The Salty Goddess

Pearl clutchers, hydrate accordingly. This week on The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret takes aim at virtue signaling, pretentiousness, hypocrisy, and the exhausting little morality performances people stage when they want to appear righteous without actually doing anything useful. After posting a mammogram PSA featuring a cheeky caricature and a hint of side breast, Anne Margaret was called t...

On the 250th anniversary of American independence, Anne Margaret takes a heartfelt pause to thank the men and women of the United States military, past and present, whose service, sacrifice, and courage have protected the freedom and independence of this nation. From the original patriots who risked everything to build a new republic, to the veterans, active duty service members, reservists, Natio...

In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret takes aim at one of the ugliest ethical failures in healthcare: clinicians allowing personal, religious, cultural, political, generational, or outdated educational beliefs to interfere with patient care. Patients do not come to us to be morally graded. They come to us in moments of need, vulnerability, fear, illness, pain, trauma, and unc...

Ignorance is to peasantry what knowledge is to the Queen — and in this realm, we banish ignorance before it gets us banished. This week on The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret opens the dictionary, lights the ignorance on fire, and reminds everyone that words do, in fact, mean things. In this spicy, sharp, and painfully necessary episode, we break down the difference between stereotype, bias,...

You audited the avoidance. Now what? In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret takes the next step in the avoidance arc: taking action. After defining avoidant behavior patterns and learning how to audit for them, it is time to decide who gets full access, conditional access, limited access, or no access at all. Avoidant people are not always malicious, but their patterns can sti...

Avoidance has receipts, darling, and in this episode, we are opening the books. In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret continues the three-part arc on avoidant behavior patterns with Episode 2: the audit. Last week defined avoidance and explained how avoidant behaviors often begin as protection. This week asks the harder question: what is avoidance costing you? Avoidance may p...

Avoidance is sneaky. It does not always look like running away. Sometimes it looks like being busy, private, independent, calm, logical, low-maintenance, professional, or “above the drama.” But what if the thing you keep calling peace is actually avoidance? What if that boundary language, emotional distance, busyness, or polished self-control is not protecting your peace, but in fact helping you b...

Salty warning: this episode is 65 minutes long. That is not a mistake. That is a masterclass and you are  welcome, it is also free!  Hydrate, pack a snack, adjust your crown, plan a bathroom break, do the work! In this extended episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret closes the confidence versus ego arc with the action phase: how to move from being ego-led to confidence-led, how to bui...

In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret moves from recognition into the full Audit: how to determine whether you are being led by ego or confidence, and whether you have allowed ego-led people too much access to your life. This episode breaks down the difference between ego-led behavior and confidence-led behavior, including how people respond to correction, conflict, criticism...

Confidence and ego are not the same damn thing, and arrogance is not confidence with better shoes. In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret kicks off a new recognition-assessment-audit-execution arc by breaking down the difference between confidence-led and ego-led behavior. Confidence is grounded in self-trust, competence, accountability, and the ability to be corrected without...

If you ran the audit and thought that was the hard part, think again. In this episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret breaks down the brutal truth most people avoid: awareness is not transformation! Execution is. You’ve already identified the people, patterns, and behaviors draining your time, energy, and peace. Now comes the part that separates high performers from everyone else, maki...

Run the audit… or DON’T. Either way, you chose the outcome. Let’s stop pretending you don’t know what needs to change. In this unapologetically direct episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret Perry walks you through the ROI Audit: a powerful framework designed to evaluate the real return on investment of your: relationships habits environments and daily decisions Because whether you lik...

You are not broke. You are not unlucky. You are not out of opportunities. You are hemorrhaging time. And most of it is being wasted on people, patterns, and behaviors that produce absolutely zero return on investment. In this unapologetically direct episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret Perry delivers a hard truth most people avoid: People have ROI - emotionally, intellectually, and...

