Stop Wasting Your Life began with a question our founder Ava Heinbach asked herself: “What am I doing with my life?”
Her journey—fueled by travel, raw conversations, bold adventures, and the courage to embrace what it means to be fully human—was shaped by the people she met and the lessons that cracked her open. Now, her mission is to share those stories and voices to help others live with purpose, depth, and freedom.
This podcast exists to inspire and equip listeners to create a life of intention—through honest dialogue, transformative experiences, and practical tools. We explore what it means to be fully alive: to embrace discomfort, pursue passion, prioritize well-being, seek adventure, and honor the messy beauty of being human.
Life is too short to live on autopilot—and far too meaningful to waste. Welcome to the journey.
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In this episode of Stop Wasting Your Life, Ava sits down with her longtime friend Drew Majors to talk about navigating your early twenties, mental health, and redefining success. Drew shares his journey through emotional highs and lows, being initially diagnosed with bipolar disorder, and ultimately finding clarity through therapy.
He unpacks three key concepts that changed his life: filling your own cup, defining success as “the doing” rather than a destination, and creating a personal “grade book” based on your values instead of outside validation.
And in the middle of it all, the episode takes an unexpected turn when Ava pauses the recording because her house might be on fire. Oops!
It’s an honest, faith-filled conversation about identity, purpose, and learning how to stop grading your life by everyone else’s standards.
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26 Feb 2026
“There Are People Who Will Love You, Anxiety and All”
In the final episode of the anxiety series, Ava shares a vulnerable story from her trip to Florence where panic attacks, sickness, and the urge to run home threatened to take over. But at the center of it all wasn’t fear. It was love.
This episode is about the friend who stayed. The one who sat on the stair, closed the laptop when it was time to stop spiraling, and reminded her, “You’ve done it before, and you’ll do it again.”
Ava reflects on the guilt and shame that can come with anxiety and the fear of being “too much.” She also shares the truth that while some people won’t understand your anxiety, there are people out there who will love you fully, anxiety included.
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18 Feb 2026
You can’t control your anxiety’s timing, but you can control how you show up for yourself when it does.
In part two of our anxiety series, Ava shares the story of the Paris trip that didn’t go as planned.
What was supposed to be a dream vacation quickly turned into panic attacks, overwhelming triggers, and the difficult decision to go home. Through it all, she learned a powerful truth: you cannot always control when anxiety shows up, but you can choose how you respond to it.
This episode is about self advocacy, listening to your body, and choosing healing even when it disrupts your plans. And yes… she eventually made it back to Paris. 🥐
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Ashlee
Jordan Jacobs
Dr Randy James
Christopher Majors
Hannah Jarrah
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16 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 64 / 100
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