What if the biggest thing holding you back isn't your circumstances—but the story you've been telling yourself about who you are?
In this deeply personal episode, I share the surprising email I received from Good Morning America and how one unexpected opportunity completely shifted the way I saw myself. Even though the interview didn't happen, the experience revealed something far more valuable: the identities we unconsciously create often determine what's possible in our lives.
If you've ever caught yourself saying things like:
- "I'm just not confident."
- "I'm not a morning person."
- "I'm unlucky in love."
- "I never follow through."
- "I don't even know who I am anymore."
...this episode is for you.
We'll explore how these identity statements are simply practiced thoughts—not permanent truths—and how changing them can completely transform the way you show up in your life.
I also introduce The Self Reclamation Project, a 12 weeks one-on-one coaching experience designed specifically for women who are ready to reclaim their time, energy, joy, and self identity.
In This Episode You'll Learn:
- Why your identity isn't fixed—and how you've been unknowingly creating it
- The surprising mindset lesson I learned from Good Morning America
- How your brain gathers evidence to support the stories you believe
- The difference between self-awareness and true transformation
- Why personal growth requires integration, not just information
- How coaching helps you uncover blind spots and move through overwhelm faster
- The four pillars of The Self Reclamation Project:
- Reflect
- Reclaim
- Reframe
- Reimagine
- How changing just one belief can open doors you never imagined were possible
The Self Reclamation Project is a 12-week, one-on-one coaching experience designed to help you reclaim your voice, confidence, peace, identity, and joy.
Together we'll identify what's keeping you stuck, rewrite limiting beliefs, and build a life that actually feels like yours.
✨ Registration is now open, we begin in September, and this opportunity is limited to just 10 women.
Learn more here: https://maryannwalker.life/coaching-packages
If you're interested, email me at: maryann@maryannwalker.life and tell me what change you're most longing to create. Seats are limited, so email me now to secure your seat.
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Speaker 4 (00:41):
Well, hello and welcome back.
Now, for those of you that arefollowing me on social media,
you know that this weekend,which for me as I'm recording is
actually this weekend, it was abit of a rollercoaster ride for
me.
You guys, Friday afternoon, Iwas out doing my grocery
shopping, and I received anemail from Good Morning America.
Wait, what?
Yeah, that's what my brain didtoo.
I received an email from GoodMorning America, and at first I
(01:03):
didn't believe it.
I went and checked the emailaddress and I was like,"Oh my
goodness, it is.
It's from ABC.
Oh my goodness, this ishappening.
What is happening?" And in thatemail they asked me two
questions.
They said,"Hey, we're doing asegment on bloom scrolling, and
we were wondering if we couldget your consent to play this
clip?" And then they linked toone of my TikTok videos.
"And just want to make sure thisis your intellectual property.
And we also were wondering ifyou have the availability to
(01:26):
potentially do an interview forour morning show on Saturday?" I
thought,"Wait, what?
Wow." So of course, this is GoodMorning America, so I responded
and said, um,"Yes and yes.
Here's my availability." Theywrote right back and said,"Okay,
great.
We'll let the producers know,and if they choose to move
forward with the interview, thenwe'll reach out to you." I said,
"Okay, fine." So I hurried home,I put on a fresh face, I brought
(01:49):
all of my lights out.
I set up my backdrop so it wouldlook a little bit more
professional and fewerdistractions in the background.
And oh my goodness, I was justso excited.
So I waited, and I waited, and Ikept refreshing my email to see
if I'd heard from them.
And I wasn't hearing from them.
And I thought,"Okay, well,apparently they decided against
(02:09):
the interview," but I stilldidn't know if they were going
to be playing my clip onSaturday morning or not.
So I thought,"Okay, well, I'lljust go to sleep.
I'll check it out in themorning." So in the morning then
I went and looked up theirsegment on bloom scrolling and
you guys, they didn't play myclip.
But it's okay because as I gotthinking about it, you know,
well, first of all, when Iwatched the clip, then at the
(02:30):
end of the segment, the guydoing that segment, he said,
"Well, and what's really cool isall of the people that we
spotlighted here, they'vepreviously been on Good Morning
America." And so I realized, ohyeah, obviously they were under
a time constraint.
They messaged me Fridayafternoon, and this was going to
be dropping Saturday morning, soit makes sense that they would
want to recycle content thatthey already had.
(02:53):
And then my brain also said,"Andhey, if I ever find myself on
Good Morning America, the oddshave now gone up that they just
might recycle my content," andthen I could say that I had been
on Good Morning America morethan once.
So I'm not bothered at all.
I actually found it to beextremely exciting..
