Inner Work With MaryAnn Walker: Life Coach for People Pleasers
By MaryAnn Walker: Life Coach for Empaths, Highly Sensitive People & People Pleasers
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Are you a people pleaser or a highly sensitive person who somehow became the unofficial emotional support human for everyone in your life… and now you’re exhausted? If so, you’re not alone—and this podcast is for you.
I’m MaryAnn Walker, and I help people pleasers and highly sensitive people break free from people pleasing, stop abandoning themselves, and finally find peace (without turning into someone they’re not).
Each week, we explore how to set boundaries without guilt, stop over-accommodating, and rebuild self-trust—so your relationships can feel more balanced, safe, and mutually supportive.
Through practical tools, gentle coaching, and real-life examples, you’ll learn how to care for others without losing yourself, trust your own voice, and create emotional safety in your life.
It’s time to stop people pleasing, put down the weight of everyone else’s emotions, and start experiencing the peace and self-respect you deserve.
Hit subscribe now and let’s help you feel more grounded, confident, and at home in your own life.
If you’re ready for more customized support, I would love to work with you. You can have a life filled with peace, clarity, and connection—and I can show you how.
👉 Inquire about one-on-one coaching availability and next steps here:
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116: Over-owning Others’ Emotions: Hypervigilance & The Nervous System
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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215: Tapping Out of People Pleasing with Matt Lengauer
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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214: Three Ways to Correct Out-of-Balance Relationships
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May 28, 2026 |
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213: How to Get Your Needs Met
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May 21, 2026 |
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212: Positivity, Negativity, and Finding Neutral: 3 Ways to Think About Anything
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May 14, 2026 |
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211: When Your Nervous System Treats Burnt Toast Like a House Fire: Calming The Nervous System and Adjusting Reactions
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May 07, 2026 |
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210: 3 Ways You're Abandoning Yourself (And Calling it "Nice")
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Apr 30, 2026 |
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209: When You Feel Like a Burden: People Pleasing and Honoring Your Needs
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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208: Bridge Thoughts: Small Shifts, Big Change
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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207: Indecision, The Motivational Triad, and How to Get Unstuck
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Apr 09, 2026 |
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206: Emotional Caretaking: How to Care Without Carrying Everyone Else’s Burden
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Apr 02, 2026 |
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205: The Real Reason You Show Up The Way You Do
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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204: The Real Source of All Your Problems
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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203: Are You Keeping the Peace or Avoiding Conflict? A Guide for Highly Sensitive People
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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202: When the World Feels Too Loud: Supporting Your Nervous System as a Highly Sensitive Person
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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201:Stop Trying to Earn Love: Redefining Love for Recovering People Pleasers
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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200: The Hidden Reason Highly Sensitive People Struggle to Set Boundaries
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Feb 19, 2026 |
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199: You're Not Too Sensitive. You're Just Dysregulated
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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198: Guilt vs. Discomfort for Highly Sensitive People
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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197: Ten Things to Start Doing in 2026 for More Joy & Peace
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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196: Ten Things to Stop Doing in 2026
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Jan 22, 2026 |
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195: Boundary Setting for Highly Sensitive People with Boundary Coach, Kami Orange
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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194: Why Your New Year’s Resolutions Keep Failing (You're Not Broken. You're Just Well Practiced!)
