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No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Mary Rothwell
96 episodes
1 day ago
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if healing isn’t something you finish, but a way you move while you’re still hurting? That question anchors our conversation with author, speaker, and coach Laura Bratton, who was diagnosed at nine with a rare retinal disease and lost her vision over her teen years. The timeline was uncertain, the grief relentless, and the pressure to “stay positive” intense. Laura shares how permission to grieve—given by a college counselor—reframed everything: you ...
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Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if healing isn’t something you finish, but a way you move while you’re still hurting? That question anchors our conversation with author, speaker, and coach Laura Bratton, who was diagnosed at nine with a rare retinal disease and lost her vision over her teen years. The timeline was uncertain, the grief relentless, and the pressure to “stay positive” intense. Laura shares how permission to grieve—given by a college counselor—reframed everything: you ...
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Mental Health
Education,
Self-Improvement,
Health & Fitness
Episodes (20/96)
No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
The Grief of Blindness and the Role of Grit and Gratitude
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if healing isn’t something you finish, but a way you move while you’re still hurting? That question anchors our conversation with author, speaker, and coach Laura Bratton, who was diagnosed at nine with a rare retinal disease and lost her vision over her teen years. The timeline was uncertain, the grief relentless, and the pressure to “stay positive” intense. Laura shares how permission to grieve—given by a college counselor—reframed everything: you ...
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4 days ago
40 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Shame, Anxiety, And Women With ADHD
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! Ever told yourself “just do the thing” while doomscrolling and calling it laziness? We go beneath that loop to decode how ADHD shows up in women: inattentive traits, time blindness, “out of sight, out of mind,” and the quiet ways socialization teaches us to mask chaos until it becomes shame. Licensed therapist Mary Rothwell sits down with ADHD life coach and educator Jorie Houlihan, who was diagnosed at 49, to map the territory from dismissal to validatio...
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6 days ago
59 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Self-Knowledge, Willpower, And Everyday Contentment
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if the pursuit of happiness is leading you away from the life you actually want? We dig into a kinder, sturdier target—equilibrium—and show how to build it through three practical pillars inspired by Arthur C. Brooks’s take on Thomas Aquinas and grounded in lived experience. Instead of chasing constant highs, we lay out a simple framework for steady days: know yourself, focus your passions, and train willpower like a muscle. We start by mapping real...
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1 week ago
9 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Childhood Experiences, Spiritual Narratives and Hope
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! The shortest days of the year can sharpen our sense of what’s sacred. We lean into that seasonal stillness to tease apart religion as a set of rules and spirituality as a living, breathing experience, then explore how stories shape who we become. Our guest, spiritual guide and facilitator Kristen Swan, shares how a childhood of opposites—chaos and structure, permissive adventure and reserved expectations—sparked a lifelong curiosity about identity, contro...
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1 week ago
44 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
From Chaos To Calm: Attachment, Trauma, And Choosing Healthy Love
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! Ever notice how a quiet room can make your heart race when you’re used to slammed doors and sharp words? We dig into why peace can feel unsafe if you grew up around chaos and how that early conditioning shapes what your nervous system calls “normal.” With Dr. Rebecca Payne, a California-based psychologist who specializes in anxiety and relationships, we translate attachment theory into everyday language and practical steps you can use right away. We brea...
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1 week ago
27 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Expect The Expected: Navigating Hurtful Family Dynamics
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! Holiday gatherings can feel like a pressure cooker when old dynamics collide with high hopes. We open up about the quiet bargain many of us make—if we do more, maybe they’ll hurt us less—and why that bargain drains joy. Instead, we walk through a practical, compassionate shift: expect the expected. When someone’s track record reliably brings criticism or dismissal, predicting a different outcome sets us up for pain. Grounding our plans in reality doesn’t ...
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2 weeks ago
6 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Dating After Divorce: How to Trust Yourself to Move On
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! The hardest part of divorce isn’t signing papers; it’s deciding who you want to be next. Mary sits down with divorce recovery coach Leah Mazur to trace a path from abandonment wounds and serial monogamy to boundaries, standards, and a calmer nervous system. Together we break the old script that says your worth depends on being chosen, and replace it with a practical roadmap for choosing yourself: slowing down, noticing red flags without making excuses, an...
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2 weeks ago
47 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Reinventing Midlife: Sobriety, Solo Travel, And Self-Trust
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if the anxiety you feel is the exact compass you need? That’s the spark behind this conversation with Tina Coleman—a woman who turned a career-ending car accident, profound grief, and a tangle of old coping habits into a bold new chapter of sobriety, solo travel, and life abroad after 50. We get honest about what midlife actually looks like when you stop apologizing and start experimenting. We dive into the messy middle: how alcohol can sneak in as ...
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2 weeks ago
40 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
From Resolutions To Meaning: Rethinking The Holiday Season
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! We share a candid year-end reflection on editing, expectations, and why resolutions often miss the point. The focus shifts to simpler holidays, learning from loss, and investing time in memories, relationships, and small practices that bring meaning. • reframing failure as learning and space gained • choosing simpler traditions and shared time over gifts • noticing negative bias and balancing it with gratitude • replacing pressure with small, intentional...
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3 weeks ago
10 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Somatic Therapies: Trauma, Attachment and Family Systems
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! Confrontation doesn’t have to be a fight; it can be the moment everything gets clearer. That idea becomes our entry point into a grounded, hope-filled conversation with trauma therapist Carolyn Kobylinski, LPC-S, who believes therapy should make you feel different. We trace her path through bipolar II, eating disorder recovery, caregiver grief, and the hard-won wisdom that comes from rebuilding life after it breaks. With warmth and candor, we name what mo...