And also, it was so fascinatingto just watch my brain through
(03:16):
all of that.
It was interesting to watch mybrain experience the high of the
possibility of being on TV, andthen also to experience the
uncertainty as I waited.
And yes, there was somedisappointment when I didn't get
called for the interview, andalso predominantly the emotion I
was experiencing was, like,shock and disbelief and
excitement.
(03:37):
Because the truth is, I hadnever once in my life had the
conscious thought that,"Hey, I'mgonna be on Good Morning America
one day.""I'm the kind of personthat Good Morning America would
reach out to." Honestly, I hadnever had that thought in my
life until Friday.
I had also never had theconscious thought that,"Oh, I'm
(03:58):
never going to be on GoodMorning America.
I am just not the kind of personthat would be on Good Morning
America." And because I hadnever had those thoughts before,
when I got that email, it wasvery interesting to watch my
brain, because suddenly thisreality that I had never before
considered, it had now become apossibility for me.
(04:18):
It was not only just a new idea,but it was something that
actually felt tangible andwithin reach.
I had never considered thisbefore, and now it was closer
than I had ever imagined before.
Because now my brain had theevidence because of that email
that, wow, I'm the kind ofperson that Good Morning America
reaches out to.
Even though I didn't get theinterview, I'm the kind of
(04:41):
person that they're looking forthat would add more joy to their
little segment on bloomscrolling, right?
Okay, so now to bring this toyou, because yeah, we've talked
about me enough, even though Imight be talking about it some
more.
But to bring this back to you,how would you finish this
sentence:"I'm the kind of personthat..." And then fill in the
(05:01):
blank.
Now, because the brain has alittle bit of a negativity bias,
then you might have somenegative thoughts that come in.
For example, you might bethinking,"Well, I'm the kind of
person that good things neverhappen to.
I'm the kind of person who isunlucky in love.
I'm the kind of person who cannever stick to a goal.
I'm not a morning person.
(05:22):
I'm not a public speaker.
I'm not very outgoing.
I'm not the kind of person thathas a lot of friends.
I'm a wallflower.
I don't put myself out there."Or maybe you're even thinking,
"You know, frankly, I don't evenknow who I am." Now if those
sentences sound familiar to you,guess what?
(05:45):
Did you know that those areliterally just thoughts?
I mean, your brain might bearguing with you and saying,"No,
it's true.
I have so much evidence thatit's true." But none of those
things are actually true.
I mean, yes, you've toldyourself the story enough that
you've decided to, like, makethis who you are, right?
It's like,"No, if I'm a personthat's a wallflower, this is how
I'm going to show up at events,"right?
(06:07):
You are seeking for reasons thatyou are that thing and creating
evidence for yourself.
But the truth is that they'rejust thoughts, and you've just
practiced those thoughts forlong enough that you've decided
to make that your identity.
Because what if you're actuallya morning person?
What if your lucky-in-love storyis just one date away?
(06:28):
What if you're actually thefavorite speaker at that event
that you just presented at, andyou gave your brain all the
evidence that you'd, like,totally bombed it and weren't
very good?
But what if everybody that waslistening said,"Wow, I really
appreciated their talk the mostbecause they were so real and
authentic"?
What if you're somebody thatGood Morning America saw online
and wants to talk to?
(06:50):
What if?
And what if you could actuallyhave what it is that you're
seeking?
Now, I am so excited to sharewith you my new program today.
I know I hinted about it lastweek.
We talked about the eight signsthat you might be a people
pleaser, and I told you to payattention today because I have
something for you.
So as of today, then the doorsare officially open for this new
(07:11):
program.
I am officially launching MySelf Reclamation Project.
So registration is open now.
We'll be starting in September,so yes, you'll have time to
finish that summer vacation, andyes, you'll have time to get the
kids back in school, find yourroutine again.
But this is a 12-week programcreated to help you reclaim your
peace, your joy, and yourself-identity.
(07:32):
You have been listening to thispodcast for a while now because
what you've been hearing here,it's been resonating with you,
and now is the time to godeeper.
I mean, yes, there's a lot ofthings that can be accomplished
through listening to podcasts,right?
It does create thatself-awareness.
But real growth happens notthrough awareness alone, but
through integration.
(07:53):
Through actually making this apart of who you are.
Listening to podcasts, readingself-help books, all of those
things, it's like turning on thelights, okay?
It illuminates what is alreadythere.
But real change comes throughintegration.
Now, imagine for just a momentthat you are in a very dark
room.
There is no light in this room.
(08:13):
It's completely dark.
You cannot see your hand infront of your face, and you've
been stumbling around in thatroom for quite a while now.
Your shins are bruised up.
