Marsha Vanwynsberghe

Own Your Choices Own Your Life

Welcome to the podcast, "Own Your Choices Own Your Life". Your host, Marsha Vanwynsberghe is a Speaker, Life Coach, and Author of the Bestselling Book, "When She Stopped Asking Why". On this podcast, we will share the tips, tools and strategies used by our guests to breakthrough and overcome the challenges in their lives. Marsha is on a mission to educate, empower and inspire you to recognize that when you truly own your choices, you own your life.

Author

Marsha Vanwynsberghe

Category

Education

Podcast website

www.marshavanw.com

Latest episode

Jul 10, 2026

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Episodes

956 | Staying Heart-Wired When Life Gets Hard 16.01.2026

In today’s episode, Marsha explores what it truly means to stay Heart-Wired when life feels heavy, uncertain, or emotionally demanding. Recorded during the holidays, this conversation meets listeners in the reality that leadership, visibility, and openness don’t pause just because things are hard — and neither does the nervous system’s instinct to protect. Marsha breaks down the difference between...

955 | Rebuilding Life Through Movement, Sobriety and Kava with Charles and Heidi Hatley 15.01.2026

In this episode, Marsha is speaking with Charles and Heidi Hatley. They are the honest, unfiltered voices behind Kava and Kettlebells, a podcast that’s redefining strength, sobriety, and intentional living. Charles is a U.S. Air Force veteran and small-business consultant; Heidi is a personal trainer, homeschooling mom, and traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor. Together, they’re raising their kid...

954 | Does Your Nervous System Lead Your Vision? 12.01.2026

In today’s episode, Marsha reframes why goals often fizzle out by mid January and introduces a concept most people never stop to measure: capacity . Rather than pushing harder, adding more, or proving you can handle it all, she explains why sustainable growth depends on nervous system regulation, subconscious safety, and honest self leadership. Marsha shares how being led by ideas instead of capac...

953 | Before You Set Goals, Build the Identity That Can Hold Them 09.01.2026

At the start of a new year filled with big goals, vision boards, and fresh planners, Marsha offers a grounding reframe that changes everything: the vision is not the problem — identity is . In this powerful solo episode, she breaks down why goals collapse, self sabotage shows up, or momentum fades when your identity and nervous system are not calibrated to hold what you want to create. Drawing fro...

952 | Terrible Gifts Lead Us to Our Purpose with Tom LeNoble 08.01.2026

In this episode, Marsha speaks with Tom LeNoble, who has led in boardrooms and fought for his life in hospital rooms, surviving two life-threatening illnesses. From shaping growth at Facebook (META), Walmart.com, Palm (HP), and MCI (Verizon) to guiding startups, he’s mastered thriving through change. He is the founder of the Tom LeNoble brand and the Opening Pathways podcast. Today, he is CEO of t...

951 | What You’re Meant to Leave Behind: Questions to Ask Yourself 05.01.2026

In this episode, Marsha shares several questions to support you in defining what you are meant to leave behind from the previous year. Here is a list of questions to ask yourself. ​​1. What story from 2025 no longer serves who I am becoming, and what new meaning am I choosing to give it now? 2. Where did I operate from survival, pressure, or fear, and what empowered state do I choose instead for 2...

950 | Conscious vs Subconscious — What Does It All Mean? 02.01.2026

In this milestone 950th episode, Marsha welcomes listeners into the new year with one of the most important conversations you can have before setting goals for 2026. She breaks down the real reason most goals fail, not because of effort or discipline, but because the conscious mind and subconscious mind are not working together. Marsha explains how your subconscious mind runs the majority of your...

949 | The Top Lessons I’m Taking Into 2026 22.12.2025

In this final solo episode of the year, Marsha reflects on the identity she is stepping into as she prepares for 2026. Rather than revisiting grief or hard lessons, this conversation focuses on what the year built in her, the internal shifts that created sustainable growth, and the leadership standards she’s carrying forward into the new year. Marsha shares ten defining realizations around capacit...

948 | My 2025 Wrapped: The Identity-Shifting Year I Didn’t See Coming 19.12.2025

In this episode, Marsha shares an unfiltered wrap up of her year through the lens of identity level growth. Inspired by a viral “Spotify Wrapped for your life” trend, she walks listeners through what it really looks like when your identity cracks open so your capacity can expand. This was not a year of mild discomfort. It was a year of deep nervous system work, grief, growth, and profound internal...

947 | Releasing Burnout to Create Space for Change with Lisa Blanchet 18.12.2025

In this episode, Marsha and Meg speak with Lisa Blanchet. Lisa is a Change Coach, facilitator, trainer, and midlife catalyst who helps women and leaders navigate moments when life feels uncertain and everything is up for renegotiation. After 25+ years leading transformation across industries, and her own journey through burnout, Lisa now guides women in midlife to rewrite the stories that limit th...

946 | The 10 Hardest Lessons I Learned This Year 15.12.2025

In this end of year solo episode, Marsha does something different. Instead of sharing the highlights, wins, or best moments of the year, she opens up about the 10 hardest lessons that shaped her, stretched her, and ultimately changed the way she leads, rests, loves, and builds. From profound loss and grief to boundaries, visibility, rest, identity, and emotional capacity, Marsha reflects on a year...

945 | Your Ceiling, Your Floor and the Unbothered You in Between 12.12.2025

In this powerful solo episode, Marsha breaks down one of the most important concepts for setting aligned, achievable goals: your ceiling (your biggest vision) and your floor (your deepest belief in yourself). She explains why strategy alone will never carry you to your next level if your nervous system and subconscious identity aren’t built to hold it. Marsha walks you through how to expand your c...

