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Have you ever felt like you're stuck in a job that doesn't resonate with you anymore? You're not alone. Join me, Marilyn, as I share a tale of breaking free from a draining paralegal job, navigating an uncertain journey, and ultimately landing a fulfilling role that aligns with my dreams. I'll take you through the fears, the faith, and the fortuitous TikTok post that helped me transition into a promising new phase of my life.

Being a woman of faith, I believe in the power of self-belief, embracing change, and trusting a higher power when the going gets tough. As I embarked on this transformative voyage, I took time to reassess my relationship with social media, choosing to step back and focus on personal growth. I chat about the importance of creating your own 'noise' and staying true to yourself amidst a world filled with external influences. Through the highs and lows, I've learned to brace myself for new challenges and celebrate personal triumphs – a testament to the importance of continual self-improvement and resilience. So, come along for this heartening conversation; maybe my journey could strike a chord with you too.


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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello everyone and welcome back to this Is Me.
I am Marilyn podcast.
Please forgive me.
You guys are so patient with me.
I know I said I was gonna posta new episode every week, but
listen, you guys know that I amgoing to listen to my body, I'm
going to listen to myself, andif I just need a moment of

(00:22):
silence then that's what I'mgonna do.
But all good things have beenhappening.
I don't know where I last leftoff, but if you've listened to
my podcast with Dana, you knowyou would have learned that at
some point I was having a very,very, very, very difficult time

(00:43):
with my job, with my brother,and in that episode I explained
that I had an incident at workin which it was no longer
working.
Nor was I actively looking fora job.
Yes, I'm jumping right into itbecause it's early in the
morning and I have to be at worksoon, so anyways.

(01:04):
So I wasn't actively lookingfor a job because I could not
just see myself applying toanother law firm.
You guys know I've been aparalegal for almost 20 years
and the way that I was seeing mylife going, it just was not
fitting.
But I just didn't know what wasnext, and you all know that I

(01:30):
am a woman of faith and foralmost a month I'm just like.
You know, I had enough to coverme for a few weeks financially
and you know, the weeks wasstarting to get shorter and
shorter, closer to closer,rather, to October.
I'm like, oh, my god, what am Igonna do?
Right, it's gonna be due, thebills is gonna be due again.

(01:50):
And last week, two weeks ago,let me see what's today.
Yeah, two weeks ago I wasn'tgonna post the video saying that
I no longer have a job on myInstagram, but I posted it on my
TikTok and one of my supportersreposted that on my Instagram

(02:12):
and just wrote such a beautiful,lovely message Excuse me a word
of encouragement just sayinghow much I have been an
influence to her and itmotivated her.
And you know, get to know menow before I become famous,
won't she claim it, jesus?

(02:33):
You know so, it was so sweet.
So I'm like all right, you know, I'm always like let me share
my story because it's able tohelp someone else and because I
posted that, someone that Iactually went to middle school
with reached out to me via DM'slike listen, this is great and
all, but I'm looking for abusiness development manager.

(02:55):
So let's meet.
We met the following week, whenhe was in New York, which was
last week, and y'all, not onlydid God give me a job, he gave
me more money, and he gave methe opportunity to work from
home All the things that I wrotein my journal the morning of

(03:17):
the incident at work.
God removed that job for mebecause there was a bigger plan.
Sometimes we have to getuncomfortable or pushed into
something, or something majorhas to happen in order for us to
take the leap of faith to getto the next level in life.
Listen to me, I was stressedand not stressed.

(03:41):
I had fear and wasn't anddidn't have that much fear as to
what was gonna happen next forme, because I'm just like God is
gonna take care of it.
So there's nothing for me toworry about If I am a woman of
faith, if I am always preaching.
God got it.
God got it.
God got it.
Now is the time that I need tobelieve that God actually has it

(04:06):
.
And the day before the meeting,I have a couple of meetings set
up.
That day, actually, an investorreached out to me wanting to
work with my, my team.
You all know I have.
I helped my partner set up hisbrokerage team and I'm on the
back end of it.
So, yes, I'm a woman of alltrades.
You guys know that's how Ioperate.
That's when I might best self,when I am doing multiple things.