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Jan 08, 2026 |
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193: The Surprising Secret to Becoming The Best Version of You | Reinvent Yourself and Win at Life
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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192: The Stories We Tell Ourselves & The Meanings We Create: Separating Fact from Fiction
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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191: How to Enjoy The Holidays Even When Things go "Wrong" with Kellyn Legath
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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190: Burned Out? How to Feel 10% Better Today
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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189: Scapegoat vs Golden Child: How Family Role Shape Identity and People Pleasing With Elle Boone
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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188: Choosing Joy: How Intention, Presence, and Gratitude Transform Your Life with Natalie King
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Nov 27, 2025 |
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187: The Fear of Disappointing Others: Healing The Need to be Liked
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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186: From Smiling Through the Pain to Living Authentically: My Journey Out of People-Pleasing Burnout
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Nov 13, 2025 |
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185: Part 2: Why Your Anger Isn’t the Problem—But a Path to Clarity and Solutions
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Nov 06, 2025 |
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Bonus: When You’re Feeling the Weight of the World: Government Shutdown Reflections and Hope
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Nov 02, 2025 |
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184: Understanding Anger & People Pleasers (Part 1)
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Oct 30, 2025 |
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183: 10 Common Struggles Highly Sensitive People and People Pleasers Face (And How Coaching Can Help)
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Oct 23, 2025 |
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182: 3 Life-Changing Lessons About Guilt, Boundaries, and Authenticity with Tricia Corso
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Oct 16, 2025 |
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181: Aligning With Your Affirmations: Why Your Affirmations Aren't Working & How to Fix Them
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Oct 09, 2025 |
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180: How to Feel Your Feelings: A Cheat Code for Life, with Kellyn Legath
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Oct 02, 2025 |
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179: Ayni: Sacred Reciprocity in Relationships
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Sep 25, 2025 |
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178: Fear of Abandonment Part 2: Moving From Fear to Love
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Sep 18, 2025 |
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177: The #1 Fear of People Pleasers Part 1: Fear of Abandonment
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Sep 11, 2025 |
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176: The Surprising Ways You’re Self Sabotaging Without Even Knowing It
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Sep 04, 2025 |
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175: How to Recognize a Trauma Bond and Break Free for Good
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Aug 28, 2025 |
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174: The Lie That Time Heals All Wounds (And What Really Does)
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Aug 21, 2025 |
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173: Feeling Invisible and Walked All Over? Doormat vs Welcome mat Energy
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Aug 14, 2025 |
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172: What is Codependency: How to Know if You're Codependent
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Aug 07, 2025 |
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171: How to Create Lasting Change: Your Thoughts Create Your Reality
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Jul 31, 2025 |
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170: The Dark Side of Empathy: When Understanding Becomes Self-Abandonment
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Jul 24, 2025 |
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169: Let Your Experience Be Your Power Move | Reinventing Your Life With Confidence
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Jul 17, 2025 |
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168: Am I A Jerk Now? How to Set Boundaries Without Becoming the Villain
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Jul 10, 2025 |
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167: How to Know If They Are Choosing You
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Jul 03, 2025 |
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166: The One Tool That Changed My Life: Say What You Mean & Mean What You Say
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Jun 26, 2025 |
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165: Reclaiming Your Worth Beyond What You Give (Breaking Free of Transactional Relationships)
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Jun 19, 2025 |
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164: The Johari Window: What You Know, Don't Know & Hide About Yourself
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Jun 12, 2025 |
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163: How to Reconnect With Your Intuition
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Jun 05, 2025 |
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162: How to Stop Fixing, Controlling, and Over-Accommodating Everyone
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May 29, 2025 |
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161: The Truth About That "Bad Feeling" You Just Can't Shake
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May 22, 2025 |
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160: Why Staying Silent Is the Most Dishonest Thing You Can Do
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May 15, 2025 |
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159: Why Drama-Seekers Are Obsessed with You (and How to Finally Stop the Cycle)
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May 08, 2025 |
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158: How to Know if it's a Setback or a Life Transition
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May 01, 2025 |
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157: The Emotionally Healthy Man: How to Feel Without Shame with Chris O'Neil
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Apr 24, 2025 |
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156: Energetic Boundaries 101: A Survival Guide for Empaths
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Apr 17, 2025 |
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155: Emotional Hygiene for Empaths & Highly Sensitive People: Why it Matters More Than You Think
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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154: How to Process Emotions Using The RAIN Technique
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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153: Trauma Bonds: The Ruby & Kevin Franke Story
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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152: The Secret Super Power of Empaths & Highly Sensitive People That No One is Talking About!