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3 weeks ago
49 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Digital Minimalism For Sanity, Focus, And Real-Life Connection
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if the quiet you crave is on the other side of a few simple phone boundaries? We sit down with strategist and community builder Kelsey Green to unpack digital minimalism as a values-first way to use technology without letting it use you. From the rise of anxiety and scattered attention to the illusion of connection on social media, we get honest about how the constant scroll erodes presence, creativity, and relationships—and how to take your focus ba...
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3 weeks ago
51 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Break Free from Anxiety and People-Pleasing
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if the real path to power isn’t armor, but undressing the layers that never belonged to you in the first place? Mary sits down with Nedjma Belaid—modern priestess, mentor, former pharmacist, and clinical hypnotherapist—to trace the journey from people pleasing and anxiety to a grounded, luminous self that doesn’t bend for approval. Their conversation pulls no punches: they name the “good girl” programming, the swing into rebel isolation, and the quie...
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1 month ago
40 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Navigating High-Conflict Divorce
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What happens when divorce stops being a private rupture and becomes a public war? We sit down with Lisa Johnson—co-founder of Been There Got Out, high-conflict divorce strategist, and certified domestic violence advocate—to unpack the real mechanics of legal abuse, coercive control, and the quiet power of strategic communication that stands up in court. Lisa shares how her own journey—from a shocking double life reveal to 100+ court appearances across two...
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1 month ago
52 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
CALM For The Holidays: Reclaim Joy This Season
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! The holiday lights flip on and suddenly your pulse spikes. Between crowded calendars, complicated family dynamics, and the ache of people we miss, the season can feel less like a spark of joy and more like a storm front. We built this mini to offer a calmer way through: a clear, compassionate framework called C.A.L.M.—Centering, Anchors, Logistics, and Meaning—that helps you make choices you actually feel good about. We start with centering so you can mo...
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1 month ago
19 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
From Summits To Valleys: Grit, Grief, And Finding Strength
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if the view you want is earned one painful step, one quiet choice, and one stubborn breath at a time? We sit down with author and endurance athlete Dianette Wells to trace the arc from a spontaneous Mount Whitney climb to seven summits, multi-day eco challenges, and the mindset that makes impossible goals workable. The conversation is raw and practical: how teams win by protecting their slowest moments, why fueling and hydration are non-negotiable, a...
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1 month ago
38 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
From IVF To Empowerment: Rewriting The Path To Parenthood
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if the story you were handed about motherhood—find a partner, marry, then try for kids—was never the only way? We sit down with author and coach Cheri Bergeron to unpack how she pursued a corporate career, watched the clock get louder, and then chose a different path: IVF with donor eggs, navigating loss, and ultimately becoming a single mother by choice. The conversation is raw and generous, tracing the moments that broke her heart, the legal fight ...
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1 month ago
35 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
No More People-Pleasing: Why We Stop Being "Nice" and Start Being Authentic
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if the sudden urge to stop performing isn’t a phase, but a feature of a changing brain? We dive into the science and lived experience of “aging out of pretending,” exploring how midlife hormone shifts and synaptic pruning reshape the mental load of people pleasing. The result isn’t rudeness; it’s a recalibration of energy, attention, and honesty that can feel terrifying at first and liberating over time. We connect the dots between social conditioni...
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1 month ago
17 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Choose Yourself, Expand Your Life
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if shrinking isn’t your personality—it’s your programming? We sit down with author Candice Shepherd to unpack the hidden codes that keep so many of us stuck in people pleasing, perfectionism, and pretending to be fine. From the moment her marriage hit a crossroads to the day she chose her truth over approval, Candice maps a path that is brave, messy, and deeply human. We explore how the nervous system reacts before the mind can catch up, why a slamm...
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1 month ago
42 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Turning Tragedy and Trauma into Purpose: Step Into Your Miracle
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if the life you built—career, identity, confidence—vanished overnight? Mary sits down with Shannon Michelle, a former LA interior designer whose world changed after a near-fatal motorcycle crash and, later, a breast cancer diagnosis. The story that follows isn’t about superhuman grit; it’s about ordinary presence practiced relentlessly, and the surprising ways community, faith, and tiny decisions can carry us through the unthinkable. Shannon takes u...
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1 month ago
36 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Intentional Holidays: Traditions, Boundaries, And What Really Matters
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! The calendar is racing, the daylight is fading, and the pressure to do it all is loud. After returning from a trip to visit a 99‑year‑old father‑in‑law, we sit down for a short, heartfelt reflection on how to navigate the holiday rush with intention. If your plans include hosting, caregiving, tight timelines, or all of the above, this conversation offers simple, human ways to slow down and reclaim what matters. We unpack the pull to recreate every tradit...
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1 month ago
5 minutes

No Shrinking Violets Podcast for Women
Thoughts or comments? Send us a text! What if healing isn’t something you finish, but a way you move while you’re still hurting? That question anchors our conversation with author, speaker, and coach Laura Bratton, who was diagnosed at nine with a rare retinal disease and lost her vision over her teen years. The timeline was uncertain, the grief relentless, and the pressure to “stay positive” intense. Laura shares how permission to grieve—given by a college counselor—reframed everything: you ...