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Life Beyond B.S.

Life Beyond B.S.

By: Heather McNally
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 Ready to break free from limiting beliefs and step into your power? Ready to CHOOSE YOU? In Life Beyond B.S., Heather McNally (Life Fulfillment Coach, Speaker, and Author) helps you unlearn the belief systems and the bullshit that hold you back — and teaches you how to live with more awareness, confidence, and joy. Through powerful stories, mindset tools, and unfiltered conversations, you’ll learn to choose on purpose, trust yourself again, and live your life -the one you deserve, the one you dream of - beyond B.S.Heather McNally Personal Development Personal Success
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  • Feeling Lost? Identity, Loneliness, and Choosing Yourself in the In-Between Seasons of Life

    Feeling Lost? Identity, Loneliness, and Choosing Yourself in the In-Between Seasons of Life
    Dec 23 2025

    The space between the holidays and the new year has a way of amplifying everything — joy, grief, loneliness, reflection, and quiet questions about who we are and what we want. In this solo episode, Heather explores identity, emotional complexity, and why feeling lost doesn’t mean you’re failing — it often means you’ve outgrown an old version of yourself.

    This episode gently dismantles “New Year, New Me” pressure and offers a more compassionate path forward rooted in awareness, alignment, and small intentional choices.


    Key Themes & Takeaways

    ✅ Why the holiday season can feel joyful and heavy at the same time

    ✅ Loneliness doesn’t always mean being alone — it often means feeling unseen

    ✅ Feeling lost is a signal, not a failure

    ✅ Identity isn’t something you create — it’s something you remember

    ✅ Why resolutions fail (and why that’s not your fault)

    ✅ Real change comes from awareness, not pressure

    ✅ Small aligned choices matter more than dramatic overhauls

    ✅ How disconnection from self leads to burnout and illness

    ✅ Why HHW was created — not to fix people, but to help them understand themselves


    Heather’s Reflection:

    This episode is an invitation to soften — especially during a season that tells us to push, perform, and reinvent. Heather reminds listeners that they are not behind, broken, or failing. Identity work isn’t about becoming someone new — it’s about remembering who you are beneath expectations, roles, and noise. And that remembering can begin right now, in this moment.


    If this episode resonated — share it with someone who needs permission to soften.

    And if you’re ready to reconnect with who you are beneath the noise, Happy, Healthy, Whole begins January 13th.

    *** Sign up for Happy, Healthy, Whole by December 31st and get a BONUS course called Rewriting Your Story that will take place once you have completed Happy, Healthy, Whole. ***


    Connect with Heather:

    Website: Click HERE

    Happy, Healthy, Whole Program: Click HERE

    Join my newsletter: Click HERE

    Schedule a FREE 60-minute Consultation to learn about 1:1 coaching with Heather: Click HERE
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    18 mins
  • How to Feel Safe in Your Body: Embodiment & Coherence with Jessica Hupka

    How to Feel Safe in Your Body: Embodiment & Coherence with Jessica Hupka
    Dec 16 2025
    Guest: Jessica Hupka — Field Architect, Founder of The Coherence ProjectPrimary Themes: Embodiment, coherence, presence, nervous system/electrical system, polarity, unconditional love, nature as mirror, surrender vs controlOverviewIn this powerful conversation, Heather sits down with Jessica Hupka to explore what happens when “the healing is complete” — and why presence itself can be the greatest gift. Jessica shares how mind/body disconnection is often learned through conditioning, how polarity is part of returning to wholeness, and why the path forward isn’t “more doing” — it’s more spaciousness. If you’ve been stuck in hustle, living from control, or searching outside yourself for validation, this episode is your invitation to remember what you already are.Timestamps00:00 Intro00:01 Meet Jessica + “presence is the gift”00:03 “What happens when the healing is complete?”00:07 Beliefs stored in the body + religious conditioning00:12 Heather connects it to the core mission of Life Beyond B.S.00:13 Polarity, pain, neutrality, unconditional love00:16 Fear of being hurt + “courage to love yourself”00:18 “I don’t feel safe in my body” + where contraction lives00:22 Surrender vs control + the sacred yes00:30 Why embodiment is essential (Austin / Real & Raw)00:33 Work-life balance as fragmentation00:36 “Everything is happening to me” + language shifts00:40 Gratitude + faith as frequencies00:41 Nature, trees, earth, and remembering you are nature00:49 New story vs old story (community is already here)00:53 Receiving is reciprocity (women + being fully seen)00:56 What Jessica wants to bring to Austin00:58 “A life beyond B.S. is…” (final mic-drop)Jessica frames her work as field architecture: reading the energetic field through the body, then placing “pieces” in coherence. She also names a major cultural shift: moving from extraction and control into remembrance and surrender, where leadership becomes embodied and wholeness becomes the organizing principle.Here’s a taste of what Jessica shared — the kind of wisdom that lingers long after the episode ends:Presence is the gift — there’s a point where healing ends and remembering begins.Your body already knows — disconnection happens when we stop trusting it.Polarity belongs — expansion and contraction are both part of wholeness.Spaciousness attracts alignment — not doing more, but releasing more.Embodied leadership changes everything — when you’re in coherence, life reorganizes around you.Language matters — “I have to” contracts; “I get to” opens.Life beyond B.S. begins when you let go of what you think you know.(And that’s just scratching the surface…)Heather’s ReflectionThis episode is the heartbeat of Life Beyond B.S.: the ways conditioning teaches us to distrust ourselves — and how the path home is not “fixing,” but feeling. The reminder is simple and radical: the wisdom isn’t missing… it’s already in you.Jessica brings us back to something simple, but radical: presence, embodiment, and trust.vNot forcing. Not fixing. Remembering.If you’ve been feeling called to slow down, soften, and listen more deeply to your body…this episode is for you.Tune in. Feel it. Let it land. Calls to ActionConnect with Jessica by email: Dreambiz.Jessicahupka@gmail.comJessica on Facebook: @HupkahouseJessica's Kambo page: Click HEREJessica's mailing list: Click HEREReal & Raw Liberation (Austin,TX - Feb6-7,2026): Click HEREConnect with Heather: Click HEREHappy, Healthy, Whole Program (going live Jan 13, 2026): Click HEREJoin Heather's Newsletter: Weekly tips, prompts, updates: Click HEREIf this episode spoke to you, please rate/review, leave a comment, follow/subscribe, and share with a friend
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    1 hr
  • When Trauma Tries to Silence You: A Memoir, Suicide Survival & Self-Worth with Amy Sadd