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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151: How to Stop Doom Scrolling While Remaining Informed
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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150: Should I Stay or Should I Go? Identifying Red & Green Flags in Relationship
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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149: How Empathetic Are You?: The Story of Jack the Lumberjack
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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148: Headspace, Heartspace & Theta Healing
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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147: The 3 Stages of People-Pleaser Recovery
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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146: From Empathy Overload to Self Empowerment
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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145: Overwhelmed by Recent Changes? You Are Not Alone. (Empathy and Awareness: Honoring the Impact of Executive Orders)
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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144: Progress Over Perfection: Combating Black & White Thinking
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Jan 23, 2025 |
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143: Making 2025 a Love Letter to Yourself: How Playfulness, Wonder & Joy Can Support Goal Setting with Kellyn Legath
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Jan 16, 2025 |
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142: When You Feel Unsupported in Your Goals
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Jan 09, 2025 |
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141: New Year, New You: How to Create Change That Lasts
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Jan 02, 2025 |
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140: Emotional Flashbacks: What They Mean and How to Move Forward
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Dec 26, 2024 |
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139: The Two Types of People Pleasers: Why Saying No Feels Impossible
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Dec 19, 2024 |
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138: How to Stop Ruminating: Breaking Free from the Overthinking Cycle
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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137: Will They Ever Change? How to Know if you Should Stay or Go
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Dec 05, 2024 |
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136: The Power of AND: Transforming Negativity Into Gratitude Through Radical Acceptance
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Nov 28, 2024 |
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135: 10 Tips for Navigating Political Differences During the Holidays
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Nov 21, 2024 |
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134: Layer by Layer: Emotional Renovation
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Nov 14, 2024 |
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133: Unmet Needs: When Others Don't Reciprocate
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Nov 07, 2024 |
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132: Empaths vs Covert Narcissists: Recognizing Energy Vampires
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Oct 31, 2024 |
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131: Building Healthy Relationships as a Highly Sensitive Person with Kellyn Legath
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Oct 24, 2024 |
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130: Prioritizing What Matters Most: Strategies for Simplifying Your Life
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Oct 17, 2024 |
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129: Navigating a Chaotic World: From Empathic Overwhelm to Empowerment
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Oct 10, 2024 |
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128: The Art of Showing Up: Measurable Ways to Boost Your Self-Worth
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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127: When Someone Makes You Upset: How to Take Control of Your Feelings
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Sep 26, 2024 |
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126: Owning Your Peace by Owning Your Piece: Identifying Your Role in Healthy Relationships with Kellyn Legath
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Sep 19, 2024 |
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125: The Empath Abyss: Symptoms, Triggers, and Solutions (Practical Tips for Empaths & HSP's)
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Sep 12, 2024 |
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124: Less is More: Simplifying Communication for Better Understanding
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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123: The 3 Kinds Of Empathizers: How Cognitive Empathizers, Highly Sensitive People (HSP's) & Empaths Empathize with Others
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Aug 29, 2024 |
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Bonus: How Stories Can Help Children Manage Their Emotions: CBT in Story Form with Chantelle Wood
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Aug 22, 2024 |
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122: Boundary Setting as a Highly Sensitive Person
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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121: Breaking Free from False Narratives: The Stories We Tell Ourselves (And How to Choose Better Ones!)
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Aug 08, 2024 |
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120: Throwing Out the Manual: How Expectations May be Sabotaging Your Relationship
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Aug 01, 2024 |
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119: The 5 Most Commonly Asked Questions by Empaths (What You Really Want to Know!)
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Jul 25, 2024 |
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118: Stop People Pleasing and Start Loving: How to Tell The Difference
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Jul 18, 2024 |
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117: Empathy Without Enabling: Boundaries for Toxic Relationships (Understanding vs Tolerating)
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Jul 11, 2024 |
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116: Manifestation & Inspired Action: How to Increase Abundance with Gina Strole
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Jul 04, 2024 |
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115: Mastering Empathic Sensitivity: Energy Healing Conference Highlights
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Jul 02, 2024 |
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114: Breathwork for Highly Sensitive People:How Breathwork can Transform Your Life with Jana McKinney
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Jun 27, 2024 |
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113: How to Dig Yourself Out of a Dark Space & Find Joy Again with Tammy Anderson Ward
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Jun 20, 2024 |
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112: Part 4: Rescuer/Coach Energy: The Drama Triangle & Empowerment Dynamic
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Jun 13, 2024 |
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111: Part 3: Persecutor/Challenger Energy: Choosing Empowerment
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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110: Part 2: How Does Victim Energy Show Up For Helpers, Healers & People Pleasers?