(04:30):
It's a blessing and a curse,but I give everything and
anything that I do all of me,including my children, and I've
just skilled the ability to beable to spread myself.
So I'm get stressed, I thriveoff of it.
So, anyways, back to my faithand how good and big my God is.

(04:53):
All you need is a saw, amustard.
So what is it?
What is it?
This is?
Hold on, let me think all youneed is Faith.
The size of a mustard seed Doyou know how small a mustard
seed is?
And the night before themeeting I said God, all right,
now I I don't want to getworried, but it is reaching that

(05:18):
point.
But I'm going to trust in you.
I am going to trust in you.
I have been journaling.
I have been Writing mygratitude, writing my goals,
listen, write the vision andmake it plain.
If y'all were to see my visionboard and how huge, like the

(05:38):
vision and what I have on it isthings that One would say is out
of reach.
But I have just seen how Godhas been working with me and has
been spoiling me, and you guysknow that I've been sharing how

(05:59):
I've been shedding sheddingpeople, shedding shedding layers
, negative layers of myself andgiving myself more grace.
Every single day it's a new dayfor growth.
Every season, every quarterit's, it's growing pains.
Embrace it, don't run away fromit.

(06:23):
I'll never forget.
I was having a conversation withmy older sister a few weeks ago
, or maybe last month, and I'mlike man, I just want to rid
this feeling, shake this feelingoff that I have, like it wasn't
a bad feeling.
It was just like what is thatI'm feeling with everything that
was going on?
She's like, no, you don't wantto shake that off, you want to
embrace it because that's yournew becoming your, your new new,

(06:47):
your new self and man.
That shit hits so hard becauseit's like, yeah, you have to be
a new version of yourself inorder to be able to receive new
things in your life, in order tobe able to handle the new shit
that comes at you.
Oh, y'all listen to me.
I told God use me as a vessel,use me as a testimony, use me as

(07:12):
an example, so I can tell thesepeople that you are real when I
tell you yes, the problems aregonna come.
Yes, new devils for new levels.
But this is why it's soimportant for you to continue to
work on yourself so, when thebullshit comes, you're able to
handle every weapon thatattempts to form against you and

(07:35):
you can just have a body ofarmor to where it will not form.
Another thing I've been doingI'm last two weeks I've been
like just falling back fromsocial media a little bit right
the irony, like it's anotherform of income for me.
It's it's my job, but it's justre-evaluating, like the next

(07:59):
chapter, how I want to startputting myself out there or what
you know.
And there's nothing wrong withit if you need a moment to back
up.
You don't owe anybody anythingand sometimes with social media
tends to do, tends to like howcan I put this?
Like if you are watchingsomebody else doing shit and
it's like then you start toquestion yourself well, maybe I

(08:20):
should be doing it like this, ormaybe I should be doing it like
that.
So I like to call that noise.
So when you start having so muchnoise and so much influence
around you, you kind of losesight of yourself and unable to
create your own noise that youchoose to create.
You understand what I'm saying.
So I'm saying that to say likeI've just been quiet.

(08:44):
You all know that I have alsobeen saying that I have just
been silent.
I have just been silent, justbeing very observant of
everything and everyone that'saround me and the sense of
clarity it's uncanny, like it ismind-blowing.

(09:06):
And now that I'm just taking alittle break or detox from
social media, you know I get onit quickly, post what I need to
post.
I've been posting and ghostingand if you're about trying to be
an influencer, that's the worstthing you can do.
But I'm at a level where Icould do that because I have my
people's and they're going tosupport me and they just you
know they're in tune.
But, side note, if you aretrying to become a new creator

(09:26):
or a content creator, aninfluencer, you cannot post and
ghost and you have to postconsistently.
But anyways, I'm doing whatworks for me because when you do
something for yourself or youmake a decision for yourself, it
is never the wrong decision.
So I have decided I'm justtaking a break from social media

(09:47):
and I have just been verypresent with myself.
I've been very present with mychildren.
I've just been present and itjust feels amazing because it's
like what do you equatehappiness to?
It's like I'm not happy, I wantthis, I want that, but it's
like you're so busy sittingthere.
I'm not saying you individually, I'm just speaking in general

