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Breakthrough Mode
A personal development podcast geared towards helping women improve, become their best selves, live their best lives, and go on to inspire and build others.Join my email list here: https://www.meganbauer.com/weekly-opt-in
Episodes
Breakthrough Mode344. Stop Checking Boxes and Start Experiencing the Holidays
Are you so busy getting everything done for the holidays that you're missing the actual experience of the holidays? Sometimes the patterns we repeat this time…
Breakthrough Mode343. Are You Recreating the Same Year Over and Over Again?
Have you ever noticed that certain times of year seem to bring the same emotions, thoughts, habits, and behaviors right along with them? The holidays arrive…
Breakthrough Mode342. Gratitude vs. Appreciation: What's the Difference?
You're probably familiar with gratitude. You know how powerful it can be to turn your attention toward what you're grateful for, especially when you're having…
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341. You're Grateful for Everyone Else. What About You?
You're probably pretty good at expressing gratitude for the people in your life, the experiences you've enjoyed, and the opportunities you've been given. But…
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340. The Power of Gratitude: How to Change the Way You Experience Your Life
November is one of my favorite months of the year, and it's not just because of Thanksgiving. It's because November gives us an opportunity to be more…
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339. 5 Questions to Help You Become the Person You Want to Be
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! What if the life you're creating right now isn't aligned with the person you want to become? You can spend years…
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338. Intentionality vs. Productivity: Why Becoming Comes First
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! Productivity is useful. But are you using your time, attention, and energy to create a life you actually want—or…
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337. You're Not Here Just to Get Things Done
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! You weren't put on this planet just to get things done. You're not here to spend your life checking off an…
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336. Do, Decide, Delegate, Drop: A System for Your Open Loops
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! Do you have a running list of unfinished tasks, decisions you haven't made, and things you keep reminding…
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335. What Your Resistance is Trying to Tell You
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! What if the things you're avoiding are trying to tell you something? As I've been exploring open loops and the…
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334. The Hidden Weight of All the Things You Haven't Done
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! We're heading into the holidays, a season that already comes with plenty to remember, plan, buy, and do. Add all…
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333. Choose Fewer Things. Do Them with Intention.
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! As of October 16, here are 77 days left in 2026. You know you can't fit everything into them—and you don't need…
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332. What Do You Want the Rest of This Year to Feel Like?
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! As we look at the final 79 days of 2026, it's easy to focus on the things we want to finish, accomplish, or…
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331. What is the Rest of This Year For?
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! As of October 12, there are 81 days left in 2026. That might feel like a lot of time, or it might feel like…
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330. What is This Year Trying to Teach You?
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! Reviewing your year can bring up a lot of emotions, especially when the year you had looks nothing like the year…
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329. RE: The Evidence Against You
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! It's October, which means it's easy to start looking at the gap between the year you planned in January and the…
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328.You Know More Now Than You Did in January
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! We're in the fourth quarter of the year, and if you're anything like me, you might be looking at the goals and…
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327. Your Life Doesn’t Need an Overhaul. It Needs One Change.
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! Noticing what isn’t working is a powerful first step—but awareness without action can quickly turn into…
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326. Your Routine Should Work for You, Not Against You
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! Your routines, habits, and rituals are supposed to support you. But what happens when the very things designed…
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325. You're Not Inconsistent. You've Outgrown It.
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! Get my Closure October series HERE! October can feel like a threshold. Summer is officially behind us, the…
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324. 5 Ways to Think Like the Person You're Becoming
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! What if changing your perspective could change what you believe is possible, what you prioritize, and what you…
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323. Borrow Their Goggles
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! The quote that I mention in this episode is: "If you want something new, you have to stop doing something old."…
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322. Stop Thinking Like The Old Version of You
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE! What if the way you approach your day is being influenced by a version of you that you're actually trying to…
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321. How to Make Time for What Matters
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE: You don't find time for the things that matter. You create it. Life is full. There will always be…
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320. The Real Reason You Can't Find Time
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE: Sometimes the biggest thing standing between you and the time you want to create isn’t your schedule—it’s you…
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319. If It's Important, You'll Make Time
Join the Deciding Hour Priority Waitlist HERE: What if the reason you can't make time for something isn't that you don't have enough time—but that you haven't…
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318. How to Reset Your Day in 10 Minutes
Join the Deciding Hour Priority List HERE! What if you could reset your day in just 10 minutes? In this episode, Megan gives you a simple, guided practice for…
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317. Take the Lesson, Leave the Weight
Join the Deciding Hour Priority List HERE! What if you could learn from yesterday without carrying all of yesterday into today? In this episode of Wednesday in…
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316. You Don't Have to Carry Yesterday Into Today
What if you could wake up each morning without automatically carrying yesterday with you? The argument, the mistake, the unfinished task, the skipped workout…
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315. How to Create Your Own Deciding Hour
Join the Priority Waitlist for The Deciding Hour HERE! Your Deciding Hour doesn't have to start at 5 a.m., last exactly an hour, or look like anyone else's. In…
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314. Your Morning is Setting the Direction of Your Life
Join the Priority Waitlist for The Deciding Hour HERE! What happens when you intentionally claim the space between waking up and actually starting your day?…
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313. The Hour That Decides Your Day
The way you start your day matters more than you realize. It’s not about waking up at a certain time, having a picture-perfect morning, or squeezing in more…
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312. It's Not About Control. It's About Deciding.