944 | Nourish and Thrive At Any Age with Lynne Zimmerman 11.12.2025

In this episode, Marsha and Meg are speaking with Lynne Zimmerman, a Culinary Nutritionist, chef, and the founder of Herbs ‘n Honey, a wellness brand dedicated to helping midlife women reclaim their energy, balance their hormones, and find real joy in the kitchen again. After decades in the corporate world, Lynne rebuilt her own health through food, rituals, and rhythm — and now she teaches women...

943 | You Don’t Have to Carry It All This Season 08.12.2025

In today’s episode, Marsha calls out one of the biggest reasons the holiday season feels so damn heavy: you’re carrying way more than what’s actually yours. From impossible expectations to emotional labour to family dynamics that would test a saint, Marsha breaks down why December often feels like a pressure cooker, and how to get out of the cycle of over-responsibility, overwhelm, and burnout. Sh...

942 | Stop Future-Tripping December — Your Brain Needs a Different Script 05.12.2025

In this grounded and deeply relatable solo episode, Marsha opens up about why the holiday season can trigger old patterns, heavy memories, and emotional spirals — and how to rewrite those automatic responses in real time. She shares a personal moment while decorating her Christmas tree that revealed just how quickly the brain slips into past stories, fear-based thinking, and bracing for the worst....

941 | Becoming the Main Character in Your Own Life with Kelly Chase 04.12.2025

In this episode, Marsha speaks with Kelly Chase, an entrepreneur, social influencer, podcast host, speaker, and reality TV star best known for her role as a cast member on the breakout hit Netflix show Love Is Blind Season 1. With over 400,000 followers on social media, Kelly uses her platform and voice to inspire others to “chase life” and make the most of where they are in their journey. It is a...

940 | Grow Your Capacity to Match Your Ambition 01.12.2025

In this episode, Marsha breaks down the real reason so many high achieving women feel stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with their results even when they’re “doing everything right.” She explains the crucial difference between ambition (your conscious goals, vision, and drive) and capacity (your subconscious beliefs, emotional safety, and nervous system bandwidth) — and why misalignment between th...

939 | Your Inner GPS vs. Your Old Paper Map 28.11.2025

In this episode, Marsha breaks down one of the most powerful metaphors she's ever heard about the subconscious mind. If you've ever felt like you're doing everything right — checking the boxes, setting goals, mapping the plan — yet still not seeing the results you want, this one is going to hit home. Using the imagery of a state of the art GPS (your conscious mind) sitting on top of an outdated pa...

938 | Turning Grief Into Purpose with Mindset Mentor Chuck Barnard 27.11.2025

In this episode, I am speaking with Mindset Mentor, Author, Educator, and Speaker, Chuck Barnard. Chuck is a best-selling author, master educator, and mindset mentor with more than 30 years of experience guiding students, families, and athletes through personal transformation. Armed with advanced certifications in NLP, Hypnotherapy, and Time-Line Therapy®, Chuck has helped thousands overcome anxie...

937 | The Diamonds Were Always Within You 24.11.2025

In this episode, Marsha recounts a powerful story known as "The Acres of Diamonds," from Matt Cook's book, Beyond Wanting, which illustrates how individuals frequently overlook the treasures that lie within their own lives while searching desperately for fulfillment elsewhere. The tale follows a farmer in 1800s Africa who, driven by the desire to provide for his family, sells his farm in pursuit o...

936 | Your Ceiling Is Your Biggest Thought 21.11.2025

In this episode, Marsha speaks to the distinction between operating under pressure and embracing a state of internal power. Marsha introduces the concept of the "ceiling" and "floor" in relation to personal beliefs and aspirations. The ceiling represents the highest thoughts one allows themselves to entertain, while the floor symbolizes the deepest beliefs that anchor an individual. She explains t...

935 | How Light and Sleep Impact Your Energy with Meredith Oke 20.11.2025

In this episode, I am speaking with Meredith Oke. Meredith is the Co-Founder of the Quantum Biology Collective, a Podcast Host, and a Speaker, and she is passionate about bridging the gap between cutting-edge science and everyday well-being. After facing her own health challenges, Meredith discovered the emerging field of quantum biology—the science of how light, water, and circadian rhythms influ...

934 | If You Spoke Your Thoughts Out Loud 17.11.2025

In this episode, Marsha invites listeners into a deeply personal exploration of the power of thoughts and self-talk. She begins by posing a thought-provoking question: if one were to vocalize their inner thoughts, what would others hear? Would it be a stream of empowering affirmations or a verbal dump of self-doubt and criticism? Marsha emphasizes that our internal dialogue is a powerful broadcast...

933 | How to Shift from 'Away From' to 'Towards' Your Goals 14.11.2025

In this episode, Marsha discusses the difference between conscious and subconscious values and highlights the frustration that arises when one's conscious goals clash with subconscious beliefs. Throughout the episode, Marsha explains that while conscious values represent only 5% of our mindset, the remaining 95% is governed by the subconscious. She illustrates how this disconnect can manifest in d...

932 | Heart Wired CEO Recap: Holding the Vision, Trusting the Pause, and Leading from the Heart 13.11.2025

Live from Langdon Hall, Marsha Vanwynsberghe and her Heartwired CEO co-founder, Meghan Weir, reflect on their first-ever Heartwired CEO live event — a transformational experience blending embodiment, leadership, and intuition. They share behind-the-scenes lessons, what it means to lead from the heart instead of the hustle, and how slowing down to integrate can create lasting impact. They also anno...

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