The Letters To & From Women Podcast

Celebrate 26 with me ❤️ On friendships in your 20s, learning I have celiac, trusting your heart vs sacrificing your peace to self-comparison, and breaking fear-based limiting beliefs. Book your first free Somatic Healing Session here. Don’t forget to like the show, subscribe, share, and leave a review to support the movement! The intro music is sung, recorded and produced by Emerald Osagie. Cover...

Book a free session to gain insight into the root of your relational wounds: https://calendly.com/mariana-theenlightenedwoman/discovery-call If you’ve ever felt like you had to overgive, overthink, or carry the emotional weight of your relationships just to feel loved, this episode is for you. In this episode, I'm breaking down the 5 traits of an emotionally safe man and how a healthy relationship...

If you’re constantly trying to fix yourself, overanalyzing your emotions, struggling with anxiety, hypervigilance, people-pleasing, or feeling like you can never fully relax… this episode is for you. In this episode of the Letters To and From Women Podcast, we're exploring the deeper nervous system and childhood trauma patterns behind perfectionism, self-improvement addiction, emotional hypervigil...

If you’ve ever felt like your anxiety has no off switch… like your mind is constantly scanning for danger, overthinking every interaction, and carrying everyone else’s emotional weight, this episode will help you understand why. In this episode, I talk about the deeper roots of anxiety through the lens of people-pleasing and self-abandonment trauma. I share how growing up hypervigilant and emotion...

💔 Are you hurting from a broken heart or an abandonment wound that won't seem to heal, or keeps sabotaging your dating life? Apply for 1:1 somatic coaching with me, and receive a free session ✨: https://forms.gle/DcFAV9vqv7jGTeAv7 Letting go is sometimes less about missing them… and more about forgiving yourself? In this episode, we're exploring a powerful reframe around heartbreak, toxic relati...

A soft, honest bedside chat on something most women with complex trauma quietly struggle with: the line between supporting yourself… and unknowingly punishing yourself. In this episode, I’m unpacking how people-pleasing, dissociation, and survival-mode conditioning shape the way you move through your daily life—especially when it comes to structure, discipline, and routine. If you’ve ever felt lik...

Beautiful, if you’re constantly busy but feel disconnected, exhausted, and unsure of what you actually want—this episode is for you. We explore how burnout, people-pleasing, and CPTSD patterns keep women stuck in cycles of overdoing and self-abandonment. You’ll learn how “experimental boredom” can reset your nervous system, reconnect you to your creativity, and help you build a life that actually...

In this episode of the Letters To and From Women Podcast, I talk about how a 10-day silent Vipassana meditation retreat helped me deeply heal the root of my anxiety, burnout, and emotional overwhelm. After stepping away from constant stimulation, productivity, and self-improvement, I uncovered three powerful truths: You’re not avoiding yourself—you’re avoiding the pressure of who you think you nee...

✨ JOIN "From Burnt Out to Alive: A 10-Day Do Less, Feel More Reset", starting April 15: belong-sisterhood.circle.so If you’ve been waking up feeling exhausted, unmotivated, and disconnected from your life… even though you’re doing everything you’re supposed to do—this episode is for you. In this episode, I’m sharing what my life looked like just a couple of months ago when I was deeply burnt out,...

In this funny, chaotic, heartfelt conversation, I sit down with Emerald Osagie, the voice behind the podcast’s intro song, and she happens to be my BFF as well. She’s a Toronto-born singer-songwriter known for her soulful voice and deeply emotional storytelling. She has released multiple singles, earned a Western Canadian Music Award nomination, and her debut album  Life Don’t Love You, was releas...

This is for the woman quietly struggling to feel seen, but doesn't feel safe doing so. For the one who really wants to connect and repair, but has to fight with her body to stay in relationship -- not shutting down or running away. This episode will teach you why it's your identity that makes vulnerability feel so hard, and how identity impacts your nervous system to make you feel dysregulated, af...

If you’ve ever felt the pressure to be perfect, pleasing, or constantly “good enough”… and somehow, it still doesn’t feel like enough — this is for you. There’s a kind of exhaustion that comes from living in survival mode for too long. The kind where you look like you have it together… but inside, you feel disconnected from yourself, your body, and what you actually want. In this rebranding to the...