You can't tell where anythingis.
You really have to work reallyhard to try to remember how to
navigate this space, and itrequires so much mental energy.
Maybe you even heard somethingfall on the other side of the
(08:33):
room, and you're thinking,"Ohno, now I have to crawl around
to try to figure out what it wasand where it is.
I'm worried I'm gonna bang up myforehead again.
I just don't know what to do inthis space.
This is so hard to navigate."And then the lights come on.
Now, this is the self-awareness.
This is what happens when you'relistening to podcasts like this
one.
(08:54):
It's like realizing that, wow,okay, the lights are on.
Now I understand why I am theway that I am.
I am now seeing myself moreclearly.
I am seeing the space around memore clearly.
I am seeing what it is that Ihave created for myself, and I
can see it clearly because thelights are on now.
So now you can see why yourshins have been hurting you so
much.
(09:14):
You can see what it is thatyou've been banging up against.
You can see all of those sharpcorners that you couldn't see
before.
And the truth is that once thelights come on and you can see
everything around you and all ofthese obstacles in your way, it
can feel overwhelming.
And when you're feelingoverwhelmed, what do you do?
You call for help.
Now, coaching is like havingsomebody come into that space
(09:35):
with you.
They help you to determine whatstays and what goes.
What would be better placed overthere?
Okay, actually, do you recognizethat this was a table you were
hitting, but your table's upsidedown?
Let's flip that right side up soit's actually functioning for
you in the way that it wasintended.
A coach can show up and help youwith the heavy lifting, the
things that you would not beable to move on your own.
I mean, yes, there are somethings that you can do on your
(09:56):
own, but sometimes things arejust so big that it's nice to
have somebody outside of you tohelp.
And some things have beensticking around for so long, and
they feel so big and heavy thatsometimes it almost feels like
they're bolted to the ground.
Having a coach come into thatspace, it can help you with that
rearranging.
It can help you to create aspace that you actually want, a
space that not only doesn't hurtyou as much, but actually feels
(10:20):
good.
Inviting somebody into thatspace, it helps you to get
things done a lot faster.
It can feel more energizing.
It helps you to see thepossibility and to explore those
ideas.
And also, it is just so nice tohave somebody in your corner
when things get hard, somebodythat's really there to just
support you.
Now, when my family moved intoour fixer-upper home, oh my
(10:41):
goodness, you guys, I was soexhausted.
As you know, we moved into thehome of an OCD hoarder, and we
bought the home as is, so wewent through each room to try to
clean it out and figure out whatwas what.
And because this was a familyhome, we had a lot of decisions
to make.
We wanted to preserve as much aswe could for the family, and
also kind of just sort throughall of the junk, and it required
(11:02):
so much physical and mentalenergy.
And I did have a lot of helphere, and I really appreciate
everybody that came to help.
Oh my goodness, I couldn't havedone it without you.
And there was this one room inthe house that I had really been
avoiding.
The piles were stacked extrahigh.
Every single surface wascovered.
I knew that there was a bed anda dresser and shelves in there,
but you couldn't even see it.
(11:23):
It was just a lot.
And honestly, it was easier forme to just close the door and
pretend like it wasn't there.
I was just so overwhelmed.
And then my sister came over,and she brought a new energy
with her.
She brought more mental clarity.
She helped me with thedecision-making.
And you know what?
(11:43):
She put on a mask, and she tooka wet rag, and she wiped up so
much dust from that room.
And this space that I thoughtwould take me at least a month
to get through, within just afew hours, layer by layer,
things were being revealed.
The room was getting cleanedout.
Over time, I was able to seeclean shelves.
I could see the top of thedresser.
(12:03):
I could see the bed.
And eventually, we even sawcarpet and were able to vacuum.
And it was so incredibly helpfuland helped me to get out of my
overwhelm just to have her showup.
And this is what coaching can dofor you.
It can help you to 10X yourprogress.
When you're feeling overwhelmed,when you're feeling just
frustrated and you're not quitesure what direction to go in,
(12:26):
then I can come in and assistyou.
During our 12 weeks together,we'll focus on four pillars:
reflect, reclaim, reframe, andreimagine.
So we will reflect first on thethings that are getting in your
way.
This is when we're turning onthe lights.
We're looking at your specificbrain, your specific thought
patterns, and deciding whichones are and are not serving
(12:47):
you, okay?
So it's raising that awareness.
Then we'll reclaim the parts ofyou that have been lost along
the way.
So maybe you've lost your joy,or you want to reclaim your time
or your energy or your identity.
We'll get really clear on whatit is that you want to reclaim
for yourself so that I can helpyou to stand in your own power.