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May 30, 2024 |
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109: Part 1: Victim/Creator Energy- Choosing Empowerment
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May 23, 2024 |
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108: Control, People Pleasing & The Victim Triangle with Allie Schultz
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May 20, 2024 |
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107: Givers & Takers: Finding Balance In Relationship
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May 16, 2024 |
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106: Math vs Drama: What Are You Making it Mean?
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May 13, 2024 |
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105: Authentic Living, Personal Healing & Breaking Free of Limiting Beliefs with Gina Strole
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May 09, 2024 |
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104: Passive vs Massive Action
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May 06, 2024 |
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103: Evolve or Remain: How You Might be Self Sabotaging
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May 02, 2024 |
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102: "Heal so You Can Hear What's Being Said Without The Filter of Your Wound."
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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101: "Symptoms May be Exacerbated by Stress": How Leaning into Stress Can Actually Minimize It
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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100: How To Raise Children That Are Not People Pleasers
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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99: Fawning: A People Pleaser Stress Response
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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98: Navigating Others Discomfort Around our Boundary Setting
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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97: The People Pleaser's Dilemma: Authenticity vs. Approval
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Apr 11, 2024 |
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96: When Life Is Hard
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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95: Celebrating Growth
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Apr 04, 2024 |
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94: Showing up consistently for yourself
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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93: Emotional Calm vs Emotional Charge
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Mar 28, 2024 |
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Bonus: Leave it by the River: A Tale of Two Monks
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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92: Truth Telling in Relationship
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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91: Urgency vs Emergency
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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90: Increasing Vitality by Stopping and Starting one Thing
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Mar 14, 2024 |
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89: What Are You Making it Mean About You?
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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88: Listening with Kellyn Legath
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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87: The Power of a Minute
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Mar 04, 2024 |
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86: Saying "Yes" and Saying "No": The Law Of Opposites
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Feb 29, 2024 |
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85: Compassionate Curiosity
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Feb 26, 2024 |
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84: 7 Types of Rest
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Feb 22, 2024 |
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83: Morning Musings with MaryAnn
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Feb 19, 2024 |
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82: When Someone Calls You Selfish
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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81: Navigating Emotion as a Highly Sensitive Person
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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80: The True Cost of Tolerating Mistreatment
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Feb 01, 2024 |
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79: I'd Rather Be In Bed
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Jan 25, 2024 |
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78: Celebrating Wins: A Curious Exploration
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Jan 18, 2024 |
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77: Over and Under Reacting: Why Your Reactions Might Be Off
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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76: Affirm, Aspire, Achieve: Tips for Goal Getters
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Jan 04, 2024 |
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75: 10 Ways to Increase Emotional Intelligence
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Dec 28, 2023 |
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74: Navigating Emotional Intelligence Gaps In Relationship
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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73: Mind Mastery: Take Control of Your Subconscious Thoughts
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Dec 14, 2023 |
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72: The 5 People Rule: Intentional Influence
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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71: Radical Acceptance & Psychological Flexibility
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Nov 30, 2023 |
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70: Modeling Emotional Processing
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Nov 23, 2023 |
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69: Dealing with Difficult People with Brittney Philips
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Nov 16, 2023 |
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68: Honoring Personal Healing Timelines
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Nov 08, 2023 |
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67: People Pleasing vs Pleasing People
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Nov 02, 2023 |
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66: People Pleasing Your Adult Children with Michelle Evans
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Oct 26, 2023 |
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65: Raising Confident Kids Summit
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Oct 24, 2023 |
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64: Update Available
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Oct 19, 2023 |
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63: Boundaries with Andelin Price
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Oct 12, 2023 |
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62: "Manage Your Reactions, But do not Suppress Your Emotions."
