This Is Not Your Practice Life ®

Most people think they're listening, but they're actually preparing their next response.

In this episode, we're breaking down the difference between listening to respond and listening to understand, and why this one communication skill can transform your relationships, emotional intelligence, and ability to truly connect.

You'll learn how your nervous system influences the way you listen, why curiosity creates deepe...

One of the most common reasons women stay stuck isn't a lack of awareness. It's a lack of contact with reality. It's easy to spend years imagining the life we want, analyzing our next steps, or living in possibility while avoiding what's actually happening right now. In this episode, we're talking about why change doesn't happen in the clouds. It happens on the ground - in the conversations, decisions, behaviors, and truths we're w...

What happens when you start changing for the better, but the people around you don't like it?

In this episode, we're diving into the often-overlooked side of personal growth: the resistance that can show up when you begin setting boundaries, raising your standards, speaking more honestly, or showing up differently in your relationships.

Sometimes the version of you that is growing no longer fits the dynamics that once worked for ...

Overwhelm is one of the most common things I hear women say… but most people don’t actually understand what overwhelm is.

In this episode, we’re talking about the psychology behind overwhelm and why it happens in the first place. Because overwhelm is rarely just “too much to do.” More often, it’s emotional overload, mental pressure, decision fatigue, nervous system dysregulation, avoidance, f...

There are stories running in your mind right now that feel completely true.

They’re not loud or obvious.
They’re the ones that feel familiar… automatic… unquestioned. And they’re shaping everything - your decisions, your reactions, your results. In this episode, we slow that down. We look at the sentences you’re believing and start asking a better question:

Is this actually true&he...

There’s a version of you that wants more. Deeper relationships, bigger moves, fuller expression. But there’s also a quieter force at play. The part of your brain that keeps you “half in.”

In this episode, we’re unpacking the self-protective mechanism that holds you back from going all in. How it shows up in your relationships, your career, and your growth, and why it can feel so convincing.

You&r...

At some point, almost every woman has thought
“I’m not good enough.”

But rarely do we stop and ask
Good enough for what
And according to who

In this episode, we’re unpacking the hidden standard you may be measuring yourself against without even realizing it. The expectations, comparisons, and quiet definitions that shape how you see yourself and what you believe you’re capable of.

This is...

You’re not avoiding the hard… you’re choosing which hard.

In this episode, we’re talking about the reality that every path comes with discomfort. Staying where you are is hard. Changing your life is hard. And the truth is, you don’t get to avoid it, you only get to decide which version you’re willing to live with.

I walk through real-life examples: from career shifts to relationships -- and what i...

There isn’t usually a moment where you decide to lose yourself.

It happens gradually. Subtly. Almost intelligently.

You adjust. You accommodate. You turn the dial down on parts of yourself to make things work - relationships, expectations, responsibilities, comfort. Over time, what once felt like alignment starts to feel like distance.

In this episode, we’re talking about the dial—how women slowly disconnect from...

Toxic relationships don’t always end when the relationship ends. Even after you leave, the emotional patterns, protective behaviors, and beliefs formed in that environment can quietly linger in your nervous system, your thinking, and the way you move through new relationships.

In this episode, I’m talking about the residual impact toxic dynamics can leave behind and why healing often requires more than simply walking...

In this episode, Macie shares part of her personal coaching journey - including the moment she hired her own coach and how that decision changed the trajectory of her life.

So often we assume coaching is only for people who are struggling or “in crisis.” But what if that isn't the only truth? What if life is good but we know it could be even better?

Macie talks about:

• What made her decide to invest in coaching
• The d...

In this episode, Macie shares the vision behind The Immersion Collection, a one-year live coaching experience that delivers her entire EQ curriculum in a single, intentional year. After a decade of immersing herself in the work, Macie created this program so women can access the same depth of growth, skill-building, and transformation — without spending years trying to piece it together on their own. Sign up on the interest l...

Money isn’t just math. It’s a frequency.

In this episode, I walk you through the energetic pyramid of income: from survival and fear at the base, to gratitude and expansion at the top.

I discuss:

• Why most people stay in low-frequency earning cycles
• How fear, scarcity, and comparison cap your income
• The role emotional intelligence plays in wealth
• Why gratitude is one of the highest money frequencies
...

How often do you walk away from a conversation carrying something that was never yours to hold?

In this episode, we’re talking about emotional ownership -and how to stop absorbing other people’s moods, tension, attitudes, and unspoken expectations as if they belong to you.

You are not responsible for managing everyone else’s inner world.And you don’t have to accept every emotional “gift” th...

What if the very thing the world calls unrealistic is the reason some people build extraordinary lives?

In this episode, I’m talking about the power of choosing possibility over practicality and why being a little “delusional” might actually be emotional intelligence at its highest level. If you’ve ever felt like your dreams were “too much” or “too big,” this episode will challenge you...

Hey friends!

Now that the podcast is available via Video on Youtube, we are "slingshotting" by pulling back and revisiting some of my beginning concepts in order to fly forward and learn new things! In this episode I am refreshing your memory on "the model" which is abbreviated as CTFAR!. If you want the visual, be sure to watch on Youtube!

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Hey friends!

For years I've been asked, "Why don't you put any of your content in video form or have it on Youtube?" And the truth is, because it always felt like "one more heavy thing" to add to my already long list as a woman of ONE in my business. But we don't grow by dragging our feet or resisting, so I decided what better time to add video that at the start of 2026. So if you're only hearing the audio, just know each week I wil...