Bloom Your Mind

What if you could transform a hard, spinning, overwhelming emotion into something useful — in as little as thirty seconds? This episode teaches exactly that. The Metaphoric Two-Step is a tool rooted in Marie's training as a hypnotist, and it's applicable to anyone at any age. It's how she helped her son navigate panic attacks around bullying in kindergarten. It's what left her...

In this episode, Marie goes straight to the part most people skip when they're trying to make an idea real — that moment when the voices in your head start telling you it's not realistic, you don't see anyone else doing it, and you're not sure if you have what it takes. She breaks down exactly why your brain does this (threat scan, negativity bias, a regenerative thought loop y...

In this episode, Marie unpacks one of the most powerful habits a person can build: deciding on purpose and ahead of time. She kicks things off with a behind-the-scenes look at the summer bucket list she just built with her family — and why that one ritual is setting them up for a collaborative, empowered, unforgettable summer where they actually get to know each other better and make real decision...

Marie is back from a week in the Catskills (and a stroll down the High Line) and diving into a concept that keeps showing up everywhere in her life — in her therapy, at the retreat she just led, in her coaching groups, and in the books she's been reading. When she mentioned it in both the Bloom Room and Moxie, the room lit up. So here it is. The idea is simple and radical: the person who shou...

You can have a bulletproof work plan. You can take massive action every single day. You can believe in the impact your idea will have once it's out in the world. And you can still stay completely stuck — or keep repeating the same frustrating patterns without understanding why. In this episode, Marie introduces one of her favorite client exercises, rooted in the regenerative design process: t...

What if the secret to your best work isn't trying harder — it's allowing more? In this episode, Marie shares a personal story from a recent retreat where she made a counterintuitive choice: instead of preparing by drilling her content, she prepared by protecting her energy . The result? The best coaching of her life. And it happened because she got deeply, radically present. This episode...

Your brain isn't broken — it's just running very old software on a very modern life. And honestly? For the savanna, it was excellent software. For navigating your inbox, your relationships, and the story you tell yourself about whether you're actually making progress? Less so. In this episode, we dig into five cognitive biases that quietly shape how you see yourself, make decisions,...

What if the world around you — the people in your circle, the environments you spend time in, your subconscious mind, and the face in your bathroom mirror, - was constantly trying to show you something about yourself? In this episode, Marie explores five powerful ways that mirrors show up in our lives, and how we can use each one intentionally to elevate who we're becoming. The Five Mirrors 1...

In this episode, Marie shares a behind-the-scenes look at preparing for her very first Moxie Retreat in La Jolla — and a realization she had mid-workout that cracked open today's topic: we apply hedonistic adaptation to ourselves . We celebrate other people's wins, build gratitude practices for the world around us, and then completely skip ourselves. Marie explores what hedonistic adapta...

Many of my clients come to me with a clear vision of what they want—connection in their relationships, growth in their business, confidence in their body—but when we look closely, the energy they’re putting in doesn’t match what they’re trying to create. And most of the time, they don’t realize it. In this episode, we talk about how to code your energy on purpose—so that what you’re putting into y...

What if the thing you're rallying against is actually a signal pointing toward something you deeply value? In this episode, Marie explores how to reframe your energy — moving from fighting against what you don't want, toward fighting for the life, relationships, and work you actually want to create. With personal stories, client examples, and research from the Gottman Institute, this epi...

At some point in life, many of us quietly stop imagining. We make the big decisions—where we live, what we do for work, whether we partner or have kids—and then without realizing it… we start maintaining instead of creating. We stop setting bold goals.  We stop asking who we want to become next.  We stop imagining what’s possible. In this episode, we flip that pattern. We talk about reverse aging—...

Ever notice how sometimes, when you have the smallest margins and the most to do in a small period of time…for some reason that seems to be exactly when the tire is flat, the dog gets out, or you start getting that tickle in the back of your throat?  It was one of those weeks for me; with two back to back speaking events separated by a red eye flight, when I got really sick, for the first time in...

If you’ve ever thought that focusing on the good in your relationship is “cheating” or “fooling yourself,” this episode is your reset. Because the truth is: this is exactly what the most successful, long-lasting, deeply fulfilling relationships are built on. In this episode, we dive into five powerful (and yes, a little sassy) mindset shifts that will help you become the spark in your relationship...

We’ve all felt some version of it at some moment in our lives; some more than others. Often, the people who experience it most intensely are the people you would least expect. Imposter syndrome can come for leaders. Founders. Experts. High-achievers who are objectively doing incredible work. And yet privately they’re thinking things like: I don’t belong here. They might see through me. I don’t kno...

What does it really mean to become the compassionate observer of your own mind? In this episode, we explore the practice of stepping back and watching your thinking instead of becoming consumed by it. Because here’s the truth most of us forget: you are not your thoughts, and you are not your feelings. But when we first begin noticing our thinking, many of us run into a new problem. We judge it. We...

In this episode, I interview Maggie Roach Black in a live conversation about the partnership Maggie and I have built over 18 years of working together. We talk about what makes a work partnership not just functional — but dream-level aligned . The kind of partnership that makes better work, deeper impact, and a lot more joy possible. This is an inside look at how we think, how we collaborate, how...

Today we’re revisiting one of the most powerful frameworks I teach: the Regenerative Thought Model — and then taking it one step further into real-life application inside relationships, leadership, and everyday human interactions. At its core, the model is simple: There are factual circumstances in the world.  We observe them (ideally from a compassionate, grounded space).  Our thoughts about thos...

Relationships are not actually about other people. They are about the thoughts we think about other people. And that is incredible news. Because it means that even when another person doesn’t change, even when circumstances don’t shift, even when history is complicated… you still have agency. You can change the entire emotional climate of a relationship by changing the way you think, feel, and sho...

We love the romantic idea of inspiration striking. The muse arrives. The energy shifts. We suddenly feel like creating, reaching out, working out, having the hard conversation, writing the email, going on the date, taking the leap. But real artists, real writers, real leaders, real change-makers, and the people who actually achieve the big dreams they’re cooking up know the truth:  You don’t wait...

Lately, I’ve been getting the same question over and over: How did you become so successful, so fast? And when people ask that, they usually mean the numbers. Yes, I left a career in the innovation field, started my own coaching and leadership practice, and made $360K in my first year. Four years later, it’s a million-dollar business. But the real success wasn’t financial. The real success was thi...

We start the year—or a new chapter of life or a new project—with a vision. We know what we want to create, who we want to become, and what we want to move toward next. And then…we stop there. In this episode, we talk about why having a vision isn’t enough—and the single factor that determines whether your idea actually becomes real: belief. Not surface-level optimism, but sustained belief that you...

Every year, I used to get an email that stopped me in my tracks. It would land in my inbox, and I’d feel this immediate sense of clarity and groundedness. The email came from the CEO of the company I worked for at the time—a brilliant, mission-driven leader whose work focused on transforming education by building changemakers, not bubble-fillers. I respected him deeply, and when he shared best pra...

Most of us are much more practiced at pointing out what’s not working than naming what is . And even when we do give positive feedback, we often keep it vague: “You did great.” “That was awesome.” “Nice job.” In this episode, we explore why specific positive feedback is one of the most powerful tools we have—for leadership, parenting, relationships, teamwork, and personal growth—and why it’s so of...

Self-doubt is one of the biggest dream-killers on the planet. Not because it means anything about who we are, but because we believe it does. In Episode 155: The Self-Doubt Hack, we break down a simple, powerful three-step process to work with self-doubt in a way that stops it from derailing your ideas, your confidence, and your forward momentum. Instead of spiraling or shutting down the moment do...