Then we'll start to reframe yourthoughts, all the thoughts that
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have been holding you back, andthese are the thoughts that you
weren't even consciously awareof.
But they've just been programsrunning in the back of your
mind.
But these thoughts, they haveabsolutely determined your
identity.
They've helped to keep you stuckexactly where you're at.
They're what has prevented youfrom getting to where it is that
you want to go.
So we'll look at all of thosethoughts and help you to reframe
them, and then we're going toreimagine what else is possible.
(13:33):
This is where we invite inpossibility.
We're able to look around andsee, okay, what else is possible
right now?
Because our thoughts keep us sostuck, but there are so many
things that are actuallypossible for you and closer than
you might think.
For example, maybe you've neverdreamed before of being on Good
Morning America, but now itfeels possible.
It feels so exciting.
It feels closer than you thoughtit could have ever been before.
(13:55):
It's kind of like when you'redriving and all of a sudden you
turn around and you look in yourblind spot and something's right
there.
It's easy for us to think thatthere's only things there to
harm us in our blind spots, butthere's possibility and
potential as well.
So let me share with you howcoaching has impacted my life
and why I became a coach in thefirst place.
I used to lay awake at nightreplaying every conversation and
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every situation.
I would be thinking about all ofthe ways that I should have
shown up or what I could havedone differently or who might be
upset with me, and itsignificantly impacted my sleep
as well as my anxiety.
I would be up late at night orup early in the morning just
wearing myself out believingthat, okay, well, if I don't do
it all, nobody else will.
(14:36):
I really struggled to ask forhelp because I was believing
that my worth was conditionalupon what I could do for other
people.
So I had to prove that I wasworthy by showing up for them,
and also I had to prove tomyself that, I'm still a good
human and I can't have needs,otherwise that means that I'm
unworthy.
I desperately wanted otherpeople to show up for me, but I
(14:57):
didn't know how to ask.
I was so detached from my ownwants and feelings that I'd
often be stumped, and I'd shutdown when somebody asked me a
question.
For example, if they wanted meto do something and I didn't
know how to state a boundary, Ijust would stumble over my
words.
Or if they asked me what Iwanted, because I was so
detached from my own wants andneeds, I had no idea what to say
(15:18):
but now, I experience more peacewithin myself.
I sleep so much better.
I am more real and authentic inmy relationships.
I know who I am now, so I'm ableto show up as myself and oh my
goodness, it has absolutelychanged all my relationships.
People want to know the realyou.
And it feels so good and makesit so much easier for me to
state boundaries and thingsbecause I now am honest with
(15:41):
myself about what my capacityis.
My relationships with my husbandand with my children have all
improved.
And yes, I still occasionallyget anxious because everybody
does, but it's so much betternow.
At the time, I could not seewhat changes I needed to make,
but coaching changed all ofthat.
It showed me my blind spots, andit can do that for you, too.
(16:05):
Having somebody in your cornerto show you what is getting in
your way, it can make such ahuge difference, especially when
it comes to showing you what'spossible.
Okay, so to bounce back to thatfurniture analogy, if your
thoughts were furniture, yourcoach might show you that, oh my
goodness, hey, do you see thatbig piece of furniture that you
put in front of the doorway?
That's exactly where you want togo.
Let's move that together so thatyou can actually leave this
(16:28):
room.
Or they might show you, hey, youknow those plants you love so
much?
they're gonna thrive so muchmore if we can just move them
over there where they get alittle bit better lighting." And
you might even think,"Oh mygoodness, I cannot believe it
was that easy.
I cannot believe how much easierit is to get to where I want to
go just by moving that onething, by changing that one
belief.
I cannot believe how much moregrowth my plants are able to
(16:49):
experience because I'm actuallygiving them the light that they
need." because the truth is thatwhen we've been in the dark for
so long and we turn on thelights, it can feel
overwhelming.
But having somebody with you canhelp to minimize that.
And those little changes, oh mygoodness, they can make such a
huge difference.
And you don't have to do italone.
So think for just a moment aboutwhat part of you you might have
(17:11):
lost along the way.
What part of you do you want toreclaim?
And are you ready to finallycommit to making that change?
If you are ready, here's thedetails, okay?
So listen up.
The Self Reclamation Project isa 12-week, one-on-one coaching
program that I am limiting tojust 10 women.
The cost is$1,200, and we startin September.
(17:33):
Now, I'm going to be honest withyou that I do not know yet when
the doors are going to openagain or what the price will be
for next time.
So if right now, if your heartis pounding, if there is a voice
inside of you that's saying,"Hey, I have been yearning for
something like this.
I have really wanted this for along time.
