Find Yourself, Change Your Life

Do other people's opinions make you second guess yourself? In this episode, I'm sharing how to stop second guessing yourself, including a small comment I held on to for years and the one question that helps you hear your own voice again. We are conditioned our whole lives by our family, friends, teachers, and the people we work with. It's a normal process, but it can become too much...

You can't think your way to every decision. Trust me, I've tried. In this episode, I'm sharing how to get out of your head and make decisions in relationship with your body, so you can stop going in circles and start trusting what's right for you. Most of us were taught to make pros and cons lists, talk it out, and weigh every option. Then we end up right where we started, just...

Intuition and fear can feel surprisingly similar, especially when you're at the edge of something new. So how do you actually tell which one you're listening to? In this episode, Mary gets into the difference between the two, what expansive versus restrictive actually feels like in the body, and why intuition can sometimes feel like a stretch and still be the right direction. She also sh...

You probably already know the tools. Walking, journaling, breathwork, spending time with yourself. You've heard about them, maybe tried a few. So why doesn't knowing them actually change how you live? In this episode, Mary gets into the gap between information and action… why we keep consuming more and more, and what actually moves the needle on real change. The short answer: you don&apo...

Have you ever woken up and just wondered when you could go back to bed? Or realized you've been running on autopilot for so long you've lost track of yourself? In this episode, Mary talks about what it actually looks like when you don't feel like yourself and more importantly, what you can do about it. The disconnection is real. And it usually comes from not checking in with yoursel...

Someone at a workshop recently asked me: does it count as spending time by myself if I’m on a walk, but I’m listening to a podcast? It’s such a good question because there’s a difference between being physically alone and actually spending time with yourself. One is about location. The other is about attention. In this episode I go deeper into what it means to spend time alone but have external in...

Have you ever noticed that when you commit to something big, things start shifting before you even get there? That’s what this episode is about. When you say yes to something that’s a full body yes, whether it’s a trip, commitment or new experience, things start happening immediately. Not when you arrive, but from the moment you say yes. I’m sharing what that looked like the first time I said yes...

Have you ever stopped doing a practice that used to work and felt like you were failing because of it? That’s what this episode is about. The self discovery tools that help us reconnect to ourselves aren’t meant to stay the same forever. They shift as we shift. What worked in one season of life might look completely different in the next or get replaced by something else entirely. I’m sharing how...

In this episode, I'm excited to introduce Return , a new community created for people who are ready to move beyond simply learning and begin practicing a different way of living. We talk about why information alone isn't enough, how small, intentional practices help us reconnect with ourselves, and why having support along the way can make all the difference.  I also share two personal s...

Sometimes we forget to connect with ourselves and we have to come back to it. This final episode of the Summer of the Self series is about what it means to practice this. Because getting off track is part of life. You aren’t a machine showing up every day and doing the same exact thing over and over… your life evolves and changes, and sometimes you go off course. I’m sharing what that looked like...

Have you ever watched circumstances shift around you in ways that felt like too much of a coincidence? That’s what this episode is about. In this Summer of the Self episode, I’m sharing what starts to happen when you do the inner work… when you slow down, stop pushing, and create enough spaciousness to actually observe what’s around you. That’s when spiritual signs and intuitive guidance begin to...

Are you ending your days dropping into bed completely spent or do you feel reasonably good about how you showed up? That gap tells you a lot about your energy management. In this episode of the Summer of the Self series, we’re talking about energy… what it means to pay attention to it, what happens when you ignore it, and a simple tool called energy dollars that gives you a practical way to audit...

Do you ever notice the same emotion coming up again and again? Frustration at the same time every day, resentment in the same situations, or anger that keeps returning? That emotion is trying to tell you something. In this episode of the Summer of the Self series, we’re looking at emotions as messengers… not something to suppress or react to, but signals to get curious about. What’s underneath the...

Have you ever gone from feeling fine to completely burned out and not seen it coming? That’s what happens when we skip the yellow light. In this episode of the Summer of the Self series, we’re talking about trusting your body… how to read its signals before things reach red alert, and what to do when you’ve been running on noise for so long you can’t hear yourself anymore. I’m sharing three simple...

Do you have a “not good enough” voice? Most of us do and most of us spend a lot more time listening to it than questioning it. In this episode of the Summer of the Self series, we’re looking at one of the most common ways the mind keeps us stuck: the story of not good enough. Where it came from, why it isn’t the whole truth, and what to do when you catch yourself in it. I’m sharing a simple tool c...

Mother. Leader. Partner. Colleague. Caregiver. Friend. How many roles are you playing right now and when did you last check in on the person underneath all of them? In this episode of the Summer of the Self series, we’re exploring one of the biggest questions in any personal growth journey: who am I really? It’s easy to lose yourself in the roles you play. The identity of parent, the identity of l...

Have you ever stopped and asked yourself: is this actually me, or was I taught this? Most of what we believe about ourselves including what we deserve, how we’re supposed to act, what’s possible for us, etc…  didn’t come from us. It came from family, school, workplaces, society, and a thousand small moments where we absorbed other people’s expectations without realizing it. It’s called conditionin...

Have you ever looked at your life and thought… this all looks great on paper, but something isn’t quite right? That feeling of having checked all the boxes, done all the things, and still feeling a disconnect inside is something a lot of us experience. We just don’t always have the words for it. And we usually don’t know how to handle it either. This episode kicks off the Summer of the Self. A new...

Why does one child wake up ready to go while the other needs the whole morning to ease in? Why does your partner have already run three errands before you’ve finished your first cup of tea? It might not be personality. It might be your energy type. In this episode I’m talking about family dynamics through the lens of Human Design energy types and what changes when you stop expecting everyone in yo...

Have you ever had something happen that felt like too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence? This episode is a little different. I’m sharing the side of mind-body connection work that doesn’t always get talked about… what happens when you go deeper. When you start noticing synchronicities. When your intuition gets louder. When you feel, maybe for the first time, like you’re part of something b...

Ever wonder what a real Human Design reading looks like? This episode is something I’ve never done before on the show… a live Human Design reading with my friend and book editor, Chelsea Lauren. Chelsea is a first-time mom, self-publishing guide, and someone who’s been deconditioning from years of morphing into whoever she thought people wanted her to be.  We’re diving into her chart to talk about...

Ever catch yourself feeling guilty for resting? For saying no? For wanting more? Guilt keeps us small. It keeps us hiding in old versions of ourselves instead of expanding into who we’re meant to be. In this episode, I’m sharing how to stop feeling guilty and start giving yourself permission to live fully. We’ll talk about where guilt shows up (productivity, mom guilt, putting yourself first, etc)...

Do you ever shut yourself down before you even try?  Tell yourself “I can’t do that” or “I don’t know how” and just stop?  If so, then this episode is for you. Today we’re diving into how to shift from “I can’t” to “What if?” by developing a curious mindset. I share a real client story about career transitions, my own product business launch, and simple reframes you can use today. If you’ve been o...

Have you ever zoned out in a meeting and realized you have no idea what anyone just said? Or feel like you’re running on autopilot from the moment you wake up until you collapse at night? My first guest on the show, meditation teacher Elizabeth Guilbeault, gets it. Even after 20+ years of practice, she still goes unconscious sometimes. The difference is, she knows simple ways to bring herself back...

Most of us don’t listen to our bodies until they’re screaming at us. In this episode, I’m sharing simple shifts you can make to tune in more deeply… whether you’re brand new to body awareness or ready to go deeper. You’ll learn three levels of body awareness: daily check-ins for beginners, emotion tracking for intermediate practitioners, and energy body work for advanced exploration. I share perso...