Some of y’all don’t have a workplace problem… you have a behavior problem dressed up as personality. In this unapologetic, fireside truth session, Anne Margaret—The Salty Goddess—calls out the real reasons people stay stuck professionally in 2026. And spoiler alert? It’s not your boss. It’s not your coworkers. It’s not “bad luck.” It’s you. Inside this episode: Why workplace flirting, “soft power,...

Grab your drink, clutch your pearls, and prepare to get historically corrected. In this unapologetic Saint Patrick’s Day special, Anne Margaret—The Salty Goddess—throws green beer, plastic leprechauns, and performative nonsense straight into the fire and delivers the real story of the Irish. We’re talking: Ancient Ireland being smarter than half the world (yes, older than the pyramids) Saint Patri...

Welcome back to The Salty Goddess Podcast — your Hump Day guilty pleasure and midweek reality check. This week Anne Margaret dives into one of the most underrated life skills left in modern society: accountability. Somewhere along the way people stopped owning their mistakes and started blaming everyone else — coworkers, friends, systems, circumstances, or the classic excuse: “everyone else was do...

The Salty Goddess Podcast has officially survived one full year of truth bombs, sarcasm, and unapologetic perspective, and Anne Margaret is raising a glass to celebrate. In this episode, Anne Margaret reflects on the people, lessons, chaos, and gratitude that shaped the last 365 days — from mentors and family to petty friends, loyal dogs, Buffalo Bills heartbreak, and even the jackholes who accide...

It’s the ONE YEAR anniversary of The Salty Goddess Podcast, and we’re doing what most people are too scared to do — an honest, unfiltered evaluation of growth, failure, resilience, and real progress. Broadcasting straight from Salt Mine Studio in Lancaster, South Carolina, Anne Margaret reflects on: Podcast growth and subscriber gains Technology upgrades (because yes, bad equipment sounds like cra...

Welcome to your Hump Day guilty pleasure — The Salty Goddess Podcast with Anne Margaret Perry, where confidence meets competence and performative humility gets called out for what it really is. This week’s episode dives into the uncomfortable truth about how people react to your success, achievements, credentials, and growth. From backhanded compliments like “must be nice” to the so-called humilit...

In this unapologetic episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret Perry dismantles one of the most dangerous lies people tell themselves: “I understand their trauma, so I should keep tolerating the damage.” No. Absolutely not. This episode is for anyone who: Explains bad behavior instead of stopping it Accommodates dysfunction instead of containing it Gives endless chances because they “kno...

In this unapologetic episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret Perry dismantles one of the most toxic workplace behaviors of our time: people who expect excellence from others while delivering mediocrity themselves. We’re talking about: Leaders who don’t lead Professionals who don’t perform And systems that reward bare minimum effort with participation trophies and fake “accomplishments....

Why are you still dragging 2025 into 2026 like a bad ex you refuse to block? In this fiery episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret Perry delivers a no-nonsense wake-up call about growth, habits, and why comfort is the most dangerous drug of all. If you’ve been naming your problems but refusing to change your behavior, this one’s for you. We talk about: Why people maintain their cars be...

You don’t get credit for naming your trauma if you refuse to do anything about it. In this unapologetically salty episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret Perry dismantles the myth that self-awareness equals growth. Spoiler alert: it doesn’t. If you can perfectly explain your triggers, diagnoses, and patterns—but keep repeating the same destructive behaviors; you’re not evolved. You’re...

If you keep talking about growth but somehow keep ending up in the exact same place, this episode is your mirror, and you might not like what it shows. In this Hump Day Guilty Pleasure episode of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret delivers a no-nonsense truth bomb about why so many people swear they want change… yet keep replaying the same year on loop. We’re talking outdated self-image, com...

If you’re allergic to hard work, growth, and accountability, 2026 isn’t waiting for you. In this season finale of The Salty Goddess Podcast, Anne Margaret delivers the unfiltered lessons 2025 demanded we learn; about intrinsic motivation, integrity, honest self-assessment, and the real consequences of avoiding the work. This episode is a wake-up call for anyone stuck repeating the same patterns, b...