Choosing Who You Want to Be Changes Your Story with Kelly-Anne Appleton
Own Your Choices Own Your Life
Release Date: 06/23/2022
940 | Grow Your Capacity to Match Your Ambition
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In this episode, Marsha breaks down the real reason so many high achieving women feel stuck, overwhelmed, or frustrated with their results even when they’re “doing everything right.” She explains the crucial difference between ambition (your conscious goals, vision, and drive) and capacity (your subconscious beliefs, emotional safety, and nervous system bandwidth) — and why misalignment between the two creates shutdown, procrastination, and self protection that masquerades as sabotage. Marsha also shares how she handles year end planning, why recapping and stacking wins matters more...
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939 | Your Inner GPS vs. Your Old Paper Map
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In this episode, Marsha breaks down one of the most powerful metaphors she’s ever heard about the subconscious mind. If you’ve ever felt like you’re doing everything right — checking the boxes, setting goals, mapping the plan — yet still not seeing the results you want, this one is going to hit home. Using the imagery of a state of the art GPS (your conscious mind) sitting on top of an outdated paper road map (your subconscious mind), Marsha explains why your inner operating systems must match if you want real, lasting change. She walks you through why we get stuck, why the...
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938 | Turning Grief Into Purpose with Mindset Mentor Chuck Barnard
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In this episode, I am speaking with Mindset Mentor, Author, Educator, and Speaker, Chuck Barnard. Chuck is a best-selling author, master educator, and mindset mentor with more than 30 years of experience guiding students, families, and athletes through personal transformation. Armed with advanced certifications in NLP, Hypnotherapy, and Time-Line Therapy®, Chuck has helped thousands overcome anxiety, disconnection, and emotional shutdown—not with endless talk therapy, but with mindset rewiring techniques that create lasting change. His signature “Garden of the Soul” method was born from...
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937 | The Diamonds Were Always Within You
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In this episode, Marsha recounts a powerful story known as "The Acres of Diamonds," from Matt Cook's book, Beyond Wanting, which illustrates how individuals frequently overlook the treasures that lie within their own lives while searching desperately for fulfillment elsewhere. The tale follows a farmer in 1800s Africa who, driven by the desire to provide for his family, sells his farm in pursuit of diamonds. After years of fruitless searching and ultimately losing everything, he tragically takes his own life. Ironically, the new owner of the farmer's land discovers that it sits atop one of the...
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936 | Your Ceiling Is Your Biggest Thought
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In this episode, Marsha speaks to the distinction between operating under pressure and embracing a state of internal power. Marsha introduces the concept of the "ceiling" and "floor" in relation to personal beliefs and aspirations. The ceiling represents the highest thoughts one allows themselves to entertain, while the floor symbolizes the deepest beliefs that anchor an individual. She explains that our lives are constructed within the space between these two points, shaped by subconscious programming rather than mere strategy. Marsha discusses the importance of recognizing and...
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935 | How Light and Sleep Impact Your Energy with Meredith Oke
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In this episode, I am speaking with Meredith Oke. Meredith is the Co-Founder of the Quantum Biology Collective, a Podcast Host, and a Speaker, and she is passionate about bridging the gap between cutting-edge science and everyday well-being. After facing her own health challenges, Meredith discovered the emerging field of quantum biology—the science of how light, water, and circadian rhythms influence human health at the cellular level. Through her work, she helps people move beyond surface-level health fixes and instead address the “light side” of health—how our environment,...
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934 | If You Spoke Your Thoughts Out Loud
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In this episode, Marsha invites listeners into a deeply personal exploration of the power of thoughts and self-talk. She begins by posing a thought-provoking question: if one were to vocalize their inner thoughts, what would others hear? Would it be a stream of empowering affirmations or a verbal dump of self-doubt and criticism? Marsha emphasizes that our internal dialogue is a powerful broadcast that shapes our reality, and she encourages listeners to reflect on the nature of their own thoughts. HIGHLIGHTS 00:00:00 - The Power of Your Thoughts 00:02:00 - Facing Challenges 00:04:30 - The...
