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Ownit! Powercast

Ownit! Powercast

By: Mary Baker
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 The Own It! Powercast is all about personal growth. It’s about taking time to learn, grow and change, with You in the driver’s seat. Life coach, counselor and teacher Mary Baker will walk you through the necessary ingredients to have great self-confidence, live with purpose and on purpose, and finally start to love your life. This is a show about taking charge of your personal growth, and about taking your fear and turning it into powerful choices that will create sustained changes. Finally understand what’s been in your way all along, and the tools you need to get to where you want to be. So if you’re serious about transforming your relationships with yourself and others, then this is the podcast for you! Hygiene & Healthy Living Personal Development Personal Success Psychology Psychology & Mental Health
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  • EP289 How Emotional Safety Makes Space for the Real You

    EP289 How Emotional Safety Makes Space for the Real You
    May 27 2025
    If you've ever found yourself holding back in conversation, choosing your words carefully, scanning the other person's face, or thinking three steps ahead just to avoid conflict, you’re not alone. Emotional honesty isn’t something we magically access. It’s something that grows in the presence of safety. In this episode, we're exploring how emotional safety impacts your ability to be authentic in real time—and why you can’t build connection in relationships where conversations feel like landmines. We’ll talk about the difference between environments where your truth is welcomed, and the ones where it’s quietly shut down. You’ll learn what to look for when testing emotional safety, how to practice small moments of truth-telling without overwhelm, and why the healthiest people in your life don’t just put up with your emotions—they make space for them. This episode is for anyone who’s tired of performing and ready to start showing up more fully and honestly. Three Takeaways 1. You can’t be emotionally honest in relationships where you’re always bracing for impact. 2. Emotional safety isn’t about being coddled - it’s about knowing your truth won’t cost you connection. 3. Practicing honesty in safe relationships rewires your nervous system and helps you reclaim your voice. That’s what safe belonging does. When honesty feels like a risk, what you’re in isn’t connection— it’s survival mode. Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap! Need more? Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice: https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words Hey! My signature course is live! I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program. Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/ Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey! https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hour Resources: Join the private Facebook group! It’s a great group of people working on themselves…and supporting each other. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1212485642262143 Thank you for tuning in to this podcast. Please remember to leave a positive review on your podcast platform and let us know how this episode has been helpful. Also don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Spotify so you don’t miss a thing!
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    19 mins
  • EP288: Feeling Safe Changes the Choices You Make

    EP288: Feeling Safe Changes the Choices You Make
    May 13 2025
    We’re often told that courage is about inner strength…that we have to dig deep and face the fear alone. But that’s not how it actually works. Courage is a relational experience. We’re more likely to take brave steps when we feel emotionally safe, supported, and connected. In this episode, we’re exploring how safe belonging, not just fitting in, but being truly accepted becomes the foundation for real change. We’ll dig into how the nervous system responds to connection, why we’re more likely to take risks when we feel emotionally secure, and what happens when that belonging is missing or conditional. You’ll also hear how to tell the difference between false belonging (where you shrink to fit in) and true belonging (where you expand to be yourself). If you’ve ever wondered why change feels impossible in certain relationships - or why you suddenly feel more capable in others - this episode is for you. Three Takeaways 1. The body needs to feel safe before the brain can take a risk. Belonging calms fear and unlocks courage. 2. You can’t be brave in environments where you’re trying to survive. Safety isn’t optional, it’s foundational. 3. True belonging allows you to make choices that reflect who you are, not just who others expect you to be. That’s what safe belonging does. It doesn’t just hold you-it helps you come back to yourself and move forward as the version of you who finally feels free to grow. Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here! If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap! Need more? Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice: https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words Hey! My signature course is live! I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program. Be sure to click here to check it out: https://findyourvoicecourse.com/ Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey! https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hour Resources: Join the private Facebook group! It’s a great group of people working on themselves…and supporting each other. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1212485642262143 Thank you for tuning in to this podcast. Please remember to leave a positive review on your podcast platform and let us know how this episode has been helpful. Also don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Spotify so you don’t miss a thing!
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    18 mins
  • EP287 Why Courage Doesn’t Work Without Connection

    EP287 Why Courage Doesn’t Work Without Connection
    May 6 2025

    So many of us believe we should be able to be brave on our own. That courage is something we’re supposed to summon from within—without asking for help, without needing anyone. But what if that idea is quietly keeping us stuck? In this episode, we look at what really fuels courage, and how our early experiences with connection—or the lack of it—shape whether we can move forward when life gets hard.

    We’ll explore how some of the ways you “get in your own way” might actually be protective patterns rooted in past disconnection. And we’ll talk about why courage is so much easier to access when we feel truly supported, seen, and safe. You don’t have to hustle harder to find your courage. You might just need the right kind of connection.

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    🔑 Three Takeaways:

    1. Courage requires co-regulation. You’re wired to feel safer when you're connected to others—and this helps you face fear.

    2. Early relational wounds create protective behaviors. What looks like self-sabotage might actually be an old survival strategy.

    3. Belonging fuels belief. When we feel truly supported and seen, we’re more likely to believe in ourselves and take the next brave step.

    Feeling truly connected

    doesn’t just comfort us,

    it literally rewires us to be braver.

    Get your FREE Boundaries Ebook here!

    If you're ready to find your voice, set healthy boundaries, and create more fulfilling relationships, this guide is your roadmap!

    Need more? Check out the Masterclass on Reclaiming Your Voice:

    https://www.findyourvoicecourse.com/beyond-words

    Hey! My signature course is live! I am so excited to also offer a free upgrade to the group coaching program. Be sure to click here to check it out:

    https://findyourvoicecourse.com/

    Need coaching? Sign up here for your Power Hour, where you and I can get you started on your confidence journey!

    https://findyourvoicecourse.com/power-hour

    Resources:

    Join the private Facebook group! It’s a great group of people working on themselves…and supporting each other. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1212485642262143

    Thank you for tuning in to this podcast. Please remember to leave a positive review on your podcast platform and let us know how this episode has been helpful. Also don’t forget to subscribe to this podcast on Apple Podcasts, Google Play or Spotify so you don’t miss a thing!
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    22 mins

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