We’re making decisions all day long—but how often are we actually the ones making them? More often than we realize, we hand our decision-making power over to…
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311. Why Not Deciding Keeps You Stuck
We often think of decisions as something that should be carefully weighed, analyzed, and perfected before we make them. But sometimes the weight we put on a…
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310. The Small Decisions That Quietly Shape Your Life
We tend to think the decisions that shape our lives are the big ones: where we live, who we marry, whether we start a business, or what career we pursue. But…
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309. What If You Led Yourself Like a Great Leader?
What kind of leader are you—to yourself? It’s easy to recognize a good leader when you’re on their team. They’re dependable, clear about priorities…
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308. Who Is Really Running Your Day?
Your day will lead you—unless you learn how to lead yourself first. Self-leadership isn't about controlling everything that happens around you. It's about…
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307. Stop Letting Your Day Lead You: Start Leading Yourself
What does it actually mean to lead yourself? Self-leadership is the ability to direct yourself instead of allowing your thoughts, environment, circumstances…
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306. 5 Ways to Build Self Trust and Keep Promises to Yourself
Your ability to trust yourself affects far more than whether you follow through on a small promise. Self-trust influences what you're willing to try, what…
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305. The Power of Keeping Small Promises to Yourself
What if the smallest promises you make to yourself are actually the ones that matter most? This week on Breakthrough Mode, Megan is exploring why building…
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304. Keep One Promise to Yourself
This week on the Breakthrough Mode podcast, we're shifting from simply continuing to something even more foundational: keeping the promises you make to…
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303. Today Matters: The Mindset That Builds Momentum
You've started. Now comes the part that actually changes your life: continuing. Momentum isn't built by motivation or inspiration—it's built by believing that…
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302. The Secret to Continuing: Just Choose Again
Starting is exciting because it only requires one courageous decision. Continuing is different. Continuing asks you to make that same decision over and over…
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301. Momentum isn't Magic – It's Earned
Last week was all about starting. This week is about what comes next: continuing. Because while starting is courageous, continuing is what creates…
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300. You Can't Get To Episode 300 Without Episode One
Every milestone begins with a first step. In this special 300th episode of Breakthrough Mode, Megan reflects on the journey from episode one to episode 300 and…
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299. Start Small. Start Scared. Just Start.
Starting is often the hardest part—not because you aren't capable, but because fear, doubt, and overthinking convince you to wait. In this Wednesday in the…
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298. This is Your Episode One
As Breakthrough Mode approaches its 300th episode, Megan takes a step back to reflect on one simple truth: you can't get to episode 300 without recording…
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297. The Priority Problem (It's Not a Time Problem)
What if the reason you feel busy—but not fulfilled—isn't because you don't have enough time, but because you're giving your time to the wrong things? In this…
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296. Does Your Calendar Reflect What Matters Most?
Knowing what matters most isn't usually the hard part. Most of us can quickly name the people, priorities, and pursuits that matter most to us. The real…
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295. Before You Check Your Phone...
What if the reason you end your days feeling exhausted—but unfulfilled—isn't because you're doing too little, but because you're giving your time to the wrong…
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294. Practice Becoming
You've done the work of rediscovering who you are. Now comes the next step: becoming that person on purpose. In this episode, Megan shares practical guidance…
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293. The Crossroads That Shape Who You're Becoming
This week on Breakthrough Mode, we're exploring what it really means to do it on purpose—to stop living by default and start making intentional choices that…
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292. Becoming On Purpose
Last week, we focused on the first half of Dolly Parton's powerful quote: "Find out who you are..." This week, we're diving into the second half: "...and do it…
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291. The Clues That Reveal Who You're Meant to Become
Finding yourself isn't something that happens by accident—it happens through attention. In this episode, Megan shares practical ways to uncover who you really…
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290. Finding Yourself Starts With Permission
Finding yourself isn't about waiting for a lightning-bolt moment of clarity—it's about giving yourself permission to explore. In this episode of Wednesday in…
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289. Find Out Who You Are
What if one of the most important questions you'll ever answer isn't What should I do? but Who do I want to become? In this episode, Megan introduces a…
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288. The Tiny Yeses That Change Your Life
What if saying yes to yourself isn't about making dramatic life changes—but about honoring yourself in the hundreds of tiny decisions you make every day? In…
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287. Before You Can Say Yes to Yourself, You Have to Hear Yourself
This week on Wednesday in the Wild, Megan explores a powerful truth: before you can say yes to yourself, you first have to hear yourself. So many of us have…
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286. Learning to Say Yes to Yourself
Last week, we explored the hidden cost of ignoring yourself. This week, we're shifting to the other side of that conversation: learning to say yes to yourself…
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285. The Costs of Ignoring Yourself
Have you ever found yourself completely overreacting to something small... and wondered, Where did that come from? This week, Megan is joined by author…