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933 | How to Shift from 'Away From' to 'Towards' Your Goals
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In this episode, Marsha discusses the difference between conscious and subconscious values and highlights the frustration that arises when one's conscious goals clash with subconscious beliefs. Throughout the episode, Marsha explains that while conscious values represent only 5% of our mindset, the remaining 95% is governed by the subconscious. She illustrates how this disconnect can manifest in daily life, where individuals may claim to value freedom or health but find themselves trapped in patterns that contradict those values. Marsha emphasizes that true alignment can only be achieved when...
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932 | Heart Wired CEO Recap: Holding the Vision, Trusting the Pause, and Leading from the Heart
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Live from Langdon Hall, Marsha Vanwynsberghe and her Heartwired CEO co-founder, Meghan Weir, reflect on their first-ever Heartwired CEO live event — a transformational experience blending embodiment, leadership, and intuition. They share behind-the-scenes lessons, what it means to lead from the heart instead of the hustle, and how slowing down to integrate can create lasting impact. They also announce what’s next for the Heartwired CEO Mastermind 2026, a deep 12-month container for nervous system regulation, subconscious reprogramming, and authentic business growth. Highlights: [01:05] The...
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931 | Healing Doesn't Have to Be Hard
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In this episode, I challenge the notion that healing must be a heavy, burdensome experience. Instead, I advocate for a lighter approach, where we can learn to feel our emotions without being overwhelmed by them. Throughout the episode, I discuss the concept of nervous system regulation and how it plays a crucial role in our healing journey. I explain that healing does not necessitate a complete pause in our lives; rather, it involves training our minds to respond differently to triggers and challenges. By embracing emotions and learning to navigate them, we can create a sense of safety and...
info_outlineToday we are speaking with Mindset & Success Coach, Kelly-Anne Appleton. As a self-proclaimed “seeker” Kelly-Anne has spent the last 20 years of her life on a quest to learn to love and understand herself. After years of personal growth and healing, she finally happened on material that reinforced and solidified her belief that everything she was searching for was inside her. In 2020 she became certified in that work through the Proctor-Gallagher Institute. As an empathetic and intuitive Mindset & Success Coach, she is passionate about helping others to transform their lives through this work, break patterns, uncover their power, create a life they love, and truly know they are worthy of all good things.
Kelly-Anne was one of 47 women who were successful in bringing their abuser to justice in the largest case of non-residential sexual abuse by a Catholic priest in North America. She has spoken at a number of events and her story was highlighted in an episode of the CBC The Fifth Estate entitled “The Good Father”.
Kelly-Anne has been an outspoken advocate for the rights of survivors and continues to work to empower and inspire women. Her story will soon be published in the collaborative book, She Is Worthy. As a trained leader through One Circle Foundation, she currently hosts a Women’s Circle in her hometown, a space where women’s souls are fed and filled up by the love, support and energy of the women around them.
In this episode we discuss:
1) The process, experience and power of shame and how it can be such a block that keeps us stuck in our story. Shame also showed up in the emotions of anger, resentment, and frustration and it affected every relationship in her life. Kelly-Anne does an incredible job of speaking about shame, the power of our voices, and how our story can truly help one person and that can change everything for that person.
2) Recognizing the difference between advice and council. Advice tends to come from people who are not doing the things that we want to do or not living the life we want to live. Council represents the people you respect individually, who they are, what they are going through and how we can learn so much from them.
3) Forgiveness is a decision that we are making, not a feeling that we have. Embracing forgiveness is about us choosing what we get to carry, what is supporting us and how we choose to live our lives.
Connect with Kelly-Anne
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/kellyanne.appleton
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/appletonkellyanne
Email: appletonkellyanne@gmail.com
Marsha Vanwynsberghe — Author, Speaker and Life Coach
Marsha is the 6-time Bestselling Author of “When She Stopped Asking Why”. She shares her lessons as a parent who dealt with teen substance abuse far past the level of normal experimentation.
Through her programs, coaching and live events for women, Marsha is on a mission to teach you how to “Own Your Choices” in your own life. She teaches women how to own their stories, lead themselves and pay it forward to others by creating businesses that serve, support and impact others.