I'm ready to not just turn onthe lights, but to actually do
the work, to actually integrateeverything that I'm learning
(17:55):
here," then please listen tothat voice and come and join me.
I am being selective about whoI'm going to allow into this
program.
So if you are interested, youcan email me at
maryann@maryannwalker.life, I'llput it in the show notes, and
simply tell me what kind of achange you're seeking to have
most, and I can build a programspecific to you.
(18:16):
If you want to be one of the 10women absolutely transforming
their lives before the holidays,before the end of the year, then
let me show you what ispossible.
Again, we're going to bestarting in September, so you'll
have plenty of time to finishoff that vacation, get the kids
in school, find a routine.
But registration is open now,and there are only 10 spots
available.
(18:37):
So come and work with me.
I'd love to work with you.
I want to help you to reclaimyour voice, your time, your
energy, your joy, and your life.
Your life can be even moreamazing than you could have
possibly imagined, and I want toshow you what's possible.
So consider this your email fromGood Morning America, all right?
(19:00):
Let's work together to createsome lasting change.
I love you guys so much, and I'mso looking forward to working
with you.
I hope you have a great week,and let's talk soon.
Bye now.
Well, hello and welcome back.
Now, for those of you that arefollowing me on social media,
you know that this weekend,which for me as I'm recording is
actually this weekend, it was abit of a rollercoaster ride for
me.
You guys, Friday afternoon, Iwas out doing my grocery
shopping, and I received anemail from Good Morning America.
Wait, what?
Yeah, that's what my brain didtoo.
I received an email from GoodMorning America, and at first I
(01:03):
didn't believe it.
I went and checked the emailaddress and I was like,"Oh my
goodness, it is.
It's from ABC.
Oh my goodness, this ishappening.
What is happening?" And in thatemail they asked me two
questions.
They said,"Hey, we're doing asegment on bloom scrolling, and
we were wondering if we couldget your consent to play this
clip?" And then they linked toone of my TikTok videos.
"And just want to make sure thisis your intellectual property.
And we also were wondering ifyou have the availability to
(01:26):
potentially do an interview forour morning show on Saturday?" I
thought,"Wait, what?
Wow." So of course, this is GoodMorning America, so I responded
and said, um,"Yes and yes.
Here's my availability." Theywrote right back and said,"Okay,
great.
We'll let the producers know,and if they choose to move
forward with the interview, thenwe'll reach out to you." I said,
"Okay, fine." So I hurried home,I put on a fresh face, I brought
(01:49):
all of my lights out.
I set up my backdrop so it wouldlook a little bit more
professional and fewerdistractions in the background.
And oh my goodness, I was justso excited.
So I waited, and I waited, and Ikept refreshing my email to see
if I'd heard from them.
And I wasn't hearing from them.
And I thought,"Okay, well,apparently they decided against
(02:09):
the interview," but I stilldidn't know if they were going
to be playing my clip onSaturday morning or not.
So I thought,"Okay, well, I'lljust go to sleep.
I'll check it out in themorning." So in the morning then
I went and looked up theirsegment on bloom scrolling and
you guys, they didn't play myclip.
But it's okay because as I gotthinking about it, you know,
well, first of all, when Iwatched the clip, then at the
(02:30):
end of the segment, the guydoing that segment, he said,
"Well, and what's really cool isall of the people that we
spotlighted here, they'vepreviously been on Good Morning
America." And so I realized, ohyeah, obviously they were under
a time constraint.
They messaged me Fridayafternoon, and this was going to
be dropping Saturday morning, soit makes sense that they would
want to recycle content thatthey already had.
(02:53):
And then my brain also said,"Andhey, if I ever find myself on
Good Morning America, the oddshave now gone up that they just
might recycle my content," andthen I could say that I had been
on Good Morning America morethan once.
So I'm not bothered at all.
I actually found it to beextremely exciting..
And also, it was so fascinatingto just watch my brain through
(03:16):
all of that.
It was interesting to watch mybrain experience the high of the
possibility of being on TV, andthen also to experience the
uncertainty as I waited.
And yes, there was somedisappointment when I didn't get
called for the interview, andalso predominantly the emotion I
was experiencing was, like,shock and disbelief and
excitement.
(03:37):
Because the truth is, I hadnever once in my life had the
conscious thought that,"Hey, I'mgonna be on Good Morning America
one day.""I'm the kind of personthat Good Morning America would
reach out to." Honestly, I hadnever had that thought in my
life until Friday.
I had also never had theconscious thought that,"Oh, I'm
(03:58):
never going to be on GoodMorning America.