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Oct 05, 2023 |
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61: Navigating Anxiety, A Healing Your Anxious Teen Podcast Interview with Britt Bishoff
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Sep 28, 2023 |
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60: Unlocking Wholehearted Yeses: Choices, Consequences, and Connection
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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59: The Mental Toll of Constantly Trying to Please Others with Kellyn Legath
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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58: Seeking with JJ DiGeronimo
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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57: How to Identify Needs
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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56: “Honestly, Coaching Changed My Life.” Coaching with Florence Matina
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Aug 28, 2023 |
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55: How to Ask For Help
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Aug 24, 2023 |
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54: Score Keeping & People Pleasing: How Score Keeping Helps & Hurts Relationships
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Aug 17, 2023 |
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53: Navigating Life's Transitions: Lessons From a Cross Country Move
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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52: Integrating Scars AND Allowing Space for Multiple Emotions
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Aug 03, 2023 |
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51: Healing Her Podcast Interview
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Jul 27, 2023 |
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50: Want Matches: Finding Harmony in Relationships
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Jul 20, 2023 |
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49: Aligned Living: Identifying and Living Your Values.
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Jul 13, 2023 |
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48: The Life Listing: Making Upgrades and Repairs for a Better Future
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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47: The Empty Nest Adventure with Michelle S Evans
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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46: Cultivating Happiness: The Society Of Happy Things with Kent Casper-Martineau
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Jun 22, 2023 |
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45: Embracing Differences through Compassionate Curiosity
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Jun 15, 2023 |
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44: Maintenance vs Repair
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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43: Life Lessons Learned
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Jun 01, 2023 |
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42: Part 3: When the Relationship is Complete/Relationship Circles
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May 25, 2023 |
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41: Part 2: How to Create Balance In Relationship: Authenticity & Believing Who People Say They Are
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May 18, 2023 |
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40: Part 1: How to Create Balance in Relationship: Seeing More Clearly & Owning Your Piece
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May 11, 2023 |
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39: Energetic Boundaries
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May 04, 2023 |
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38: Creating and Navigating Adult Friendships with Rita Hallaveld
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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37: Your Thoughts Create Your Reality
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Apr 20, 2023 |
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36: Spreading Positivity with Nicci Millus
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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35: Write Your Wellness with Allie Schultz
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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34: The Power of Play
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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33: Alone with your Thoughts
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Mar 23, 2023 |
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32: Going Viral/ Determining Worth
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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31: Toxic Positivity vs Optimism
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Mar 09, 2023 |
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30: Bloom Scrolling
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Mar 03, 2023 |
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29: Transitioning into Adulthood: For Teens & Parents with Kent Casper-Martineau
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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28: Bridge Thoughts: When Affirmations Just Don't Work
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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27: The Power of Words: Modern Day Spell Casting
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Feb 16, 2023 |
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26: How to Achieve Any Goal
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Feb 09, 2023 |
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25: Indecision IS a Decision
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Feb 02, 2023 |
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24: People Pleasing
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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23: Burnout & Compassion Fatigue
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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22: The Drama Triangle Part 3: Rescuer/Coach
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Jan 12, 2023 |
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21: The Drama Triangle Part 2: Persecutor/Challenger
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Jan 05, 2023 |
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20: The Drama Triangle Part 1: Victim/Creator
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Dec 29, 2022 |
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19: The Voice In Your Head
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Dec 22, 2022 |
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18: What if the Road You're on Leads You to Where You Are Going?
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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17: Bias in Life & The Courtroom
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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16: Triggers: An alarm that wakes us up for healing with Tami Gabbitas
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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15: Gratitude Meditation
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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14: Holiday Manuals
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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13: Lessons from “The Voice”
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Nov 14, 2022 |
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12: Feeling On Purpose
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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11: The Many Ways We Grieve
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Nov 07, 2022 |
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10: Seeing On Purpose
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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9: Parenting: Developing the Prefrontal Cortex
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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8: Feeling With A Witness
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Oct 20, 2022 |
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7: Consistency & Integrity
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Oct 13, 2022 |
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6: Boundaries vs Manuals
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Oct 06, 2022 |
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5: Manuals
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Sep 29, 2022 |
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4: Death By 1,000 Cuts
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Sep 22, 2022 |
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3: Why You Are Stuck
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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2: You Are Not For Everyone. And That's OK!
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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1: Facts vs Stories
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Sep 01, 2022 |