Shift with Maddi

Psychology's always been my thing - it's my degree, it's the lens I look at everything through. But four life lessons from years of pole dancing? Turns out I was living the theory in my body long before I ever built this podcast explaining it. This week I'm looking at where my SHIFT framework actually started - not on Instagram, but years ago, in a pole studio. Acting before I...

I've been trying to make it look like I've got it all figured out - and honestly, I don't right now. This episode is the honest one: I'm back at square one with my career, and I'm talking about why pushing through doesn't work when the block is internal. I did this before - in 2024, I completely rewrote my patterns around relationships. This time it's career and...

Ever reacted to something small with a reaction that felt way too big - snapped, spiralled, went cold, got hit by a wave of "not good enough" out of nowhere - and replayed it later thinking why did I do that? That's a trigger. And it's not you being dramatic or too much. This episode's about what triggers actually are: your body reacting before your conscious brain catches...

The words you use aren't just describing your life - they're shaping it. The way you speak changes how you behave, what you remember and how much power you quietly hand away without even noticing. In this episode I get into the psychology of language - and why the words you choose matter far more than you think. A few things I cover: The studies on how the way we speak actually changes o...

Ever notice how you've got your shit together in some areas of your life and can't catch a break in others?  It's not bad luck or laziness girlie - it's your default settings. This is the episode the whole of Shift with Maddi rests on: the patterns your brain runs on autopilot, why some goals feel stupidly easy and others feel impossible, and why bailing on the new thing doesn&...

I had the house, the career, the manager title, the social life - everything that looked right from the outside. And I felt like I was wading through mud every single day. This is the origin story. In episode one I take you back to the stagnant years - happy on paper, never in crisis, but quietly certain something was off and unable to explain why. I talk about the trip to Australia that showed me...