    When Trauma Tries to Silence You: A Memoir, Suicide Survival & Self-Worth with Amy Sadd
    Dec 9 2025
    ⚠️ Trigger Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicidal ideation and suicide attempts. Please listen with care and use your discretion. Crisis support resources are listed below.In this powerful, deeply honest conversation, Heather sits down with author and Marine Corps veteran Amy Sadd, whose memoir "I Know a Girl" traces her journey through poverty, abuse, military trauma, depression, and multiple suicide attempts — all the way to a studio apartment on an island in Mexico, where she has finally found community, safety, and joy.Amy shares what it was like to grow up selling cookies to pay rent, survive assault in the Marine Corps, parent two daughters while breaking generational patterns, and eventually move to Cozumel with two suitcases and a decision: either finally figure out how to die… or figure out how to live. Today, she’s choosing life, found family, and radical honesty — and she wants every listener to know: you don’t have to stay broken, and you don’t have to do it alone.Key Themes & Takeaways:✅ Trauma doesn’t get the last word – Your story can be about your healing, not just what was done to you.✅ Mental health is real health – Depression, PTSD, and suicidal ideation are illnesses, not character flaws.✅ You don’t have to stay where you’re hurting – Sometimes healing means leaving the town, culture, or country that keeps you stuck.✅ Found family is still family – The people who stay, support, and choose you are as real as blood relatives — sometimes more.✅ Parenting without a blueprint – You don’t have to repeat the parenting you received; you can learn and do it differently.✅ Identity can be rewritten – You can move from being “the girl everything happens to” to the woman who calls herself “princessa” and expects to be treated with respect.✅ Boundaries are holy – Walking away from abusive relationships is an act of self-respect, not failure.✅ You are allowed to choose joy – A studio apartment, a scooter, neighbors who bring oranges, and sunrise over the sea can all be more than enough.✅ There is always another chapter – The sun keeps rising; as long as you’re here, there is room for another page in your story.Mental health is real health – Depression, PTSD, and suicidal ideation are illnesses, not character flaws.✅ Found family is still family – The people who stay, support, and choose you are as real as blood relatives — sometimes more.✅ Minimalism as medicine – Letting go of stuff (and the stories attached to it) can create literal and emotional space to breathe.✅ Parenting without a blueprint – You don’t have to repeat the parenting you received; you can learn and do it differently.✅ Identity can be rewritten – You can move from being “the girl everything happens to” to the woman who calls herself “princessa” and expects to be treated with respect.✅ Boundaries are holy – Walking away from abusive relationships is an act of self-respect, not failure.✅ You are allowed to choose joy – A studio apartment, a scooter, neighbors who bring oranges, and sunrise over the sea can all be more than enough.✅ There is always another chapter – The sun keeps rising; as long as you’re here, there is room for another page in your story.Amy wants you to know you are not alone, and your story is not over.CALLS TO ACTION:Get Amy’s book – I Know a GirlAmy's InstagramAmy's FacebookAmy's TikTokConnect with Amy HEREConnect w/ Heather HEREHeather's Happy, Healthy, Whole programBook a free 60-minute call with Heather HEREJoin the weekly email list for tips, life hacks, and podcast HEREIf this episode helped you breathe a little deeper, please:• Like the video and share with a friend• Subscribe to the channel• Leave a comment CRISIS SUPPORT (U.S.)• Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Call or text 988• Crisis Text Line: Text HOME to 741741If you’re outside the U.S., please search “suicide hotline [your country]” to find support in your area. You are not a burden. You are needed here.
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    1 hr and 6 mins
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