142: (Reluctantly) Embracing the Messy Middle
Release Date: 04/09/2025
155: Committed to Chaos: Why Women Double Down on Overwhelm with Elise Enriquez
The Living on Purpose Podcast
Mari welcomes back productivity wizard Elise Enriquez (Crew Faculty Coach) to expose the uncomfortable truth: most of us are committed to chaos and don't even know it. Elise shares her definition of productivity as "making progress on what matters most while remaining present to people, experiences, and opportunities" - which means sometimes a two-hour nap IS productivity. They dive into the four chaos responses - constant motion (firefighting everything), avoidance (scrolling instead of starting), paralysis (staring at your to-do list unable to move), and fawning (people-pleasing your way...
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154: Exposing the Dark Side: Web Celebs, Trust Deficits & Marketing That Doesn't Suck with Dr. Michelle Mazur
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Mari welcomes Dr. Michelle Mazur - messaging strategist with a Ph.D. in Communication, corporate marketing experience with Microsoft and Burt's Bees, author of 3 Word Rebellion, TEDx speaker, and co-host of Duped: The Dark Side of Online Business - to expose the predatory practices destroying trust in the coaching and marketing industry. After being duped herself (hello, $10k lesson), Mari found Michelle's podcast and finally felt seen. They dive into the biggest red flags to watch for: income claims without context, "experts" who are only 10% ahead of you, manipulative scarcity tactics, and...
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153: Start Where You Are: The Anti-Prescription Health Coaching Approach
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Mari welcomes back her college roommate and Crew health & wellbeing coach Molly Fitterer for a refreshingly honest conversation that starts with a wine hangover confession and ends with permission to watch Real Housewives all day as health homework. Molly breaks down the myths keeping women from prioritizing wellbeing - that health equals how you look, that it's a luxury requiring time and money, that you need to be in a perfect place to even start - and explains why choosing her daughter's first basketball game over speaking at Jumpstart was actually a masterclass in wellbeing coaching....
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152: Mindset vs. Identity: Why You Can't Out-Hustle Your Limiting Beliefs with Mindi Huebner
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Link to Jump Start: Mari welcomes back identity coach Mindi Huebner for a behind-the-scenes look at three months of transformational coaching inside The Crew. Mindi shares her journey from chronic burnout in sales (where she believed "rest was lazy") to becoming a certified clinical hypnotherapist and NLP practitioner, and explains the crucial difference between mindset and identity: "Mindset is editing the caption. Identity is changing the author." They dive into real member breakthrough stories - including the woman who realized she didn't have to follow someone else's "step 1, 2, 3"...
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151: It's Not That Deep: Business Pivots and Permission to Keep Going with Sara Dean
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Mari welcomes back Sara Dean - host of Shameless Leadership podcast with 970 episodes and millions of downloads - as The Crew's newest business coach faculty member. Sara shares how she seamlessly pivoted her podcast from Shameless Mom Academy after 8 years and 900 episodes (spoiler: she made it a grad school project), why she said yes to joining faculty despite being extremely sought-after, and her son's favorite phrase that became her biggest life lesson: "Mom, it's not that deep." They discuss the through-lines in career pivots versus chasing noise, why getting enough rejection means...
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150: 10 Squats While Your Coffee Brews: Unsexy Health Advice That Work
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Mari welcomes her college roommate and lifelong friend Molly Fitterer - board certified health coach, physical therapist, and geriatric specialist - as The Crew's newest faculty member. In this irreverent but informative conversation, Molly shares why working with 95-year-olds gives her a front-row seat to what health choices today mean for tomorrow, breaks down the overwhelming wellness buzzwords (sleep, strength, stress) into actually doable steps, and explains why she'll never give prescriptive advice. They discuss meeting people exactly where they are - whether that's walking to the...
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149: Trading Gurus for Champions: The Anti-Guru Coaching Revolution
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Mari welcomes back Mindi Huebner, certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, NLP Practitioner, and creator of the 24 Karat Identity™, as The Crew's newest faculty member. Mindi explains why mindset work alone is "lipstick on a pig" and how your subconscious identity drives 95% of your actions through neuroscience and subconscious reprogramming. They dive into the difference between "finishing strong" (grinding through) versus "finishing well" (closing chapters with integrity), Mindi's journey from sales burnout to discovering the identity gap she didn't know existed, and why Mari left her...
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148: The Coaching Industry's Trust Deficit: Why Everyone's Getting Burned
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In this episode, Mari is joined by repeat guest and productivity expert Elise Enriquez to discuss the evolution of the coaching industry and announce an exciting new faculty model for The Crew. They dive into the trust deficit plaguing coaching, why traditional productivity advice fails women, and how they're creating a more accessible and sustainable approach to expert coaching. Key Highlights: How the coaching industry's explosive growth led to bad actors and a trust deficit - with clients being burned by expensive programs that over-promise and under-deliver Why productivity...
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147: Busy Is Not a Personality Trait: Reclaiming Your Summer
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The Crew: Tour of The Crew: In this episode, Mari pulls back the curtain on her 8-week "Savor Your Summer" coaching series, sharing the origin story and giving you a sneak peek at what happens inside. She reveals how a hectic, expensive, and overwhelming summer led to creating a completely different approach to summer living. Key Highlights: The origin story: How hosting a 15-year-old cousin for 3 weeks led to an exhausting, expensive summer that left Mari feeling resentful instead of fulfilled Why "busy" became her default descriptor for summer (instead of fun, joyful,...
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146: Why I Quit Social Media for Five Months (And What I'm Learning)
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"Unplugged" Newsletter: Savor Your Summer: Mari's Email: In this vulnerable and honest episode, Mari shares her decision to take a complete 5-month break from social media and what she's learned in just the first week. She opens up about the surprising ways social media was affecting her self-worth, emotional regulation, and authentic living. Key Highlights: Why she decided on a 5-month complete social media break after hearing other women step away and recognizing unhealthy patterns How seeking validation through likes and comments was creating an unhealthy cycle...
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- Mari shares her decade-long dream of living on a lake and how it's finally becoming a reality
- The unexpected approach that led to finding their dream lake house (posting in a community Facebook group!)
- The surprising "lease to own" opportunity that emerged
- The challenge of their current home not selling as quickly as anticipated after 3 weeks on the market
- Mari's journey from excitement to fear and back to possibility thinking
- How turning "Worry into Wonder" can open up new perspectives and opportunities
Key Takeaways:
- Sometimes the universe delivers what we need in unexpected ways that are better than what we imagined
- We don't need to wait until everything is perfect to share our stories
- When things don't go according to plan, turning "Worry into Wonder" can reveal new possibilities
- Joy can exist even without ease - sometimes the challenging path is where we find the most joy
- When manifestation doesn't work as expected, it may be time to reimagine something even better
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