In this solo episode, Mariana explores the themes of vulnerability, self-growth, and the power of transforming beliefs to create a more authentic self. Mariana emphasizes the importance of embracing discomfort as a part of the growth process and encourages listeners to reflect on their past experiences to empower their present selves. The discussion highlights the significance of self-reflection,...

In this conversation, I’m talking to Fede Vargas, creator of "My Most Authentic Life," a podcast exploring big changes and unconventional paths, inspired by his own pivot from a successful media and entertainment career to purpose-driven content creation. Fede and I discuss our experiences as children of immigrants and our journey to finding our authentic voices. We explore themes of identity, bel...

This week, I am interviewing the amazing Sheena Yap Chan. Sheena is The Wall Street Journal Bestselling author of the book The Tao of Self-Confidence. She is a keynote speaker, consultant and award-winning podcaster on leadership and self-confidence, amplifying the voices of underrepresented Asian women. The conversation explores the topics of self-confidence, authenticity, and the challenges face...

Welcome to this month’s listener Q&A on how to allow more love into our lives! For this conversation, I brought in my dear friend, actor, producer, and lawyer, Braden Paes to help me in answering some of your biggest questions about love and relationships.  We answer 5 of our listener submissions by discussing the importance of opening oneself up to love, with personal stories and insights on...

Welcome to our guest interview for May’s theme of “How to let more love into your life”! In this episode, I am interviewing Dr. Jonathan Marion, who believes that when we LIVE, CONNECT & COMMUNICATE authentically, we send out ripples…. which send out ripples… which make the world a more caring and connected place, one ripple at a time.   Having seen this dynamic over 20+ years as an award-winn...

Welcome to the second official "It's Not That" episode of The Commitment to Growth Podcast! In this episode, your host, Mariana, takes you through a heartfelt, awe-evoking conversation about the barriers that we build against love. Through some vulnerable, never-before-shared stories about her family, she introduces us to the abundance that is available to all of us if we are willing to take the l...

Welcome to the 3rd listener monthly Q&A on The Commitment to Growth Podcast! In this insightful episode, we're sending off the "Healing the Inner People Pleaser" monthly theme by diving deep into the intricate world of people-pleasing through a curated Q&A session fueled by questions from our engaged listeners. We delve into the nuanced layers of this pervasive behaviour, providing practic...

In this conversation, I sit down with Karenna Soto, a Burnout keynote Speaker and trauma-informed somatic practitioner. We explore the common fears of people-pleasers, such as not being liked, understood, losing people, and not belonging. We explore the concept of inner child healing and how it can help individuals connect with their authentic selves. Karenna emphasizes the significance of learnin...

Welcome to the premiere episode of the “It’s Not That” series on The Commitment to Growth Podcast! In this series, we delve deep into understanding ourselves and transforming our lives by shifting our perspective toward the struggles we face. Get ready for insightful discussions and practical tips to navigate life's challenges with grace. In this episode, we explore the intricacies of people-pleas...

Welcome to the premiere episode of the “It’s Not That” series on The Commitment to Growth Podcast! In this series, we delve deep into understanding ourselves and transforming our lives by shifting our perspective towards the struggles we face. Get ready for insightful discussions and practical tips to heal your inner people-pleaser challenges with grace.   In this episode, we explore the intricaci...

In the podcast's latest episode, I'm diving deep into your burning questions in our second official listener Q&A session! Join us as we explore various aspects of personal development and health, covering topics such as: Strategies to make the gym habit stick and achieve fitness goals Cultivating trust in our inner voice to attain our desires Techniques for staying present and focused amidst t...

You read the right - the hows, the whys, and the lessons learned, all here for you in this very special episode. If you feel like you are going through the same motions, the same routines, and the same patterns in your life and are desperately needing a change, this episode is for you. Listen only if you're ready to ask yourself some big questions, with a bonus exercise for you to try at the end....

Welcome to the first round of the Commitment to Growth Podcast Monthly Q&A series! 5 submissions from regular listeners getting their burning questions answered on all things resilience, self-discovery, relationships, goals, healing, and more! This month's question submissions were juicy! Make sure to tune in to hear about learning your partner's conflict language, why love does or does not la...