How To Set A Living Boundary without Starting a Fight
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How to stop a checklist love and start a real connection
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Today I’m joined by April Davis, founder of LUMA Luxury Matchmaking—and yes, she’s married to a divorce attorney, which gives her a razor-sharp lens on what actually lasts. We dig into modern dating beyond the apps: values vs. chemistry, paradox of choice, readiness, standards, gender roles, and commitment—so real love stops feeling impossible and starts feeling inevitable. 3 Main Takeaways Values beat vibes. Chemistry fades; aligned values keep relationships stable long-term. Choice overload kills connection. The app era fuels paradox of choice and “dating for dismissal.”...
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From Skin Care to Soul Care: how energy healing ikigai created a purpose driven business
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From Fear to Fulfillment: Unlocking Your Ikigai and Creating a Life You Love
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Mary Olson-Menzel is a nationally recognized expert in career and workplace success with over 30 years of leadership experience across media, tech, healthcare, and even the NFL. As the founder and CEO of MVP Executive Development, she’s coached everyone from Fortune 500 leaders to parents reentering the workforce—helping them find purpose, confidence, and a plan to do what truly lights them up. In this inspiring episode, we unpack the mindset and tools to thrive through massive change, find your “reason for being,” and design work—and a life—that truly lights you up. ...
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Rising Strong: Finding Gratitude, Courage, and Reinvention After Life’s Messiest Moments
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Today’s episode features Rachel Gitlevich, author of What in the Actual Fck: Life’s a Hot Mess—How to Find Gratitude Anyways* and founder of Ray of Consciousness. Through her writing and consulting work, Rachel fuses raw storytelling with wellness and strategy, helping people and organizations grow with authenticity. Her story is one of resilience, transformation, and radical gratitude—even in the face of unimaginable challenges. 💫 Episode Overview In this episode, Rachel shares her extraordinary journey through multiple cancer diagnoses, near-death experiences, and...
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Reclaim Your Desire, Rewrite Scripts, Rediscover Pleasure, Confidence, and Connection
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This week’s conversation is all about rewriting outdated scripts and reclaiming intimacy with confidence, connection, and joy. Lauren Elise Rogers—certified holistic sexuality educator and embodied intimacy coach—shares her empowering approach to navigating desire, healing from harmful narratives, and reigniting long-term relationships. With warmth and clarity, Lauren unpacks how to release the scripts that no longer serve, nurture your own sense of pleasure, and bring curiosity back into love. This is a reminder that nothing is broken—you have the right and the power to create...
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When Therapy Doesn't Work: How To Unlock Change Using The Solution Focused Approach to Transformation
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Career Reinvention Secrets: What This Executive Coach Wants You To Know Now
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In this episode of Life Check Yourself, Marni Battista interviews Steven Miyao, an executive coach and entrepreneur, about navigating midlife career changes and personal reinvention. They discuss the challenges faced by midlife professionals, the importance of aligning careers with personal values, and practical strategies for overcoming fear and taking action. Steven shares insights from his coaching practice, including the eulogy exercise to reflect on one's values and the significance of experimentation in making life changes. The conversation emphasizes the need for intentional living and...
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Career Reinvention Secrets: What This Executive Coach Wants You To Know Now
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In this episode of Life Check Yourself, Marni Battista interviews Steven Miyao, an executive coach and entrepreneur, about navigating midlife career changes and personal reinvention. They discuss the challenges faced by midlife professionals, the importance of aligning careers with personal values, and practical strategies for overcoming fear and taking action. Steven shares insights from his coaching practice, including the eulogy exercise to reflect on one's values and the significance of experimentation in making life changes. The conversation emphasizes the need for intentional living and...
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Learn this 60 Second Neuroscience Hack to Untangle Your Emotinal Knots
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Introduction In this episode, we explore the power of integrating body, mind, and subconscious to release long-held emotional knots and reclaim wholeness. Our guest, Esin Pinrali, is a holistic psychotherapist and relationship expert specializing in imago therapy, brain spotting, internal family systems, and somatic practices. With her experiential approach, she helps people move beyond anxiety, trauma, and codependency to become fully alive and connected. 3 Key Takeaways Labels don’t heal—untangling the root does. The body stores unresolved trauma and reveals the knots...
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On this episode, I’m joined by Megan Walrod—writer, speaker, and transformational guide whose journey from overachieving to aligned living will crack open something deep inside you. Megan walked away from a life that looked “perfect on paper” to rediscover her voice, power, and soul’s deeper calling. What she found? A life of freedom, joy, and magnetic abundance that didn’t require her to hustle, perform, or prove.
🌟 3 Takeaways to Anchor In:
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Real wealth begins with honoring your inner truth.
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Doing less can actually open the portal to more abundance.
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Letting go of the “good girl” creates space for authentic power.
🔑 3 Main Topics with Time Stamps:
1. The Cost of Over-Giving and Performing
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“It looked like the dream life, and yet I was feeling more and more empty inside.”
This moment reminds us that external success without inner alignment leads to depletion, not fulfillment. When our energy is tied to validation or performance, we burn out—not just physically, but spiritually. Letting go of over-giving is how we begin to reclaim joy, peace, and power.
2. How Doing Less Becomes a Money Magnet
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“I realized the less I did from a place of force, the more space I had for miracles.”
Shifting from hustle to receptivity doesn’t mean giving up ambition—it means aligning energy with intention. When effort is replaced by embodiment, creativity and opportunities multiply. It’s not about stopping, it’s about syncing with a higher rhythm.
3. Breaking the “Good Girl” Spell
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“The moment I stopped trying to be liked, I started being respected—and paid.”
Releasing the need to please creates magnetic confidence. True power isn’t loud or aggressive—it’s grounded in self-worth. When the good-girl conditioning fades, bold choices rise. And those bold choices lead to new levels of success and self-expression.
💬 Notable Quote:
“Wealth isn’t just numbers in a bank account. It’s the freedom to be who you truly are.”
This quote reframes abundance in a revolutionary way—one where fulfillment becomes the foundation, not the afterthought. Because when you become the truest version of yourself, life starts meeting you in unexpected, generous ways.
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