I am just not the kind of personthat would be on Good Morning
America." And because I hadnever had those thoughts before,
when I got that email, it wasvery interesting to watch my
brain, because suddenly thisreality that I had never before
considered, it had now become apossibility for me.
(04:18):
It was not only just a new idea,but it was something that
actually felt tangible andwithin reach.
I had never considered thisbefore, and now it was closer
than I had ever imagined before.
Because now my brain had theevidence because of that email
that, wow, I'm the kind ofperson that Good Morning America
reaches out to.
Even though I didn't get theinterview, I'm the kind of
(04:41):
person that they're looking forthat would add more joy to their
little segment on bloomscrolling, right?
Okay, so now to bring this toyou, because yeah, we've talked
about me enough, even though Imight be talking about it some
more.
But to bring this back to you,how would you finish this
sentence:"I'm the kind of personthat..." And then fill in the
(05:01):
blank.
Now, because the brain has alittle bit of a negativity bias,
then you might have somenegative thoughts that come in.
For example, you might bethinking,"Well, I'm the kind of
person that good things neverhappen to.
I'm the kind of person who isunlucky in love.
I'm the kind of person who cannever stick to a goal.
I'm not a morning person.
(05:22):
I'm not a public speaker.
I'm not very outgoing.
I'm not the kind of person thathas a lot of friends.
I'm a wallflower.
I don't put myself out there."Or maybe you're even thinking,
"You know, frankly, I don't evenknow who I am." Now if those
sentences sound familiar to you,guess what?
(05:45):
Did you know that those areliterally just thoughts?
I mean, your brain might bearguing with you and saying,"No,
it's true.
I have so much evidence thatit's true." But none of those
things are actually true.
I mean, yes, you've toldyourself the story enough that
you've decided to, like, makethis who you are, right?
It's like,"No, if I'm a personthat's a wallflower, this is how
I'm going to show up at events,"right?
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You are seeking for reasons thatyou are that thing and creating
evidence for yourself.
But the truth is that they'rejust thoughts, and you've just
practiced those thoughts forlong enough that you've decided
to make that your identity.
Because what if you're actuallya morning person?
What if your lucky-in-love storyis just one date away?
(06:28):
What if you're actually thefavorite speaker at that event
that you just presented at, andyou gave your brain all the
evidence that you'd, like,totally bombed it and weren't
very good?
But what if everybody that waslistening said,"Wow, I really
appreciated their talk the mostbecause they were so real and
authentic"?
What if you're somebody thatGood Morning America saw online
and wants to talk to?
(06:50):
What if?
And what if you could actuallyhave what it is that you're
seeking?
Now, I am so excited to sharewith you my new program today.
I know I hinted about it lastweek.
We talked about the eight signsthat you might be a people
pleaser, and I told you to payattention today because I have
something for you.
So as of today, then the doorsare officially open for this new
(07:11):
program.
I am officially launching MySelf Reclamation Project.
So registration is open now.
We'll be starting in September,so yes, you'll have time to
finish that summer vacation, andyes, you'll have time to get the
kids back in school, find yourroutine again.
But this is a 12-week programcreated to help you reclaim your
peace, your joy, and yourself-identity.
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You have been listening to thispodcast for a while now because
what you've been hearing here,it's been resonating with you,
and now is the time to godeeper.
I mean, yes, there's a lot ofthings that can be accomplished
through listening to podcasts,right?
It does create thatself-awareness.
But real growth happens notthrough awareness alone, but
through integration.
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Through actually making this apart of who you are.
Listening to podcasts, readingself-help books, all of those
things, it's like turning on thelights, okay?
It illuminates what is alreadythere.
But real change comes throughintegration.
Now, imagine for just a momentthat you are in a very dark
room.
There is no light in this room.
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It's completely dark.
You cannot see your hand infront of your face, and you've
been stumbling around in thatroom for quite a while now.
Your shins are bruised up.
You can't tell where anythingis.
You really have to work reallyhard to try to remember how to
navigate this space, and itrequires so much mental energy.
Maybe you even heard somethingfall on the other side of the
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room, and you're thinking,"Ohno, now I have to crawl around
to try to figure out what it wasand where it is.
I'm worried I'm gonna bang up myforehead again.
I just don't know what to do inthis space.
This is so hard to navigate."And then the lights come on.
Now, this is the self-awareness.
This is what happens when you'relistening to podcasts like this
one.
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It's like realizing that, wow,okay, the lights are on.
Now I understand why I am theway that I am.
I am now seeing myself moreclearly.
I am seeing the space around memore clearly.
I am seeing what it is that Ihave created for myself, and I
can see it clearly because thelights are on now.
So now you can see why yourshins have been hurting you so
much.
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You can see what it is thatyou've been banging up against.
