decided
01
Mind & Inner Life
Attention, rumination, self-talk, and the stories running underneath the decisions.
02
Body & Vitality
Energy as infrastructure — movement, sleep and the drains nobody accounts for.
03
Purpose & Meaningful Work
What the work is for, and what happens when the answer stops being obvious.
04
Relationships & Connection
The people part — usually the first thing traded away and the last thing recovered.
05
Money & Financial Wellbeing
Money as a tool with a job, rather than a scoreboard with no finish line.
06
Time & Rest
Where it goes, who it belongs to, and why rest keeps getting classified as waste.
07
Growth & Self-Becoming
Changing on purpose — and telling real development apart from busy self-improvement.
Be on the show
Guest applications
I book guests who bring one specific idea they've actually lived, not a general topic and a media kit. If that's you, the bar is low and the door is open.
- A point of view you'll defend, not a list of tips
- A real story behind it — what it cost, what you got wrong
- Something my listeners can use in their own week
- A link to a previous interview, if you have one
Booking Brett
Need a guest for your show?
I'm a regular guest on shows covering entrepreneurship, product launches, affiliate marketing and the alignment-over-output approach to growth. I come prepared, I promote the episode, and I don't recycle the same four anecdotes.
- Building and launching software products that sell
- Affiliate and JV partnerships that actually convert
- Why the productivity framing fails high achievers
- The seven-domain approach to a life that holds up
Reception
Where it's landed
- 110+ five-star reviews across podcast platforms
- Featured on NBC, CBS and FOX affiliate news sites
- Available everywhere — Apple, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio, Pocket Casts
Podcast questions
Quick answers
Where can I listen to optYOUmize?
Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, YouTube, iHeartRadio and Pocket Casts — and every episode is on optyoumize.com.
Who should listen to it?
High achievers tired of hustle culture — people who have hit their targets and still sense something is missing, and who want to examine what an optimized life means beyond productivity metrics.
What are the seven pillars?
Mind and inner life; body and vitality; purpose and meaningful work; relationships and connection; money and financial wellbeing; time and rest; and growth and self-becoming. Every episode lands in one of them.
How do I apply to be a guest?
Email brett@levrige.com with who you are, the idea you'd bring, and a link to a previous interview if you have one.
Does Brett appear on other podcasts?
Yes — regularly, on shows covering entrepreneurship, product launches, affiliate marketing and personal growth. Booking enquiries to brett@levrige.com.