(10:09):
for myself.
This is these are theconversations that I have with
self and it's like you're stillbusy saying I want this, I'm not
where, I want to be at the rod.
It's like you're bitching andcomplaining because you're
running a mouth but you're notsilent to really be able to look
and reflect.
And it's like, damn, god isgiving you what you're asking
for, like chill, enjoy this shit, understand this shit, learn

(10:31):
this shit, practice this shit,so then he's able to give you
more shit, more the more shitthat you keep asking for.
And that's what I've been doing.
I have just been like man.
He is giving me everything thatI'm asking for.
So let me just go ahead andkeep asking for some more and
more and more, because anythingand everything you want is

(10:54):
attainable.
Everything and anything thatyou want is attainable and, you
know, just goes back like youcan't be telling your vision to
everybody.
You don't have to post.
Everything is you in your lifeand the closest people to you if
you want to share and stufflike that.
But it's your journey, it'syour testimony.

(11:15):
Don't live for everybody, don'tlive for anyone, live for
yourself.
And the moment you start livingfor yourself, man, that shit,
this shit feels good right herey'all.
Oh, and you know what I startedtelling myself, which I don't
and I don't think I've ever?
I started saying I'm proud ofmyself.

(11:35):
I'm proud of myself because Istood ten toes down.
I Didn't allow mice anyone toquestion my worth.
I knew my worth so much that Isaid f that I am putting a
resume out.
I'm gonna be sought, I'm notseeking anymore.
I know all the work that I'veput in and I said these words

(11:58):
last podcast or the one before.
I Know that all the work that Iput in is going to pay off and
it is paying off and I amwatching my hard work paying off
and I am excited.
I am just so excited for thisnext chapter.
I am so excited for this newposition because it is, it's me,

(12:20):
it is literally me.
What is a business developmentmanager?
I'm a business developmentmanager for the carry-on
accident injury Attorneys.
It's a personal injury attorney.
So if you or anyone you knowI've been involved in a motor
vehicle accident, a slip andfall or any stuff like that any

(12:42):
personal injury yes, pleasecontact me.
You know, had a meeting with mynew boss, told me the goal and
you know it's time for me to putthe jets on and I'm excited.
It's networking, it's Clientrelations.
It's everything I do.
Best is everything I do,natural, do everything that
comes easily.
What your passion is, mypassion is people, helping

(13:03):
people on the plug.
If anyone ever needs anything,they're always calling me like
do you know this?
I'm the connect.
So I just love it over here.
Y'all.
I just I am Happy, I am a leadin you know.
Obviously I still have somepersonal shit going on, but it's

(13:24):
not anything that I can'thandle because I have been
working on myself and buildingmy body of armor.
So, yeah, that's all I got.
That's all I got.
I will keep.
I've always posted or, you know,talked about my crying pains

(13:52):
and sobbing in here and stuff,and listening back to some of my
podcasts.
It's like it's okay to do that,it's okay to share your wins.
It's okay to celebrate yourwins, but what has happened in
the years is like when yousurround yourself with certain
people and you don't feelcomfortable in talking about
your wins and stuff like that isthat you kind of dim yourself

(14:13):
down.
So that is why it was soimportant for me to just start
shedding and surrounding myselfwith people in which I have big
Conversations.
They understand theconversation and doesn't make
them uncomfortable, and they'reable to add to the conversation.
Oh, listen to me.
What a feeling, what a momentof fresh air.

(14:35):
Moment of fresh air because Ihave big conversations, I have
big dreams, I have big visionsand, yes, you don't have to tell
your visions to everyone, butit's good to just surround
yourself with people who havethe same big visions.
Oh, my god, start changing yourworld, start curating it.

(14:56):
I Got a run.
I love y'all.
Oh, speaking of journals, Idesigned a journal.
It is now available on myAmazon.
I love it, I love it, I love it, I love it.
So, if you're looking to startmanifesting and writing down
your goals, your gratitudes oreven your diary, just wake up.
First thing I do is I write onepage.

(15:18):
I write for a minute, twominutes, whatever thoughts you
want, but write it down, y'allwrite it down.
It is a form of therapy and itworks.
Write the vision to make a planagain.
You can purchase that journaldesigned by me on Amazon If you
go on my socials.
The link is on my bio.

(15:39):
Thank you, I love you.
Comment, subscribe, share this.
Let's support, let's go finishout the year strong, as always.
I will talk to you soon.
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