You can see all of those sharpcorners that you couldn't see
before.
And the truth is that once thelights come on and you can see
everything around you and all ofthese obstacles in your way, it
can feel overwhelming.
And when you're feelingoverwhelmed, what do you do?
You call for help.
Now, coaching is like havingsomebody come into that space
(09:35):
with you.
They help you to determine whatstays and what goes.
What would be better placed overthere?
Okay, actually, do you recognizethat this was a table you were
hitting, but your table's upsidedown?
Let's flip that right side up soit's actually functioning for
you in the way that it wasintended.
A coach can show up and help youwith the heavy lifting, the
things that you would not beable to move on your own.
I mean, yes, there are somethings that you can do on your
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own, but sometimes things arejust so big that it's nice to
have somebody outside of you tohelp.
And some things have beensticking around for so long, and
they feel so big and heavy thatsometimes it almost feels like
they're bolted to the ground.
Having a coach come into thatspace, it can help you with that
rearranging.
It can help you to create aspace that you actually want, a
space that not only doesn't hurtyou as much, but actually feels
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good.
Inviting somebody into thatspace, it helps you to get
things done a lot faster.
It can feel more energizing.
It helps you to see thepossibility and to explore those
ideas.
And also, it is just so nice tohave somebody in your corner
when things get hard, somebodythat's really there to just
support you.
Now, when my family moved intoour fixer-upper home, oh my
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goodness, you guys, I was soexhausted.
As you know, we moved into thehome of an OCD hoarder, and we
bought the home as is, so wewent through each room to try to
clean it out and figure out whatwas what.
And because this was a familyhome, we had a lot of decisions
to make.
We wanted to preserve as much aswe could for the family, and
also kind of just sort throughall of the junk, and it required
(11:02):
so much physical and mentalenergy.
And I did have a lot of helphere, and I really appreciate
everybody that came to help.
Oh my goodness, I couldn't havedone it without you.
And there was this one room inthe house that I had really been
avoiding.
The piles were stacked extrahigh.
Every single surface wascovered.
I knew that there was a bed anda dresser and shelves in there,
but you couldn't even see it.
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It was just a lot.
And honestly, it was easier forme to just close the door and
pretend like it wasn't there.
I was just so overwhelmed.
And then my sister came over,and she brought a new energy
with her.
She brought more mental clarity.
She helped me with thedecision-making.
And you know what?
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She put on a mask, and she tooka wet rag, and she wiped up so
much dust from that room.
And this space that I thoughtwould take me at least a month
to get through, within just afew hours, layer by layer,
things were being revealed.
The room was getting cleanedout.
Over time, I was able to seeclean shelves.
I could see the top of thedresser.
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I could see the bed.
And eventually, we even sawcarpet and were able to vacuum.
And it was so incredibly helpfuland helped me to get out of my
overwhelm just to have her showup.
And this is what coaching can dofor you.
It can help you to 10X yourprogress.
When you're feeling overwhelmed,when you're feeling just
frustrated and you're not quitesure what direction to go in,
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then I can come in and assistyou.
During our 12 weeks together,we'll focus on four pillars:
reflect, reclaim, reframe, andreimagine.
So we will reflect first on thethings that are getting in your
way.
This is when we're turning onthe lights.
We're looking at your specificbrain, your specific thought
patterns, and deciding whichones are and are not serving
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you, okay?
So it's raising that awareness.
Then we'll reclaim the parts ofyou that have been lost along
the way.
So maybe you've lost your joy,or you want to reclaim your time
or your energy or your identity.
We'll get really clear on whatit is that you want to reclaim
for yourself so that I can helpyou to stand in your own power.
Then we'll start to reframe yourthoughts, all the thoughts that
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have been holding you back, andthese are the thoughts that you
weren't even consciously awareof.
But they've just been programsrunning in the back of your
mind.
But these thoughts, they haveabsolutely determined your
identity.
They've helped to keep you stuckexactly where you're at.
They're what has prevented youfrom getting to where it is that
you want to go.
So we'll look at all of thosethoughts and help you to reframe
them, and then we're going toreimagine what else is possible.
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This is where we invite inpossibility.
We're able to look around andsee, okay, what else is possible
right now?
Because our thoughts keep us sostuck, but there are so many
things that are actuallypossible for you and closer than
you might think.
For example, maybe you've neverdreamed before of being on Good
Morning America, but now itfeels possible.
It feels so exciting.
It feels closer than you thoughtit could have ever been before.
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It's kind of like when you'redriving and all of a sudden you
turn around and you look in yourblind spot and something's right
there.
It's easy for us to think thatthere's only things there to
harm us in our blind spots, butthere's possibility and
potential as well.
So let me share with you howcoaching has impacted my life
and why I became a coach in thefirst place.
I used to lay awake at nightreplaying every conversation and
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every situation.
I would be thinking about all ofthe ways that I should have
shown up or what I could havedone differently or who might be
upset with me, and itsignificantly impacted my sleep
as well as my anxiety.
I would be up late at night orup early in the morning just
wearing myself out believingthat, okay, well, if I don't do
it all, nobody else will.
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I really struggled to ask forhelp because I was believing
that my worth was conditionalupon what I could do for other
people.
So I had to prove that I wasworthy by showing up for them,
and also I had to prove tomyself that, I'm still a good
human and I can't have needs,otherwise that means that I'm
unworthy.
I desperately wanted otherpeople to show up for me, but I
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didn't know how to ask.
I was so detached from my ownwants and feelings that I'd
often be stumped, and I'd shutdown when somebody asked me a
question.
For example, if they wanted meto do something and I didn't
know how to state a boundary, Ijust would stumble over my
words.
Or if they asked me what Iwanted, because I was so
detached from my own wants andneeds, I had no idea what to say
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but now, I experience more peacewithin myself.
I sleep so much better.
I am more real and authentic inmy relationships.
I know who I am now, so I'm ableto show up as myself and oh my
goodness, it has absolutelychanged all my relationships.
People want to know the realyou.
And it feels so good and makesit so much easier for me to
state boundaries and thingsbecause I now am honest with
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myself about what my capacityis.
My relationships with my husbandand with my children have all
improved.
And yes, I still occasionallyget anxious because everybody
does, but it's so much betternow.
At the time, I could not seewhat changes I needed to make,
but coaching changed all ofthat.
It showed me my blind spots, andit can do that for you, too.
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Having somebody in your cornerto show you what is getting in
your way, it can make such ahuge difference, especially when
it comes to showing you what'spossible.
Okay, so to bounce back to thatfurniture analogy, if your
thoughts were furniture, yourcoach might show you that, oh my
goodness, hey, do you see thatbig piece of furniture that you
put in front of the doorway?
That's exactly where you want togo.
Let's move that together so thatyou can actually leave this
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room.
Or they might show you, hey, youknow those plants you love so
much?
they're gonna thrive so muchmore if we can just move them
over there where they get alittle bit better lighting." And
you might even think,"Oh mygoodness, I cannot believe it
was that easy.
I cannot believe how much easierit is to get to where I want to
go just by moving that onething, by changing that one
belief.
I cannot believe how much moregrowth my plants are able to
(16:49):
experience because I'm actuallygiving them the light that they
need." because the truth is thatwhen we've been in the dark for
so long and we turn on thelights, it can feel
overwhelming.
But having somebody with you canhelp to minimize that.
And those little changes, oh mygoodness, they can make such a
huge difference.
And you don't have to do italone.
So think for just a moment aboutwhat part of you you might have
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lost along the way.
What part of you do you want toreclaim?
And are you ready to finallycommit to making that change?
If you are ready, here's thedetails, okay?
So listen up.
The Self Reclamation Project isa 12-week, one-on-one coaching
program that I am limiting tojust 10 women.
The cost is$1,200, and we startin September.
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Now, I'm going to be honest withyou that I do not know yet when
the doors are going to openagain or what the price will be
for next time.
So if right now, if your heartis pounding, if there is a voice
inside of you that's saying,"Hey, I have been yearning for
something like this.
I have really wanted this for along time.
I'm ready to not just turn onthe lights, but to actually do
the work, to actually integrateeverything that I'm learning
(17:55):
here," then please listen tothat voice and come and join me.
I am being selective about whoI'm going to allow into this
program.
So if you are interested, youcan email me at
maryann@maryannwalker.life, I'llput it in the show notes, and
simply tell me what kind of achange you're seeking to have
most, and I can build a programspecific to you.
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If you want to be one of the 10women absolutely transforming
their lives before the holidays,before the end of the year, then
let me show you what ispossible.
Again, we're going to bestarting in September, so you'll
have plenty of time to finishoff that vacation, get the kids
in school, find a routine.
But registration is open now,and there are only 10 spots
available.
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So come and work with me.
I'd love to work with you.
I want to help you to reclaimyour voice, your time, your
energy, your joy, and your life.
Your life can be even moreamazing than you could have
possibly imagined, and I want toshow you what's possible.
So consider this your email fromGood Morning America, all right?
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Let's work together to createsome lasting change.
I love you guys so much, and I'mso looking forward to working
with you.
I hope you have a great week,and let's talk soon.
Bye now.
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